[HbA1c comparison and diagnostic efficacy analysis of multi center different glycosylated hemoglobin detection systems].

Objective: Compare and analyze the results of the domestic Lanyi AH600 glycated hemoglobin analyzer and other different detection systems to understand the comparability of the detection results of different detectors, and establish the best cut point of Lanyi AH600 determination of haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) in the diagnosis of diabetes. Methods: Multi center cohort study was adopted. The clinical laboratory departments of 18 medical institutions independently collected test samples from their respective hospitals from March to April 2022, and independently completed comparative analysis of the evaluated instrument (Lanyi AH600) and the reference instrument HbA1c. The reference instruments include four different brands of glycosylated hemoglobin meters, including Arkray, Bio-Rad, DOSOH, and Huizhong. Scatter plot was used to calculate the correlation between the results of different detection systems, and the regression equation was calculated. The consistency analysis between the results of different detection systems was evaluated by Bland Altman method. Consistency judgment principles: (1) When the 95% limits of agreement (95% LoA) of the measurement difference was within 0.4% HbA1c and the measurement score was≥80 points, the comparison consistency was good; (2) When the measurement difference of 95% LoA exceeded 0.4% HbA1c, and the measurement score was≥80 points, the comparison consistency was relatively good; (3) The measurement score was less than 80 points, the comparison consistency was poor. The difference between the results of different detection systems was tested by paired sample T test or Wilcoxon paired sign rank sum test; The best cut-off point of diabetes was analyzed by receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC). Results: The correlation coefficient R2 of results between Lanyi AH600 and the reference instrument in 16 hospitals is≥0.99; The Bland Altman consistency analysis showed that the difference of 95% LoA in Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital in Jiangsu Province (reference instrument: Arkray HA8180) was -0.486%-0.325%, and the measurement score was 94.6 points (473/500); The difference of 95% LoA in the Tibetan Traditional Medical Hospital of TAR (reference instrument: Bio-Rad Variant II) was -0.727%-0.612%, and the measurement score was 89.8 points; The difference of 95% LoA in the People's Hospital of Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area (reference instrument: Huizhong MQ-2000PT) was -0.231%-0.461%, and the measurement score was 96.6 points; The difference of 95% LoA in the Taihe Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine in Anhui Province (reference instrument: Huizhong MQ-2000PT) was -0.469%-0.479%, and the measurement score was 91.9 points. The other 14 hospitals, Lanyi AH600, were compared with 4 reference instrument brands, the difference of 95% LoA was less than 0.4% HbA1c, and the scores were all greater than 95 points. The results of paired sample T test or Wilcoxon paired sign rank sum test showed that there was no statistically significant difference between Lanyi AH600 and the reference instrument Arkray HA8180 (Z=1.665,P=0.096), with no statistical difference. The mean difference between the measured values of the two instruments was 0.004%. The comparison data of Lanyi AH600 and the reference instrument of all other institutions had significant differences (all P<0.001), however, it was necessary to consider whether it was within the clinical acceptable range in combination with the results of the Bland-Altman consistency analysis. The ROC curve of HbA1c detected by Lanyi AH600 in 985 patients with diabetes and 3 423 patients with non-diabetes was analyzed, the area under curve (AUC) was 0.877, the standard error was 0.007, and the 95% confidence interval 95%CI was (0.864, 0.891), which was statistically significant (P<0.001). The maximum value of Youden index was 0.634, and the corresponding HbA1c cut point was 6.235%. The sensitivity and specificity of diabetes diagnosis were 76.2% and 87.2%, respectively. Conclusion: Among the hospitals and instruments currently included in this study, among these four hospitals included Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital in Jiangsu Province (reference instrument: Arkray HA8180), Tibetan Traditional Medical Hospital of TAR (reference instrument: Bio-Rad Variant Ⅱ), the People's Hospital of Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area (reference instrument: Huizhong MQ-2000PT), and the Taihe Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine in Anhui Province (reference instrument: Huizhong MQ-2000PT), the comparison between Lanyi AH600 and the reference instruments showed relatively good consistency, while the other 14 hospitals involved four different brands of reference instruments: Arkray, Bio-Rad, DOSOH, and Huizhong, Lanyi AH600 had good consistency with its comparison. The best cut point of the domestic Lanyi AH600 for detecting HbA1c in the diagnosis of diabetes is 6.235%.

