J Pediatr Hematol Oncol
November 2023
Aim To study clinical and laboratory associations of hepatic fibrosis indexes in patients with decompensated NYHA functional class II-IV chronic heart failure (CHF).Material and methods The study included 128 patients admitted to the cardiological or therapeutic department of the University Clinical Hospital #4 at the I. M.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAtypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome is an ultra-rare, life-threatening disease. Causative variants in genes that encode complement factors can be identified in 40-70% of cases. We performed genetic analysis of 21 Czech children with atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) has a heterogeneous spectrum of monogenic causes that substantially differ among populations. The aim of this study was to analyse the genetic aetiology of SRNS in Czech and Slovak paediatric patients.
Methods: We analysed clinical data from 74 patients (38 boys) with congenital (15%), infant (14%), and childhood-onset (71%) SRNS collected from the Czech Republic and Slovakia from 2000 to 2017 (inclusive).