REFORM OF THE STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT: WHICH CHANGES FOR THE GOVERNMENTS?


Fragile X-Associated Tremor Ataxia Syndrome: The Expanding Clinical Picture, Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, and Update on Treatment

Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a progressive degenerative movement disorder characterized by kinetic tremor, cerebellar gait ataxia, parkinsonism, and cognitive decline.This disorder occurs in both males and females, frequently in families with children who have fragile X syndrome.The clinical features of this disorder, both

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Trauma and trauma care in Europe

The European countries have a long history of exposure to large-scale trauma.In the early 1990s the increasing awareness of the consequences of trauma within the mental health community led to the foundation of local societies for psychotraumatology across Europe and the European Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), which celebrated its 25t

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Sulfasalazine reduces placental secretion of antiangiogenic factors, up-regulates the secretion of placental growth factor and rescues endothelial dysfunctionResearch in context

Background: Preeclampsia is a major complication of pregnancy with no medical treatment.It is associated with placental oxidative stress, hypoxia and inflammation leading to soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1) and soluble endoglin (sENG) secretion and reduced placental growth factor (PlGF).This results in widespread endothelial dysfunction

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