Report on advances for pediatricians in 2018: allergy, cardiology, critical care, endocrinology, hereditary metabolic diseases, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, neonatology, nutrition, respiratory tract disorders and surgery. [PDF]
This review reported notable advances in pediatrics that have been published in 2018. We have highlighted progresses in allergy, cardiology, critical care, endocrinology, hereditary metabolic diseases, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, neonatology ...
Bernasconi S +10 more
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Acute Hepatic Porphyrias: Review and Recent Progress. [PDF]
The acute hepatic porphyrias (AHPs) are a group of four inherited diseases of heme biosynthesis that present with episodic, acute neurovisceral symptoms.
Andant +40 more
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Intrinsic aerobic capacity sets a divide for aging and longevity [PDF]
<p><b>Rationale:</b> Low aerobic exercise capacity is a powerful predictor of premature morbidity and mortality for healthy adults as well as those with cardiovascular disease.
Charles F. Burant +17 more
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Cystathionine beta synthase deficiency and brain edema associated with methionine excess under betaine supplementation: Four new cases and a review of the evidence. [PDF]
CBS deficient individuals undergoing betaine supplementation without sufficient dietary methionine restriction can develop severe hypermethioninemia and brain edema. Brain edema has also been observed in individuals with severe hypermethioninemia without
Barea, Jaime J +10 more
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Modeling viral infectious diseases and development of antiviral therapies using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived systems [PDF]
The recent biotechnology breakthrough of cell reprogramming and generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which has revolutionized the approaches to study the mechanisms of human diseases and to test new drugs, can be exploited to generate ...
Barzon, Luisa +6 more
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Nutrition process improvements for adult inpatients with inborn errors of metabolism using the i-PARIHS framework [PDF]
This project aimed to implement consensus recommendations and innovations that improve dietetic services to promote timely referral to optimise nutritional management for adult inpatients with inborn errors of metabolism (IEM).The i-PARIHS framework was ...
Mcgill, Jim +4 more
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Hereditary myopathy with early respiratory failure in China: one case report and literatures review
Objective To retrospectively analyze the clinical sign and symptom, pathological and genetic characteristics of a case of hereditary myopathy with early respiratory failure (HMERF).
LI Ying +5 more
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α-mannosidosis diagnosis in Brazilian patients with MPS-like symptoms
Background α-mannosidosis is an inborn error of metabolism caused by the deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme α-mannosidase, which is encoded by the MAN2B1 gene and inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.
Maryana Marins +8 more
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Gene- and Disease-Based Expansion of the Knowledge on Inborn Errors of Immunity
The recent report of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) has provided the categorized list of 354 inborn errors of immunity. We performed a systematic analysis of genes and diseases from the IUIS report with the use of the OMIM ...
Lyubov E. Salnikova +5 more
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ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu +8 more
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