Liver cirrhosis as a predisposing risk factor for esophageal candidiasis: Bystander or culprit?

Hypoglycemia: Culprit or Bystander?

Corresponding author: You-Cheol Hwang http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4033-7874 Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, 892 Dongnam-ro, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 05278, Korea E-mail: [email protected] In 2012, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of ...

Albumin: innocent bystander or culprit?

ALPORT SYNDROME (AS) is a hereditary glomerulopathy associated with hearing loss and ocular abnormalities that, if left untreated, inevitably progresses to glomerulosclerosis and endstage renal disease (ESRD) (6). AS is caused by mutations in collagen type IV genes and is associated with thickening and splitting of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM), ultimately rendering it leaky for albumi...

Non-secretor status; a predisposing factor for vaginal candidiasis.

A secretor is an individual who secretes blood group antigens into body fluids such as saliva, sweat, tears, semen and serum. An attempt has been made to establish the correlation between the secretor status and susceptibility to vaginal candidiasis. The secretor status was determined by haemagglutination inhibition technique. The presence of Candida albicans infection was detected by direct mi...

High hematocrit as a risk factor for venous thrombosis. Cause or innocent bystander?

Chorioamnionitis: important risk factor or innocent bystander for neonatal outcome?

Chorioamnionitis as a major risk factor for spontaneous preterm birth, especially at earlier gestational ages, contributes to prematurity-associated mortality and morbidity. A gestation-independent effect of chorioamnionitis on neonatal outcome is much more difficult to assess. The influence of chorioamnionitis on neonatal outcome has become less evident with advances in neonatal care. A short-...