Factors influencing survival in sphingosine phosphate lyase insufficiency syndrome: a retrospective cross-sectional natural history study of 76 patients

Abstract Background Sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase insufficiency syndrome (SPLIS) is a recently recognized inborn error of metabolism associated with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome as well as adrenal insufficiency and immunological, neurological, and skin manifestations.SPLIS is caused by inactivating mutations in SGPL1, encoding the pyridoxal

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A Response to the Commentary Entitled: “Addressing the Shortage of Health Professionals in Rural China: Issues and Progress”

The principal problems of healthcare services in China are “difficulty in seeing a doctor”and “high expense of getting medical Merc. service” (commonly known in Chinese as “kan bing nan, kan bing gui”).The central Chinese government has already launched the bottom-up cascading medical system and two-way referral system recently in order

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) among Health Care Professionals Working in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) is a common healthcare-related infection occurring in patients admitted for various ailments.Approximately 80% of hospital acquired Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are catheter associated.The purpose of the current research was to find out the level of knowledge, attitude and practice on preventio

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