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Down syndrome, paternal age and education: comparison of California and the Czech Republic [PDF]
Background: The association between maternal age and risk of Down syndrome has been repeatedly shown in various populations. However, the effect of paternal age and education of parents has not been frequently studied.
Hynek Pikhart +5 more
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Acute hoarseness in severe heart failure: Ortner's Syndrome [PDF]
Introduction: All cardiac conditions that cause the left or right hemilarynx palsy can be defined as Ortner's syndrome. Case Presentation: A 57-year-old man was urgently admitted to the Cardiology Department for laboured breathing and a clinical ...
Gavrić Jelena +3 more
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Alternative Splicing and CaV‐Associated Channelopathies
Voltage‐gated calcium channels control vital cellular processes through complex alternative splicing mechanisms, and their dysfunction contributes to neurological, cardiac, endocrine, oncogenic, and muscular disorders. Recent discoveries of splicing‐related channelopathies have opened promising therapeutic pathways that target specific exons ...
Willy Munyao +7 more
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A Rare Cardiac Cause of Hoarseness of Voice
To The Editor: Hoarseness of voice caused by the damage of the recurrent laryngeal nerve as a result of cardiac causes is known as Ortner’s or cardio-vocal syndrome.
Berekat I, Azzu A
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Ortner's Syndrome—a Rare Cause of Unilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis: A Case Report
Hoarseness attributed to vocal cord palsy is associated with injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Hoarseness resulting from left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy, cardiovocal syndrome (Ortner's syndrome), has rarely been reported.
Rong-Feng Chen +2 more
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ABSTRACT Compared to our closest living cousins, the great apes, humans can live longer with a distinctive postmenopausal lifespan; our development is slower, yet our babies are weaned earlier. Continued investigation since 2003 shows our grandmother hypothesis is a robust explanation for those differences and many other distinctive human features ...
Kristen Hawkes
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Ortner's Syndrome: A cause of unilateral vocal cord paralysis
Ortner’s syndrome is rare syndrome characterized by hoarseness of voice due to recurrent laryngeal nerve involvement in cardiovascular disease. This report presents a case of left laryngeal paralysis caused by an aortic arch aneurysm and to highlight ...
V Palanisamy, Vanitha Palanisamy
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ABSTRACT Through a detailed assessment of nonspecific stress markers in 67 individuals (47 under 8 years old), this paper investigates the health conditions of preadults in Quebrada Chupacigarro Cemetery (QCC), North‐Central Coast of Peru, during the transition between the Middle and Late Formative periods (500–400 bc), a critical time of ...
Luis Pezo‐Lanfranco +7 more
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Understandings of Down's syndrome and their place in the prenatal testing context [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: There is a growing consensus that decisions about prenatal testing should a) be informed, and b) reflect the individual's attitudes and values.
Bryant, Louise Dorothy
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BackgroundEndoscopic balloon dilation serves as the first-line treatment for anastomotic strictures after esophagectomy. While generally safe, the procedure can, in rare instances, lead to severe vascular complications.Case presentationA 64-year-old male
Jingjing Yang +3 more
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