Chronic delta hepatitis (CDH) represents a severe form of chronic viral hepatitis, induced by the hepatitis delta virus (HDV) in conjunction with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Delta hepatitis may lead to disease in humans through co-infection. The former leads to acute hepatitis which clinically can range from mild hepatitis to fulminant hepatitis and death. Severe or fulminant hepatitis is more...

BACKGROUND Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is associated in many cases with pulmonary hypertension. Currently, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is one of the possible modalities of treatment of pulmonary hypertension and prevention of parenchymal lung injury in neonates with CDH. HYPOTHESIS Molecular stress is present in the lungs of neonates with CDH. To test this hypothesis,...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a significant cause of pediatric mortality in humans with a heterogeneous and poorly understood etiology. Here we show that mice lacking Slit3 developed a central (septum transversum) CDH. Slit3 encodes a member of the Slit family of guidance molecules and is expressed predominantly in the mesothelium of the diaphragm during embryonic development. In Sli...

Multiple loss-of-function (LOF) alleles at the same gene may influence a phenotype not only in the homozygote state when alleles are considered individually, but also in the compound heterozygote (CH) state. Such LOF alleles typically have low frequencies and moderate to large effects. Detecting such variants is of interest to the genetics community, and relevant statistical methods for detecti...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is often diagnosed and treated in the perinatal period. Recurrence a known complication that may very rarely occur years after operation. We report here case of patient who had an operation for CDH at birth then recurred adulthood. Given risk complications symptomatology patient, we decided to treat surgically. successfully performed video-assisted thoracic...

Background and Objective: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is an anomaly of the cardiopulmonary system maturation process that results from both a global embryopathy concomitant mechanical compression abdominal contents during fetal maturation. This in pulmonary hypertension, hypoplasia, cardiac dysfunction, requiring intense critical care management. The patients with highest risk CDH are...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a severe birth defect. Wt1-null mouse embryos develop CDH but the mechanisms regulated by WT1 are unknown. We have generated a murine model with conditional deletion of WT1 in the lateral plate mesoderm, using the G2 enhancer of the Gata4 gene as a driver. 80% of G2-Gata4(Cre);Wt1(fl/fl) embryos developed typical Bochdalek-type CDH. We show that the post...

Pulmonary hypoplasia(PH) commonly occurs in association with oligohydramnios and other congenital anomalies, especially congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Pulmonary hypoplasia is an important factor, as persistent pulmonary hypertension, in the prognosis of CDH. In some reports, there is a decrement of pulmonary surfactant in PH accompanying CDH. Recently, there are some reports that exogen...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Chronic daily headache (CDH) is defined as a headache disorder in which headaches occur on a daily or near-daily basis (at least 15 days/month) for more than 3 months. Chronic migraine (CM) and medication overuse headache (MOH) are very disabling headaches that remain underdiagnosed. The aim of this study was to establish the frequency of CDH and its various subtypes, and...

PURPOSE The aim of the study was to determine clinical indications for performing minimally invasive surgery (MIS) with acceptable results by reviewing our experience in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) repair and comparing outcomes of MIS with open surgery. METHODS Medical records of patients who underwent CDH repair were reviewed retrospectively between January 2008 and December 2012, ...