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Dysphagia in Children with Esophageal Atresia: Current Diagnostic Options KU Leuven
Dysphagia or swallowing disorder is very common (range, 15-52%) in patients with esophageal atresia. Children present with a wide range of symptoms. The most common diagnostic tools to evaluate esophageal dysphagia, such as upper barium study and manometry, aim to characterize anatomy and function of the esophageal body and the esophagogastric junction (EGJ). Using these technologies, a variety of pathological motor patterns have been identified ...
Blau Syndrome, the prototypic auto-inflammatory granulomatous disease KU Leuven
Blau syndrome is a monogenic disease resulting from mutations in the pattern recognition receptor NOD2, and is phenotypically characterized by the triad of granulomatous polyarthritis, dermatitis and uveitis. This paper reviews briefly the classical clinical features of the disease, as well as more recently described extra-triad symptoms. From an ongoing prospective multicenter study, we provide new data on the natural history of Blau syndrome, ...
Optimizing pharmacotherapy in older patients : a European perspective Universiteit Gent
Working Memory and Postural Control: Adult Age Differences in Potential for Improvement, Task Priority, and Dual Tasking KU Leuven
We investigate dynamic posture control and working memory (NBack) retest practice in young and older adults, focusing on older adults’ potential for improvement in the component tasks but more importantly in dual-task performance. Participants performed the 2 tasks in 11 sessions under single- and dual-task conditions. Posture improvement was observed with retest practice for both groups. Increase in cognitive load after initial practice led to ...
Place de la vaccination antipapillomavirus après 25 ans KU Leuven
Antipapillomavirus vaccination of young girls before their first sexual encounter is now a common practice. However, this prophylactive measure could also be extended to older patients. The HPV infection is indeed not limited to teenagers even if the highest incidence rate is noticed between the age of 18 and 30, it can also be found in older women. These older women show a sustained prevalence due to the longer persistence of the infection. ...