Cerebrospinal fluid‐specific oligoclonal bands in dogs with idiopathic epilepsy by Junwei Föhr, Julia K. Prümmer, Arianna Maiolini, Eliane Marti, Ilijas Jelcic, Beatriz Vidondo, Mario Ziegler, Andrea Bathen‐Nöthen, Andrea Tipold, Holger A. Volk, Veronika M. Stein

“…Methods Detection of OCBs was performed using isoelectric focusing (IEF) followed by immunoblotting. Associations of CSF‐specific OCBs with seizure type, severity, and response to ASM were calculated using logistic regression models. …”
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Progression and mortality of patients with cystic fibrosis in China by Wangji Zhou, Yaqi Wang, Yanli Yang, Yanyan Sun, Chongsheng Cheng, Jinrong Dai, Shuzhen Meng, Keqi Chen, Yang Zhao, Xueqi Liu, Dingding Zhang, Song Liu, Weiguo Zhu, Yaping Liu, Kai-Feng Xu, Xinlun Tian

“…Results This study included all 67 patients from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital CF cohort, with a median followed up time of 5.2 years. Compared to patients diagnosed with CF in childhood, adult-diagnosed patients exhibit a lower proportion of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (25.0% vs. 77.8%, P = 0.001) and a higher body mass index (19.6 vs. 17.7 kg/m2, P = 0.045). …”
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Impact of finasteride on modulating the risk and clinical outcomes of bladder cancer: insights from a comprehensive meta-analysis by Ailing Yu, Ailing Yu, Ailing Yu, Ailing Yu, Ailing Yu, Zian Bai, Zian Bai, Zian Bai, Zian Bai, Yijie Wang, Yijie Wang, Yijie Wang, Yijie Wang, Zhen Luo, Zhen Luo, Zhen Luo, Zhen Luo, Xiaochen Du, Mengxin Chen, Shuang Wen, Honglong Wang, Xiaoying Yuan, Chunyu Yang, Shanshan Bai, Bo Fan, Bo Fan, Bo Fan, Bo Fan

“…Additional multi-center prospective studies with long-term follow-up are required to further validate prophylactic role of finasteride on bladder cancer.Systematic review registration numberhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?…”
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Exploring the effects of cannabidiol encapsulation in liposomes on their physicochemical properties and biocompatibility by Inga Jurgelane, Karina Egle, Andra Grava, Dana Galkina, Margarita Brante, Maksims Melnichuks, Marite Skrinda-Melne, Girts Salms, Arita Dubnika

“…Encapsulation efficiency followed the order: DPPC CBD (63%) < DSPC CBD (74%) < DSPC DPPC CBD (81%) < DSPC DSPE-PEG CBD (87%). …”
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The Effect of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders (OPMD) on Dental Implants Survival—A Systematic Review by Sebahat Kaya, Christian Walter, Aya Khamis, Lena Katharina Müller-Heupt, Stefanie Zimmer, Lorena Cascant Ortolano, Keyvan Sagheb, Bilal Al-Nawas, Eik Schiegnitz

“…<b>Results:</b> The review of studies related to oral lichen planus (OLP) revealed an implant survival rate of 99.3% (50% to 100%) with a mean follow-up of 40.1 months. One retrospective study focused on patients with leukoplakia and erythroplakia, but did not provide data on implant survival; however, it reported the presence of oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) in the vicinity of dental implants. …”
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The effect of psychosocial stimulation on the development, nutrition, and treatment outcomes of hospitalised children with severe acute malnutrition in Southern Ethiopia: a cluster... by Tesfalem Teshome Tessema, Andamlak Gizaw Alamdo, Eyoel B. Mekonnen, Tewodros G. Yirtaw, Fanna A. Debele, Teklu Gemechu, Tefera Belachew

“…Sixty-eight children enrolled from control health facilities received routine inpatient care without stimulation and were followed for six months. Health education was provided to all caregivers on child health-related topics. …”
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Epidemiological characterization of COVID-19 in children under 18 years old in Mexico: an analysis of the pandemic by Isamu Daniel Takane-Cabrera, Fanny Yasmin Ortega-Vargas, Ilen Adriana Díaz-Torres, Aldo Agustin Herrera-González, Antonio R. Villa, Miguel Leonardo García-León, Patricia Bautista-Carbajal, Miguel A. Pérez-Sastre, Luis Alberto Cortazar-Maldonado, Jorge Baruch Díaz-Ramírez, Rosa Maria Wong-Chew

