Cross-Sectional Relationship between Carotid-Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity and Biomarkers in Vascular-Related Diseases by Jinbo Liu, Kuanting Wang, Huan Liu, Hongwei Zhao, Wei Huang, Na Zhao, Lihong Li, Hongyu Wang

“…The level of Hcy was significantly higher in group1, group 2, and group 3 than in healthy subjects, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of two-dimensional ultrasound fetal thymus size in correlation to infection parameters in pregnancies complicated with preterm premature rupture of membranes by Amal Kotb Abdallah, Mohamed Mohesen, Nagwan Kamal, Sahar Mahmoud Abd Elsalam, Sondos Salem, Ehab Salama, Mazen Abdel-Rasheed, Mohamed Eweis

“…In addition, the pathological examination of the placenta revealed positive signs of infection in group 1 in only 65% of cases. Group 1 had a positive correlation between Thymus perimeter and APGAR score of the neonates (r=0.658, P=0.002), Thymus perimeter and birth weight (r=0.741, P<0.001), Thymus transverse diameter and APGAR score of the neonates (r=0.741, P<0.001), and finally Thymus transverse diameter and birth weight (r=0.734, P<0.001). …”
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Factors Affecting Antenatal Corticosteroid Administration from the Obstetricians’ Viewpoint by Emel Kurtoğlu, Migraci Tosun, Ayşe Zehra Özdemir, Erdal Malatyalıoğlu

“…STUDY DESIGN: The pregnant women who delivered between 24 and 34 weeks of gestation were divided into two groups: Group 1, pregnant patients given corticosteroid therapy; Group 2, pregnant patients who were not given corticosteroid therapy. …”
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Evaluation of the Risk of Spreading Endometrial Cell by Hysteroscopy: A Prospective Longitudinal Study by Rievani de Sousa Damião, Reginaldo Guedes Coelho Lopes, Emilly Serapião dos Santos, Umberto Gazzi Lippi, Eduardo Borges da Fonseca

“…Seventy-six women were submitted to a hysteroscopy with CO2 under a low pressure. Group 1 had not previous diagnosis of endometrial cancer, and group 2 had previous diagnosis of endometrial cancer (stage I-92.3%). …”
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Combined Effect of Subchondral Drilling and Hyaluronic Acid with/without Diacerein in Full-Thickness Articular Cartilage Lesion in Rabbits by Wanwisa Suwannaloet, Wiroon Laupattarakasem, Peerapol Sukon, Siriwan Ong-Chai, Pisamai Laupattarakasem

“…A week later, the rabbits were allocated into 3 groups to receive weekly intra-articular (IA) injection for 5 weeks with normal saline solution (NSS) (group 1) or with HA (group 2 and group 3). Starting at the first IA injection, rabbits were also gavaged daily for 9 weeks with NSS (group 1 and group 2) or with diacerein (group 3). …”
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Impacts of stem cells from different sources on wound healing rate in diabetic foot ulcers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Le Tong, Le Tong, Le Tong, Lin Tang, Lin Tang, Lin Tang, Bangli Tang, Jianna Zhang, Jianna Zhang, Jianna Zhang

“…The heterogeneity ranged from non-existent in the adipose and peripheral blood groups (I2 = 0.00%) to moderate in the bone groups (I2 = 26.31%) and other groups (I2 = 30.62%), and substantial in the umbilical cord groups (I2 = 88.37%). …”
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Primary repair vs arthroscopic reconstruction for proximal anterior cruciate ligament tears: a comparative study by Sergey A. Gerasimov, Ekaterina A. Morozova, Daria A. Naida, Denis O. Kolmakov, Andrey A. Zykin, Ekaterina V. Khramtsova

“…Pain relief therapy in the form of opioid analgesics received 46.03±0.06% patients in Group 2 and 25.35±0.05% in Group 1 (p0.05). The proportion of patients requiring reoperation for ACL injury in Group 1 was 3.5% and 1.2% in Group 2 (p0,05). …”
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Reduction of Lipid-Core Burden Index in Nonculprit Lesions at Follow-Up after ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Study of Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold versus Optim... by Joelle Kefer, Patrick Chenu, Olivier Gurné, Frederic Maes, Théophile Tamakloé, Christophe Beauloye

“…At angiographic follow-up (712 [657; 740] days), a significant and similar reduction of maxLCBI4 mm was observed in both groups, with a median change of 306 [257; 377] in group 1 vs. 300 [278; 346] in group 2 p=0.44. DS was significantly lower in group 1 vs. group 2 (19.8 ± 7 vs. 41.7 ± 13%, p=0.003), while plaque burden remained unchanged in both groups. …”
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Evaluation of The Effect of Pre-Operative Informed Consent Form on Pre-Operative Anxiety by Sultan Zortul

“…The same method was applied to patients staying in the same room: odd-numbered room numbers were assigned to Group 1, and even-numbered room numbers to Group 2. …”
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Clinical course and remodeling of left ventricle in patients with ST segment elevention acute myocardial infarction after primary coronary artery stenting by V.A. Skybchik, Yu.P. Melen

