Nephropathic cystinosis presenting with uveitis: Report of a “Can't See, Can't Pee” situation
Nephropathic cystinosis is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal disease characterized by accumulation of pathognomonic cystine crystals in renal and other tissues of the body.
Smita Mary Matthai+4 more
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Tacrolimus in pediatric renal transplantation [PDF]
Tacrolimus was used as the primary immunosuppressive agent in 69 pediatric renal transplantations between December 17, 1989, and June 30, 1995. Children undergoing concomitant or prior liver and/or intestinal transplantation were excluded from analysis ...
Ellis, D+12 more
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Combined liver-kidney transplantation: Analysis of patients with preformed lymphocytotoxic antibody [PDF]
In this report, we address combined liver-kidney transplantation, with particular attention to the apparent phenomenon of protection of kidney allografts to antibody mediated destruction by liver allografts.
Duquesnoy, R+8 more
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Molecular based newborn screening in Germany: Follow-up for cystinosis
Background: Newborn screening (NBS) programs for treatable metabolic disorders have been enormously successful, but molecular-based screening has not been broadly implemented so far.
Katharina Hohenfellner+12 more
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Cystinosis is a rare metabolic autosomal recessive disorder which characterized by intralysosomal accumulation of cystine. There are three forms; infantile nephropathic is the commonest forms.
Hunar Jamal Hussein+2 more
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A severe course of serogroup W meningococcemia in a patient with infantile nephropathic cystinosis
We present a 9-month old boy with cystinosis admitted to our hospital with the complaints of vomiting, diarrhea and seizure. While he was hospitalized in a pediatric intensive care unit due to worsening of his signs related to cystinosis, within hours ...
Gurkan Bozan+7 more
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Ophthalmic Evaluation of Diagnosed Cases of Eye Cystinosis: A Tertiary Care Center’s Experience
Background: We aimed to identify diagnosed cases of ocular cystinosis and describe clinical, epidemiological and therapeutic characteristics. Methods: This is a descriptive and retrospective case series. All patients underwent a full check-up examination
Malgorzata Kowalczyk+5 more
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Rocaglates as dual-targeting agents for experimental cerebral malaria [PDF]
Cerebral malaria (CM) is a severe and rapidly progressing complication of infection by Plasmodium parasites that is associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity.
Ayi, Kodjo+12 more
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Characterizing pre-transplant and post-transplant kidney rejection risk by B cell immune repertoire sequencing. [PDF]
Studying immune repertoire in the context of organ transplant provides important information on how adaptive immunity may contribute and modulate graft rejection. Here we characterize the peripheral blood immune repertoire of individuals before and after
Liberto, Juliane M+5 more
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Negative modulation of the GABAAρ1 receptor function by l-cysteine [PDF]
l-Cysteine is an endogenous sulfur-containing amino acid with multiple and varied roles in the central nervous system, including neuroprotection and the maintenance of the redox balance.
Beltrán González, Andrea Natalia+2 more
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