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- Sintomas, diagnóstico e tratamento - BMJ Best Practice
University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada Declarações VS is principal and co-investigator on several research grants through the University of Alberta, to study prion disease and related neurodegenerative diseases VS has one patent approved for the development of IgE-based prion therapy VS is currently a site lead for the Ionis
- Síntomas, diagnóstico y tratamiento - BMJ Best Practice
VS is principal and co-investigator on several research grants through the University of Alberta, to study prion disease and related neurodegenerative diseases
- Prion disease - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best Practice
Prion diseases are a group of rare, uniformly fatal neurodegenerative diseases In humans they occur in three forms: sporadic (85% to 90% of cases), genetic (10% to 15%), and acquired (<1%) Prions, or proteinaceous infectious particles, are the misshaped proteins responsible for causing transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or prion diseases
- Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice
Campylobacter infection is one of the leading causes of acute diarrhoea worldwide and is the most commonly reported bacterial cause of acute gastroenteritis in developed countries It is also a major cause of traveller's diarrhoea Campylobacter jejuni is the primary cause of acute enteritis, causing 80% to 90% of all cases of recognised illness due to Campylobacter infection Campylobacter
- Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice
Giardiasis symptoms vary from asymptomatic passage of cysts to acute self-limiting diarrhoea or chronic diarrhoea It is associated with growth restriction in children Diagnosis is by detection of cysts or trophozoites in a stool sample or by molecular-based detection of antigens or parasite-spe
- Haemolytic uraemic syndrome - BMJ Best Practice
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) is characterised by the triad of microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney injury Most cases of HUS occur in children and are diarrhoea-associated (D+ HUS) Diarrhoea-associated HUS is usually caused by Shiga toxin-producing Rare
- Evaluation of hyperprolactinemia - BMJ Best Practice
Hyperprolactinemia is a condition of elevated serum prolactin (PRL) Normal PRL levels in women and men are <25 micrograms L (500 milliunits L) and 20 micrograms L (400 milliunits L), respectively Epidemiology Hyperprolactinemia is the most common endocrine disorder of the hypothalamus-pituitary
- Malaria - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best Practice
Malaria typically presents with non-specific symptoms such as fever, chills, sweats, headache, and myalgia In Western countries, almost all malaria occurs in travellers; therefore, the diagnosis may be missed if a history of travel is not elicited Microscopic examination of a Giemsa-stained blo
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