[Liver transplantation for the treatment of acute liver failure in 3 cases with NBAS gene deficiency and literature review].

Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy of liver transplantation in the treatment of acute liver in children with NBAS gene deficiency disease and their outcome. Methods: This retrospective study enrolled children with NBAS gene deficiency who were admitted to the Children's Hospital of Fudan University for liver transplantation from January 2013 to June 2022. The clinical data were collected and analyzed. Medical literature published before June 2022 was searched with the keywords of "NBAS" "neuroblastoma amplified sequence recurrent" "acute liver failure" "SOPH syndrome" "short stature with optic nerve atrophy" "Pelger-Huët anomaly" in PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Wanfang database. Results: Liver transplantation was performed in 3 patients (2 males and 1 female) with NBAS deficiency. All patients presented with fever-triggered recurrent acute liver failure. The genetic detection found compound heterozygous NBAS gene pathogenic variants in them. The total episodes of acute liver failure before liver transplantation were 11, 2, and 4 respectively, and the age at liver transplantation was 3.5, 2.3, and 2.0 years respectively. During liver transplantation, patient 1 was in the convalescent phase of acute liver failure, patient 2 was in the acute phase, presenting with hepatic encephalopathy (grade V) and respiratory failure, and patient 3 was considered to be in the acute phase. After liver transplantation, patient 1 recovered normal liver function within 1 month and had no liver transplantation-related complications. Patient 2 had secondary epilepsy, intellectual disability, movement disorder, and transiently elevated transaminases. Patient 3 died of severe infection within 1 month. There was no literature in Chinese, 6 in English, 8 NBAS-deficient patients who were treated with liver transplantation. Total 11 patients presented with fever-triggered recurrent acute liver failure. Their age at liver transplantation ranged from 0.9 to 5.0 years. Postoperative complications occurred in 3 patients. Until the last visit, they were followed up for 0.7 to 14.0 years. Total 2 patients died and the 9 surviving patients did not develop acute liver failure. Conclusions: Liver transplantation is effective for the treatment of acute liver failure associated with NBAS gene disease. However, postoperative complications of liver transplantation may occur. The timing of liver transplantation still needs further research.

[Research progress of common respiratory virus receptor binding sites].

Respiratory viral infections are an important public health problem worldwide, with complex mechanisms of infection, and the key to infection lies in the specific binding between respiratory viruses and receptors. This article provides an overview of the progress in the study of receptors for respiratory viruses, such as coronavirus and influenza virus (IV), with a focus on the binding sites of receptors such as angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and sialic acid (SA) to respiratory viruses and the role of receptor diversity in respiratory viral infections. An in-depth study of the binding sites between viruses and receptors will help to understand the molecular mechanism of respiratory viral infections and provide a theoretical basis for disease prevention and control and the development of new therapeutic targets.

[Research advances on common detection biomarkers and methodology of children's growth and development assessment].

With the rapid dissemination of information in modern society, Chinese residents pay more attention to the scientific concept of childcare, which makes the child prevention and health care industry develop rapidly. The law of children's growth and development is extremely complex, so it is necessary to detect different biomarkers according to different growth and development evaluation angles. Human growth hormone(hGH), insulin-like growth factor-1(IGF-1), insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3(IGFBP-3), thyroid hormone, sex hormone, anti-müllerian hormone(AMH) and 25-hydroxy vitamin D(25-OH VD) are common biomarkers to monitor children's growth and development. This article aims to explain the concept and characteristics of common biomarkers of growth and development, summarize the detection methods of common biomarkers of growth and development evaluation developed in recent years, and provide a reference for children's prevention and health care to select appropriate detection biomarkers.

[On detection of chromogranin A, synaptophysin, neuronspecific enolase and progastrin-releasing peptide in small cell lung cancer].

