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Switching from Rituximab to Eculizumab in US Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: Impact on Hospitalizations

Neurology and Therapy
Introduction Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), a rare autoimmune disease, affects the optic nerves and spinal cord. Rituximab is often used off-label to treat NMOSD; however, comparator-controlled trial data are limited.
Justin Lee, Adrian Kielhorn, Sami Fam, Emily Riser, Eoin P. Flanagan   +4 more
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Immunofluorescence signal intensity measurements as a semi-quantitative tool to assess sarcoglycan complex expression in muscle biopsy

European Journal of Histochemistry, 2022
Sarcoglycanopathies are highly heterogeneous in terms of disease progression, muscular weakness, loss of ambulation and cardiac/respiratory involvement.
Simona Zanotti, Francesca Magri, Francesca Poggetti, Michela Ripolone, Daniele Velardo, Francesco Fortunato, Patrizia Ciscato, Maurizio Moggio, Stefania Corti, Giacomo Pietro Comi, Monica Sciacco   +10 more
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The Role of Invasive Procedures in the Treatment of Complicated Gastrointestinal Graft‐Versus‐Host Disease in Pediatric Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Gastrointestinal graft‐versus‐host disease (GI GVHD) following hematopoietic stem cell transplant is typically managed with medical therapy, but surgery and angioembolization may be warranted in selected cases with life‐threatening complications.
Gaia Brunetti, Giorgio Persano, Chiara Grimaldi, Pier Luigi Di Paolo, Carmen Malaspina, Francesco Quagliarella, Valerio Balassone, Anna Chiara Iolanda Contini, Gian Luigi Natali, Rita Alaggio, Ivan Pietro Aloi, Tamara Caldaro, Alessandro Crocoli   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expert Consensus for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bartter Syndrome in China(2023)

罕见病研究
Bartter syndrome (BS) is a rare inherited salt-losing renal tubular disorder characterized by secondary hyperaldosteronism with hypokalemia and hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis, and normal or low blood pressure.
Chinese Society of Rare Diseases, Rare Diseases Society of Chinese Research Hospital Association, China Alliance for Rare Diseases, Beijing Society of Rare Disease Clinical Care and Accessibility, Bartter Syndrome Consensus Working Group   +4 more
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A Rare Presentation of Crohn's Disease [PDF]

, 2008
Free peritoneal perforation is a rare complication of Crohn's disease with a report of only 100 cases in the literature. It needs an emergency exploration and an unaware general surgeon is confounded in intraoperative decision-making.
Bhat, Sriram M, J, Madhusudhanan, K, Balu, M, Ashfaque, RK, Sendhil   +4 more
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Microhomology-mediated mechanisms underlie non-recurrent disease-causing microdeletions of the FOXL2 gene or its regulatory domain [PDF]

, 2013
Genomic disorders are often caused by recurrent copy number variations (CNVs), with nonallelic homologous recombination (NAHR) as the underlying mechanism.
BEYSEN, DIANE, Carvalho, Claudio MB, D'haene, Barbara, De Baere, Elfride, Lapunzina, Pablo, Lupski, James R, Menten, Björn, Nevado, Julian, Novikova, Yana, Sante, Tom, Verdin, Hannah   +10 more
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A rare disease.

Critical care (London, England), 2007
Thrombocytopenia is a common finding in critically ill patients. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is an infrequent cause of a low platelet count. Intensivists should use the diagnostic classification system developed by the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis to diagnose heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
openaire   +2 more sources

Therapeutic Apheresis for Intravenous Methylprednisolone‐Refractory Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in a Single‐Center Case Series

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a relapsing autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. High‐dose intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) is the standard first‐line therapy for acute attacks, although some patients remain refractory.
Wataru Horiguchi, Daisuke Katagiri, Takeyuki Watadani, Shunichi Matsuda, Hiroshi Kaneko, Noritoshi Arai   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increased circulating progranulin is not sufficient to induce cardiac dysfunction or supraventricular arrhythmia

Scientific Reports, 2023
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia, and the incidence of new-onset AF has been increasing over the past two decades. Several factors contribute to the risk of developing AF including age, preexisting cardiovascular disease,
Kevin E. McElhanon, Tyler C. Huff, Dinesh Hirenallur-Shanthappa, Russell A. Miller, Nicolas Christoforou   +4 more
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Neurosyphilis presenting with papillitis [PDF]

, 2017
Syphilis is one of the oldest described infectious diseases in the world and is caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum[1]. Although now a rare disease, incidence is increasing with the number of diagnoses of the disease rising in England ...
Cooper, Sarah, Corry, Shona, Perry, Martin Edward   +2 more
core   +4 more sources