Clinical and Onychoscopy Patterns in Fingernail Onychomycosis—A Study by the International Dermoscopy Society Trichoscopy And Onychoscopy Task Force by Matilde Iorizzo, Bianca Maria Piraccini, Aurora Alessandrini, Francesca Bruni, Laura Vollono, Francesca Pampaloni, Nilton Gioia Di Chiacchio, Nilton Di Chiacchio, Juan Jimenez-Cahue, Chander Grover, Zoe Apalla, Asmahne Souissi, Awatef Kelati, Eirini Kyrmanidou, Elizabeth Lazaridou, Michela Starace

“…Objectives: We sought to analyze the clinical and onychoscopic features of culture-proven cases of fingernail onychomycosis in adult and pediatric patients. Methods: Medical records of 120 patients with onychomycosis limited to the fingernails were collected and analyzed across several dermatological centers (Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Greece, Brazil, India, Morocco, Tunisia). …”
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Corticosteroid-sparing topical treatment with cyclosporin for juvenile keratoconjunctivitis by Amarilla Barcsay-Veres, Anita Csorba, Illes Kovacs, Laszlo Tothfalusi, Otto Alexander Maneschg

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a cyclosporin 0.1% topical treatment achieving steroid-sparing. Eighty pediatric patients with moderate and severe vernal and blepharitis-related keratoconjunctivitis were included. …”
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Falciparum Malaria in Febrile Patients at Sentinel Sites for Influenza Surveillance in the Central African Republic from 2015 to 2018 by Romaric Nzoumbou-Boko, Brice Martial Yambiyo, Carine Ngoagouni, Ulrich Vickos, Alexandre Manirakiza, Emmanuel Nakouné

“…Moreover, prevalence varied across different sentinel sites, with the Bossembele Health Center, located in a rural area, showing an incidence of 96%, the Saint Joseph Health Center in a semiurban area of Bangui showing an incidence of 75%, and the Bangui Pediatric Complex in an urban site with an incidence of only 44.6%. …”
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Early Obesity Prevention: A Randomized Trial of a Practice-Based Intervention in 0–24-Month Infants by Natalia Schroeder, Berenice Rushovich, Edward Bartlett, Sangita Sharma, Joel Gittelsohn, Benjamin Caballero

“…Objective. A pediatric office-based intervention was implemented following a randomized, controlled design, aimed at improving child feeding practices and growth patterns and ultimately reducing risk for overweight and obesity later in life. …”
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Clinical diagnostic performance of droplet digital PCR for pathogen detection in patients with Escherichia coli bloodstream infection: a prospective observational study by Hiroki Kitagawa, Masato Kojima, Kayoko Tadera, Shuta Kogasaki, Keitaro Omori, Toshihito Nomura, Norifumi Shigemoto, Eiso Hiyama, Hiroki Ohge

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Assessment of the Heterotrophic Bacterial Contamination in Waterlines of Dental Units as a Potential Health Risk Factor in Occupational and Patient’s Exposures by Ali Shahryari, Amineh Zahed, Abdolhalim Rajabi, Maryam Shafipour, Niloufar Emrani, Hadi Rahimzadeh, Hamidreza Heidari

“…The data were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon signedrank tests using SPSS version 23.Results: The mean and standard deviation of bacterial contamination across all studied departments were significantly higher than the recommended limit of 500 CFU/ml (ranging from 10,250.00±8,924.28 CFU/ml for the inlet to the water tank in the pediatric department to 275,625.00±41,520.86 CFU/ml for the air-water syringe before flushing in the surgery department). …”
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Unveiling the psychosocial and academic implications of living with sickle cell disease among undergraduates in a private university in Nigeria by Olumide T. Adeleke, Olufemi Folaranmi, Yetunde Olasinde, Larry Ayuba, Oludamola V. Adeleke, Modupe M. Ojo-Rufai, Efeturi Agelebe, Oyelola E. Adeoye, Aderemi T. Olabode, Dolapo E. Ajala, Titilola S. Akingbola

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Chronic restraint stress affects the diurnal rhythms of gut microbial composition and metabolism in a mouse model of depression by Yue Wang, Peijin Cui, Maolin Cao, Ling Ai, Li Zeng, Xue Li, Dan Chen, Fang Gong, Liang Fang, Chanjuan Zhou

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The Long-Term Change of Arrhythmias after Transcatheter Closure of Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defects by Hongyan Zheng, Aiwen Lin, Li Wang, Yukai Xu, Zhiwei Zhang