Lung cancer is one of the most common cancer, there is a significant difference between the treatment and prognosis of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). SCLC tumor cells usually express neuroendocrine tumor (NET) markers, among which there are many studies on chromogranin A (CgA), synaptophysin (Syn), neuronspecific enolase (NSE) and pro-gastrin-releasing peptide (Pro-GRP) with SCLC. The levels of CgA, NSE and pro-GRP were related to the stage of SCLC, which were significantly higher in patients with extensive stage than in patients with limited stage, and their expression was significantly correlated with lower survival rate. Syn as an auxiliary diagnostic index of SCLC is more sensitive than CgA, and has high practical value in the differential diagnosis of SCLC and poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma; NSE is the most commonly used tumor marker in SCLC; Pro-GRP has stronger diagnostic advantages than CEA and NSE in distinguishing SCLC from NSCLC. Although these net markers are not specific markers of SCLC, their combined use with each others or combined with CT as an auxiliary diagnostic index may improve the level of differential diagnosis of SCLC, and they have a certain value in the staging of the disease, which is very important for the formulation of SCLC treatment strategy, their detection is conducive to the prevention and control of the disease.

[Digital loop-mediated isothermal amplification detection technology and its application progress].

Digital loop-mediated isothermal amplification (digital LAMP, dLAMP) is a novel nucleic acid amplification technique developed in recent years. It divides the target nucleic acid and LAMP reagent into a large number of independent detection regions, and uses a highly active chain replacement DNA polymerase and four specially designed primers for rapid amplification under isothermal conditions, which provides a good platform for quantitative detection of target nucleic acids. The advantages of high accuracy, high sensitivity, absolute quantification, high tolerance to inhibitors and simple instrumentation make the dLAMP technique very promising in molecular diagnosis, especially in rapid detection of pathogenic microorganisms, it shows a good application prospect in the fields of clinical diagnosis, food safety and environmental monitoring. Certainly, the development of dLAMP still faces some challenges, such as how to avoid non-specific amplification in multiple primer designs, multi-target nucleic acids and simultaneous detection of a large number of samples. With the development of dLAMP technology, this technology will greatly enrich the future development of molecular diagnostics. Applying rapid and effective molecular diagnostic techniques to the diagnosis of pathogenic microorganisms has important social significance for disease prevention and control.

[Progress in research of allergen detection methods].

Allergic diseases have continued to increase year by year causing serious physical and mental injury to patients, families and individuals. This increase has been driven by conventional environmental and nutritional changes but is also created by the continual introduction of food additives into the diet and novel interior decoration materials into the living space. The causes of allergic diseases are complex and diverse, and the medical laboratory often is not be able to identify the allergic trigger; this creates a difficult environment to identify the appropriate clinical treatment for disease prevention and control. Physicians must be able to identify these triggers to help patients avoid the underlying allergenic cause of their disease. This can only be done by actively knowing a patient's medical history, identifying the clinical manifestations of hypersensitivity and utilizing confirmatory testing as an important clinical tool in identifying the allergic source.

[Preliminary study of the antibody level in confirmed patients with COVID-19 after discharge].

