Erdheim–Chester disease (ECD)

Erdheim–Chester disease (ECD)

BACKGROUND Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is an uncommon aggressive, multisystem form of non-Langerhans' cell histocytosis, which was firstly reported by Jakob Erdheim and William chester in 1930. The disease pathological features encompass an aberrant multiplication, overproduction and accumulation of white blood cells called histiocytes within multiple tissues and organs. Herein, we present a ...

The Ecdysoneless (ecd

Ring glands dissected from homozygous l(3)ecd1 ts wandering larvae and upshifted in vitro to the restrictive temperature, 29°C, synthesize abnormally low quantities of ecdysteroid. Nevertheless, ecd1 ring glands retain the ability to respond at 29°C to an extract prepared from wild-type larval neural tissues that presumably contain prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH), although both basal and stim...

Standards for Ecd Parenting Programmes

Bulletin - 20/20 Vision for ECD: Canadian ECD Research in 2003

a McMaster University graduate student and his supervisor, originally from the United States, for their work on children deprived of visual input in early infancy. In the prestigious journal Nature Neuroscience, they described the experiments that led them to conclude that visual experience during infancy is essential for learning to recognize faces. I can hear my “psycho-social” guardian angel...

Reply to Commentary on "A Case of Erdheim-Chester Disease with Asymptomatic Renal Involvement"

We express our thanks to Dr. Cavoli for interest in our case [1] and shared experience of your case. A 60-year-old female with ErdheimChester disease (ECD) suffered from azotemia with bilateral hydronephrosis within 2 years of initial diagnosis. Author regarded a metforminassociated lactic acidosis combined with azotemia as the cause of her presentations. Although nearly 10% of cases with metfo...