Publications by authors named "Sarah Ye"

Few cases of isolated spontaneous hyphema in the newborn have been reported. A case of a term vaginally delivered female newborn who was diagnosed as having a hyphema in the left eye 18 hours after birth is presented. Delivery was complicated with fetal head malposition and the delivery was prolonged.

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Purpose: To characterize fluorescein angiography (FA) features in pediatric uveitis.

Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study of pediatric uveitis patients in Atlanta, GA, who had FA imaging between May 2009 and August 2020.

Results: A total of 137 eyes of 88 patients were evaluated.

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Obesity is associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The risk is related to the cytokine storm, a major contributor to multiorgan failure and a pathological character of COVID-19 patients with obesity. While the exact cause of the cytokine storm remains elusive, disorders in energy metabolism has provided insights into the mechanism.

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Huntington's disease (HD) is a dominantly inherited monogenetic disorder characterized by motor and cognitive dysfunction due to neurodegeneration. The disease is caused by the polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion at the 5' terminal of the exon 1 of the huntingtin () gene, , which results in the accumulation of mutant HTT (mHTT) aggregates in neurons and cell death. The monogenetic cause and the loss of specific neural cell population make HD a suitable candidate for stem cell and gene therapy.

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