Fever, Myositis, and Paralysis: Is This Inflammatory Myopathy or Neuroinvasive Disease? by Aneeta R. Kiran, Richard A. Lau, Kim M. Wu, Andrew L. Wong, Philip J. Clements, Emil R. Heinze

“…We describe a case of a 42-year-old male from Los Angeles who presented with 8 days of fever and muscle pain. …”
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Magnitude of Prompt HIV-Seropositive Status Disclosure to Partner and Associated Factors among Adult Clients on ART at Holeta Health Center, Central Ethiopia, 2020 by Guta Kebede, Adugna Dufera, Tufa Kolola, Teka Girma, Daniel Belema

“…A cross-sectional study was carried out from September 15, 2019, to March 15, 2020, among 438 people living with HIV who were more than 18 years old and had sexual partner attending ART clinic at Holeta Health Center, central Ethiopia. …”
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Scrotal Skin Metastases Revealing a Prostatic Adenocarcinoma by Idriss Ziani, Zayd El Boukili El Makhoukh, Ahmed Ibrahimi, Omar Bellouki, Jihane Benahmed, Yasmine Laraqui, Fouad Zouidia, Hachem El Sayegh, Lounis Benslimane, Yassine Nouini

“…We report the case of a 78-year-old patient, who initially consulted for nonspecific scrotal skin lesions evolving for 4 months. …”
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Evaluation of Tumor Viability for Primary and Bone Metastases in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Using Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Hiromichi Iwamura, Yasuhiro Kaiho, Jun Ito, Go Anan, Nozomi Satani, Tomonori Matsuura, Ryo Tamura, Kazuhiro Murakami, Kaneki Koyama, Makoto Sato

“…In contrast to bone scan and computed tomography (CT), which depend on osteoblastic response to detect bone metastasis, whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) may be able to directly detect viable tumors. A 75-year-old male who had progressive metastatic prostate cancer during primary androgen deprivation therapy was referred to our hospital. …”
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A Case of Violent Suicide Attempt in a Context of Myxedema Psychosis following Radioiodine Treatment in a Patient with Graves’ Disease by Louise Todorov, Amel Ait Boudaoud, Rachel Pascal de Raykeer, Alina Radu, Khadija Lahlou-Laforêt, Frédéric Limosin, Cédric Lemogne, Sébastien Czernichow

“…We report a case of suicide attempt by self-stabbing in a 43-year-old woman without past psychiatric history, four months after radioiodine therapy for Graves’ disease. …”
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Association of uric acid with the decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate in middle-aged and elderly populations: evidence based on the China Health and Retirement Longitud... by Ying Liang, Ming Lei, Liu Lin, Peijia Liu, Sini Cui, Kaiyuan Hu, Xinning Shao

“…We aimed to investigate the association between serum UA with the decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in middle-aged and elderly populations in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS).Design Longitudinal cohort study.Setting This was a second analysis of a public dataset (CHARLS).Participants In this study, 4538 middle-aged and elderly individuals were screened after removing individuals younger than 45 years old, with kidney disease, malignant tumour and missing values.Outcome measures Blood tests were performed both in 2011 and 2015. …”
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Clinical impact of the prognostic nutritional index and skeletal muscle index for the incompletion of adjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer by Hiromitsu Maehira, Haruki Mori, Nobuhito Nitta, Takeru Maekawa, Yusuke Nishina, Hajime Ishikawa, Katsushi Takebayashi, Sachiko Kaida, Toru Miyake, Masaji Tani

“…Multivariate analysis showed that decreasing rate of PNI (p = 0.016), decreasing rate of SMI (p = 0.013), and old age (p = 0.049) were independent risk factors for incompletion of S-1 adjuvant chemotherapy. …”
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Glomerulopathy in the KK.Cg-Ay/J Mouse Reflects the Pathology of Diabetic Nephropathy by Stephen P. O'Brien, Mandy Smith, Hong Ling, Lucy Phillips, William Weber, John Lydon, Colleen Maloney, Steven Ledbetter, Cynthia Arbeeny, Stefan Wawersik

