Serum uremic toxins markedly increase in cats with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and have deleterious consequences.Renaltec is an oral adsorbent that binds uremic toxin precursors in the gut.In this prospective cohort study utilizing 13 purpose-bred cats with remnant kidney model-induced CKD (12 IRIS Stage 2, 1 IRIS Stage 3) eating a standardized re
Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a developmental defect of the embryonic forebrain and midface.It is due to the non-cleavage of the embryonic forebrain into two cerebral hemispheres Shoulder Cover and the incomplete development of the paramedian structures.The overall prevalence is 1.31 per 10,000 births.The aetiology could be genetic,environmental, or b
The aim of the present work was to perform a critical analysis of the literature related to the role of the extrahepatic matrix Gla-protein (MGP) as an inhibitor of vascular calcification.Online databases PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, Science Direct, and Medline were thoroughly searched using key words such as Gla protein, Gla rich protein (GRP),
Abstract Both material quality and detector performance have been steadily improving over the past few years for the leading room temperature radiation detector material cadmium-zinc-telluride (CdZnTe).However, although tremendous progress being made, CdZnTe still suffers from high concentrations of performance-limiting defects, such as Te inclusio