Severe diphtheria with neurologic and myocardial involvement in a Swedish patient: a case report
Background Diphtheria is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Although waning in incidence diphtheria can cause severe disease as in this rare Swedish case with several complications. Case presentation A 55-year old male presented to the emergency room
Sten Skogmar, Johan Tham
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Diphtheria anti-toxoid antibody levels among pre-clinical students and staff in an institute of higher learning in Malaysia: are they protected? [PDF]
Introduction: Little is known about the sero-prevalence of diphtheria anti-toxoid antibody levels among medical students in Malaysia. They too, just like other health care workers (HCWs) are at risk of contracting and transmitting diphtheria. Fortunately,
Awang Hamat, Rukman +8 more
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Background and Objectives: Cancer is one of the most deadly diseases in the present age and its conventional therapies have had low success. Toxin therapy of cancer is a new therapeutic approach, which has attracted the attention of pharmaceutical ...
Mohaddeseh Parvand +2 more
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Increased Toxicity of Diphtheria Toxin for Human Lymphoblastoid Cells following Covalent Linkage to Anti-(human lymphocyte) Globulin or Its F(ab')2 Fragment [PDF]
W. C. J. Ross +5 more
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Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor: mechanisms of biological activity and potential therapeutic applications [PDF]
The diphtheria toxin receptor on sensitive mammalian cells is known as the membrane anchored precursor of heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF).
L. M. Dronko +8 more
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EPI Update, June 3, 2011 [PDF]
Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public ...
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Allergy, Volume 80, Issue 12, Page 3465-3468, December 2025.
Aurélie Mougel +20 more
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Endoscopic orbital decompression [PDF]
Orbital decompression surgery has been indicated in patients with compressive optic neuropathy, severe corneal exposure, cosmetic deformity due to proptosis. Traditional orbital decompression approaches were fraught with complications. With the advent of
Balasubramanian, Thiagarajan
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Reciprocal knock-in mice to investigate the functional redundancy of lamin B1 and lamin B2. [PDF]
Lamins B1 and B2 (B-type lamins) have very similar sequences and are expressed ubiquitously. In addition, both Lmnb1- and Lmnb2-deficient mice die soon after birth with neuronal layering abnormalities in the cerebral cortex, a consequence of defective ...
Coffinier, Catherine +10 more
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Synthesis and Cytotoxic Profile of a Diphtheria Toxin‐Neurotrophin‐4 Chimera [PDF]
Alessandro Negro, Stephen D. Skaper
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