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"The purpose of this work is to compute a linear parameter-varying (LPV) model set that describes the insulin-glucose dynamics in type 1 diabetes (T1D). This set includes a nominal LPV model and dynamic uncertainty and i...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to compare the efficacy and safety of pancreas transplantation concomitant with renal transplantation (SPKT) or following renal transplantation (PAKT) and the exocrine anastomosis meth...

OBJECTIVE: Oxidative stress is responsible for some important complications of diabetes mellitus. Zofenopril, which has an antioxidant effect, may decrease the oxidative stress of the diabetic microenvironment. The aim o...

"A new approach to automatically regulate the glucose level in type 1 diabetes is presented in this work. This is the so-called Automatic Regulation of Glucose (ARG) algorithm, which is based on a switched Linear Quadrat...

Some degree of glucose intolerance develops in all patients with chronic renal failure. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of Parathyroid hormone (PTH) on peripheral glucose metabolism of patients w...

ccording to recent reports, the most common cause of chronic renal failure (CRF) is diabetic nephropathy. United States Renal Data System (USRDS) showed that in 1989, 3 % of all new CRF patients accepted for renal replac...

Background Acute pancreatitis in dogs is an under‐diagnosed disease. Current diagnostic methods are insufficient at identifying sequelae and lack prognostic capability. Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) is accurat...

Isolated pancreatic tuberculosis is an extremely rare diagnosis and is often confused with pancreatic malignancy. A 56-yearold male dialysis patient presented with fever, loss of weight abdominal pain, and lack of appeti...

Abstract Schistosomiasis is a neglected disease that affects millions of people around the world, being common in the state of Maranhão. A total of 225 rodents of the Holochilus sciureus species from the Western Lowland...

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the parathyroid hormone (PTH) level affects insulin resistance in hemodialysis patients. 28 hemodialysis patients were divided into three groups according to their P...