Infantile nephrotic syndrome Galloway-Mowat syndrome diffuse mesangial sclerosis Nephropathology Quiz Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Early-onset or infantile nephrotic syndrome (NS) may be associated with a number of systemic syndromes. It is imperative to diagnose the underlying syndrome correctly as it has considerable therapeutic implications. Given the ra...

Project administrated by Halcrow Ltd This document is an output from a project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) for the benefit of developing countries. The views expressed are not necessarily those of DFID. About the authors Dr Joy Clancy is the main author of this paper. She is a Reader in technology transfer with the Technology and Development Group, Universit...

BACKGROUND Individuals with diabetes have been found previously to be at increased risk of non-traumatic fracture. However, it is unclear if these individuals are being identified and treated for osteoporosis. METHODS 7753 Canadians over 50 years of age were followed prospectively for 10 years. 606/7753 (7.8%) of had diabetes; 98 were insulin-dependent and 508 were not. Using a cox proportion...

Working memory refers to an intriguing and essential problem in cognitive science: How does the brain succeed in maintaining information for certain duration and perform mental operations on the stored information? An important avenue in tackling this issue stems from the relatively well-defined domain of selective attention. The role of selective attention in working memory has become increasi...

The mucosal surfaces of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts represent the principal portals of entry for most infectious agents. Hence, the development of vaccination strategies capable of inducing protective immune responses at the mucosal sites is a priority. Since the mucosal surfaces are exposed to a wide variety of antigens, the mucosal immune system has to discriminate between har...

Introduction Disorders of genital development occur in all species of mammals (Cribiu and Chaffaux, 1990; Passello-Legrand and Mowat, 2004; Weng et al., 2005). In female dogs, the clitoris develops from the genital tubercle, as the penis in the male. The enlargement or ossification of clitoris may be caused by an abnormality of chromosome differentiation, by exposure to androgens or progestins ...