3 results match your criteria: "Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Children Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital[Affiliation]"

Therapeutic modalities and clinical outcomes in a large cohort with LRBA deficiency and CTLA4 insufficiency.

J Allergy Clin Immunol

December 2023

Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey; Istanbul Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic and Research Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies, Istanbul, Turkey; The Isil Berat Barlan Center for Translational Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address:

Background: LPS-responsive beige-like anchor (LRBA) deficiency (LRBA) and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA4) insufficiency (CTLA4) are mechanistically overlapped diseases presenting with recurrent infections and autoimmunity. The effectiveness of different treatment regimens remains unknown.

Objective: Our aim was to determine the comparative efficacy and long-term outcome of therapy with immunosuppressants, CTLA4-immunoglobulin (abatacept), and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in a single-country multicenter cohort of 98 patients with a 5-year median follow-up.

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A balanced and healthy diet is very important in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in childhood. In addition to regulating blood glucose with diet, diet should also support optimal growth. Low-carbohydrate diet aims to provide daily energy from fats and was originally used for childhood epilepsy.

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Objective: To determine the incidence of peripheral neuropathy in children suffering Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) as well as to determine the relationship between other criteria of the disease and neuropathy.

Methods: 40 children (17 males, mean age 11.9 years) suffering IDDM and receiving insulin therapy involving two injections a day and 30 healthy children (17 males, mean age 11.

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