SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS PRESENTING TAFRO SYNDROME-LIKE MANIFESTATIONS INCLUDING RENAL GLOMERULAR MICROANGIOPATHY: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

Systemic sclerosis presenting TAFRO syndrome-like manifestations including renal glomerular microangiopathy: a case report and literature review

TAFRO syndrome is a systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, and its diagnosis requires the exclusion of autoimmune diseases.A 42-year-old Japanese woman presented with TAFRO syndrome-like manifestations, but had undiagnosed limited-cutaneous systemic sclerosis preventing a definitive diagnosis of TAFRO syndrome.However, her clinical cou

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Overexpression of phyA and appA genes improves soil organic phosphorus utilisation and seed phytase activity in Brassica napus.

Phytate is the major storage form of organic phosphorus in soils and plant seeds, and phosphorus (P) in this form is unavailable to plants or monogastric animals.In the present study, the phytase genes phyA and appA were introduced into Brassica napus cv Westar with a signal peptide sequence and CaMV 35S promoter, respectively.Three independent tra

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