Treatment of corneal cystine crystal accumulation in patients with cystinosis
Fatemeh Shams, Iain Livingstone, Dilys Oladiwura, Kanna Ramaesh Department of Ophthalmology, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland Abstract: Cystinosis is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the accumulation of cystine within ...
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Intermediate type cystinosis with a novel CTNS variant in a child: a case report
Cystinosis is a rare lysosomal storage disorder caused by a variant in the CTNS gene that leads to the accumulation of cystine in the body’s tissues.
Mugahid Elamin +8 more
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Ocular cystinosis – Clinical presentation and review of the literature
Cystinosis is one of the rarest multisystem lysosomal storage disorders characterized by the accumulation of cystine in lysosomes due to a defective CTNS gene. Infantile nephropathic cystinosis (INC) is the most common and severe phenotype. Varied ocular
Shweta Dhiman +4 more
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Kidney involvement in rare hereditary diseases
Various rare inherited disorders can be associated with kidney involvement, including glomerulopathies, tubulopathies, multiple cysts, congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract, urolithiasis, malignant and benign tumors.
Sergey V. Moiseev, Eugene M. Shilov
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Background Cystinosis, a rare autosomal recessive disease, stems from genetic alterations in the CTNS gene, leading to a malfunction of lysosomal ‘cystinosin’ protein.
Aniruddh Heroor +4 more
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Successful Management of a Neglected Case of Nephropathic Cystinosis
Cystinosis is a rare metabolic disorder characterised by lysosomal cystine accumulation leading to multi-organ damage; clinically, the kidneys are the first organ affected. Respiratory insufficiency caused by overall respiratory muscle myopathy is a life-
Mohamed A. El-Naggari +4 more
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Impact of compliance to oral cysteamine treatment on the costs of Kidney failure in patients with nephropathic cystinosis in the United Kingdom. [PDF]
Lashilola S +6 more
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Genetic Landscape of Nephropathic Cystinosis in Russian Children. [PDF]
Savostyanov KV +12 more
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Pregnancy and Breastfeeding in Nephropathic Cystinosis With Native Kidneys. [PDF]
Chan L +6 more
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Genistein improves renal disease in a mouse model of nephropathic cystinosis: a comparison study with cysteamine. [PDF]
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