The data on intermittent systemic corticosteroid therapy for asthma exacerbation, clinically called a “short burst,” is limited. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of patients with frequent systemic corticosteroid bursts for asthma in real clinical practice.

Consecutive patients who regularly visited our hospital for…[Read more]

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a multisystem genetic disorder associated with refractory early-onset epilepsy. Current evidence supports surgery as the intervention most likely to achieve long-term seizure freedom, but no specific guidelines are available on TSC pre-surgical workup. This critical review assesses which TSC patients are…[Read more]

rocoagulant state associated with Cushing’s syndrome, with a high risk during the immediate post-operative period. This emphasizes the need to consider post-operative thromboprophylaxis in patients undergoing surgery for Cushing’s syndrome.

Mutations of different genes often result in clinically similar diseases. Among the datasets of similar…[Read more]