We hypothesized that the prevalence may be even higher when evaluating a cohort of patients with WT for all currently known predisposing factors. Therefore, we performed a phenotypic and genomic ...

Clinicians must be aware of the growing list of causes and predisposing factors that may lead to the life-threatening disorder of acute adrenal insufficiency. This review provides a guide to the ...

Atopic dermatitis (atopic eczema) is an inflammatory skin disease affecting approximately 10–20% of the population.Genetic factors are known to contribute to the development of the disease, and ...

To the Editor: The review of predisposing factors for adrenal insufficiency by Bornstein (May 28 issue) 1 includes a welcome discussion of the limitations of current tests that measure plasma ...

A study provides new data on potential aetiological mechanisms that are linked with dementia caused by diseases, such as Alzheimer's and vascular dementia. A study by an international research ...

Gene Predisposing To Pituitary Tumors Identified Date: May 25, 2006 Source: University of Helsinki Summary: A recent study identifies a low-penetrance gene defect which predisposes carriers to ...

Inherited mutations in breast cancer patients with and without multiple primary cancers. Pathogenic somatic mutation (SM) of mismatch repair (MMR) genes and associations with microsatellite ...

In sports, especially in football, one of the most common knee injuries is the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear, which usually (70%) occurs through non-contact mechanisms that include; sudden ...

Little work has been carried out, thus far, to study the scope of the problem in this group, and the medical literature is lacking in studies on the epidemiology and predisposing factors of frostbite ...

Objectives: We aimed to provide up-to-date data on pharmacotherapy in the geriatric population of Poland, to determine factors predisposing to polypharmacy and excessive polypharmacy, and to identify ...