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Introduction: Cystinosis is a rare systemic lysosomal storage disease that mainly affects the kidney and the eye. Renal replacement therapy is started in patients with cystinosis during the first decade of life in the absence of treatment.
Gema Ariceta+15 more
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Non-invasive intradermal imaging of cystine crystals in cystinosis.
ImportanceDevelopment of noninvasive methodology to reproducibly measure tissue cystine crystal load to assess disease status and guide clinical care in cystinosis, an inherited lysosomal storage disorder characterized by widespread cystine crystal ...
Marya Bengali+10 more
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In Vitro and In Vivo Models to Study Nephropathic Cystinosis
The development over the past 50 years of a variety of cell lines and animal models has provided valuable tools to understand the pathophysiology of nephropathic cystinosis. Primary cultures from patient biopsies have been instrumental in determining the
Pang Yuk Cheung+3 more
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Mutational spectrum of cystinosis in Portugal, 1998-2017 [PDF]
Artigo original publicado em inglês: Ferreira F, Leal I, Sousa D, et al. CTNS Molecular Genetics Profile in a Portuguese Cystinosis Population. Open J Genet. 2018 Dec 18;8(4):91-100.
Carmona, Célia+16 more
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Fertility Management in Cystinosis: A Clinical Perspective
Cystinosis is a rare, inherited, lysosomal storage disorder characterized by the progressive accumulation of intralysosomal cystine and subsequent organ and tissue damage. The kidneys are the first and most severely impacted organ.
Craig B. Langman+5 more
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Variations in Arterial Blood Pressure after Kidney Transplantation [PDF]
The course of hypertension within the first 2 months after kidney transplantation was correlated with renal function, plasma renin activity (PRA), and the daily maintenance dose of prednisone in 18 homograft recipients.
CORMAN, JACQUES L+7 more
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FK506 IN PEDIATRIC KIDNEY-TRANSPLANTATION - PRIMARY AND RESCUE EXPERIENCE [PDF]
Between December 14, 1989, and December 17, 1993,43 patients undergoing kidney transplantation alone at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh received FK506 as the primary immunosuppressive agent. The mean recipient age was 10.2 ± 4.8 years (range 0.7–17.
ELLIS, D+13 more
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Background While thyroid dysfunction develops in about 50% of untreated children with cystinosis, there is no data about how the sonography of thyroid tissue appears in this disease.
Derya Bako+4 more
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Glutathione depletion and increased apoptosis rate in human cystinotic proximal tubular cells [PDF]
We have determined levels of glutathione (GSH), ATP, mitochondrial complex activity and apoptosis rate in proximal tubular cells (PTCs) exfoliated from urine in cystinotic (n=9) and control (n=9) children.
Haq, Mushfequr+6 more
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Nephropathic Cystinosis : First reported case in Oman
Cystinosis is an autosomal recessive, lysosomal storage disease characterised by the accumulation of the amino acid cystine in different organs and tissues. It is a multisystemic disease that can present with renal and extra renal manifestations.
Dana Al-Nabhani+5 more
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