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The 0.1% of the population with glucokinase monogenic diabetes can be recognized by clinical characteristics in pregnancy: the Atlantic Diabetes in Pregnancy cohort.
(American Diabetes Association, 2014-02)Identifying glucokinase monogenic diabetes (GCK-MODY) in pregnancy is important, as management is different from management for other forms of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and there is no increased maternal risk of ... -
100 years of insulin: celebrating the past, present and future of diabetes therapy
(Nature, 2021-07-15)The year 2021 marks the centennial of Banting and Best's landmark description of the discovery of insulin. This discovery and insulin's rapid clinical deployment effectively transformed type 1 diabetes from a fatal diagnosis ... -
2014 European thyroid association guidelines for the management of subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy and in children
(Karger, 2014-06-01)This guideline has been produced as the official statement of the European Thyroid Association guideline committee. Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) in pregnancy is defined as a thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level above ... -
8b.07: Results from the Uk Renal Denervation Affiliation- 246 Cases from 17 Centres
(Wolters Kluwer, 2015-06)OBJECTIVE: To describe the UK experience with Renal Denervation (RDN). DESIGN AND METHOD: RDN may lower blood pressure (BP) in people with resistant hypertension.The UK Renal Denervation Affiliation is an independent, ... -
A genome-wide association study identifies 5 loci associated with frozen shoulder and implicates diabetes as a causal risk factor
(PLoS One, 2021-06-10)Frozen shoulder is a painful condition that often requires surgery and affects up to 5% of individuals aged 40–60 years. Little is known about the causes of the condition, but diabetes is a strong risk factor. To begin to ... -
A meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in Alzheimer's disease highlights novel differentially methylated loci across cortex
(Nature, 2021-06-10)Epigenome-wide association studies of Alzheimer's disease have highlighted neuropathology-associated DNA methylation differences, although existing studies have been limited in sample size and utilized different brain ... -
A New Era in Epicardial Access for the Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias: The Epi-Co(2) Registry
(JACC, 2021-01-01)OBJECTIVES: This multicenter registry aimed to assess the reproducibility and safety of intentional coronary vein exit and carbon dioxide insufflation to facilitate subxiphoid epicardial access in the setting of ventricular ... -
A Rare Finding A Left Atrial Cavernous Haemangioma
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Abnormal splicing of hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 alpha in maturity-onset diabetes of the young.
(Springer, 2002-10)Mutations in the HNF-1 alpha gene result in maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY); an early-onset, dominantly inherited form of diabetes caused by pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction. Splice site mutations represent ... -
AbobotulinumtoxinA in the management of cervical dystonia in the United Kingdom: a budget impact analysis
(Dove Press, 2015-09-09)BACKGROUND: Cervical dystonia (CD) can be effectively managed by a combination of botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT-A) and conventional therapy (skeletal muscle relaxants and rehabilitative therapy), but the costs of different ... -
Abstract 150: Complications and Outcomes of Thrombolysis in Stroke Patients Aged 90 and Over: UK National Registry Data
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Abstract 152: Complications and Outcomes From Thrombolysis in Stroke Patients With Significant Pre-stroke Disability: Data From the UK National Stroke Registry
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Abstract TP178: Relationship Between Deprivation and Outcome for Stroke Patients: Data From the UK National Stroke Registry
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Accelerated long-term forgetting in presymptomatic autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease: a cross-sectional study.
(Elsevier, 2018-02)Tests sensitive to presymptomatic changes in Alzheimer's disease could be valuable for clinical trials. Accelerated long-term forgetting-during which memory impairment becomes apparent over longer periods than usually ... -
Activating germline mutations in STAT3 cause early-onset multi-organ autoimmune disease.
(Nature, 2014-08)Monogenic causes of autoimmunity provide key insights into the complex regulation of the immune system. We report a new monogenic cause of autoimmunity resulting from de novo germline activating STAT3 mutations in five ... -
Acute bronchodilator responses decline progressively over 4 years in patients with moderate to very severe COPD.
(BioMed Central, 2014-08-31)We previously reported a progressive decline in absolute responses of FEV1 and FVC to a near-maximal dose of 2 different short-acting bronchodilators over 4 years. Since varying host factors and the method of expressing ... -
Adaptations to the British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines on the management of acute severe UC in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a RAND appropriateness panel
(BMJ, 2020-10)Objective: Management of acute severe UC (ASUC) during the novel COVID-19 pandemic presents significant dilemmas. We aimed to provide COVID-19-specific guidance using current British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) ... -
Adherence to Oral Glucose-Lowering Therapies and Associations With 1-Year HbA1c: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis in a Large Primary Care Database.
(American Diabetes Association, 2016-02)The impact of taking oral glucose-lowering medicines intermittently, rather than as recommended, is unclear. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using community-acquired U.K. clinical data (Clinical Practice Research ...