A prospective hospital-based study on C-reactive protein as a response predictor of antidepressant treatment in drug naïve patients with major depressive disorder by Didakamiwan Khonglah, Arghya Pal, Nitu Mallik, Debes Ray, Malay Ghosal, Rudraprasad Acharya

“…Methods: Fifty patients of first episode MDD with no past history of antidepressant exposure and other medical comorbidity were recruited after obtaining consent for Escitalopram therapy. …”
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Kleptomania Induced by Venlafaxine by Kumi Sakurada, Masashi Nibuya, Kazuo Yamada, Seishu Nakagawa, Eiji Suzuki

“…It is often observed as a comorbidity in patients undergoing pharmacological treatment for Parkinson’s disease. …”
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Baseline Maternal and Newborn Variables in a Birth Cohort Study in Southern Brazil by Paulo Floriani Kramer, Elisa Maria Rosa de Barros Coelho, Lívia Mund de Amorim, Gabriela Fernandes Kern dos Santos, Priscila Humbert Rodrigues, Carlos Alberto Feldens

“…Maternal data included age, level of education, family structure, smoking, number of prenatal appointments, type of delivery, gestational age, and any comorbidity. Child data included sex, birth weight, length, head circumference, and breastfeeding in the first hour of life. …”
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Association between gynecological disorders and insomnia and depression trajectories: a longitudinal study of middle-aged women by Huiyong Zhong, Fuling Zeng

“…Insomnia trajectories mediated 23.6%, 14.3%, and 11.9% of the association between pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, and number of GDs, respectively, with depression trajectories.ConclusionsThis study found the significant associations between pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, and comorbidity with an elevated risk of insomnia and depression during the menopausal transition.…”
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How Fatigue Is Experienced and Handled by Female Outpatients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Anne Beck, Palle Bager, Peter Errboe Jensen, Jens F. Dahlerup

“…Patients with severe active IBD, anaemia, comorbidity, or pregnancy were excluded. The included patients agreed to participate in a semistructured interview. …”
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Investigating racial disparities in drug prescriptions for patients with endometriosis by Aparajita Kashyap, Maryam Aziz, Tony Y Sun, Sharon Lipsky Gorman, Jessica Opoku-Anane, Noémie Elhadad

“…Our analysis identifies disparities in prescriptions practices between White and Black endometriosis patients, notably in pain management and comorbidity treatment.…”
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The Positive Effect of Psychotherapy in the Treatment of an Erosive Oral and Dermal Lichen Planus Case by Zana Fuad Noori, Mohammed Khalid Mahmood, Pinar Yaseen Raof, Handren Ameer Kurda, Balen Hamid Qadir, Didar Anwar Abdulrahman, Mohammed Aso Abdulghafor, Mohammed Taib Fatih, Basoz Khalid Hama Noori

“…Due to this apparent comorbidity and the risk of not responding well to conventional medication (topical and systemic corticosteroids) or the risk of relapse in the case of ongoing stress, we decided to integrate psychotherapy (without psychotropic drugs) as an adjunct into the management strategy. …”
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Severe, but not moderate asthmatics share blood transcriptomic changes with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. by Sandor Haas-Neill, Anna Dvorkin-Gheva, Paul Forsythe

“…This study reveals gene and pathway regulation that potentially drives the comorbidity between severe asthma, PTSD, and MDD and may serve as foci for future research aimed at gaining a better understanding of both the relationship between asthma and PTSD, and the pathophysiology of the individual disorders.…”
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Personality Disorders in Persons with Gender Identity Disorder by Dragana Duišin, Borjanka Batinić, Jasmina Barišić, Miroslav L. Djordjevic, Svetlana Vujović, Marta Bizic

“…Investigations in the field of gender identity disorder (GID) have been mostly related to psychiatric comorbidity and severe psychiatric disorders, but have focused less on personality and personality disorders (PDs). …”
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How the development of chronic morbidity and multimorbidity depends on natural age of menopause: Results from nationally representative cross-sectional Indian study by Pritam Halder, Shubham Kansal, Kartik Chadhar, Aswani Seth, Semanti Das, Saumyarup Pal, Anamika Das, Dheenadhayalan Vijayakumar

