Assessing the Representation of Phonological Rules by a Production Study of Non-Words in Coratino.

Phonological regularities in a given language can be described as a set of formal rules applied to logical expressions (e.g., the value of a distinctive feature) or alternatively as distributional properties emerging from the phonetic substance.

Low-dose synthetic adrenocorticotropic hormone-analog therapy for nephrotic patients: results from a single-center pilot study.

Introduction: This report describes our experience using a low-dose synthetic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) analog for patients affected by nephrotic syndrome who had not responded to or had relapsed after steroid and immunosuppressive treatments.

Patients And Methods: Eighteen adult nephrotic patients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate >30 mL/min were recruited. Histological pictures included ten of membranous nephropathy, three of membranous proliferative glomerulonephritis, three of minimal change, and two of focal segmental glomerular sclerosis.

Creatinine clearance, cystatin C, beta2-microglobulin and TATI as markers of renal function in patients with proteinuria.

Background: Proteinuria is a risk factor for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Creatinine clearance (CrCl) is usually used as a marker to monitor the progression of ESRD, while cystatin C (CYST) has also been considered as a marker of renal function. Tumor-associated trypsin inhibitor (TATI) has been shown to be a promising marker of renal function.

Lipoprotein glomerulopathy: first report of 2 not consanguineous Italian men from the same town.

It is well known that the abnormal accumulation of lipids can occur in kidneys of patients affected by some metabolic disorders due either to inherited enzymatic deficiency or to an acquired lipid alteration as in nephrotic syndrome. Lipoprotein glomerulopathy (LG), briefly described in a patient of Koitabashi in 1987 in a review on renal lipidoses authored by Faraggiana and Churg, represents an emerging novel storage renal disease. This rare and unique nephropathy is characterized by the presence of lipoprotein thrombi in dilated glomerular capillary lumina associated with type III hyperlipoproteinemia, and high serum levels of apolipoprotein E (apo E).