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A 2-month-old girl with exudative pericarditis and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is presented. The child had characteristic dysmorphic features of carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome, which was confirmed by serum levels of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin.
Carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome (CDGS) is a newly delineated group of inherited multisystemic disorders associated with abnormal glycosylation of a number of serum glycoproteins. Several types have been described on the basis of clinical presentation and biochemical changes of the
All patients with heart diseases should undergo risk stratification to predict those who are at high risk for short- and long-term adverse outcomes. Carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125) is a glycoprotein produced by mesothelium that has clinical role in ovarian cancer monitoring. However, as it is not
BACKGROUND
The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of tumour markers in the differential diagnosis of pericardial effusions and to assess their changing levels during follow up.
METHODS
Sixty-nine patients who were admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of pericardial effusion were included
Bovine alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (alpha 1AG) was purified from pooled normal bovine sera by successive ammonium sulfate precipitation, ion-exchange chromatographies and gel filtration. Bovine alpha 1AG had a molecular weight of 42,000 +/- 2,000 and a sedimentation coefficient of 3.4S. It contained
22 nonneoplastic, noninflammatory effusions (cirrhosis and congestive heart failure), 12 non-neoplastic inflammatory effusions (tuberculosis, lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and idiopathic pleuropericarditis), and 58 neoplastic effusions (cancer of lung, breast, ovary, and pancreas, and
Copper deficiency has been shown to result in severe cardiovascular lesions in several species of animals. The principal carbohydrate in the copper-deficient diet most often used with rats is sucrose, which is known to have adverse effects on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism and thus may contribute
The communities of beneficial bacteria that live in our intestines, the gut microbiome, are important for the development and function of the immune system. Bacteroides species make up a significant fraction of the human gut microbiome, and can be probiotic and pathogenic, depending upon various
In conclusion, patients on chronic maintenance dialysis have an increased incidence of death from cardiovascular disease. Hypertension plays a major role, and these patients must be carefully monitored for complete control of blood pressure. Adequacy of ultrafiltration to maintain normal
To investigate the clinical significance of carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125), an antigen related to ovarian cancer, in patients with pericardial effusion, we examined the relationship between serum levels of CA125 and the presence or severity of pericardial effusion. Fifty-seven patients (25 with