The benefits of prophylactic defibrotide: Are the tides turning?
Abstract Background Veno‐occlusive disease (VOD) is a life‐threatening endotheliopathy that can occur after stem cell transplant (SCT). Numerous risk factors contribute to the development of VOD during SCT, and the role of prophylactic defibrotide (DF) in mitigating these risks remains unclear.
Mahvish Q. Rahim +6 more
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KDIGO 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline Update for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, Prevention, and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD) Foreword [PDF]
The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline Update for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, Prevention, and Treatment of chronic kidney disease–mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) represents a selective update of the ...
Wheeler, DC, Winkelmayer, WC
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HDAC9 is implicated in atherosclerotic aortic calcification and affects vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype. [PDF]
Aortic calcification is an important independent predictor of future cardiovascular events. We performed a genome-wide association meta-analysis to determine SNPs associated with the extent of abdominal aortic calcification (n = 9,417) or descending ...
Bagchi, Aranya +49 more
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Background Calciphylaxis is a rare condition usually seen in patients with end-stage renal disease. Pain is a hallmark of this condition and can be extremely difficult to control.
Rajkumar Chinnadurai +3 more
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Nonuremic Idiopathic Calciphylaxis in a Patient With Preceding Warfarin Use and Iron Infusions
Calciphylaxis is a rare and life-threatening illness characterized by microvessel occlusion due to calcification, fibro-intimal hyperplasia, and thrombosis in the subcutaneous adipose tissue and dermis.
Miranda Huebner +2 more
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Calciphylaxis Involving Both the Upper and Lower Extremities
Calciphylaxis is an uncommon complication of end stage renal disease (ESRD) and secondary hyperparathyroidism. It characterized by cutaneous necrosis with mural calcifications and thrombosis in the small vessels of dermis. It is important to diagnose and
Tulay Ozer +5 more
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Point-of-care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Calciphylaxis [PDF]
Natasha Tobarran, Mark Collin
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Complications of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis following repeated exposure to gadolinium in a man with hypothyroidism: a case report [PDF]
Introduction Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis is a condition that has recently been recognized in patients with chronic renal disease and is associated with use of gadolinium-based contrast agents of ubiquitous use in magnetic resonance imaging scans.
Aggarwal, Arpita +5 more
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Natural language processing in dermatology: A systematic literature review and state of the art
Natural language processing (NLP) is efficiently used in dermatological research, with potential applications in the setting of different dermatological settings, including skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), acne/rosacea, melanoma and non‐melanoma skin cancer (NMSC), atopic dermatitis (AD) and other immune‐mediated dermatoses, skincare.
Alessia Paganelli +5 more
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Calciphylaxis of the Postmenopausal Female Breast: An Uncommonly Encountered Mimic of Carcinoma
Calciphylaxis is a serious medical condition that is typically associated with end-stage renal disease and presents as the sequelae of calcifications in arterioles with subsequent ischemia of affected tissues.
Aaron G. Novotny +8 more
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