Introduction. On 4 and 5 November 2022, Madrid hosted the 15th edition of the Post-ECTRIMS Meeting, where neurologists specialised in multiple sclerosis outlined the latest developments presented at the 2022 ECTRIMS Congress, ...

Objective Idiopathic central precocious puberty (CPP) precipitates epiphyseal fusion of growth plates in long bones, leading to reduced adult stature. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues (GnRHa) are the treatment of ...

Background: Despite wide use of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (GOLD) 2011, little is known about between-stage transitions and what factors predict worsening transitions in patients with ...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common malignant neoplasm of mesenchymal origin. GIST spans a wide clinical spectrum that ranges from tumors with essentially no metastatic potential to malignant and ...

'Type 2' Gaucher disease, also referred to as 'acute neuronopathic' or 'infantile' Gaucher disease is an aggressive subtype of Gaucher disease, resulting from pathogenic variants in GBA1. The spectrum of phenotype ranges ...

The elderly population (65 years and older) is expected to increase from 524 million people in 2010 to 1.5 billion by 2050, with the corresponding increase in bone-related and joint damage problems. Many of these problems ...

Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS) is a condition characterized by dominant genetic variants in the NLRP3 gene, which lead to the formation of constitutively active inflammasomes. These inflammasomes play a ...

Common variants of the MC1R gene coding the & alpha;-melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor are associated with light skin, poor tanning, blond or red hair, and increased melanoma risk, due to pigment-dependent and ...