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Properties and action mechanisms of intravenous gammaglobulin

Medicina, 2014
Intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) preparations have been used as a substitutive therapy for primary and secondary immunodeficiencies for many years; now it is well know that IVIG can have two other important and opposite functions: pro and anti ...
Núria Matamoros Flori
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Repercussions of inborn errors of immunity on growth

Jornal de Pediatria, 2019
Objectives: This study aimed to review the literature on the repercussions of the different inborn errors of immunity on growth, drawing attention to the diagnosis of this group of diseases in patients with growth disorders, as well as to enable the ...
Ekaterini Simões Goudouris, Gesmar Rodrigues Silva Segundo, Cecilia Poli   +2 more
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Cost-Effectiveness of Genotype Testing for Primary Resistance in Brazil [PDF]

, 2015
Objective: HIV genotype-resistance testing can help identify more effective antiretroviral treatment (ART) regimens for patients, substantially increasing the likelihood of viral suppression and immune recovery.
Morris, Bethany L., Girouard, Michael P., Paltiel, A. David, Nakamura, Yoriko M., Grinsztejn, Beatriz, Veloso, Valdilea G., Freedberg, Kenneth, Walensky, Rochelle, Struchiner, Claudio J., Luz, Paula M., Sax, Paul, Losina, Elena   +11 more
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Rare case of nephrotic syndrome: Schimke syndrome

Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
Schimke syndrome corresponds to dysplasia of bone and immunity, associated with progressive renal disease secondary to nephrotic syndrome cortico-resistant, with possible other abnormalities such as hypothyroidism and blond marrow aplasia.
Anna Kelly Krislane de Vasconcelos Pedrosa, Luiz Fernando Oliveira Torres, Ana Corina Brainer Amorim da Silva, Adrianna Barros Leal Dantas, Káthia Liliane da Cunha Ribeiro Zuntini, Lia Cordeiro Bastos Aguiar   +5 more
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Impaired CCR7 expression on plasmacytoid dendritic cells of HIV-infected children and adolescents with immunologic and virologic failure

, 2007
Defects of plasmacytoid (p) and myeloid (m) dendritic cells (DCs) occur in HIV infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the maturation and function of DCs in children with perinatal HIV infection who were on antiretroviral therapy.Twenty HIV ...
Pahwa, Rajendra, Scott, Gwendolyn, Arheart, Kristopher, Desai, Seema, Chaparro, Aida, Pahwa, Savita, Haslett, Patrick, Liu, Huanliang   +7 more
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Ewing Sarcoma in Infants and Children Under 2 Years of Age: A French Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ewing sarcoma, the second most common primary bone cancer in children, requires intensive treatment that may lead to significant long‐term sequelae, particularly in infants. We retrospectively analyzed data from 1621 French patients treated between 1988 and 2015 within the EW88/93/97 or EE99 trials, focusing on 17 infants diagnosed before 24 ...
Elodie Verdier, Nathalie Cozic, Marie‐Dominique Tabone, Gaelle Pierron, Perrine Marec‐Berard, Sarah Winter, Gabriel Revon‐Rivière, Cyril Lervat, Dominique Plantaz, Marie‐Pierre Castex, Gregory Guimard, Estelle Thebaud, Stephanie Proust, Laure Saumet, Natacha Entz‐Werle, Sophie Taque, Cécile Vérité, Marta Jimenez, Nathalie Gaspar   +18 more
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Employing Demand-Based Volumetric Forecasting to Identify Potential for and Roles of Devices in Scale-Up of Medical Male Circumcision in Zambia and Zimbabwe [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: Devices for male circumcision (MC) are becoming available in 14 priority countries where MC is being implemented for HIV prevention. Understanding potential impact on demand for services is one important programmatic consideration because ...
Church, Fred, Ridzon, Renee, Mugurungi, Owen, Odawo, Patrick, Xabayu, Sinokuthemba, Gumede-Moyo, Sehlulekile, Kretschmer, Steve, Ncube, Getrude, Nanga, Alice, Fram, Francine, Sundaram, Maaya, Eletskaya, Maria, Tambatamba, Bushimbwa, Sgaier, Sema   +13 more
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Survival After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Diamond–Blackfan Anemia Syndrome: The Role of Iron Overload—A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We assessed the effect of iron overload (IO) on mortality and complications following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in patients with Diamond–Blackfan anemia syndrome (DBAS) in a systematic review of individual participant data and cohort data from observational studies.
Geoffrey Z. L. Kuppens, Evangelia Kiakou, Lieke de Zwart, Maurizio Miano, Eduard J. van Beers, Marc Bierings, Marije Bartels   +6 more
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Virologic, immunologic, and clinical response to highly active antiretroviral therapy: the gender issue revisited

, 2003
Not the final published versionBACKGROUND: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has dramatically improved the prognosis for patients with HIV. There is ongoing debate over a potential gender effect on patient outcome after HAART.
Phillips, AN, Johnson, A. M., Lungren, J. D., Moore, AL, Johnson, Anne M., Blaxhult, Anders, Katlama, Christine, Kirk, O., Lungren, Jens D., Dietrich, M., Blaxhult, A,, Blaxhult, A., Kirk, O, Blaxhult, A, Dietrich, M, Colebunders, Robert, Moore, A. L., Chiesi, A, Lundgren, Jens Dilling, Johnson, AM, Colebunders, R., Chiesi, Antonio, Lungren, JD, Katlama, C, Phillips, A. N., Dietrich, Manfred, Chiesi, A., Colebunders, R, Moore, Antonia L., Phillips, Andrew N., Katlama, C., Kirk, Ole   +31 more
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The Safety of Tenofovir–Emtricitabine for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in Individuals With Active Hepatitis B [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with daily oral emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC/TDF) prevents HIV infection. The safety and feasibility of HIV PrEP in the setting of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection were evaluated ...
Liu, Albert Y., Chariyalertsak, Suwat, Mayer, Kenneth, McManhan, Vanessa M., Grant, Robert M, McManhan, Vanessa M, Schechter, Mauro, Hance, Robert J., Hance, Robert J, Mayer, Kenneth H, Grant, Robert M., Guanira, Juan V., Solomon, Marc M, Solomon, Marc M., Liu, Albert Y, Guanira, Juan V   +15 more
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