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Introduction. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the incidence of preterm birth is 10-15%, or about 15 million newborns worldwide, and this number is increasing. The highest incidence of morbidity and mortality is observed in infants born
Ю. Годованець +1 more
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Can pancreatic steatosis affect exocrine functions of pancreas?
Background/Aims: Pancreatic steatosis (PS) is a generally used term to define accumulation of fat in the pancreas. In theory PS may be able to affect the exocrine function of pancreas.
Mustafa Tahtacı +9 more
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Fecal Serine Protease Profiling in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Serine proteases are extensively known to play key roles in many physiological processes. However, their dysregulation is often associated to several diseases including inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Here, we used specific substrates to monitor fecal
Amin Jablaoui +11 more
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Objectives: Exocrine pancreatic dysfunction may contribute to malnutrition and lack of appetite in the advanced stages of heart failure. Nutritional assessment was carried out on patients diagnosed with mild or moderate/severe heart failure.
Mustafa Özcan +8 more
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Background: In the pancreatic cancer can occur pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) that can be detected by measurement of fecal elastase-1 level. The aim of this study was to identify the proportion and the degree of PEI, proportion of steatorrhea in
Abdul Rahman M +4 more
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The applicability of acid steatocrit in cystic fibrosis infants [PDF]
Background: Steatorrhea, which is a consequence of pancreatic insufficiency, occurs in 85% of patients with cystic fibrosis. In clinical practice, fecal fat concentration is used to diagnose and monitor fecal fat losses.
Mirosława Filipiak-Wieczorek +5 more
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64 patients with chronic pancreatitis in combination with chronic bronchitis were examined. According to the results of fecal elastase test it is proved that inclusion of magnesium preparation into the comprehensive treatment improves exocrine function ...
N.B. Gubergrits, L.A. Yaroshenko
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Elevated sweat chloride test: is it always cystic fibrosis?
Background The sweat chloride test (ST) is the gold standard for cystic fibrosis (CF) diagnosis in symptomatic patients, within the newborn screening and in the follow-up of CF patients during molecular therapies.
C. Cimbalo +6 more
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A rigid‑flexible integrated CO depot is engineered by embedding rigid COFQDs into a flexible ECM gel network. The rigid framework enables high‑capacity CO storage and sonodynamic bacterial killing, while the flexible ECM gel controls sustained CO release, collectively eradicating multidrug‑resistant infection and promoting scarless healing.
Baohong Sun +13 more
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has no clinically accepted biomarkers even though it affects a large number of individuals worldwide. To address this lack of understanding, we evaluated peptidase activity in fecal samples from 35 patients with diarrheal ...
Kazuki Tanaka +17 more
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