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Elena Levtchenko
Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Publications - 265
Citations - 7286
Elena Levtchenko is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cystinosis & Cysteamine. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 233 publications receiving 5530 citations. Previous affiliations of Elena Levtchenko include Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven & Research Foundation - Flanders.
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Clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis and management of X-linked hypophosphataemia
Dieter Haffner,Francesco Emma,Deborah M. Eastwood,Deborah M. Eastwood,Martin Biosse Duplan,Justine Bacchetta,Dirk Schnabel,Philippe Wicart,Philippe Wicart,Detlef Bockenhauer,Fernando Santos,Elena Levtchenko,Pol Harvengt,Martha Kirchhoff,Federico Di Rocco,Catherine Chaussain,Maria Louisa Brandi,Lars Sävendahl,Karine Briot,Peter Kamenicky,Lars Rejnmark,Agnès Linglart +21 more
TL;DR: It is recommended that the diagnosis of XLH is based on signs of rickets and/or osteomalacia in association with hypophosphataemia and renal phosphate wasting in the absence of vitamin D or calcium deficiency.
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Gitelman syndrome
TL;DR: Gitelman syndrome (GS) is characterized by hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis in combination with significant hypomagnesemia and low urinary calcium excretion as mentioned in this paper.
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Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) from basics to clinics
Yasaman Ramazani,Noël Knops,Mohamed A. Elmonem,Tri Q. Nguyen,Fanny Oliveira Arcolino,Lambert P. van den Heuvel,Elena Levtchenko,Dirk Kuypers,Roel Goldschmeding +8 more
TL;DR: The molecular and biological characteristics of CTGF, its regulation and various functions in the spectrum of development and regeneration to fibrosis, and the preclinical and clinical studies concerning compounds targeting CTGF in various pathologies are outlined.
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Autosomal-Recessive Mutations in SLC34A1 Encoding Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter 2A Cause Idiopathic Infantile Hypercalcemia
Karl P. Schlingmann,Justyna Ruminska,Martin Kaufmann,Ismail Dursun,Monica Patti,Birgitta Kranz,Ewa Pronicka,Elżbieta Ciara,Teoman Akcay,Derya Bulus,Elisabeth A.M. Cornelissen,Aneta Gawlik,Przemysław Sikora,Ludwig Patzer,Matthias Galiano,Veselin Boyadzhiev,Miroslav Dumić,Asaf Vivante,Robert Kleta,Benjamin Dekel,Elena Levtchenko,René J. M. Bindels,Stephan Rust,Ian C. Forster,Nati Hernando,Glenville Jones,Carsten A. Wagner,Martin Konrad +27 more
TL;DR: Human and mice data together demonstrate that primary renal phosphate wasting caused by defective NaPi-IIa function induces inappropriate production of 1,25-(OH)2D3 with subsequent symptomatic hypercalcemia.
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Cystinosis: a review
Mohamed A. Elmonem,Mohamed A. Elmonem,Koenraad Veys,Neveen A. Soliman,Maria Van Dyck,Lambertus P. van den Heuvel,Lambertus P. van den Heuvel,Elena Levtchenko +7 more
TL;DR: The most important clinical features of the disease, advantages and disadvantages of the current diagnostic and therapeutic options and the main topics of future research in cystinosis are discussed.