“…Compared to KK- controls, 26-week-old KK- mice had elevated HbA1c, insulin, leptin, triglycerides, and cholesterol, and Unx further elevated these markers of metabolic dysregulation. …”
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Achieving Medication‐Free Remission in Patients With Juvenile Dermatomyositis by Ilaria Maccora, Hermine I. Brunner, Amy Cassedy, Mekibib Altaye, Megan Quinlan‐Waters, Daniel J. Lovell, Alexei Grom, Sheila T. Angeles‐Han

“…Diagnosis of JDM before 5 years old (odds ratio 4.5, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.2–16.7) was the only predictor of MFR in our multivariate model (area under the curve 0.65, 95% CI 0.53–0.76). …”
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Gradual Colonic Impaction of a Chicken Bone Associated with Inflammatory Pseudotumor Formation and Nonocclusive Colon Ischemia by Stefania Fosi, Simone Altobelli, Alessio Bindi, Massimo Villa, Flavio De Sanctis, Mauro Montuori, Edoardo Ricciardi, Piero Rossi, Giuseppe Petrella, Giovanni Simonetti

“…We present a case of an 83-year-old woman featuring insidious abdominal discomfort who was hospitalized in our institution due to worsening symptoms. …”
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Successful management of recurrent cutaneous granulomas caused by Candida albicans using aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy post-surgery: A case report by Lulu Wang, Yahui Feng, Sisi Wang, Leyao Shi, Yong Ren, Zhiya Yang, Dongmei Shi

“…We present a case of cutaneous mass caused by Candida albicans (C.albicans) treated solely with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)- PDT. A 21-year-old female presented with a cutaneous lesion on her right elbow,. characterized by erythema, nodules, and cysts that had persisted for 3 months after surgical excision. …”
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EGFR-Mutated Lung Adenocarcinoma With Li–Fraumeni Syndrome: The Imperative for Germline Testing in Patients With a Family History, a Case Report by Hiroyuki Fujii, MD, Yusuke Okuma, MD, PhD, Makoto Hirata, MD, PhD, Yuki Shinno, MD, PhD, Tatsuya Yoshida, MD, PhD, Yasushi Goto, MD, PhD, Hidehito Horinouchi, MD, PhD, Noboru Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Yuichiro Ohe, MD, PhD

“…However, CGP provides opportunities for molecular-targeted therapy, but it also unveils incidental germline findings, posing challenges and opportunities in patient care.We present the case of a 32-year-old female patient, diagnosed with stage IVB lung adenocarcinoma harboring an EGFR p.L746_A750del, who was also subsequently diagnosed with Li–Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) through CGP testing. …”
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Accommodative Exercises to Lower Intraocular Pressure by Thomas J. Stokkermans, Jeremy C. Reitinger, George Tye, Chiu-Yen Kao, Sangeetha Ragupathy, Huachun A. Wang, Carol B. Toris

“…Thirty-five healthy volunteers without ocular disease or past ocular surgery, and with refractive error between −3.50 and +2.50 diopters, were stratified into 20, 40, and 60 year old (y.o.) age groups. Baseline measurements of central cornea thickness, anterior chamber depth, anterior chamber angle, cornea diameter, pupil size, and ciliary muscle thickness were made by autorefraction and optical coherence tomography (OCT), while IOP was measured by pneumotonometry. …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of a Fetus with Ring Chromosomal 15 by Two- and Three-Dimensional Ultrasonography by Ingrid Schwach Werneck Britto, Sandra Regina Silva Herbest, Giselle Darahem Tedesco, Carolina Leite Drummond, Luiz Claudio Silva Bussamra, Edward Araujo Júnior, Rodrigo Ruano, Simone Hernandez Ruano, José Mendes Aldrighi

