Herpes simplex virus-2-associated esophagitis in immunocompetent host by Haider A. Naqvi, Sumanthkumar Bandaru, Adrien L. Janvier, Muhammad Nadeem Yousaf

“…An estimated 10–15% of bone marrow transplant patients and up to 20% of AIDS patients may develop HE [8]. …”
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Lymphatic Malformation, Retinoblastoma, or Facial Cleft: Atypical Presentations of PHACE Syndrome by María Fernández-Ibieta, Juan Carlos López-Gutiérrez

“…And, in the third case, the child presented with an unusual midline frontal bone cleft, corresponding to Tessier 14 cleft. Two patients’ hemangiomas responded well to propranolol therapy. …”
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Rare Form of Erdheim-Chester Disease Presenting with Isolated Central Skeletal Lesions Treated with a Combination of Alfa-Interferon and Zoledronic Acid by E. N. Bulycheva, V. V. Baykov, M. I. Zaraĭskiĭ, G. N. Salogub

“…Involvement of the axial skeleton is exclusively uncommon with no official recommendations for the treatment of the bone lesions. Here, we present a case report of a young male patient with isolated lesions of the spine, ribs, and pelvis, who was successfully treated with a combination therapy of alfa-interferon and zoledronic acid.…”
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Practical Vessel Imaging by Computed Tomography in Live Transgenic Mouse Models for Human Tumors by Gordon L. Kindlmann, David M. Weinstein, Greg M. Jones, Christopher R. Johnson, Mario R. Capecchi, Charles Keller

“…Our findings indicate that multiple-frame, 360–720 view acquisitions were mandatory for clarifying bone and soft tissue from vessel contrast. This finding was consistent in visualizations using a one-dimensional transfer function where voxel color and opacity was assigned in proportion to CT value and a two-dimensional transfer function where voxel color and opacity was assigned in proportion to CT value and gradient magnitude. …”
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Single-Stage Craniectomy and Cranioplasty for Multilobular Osteochondrosarcoma Managed with a Custom Additive Manufactured Titanium Plate in a Dog by Galina M. Hayes, Elena A. Demeter, Eunju Choi, Michelle Oblak

“…The mass was excised with histologically clean lateral bone margins (2–4 mm) and invasion at the deep margin. …”
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BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION OF POLYAXIAL ANGULAR STABLE PLATES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURES by Norin Forna, Paul-Dan Sîrbu, Savin Liliana, Lucian Eva, Wilhelm Friedl, Eugen Carata, Tudor Pinteală, Răzvan Tudor, Mihnea Theodor Sîrbu

“…This study compared the performance of polyaxial screw-plate implant systems under axial loading conditions using synthetic bone models. Osteosynthesis methods involving lateral, medial, and combined (lateral + medial) plates were evaluated. …”
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Early Neolithic Culture of Baraba Forest Steppe: issues and features by Vyacheslav I. Molodin

“…The Baraba culture is characterized by the widespread use of bone, from which products characteristic exclusively for this culture were made, and insert tools. …”
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Compliant immune response of silk-based biomaterials broadens application in wound treatment by Zhiqiang Tian, Hong Chen, Ping Zhao

“…The unique properties of sericin and silk fibroin (SF) favor their widespread application in biopharmaceuticals, particularly in wound treatment and bone repair. The immune response directly influences wound healing cycle, and the extensive immunomodulatory functions of silk-based nanoparticles and hydrogels have attracted wide attention. …”
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Interim Restorative Approach for the Management of Congenitally Missing Permanent Mandibular Incisors: Presentation of Three Cases by Prashanth Prakash, Jayadev M. Hallur, Rachana Narse Gowda

“…The retained primary teeth are necessary for the maintenance and normal development of alveolar bone, which in turn is essential for future definitive rehabilitation. …”
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HSCT-GAVE as a Manifestation of Chronic Graft versus Host Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Existing Literature by Michael J. Grant, Mitchell E. Horwitz

