Objective: Disorders of glucose metabolism in children with obesity are less common than in adults. There is also evidence that they may be transient. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalences of impaired fasting glucose (IFG), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and its reversibility in pediatric patients with obesity and to define the factors determining the reversibility of prediabetes or progression to diabetes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFocal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a major cause of familial nephrotic syndrome. We generated 20 induced pluripotent stem cell lines from patients diagnosed with FSGS. The iPSC lines include 8 female and 12 male lines and cover a donor age range from 31 to 78.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: This study aimed to analyze the extent of co-medication and to assess potential interactions between antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and other drugs among patients with epilepsy.
Methods: We studied 663 consecutive patients with epilepsy seen in tertiary outpatient clinic. Data on epilepsy and current treatment with AED(s) were collected from structured interview and medical records.