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Intestinal Donors in Early Infancy: Are Immune-mediated Complications More Problematic?

Transplantation Direct
Background. Small children awaiting intestinal transplantation are disadvantaged because of a lack of size-compatible donors. To achieve suitable access to transplantation, using intestinal grafts from very young donors is an option.
Angus Hann, MBBS, Girish Gupte, FRCP, Jane Hartley, FRCP, Rebecca Jeyaraj, MBBS, Evelyn Ong, FRCS, M Thamara P.R. Perera, FRCS, Darius F. Mirza, FRCS, Khalid Sharif, FRCS   +7 more
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New mutations of EpCAM gene for tufting enteropathy in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2017
Background/Aim: Tufting enteropathy (TE) is a rare cause of congenital intractable diarrhea in children. It often results in an irreversible intestinal failure and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) dependency; eventually, intestinal transplantation may be
Shaden AlMahamed, Abdelhai Hammo
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Combination of anti-TNFα therapy and surgical resection for severe chronic intestinal rejection: A case report

Intestinal Failure
Background: Acute cellular rejection (ACR) is a well-recognised cause of graft failure in intestinal transplant (ITx) recipients. Management of ACR is with intravenous (IV) steroids, increased immunosuppression and T-cell depleting therapies.
Katrina Tan, Elizabeth Low, Graham Starkey, Khashayar Asadi, Adam Testro, Darren Wong   +5 more
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Acquired acrodermatitis enteropathica after abdominal surgery: Case report

Case Reports, 2019
Introduction: The treatment of acquired acro­dermatitis enteropathica involves zinc supple­mentation; however, further research is required to establsih the optimal dose and duration of the supplementation.
Adriana Giraldo-Villa, Carlos Ernesto Guzmán-Luna   +1 more
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Evaluation of survival outcomes in patients receiving palliative home parenteral nutrition: a retrospective observational study

BMJ Open Gastroenterology
Objective Intestinal failure in advanced malignancy is most commonly due to mechanical bowel obstruction. Palliative home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is an option for such patients to meet their nutritional needs.
Charlotte Rutter, Nicola Wilson, Dunecan Massey, Jeremy Woodward, Emma Mckenzie, Kristie Huirong Fan, Pinal S Patel, Rebecca Maddison   +7 more
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Deep Sequencing of FLT3‐ITD Enables Response Evaluation and Post‐Treatment Monitoring in Childhood AML: An Exploratory Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An internal tandem duplication in the gene encoding Fms‐like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3‐ITD) is associated with high relapse risk and poor prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and plays a crucial role in treatment decisions. Measurable residual disease (MRD) analysis of FLT3‐ITD during and after treatment has shown prognostic ...
Sofie Johansson Alm, Bea Tornberg, Erik Delsing Malmberg, Henrik Hasle, Kristian Løvvik Juul‐Dam, Lars Palmqvist, Borhan R. Saeed, Giti Shah Barkhordar, Anastasia Soboli, Anna Staffas, Jonas Abrahamsson, Linda Fogelstrand   +11 more
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History of intestinal transplantation in Australia

Intestinal Failure
Intestinal transplantation was introduced into Australia in 2010 to meet the need of a small number of patients with irreversible intestinal failure who would otherwise need to travel abroad to access this life-saving therapy.
Katrina Tan, Brooke Chapman, Darren Wong, Jason Yap, Graham Starkey, Adam Testro   +5 more
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Dietary Protein Intake and Peritoneal Protein Losses in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients lose protein in their waste dialysate, potentially increasing their risk for malnutrition. We wished to determine whether there was any association between losses and dietary protein intake (DPI). Methods DPI was assessed from 24‐h dietary recall using Nutrics software.
Haalah Shaaker, Andrew Davenport
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Treatment of Complex Desmoid Tumors in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Syndrome by Intestinal Transplantation

Transplantation Direct
Background. Desmoid tumors are fibroblastic lesions which often have an unpredictable and variable clinical course. In the context of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), these frequently occur intra-abdominally, especially in the small-bowel mesentery ...
Emilio Canovai, MD, PhD, Andrew Butler, MD, PhD, Susan Clark, MD, PhD, Andrew Latchford, MD, PhD, Ashish Sinha, MD, PhD, Lisa Sharkey, MD, Charlotte Rutter, MD, Neil Russell, MD, Sara Upponi, MD, Irum Amin, MD   +9 more
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications in Uremic Toxins From 1991 to 2024

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Uremic toxins are a growing area of research in nephrology, with significant implications in the progression and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the management of end‐stage kidney disease (ESKD). This bibliometric analysis aims to evaluate the global research trends, key contributors, and the impact of publications in ...
Yuh‐Shan Ho, Karim M. Soliman, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Wannasit Wathanavasin, Ahmed Daoud, Ahmed I. Kamal, Balázs Szamosfalvi, Tibor Fülöp   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source