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Trio-based whole-exome sequencing reveals mutations in early-onset high myopia by Ding Chen, Xiu-Feng Huang, Juan Huang, Yi-Ming Guo, Junhan Wei, Lu Ye, Yi-Xin Cai, Jiejing Bi, Fen-Fen Li

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Maternal singing and speech have beneficial effects on preterm infant’s general movements at term equivalent age and at 3 months: an RCT by Manuela Filippa, Gianluca Filippa, Elisa Della Casa, Alberto Berardi, Odoardo Picciolini, Sara Chiara Meloni, Clara Lunardi, Alessandra Cecchi, Alessandra Sansavini, Luigi Corvaglia, Luigi Corvaglia, Didier Grandjean, EVC Group, Fabrizio Ferrari

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Relationship Between Vertical Facial Patterns and Palatal Morphology in Class I and Class II Malocclusion by Ilaria Tucci, Simone Sferra, Luca Giuliante, Andrea Scribante, Alice Mannocci, Cristina Grippaudo

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DNA Damage Sensor γ-H2AX Is Increased in Preneoplastic Lesions of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Yasunobu Matsuda, Toshifumi Wakai, Masayuki Kubota, Mami Osawa, Masaaki Takamura, Satoshi Yamagiwa, Yutaka Aoyagi, Ayumi Sanpei, Shun Fujimaki

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Ethnic disparities in HbA1c and hypoglycemia among youth with type 1 diabetes: beyond access to technology, social deprivation and mean blood glucose by Suma Uday, John Stuart Pemberton, Zhide Fang, Stuart A Chalew

“…Introduction The UK national pediatric diabetes audit reports higher HbA1c for children and young people (CYP) with type 1 diabetes (T1D) of Black ethnicity compared with White counterparts. …”
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Effect of empowerment-based interventions on self-efficacy and self-care capacity among patients with sickle cell disease: A randomized controlled trial by Zohour Ibrahim Rashwan, Hasan Abdali Khalil, Leena Mohamed Khonji, Gayathripriya Narayanan, Marwan Kamal Altheeb, Roseben Pradeep, Rajeswari Krishnasamy, Magda Mohamed Bayoumi

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Annexin V+ Microvesicles in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study by Vibeke Bratseth, Hanna D. Margeirsdottir, Gemma Chiva-Blanch, Martin Heier, Svein Solheim, Harald Arnesen, Knut Dahl-Jørgensen, Ingebjørg Seljeflot

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Urinary Microbiota of Healthy Prepubescent Girls and Boys—A Pilot Study by Yulia L. Naboka, Mikhail I. Kogan, Johannes M. Mayr, Irina A. Gudima, Elizaveta M. Koliva, Violetta M. Kotieva, Marina L. Chernytskaya, Vladimir V. Sizonov

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Cardiac CT reveals high prevalence of coronary artery disease in esophageal cancer eligible for radiotherapy by Akinori Takada, Satoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Toyomasu, Takamitsu Mase, Tomoko Kawamura, Suguru Araki, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Masaki Ohi, Hajime Sakuma, Yoshihito Nomoto, Kakuya Kitagawa

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Molecular assessment of splicing variants in a cohort of patients with inborn errors of immunity: methodological approach and interpretation remarks by Laura Miguel Berenguel, Carla Gianelli, Carla Gianelli, Carla Gianelli, Elisabet Matas Pérez, Teresa del Rosal, Ana Méndez Echevarría, Ángel Robles Marhuenda, Marta Feito Rodríguez, Maria Teresa Caballero Molina, Maria Teresa Caballero Molina, Lorena Magallares García, Brenda Sánchez Garrido, Samantha Hita Díaz, Luis Allende Martínez, Luis Allende Martínez, Pilar Nozal Aranda, Pilar Nozal Aranda, Pilar Nozal Aranda, Carmen Cámara Hijón, Carmen Cámara Hijón, Carmen Cámara Hijón, Eduardo López Granados, Eduardo López Granados, Eduardo López Granados, Rebeca Rodríguez Pena, Rebeca Rodríguez Pena, Rebeca Rodríguez Pena, María Bravo García-Morato, María Bravo García-Morato, María Bravo García-Morato

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Therapeutic role of miR-26a on cardiorenal injury in a mice model of angiotensin-II induced chronic kidney disease through inhibition of LIMS1/ILK pathway by Weijie Ni, Yajie Zhao, Jinxin Shen, Qing Yin, Yao Wang, Zuolin Li, Taotao Tang, Yi Wen, Yilin Zhang, Wei Jiang, Liangyunzi Jiang, Jinxuan Wei, Weihua Gan, Aiqing Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhou, Bin Wang, Bi-Cheng Liu, Yuanyuan Ji

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