Serum Level of the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme in Patients with Idiopathic Acute Optic Neuritis: A Case-Control Study by Heshmatollah Ghanbari, Alireza Dehghani, Awat Feizi, Arman Amirkhani, Mohsen Pourazizi

“…Sixty-five ON patients (75.4% female, mean age 29.70 ± 8.30 years) and 65 controls (75.4% female, mean age 29.66 ± 8.36 years) were enrolled. …”
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Effect of In Vitro Exposure of Corticosteroid Drugs, Conventionally Used in AMD Treatment, on Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Raffaele Nuzzi, Monica Gunetti, Deborah Rustichelli, Barbara Roagna, Francesca Fronticelli Bardelli, Franca Fagioli, Ivana Ferrero

“…Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of legal blindness in individuals over 60 years of age, characterized by the dysfunction of retinal pigmented epithelium cells, specifically in the macular area. …”
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Evaluation of Extended Interval Dosing Aminoglycosides in the Morbidly Obese Population by Ashley L. Ross, Jennifer L. Tharp, Gerald R. Hobbs, Richard McKnight, Aaron Cumpston

“…We recommend caution when dosing aminoglycosides in morbidly obese patients who are of older age.…”
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Prevalence of Reasons for Tooth Extraction in Small- and Medium-Breed Dogs by Chun-Geun Kim, Daehyun Kwon, Kyuyoung Lee, Se Eun Kim, Hyun Min Jo

“…All dogs were categorized by sex, age, breed, and tooth position. Teeth were classified into untreated, missing, or extracted categories. …”
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Sero-molecular prevalence of toxoplasmosis in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients in Markazi Province, Iran by Hossein Sarmadian, Mana Shojapour, Fereshteh chegeni, Mohammad Amin Tabatabaiefar, Farshid Haghverdi, Roham Sarmadian, Reza Ghasemikhah

“…Age was significantly associated with higher seroprevalence (P < 0.05), but there were no significant differences regarding gender, dialysis type, or duration of dialysis. …”
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Structural analysis of socioeconomic factors and school jet lag in traumatic dental injury among children by Veruska Medeiros Martins BERNARDINO, Larissa Chaves Morais de LIMA, Érick Tássio Barbosa NEVES, Matheus de França PERAZZO, Saul Martins de PAIVA, Ana Flávia GRANVILLE-GARCIA

“…Sociodemographic factors and school jet lag were associated with traumatic dental injury in children eight to ten years of age.…”
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Assessment of the relationship between urinary iodine level and thyroid dysfunction among children in South India- A case-control study by Vignesh Sivaraj, Subbarayan Sarojini, Arul Suyambunathan V, Suresh Pichandi, Desigamani Kanniyappan, Ramadevi Kanakasabapathi

“…Material and Methods: One hundred children between the ages of 6 to 12 years with thyroid dysfunctions and 100 age- and gender-matched healthy children were enrolled in the case-control groups respectively. …”
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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension and Its Risk Factors in (Central) Vietnam by Ho Anh Hien, Nguyen Minh Tam, Vo Tam, Anselme Derese, Dirk Devroey

“…In this cross-sectional study, a multistage sampling was used to select 969 participants from the general population aged from 40 to 69 years. The cardiovascular risk factors were collected throughout the interviews with a standardized questionnaire. …”
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The Labour Market Situation of Population Groups in the Visegrád Countries by Łukasz Arendt, Leszek Kucharski, Iwona Kukulak‑Dolata, Anna Rutkowska

“…The most uncertain labour market situation concerned people aged up to 24 years, the least‑educated and low‑skilled people, and people aged 55 years and older. …”
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Naringin ameliorates H2O2-induced oxidative damage in cells and prolongs the lifespan of female Drosophila melanogaster via the insulin signaling pathway by Xiaomei Du, Kexin Wang, Xiaoyan Sang, Xiangxing Meng, Jiao Xie, Tianxin Wang, Xiaozhi Liu, Qun Huang, Nan Zhang, Hao Wang

“…In this study, PC12, HepG2 cells, and female Drosophila melanogaster were used to investigate the antioxidative and anti-aging effects of naringin and explore the underlying mechanisms. …”
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Thermodynamic, diffusion and precipitation behaviors in Cu–Ni–Si–Co alloys: Modeling and experimental validation by Haoyue Ling, Ying Tang, Jing Zhong, Xiangpeng Meng, Min Zhang, Lijun Zhang

