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Impact of chronic hepatitis C on mortality in cirrhotic patients admitted to intensive-care unit
(Biomed Central, 2016-03-12)
Background: Cirrhosis and severe sepsis are factors associated with increased mortality in intensive care unit (ICU), but chronic hepatitis C (CHC) has been less studied in ICU. The aim of this study was to analyze the ...
Patients Infected with HIV in the Intensive Care Unit (2005 Through 2010): Significant Role of Chronic Hepatitis C and Severe Sepsis
(Biomed Central, 2014-08-27)
Introduction: The combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has led to decreased opportunistic infections and hospital admissions in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, but the intensive care unit (ICU) ...
Thrombotic Antiphospholipid Syndrome Shows Strong Haplotypic Association with SH2B3-ATXN2 Locus
(Public Library of Science, 2013-07-03)
Background :
Thrombotic antiphospholipid syndrome is defined as a complex form of thrombophilia that is developed by a fraction of antiphospholipid antibody (aPLA) carriers. Little is known about the genetic risk factors ...
Analysis of Plasminogen Genetic Variants in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
(Genetics Society of America, 2016-07-01)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a prevalent neurological disease of complex etiology. Here, we describe the characterization of a multi-incident MS family that nominated a rare missense variant (p.G420D) in plasminogen (PLG) ...