“…The study included 80 patients (group I) with STEMI, who had undergone primary coronary intervention, and 20 patients with STEMI, a control group (group II) without myocardial revascularization. …”
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Scanning Electron Microscopy Analysis of the Anterior Capsulotomy Edge: A Comparative Study between Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Capsulotomy and Manual Capsulorhexis by Daniele Tognetto, Chiara De Giacinto, Alberto Armando Perrotta, Tommaso Candian, Alessandro Bova, Silvia Rinaldi, Gianluca Turco

“…The cut surface irregularity value in Group 2 was 1.4 ± 0.63, while it was 0.7 ± 0.49 in Group 3 (p<0.05). Group 1 had a significantly lower thickness of the capsule edge than the FSL groups (p<0.05). …”
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Evaluation of Retinal Changes in Women with Different Phenotypes of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Fatma Sumer, Beril Gurlek, Elif Yildiz, Feyzahan Uzun, Sabri Colak, Ilknur Merve Ayazoglu

“…<b>Results</b>: The average mean and nasal segments of the RNFL were significantly greater in the PCOS group than in the healthy control group (<i>p</i> < 0.001). There was a statistically significant difference in foveal retinal thickness between the groups (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Can Platelet Count and Mean Platelet Volume be Used as Markers of Postdural Puncture Headache in Obstetric Patients? by Osman Uzundere, Cem Kıvılcım Kaçar, Sedat Kaya

“…This prospective, observational study included 76 patients (Group 1) with PDPH and 93 patients (Group 2) without PDPH. …”
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Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy with Doxorubicin and Cisplatin Is Effective for Advanced Hepatocellular Cell Carcinoma by Ming-Chun Ma, Yen-Yang Chen, Shau-Hsuan Li, Yu-Fan Cheng, Chih-Chi Wang, Tai-Jan Chiu, Sung-Nan Pei, Chien-Ting Liu, Tai-Lin Huang, Chen-Hua Huang, Yu-Li Su, Yen-Hao Chen, Sheng-Nan Lu, Kun-Ming Rau

“…The median progression-free survival was 1.3 months and 5.8 months in groups I and II, respectively (P<0.0001). The median overall survival was 8.3 months for all patients and was 3.1 months and 12.0 months in groups I and II, respectively (P<0.0001). …”
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Is preoperative imaging of sentinel lymph node in breast cancer necessary? A retrospective case control study by Michael J. Reinhardt, Björn Ohmstede, Luz Angela Torres-de la Roche, Rudy Leon De Wilde

“…SLN was identified intraoperatively in 473 of 498 patients (94.98 %) in group 1, and in 415 of 428 patients (96.96 %) in group 2 (p = 0.129). …”
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Effect of Oral intake of Stevia Leaf Powder on Body Weight – An Experimental study by Amna Faruqi, Sikander Subuctageen, Irfan Afzal Mughal, Shahida Parveen, Tooba Zafar, Asma Irfan

“…The percentage increase in body weight for groups 1, 2, and 3 was 4.8, 9.3, and 1.1, respectively. …”
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Comparison of Asymptomatic Brain Lesions Between Thalassemia Major and Sickle Cell Anemia Patients by Derya Yavuz Demiray, Özge Eriş Davut, Gönül Oktay

“…Variables including age, years of education, presence and type of MRI-detected ischemia, smoking status, hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelet count, ferritin levels, vitamin B12 levels, fasting blood sugar, splenectomy status, chelation therapy, and hydroxyurea treatment were compared between the two groups. <i>Results:</i> The mean age was 27.33 years in the thalassemia major group and 32.65 years in the sickle cell anemia group (<i>p</i> = 0.010). …”
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The Potential of the Quick Detection of Selectins Using Raman Spectroscopy to Discriminate Lung Cancer Patients from Healthy Subjects by Edyta Wolny-Rokicka, Andrzej Tukiendorf, Jerzy Wydmański, Agnieszka Zembroń-Łacny

“…Blood samples were taken from subjects divided into two groups: group 1—comparing data from 22 patients clinically diagnosed with cancer before versus after medical intervention; group 2—comparing data from 10 palliative patients versus 17 healthy volunteers. …”
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Histopathological changes in the testes, epididimis and accessory sex glands of pubertal brown swiss male bulls zeranol implanted by M. Kemal ÇİFTÇİ, Fazıl DELİGÖZOĞLU, Zuhal KAYA, Bünyamin TRAŞ

“…These bulls were divided into three groups; Control, Group I and Group II. 36 mg zeranal was implanted subcutaneously .at the base of ear of bulls in Group I and Group II at the beginning of the experiment and the same dose was reimplanted to Group II 65 days after the first implantation.…”
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Study of the relationships of polymorphisms of the folate cycle genes with the levels of homocysteine and folic acid as risk factors of cardiovascular disorders in the post-covid p... by A.A. Shuprovych, O.V. Zinych, N.M. Kushnareva, K.P. Komisarenko

“…Group 3 differed by a higher degree of obesity, a higher frequency of hypertension disease and chronic heart failure (in 85% of patients in group 3, against 41 and 50% in groups 1 and 2), a higher number of platelets, a longer duration of hospitalization due to COVID-19, a higher level of D-dimer. …”
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