“…Aging precipitation is an important process that affects the mechanical and electrical properties of Cu alloys. …”
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Myasthenia Gravis Development and Crisis Subsequent to Multiple Sclerosis by Kurosh Gharagozli, Maziar Shojaei, Ali Amini Harandi, Nayyereh Akbari, Manouchehr Ilkhani

“…MS and MG have relatively the same distribution for age, corresponding to the younger peak of the bimodal age distribution in MG. …”
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Molecular profiling of frontal and occipital subcortical white matter hyperintensities in Alzheimer’s disease by Sulochan Malla, Sulochan Malla, Annie G. Bryant, Annie G. Bryant, Rojashree Jayakumar, Benjamin Woost, Nina Wolf, Andrew Li, Sudeshna Das, Sudeshna Das, Susanne J. van Veluw, Susanne J. van Veluw, Rachel E. Bennett, Rachel E. Bennett

“…White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are commonly detected on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, occurring in both typical aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Despite their frequent appearance and their association with cognitive decline in AD, the molecular factors contributing to WMHs remain unclear. …”
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Development and Validation of a Simple Model to Predict the Risk of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer on Screening Total Body Skin Examination by Rebecca I. Hartman, Yun Xue, Ryan Karmouta, Elizabeth Tkachenko, Sara J. Li, David G. Li, Cara Joyce, Arash Mostaghimi

“…A simple three-variable model, abbreviated as CAP (cancer history, age, phototype) can accurately predict the risk of NMSC on screening TBSE by dermatology. …”
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Posterior Transpedicular Dynamic Stabilization versus Total Disc Replacement in the Treatment of Lumbar Painful Degenerative Disc Disease: A Comparison of Clinical Results by Tunc Oktenoglu, Ali Fahir Ozer, Mehdi Sasani, Yaprak Ataker, Cengiz Gomleksiz, Irfan Celebi

“…The mean age of the patients in posterior dynamic transpedicular stabilization was 43,08. …”
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Effects of Pioglitazone on Asymmetric Dimethylarginine and Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in Nondiabetic Patients (EPICAMP Study): A Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial by Pedram Shokouh, Adel Joharimoghadam, Hamidreza Roohafza, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Allahyar Golabchi, Maryam Boshtam, Nizal Sarrafzadegan

“…We failed to observe any significant changes in serum ADMA in either group and between groups with and without adjustment for age, sex, and components of the metabolic syndrome. …”
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Knee–Hip–Spine Syndrome: Improvement in Preoperative Abnormal Posture following Total Knee Arthroplasty by Yasushi Oshima, Nobuyoshi Watanabe, Norishige Iizawa, Tokifumi Majima, Mitsuhiro Kawata, Shinro Takai

“…The posture varies with age because of the degenerative changes in the involved structures and the weakening of the muscles. …”
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Effect of Genetic-Environmental Interaction on Chinese Childhood Myopia by Xiyan Zhang, Yan Wang, Chenwei Pan, Wenyi Yang, Yao Xiang, Jie Yang, Fengyun Zhang

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of genetic-environmental interaction on myopia in Chinese children aged 6 to 9 years. Methods. Students had the physical examination and were required to provide basic demographic information. …”
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Alpha-Fetoprotein as a Predictive Marker for Patients with Hepatitis B-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure by Xiaoping Wang, Caifei Shen, Jianjiang Yang, Xianjun Yang, Sen Qin, Haijun Zeng, Xiaoling Wu, Shanhong Tang, Weizheng Zeng

“…Age (HR 1.041), total bilirubin (HR 1.004), log10AFP⁡  (HR 2.155), and INR (HR 1.446) were found to be risk factors of survival. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Three Cases with SAMD9/SAMD9L Gene Mutations by ZHU Ke, SUN Bijun, WANG Wenjie, ZHOU Qinhua, LIU Luyao, HOU Jia, WANG Xiaochuan, SUN Jinqiao

“…In terms of treatment, two patients underwent regular intravenous immunoglobulin and their clinical symptoms improved, while one patient had a favorable recovery following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation at the age of 1 year and 5 months of age. SAMD9/SAMD9L gene mutations, therefore, chould be considered in children with recurrent infections, myelodysplasia, pancytopenia, and growth retardation. …”
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