Objective: To analyze the antibody levels and dynamic changes in patients infected with 2019-novel coronavirus(2019-nCoV). Methods: The average age of 72 corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients was (45.53±16.74)years(median age:47 year), including (44.88±17.09) years(median age:46 year) for 38 males and (46.32±16.52)years (median age:46 year) for 34 females in Loudi City, Hunan Province. There is no significant difference in genders between the severe and mild groups (χ²=0.916, P>0.05). There is a significant difference in the age between the severe and mild groups (F=3.315, P<0.05). The blood samples of 72 discharged patients were collected and the consistence of IgM and IgG antibodies were detected by chemiluminescence method. SPSS25.0 was used for gender, age, case type and antibody analysis of variance, χ2 test and other analysis. Results: The average time of the serum samples collection of 72 patients was (34.89±9.02)days (median time: 34 days) from onset of COVID-19, and (14.53±8.35) days (median time: 14 days) from discharge. The positive rate of IgM or IgG was 97.22% (70/72), and the positive rate of IgM and IgG was 48.61% (35/72) and 97.22% (70/72) respectively. Serum COVID-19 antibodies were detected in 72 patients from 1st to 40th days after discharge. The average concentration of IgM in 1-7 days, 8-14 days, 15-21 days, 22-28 days, above 29 days were 21.91(7.07-52.84)AU/ml, 14.16(6.19-32.88)AU/ml, 11.36(6.65-42.15)AU/ml, 8.15(3.66-30.12)AU/ml, 2.98(0.46-6.37)AU/ml. There was no significant difference in the time of IgM antibody concentration (H= 8.439, P>0.05). The average concentrations of IgG in 1-7 days, 8-14 days, 15-21 days, 22-28 days, 29 days and above were 169.90 (92.06-190.91) AU/ml, 163.89 (91.19-208.02) AU/ml, 173.31 (95.06-191.28) AU/ml, 122.84 (103.19-188.34) AU/ml, 101.98 (43.75-175.30) AU/ml, respectively, (H=2.232, P>0.05). The IgM becomes negative after the 3rd week of discharge and decreases rapidly with time. The IgG concentration higher than IgM during the same period, and keep at high level without any change, and decrease in the fourth week. Among them, 5 cases developed "re-infection" within 1-3 weeks after discharge, and the rate of "re-infection" was 6.94% (5/72 cases). Conclusions: After the COVID-19 patients are discharged from the hospital, the level of antibodies produced varies greatly among individuals, but the overall changes in antibodies have a certain pattern. It is recommended to strengthen the antibody monitoring during hospitalization and after discharge from the hospital to reduce the "re-infection" rate and potential risk of infection.

[Transient infantile hypertriglyceridemia caused by GPD1 deficiency: report of two cases and literature review].

Objective: To investigate the clinical phenotype and genotype of transient infantile hypertriglyceridemia (HTGTI). Methods: The clinical data of two HTGTI children, diagnosed at Children's Hospital of Fudan University from July 2019 to January 2020, were collected and analyzed retrospectively. The literature up to 25th January 2020 were searched in PubMed, CNKI and Wanfang databases with the key words of "hypertriglyceridemia" and "glycerol phosphate dehydrogenase-1 (GPD1)". Results: Two children, including a 5-month-old female and a 13-month-old male, who presented with hepatomegaly, hypertriglyceridemia, transaminase elevation and hepatic steatosis, were admitted to the hospital. Gene detection found compound heterozygous variation of GPD1. After a low-fat diet with enriched medium-chain fatty acids, their plasma triglyceride level were significantly decreased, and finally normalized in case 2. Literature review found 17 patients with GPD1 gene variation reported in 5 papers, including 16 HTGTI cases and one case of different phenotype. Most of the cases presented with hepatomegaly, hypertriglyceridemia and transaminase elevation, while some had developmental retardation, splenomegaly, hypoglycemia, obesity and insulin resistance. The c.361-1G>C was the most common variation of GPD1. Conclusions: HTGTI caused by GPD1 deficiency is mainly manifested with hepatomegaly, hypertriglyceridemia, transaminase elevation as well as hepatic steatosis and fibrosis. The most common variation of GPD1 is c.361-1G>C.

[Outcome of kidney transplantation with graft from intracerebral hemorrhage donors].

Objective: To analyze the data of kidney transplantation with allografts from intracerebral hemorrhage donors of China donation after citizen's death (CDCD) and provide evidence to guide the clinical practice. Methods: The clinical data of CDCD donors (age ≥10 years)and corresponding kidney allograft recipients, which were done by Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University during January 1 2013 to December 31 2017, were analyzed retrospectively. Results: 327 CDCD cases were analyzed, the number and percentage of intracerebral hemorrhage donors were gradually increasing and the percentage reached to 39.5% in 2017. The discarding rateof kidney allografts donated by intracerebral hemorrhage donors was higher than those donated by non-intracerebral hemorrhage donors, but intracerebral hemorrhage donor may not be a risk factor for DGF after the rigorous evaluation of kidney allografts. For 145 primary recipients transplanted in 2016 and had a 22±4 month follow-up, the recipients accepted the kidney from intracerebral hemorrhage donors had a higher level of serum creatinine[(130±60)µmol/L vs (111±38) µmol/L,P<0.05]and a lower eGFR[(61±23) ml·min(-1)·(1.73m(2))(-1) vs (70±23) ml·min(-1)·(1.73m(2))(-1),P<0.05] compared to the recipients accepted the kidney from non-intracerebral hemorrhage donors. Conclusion: The number and percentage of organ donation from intracerebral hemorrhage donor is increasing, but the intracerebral hemorrhage donor may be a risk factor for long-term outcome of kidney transplantation.

