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Adult Langerhans cell histiocytosis with pulmonary and colorectoanal involvement: a case report
Background Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare systemic disease characterized by the abnormal overproduction of histiocytes that tend to infiltrate single or multiple organ systems leading to significant tissue damage. It mainly affects – by order of
Mohamad Jihad Mansour +4 more
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Class-switched anti-insulin antibodies originate from unconventional antigen presentation in multiple lymphoid sites [PDF]
Autoantibodies to insulin are a harbinger of autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes in humans and in non-obese diabetic mice. To understand the genesis of these autoantibodies, we investigated the interactions of insulin-specific T and B lymphocytes using T ...
Acevedo-Suárez +59 more
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Streptozotocin induced hyperglycemia in the axolotl
Abstract Background Diabetes is a group of diseases characterized by loss of β cell mass and/or function, resulting in hyperglycemia. With no established curative treatment, this has initiated research in β cell regeneration. Current animal models have either limited regenerative capacity (mice) or small size and evolutionary distance from humans ...
Pernille Lajer Sørensen +2 more
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Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis diagnosed due to dermatological perianal lesion
Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis is a rare disease characterized by proliferation of Langerhans cells in the body. It affects mainly males, predominantly in childhood. Ulcerated plaques are one of the cutaneous forms of presentation.
Bruno Lorenzo Scolaro +5 more
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What's New? Childhood cancer ranks among the leading causes of disease‐related deaths in children in high‐income countries. Established risk factors, however, account for only a small proportion of incident childhood cancers. In this report, the authors present the first long‐term assessment of temporal trends in childhood cancer incidence rates in ...
Friederike Erdmann +8 more
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Expression of neurogenin3 reveals an islet cell precursor population in the pancreas [PDF]
Differentiation of early gut endoderm cells into the endocrine cells forming the pancreatic islets of Langerhans depends on a cascade of gene activation events controlled by transcription factors including the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) proteins.
Anderson, David J. +8 more
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Introduction A case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LGH) involving extensive area of base of skull resulting in panhypopituitarism and diabetes insipidus (DI) is reported.
Anirban Ghosh +2 more
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Pancreatic islet transplantation after upper abdominal exeriteration and liver replacement [PDF]
Nine patients who became diabetic after upper-abdominal exenteration and liver transplantation were given pancreatic islet-cell grafts obtained from the liver donor (eight cases), a third-party donor (one), or both (four). Two patients were diabetic when
Alejandro, R +8 more
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Isolated gastrointestinal Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a 16‐month‐old child: A case report
Abstract Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disorder characterized by clonal proliferation of Langerhans cells, most often involving the skin or bone. Isolated gastrointestinal (GI) involvement is extremely uncommon in young children. We report a 16‐month‐old girl with a 1‐month history of chronic vomiting, bloody diarrhea, and failure to ...
Al‐Qasim AL‐Bahlani +3 more
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Otic Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis in an Adult: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Objective. To present a case of otic Langerhans' cell histiocytosis in an adult. Also included the diagnosis and management of the condition and a review of the relevant literature. Case Report.
Anil Gungadeen +2 more
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