BACKGROUND/AIMS Previous studies have shown the presence of high levels of glycoxidation and lipid peroxidation products in association with atherosclerosis in patients with end-stage kidney disease. Acetates are commonly used buffer for correcting metabolic acidosis in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Since the toxic effects of acetates are well established, acetate-free citrate dialysate (AFD) has...

Ameloblastic fibrodentinoma (AFD) is a rare benign mixed odontogenic tumor that occurs predominantly in children and young adults. AFD is usually associated with delayed eruption of the tooth and shows painless swelling. We present a case of AFD affecting an 8-year-old Japanese girl with a complaint of delayed eruption of her left mandibular second premolar tooth. Intraoral examination did not ...

We examined the control of motor behavior in relation to age of first diagnosis (AFD; an approximation of age of onset) in schizophrenia. We hypothesized that earlier AFD reflects increased vulnerability to the disorder, vulnerability that may be indexed by elevated levels of motor abnormality. AFD, symptom and demographic features, motor performance on a line drawing task, and the presence and...

AIMS Anderson-Fabry disease (AFD) is characterized by progressive multiorgan accumulation of intracellular sphingolipids due to α-galactosidase A enzyme deficiency, resulting in progressive ventricular hypertrophy, heart failure, arrhythmias, and death. Decreased native (non-contrast) left ventricular (LV) T1 (longitudinal relaxation time) with MRI discriminates AFD from healthy controls or oth...

In this paper, the performance of average level crossing rate (LCR) and average fade duration (AFD) of the output signal of the maximum ratio combining (MRC) and the selection combining (SC) with a dual-branch receiver was analyzed. We derived some of the expressions with average LCR and AFD for both MRC and SC schemes operating in the correlated fading channel. The channel model of the diversi...

Anderson-Fabry disease (AFD) is a rare cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Renal pathology in AFD is notable for diffuse deposition of glycosphingolipid in the renal glomeruli, tubules, and vasculature. Light microscopic findings include a “foamy” appearance of the glomeruli with diffuse swelling and vacuolization of visceral podocytes. Electron microscopic findings show podocytes and mesa...

PURPOSE To integrate the available data published on ameloblastic fibrodentinoma (AFD) and ameloblastic fibro-odontoma (AFO) into a comprehensive analysis of its clinical and radiologic features. MATERIALS AND METHODS An electronic search was undertaken in August 2016. Eligibility criteria included publications reporting cases of AFD or AFO with enough clinical, radiologic, and histologic inf...

Anderson-Fabry disease (AFD) is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder, caused by deficiency or absence of the alpha-galactosidase A activity, with a consequent glycosphingolipid accumulation. Biomarkers and imaging findings may be useful for diagnosis, identification of an organ involvement, therapy monitoring and prognosis. The aim of this article is to review the current available literature...

We establish certain properties of automorphisms on an inclusion of AFD type II, factors with finite index and finite depth and discuss their applications toithe classification problem of AFD type III subfactors, including a different proof of a result on subfactors with principal graph Dn .

BACKGROUND Anderson-Fabry disease (AFD) is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by deficiency of alpha-galactosidase A. Central nervous system (CNS) manifestations consist mainly of cerebrovascular events. Brain MRI results are often abnormal. PURPOSE The aim of the study was to describe CNS involvement in a group of Italian patients with AFD. METHODS Clinical and brain MRI data of...