[Relationship between phenotype and genotype of ABCB11 deficiency in siblings and literature review].

Objective: To explore the relationship between genotype and phenotype of ABCB11 deficiency. Methods: Clinical data of two siblings with ABCB11 deficiency were retrospectively analyzed. Related literature from PubMed, CNKI and Wangfang databases was reviewed to date (up to August 2017) with 'ABCB11 gene' or 'bile salt export pump', 'cholestasis' and 'child' as key words. Results: The patients were siblings. Both of them presented as jaundice, pruritus and hepatosplenomegaly since 3 days after birth. Significant laboratory findings on admission of the older sister included high total bilirubin, 170 µmol/L;conjugated bilirubin, 115.8 µmol/L;alanine aminotransferase, 168 U/L;total bile acid 186.3 µmol/L and normal gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase. While routine laboratory data of the younger brother were as follows: total bilirubin, 148.8 µmol/L;conjugated bilirubin, 96.3 µmol/L;alanine aminotransferase, 232.8 U/L;total bile acid 226 µmol/L, and normal gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase.Both received ursodeoxycholic acid and fat-soluble vitamins. Liver pathology of the younger brother showed giant hepatocytes with ballooning degeneration, focal necrosis and intrahepatic cholestasis. Both the patients harbor the same compound heterozygous mutations in ABCB11 gene, c.145C>T (p.Q49X) and c.1510G>A (p.E504K). The sister is 9 years old now, with normal liver function. Jaundice faded around 3 months after birth, pruritus relieved at age 5, and medications was stopped since then. The brother progressed to liver failure after an operation on perianal abscess when he was 8-month-old, and received living-related liver transplantation when he was 9 month and 20 days old (from his mother). Now he is 1 year and 5 months old, with normal liver function. Both are under our follow-up. Literature review revealed 18 ABCB11 deficiency patients from 7 families who had apparent different prognoses, within each family the siblings had the same ABCB11 gene mutation. Seven cases relieved after ursodeoxycholic acid therapy and/or partial external biliary diversion, 5 received orthotopic liver transplantation, 2 developed hepatocellular carcinoma and 4 cases died in childhood. Conclusions: The clinical manifestations of ABCB11 deficiency may vary greatly in patients carrying the same genotype, even in siblings. Patients should be managed in individualized maner.

Successful Treatment of Cytogenetically Normal Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Ten-Eleven Translocation 2-Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 2 and Additional Sex Comb-like 1-Nucleophosmin Co-mutations by HLA Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation: A Case Report and Literature Review.

The presence of recurrent gene mutations is increasingly important in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and sheds new insights into the understanding of leukemogenesis, prognostic evaluation, and clinical therapeutic efficacy. Until now, ten-eleven translocation 2 (TET2) and isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (IDH2) mutations were reported to be mutually exclusive in AML patients. Similarly, nucleophosmin (NPM1) and additional sex comb-like 1 (ASXL1) mutations were rarely coexisted in AML. A 47-year-old man diagnosed with high-risk AML presented simultaneous mutations of TET2-IDH2 and NPM1-ASXL1 revealed by next-generation sequencing. After successful treatment with chemotherapy followed by HLA haploidentical transplantation, he achieved a clinical complete remission without evidence of overt graft-versus-host disease. This case highlights that HLA haploidentical transplantation might be a safe and feasible therapy for AML patients who are characterized by TET2-IDH2 and NPM1-ASXL1 co-mutations.

[Selective preimplantation pathological evaluation in renal transplantation: a single center's experience].

