Objective: Review management of patients presenting with aneurysms due to intimomedial mucoid degeneration (IMMD).
Design: Retrospective analysis.
Setting: Metropolitan Vascular Service, Departments of Haematology and Pathology, University of Natal.
The nephrotic syndrome is characterized by profound changes in the turnover and concentration of most plasma proteins, including those involved in the coagulation pathways. Thromboembolic complications, especially venous, have been widely reported. Arterial thrombosis is a relatively rare complication and has been reported mainly in nephrotic children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe short-term, seasonal input of ground water to a small, precipitation-dominated oligotrophic lake in northern Wisconsin amounts to less than 10 percent of the annual water budget of the lake but accounts for nearly all the external silica loading. Silica is a necessary nutrient for diatoms. A large spring diatom bloom occurs coincident with high silica inputs from ground water when other possible silica sources are low.
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