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Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health problem. Awareness of liver injury due to anti-TB therapy is vital because fulminant hepatic failure is a devastating and often fatal condition without liver transplantation.
Shahram Habibzadeh +3 more
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Abstract Objectives The efficacy of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)‐modulator therapies in preventing or ameliorating cystic fibrosis liver disease (CFLD) by correcting CFTR in cholangiocytes is not well‐documented. This study aimed to assess liver function during CFTR‐modulators.
Laura Giugliano +12 more
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Pregnancy and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency [PDF]
Summary A 29 year old patient with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and bullous emphysema became pregnant against the advice of her physicians. Despite a mid-trimester pneumothorax requiring the insertion of a chest tube, she went on to deliver a healthy child under epidural anaesthesia using a midforceps technique. Vaginal delivery is not
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (A1ATD) is a rare hereditary disorder that most commonly manifests in adults by damage to the respiratory system. The disease prevalence varies across different populations and has not been fully established, while the ...
Oleg M. Uryasev +4 more
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The Brazilian Alagille syndrome study: New insights from a multicenter national cohort
Abstract Objectives To elucidate the natural history of liver disease and identify the predictors of native liver survival (NLS) in a Brazilian cohort of children with Alagille syndrome (ALGS). Methods Multicenter retrospective cohort study of children with ALGS. Descriptive statistics summarized clinical data.
Elisa Carvalho +34 more
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a rare cause of noncystic fibrosis (CF) bronchiectasis. The benefits of augmentation therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pulmonary emphysema are well established.
Emanuel Buck +6 more
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ABSTRACT Among bacteria that are associated with the development and/or exacerbation of allergic/atopic diseases, several have been described to produce IgE‐binding components. However, only one bacterial protein, Bac s 1, is currently listed in the official database of the World Health Organization/International Union of Immunological Societies (WHO ...
Uta Jappe +24 more
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Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency 50 years later
National audienceAlpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency is a frequent genetic disorder associated with pulmonary emphysema in smokers and with liver cirrhosis. Aside from lung or liver transplantation, only replacement therapy can currently slow the progression ...
Mornex, Jean-Francois
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A Spotlight on Yolk‐sac Tumors: Molecular Pathology, Current Diagnostics, and Novel Therapeutics
ABSTRACT Background Yolk‐sac tumors are an aggressive subtype of testicular cancer that significantly contribute to disease progression and therapy resistance, especially in adults. While testicular cancer generally has high cure rates with cisplatin‐based treatment, adult yolk‐sac tumors often appear as components of mixed tumors with poor response to
Evangelos Prokakis +3 more
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Monocytes and Macrophages in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Kylie BR Belchamber,1 Eloise M Walker,1 Robert A Stockley,1 Elizabeth Sapey1,2 1Birmingham Acute Care Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; 2NIHR Clinical Research Facility Birmingham, University ...
Belchamber KBR +3 more
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