“…The existing literature links GAVE to patients with cirrhosis, scleroderma, bone marrow transplantation, and chronic renal failure among other associations, but its pathophysiology remains ill-defined. …”
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ATP-Dependent Chromatin Remodeling Complex in the Lineage Specification of Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Wen Du, Daimo Guo, Wei Du

“…Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) present in multiple tissues can self-renew and differentiate into multiple lineages including the bone, cartilage, muscle, cardiac tissue, and connective tissue. …”
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Diagnosis of GM-1 gangliodosis in Cuba by Caridad Menéndez Saínz, Sergio González García, Claudina Zaldívar Muñoz, Alina González-Quevedo Monteagudo

“…Clinically this disease presents with an early psychomotor impairment, macular cherry red spots, facial dysmorphia, bone deformities and hepatosplenomegaly. It has a hereditary autosomic-recessive pattern. …”
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Influence of Implantable Hearing Aids and Neuroprosthesison Music Perception by Torsten Rahne, Lars Böhme, Gerrit Götze

“…As hearing loss interferes with the perception and enjoyment of music, we approach the individual timbre discrimination skills in individuals with severe to profound hearing loss using a cochlear implant (CI) and normal hearing individuals using a bone-anchored hearing aid (Baha). With a recent developed behavioral test relying on synthetically sounds forming a spectral continuum, the timbre difference was changed adaptively to measure the individual just noticeable difference (JND) in a forced-choice paradigm. …”
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Cytokines in Endocrine Dysfunction of Plasma Cell Disorders by Eva Feigerlová, Shyue-Fang Battaglia-Hsu

“…Monoclonal gammopathies (MG) are classically associated with lytic bone lesions, hypercalcemia, anemia, and renal insufficiency. …”
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Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Transfusion Dependence Treated with Venetoclax by Waqas Jehangir, Alexander Karabachev, Taimoor Jahangir, Elvira Umyarova

“…Myelodysplastic syndromes are characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis in one or more lineages of the bone marrow. They are a group of heterogeneous clonal stem cell malignancies with a high risk to progress to acute myeloid leukemia. …”
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“Looks Can Be Deceiving”: Adrenal Teratoma Causing Diagnostic Difficulty by Mehwash Nadeem, Muhammad Hammad Ather, M. Nasir Sulaiman, Shahid Pervez

“…On gross examination, the cyst contained pieces of bone, few teeth, and hairs entangled in mucinous material. …”
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Pompe Disease Could Mimic Exam Findings of Amyloidosis: Two Rare Diagnoses Bona Fide by Jithma P. Abeykoon, Narjust Duma, Jennifer A. Tracy, Margherita Milone, Ronald Go

“…Given the classic physical finding of macroglossia, the patient underwent extensive evaluation for amyloidosis which proved to be negative apart from a bone marrow biopsy which stained positive for transthyretin without amino acid sequence abnormality, thus giving wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis. …”
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Comparative Intracellular Cytokine Production by In Vitro Stimulated T Lymphocytes from Human Umbilical Cord Blood (HUCB) and Adult Peripheral Blood (APB) by J. A. García Vela, I. Delgado, R. Bornstein, B. Alvarez, M. C. Auray, I. Martin, F. Oña, F. Gilsanz

“…It has been suggested that there is a reduced graft‐versus‐host‐disease (GVHD) with HUCB compared to bone marrow transplantation. Since cytokine production by a cell is an indication of the cells function it is important to determinate the differences between APB and HUCB with respect to production of these soluble factors. …”
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Fatal Idiopathic Hyperammonemia after Induction Chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Christophe Angelo, Marie-Françoise Vincent, Mina Komuta, Philippe Hantson, Nicole Straetmans, Edwige Boulet

“…Idiopathic hyperammonemia is a rare but potentially fatal complication occurring in patients with acute leukemia or bone marrow transplantation. The role of some specific anticancer drugs may be discussed, but the etiology of hyperammonemia is often multifactorial. …”
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Prognostic Factors and Outcome of Patients with Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treated with the Hyper-CVAD Regimen: A Retrospective Study by Zahra Malakoutikhah, Farzaneh Ashrafi, Ali Derakhshandeh

“…The CR rate had statistical differences by bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and WBC count. …”
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