Low-Density Lipoprotein Adsorption by Centrifugal Plasma Separation Can Shorten Treatment Time
Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis, 2023 Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) apheresis is effective for nephrotic syndrome in drug-resistant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Dextran sulfate adsorption of LDL (DSAL) is widely used for this purpose.
Atsushi Ohkubo +2 more
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Artificial Organs, 2021 BACKGROUND Restoration and maintenance of sodium is still a matter of concern and remains of critical importance to improve outcomes in homeostasis of stage 5 chronic kidney disease patients on dialysis.
Annie Rodriguez +6 more
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Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2023 Context: Regeneration of periodontal tissues depend on the adhesion and development of fibrin clots to the root surface. Demineralization of the root surface ensures removal of smear layer uncovering dentin tubules and collagen matrix.
Riya Liza Satish +5 more
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Bacillus licheniformis SMIA-2 protease used as an additive in detergent formulations
Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2021 Microbial proteases, especially from Bacillus spp., have been widely exploited for a broad variety of applications, such as the improvement of the cleaning efficiency of conventional detergents. In this work, the statistical design of the experiment was
Larissa Pacheco Ferreira +2 more
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Biomedicines, 2020 Microencapsulated islet transplantation was widely studied as a promising treatment for type 1 diabetes mellitus. However, micro-encapsulated islet transplantation has the following problems—early dysfunction of the islets due to the inflammatory ...
Ryo Kogawa +2 more
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Microaneurysms detection in color fundus images using machine learning based on directional local contrast [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: As one of the major complications of diabetes, diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness due to delayed diagnosis and intervention. Microaneurysms appear as the earliest symptom of DR.
Chen, Jiali +5 more
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Factors affecting the effectiveness/productivity of therapeutic plasma exchange in the treatment of immune-mediated neurologic disorders - a pilot study [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski PregledBackground/Aim. Standard treatment for immune-mediated neurologic disorders (IMNDs) involves the use of immunosuppressive drugs and other therapies. Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is an effective supplementary immunomodulatory approach.
Vraneš Marija +5 more
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Mobility and transverse flow visualization using phase variance contrast with spectral domain optical coherence tomography [PDF]
, 2007 Phase variance-based motion contrast is demonstrated using two phase analysis methods in a spectral domain optical coherence tomography system. Mobility contrast is demonstrated for an intensity matched Intralipid solution placed without flow within ...
Fingler, Jeff +3 more
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Systems and methods for physiological signal enhancement and biometric extraction using non-invasive optical sensors [PDF]
, 2018 A system and method for signal processing to remove unwanted noise components including: (i) wavelength-independent motion artifacts such as tissue, bone and skin effects, and (ii) wavelength-dependent motion artifact/noise components such as venous ...
Nourani, Mehrdad, Yousefi, Rasoul
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Prevalence of extracorporeal blood purification techniques in critically ill patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt [PDF]
Acute and Critical CareBackground Extracorporeal blood-purification techniques are frequently needed in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), yet data on their clinical application are lacking.
Aya Osama Mohammed, Hanaa I. Rady
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