“…The highest prevalence was observed in the 12–17-year age group (52%), followed by the 5–11-year age group (32%), with incidence rates peaking towards the end of 2021 and the early 2022. …”
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Comparison of Oncological Outcomes After Curative Resection for Right-side Colon Cancer and Left-side Colon Cancer: a Retrospective Observational Study by Mehmet Torun, Orhan Uzun, Mustafa Duman, Erdal Polat, Aziz Serkan Senger, Mürşit Dinçer, Ömer Özduman, Selçuk Gülmez, Ahmet Orhan Sunar

“…Oncologically, 32.4% of the patients with RCC and 29.7% of the patients with LCC died during follow-up, with no difference in mean survival. Multivariate analysis identified age and tumor size as prognostic factors for 5-year survival. …”
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Care coordination across healthcare systems: development of a research agenda, implications for practice, and recommendations for policy based on a modified Delphi panel by Aneesa Motala, Susanne Hempel, Michelle Wong, Maria Bolshakova, Ning Fu, David Ganz, Sonali Saluja, Timothy Kim, Carolyn Turvey, Kristina Cordasco, Aashna Basu, Tonya Page, Reshma Mahmood, Jenny Barnard, Isomi M Miake-Lye

“…We explored the domains and requirements for care coordination by professionals across healthcare systems and developed an agenda for research, practice and policy.Design The modified Delphi approach convened a 2-day stakeholder panel with moderated virtual discussions, preceded and followed by online surveys.Setting The work addresses care coordination across healthcare systems. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes of Rheohaemapheresis in the Treatment of Dry Form of Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Jan Studnička, Eva Rencová, Milan Bláha, Pavel Rozsíval, Miriam Lánská, Vladimír Bláha, Jan Němčanský, Hana Langrová

“…This study evaluates 19 patients, average age of 67.6 years, treated with rheohaemapheresis and 18 patients, average age of 72.8 years, comprising the control group. Minimum follow up period was 3.5 years. Each treated patient received a series of 8 sessions of rheohaemapheresis of 1.5 plasma volumes within 10 weeks. …”
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The Multicentre Acute ischemic stroke imaGIng and Clinical data (MAGIC) repository: rationale and blueprint by Hakim Baazaoui, Stefan T. Engelter, Stefan T. Engelter, Stefan T. Engelter, Henrik Gensicke, Henrik Gensicke, Henrik Gensicke, Lukas S. Enz, Lukas S. Enz, Marios Psychogios, Marios Psychogios, Matthias Mutke, Matthias Mutke, Patrik Michel, Davide Strambo, Alexander Salerno, Henk A. Marquering, Paul J. Nederkoorn, Nabila Wali, Stephanie Tanadini-Lang, Björn Menze, Ezequiel de la Rosa, Kaiyuan Yang, Gian Marco De Marchis, Gian Marco De Marchis, Tolga D. Dittrich, Tolga D. Dittrich, Francesco Valletta, Francesco Valletta, Manon Germann, Carlo W. Cereda, João Pedro Marto, Lisa Herzog, Patrick Hirschi, Zsolt Kulcsar, Susanne Wegener, Susanne Wegener

“…Data are made available to participating centres which have entered into a DTA for stroke research projects.Repository setupInitially, MAGIC is set to comprise initial and first follow-up imaging of 2,500 AIS patients. Clinical data consist of a comprehensive set of patient characteristics and routine prehospital metrics, treatment and laboratory variables.OutlookOur repository will support research by leveraging the entire range of routinely collected imaging and clinical data. …”
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Total Adiponectin Is Inversely Associated with Platelet Activation and CHA2DS2-VASc Score in Anticoagulated Patients with Atrial Fibrillation by Roberto Carnevale, Daniele Pastori, Mariangela Peruzzi, Elena De Falco, Isotta Chimenti, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Ernesto Greco, Antonino G. M. Marullo, Cristina Nocella, Francesco Violi, Pasquale Pignatelli, Camilla Calvieri, Giacomo Frati

“…Exclusion criteria were as follows: prosthetic heart valves, cardiac revascularization in the previous year, severe cognitive impairment, chronic infectious or autoimmune diseases, and active cancer. …”
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Neurological post-COVID syndrome is associated with substantial impairment of verbal short-term and working memory by Jeyanthan Charles James, Hannah Schulze, Nadine Siems, Christian Prehn, Daniel R. Quast, Nadine Trampe, Ralf Gold, Simon Faissner

