Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol 2020 Jan 28

Transaminases: oldies but goldies. A narrative review.

Suciu A, Abenavoli L, Pellicano R, Luzza F, Dumitrascu DL

Worldwide, the patients are tested for acute and chronic diseases using a series of basic blood assays. The most common liver tests are serum alanine ... Read More

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Metabolites

A Case of Suspected Hyperphenylalaninemia at Newborn Screening by Tandem Mass Spectrometry during Total Parenteral Nutrition.

Pieragostino D, Cicalini I, Di Michele S, Fusilli P, Cotugno G, Ferrante R, Bucci I, Dionisi-Vici C, Stuppia L, De Laurenzi V, Rossi C

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare autosomal recessive condition affecting about 1 in 10,000 people in the Europe, with a higher rate in some countries, ... Read More

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Kobe J Med Sci

Study on the Language Formation Process of Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants in Infancy Using a Formant Analysis.

Maebayashi H, Takiguchi T, Takada S

Expressive language development depends on anatomical factors, such as motor control of the tongue and oral cavity needed for vocalization, as well as ... Read More

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J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 2020 Jan 12

Cognitive function of children and adolescents with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: importance of early diagnosis.

Messina V, Karlsson L, Hirvikoski T, Nordenström A, Lajic S

Patients with classic CAH are treated postnatally with life-long glucocorticoid (GC) replacement therapy. Previous results on general cognitive abilit ... Read More

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JAMA Netw Open

Association Between Environmental Factors and Toxigenic Clostridioides difficile Carriage at Hospital Admission.

Muñoz-Price LS, Hanson R, Singh S, Nattinger AB, Penlesky A, Buchan BW, Ledeboer NA, Beyer K, Namin S, Zhou Y, Pezzin LE

Clostridioides difficile infection is the most frequent health care-associated infection in the United States. However, exposure to this organism migh ... Read More

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