Bicêtre Hospital

Paraneoplastic podocytopathies with nephrotic syndrome in solid cancers with C-Maf Inducing Protein expression

Abstract Background The main features of minimal change disease (MCD) and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) associated with solid cancer (paraneoplastic podocytopathy with nephrotic syndrome, PPNS) remain poorly described. Methods In this French retrospective study, we fo...

Electrophysiologic Demyelinating Features Are Common in Vasculitic Neuropathy: A Cohort of Biopsy‐Confirmed Cases

ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims Electrophysiologic features suggestive of demyelination have been reported in vasculitic neuropathy, complicating the diagnostic process, but their frequency is unknown. We aimed to determine the prevalence of demyelinating features, including fulfillme...

Efficacy and safety of temporary selective portal vein embolization before major hepatectomy (EMBORES): a phase 2 trial

Background Portal vein embolization (PVE) is routinely used before major hepatectomy to induce hypertrophy of the future liver remnant (FLR) and reduce post-hepatectomy liver failure. Conventional PVE relies on permanent embolic agents, resulting in irreversible portal occlusion,...

An international multicenter analysis of the outcome of pediatric first variceal hemorrhage

Background & Aims: Management of portal hypertension in children including primary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding is controversial due to limited understanding of mortality risk after first variceal hemorrhage (1VH). This international multicenter study was designed to advance...

Adenyl cyclase 6 is an evolutionary conserved chief regulator of peripheral nerve development and timely myelination in vertebrates

Myelination of large caliber axons by Schwann cells and clustering of ion channels at the nodes of Ranvier enables electrical impulses to propagate rapidly along axons in the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Although several in vitro studies have reported a role for the cyclic ad...

Semaglutide for Treating Paediatric Craniopharyngioma‐Related Obesity: A Multicentre Case Series

ABSTRACT Aims Obesity is a complication of childhood craniopharyngioma that remains difficult to treat. We investigated whether semaglutide was associated with a decrease in BMI among adolescents with craniopharyngioma‐related obesity. Material and Methods This multicentre retros...

Measuring children’s HRQoL via self-reports and parent proxy-reports in the French Enabee 2022 study: an evaluation of the psychometric properties of both versions of the French KINDL-R questionnaire

Child well-being policies require quality data that takes children’s perspectives into account, recorded through appropriate, accurate and reliable measurement instruments. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of two versions of the KINDL-R questionnaire used in the 2...

Cholestatic Liver Failure and Hypoglycemia in a Newborn: A Mitochondrial Pathology due to Citrin Deficiency

ABSTRACT In an infant with cholestasis and recurrent hypoglycemia, the combination of hypercitrullinemia, hypermethioninemia, and hyperthreoninemia should prompt testing for citrin deficiency, because early metabolic and genetic diagnosis allows targeted nutritional treatment and...

Appendicular Versus Non-Appendicular Community-Acquired Intra-Abdominal Infections: A Post-Hoc Analysis of the PERICOM Multicenter Study

Background: Community-acquired intra-abdominal infections (CA-IAIs) exhibit significant clinical heterogeneity. However, most studies focusing on CA-IAIs do not stratify comparisons by infection site. Methods: This post hoc analysis of the prospective multicenter PERICOM cohort (...

Oral health, oral follow-up and infectious risk management of rheumatoid arthritis patients on anti-TNF drugs: a survey of a French e-cohort

Abstract Background As periodontitis is a recognized risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), it should be adequately treated before the initiation of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs), along with any concomitant acute oral infection. bDMARDs remains a co...

Surgical Morbidity and Short-Term Oncologic Status after Prophylactic-Intent Thyroidectomy in a Cohort of Children with MEN2 from the Multicenter GTE ENDOCAN-RENATEN Study

BACKGROUND: Children carrying germline RET mutations associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) are at high risk of developing medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Prophylactic-intent thyroidectomy is recommended during childhood to prevent progression to advanced d...

Renal Resistive Index Responsiveness to a Mean Arterial Pressure Test As a Guide for Mean Arterial Pressure Target in the Early Phase of Septic Shock: A Physiological Study

OBJECTIVES: Guidelines recommend targeting a mean arterial pressure (MAP) greater than or equal to 65 mm Hg in septic shock. Although experts advocate for individualized targets, no validated bedside tool exists. An increased renal resistive index (RRI) is associated with acute k...