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Clinical study to seek a metabolic biomarker(s), detectable by mass spectrometry, that can be used to 'stratify' patients with asymptomatic lipoma. In view of the often extensive nature of lipomas associated with the low spinal cord, we hypothesise that lipid components, or metabolites derived from

Hemophilia is an X-linked recessive bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency of coagulation factor VIII (hemophilia A) or IX (hemophilia B). Severe hemophilia patients may have frequent spontaneous bleeding episodes such as joint and muscle bleeding. Repeated joint bleeding leads to chronic

Study Background The earliest observation that there is an association between H. pylori and PD was in 1966 when Strang found that gastric and duodenal ulcers were more common in PD patients than their age and gender-matched controls and that these ulcers preceded the diagnosis of PD by up to 20

Statins, a class of hydroxyl methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors that lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, are commonly prescribed to patients with the metabolic syndrome or those with multiple cardiovascular disease risk factors when lifestyle changes fail to achieve LDL targets to

Protocol 09-2009 EVALUATION OF CAROTID IMT AND ATHEROGENIC RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH CEREBROTENDINOUS XANTHOMATOSIS ABSTRACT Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is a rare disease characterized by xanthomatous lesions in many tissues, mainly in the brain. Mutation in the gene of sterol