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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Nursing Standard, 2014 The most common signs and symptoms of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are shortness of breath and a persistent dry, hacking cough. Many affected individuals also experience a loss of appetite and gradual weight loss.
S. Rosselot
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Scraping fibrosis: Expressway to the core of fibrosis [PDF]
Nature Medicine, 2011 Animal experiments using single organs as models of fibrosis spur therapeutic development toward promising targets, but testing of these therapies in human fibrosis yielded disappointing results and limited efficacy. Finding core pathways relevant in different organs that can become fibrotic will uncover molecules that will prove useful as therapeutic ...
Scott L. Friedman +2 more
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Malignancies in patients with cystic fibrosis: a case series
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022 Background Previous reports have shown an increased number of colorectal cancers in patients with cystic fibrosis. We assessed the database of our cystic fibrosis center to identify patients with all kinds of cancer retrospectively. All patients visiting
Dorothea Appelt +3 more
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How do adults with cystic fibrosis cope following a diagnosis of diabetes? [PDF]
, 2008 The official published version of the article can be obtained from the link below.Aim. This paper is a report of a study examining the experience of adults with cystic fibrosis in adapting to the diagnosis of diabetes, a second chronic illness ...
Collins, S, Reynolds, F
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The evaluation of liver fibrosis regression in chronic hepatitis C patients after the treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents – A review of the literature [PDF]
, 2019 The second-generation of direct-acting antiviral agents are the current treatment for chronic viral hepatitis C infection. To evaluate the regression of liver fibrosis in patients receiving this therapy, liver biopsy remains the most accurate method, but
Alexescu, Teodora G +12 more
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Serum hyaluronate as a non-invasive marker of hepatic fibrosis and inflammation in HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B [PDF]
, 2005 Background: HBV infection is a serious global heath problem. It is crucial to monitor this disease more closely with a non-invasive marker in clinical trials.
Derakhshan, M.H. +9 more
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Research progress on multiple cell death pathways of podocytes in diabetic kidney disease
Molecular Medicine, 2023 Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the main cause of end-stage renal disease, and its clinical manifestations are progressive proteinuria, decreased glomerular filtration rate, and renal failure. The injury and death of glomerular podocytes are the keys to
Can Yang +7 more
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Targeted therapies to improve CFTR function in cystic fibrosis [PDF]
, 2015 Cystic fibrosis is the most common genetically determined, life-limiting disorder in populations of European ancestry. The genetic basis of cystic fibrosis is well established to be mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator ...
Brodlie, M +3 more
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Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2010 Renal fibrosis, characterized by tubulointerstitial fibrosis and glomerulosclerosis, is the final manifestation of chronic kidney disease. Renal fibrosis is characterized by an excessive accumulation and deposition of extracellular matrix components. This pathologic result usually originates from both underlying complicated cellular activities such as ...
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Clinical Case Reports, 2022 This study summarizes efficacy of ivacaftor treatment in 2 infants in a real‐world setting. A distinct decline of sweat chloride and lung clearance index plus increase in fecal elastase was seen. The results underline the early and sustainable effect and
Teresa Fuchs +3 more
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