Increasing blood flow increases kt/V(urea) and potassium removal but fails to improve phosphate removal (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Hyperphosphatemia and hyperkalemia are major determinants of morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients. Half of the dialysis population suffers from hyperphosphatemia which is now r
Female genital mutilation and its prevention: a challenge for paediatricians (Publications)
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is defined as an injury of the external female genitalia for cultural or non-therapeutic reasons. FGM is mainly performed in sub-Saharan and Eastern Africa. The western
<em>Trypanosoma brucei </em>CTP synthetase: a target for the treatment of African sleeping sickness (Publications)
The drugs in clinical use against African sleeping sickness are toxic, costly, or inefficient. We show that Trypanosoma brucei, which causes this disease, has very low levels of CTP, which are due to