Objective: To summarize the clinical data of pre-implantation biopsy donors in our hospital and explore the clinical characteristics of those donors in pathological high-risk, and to provide references for the selective histological evaluation of extended criteria donor kidneys. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data and pre-implantation renal pathologic score of donors from January 1, 2015 to May 1, 2017.During this period, 247 cases of donation after citizen's death (DCD) occurred.After clinical evaluation and selective machine perfusion( Lifeport) evaluation, 30 cases of pre-implantation pathological evaluation were performed.According to Remuzzi scores, donors were divided into low-risk and high-risk group.Nine cases of low-risk group (bilateral kidney's Remuzzi score ≤3) and 16 cases of high-risk group (bilateral or unilateral kidney's Remuzzi score ≥4, severe glomerular micro-thrombi or severe tubular necrosis) were included.Five cases of donors were excluded due to only unilateral renal pathological result available.Both high-risk and low-risk groups' clinical data, including sex, age, height, body weight, body mass index, proteinuria, hematuria, urinary glucose, baseline or admission serum creatinine, serum creatinine before procurement, history of hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus, cardiopulmonary resuscitation or not, with or without the history of shock, urine output prior to acquisition, macroscopical manifestations of donor kidney, cause of death were statistically analyzed. Results: The donors' baseline serum creatinine/upper limit of normal serum creatinine range in high-risk group were significantly higher than that in low-risk group [(129.8±42.2)% vs(92.4±30.5)%, P=0.029]. The poor macroscopical manifestations of donor kidneys were significantly more frequent in high-risk group than that in low-risk group (12/16 vs 0/9, P= 0). No significant differences between two groups were found regarding their age, height, weight, BMI, proteinuria, hematuria, urine glucose, pre-procure creatinine level, history of hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus, cause of death and so on (P>0.05). Conclusions: After clinical evaluation and selective Lifeport evaluation, donor grafts of whose baseline serum creatinine levels increased beyond normal range and of whose grafts' macroscopical manifestations were poor, should undergo pre-implantation pathological evaluation further.Also, it is reasonable to perform pre-implantation biopsy in cases of equivocal results after Lifeport evaluation.This will be beneficial to identify histological high-risk donors and also be predictive to allocate the grafts.

[Reproducibility and comparison study of two methods evaluating the optic nerve subarachnoid space sectional area using MRI].

Objective: To optimize the method of acquiring the ONSAS parameter and to access the repeatability of the new method comparing with the traditional one. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. Standard operation procedure of an optimized method of acquiring the ONSAS sectional area was made against the defect of the traditional method. Ten healthy volunteers (20 eyes) in different ages were recruited from March 2016 to October. Two times of MRI scan were proceeded with the interval of one week. The optimized and traditional methods were both applied for each scanning. The images were analyzed by two ophthalmologists. The rate of high quality images between two groups was compared with matching chi-square test. The orbital subarachnoid space areas between groups at different locations were compared using analysis of variance of repeated measurement data. The ICC between different scans and different ophthalmologists was calculated. Results: The mean age of the volunteers was 43.8±13.1 years old. Male/Female was 1∶1. The rates of high quality images from the optimized method (100%, 83%, 78%) was higher than those of the traditional method(80%, 78%, 70%). The orbital subarachnoid space area at 3 mm, 9 mm and 15 mm behind the eye ball acquired from the new method(7.2±1.8, 6.1±1.8, 5.9±1.4 mm(2)) were bigger than those of the traditional method (9.0±2.9, 7.6±2.4, 7.1±1.6 mm(2)). Statistical significances were found at 9 mm(F=4.30, P=0.048) and 15 mm(F=5.67, P=0.026) behind the eye ball. The ICC between two different scans (0.879, 0.857, 0.857 vs 0.741, 0.762, 0.639) and two different ophthalmologists (0.864, 0.890, 0.894 vs 0.785, 0.609, 0.753) were higher in the new method group than in the traditional method group. Conclusions: The optimized method of acquiring the parameters of optic nerve subarachnoid space is easier to get the sectional cross area. The measuring reproducibility is better than the traditional one. (Chin J Ophthalmol, 2017, 53: 440-444).

