Do serum Inflammatory and Immune Mediators Are Elevated in Early Stage Diabetic Nephropathy?
Statistically significant differences in protein and transcripts levels between diseased and control can be detected in serum and peripheral blood utilizing high content profiling. These changes occur as early as stage 1-2 before a significant decline in renal function.
The voluntary-automatic dissociation of our patient's eyelid closure was suggestive of an apraxic disorder. Disconnection from a praxis center caused by callosal damage may be assumed to be the underlying cause. The unilaterality of the symptom might imply that in a bilaterally organized corticonuclear system such as upper face innervation, it is the crossing fibers that are primarily involved in praxis tasks.