Gadospin F—Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Atherosclerosis: Validation with Transmission Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging in t... by Caroline Jung, Tanja Dučić, Rudolph Reimer, Eva Koziolek, Fabian Kording, Markus Heine, Gerhard Adam, Harald Ittrich, Michael G. Kaul

“…To monitor the progression of atherosclerosis, ApoE −/− ( n = 5) and wild-type ( n = 2) mice were fed a Western diet and imaged at 5, 10, 15, and 20 weeks. Contrast-enhanced MRI was performed at 7 T Clinscan (Bruker, Ettlingen, Germany) before and 2 hours after intravenous injection of GDF (100 μmol/kg) to determine the blood clearance. …”
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Two-Year Outcome of Aflibercept in Patients with Pigment Epithelial Detachment due to Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (nAMD) Refractory to Ranibizumab by Thi Ha Chau Tran, Stéphane Dumas, Florence Coscas

“…All patients received 3 IAI then treated as needed every 4 weeks for 12 months. During the second year, the eyes were treated with a treat- and-extend regimen. …”
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Virtual consulting in the times of COVID-19 by Latika Gupta, Supriya Sharma, Rajat Kharbanda, Shelley Aggarwal, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal

“…Results: In our experience spanning 5 weeks, among 508 rheumatology patients who sought teleconsultations, rheumatoid arthritis was the most common diagnosis (35.2'), and 43' were asked to continue the same treatment over tele consults, whereas investigations were awaited for another 16'. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Visualization of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaques at the Brachiocephalic Artery of Apolipoprotein E Knockout Mice by the Blood-Pool Contrast Agent B229... by Cinzia Parolini, Marco Busnelli, Giulia S. Ganzetti, Federica Dellera, Stefano Manzini, Eugenio Scanziani, Jason L. Johnson, Cesare R. Sirtori, Giulia Chiesa

“…After high-fat feeding for 8 or 12 weeks, MRIs of brachiocephalic arteries were acquired before and after B22956/1 administration; then vessels were removed and analyzed by histology. …”
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Distress Tolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity by Ahmet Emre SARGIN, Kadir ÖZDEL, Çisem UTKU, Erkan KURU, Özden YALÇINKAYA ALKAR5, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR

“…To assess the test-retest reliability, the scale was re-applied to 79 participants six weeks later. Results: To assess construct validity, factor analyses were performed using varimax principal components analysis with varimax rotation. …”
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Effectiveness of a Theory-Driven Nutritional Education Program in Improving Calcium Intake among Older Mauritian Adults by Trishnee Bhurosy, Rajesh Jeewon

“…The intervention group (IG) (n=98) participated in 6 weekly interactive lessons based on the health belief model (HBM). …”
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Graves’ Thyrotoxicosis Leading to Adrenal Decompensation and Hyperandrogenemia in a Pediatric Patient with Salt-Wasting Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia by Meghan E. Fredette, Lisa Swartz Topor

“…Methimazole was initiated. Four weeks later, free T4 and adrenal androgens normalized. …”
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Enabling mothers through improving mental health literacy and parenting skills by Haleh Heizomi, Mohammad Asgharijafarabadi, Hamid Allahverdipour

“…Significant improvements were observed in the intervention group across all variables of interest after one and eight weeks, compared to pre-intervention levels (P<0.001). …”
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Keratitis due to Chaetomium sp. by Jayaraman Kaliamurthy, Catti Munuswamy Kalavathy, Christadoss Arul Nelson Jesudasan, Philip A. Thomas

“…The patient was treated with topical natamycin (5%) hourly and cyclopentolate 1% drops 3 times a day. After 4 weeks of therapy, the hypopyon had disappeared, the epithelial defect had healed, and the stromal infiltration had almost completely resolved; the visual acuity of the eye improved from hand movements to (1/2)/60. …”
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Conversion of Low-Flow Priapism to High-Flow State Using T-Shunt with Tunneling by Neil A. Mistry, Nicholas N. Tadros, Jason C. Hedges

