Acute Glomerulonephritis in a Child with Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection: A Case Report. [PDF]
Case Rep Med, 2013 Background. Infectious diseases seem to be an important and independent risk factor for renal failure, but the underlying mechanism of renal involvement during some kinds of infectious diseases is still unclear, even if the literature data report ...
Vitaliti G +7 more
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Rapid spontaneous resolution of fibromatosis colli in a 3-week-old girl. [PDF]
Case Rep Otolaryngol, 2014 Fibromatosis colli is an uncommon benign, congenital fibrous tumor or pseudotumor of the sternocleidomastoid muscle that manifests in infancy. In some of these patients tightening of the muscle results in torticollis.
Adamoli P +7 more
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Short-Term Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Term Neonates Treated with Phenobarbital versus Levetiracetam: A Single-Center Experience. [PDF]
Behav Neurol, 2019 Background. Phenobarbital (PB) has been traditionally used as the first‐line treatment for neonatal seizures. More recently, levetiracetam (LEV) has been increasingly used as a promising newer antiepileptic medication for treatment of seizures in neonates. Objectives. The aim of our study was to compare the effect of PB vs.
Falsaperla R +7 more
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Open Tibial Fracture in a Non-Compliant Patient: A Case Report. [PDF]
J Funct Morphol Kinesiol, 2018 Open tibial fractures represent the most frequent fractures of long bones, comprising approximately 1.9% of all fractures. Although locked intramedullary nailing is the gold standard for treating closed and unstable tibia diaphyseal fractures, for most ...
Pizzolo S +6 more
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Unveiling the Role of DNA Methylation in Kidney Transplantation: Novel Perspectives toward Biomarker Identification. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2019 The burden of chronic kidney disease is dramatically rising, making it a major public health concern worldwide. Kidney transplantation is now the best treatment for patients with end‐stage renal disease. Although kidney transplantation may improve survival and quality of life, its long‐term results are hampered by immune‐ and/or non‐immune‐mediated ...
Agodi A +7 more
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Ataxia in children: early recognition and clinical evaluation. [PDF]
Ital J Pediatr, 2017 Background: Ataxia is a sign of different disorders involving any level of the nervous system and consisting of impaired coordination of movement and balance.
Pavone P +6 more
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Programa 2000: A modo de plebiscito [PDF]
Política y Sociedad, 1989 Sin ...
Aguilera Aguilera, Raúl +2 more
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Curcumin Modulates DNA Methyltransferase Functions in a Cellular Model of Diabetic Retinopathy. [PDF]
Oxid Med Cell Longev, 2018 Hyperglycaemia‐induced oxidative stress appears to be involved in the aetiology of diabetic retinopathy (DR), a major public health issue, via altering DNA methylation process. We investigated the effect of hyperglycaemia on retinal DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) expression in diabetic mice, using Gene Expression Omnibus datasets.
Maugeri A +6 more
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Oral lesion as unusual first manifestation of multiple myeloma: case reports and review of the literature. [PDF]
Case Rep Hematol, 2014 Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) and solitary bone plasmacytoma (SBP) represent a disease continuum through a multistage process of cell differentiation, survival, proliferation, and dissemination, strictly related to multiple myeloma (MM), the second most common hematological malignancy.
Romano A +7 more
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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha -308 G>A polymorphism, adherence to Mediterranean diet, and risk of overweight/obesity in young women. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2014 The present study was conducted in order to (i) characterize the adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) pattern and fatty acids (FAs) intakes and (ii) explore interactions between TNFA −308 G>A polymorphism and adherence to MD and FAs intakes, respectively, on overweight/obesity risk.
Barchitta M +4 more
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