Background: The HELLP syndrome is a serious complication in pregnancy characterized by haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count occurring in 0.5 to 0.9% of all pregnancies and in ...

A systematic literature search for clinical reports and reviews published between 2000 and 2008 was undertaken using Pub Med and the Cochrane databases. Search words were "HELLP syndrome", and ...

Catastrophic APS occurs in less than 1% of APS patients. Catastrophic APS generally happens when certain triggers, like infections, surgery and trauma, cancer, pregnancy complications like HELLP ...

What is Cushing's syndrome? Cushing's syndrome is a hormonal disorder. It’s caused when you have high levels of the hormone cortisol over a long time. Cushing's syndrome is fairly rare. It most often ...

rfogelpartners.org The pathogenesis of airway obstruction in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome is reviewed. The primary defect is probably an anatomically small or collapsible ...

Little is known about the presence and role of intrinsically disordered regions in RNA-binding proteins in trypanosomes. Here, the authors provide evidence for an intrinsically disordered domain ...

Dr. Annie Liu (Medicine): A 35-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital because of shortness of breath and edema in the legs. Eight weeks before the current presentation, the patient was ...

Drama aside, it’s possible these characters fell to takotsubo syndrome — a short, intense dysfunction in the heart’s left ventricle. It can occur after extreme emotional or physical stress ...

RECENT advances in knowledge of the nature of the nephrotic syndrome have led to more rational therapy. The purpose of this communication is to review this progress. The nephrotic syndrome is a ...