ANCA Status or Clinical Phenotype — What Counts More?

Fat or Fit: What Is More Important?

The prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide, and obesity represents one of the major health hazards (1). Obesity was shown to be linked to an increased mortality and morbidity. However, obesity is often associated with modifications of physical activity level. Physical activity level itself affects the health status of the individual and thus may be a confounding variable in the obesity-m...

ANCA-positive vasculitis: Clinical implications of ANCA types and titers.

INTRODUCTION Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis is an autoimmune disease that can affect multiple organs, the kidney being one of the most affected. Apart from the diagnostics value of ANCA, they have also been advocated as biomarkers of the disease activity. Recently, the genetic changes found in polyangiitis associated with serine-protease proteinase 3 (PR3)-ANC...

Polymeric Gas Separation Membranes: What Makes them Industrially more Attractive?

Public health emergencies: What Counts?

What matters most in pediatric familial hypercholesterolemia, genotype or phenotype?