Kawasaki disease (KD) is challenging to diagnose because there is no specific laboratory test and the presentation is often similar to common childhood infections. We highlight some of those KD diagnostic challenges. KD, a self-limiting vasculitis, can cause coronary artery aneurysms. The aim is ...
Some of those categories could be put down to the risk of exposure - such as bus and taxi drivers - but the study also found healthcare workers - among the most exposed - were no more likely to die from the disease than others, and security guards were the most likely....
Symptoms have been compared to those of Kawasaki disease and toxic-shock syndrome, but the illness is being recognized as a "new entity," according to Dr. Luiza Petre, a cardiologist and professor of cardiology at Mount Sinai's School of Medicine in New York. "What we're seeing is the i...
For decades those with multiple sclerosis have suggesteddairy products can exacerbatethe symptoms of their disease. Now researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Erlangen-Nuremberg have demonstrated exactly how this could be occurring, by finding a specific protein in cow milk can trigger the immun...
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How is Hansen's disease diagnosed?Diagnosis of a diseaseDiagnosis of any disease means the series of tests that are performed on an organism in order to confirm the presence of any causative agent in an organism. The primary diagnosis of any disease, however, is based on the symptoms ...
Kawasaki disease, most commonly seen in children under the age of five, is also a common cause of peeling skin. Mineral Deficiency: A deficiency of minerals in one's body can lead to peeling skin. It is therefore of utmost importance to keep the elements of the body balanced. A healthy...
participated in the study are shown inTable 1. The mean age of the participants was 55.2±11.7 years and the mean duration of PSS was 11.8±7.0 years. The disease score (ESSDAI) of the patients was calculated to be 4.4±5.0. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were shown inTable 1...
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ZnT3 has been identified as critical for transport of zinc into synaptic vesicles of a subset of glutamater- gic neurons [63–65], and ZnT3 expression is reduced in patients with Alzheimer's disease [66, 67] and Parkinson's disease-related dementia [68]. Moreover, ZnT3 expression ...