“…In both cases the men were observed over several weeks and both men returned to normal erectile function. …”
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Evaluation of Effectiveness of Vitamins C and E on Prevention of Renal Scar due to Pyelonephritis in Rat by Fatemeh Emamghorashi, Seyed Mohamad Owji, Mohammad Motamedifar

“…Three rats in each group were killed 24 hours after the inoculation (for infection and inflammation document) and forty-eight hours after the antibiotic injection (for efficacy of treatment). After eight weeks, the rest of rats were killed, and kidneys evaluated for percent of scaring. …”
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Hirschsprung’s Associated Enterocolitis (HAEC) Personalized Treatment with Probiotics Based on Gene Sequencing Analysis of the Fecal Microbiome by Georg Singer, Karl Kashofer, Christoph Castellani, Holger Till

“…The patient was started on daily probiotics for 3 months; the fecal microbiome was measured weekly. The fecal microbiome differed significantly between healthy and HAEC episodes. …”
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Methadone-Induced Delayed Posthypoxic Encephalopathy: Clinical, Radiological, and Pathological Findings by Manoj Mittal, Yunxia Wang, Alan Reeves, Kathy Newell

“…He developed renal failure, rhabdomyolysis, and elevated liver enzymes which resolved completely in 6 days. After 2 weeks from discharge he had progressive deterioration of his cognitive, behavioral and neurological function. …”
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A Case of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis in a Middle-Aged Adult by Nicole Mahdi, Peter A. Abdelmalik, Mark Curtis, Barak Bar

“…Encephalopathy and focal neurological deficits are usually manifest several weeks after a prodromal illness with rapidly progressive neurologic decline. …”
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Severe Maternal Morbidity Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Flare in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy by Matthew J. Blitz, Adiel Fleischer

“…Here, we present a case of severe maternal morbidity in a 23-year-old primigravida with SLE and secondary Sjögren’s syndrome who experienced a life-threatening multisystem flare at 17 weeks of gestational age. She presented to the emergency department complaining of cough with hemoptysis and shortness of breath. …”
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Ulcerating Ileocolitis in Severe Amatoxin Poisoning by Matthias Peter Hilty, Marcel Halama, Anne-Katrin Zimmermann, Marco Maggiorini, Andreas Geier

“…Diarrhea and varying abdominal pain persisted over several weeks and clinical follow-up after six months showed a completely symptom-free patient. …”
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The effectiveness of live music in reducing anxiety and depression among patients undergoing haemodialysis. A randomised controlled pilot study. by Miriam Serrano Soliva, Conrado Carrascosa López, Inmaculada Rico Salvador, Rafael Ortiz Ramón, Javier Villalón Coca, Rafael García Maset, Alicia García Testal

“…Anxiety and depression levels were assessed at baseline and after 4 weeks of listening to live music. The study comprised 90 patients.…”
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Extreme and Cyclical Blood Pressure Elevation in a Pheochromocytoma Hypertensive Crisis by V. Larouche, N. Garfield, E. Mitmaker

“…His oral medications were uptitrated to high doses of phenoxybenzamine, metoprolol, and nifedipine. Three weeks later, he underwent successful open right adrenalectomy. …”
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Automatic Quantification of Atherosclerosis in Contrast-Enhanced MicroCT Scans of Mouse Aortas Ex Vivo by Vincent A. Stadelmann, Gabrielle Boyd, Martin Guillot, Jean-Guy Bienvenu, Charles Glaus, Aurore Varela

“…Knockout mice had a significant increase in plaque volume compared to wild types with a plaque to aorta volume ratio of 0.3%, 2.8%, and 9.8% at weeks 13, 18, and 26, respectively. Automatic segmentation correlated with manual (r2≥0.89; p<.001) and histological evaluations (r2>0.96; p<.001). …”
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Healing progression of tail docking and ear tag wounds in lambs by Jocelyn M. Woods, Sarah J. J. Adcock

“…We photographed tail and ear wounds twice weekly until weaning (mean ± SD; 64 ± 5 days of age). …”
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