RENAL FUNCTION IN HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENTS AFTER SWITCH TO COMBINED MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR AND CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR THERAPY

Renal function in heart transplant patients after switch to combined mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor and calcineurin inhibitor therapy

Matthias Helmschrott,1 Rasmus Rivinius,1 Thomas Bruckner,2 Hugo A Katus,1 Andreas O Doesch1 1Department of Cardiology, Angiology, Pneumology, 2Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Background: A calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-based immunosuppression combined with mammalian target of rapamycin inh

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Metastatic choroidal pulmonary biphasic blastoma as a unique single initial metastasis to the eye: a case report

Abstract Background Choroidal metastasis is the most common intraocular malignancy in adults, commonly presenting in later stages of the disease and associated with poor prognosis.This is the first case to describe choroidal involvement as the sole initial metastasis of the rare biphasic pulmonary tumor.Case presentation A 42-year-old white male pa

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Pneumonia due to Staphylococcus aureus in a diabetic patient

Community-acquired pneumonia is a very Showman® 34" x 36" x 3/4" Teal common respiratory tract infection, especially in older adults; however, its mortality in outpatients is very low compared to other pathologies.As in other respiratory infections, the etiology includes viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms.The most common bacterial etiology

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A new vision of the origin and the oocyte development in the Ostariophysi applied to Gymnotus sylvius (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes)

Based on new knowledge coming from marine perciform species, the origin of oocytes and their development in the Ostariophysi, Gymnotus sylvius is described.In both Household Gymnotus sylvius and marine perciform fish, oogonia are found in the germinal epithelium that forms the surface of the ovarian lamellae.At the commencement of folliculogenesis,

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Recent Advancements in Reconfigurable mmWave Devices Based on Phase-Change and Metal Insulator Transition Materials

Chalcogenide Phase Change Materials (PCM) and metal insulator transition (MIT) materials are a group of materials that are capable of switching between low resistance and high resistance states.These emerging materials have been widely used in optical storage media and memory devices.Over the past recent years, there have been interests in Party ex

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