Bisphosphonate prescribing, per ...
Summary We studied new users of oral bisphosphonates and found that less than half persisted with therapy for 2 years, and interruptions in use were ...
Prevalence of osteoporosis amon ...
Summary In this prospective study, we measured bone mineral density (BMD) in 1,041 cancer patients undergoing an oncological rehabilitation program ...
Geographic trends in incidence ...
Summary A comprehensive review of literature was conducted to investigate variation in hip fracture incident rates around the world. The original cr ...
Ethnic difference of clinical v ...
Summary Vertebral fractures are the most common osteoporotic fractures. Data on the vertebral fracture risk in Asia remain sparse. This study observ ...
Epigenetic Regulation of E2F-1- ...
A delicate balance exists between cell growth and cell death. In the context of the adult myocardium, inappropriate or inordinate cell loss through ...
Electrophysiologic Studies and ...
Ectopic atrial tachycardia (EAT) often resists medical therapy, making radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) the preferred treatment. This study r ...
Pathology of the Aortic Arch in ...
Aortic arch reconstruction plays an important role in the success of the Norwood procedure (NP) for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). This stu ...
Long-Term Outcome of Sirolimus- ...
Drug-eluting stents (DES) have markedly reduced the incidence of coronary in-stent restenosis. However, DES may be still vulnerable to coronary thro ...
Anomalous Origin of the Right P ...
Anomalous origin of the pulmonary artery (AOPA) from the aorta is a rare congenital heart malformation. This report describes a case of AOPA from th ...
Hemoptysis in a Teenager with C ...
Expectoration of foreign objects has been reported mainly in adults. Expectorated objects have included staples after lung volume reduction surgery ...
Complete Atrioventricular Canal ...
Common atrioventricular canal (CAVC) is a common congenital heart lesion resulting from a defect in development of the endocardial cushions during e ...
Fetal Demise Secondary to Massi ...
Rhabdomyoma is the most common cardiac tumor in fetuses, often associated with tuberous sclerosis complex and usually diagnosed in the third trimest ...
Isolated Junctional Tachycardia ...
Isolated junctional tachycardia is rare in children but has been reported after cardiac surgery. To date, it has not been reported after noncardiac ...
Laparoscopic-Assisted Retrieval ...
A 5-year-old boy born with a congenital heart defect had insertion of an epicardial pacemaker that was found on routine evaluation to have been disp ...
Steroid-resistant acute allogra ...
Steroid-resistant rejection after pediatric renal transplantation forms a rare but severe complication with a guarded prognosis particularly if this ...
Renal artery stenosis: is angio ...
Renovascular hypertension (RVH) is an unusual cause of hypertension in children that is important to diagnose as it is potentially curable with angi ...
The primary cilium in different ...
Primary cilia are specialized organelles consisting of an axoneme anchored to the plasma membrane through the basal body consisting of two centriole ...
Fetal environment, epigenetics, ...
The notion that some adult diseases may have their origins in utero has recently captured scientists’ attention. Some of these effects persist acros ...
Defining and redefining the nep ...
It has long been appreciated that the mammalian kidney arises via reciprocal interactions between an epithelial ureteric epithelium and the surround ...
Imaging of the urinary tract: t ...
Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are increasingly valuable tools for assessing the urinary tract in adults and children ...
Renal manifestations of patient ...
MYH9-related disorders are a group of autosomal, dominantly inherited disorders caused by mutations of the MYH9 gene, which encodes the non-muscle m ...
Clinical and laboratory feature ...
OCRL mutations, which are a hallmark of Lowe syndrome, have recently been found in patients with isolated renal phenotype (Dent-2 disease). In this ...
Primary versus secondary hypert ...
Childhood hypertension has classically been recognized as a secondary disease. However, primary hypertension also occurs in children. The aim of thi ...
HIV-associated nephropathy in t ...
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated nephropathy (HIVAN) is most frequently seen as a late manifestation in adult patients with a high vira ...
Karyomegalic-like nephropathy, ...
Karyomegalic interstitial nephropathy has been reported as a rare interstitial nephritis in adult patients. Histology shows atypical epithelial cell ...