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Sporadic Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Respiratory Infections in Cancer Patients
Introduction: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a bacterium that increasingly causes respiratory and bloodstream infections, particularly in individuals with compromised immune systems, such as cancer patients.
Mahua Sinha1 +4 more
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First report of acute autochthonous hepatitis E in Portugal
Hepatitis E infection is usually a self-limiting disease. In industrialized countries, sporadic cases of acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections have been described; their number seems to be increasing in European countries.
Vitor Duque +4 more
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Amyloid and tau in the brain in sporadic Alzheimer’s disease: defining the chicken and the egg [PDF]
In the October 2013 issue of Acta Neuropathologica there were three very interesting articles on: Amyloid or tau: the chicken or the egg? In the first article, David Mann and John Hardy argued that the deposition of aggregated amyloid β (Aβ) protein in ...
Cheryl A. Hawkes +5 more
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Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with cerebellar ataxia at onset in the UK
To determine the frequency, in the UK, of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD) with a cerebellar ataxic onset, and to describe the clinical features of the ...
Will, R G +4 more
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Sporadic case of incontinentia pigmenti in identical twins
Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a rare genodermatoses with multisystem involvement. Monochorionic diamniotic twins are presented with characteristic skin manifestation and ocular and neurological involvement.
Shekhar Neema +2 more
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Dysregulation of glucose metabolism is an early event in sporadic Parkinson's disease. [PDF]
Unlike most other cell types, neurons preferentially metabolize glucose via the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) to maintain their antioxidant status. Inhibiting the PPP in neuronal cell models causes cell death.
Allen, GF +24 more
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Background: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic disorder with the prevalence of 1 in 500 globally. HCM is clinically characterized by thickening of the wall of the heart, predominantly left ventricle (LV), and interventricular septum (IVS ...
Amitabh Biswas +5 more
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A rare case of late onset reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura without involvement of the palms and soles [PDF]
Background: Reticulate acropigmentations of Kitamura (RAPK) is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder characterized by pigmented, angulated, irregular freckle-like lesion with atrophy on the surface, arranged in a reticulate pattern on the dorsa of ...
Conny Melly +5 more
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Hemangioblastomas are low-grade tumors that frequently occur in the posterior fossa. Only 1%–5% of these tumors occur in the spinal cord and there are a handful of cases of filum terminale hemangioblastomas described in the literature. Here, we present a
Hitesh Gurjar +3 more
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