Response to Dr.Tayebi Meybodi\'s letter

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Response: While our work passed through the peer-review process for publication in Stroke, Pilz et al published data demonstrating an inverse and independent correlation between adiponectin levels and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT).1 In this work, the authors compared 140 obese juveniles (mean age 13.5 4.4 years) with 100 age-matched, healthy, normal-weight controls and demonstrated a sig...

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W e thank the authors for reporting an unexpected clustering of Caucasian patients with the Val142Ile (more commonly known as Val122Ile) mutation. These interesting findings further emphasize the importance of genetic counseling and clinical genetic testing in patients with TTR cardiac amyloidosis.commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is proper...

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W e thank Dr. Rasmussen for his recent letter expressing concerns about statements made in our article with regard to the efficacy of sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (ZS-9) in patients with serum potassium (K ) concentrations 6.5 mEq/L. Although ZS-9 is certainly one of the potential agents for the treatment of acute hyperkalemia in the future, the HARMONIZE trial (1) was conducted in an outpati...

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We would like to thank M. Korppi for his correspondence regarding our article. In the prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled study, we enrolled 39 infants suffering from bronchiolitis, therefore analyzing the effect of 7% hypertonic saline—0.1% hyaluronic acid (7% HS– HA) on the clinical course of the disease. We agreewithM.Korppi that the evidence of the length of hospital stay (LOS...

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