FACTOR XIII DEFICIENCY IN A MOTHER-BABY DYAD

Factor XIII deficiency in a mother-baby dyad

Background: Factor XIII deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive coagulation disorder with varied presentations including prolonged bleeding from the umbilical cord stump, defective wound healing, recurrent miscarriages, or life-threatening intracranial hemorrhage.Clinical Description: A male baby was born at term gestation to a fourth gravida moth

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Diverging from an established Greek musical nationalism: Aspects of modernism in the works of Dimitri Mitropoulos, Nikos Skalkottas, Dimitrios Levidis and Harilaos Perpessas, during the 1920s and 30s

The presence of many young talented composers outside Greece, studying in prominent European music centres during the 1920s and 30s, set them free from the ideological compulsions of Greek musical nationalism prevailing in Athenian musical life during the first decades of the 20th century.The creative approach and adoption of aspects of musical mod

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Continuous glucose monitoring reveals similar glycemic variability in individuals with obesity despite increased HOMA-IR

Background/aimsContinuous glucose monitoring is a well-tolerated and versatile tool for management of diabetes and metabolic disease.While its use appears to be feasible to monitor glycemic profiles in diabetics, there is a paucity of data in individuals with obesity and normal glucose tolerance.The aim of this study is to investigate glucose fluct

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Recent Advances in Silk Sericin/Calcium Phosphate Biomaterials

Calcium phosphates (CaPs) have been widely used in the field of biomedical engineering as bone graft substitutes or as carriers for drug delivery applications.Recent developments have focused on combining CaPs with proteins to obtain functional biomaterials that accommodate a broader spectrum of functional requirements.Silk sericin was considered a

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