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Snake venom is a complex mixture secreted from the glands of poisonous snakes, which contains proteins, peptides, lipids, nucleosides, sugars, amino acids, amines, metal ions, and other components. According to the toxicological classification, snake venoms can be classified as neurotoxins, anticoagulants and procoagulant toxins, cardiac toxins, other toxin proteins, and enzymes. Proteins and peptides are the key components of snake venom.
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August 2021
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Inherited liver diseases may present in infancy as cholestatic jaundice progressing to severe hepatic dysfunction. Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection may initially involve the liver, yet in otherwise healthy hosts rarely leads to long-term hepatic disease. We report a series of three patients, diagnosed with hereditary liver diseases: progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) type IV, alpha 1 anti-trypsin deficiency (A1ATD) and Alagille syndrome (ALGS), who were also diagnosed with cCMV infection.
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May 2021
From the Center for Digestive Health and Nutrition, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL.
Objectives: Endoscopic pancreatic function test (ePFT) has been in use for exocrine function testing since the 1990s. In patients, short ePFT assesses acinar function, unlike the longer version for ductal function in adults. The present study summarizes characteristics of 1913 short ePFTs (S-ePFT) performed at 2 centers since 2001.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDev Comp Immunol
April 2019
College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Laboratory of Bio-Pesticide Innovation and Application of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, PR China. Electronic address:
The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, the main pest of brassica crops, has developed resistance to almost all major classes of insecticides as the farmers rely on insecticides to control this pest. An extensive use of broad-spectrum insecticides against P. xylostella promotes the selection of insecticide resistance, destroy natural enemies, and pollute the environment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Pediatr
November 2015
Department of Pediatrics, Temple University School of Medicine, 3440 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Background: The etiologies of conjugated hyperbilirubinemia in infancy are diverse.
Objective: Determine the prevalence rates of the specific etiologies of conjugated hyperbilirubinemia in infancy.
Data Sources: EMBASE and Pubmed were searched electronically and the bibliographies of selected studies were search manually.
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