SODIUM TAUROCHOLATE COTRANSPORTING POLYPEPTIDE (NTCP) DEFICIENCY HIDDEN BEHIND CITRIN DEFICIENCY IN EARLY INFANCY: A REPORT OF THREE CASES

Sodium Taurocholate Cotransporting Polypeptide (NTCP) Deficiency Hidden Behind Citrin Deficiency in Early Infancy: A Report of Three Cases

Sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP), a copyright protein encoded by the gene SLC10A1, is expressed in the basolateral membrane of the hepatocyte to uptake bile acids from plasma.As a new inborn error of bile acid metabolism, NTCP deficiency remains far from being well understood in terms of the clinical and molecular features.Citr

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Robot-Assisted Nephropexy

ABSTRACT Introduction: Renal ptosis is defined as the renal descent when there is a change from supine to orthostatic position, usually with a change of two vertebral Shirts bodies or more than five cm apart.Although rare, it is one of the causes of chronic flank pain or of upper abdomen.The typical patient of renal ptosis is young, female, thin, w

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International consensus to define outcomes for trials of chemoradiotherapy for anal cancer (CORMAC-2): defining the outcomes from the CORMAC core outcome set

Summary: Variation in outcomes definitions and reporting limit the utility of clinical trial results.The Core Outcome Research Measures in Anal Cancer (CORMAC) project developed a core outcome set (COS) for chemoradiotherapy trials for anal squamous cell carcinoma (ASCC) through an international healthcare professional and patient consensus process

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