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Update on Menopause Hormone Therapy; Current Indications and Unanswered Questions

Clinical Endocrinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To provide clinicians involved in managing menopause with a summary of current evidence surrounding menopause hormone therapy (MHT). Design The authors evaluate and synthesize existing pooled evidence relating to MHT's clinical indications, efficacy, and safety and explore the limitations of existing data. Patients The review focuses
Annice Mukherjee, Susan R. Davis
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Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with erythroblastopenia and thymoma: Reactivation after topical corticosteroids [PDF]

, 1998
We report a 69-year-old female with erythroblastopenia and thymoma who developed lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) after thymectomy, 2 months after the initiation of therapy with methylprednisolone.
Alomar, A., Barnadas, M. A., Curell, R., de Moragas, J. M., Garcia-Patos, V., Kind, P., Pedro, C., Perez, E., Sander, C. A.   +8 more
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Porphyria: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Prompt diagnosis of metabolic disorders in a resource-limited country like Nepal is daunting. Acute intermittent porphyria is a rare but common hepatic porphyria mostly seen in females of the reproductive age group.
Sujata Baidya, Pratibha Kandel, Smrity Rajkarnikar, Anuradha Kadel, Apeksha Niraula, Raju Kumar Dubey, Machhindra Lamichhane, Mithileshwer Raut, Aseem Bhattarai, Eans Tara Tuladhar, Vijay Kumar Sharma   +10 more
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Iron Overload: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Monitoring

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Iron overload is associated with significant health risks, underscoring the importance of understanding its pathophysiology as well as establishing accurate diagnostic and monitoring methods. Chronic iron overload is associated with either genetic disorders characterized by excessive iron accumulation (hereditary hemochromatosis), or is ...
Elena Chatzikalil, Polyxeni Delaporta, Konstantinos Bistas, Antonis Kattamis   +3 more
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Timing for treatment of HCV recurrence after liver transplantation: the earlier the better. [PDF]

, 2016
HCV is the leading cause of death from liver disease and is the most common indication for a liver transplantation. Although HCV is a widespread health problem, disease management is particularly challenging in several key subpopulations, including liver
Burra, Patrizia, Russo, Francesco Paolo, Zanetto, A   +2 more
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New pharmacotherapies for the erythropoietic protoporphyrias: an analysis of trial protocols from a patient perspective

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Background The erythropoietic protoporphyrias (EPP) are a group of ultra-rare (1:100.000) inborn errors of the heme biosynthesis characterised by painful phototoxic reactions in tissue exposed to visible light.
Cornelia Dechant, Sebastian Wäscher, Francesca Granata, Nicole Gusset, Mårten Pettersson, Mehmet Hakan Aksözen, Marc Höglinger, Rocco Falchetto, Jasmin Barman-Aksözen   +8 more
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Practical Recommendations in the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Life-Threatening Infectious Diseases in Patients with Acute Hepatic Porphyria

Metabolites
Background: Acute hepatic porphyrias (AHPs) represent inherited metabolic disorders of the heme biosynthesis pathway, leading to neurological and systemic impairment. Despite the presence of well-recognized chronic symptoms and signs, acute neurological,
Bruno de Mattos Lombardi Badia, Paulo de Lima Serrano, João Paulo Barile, Daniel Delgado Seneor, Patrícia Marques Mendes, Renan Brandão Rambaldi Cavalheiro, Kaliny Oliveira Peixoto, Igor Braga Farias, Roberta Ismael Lacerda Machado, Wladimir Bocca Vieira de Rezende Pinto, Acary Souza Bulle Oliveira, Paulo Sgobbi   +11 more
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European S2k guidelines on management of autoimmune blistering diseases in children and adolescents

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, EarlyView.
Autoimmune blistering disorders (AIBDs) in children are rare, challenging to diagnose and treat and often require immunosuppressants. Until now, no paediatric care guidelines existed. The EADV Task Force for AIBDs has developed the consensus‐based recommendations, enabling physicians to adopt a uniform, tailored treatment strategy to improve outcomes ...
A. Nanda, B. Tedbirt, C. Bodemer, M. C. Bolling, M. El Hachem, M. Nikolić, E. Benton, M. Caproni, D. De, D. Didona, K. Drenovska, M. Goebeler, M. Hertl, B. Horváth, M. Kasperkiewicz, D. Kiritsi, M. Larralde, A. V. Marzano, J. Meijer, D. F. Murrell, J. Powell, E. Sprecher, N. S. Chandran, M. M. Tomayko, S. Uzun, N. van Beek, H. Ott, A. Patsatsi, A. Torrelo, A. Welfringer‐Morin, E. Schmidt, P. Joly   +31 more
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Acute Intermittent Porphyria Triggered by COVID‐19 Mimicking Guillain–Barré Syndrome: A Diagnostic Challenge

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare heme biosynthesis disorder in which the accumulation of neurotoxic porphyrin precursors precipitates neurovisceral attacks. Intercurrent infections, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), may trigger or exacerbate AIP and complicate diagnosis, as clinical manifestations can resemble those of
Payman Sadeghi, Masood Ghahvechi Akbari, Seyed Abbas Hassani, Hosein Alimadadi, Morteza Heidari, Vahid Ziaee   +5 more
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Development of multiple myeloma in a patient with chronic hepatitis C: A case report and review of the literature [PDF]

, 2006
An association between chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and essential mixed cryoglobulinaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) has been suggested. However, a causative role of HCV in these conditions has not been established.
Abonyi, Margit E., Fekete, Sándor, Fischer, Simon, Horányi, Margit, Lakatos, Péter László   +4 more
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