“…We report on a prenatal diagnosis of ring chromosome 15 in a fetus with left congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and severe intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). A 31-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1, was referred because of increased nuchal translucency at gestational age of 13 weeks. …”
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A Case of Intrathoracic Gastric Duplication Cyst Detected on Prenatal Ultrasound Examination by Hisako Yagi, Yoshino Kinjyo, Yukiko Chinen, Hayase Nitta, Tadatsugu Kinjo, Keiko Mekaru, Hitoshi Masamoto, Hideki Goya, Tomohide Yoshida, Naoya Sanabe, Yoichi Aoki

“…A 37-year-old (G4P3) woman was referred to our hospital at 32 weeks of gestation for the evaluation of a fetus with an intrathoracic cystic lesion. …”
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Magnifying Endoscopy with Narrow Band Imaging to Determine the Extent of Resection in Transoral Robotic Surgery of Oropharyngeal Cancer by Ichiro Tateya, Seiji Ishikawa, Shuko Morita, Hiroyuki Ito, Tatsunori Sakamoto, Toshinori Murayama, Yo Kishimoto, Tomomasa Hayashi, Makiko Funakoshi, Shigeru Hirano, Morimasa Kitamura, Mami Morita, Manabu Muto, Juichi Ito

“…Magnifying endoscopy with narrow band imaging (ME-NBI) is an innovative optical technology that provides high-resolution images and is useful in detecting early superficial pharyngeal cancers, which are difficult to detect by standard endoscopy. A 55-year-old male with superficial oropharyngeal cancer has been successfully treated by combining MB-NBI with TORS and MB-NBI was useful in determining the extent of resection. …”
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Molecular diagnosis of Shigella, Salmonella and Campylobacter by multiplex Real-time PCR in stool culture samples in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) by Salfo Sawadogo, Birama Diarra, Cyrille BIsseye, Tegwindé Rebeca Compaore, Florencia W. Djigma, Djénéba Ouermi, Aboubakar S. Ouattara, Jacques Simpore

“…Enteropathogenic E. coli was sought only in 37 samples from all children under 2 years old. The bacterial culture was positive in 12 stool samples. …”
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Some of the applications level of the protection and control of mastitis in dairy cattle farms in turkey with different qualifications by Ali Rişvanlı, Nevzat Saat, Tarık Şafak, Öznur Yılmaz, Burak Fatih Yüksel, Mehmet Akif Kılınç, Halef Doğan, Murat Yüksel, Selim Kul, İbrahim Şeker

“…<p> <b>Results: </b>It has been observed that there are maximum 50-200 cows (n = 96, 56.8% and at most Holstein breeds (n = 97, 57.4%)) in large-scale and 11-20 cows (n = 71, 40.1% and the highest number of Simental breeds (n = 153, 86.4%)) in small scale farms and there are 4 old cows more in these two types of farms. It was determined that the applications of teat dipping (70.4%), dry period antibiotics (72.8%), teat seal (9.5%) and mastitis vaccine (55.6%) in large farms were higher than small scale farms and It was determined that the proportion of those which do predipping and postdipping is higher than those which do not, and that iodine antiseptics are used the most in applications. …”
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Diagnostic performance of the DISQVER metagenomic sequencing tool for the identification of pathogens in febrile neutropenic patients: the ADNEMIA trial by Geneviève Héry-Arnaud, Christophe Burucoa, Marie Kempf, David Boutoille, Yohann Foucher, Philippe Lanotte, Maxime Pichon, Stéphane Corvec, Cécile Le Brun, Helene Pailhories

“…Will include patients≥18 years old, treated for malignancy, at high risk of FN (Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer score≤21) with an expected duration of neutropenia≥7 days. …”
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Associated Factors of Cholelithiasis among Younger Children with Sickle Cell Disease at the National Reference Center for Sickle Cell Disease in Brazzaville, Congo by Firmine Olivia Galiba Atipo Tsiba, Clément Pacha Mikia, Jennifer Armandine Elira Samba, Jade Vanessa Nziengui Mboumba, Félix Malanda, Clausina Mikolele Ahoui, Alexis Elira Dokekias

“…The 10–12 age group was the most represented (22 cases or 59.45%), followed by 7- to 9-year-olds (12 cases or 32.43%). Three children (8.10%) were 6  years old. …”
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