Used clinically since the 1920s, corticosteroids interrupt multiple steps in immune activation because of the ubiquitous expression of corticosteroid receptors. Corticosteroids inhibit antigen ...

Gastroschisis is a congenital defect of the abdominal wall involving evisceration of abdominal contents. The incidence of gastroschisis is approximately 1.4 per 10,000 pregnancies and is rarely ...

primarily to hepatic failure. Hepatomegaly, ascites and spider angiomas were present alone or in combination, but no patient had a palpable spleen. In 7 cases in which liver tissue was obtained ...