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1. Study design: randomly assigned, cross-over study. 2. Patient number: 60. 3. Inclusion criteria: stable patients end-stage renal disease who were older than 20 years and received thrice-weekly standard hemodialysis for more than 3 months were recruited. 4. Exclusion criteria: active systemic

Patients >18 years of age who were admitted to the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit of the Cardiology Hospital, National Medical Center, Century XXI (Mexico City) and diagnosed with ST segment elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and hyperfibrinogenemia within 72 h of symptom onset were

5 Introduction Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) is a slowly progressing neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by i) a hypokinetic movement disorder which defines MSA of the parkinsonian type (MSA-P) or by ii) cerebellar symptoms which define MSA of the cerebellar type (MSA-C). In both types

Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) is an inherited immune disorder involving decreased phagocytic superoxide oxygen radical production, resulting in increased susceptibility to infections. Furthermore, there is a predominance of immune-related inflammatory problems in a subset of CGD patients, such