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Disease-a-Month, 2015 In his review article in the March 2015 edition ofCME, Prof. A M Meyers refers to chronic kidneydisease as 'an important disease group that threatenshealth'. I fully concur with this observation andwish to go a step further and assert that kidneydisease, together with other related non-communicable diseases(NCDs), poses not only a threat to health but ...
Catherine E. Langston, Adam E. Eatroff
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Vanishing kidney disease [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2013 A 60-year-old woman with a known case of diabetes mellitus for last 25 years, presented to our emergency department with symptoms of severe colicky pain in the right lumbar region and paraumbilical region of abdomen and recurrent episodes of vomiting the day before admission. Her family doctor recently moved her on to insulin as her blood sugar was not
Gopal Chandra, Ghosh +3 more
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Annals of Internal Medicine, 2009 This issue provides a clinical overview of chronic kidney disease, focusing on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and patient information. The content of In the Clinic is drawn from the clinical information and education resources of the American College of Physicians (ACP), including ACP Smart Medicine and MKSAP (Medical Knowledge and Self-Assessment ...
Paul, Drawz, Mahboob, Rahman
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Nephron Clinical Practice, 2012 Rare kidney diseases are a unique subset of renal disorders that are often termed ‘orphan’ as a result of a multitude of reasons: the small number of patients with the consequent lack of well-defined natural history and course of many of these diseases, limited awareness among the medical community, and finally the significant cost of developing novel ...
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Glomerulocystic kidney disease [PDF]
Pediatric Nephrology, 2010 Glomerulocystic disease is a rare renal cystic disease with a long descriptive history. Findings from recent studies have significantly advanced the pathophysiological understanding of the disease processes leading to this peculiar phenotype. Many genetic syndromes associated with glomerulocystic disease have had their respective proteins localized to ...
Bissler, John J. +2 more
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Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2005 About 5% of American women and 12% of men will develop a kidney stone at some time in their life, and prevalence has been rising in both sexes. Approximately 80% of stones are composed of calcium oxalate (CaOx) and calcium phosphate (CaP); 10% of struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate produced during infection with bacteria that possess the enzyme ...
Fredric L, Coe +2 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed +5 more
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Pathogenic Germline PALB2 and RAD50 Variants in Patients With Relapsed Ewing Sarcoma
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Approximately 10% of patients with Ewing sarcoma (EwS) have pathogenic germline variants. Here, we report two cases: first, a novel germline pathogenic variant in partner and localizer of BRCA2 (PALB2) in a patient with a late EwS relapse. Its impact on homologous recombination is demonstrated, and breast cancer risk is discussed.
Molly Mack +12 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Cognitive impairment and exercise intolerance are common in dialysis patients. Cerebral perfusion and oxygenation play a major role in both cognitive function and exercise execution; HD session per se aggravates cerebral ischemia in this population. This study aimed to compare cerebral oxygenation and perfusion at rest and in mild
Marieta P. Theodorakopoulou +10 more
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2020 Background Handgrip strength (HGS) has been widely studied in clinical and epidemiological settings, but the relationship between HGS and pulmonary function is still controversial.
Liangmei Chen +17 more
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