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DNA methylation heterogeneity defines a disease spectrum in Ewing sarcoma
DNA methylation sequencing and bioinformatic analyses uncover an epigenetic disease spectrum in Ewing sarcoma. These characteristic epigenome patterns correlate with state of differentiation and disease aggres...
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Radiographic features of the skeleton in disorders of post-squalene cholesterol biosynthesis
Disorders of post-squalene cholesterol biosynthesis are inborn errors of metabolism characterised by multiple congenital abnormalities, including significant skeletal involvement. The most frequent and best-ch...
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Autoimmune hypoparathyroidism in a 12-year-old girl with McKusick cartilage hair hypoplasia
McKusick type metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, or cartilage hair hypoplasia (CHH), is a rare autosomal recessive osteochondrodysplasia secondary to a mutation in the RMRP gene. In addition to the metaphyseal chondro...
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‘Renal hypersensitivity’ to inulin and IgA nephropathy
Hypersensitivity to inulin (polyfructan) is a rare event; two cases of food allergy and some patients presenting with allergy and hypersensitivity after inulin infusion have been reported. An 11-year-old boy s...
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Nephronophthisis-like nephritis associated with fibrous dysplasia of bone
Nephronophthisis is a chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis with autosomal recessive inheritance whose evolution to end-stage renal disease is insidious but constant. Fibrous dysplasia of bone is characterized ...
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Unexpected diagnosis of cystic fibrosis at liver biopsy: a report of four pediatric cases
We report here four cases of pediatric patients in whom the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis was made only after the histological examination of a liver specimen obtained by biopsy (three cases) or at autopsy (one...
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So-called infantile haemangiopericytoma of the kidney
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Nonmetastatic renal-cell carcinoma: is it really possible to define rational guidelines for post-treatment follow-up?
Recent advances in tumor cytogenetics and molecular biology have clarified that renal-cell carcinoma is not a single entity but comprises a variety of tumors with different histological features, genetic patte...
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Mutations in genes in the renin-angiotensin system are associated with autosomal recessive renal tubular dysgenesis
Autosomal recessive renal tubular dysgenesis is a severe disorder of renal tubular development characterized by persistent fetal anuria and perinatal death, probably due to pulmonary hypoplasia from early-onse...
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Precursor B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia as a cause of a bilateral nephromegaly
Nephromegaly and non-oliguric acute renal failure is an unusual manifestation of lymphoblastic infiltration of the kidneys. We report the clinical history of a female child where a precursor B-cell lymphoblast...
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Traitement par ultrasons focalisés du cancer localisé de la prostate: Résultats carcinologiques et pronostic sexuel
Evaluer l’efficacité du traitement du cancer localisé de la prostate par ultrasons focalisés de haute intensité (HIFU), et son retentissement sur la fonction sexuelle.
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A novel CLTC-TFE3 gene fusion in pediatric renal adenocarcinoma with t(X;17)(p11.2;q23)
A distinctive subset of renal carcinomas is associated with Xp11.2 translocations and resulting TFE3 gene fusions (PRCC–TFE3, PSF–TFE3, NONO–TFE3, ASPL–TFE3), encoding related aberrant transcription factors. We r...
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Characterization of time-enhancement curves of benign and malignant prostate tissue at dynamic MR imaging
Our objectives were to determine time-enhancement curves of prostate cancer, peripheral zone, and adenoma at gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging, and to determine if a high-spatial/low-temporal dynamic imaging cou...
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Skeletal and total body volumes of human fetuses: assessment of reference data by spiral CT
Objective: To define reference data for skeletal and total body volumes of normal human fetuses. Materials and methods: Spiral CT was used to assess the skeletal and total body volumes of 31 norm...
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Absence of Correlation between Reg and Insulin Gene Expression in Pancreas during Fetal Development
The reg gene characterized in the exocrine pancreas has been found to be expressed in regenerating islets of 90% depancreatized rats and not in normal islets. In humans, it was identified only in the exocrine ...
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Familial infantile nephrotic syndrome with ocular abnormalities
Two siblings born from consanguineous parents experienced infantile nephrotic syndrome with ocular and neurological abnormalities; the boy also had a micropenis; both patients died before age 1 year. An initia...