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Ageing and inflammation with focus on end-stage renal diseases : genetic and epigenetic factors
(2016-05-27)
The presence of ageing-associated disorders at a relatively young age in patients suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD) has led to the hypothesis that CKD is characterized by accelerated ageing, resulting in a marked ...
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for the treatment of cardiogenic shock : identification of pre-implant outcome predictors
(2018-10-11)
Background: Refractory cardiogenic shock (RCS), cardiac arrest (CA) and postarrest cardiogenic shock (CS) are associated with high mortality. Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is increasingly used ...
The HPA axis in type 2 diabetes : some aspects in relation to insulin sensitivity, beta-cell function and IGF-I/IGFBP-1
(2014-02-21)
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is characterized by insulin resistance and β-cell failure, abdominal obesity, hypertension and dyslipidemia. These symptoms are also characteristic of states of hypercortisolism. The purpose of this ...