Periodontal health is poor in CAPD patients and correlates with markers of malnutrition, inflammation, and atherosclerosis. The diagnosis and treatment of periodontal diseases require better awareness.
Periodontal therapy seems to reduce the serum levels of acute-phase reactants in patients with familial Mediterranean fever. Therefore, treating periodontitis might help to alleviate the disease burden in patients with familial Mediterranean fever.
Patients with chronic renal failure on regular hemodialysis program show significant alterations at LV longitudinal myocardial function parameters assessed by color TDI.
Our conclusions are: (i) seminal vesicle cysts are not uncommon in ADPKD; (ii) ADPKD should be looked for in patients with seminal vesicle cysts, and (iii) the clinical significance of seminal vesicle cysts in ADPKD remains to be defined.
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