“…Results: A total of 25,256 women were analyzed, 67.8% of participants had at least one comorbidity. The mean age was 58.5 ± 10.17 years. 57.04% and 13.45% women had optimal or suboptimal menopause, while 7.4%, 17.5%, and 4.4% had premature, early, and delayed menopause. …”
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Viral Hepatitis B and Its Implications for Public Health in DR Congo: A Systematic Review by Marcellin Mengouo Nimpa, Hermès Karemere, Christian Ngandu, Franck-Fortune Mboussou, M. Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Dalau Nkamba, André Bita Fouda, Bienvenu Nguejio, Sifa Kakozi, Aimé Mwana-Wabene Cikomola, Jean-Crispin Mukendi, Dieudonné Mwamba, Moise Désiré Yapi, Richard Bahizire Riziki, Cedric Mwanga, John Otomba, Jean Baptiste Nikiema, Boureima Hama Sambo, Daniel Katuashi Ishoso

“…Some of the public health issues raised by hepatitis B virus infection were identified in the course of the included studies, in relation to co-infection, comorbidity, associated factors, and individuals’ level of knowledge and perceptions of HBV. …”
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Agomelatine Efficacy in the Night Eating Syndrome by Walter Milano, Michele De Rosa, Luca Milano, Anna Capasso

“…Frequently, NES patients show significant psychopathology comorbidity with affective disorders. This paper describes a case report of an NES patient treated with agomelatine, an antidepressant analogue of melatonin, which acts by improving not only the mood but also by regulating sleep cycles and appetite. …”
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Creating National Weights for a Patient-level Longitudinal Database by Onur Baser, Li Wang, Jon Maguire

“…**Results:** The following variables were used in the logistic regression: Age group, gender, race, location, income level and health status (Charlson Comorbidity Index scores and chronic condition diagnosis). …”
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Health-related quality of life in hemato-oncology patients: role of informativeness and doctor-patient communication by Stella Sremić, Lovorka Brajković, Vanja Kopilaš

“…Predictors that significantly contributed to the change in variance of health-related quality of life were age, duration of diagnosis, the existence of comorbidity, frequency of hospitalization, talking with the psychologist after getting the diagnosis and information…”
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Profil Penderita Ablasio Retina Eksudatif di Klinik Mata SMEC Tahun 2019-2022 by Lathifah Nur Islami B. Hazami, Nur Khoma Fatmawati, Endang Sawitri

“…Keywords:  affected eye side, comorbidities, exudative retinal detachment, risk factors…”
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Physical activity and its relationship with health-related quality of life in type II diabetics by Eliana Romina Meza-Miranda, Beatriz Elizabeth Núñez-Martínez

“…The average age was 51.9 years, 63.8 were female, 79.3% resided in Asunción and the Metropolitan Area, and 39.5% had a secondary education level. 94% continued treatment, hypertension being the most frequent comorbidity. The quality of life showed 38% with moderate depression and/or anxiety. …”
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Retrograde recanalization of chronic coronary occlusion by S.М. Furkalo

“…Thus, potential candidates for retrograde recanalization of CТO are рatients after failed attempt of recanalization with clear indications and motivated to implement PCI; with refractory angina and CТO of native coronary arteries after CABG; single-vessel coronary artery disease (right coronary artery, RCA or left anterior disease, LAD) with preserved left ventricular function and preserved kidney; patients with multivessel disease and related comorbidity making coronary artery bypass surgery impossible. …”
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Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy: Novel Pathogenic Mutation in Thymidine Phosphorylase Gene in a Patient from Cape Verde Islands by Catarina Falcão de Campos, Miguel Oliveira Santos, Rafael Roque, Isabel Conceição, Mamede de Carvalho

“…Patients with MNGIE have significant comorbidity and mortality, and they are frequently misdiagnosed. …”
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The electrocardiogram in hypertensive patients. P wave dispersion: a new measure to be considered by Elibet Chávez González, Emilio González Rodríguez, Jesús Castro Hevia, María Del Carmen Llanes Camacho, Yosvany García Nóbrega, Raimundo Carmona Puerta, Ramiro Ramos Ramírez

“…Atrial and ventricular arrhythmias are both considered as comorbidity in arterial hypertension. The mechanisms involved are varied and include left ventricular hypertrophy and myocardial ischemia. …”
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Faecopneumothorax Caused by Perforated Diaphragmatic Hernia by Kristina Necke, Nickolaus Heeren, Francesco Mongelli, Maurice FitzGerald, Jürgen Fornaro, Fabrizio Minervini, Jürg Metzger, Jörn-Markus Gass

“…Due to the associated comorbidity and long-lasting sequelae, we believe the awareness of this rare pathology as a differential diagnosis is important; both as an abdominal and thoracic emergency.…”
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