A Moment in Human Development: Legal Protection, Ethical Standards and Social Policy on the Selective Non-Treatment of Handicapped Neonates [PDF]
, 1985 Selective non-treatment decisions involving severely handicapped neonates have recently come under renewed judicial and legislative scrutiny. In this article, the author examines the legal, ethical and social considerations attendant to the non-treatment
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Baixa massa óssea em crianças e adolescentes [PDF]
, 2006 Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by low bone mass and micro architectural alterations of bone tissue leading to enhanced bone fragility and increased fracture risk.
Borges, João Lindolfo C. +1 more
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PARENTERAL COPPER IN MENKES' KINKY-HAIR SYNDROME
The Lancet, 1975 The Lancet 306 (1975) 659-660. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(75)90140-3 ; Received by publisher: 0000-01-01 ; Harvest Date: 2016-01-04 12:21:14 ; DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(75)90140-3 ; Page Range: 659 ...
Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, United States. ( host institution ) +2 more
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The ever-expanding conundrum of primary osteoporosis: aetiopathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment [PDF]
, 2014 In recent years, as knowledge regarding the etiopathogenetic mechanisms of bone involvement characterizing many diseases has increased and diagnostic techniques evaluating bone health have progressively improved, the problem of low bone mass/quality in ...
A Benet-Pagès +238 more
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The West Indian medical journal, 1992 We herein describe a case of Menkes' Syndrome in a Jamaican infant. The diagnosis was confirmed by low serum copper and ceruloplasmin levels.
R, Singh, J, Tapper
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Zebrafish in the sea of mineral (iron, zinc, and copper) metabolism [PDF]
, 2014 Iron, copper, zinc, and eight other minerals are classified as essential trace elements because they present in minute in vivo quantities and are essential for life.
Fudi Wang, Lu Zhao, Zhidan Xia
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Menkes disease (MD) is a serious mother-to-child disease transmitted by the X sexual chromosome. Copper is involved in the formation of red blood cells, the absorption and utilization of iron, the metabolism of cholesterol and glucose, and the synthesis ...
Ameen, Fawzi Muhammad Fawzi +4 more
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Temporary brittle bone disease: relationship between clinical findings and judicial outcome [PDF]
, 2011 There is a wide differential diagnosis for the child with unexplained fractures including non-accidental injury, osteogenesis imperfecta and vitamin D deficiency rickets.
Monk, Elizabeth A., Paterson, Colin R.
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Cerebellar expression of copper chaperone for superoxide, cytosolic Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase, 4-Hydroxy-2-Nonenal, acrolein and heat shock protein 32 in patients with Menkes kinky hair disease : immunohistochemical study [PDF]
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Correction of cerebrospinal fluid copper in Menkes Kinky Hair disease [PDF]
, 1991 A patient with Menkes Kinky Hair disease was treated with infusions of copper-histidine which resulted in normal copper values in the cerebrospinal fluid.
Beratis +9 more
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