Kawasaki disease (KD) is a pediatric vasculitis with coronary artery aneurysms (CAA) as its
main complication. The diagnosis is based on the presence of persistent fever and clinical …

Management of Helicobacter pylori infection is evolving and in this 4th edition of the Maastricht
consensus report aspects related to the clinical role of H pylori were looked at again in …

Background: Guidelines on the management of Helicobacter pylori, which cover indications
for management and treatment strategies, were produced in 2000. Aims: To update the …

Biogenesis of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) includes the formation of the permeability
barrier composed of phenylalanine-glycine-rich nucleoporins (FG-Nups) that regulate the …

DISCUSSION Several studies have suggested that immune activation and secretion of
cytokines contribute to the pathogenesis of KD. Elevated levels of IL-1 have been reported in …

OBJECTIVE: Scavenger receptor class B, type I (SR-BI) is a multifunctional receptor that
promotes the selective uptake of cholesteryl esters from high-density lipoprotein (HDL). …

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence, disease presentation,
treatment and cardiac outcome of Kawasaki disease (KD) in The Netherlands. Methods: The …

… Kuipers [52] proposed to combine all relevant control laws, weighted by their degree of
appropriateness, in the spirit of fuzzy control or heterogeneous control [54]. Pierce [80,81] …

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile syndrome of childhood, characterized by vasculitis
of the medium-sized arteries. White blood cell counts and the inflammatory parameter C-…

We present version 4.0 of the symbolic manipulation system Form. The most important new
features are manipulation of rational polynomials and the factorization of expressions. Many …