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Thyroid eye disease (TED), also known as Graves’ orbitopathy, is a complex autoimmune disorder driven by an interplay of immune cells, orbital fibroblasts and tissue remodelling factors that lead to inflammation, oedema and, ultimately, potential vision loss.1 While the disease has historically been challenging to manage, recent therapeutic innovations are reshaping treatment paradigms and offering new […]

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Cornelius J Fernandez, Lakshmi Nagendra, Mohammed Alkhalifah

Hypertension affects up to 40% of the adult population worldwide,1 and according to the World Health Organization’s 2021 estimates, globally 1.28 billion adults between 18 and 79 years are affected.2 Of these, 85% have essential hypertension3 and the remainder have secondary hypertension, which is potentially ...

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Luis D’Marco, María Jesús Puchades, Lorena Gandía

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents one of the greatest future public health challenges due, among other consequences, to its elevated burden on economic and human resources within healthcare systems.1 Moreover, the rapid growth of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) results ...

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Lucas Ribeiro dos Santos, Erico Paulo Heilbrun, Charles Simões Félix

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is an innate error in the biosynthesis of adrenal steroids, which triggers a wide range of consequences based on the level of the enzyme blockade. A deficiency in the enzyme 21-α-hydroxylase is the most frequent cause, ...

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Hiya Boro, Saurav Khatiwada, Sarah Alam

Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is characterized by the impaired ability of the kidneys to absorb filtered bicarbonate or to excrete titrable acid in urine.1 It manifests as normal anion gap (hyperchloremic) metabolic acidosis. RTA may be of four types: type 1 (...

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Sílvia Cristina de Sousa Paredes, Sara Gomes de Campos Lopes, Isabel Maria Beleza Ferraz Torres

Catecholamine-secreting tumours that arise from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla and the sympathetic ganglia are respectively referred to as pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. The term paraganglioma is also used for tumours derived from parasympathetic tissue in the head and neck, ...

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Arterial Stiffness and Cardiovascular Risk Recently, much emphasis has been placed on the role of arterial stiffness in the development of cardiovascular diseases. In fact, increased arterial wall rigidity has been acknowledged as a major independent risk factor for cardiovascular ...

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Arterial Stiffness and Cardiovascular Risk Arterial Stiffness and Cardiovascular Risk Recently, much emphasis has been placed on the role of arterial stiffness in the development of cardiovascular diseases. In fact, increased arterial wall rigidity has been acknowledged as a major ...

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Diabetic nephropathy-characterized by hypertension, macro-albuminuria, progressive loss of renal function, and a high incidence of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality-is the leading cause of end-stage renal failure in the US.1-5 The predictive power of proteinuria for progressive renal function loss ...

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Hypertension and Diabetes The Size of the Problem Hypertension and Diabetes The Size of the Problem Arterial hypertension and diabetes are chronic pathological conditions presenting with a very high frequency in the adult general population. Hypertension affects about one-third of ...

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Hypertension and Diabetes The Size of the Problem Hypertension and Diabetes The Size of the Problem Arterial hypertension and diabetes are chronic pathological conditions presenting with a very high frequency in the adult general population. Hypertension affects about one-third of ...

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Diabetic nephropathy-characterized by hypertension, macro-albuminuria, progressive loss of renal function, and a high incidence of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality-is the leading cause of end-stage renal failure in the US.1-5 The predictive power of proteinuria for progressive renal function loss ...

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