BACKGROUND Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis(BRIC)is a rare autosomal recessive liver disease,causing episodic cholestasis with intense pruritus.This case report highlights the effectiveness of early plasmaphe...
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) is a rare autoimmune disease related to the lack of inhibition of excitatory neurons in the central nervous system leading to multiple motor dysfunction and symptoms due to uncontrolled mot...
This study is supported by SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.
Objective:To explore a possible association between systemic immunoglobulin A(IgA)vasculitis and RS3PE syndrome and to investigate specific treatment regimens for adults who present with IgA vasculitis with renal invo...
BACKGROUND Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis(FSGS)is one of the most common glomerular diseases leading to renal failure.FSGS has a high risk of recurrence after kidney transplantation.Prevention of recurrent FSGS us...
Background:Recent decreases in the incidence of postoperative liver failure(POLF)have been attributed to advances in surgical techniques,critical care,and postoperative management.However,POLF management remains a cha...
Background: Cold agglutinins are auto-antibodies that can be a nuisance in cross matching and in blood grouping. Here we report an unusual case of a high titer and wide amplitude cold agglutinin reduc...
Background: The December 2019 Chinese epidemic of Corona Virus Disease [COVID-19], which erupted in Wuhan, South China, was declared a pandemic, by the World Health Organization [WHO], on 12th
BACKGROUND Acute liver failure(ALF)and acute-on-chronic liver(ACLF)carry high short-term mortality rate,and may result from a wide variety of causes.Plasma exchange has been shown in a randomized control trial to impr...