“…Basic socioeconomic data and subjective complaints were recorded. This was followed by a detailed neuropsychological test battery, including assessments of general orientation, motor and cognitive fatigue, screening of depressive and anxiety symptoms, information processing speed, concentration, visuomotor processing speed, attention, verbal short-term and working memory, cognitive flexibility, semantic and phonematic word fluency, as well as verbal and visual memory functions. …”
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Clinical efficacy of a virtual reality tool for the treatment of obesity: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial by Dimitra Anastasiadou, Jose Antonio Ramos-Quiroga, Mel Slater, Bernhard Spanlang, Desiderio Cano Porras, Marta Comas, Andreea Ciudin, Gemma Parramon Puig, Julia Vázquez-De Sebastián, Pilar Lusilla-Palacios

“…Readiness to change, BMI, eating habits and physical activity, psychological well-being, body image satisfaction, quality of life in relation to body image, and weight bias internalisation will be assessed at baseline, post intervention, 1-week and 4-week follow-up. Finally, variables related to adherence and satisfaction with the VR tool will be evaluated for the experimental groups.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the Research Projects Committee of the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital. …”
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Involvement of the Dectin-1 Receptor upon the Effector Mechanisms of Human Phagocytic Cells against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by Juliana Carvalho de Quaglia e Silva, Amanda Manoel Della Coletta, Taiane Priscila Gardizani, Graziela Gorete Romagnoli, Ramon Kaneno, Luciane Alarcão Dias-Melicio

“…The objective of the present study was to evaluate Dectin-1 receptor expression and the effector mechanisms of human monocytes and neutrophils activated or not with different cytokines, such as IFN-γ, TNF-α, and GM-CSF, followed by the challenge with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (P. brasiliensis or Pb265). …”
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MRI-based deep learning and radiomics for predicting the efficacy of PD-1 inhibitor combined with induction chemotherapy in advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A prospective cohort... by Yiru Wang, Fuli Chen, Zhechen Ouyang, Siyi He, Xinling Qin, Xian Liang, Weimei Huang, Rensheng Wang, Kai Hu

“…Currently, there isn't a reliable method to assess the efficacy of this regimen, which hinders informed decision-making for follow-up care. Aim: To establish and evaluate a model for predicting the efficacy of programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor combined with GP (gemcitabine and cisplatin) induction chemotherapy based on deep learning features (DLFs) and radiomic features. …”
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Prediction of the risk of 3-year chronic kidney disease among elderly people: a community-based cohort study by Tao Wang, Zhitong Zhou, Longbing Ren, Zhiping Shen, Jue Li, Lijuan Zhang

“…The two communities were randomly divided into a development cohort (n = 12012) and a validation cohort (n = 6248) with a 3-year follow-up. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the independent predictors. …”
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Effects of biophilic virtual reality on cognitive function of patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery: study protocol for a sham randomised controlled trial by Bin Gao, Yanling Zhou, Jianhua Wang, Binbin Zhu, Qiuyan Weng, Wenjun Luo, Xiuchao He, Lufei Jin, Qinwen Wang, Ahmad Khaled Ahmad Harb

“…Due to the lack of an effective postoperative follow-up system, the incidence of POCD in China is not clear, and although many drugs have been proposed to improve POCD in the animal study, their clinical applications are limited, while VR provides an innovative method to provide non-pharmacological management.Methods and design This is a single-centre, randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial. …”
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The Effectiveness of Cancer Pain Management in a Tertiary Hospital Outpatient Pain Clinic in Thailand: A Prospective Observational Study by Suratsawadee Wangnamthip, Skaorat Panchoowong, Carolina Donado, Kimberly Lobo, Pimporn Phankhongsap, Pinyo Sriveerachai, Pramote Euasobhon, Pranee Rushatamukayanunt, Sahatsa Mandee, Nantthasorn Zinboonyahgoon, Charles B. Berde

“…Among 150 patients, 72 (48%) completed follow-ups. Of these, 61% achieved a favorable response at FU3. …”
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Lymphopenia Is Associated with Gross Target Volumes and Fractions in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Treated with External Beam Radiation Therapy and Also Indicates Worse Overall... by Hai-Ge Zhang, Ping Yang, Tao Jiang, Jian-Ying Zhang, Xue-Juan Jin, Yong Hu, Jing Sun, Shi-Suo Du, Zhao-Chong Zeng

“…Total lymphocyte counts were collected from 184 HCC patients treated by radiotherapy (RT) with complete follow-up. Associations between gross tumor volumes (GTVs) and radiation-associated parameters with lymphocyte nadir were evaluated by Pearson/Spearman correlation analysis and multiple linear regression. …”
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