[Value of albumin in diagnosis of neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency].

Objective: To investigate the clinical value of albumin (Alb) in the diagnosis of neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency (NICCD). Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of 90 children with NICCD who visited Children's Hospital of Fudan University from January 2007 to December 2014, and according to the content of Alb, these children were divided into Alb < 30 g/L (LA) group with 20 children and Alb ≥30 g/L (NA) group with 70 children. The clinical manifestations, results of laboratory examination, results of blood tandem mass spectrometry and urine gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and gene detection results were compared between the two groups. The t-test and the chi-square test were used for statistical analysis.. Results: There were significant differences between the LA group and the NA group in splenomegaly degree (3.28±1.95 cm vs 1.92±1.06 cm, P = 0.030), aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase ratio [3.15 (0.38-5.93) vs 2.14 (0.26-6.67), P = 0.010], activated partial thromboplastin time (53.27±11.68 s vs 45.06±9.79 s, P = 0.003), and international normalized ratio (1.92±1.35 vs 1.29±0.33, P = 0.001). The SLC25A13 mutation I 851_854del4 was associated with Alb (χ2 = 4.76, P = 0.025). Conclusion: As for the children with Alb < 30g/L who are highly suspected of having NICCD, SLC25A13 gene detection and blood/urine mass spectrometry should be performed as early as possible, in order to initiate intervention treatment as soon as possible, prevent and treat complications, and improve prognosis.

Analysis of the efficacy and prognosis of limb-salvage surgery for osteosarcoma around the knee.

AIM: Limb-salvage surgery has become the standard of care for extremity osteosarcoma. In this study, we investigated the survival and functional outcomes of patients with osteosarcoma around the knee who were treated with limb-salvage surgery. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data for 120 patients with osteosarcoma around the knee who were treated with limb-salvage surgery between 1998 and 2008. The sample included 75 males and 45 females. The mean age of the patients was 18.9 years. Osteosarcoma was diagnosed in the distal femur in 78 patients and in the proximal tibia in 42 patients. Statistical analyses were conducted to process and record the patient data and analyse the surgery's efficacy, prognosis and survival rates. RESULTS: All patients were followed for 6-144 months (mean of 56.8 months). The overall 5-year survival rate was 61.8%. Lung metastasis developed in 31 patients. Local recurrence developed in 9 patients. The average Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Score (MSTS) was 25.5 points on a 30-point scale. Sixteen patients underwent prosthesis revision and twelve patients underwent amputation. The overall survivorship of the prosthesis based on Kaplan-Meier estimates was 77% at five years and 71% at ten years. There was a higher incidence of extensor lag for the patients with osteosarcoma in the proximal tibia than for those with osteosarcoma in the distal femur (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Treating osteosarcoma around the knee with limb-salvage surgery can preserve most of the knee's functionality. Attention must be paid to prevent the relatively high incidence of postoperative complications.

Dynamic characteristics of multisensory facilitation and inhibition.

Multimodal integration, which mainly refers to multisensory facilitation and multisensory inhibition, is the process of merging multisensory information in the human brain. However, the neural mechanisms underlying the dynamic characteristics of multimodal integration are not fully understood. The objective of this study is to investigate the basic mechanisms of multimodal integration by assessing the intermodal influences of vision, audition, and somatosensory sensations (the influence of multisensory background events to the target event). We used a timed target detection task, and measured both behavioral and electroencephalographic responses to visual target events (green solid circle), auditory target events (2 kHz pure tone) and somatosensory target events (1.5 ± 0.1 mA square wave pulse) from 20 normal participants. There were significant differences in both behavior performance and ERP components when comparing the unimodal target stimuli with multimodal (bimodal and trimodal) target stimuli for all target groups. Significant correlation among reaction time and P3 latency was observed across all target conditions. The perceptual processing of auditory target events (A) was inhibited by the background events, while the perceptual processing of somatosensory target events (S) was facilitated by the background events. In contrast, the perceptual processing of visual target events (V) remained impervious to multisensory background events.