antibodies prior to transplantation. This analysis is performed regularly in patients prior to organ transplantation and in patients prior to stem cell transplantation if a mismatch is present in one of the [...] the genes relevant for stem cell transplantation (HLA-A, B, C, DRB1, DQB1, DPB1). In patients on the kidney transplant waiting list, immune screening is performed regularly every three months (quarterly [...] to ensure accelerated organ allocation. Immune Monitoring The immune monitoring is performed for patients after organ transplantation. The purpose of this monitoring is to detect HLA antibodies specifically

response in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) under different therapy regimens. In the future, this should be able to guide individualized, optimized therapy regimes in IBD patient care and thus [...] multicenter, randomized study to evaluate the clinical use of novel molecular markers in the therapy of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). At the Clinic for Internal Medicine I (Kiel), a research [...] Clinical Pharmacology (Stuttgart). Novel biomarkers could help to control the drug treatment of patients with chronic inflammatory diseases more precisely and thus achieve more sustainable therapeutic

disorders and other symptoms. This is not only a great burden for the patients, but also for the social community, since the patients are often torn out of their working lives by the disease. In a second [...] goal is to collect robust data on the efficacy and safety of immunoadsorption in these patients. This will help patients and their treating physicians decide whether to use such procedures in the future. " [...] syndrome. In particular, severe fatigue, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), is a major challenge for patients and the healthcare system. The cause is not yet clearly understood. "However, there are indications

Adequate surgical treatment of hyperparathyroidism improves the quality of life of our patients and, in dialysis patients, can improve the success of a planned kidney transplant. Our (specialist) medical team [...] or the disorder of all parathyroid glands (hyperparathyroidism), which is prevalent in dialysis patients. Maintaining adequate parathyroid function in diseases of all four parathyroid glands is a particular

of 1000 patients. Currently 38 patients are included. The future number of patients will be strongly influenced by the further course of the COVID pandemic. To involve a higher number of patients a cooperation [...] for the recruitment of patients is planned. Biomaterial: Blood, PBMCs, Plasma, Serum, Buffy Coat, Salvia, and Bronchioalveolarlavage (BAL) Patient account: A total of 1000 patients with different degrees [...] Rachenspülwasser Urin Bakterien Isolate Respirationsmaterial EDTA Blut Patients: circa 11.000 CAP patients (1/2017) (400 Patients/Year) Further information: www.capnetz.de ABACOPD ABACOPD Die ABACOPD Studie

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explains Professor Olsson. "In three of our patients, the circulation deteriorated so seriously after delivery that the use of ECMO became necessary and the patients then needed a lung transplant." It is still [...] high-risk pregnancy. In the Department of Pneumology at the Hannover Medical School (MHH), these patients are accompanied through the birth. This is possible thanks to the long-standing cooperation of a [...] untreated, the chronic disease can progress quickly and become life-threatening. "However, if the patients are well controlled and stabilised with medication, they can live with it for a long time," says

study group of 288 patients with MS, Sjögren's or a combination of both diseases. Although Sjögren's syndrome is one of the rarer diseases, the MHH has the largest cohort of patients in Germany thanks to [...] be proven or ruled out. "We have been researching this topic for years and now have more than 500 patients in our cohort, half of whom have neurological symptoms," emphasises the neuroimmunologist. As part [...] explains project leader Dr Seeliger. The researchers are also looking for so-called autoantigens in the patients' blood serum and cerebrospinal fluid. These are the body's own structures, for example on cell surfaces

things at stake: the images should be as informative as possible, and the radiation exposure for patients should be as low as possible. A team from the Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology [...] ventilation and blood flow in the analysis, additional examinations have to be done so far." For patients, this also means additional radiation exposure. The newly developed CT protocol of Professor Shin's [...] promising applications of the new CT protocol. Before surgery, for example, it can be helpful for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). CTEPH is caused by blood clots that

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