Simplified Assessment of Antiretroviral Adherence and Prediction of Virological Efficacy in HIV-Infected Patients in Cambodia by Olivier Segeral, Yoann Madec, Boroath Ban, Vara Ouk, Chan Roeurn Hak, Clotilde Le Tiec, Eric Nerrienet, Cécile Goujard, Anne Marie Taburet, Jean Francois Delfraissy, Arnaud Fontanet

“…Adherence to antiviral therapy is important for HIV-infected people living in low- and middle-income countries, because of poor access to alternative regimens. …”
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Renal Effects of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Wei-Fan Hsu, Shi-Hang Yu, Jaw-Town Lin, Jaw-Ching Wu, Ming-Chih Hou, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Chun-Ying Wu, Cheng-Yuan Peng

“…To avoid indication and immortal time biases, patients receiving regular ACEi/ARB therapy, defined as the ACEi/ARB cohort, were matched to patients receiving regular calcium channel blockers (CCBs), defined as the CCB cohort, at a ratio of 1 : 1 by age, sex, and propensity scores for comorbidities and medications (2,188 patients in each cohort). …”
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Dysbiosis of the human skin mycobiome in patients receiving systemic IL-23 inhibitors by Yuta Koike, Sayaka Kuwatsuka, Daisuke Motooka, Hiroyuki Murota

“…Background: Systemic inhibition of pro-inflammatory cytokines affects the skin microbiome; however, the impact of systemic anti-inflammatory therapy on the skin fungal microbiome is poorly understood. …”
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Assessing Donor Site Morbidity and Impact on Quality of Life in Free Flap Microsurgery: An Overview by Florin-Vlad Hodea, Cristian-Sorin Hariga, Eliza-Maria Bordeanu-Diaconescu, Andrei Cretu, Catalina-Stefania Dumitru, Vladut-Alin Ratoiu, Ioan Lascar, Andreea Grosu-Bularda

“…Furthermore, the integration of regenerative medicine strategies, such as stem cell therapy and fat grafting, and technological innovations, including virtual reality rehabilitation and biofeedback devices, has shown promise in enhancing recovery and minimizing long-term complications. …”
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Factors Influencing the Activities of Daily Living of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury in Community by Yiting XIE, Cai JIANG, Guanli XIE, Jia HUANG, Jingsong WU, Jing TAO

“…The anxiety self-rating scale and the depression self-rating scale were used to evaluate the patients'anxiety and depression levels; the modified Barthel index was used to assess patients'ability to perform activities of daily living.Results:Univariate analysis showed that family annual income, type of payment, rehabilitation, complications, anxiety level, and pain level were associated with activities of daily living in patients with spinal cord injury(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05);two-class <italic>logistic</italic> regression analysis, after adjusting for other possible influencing factors, rehabilitation treatment(<italic>OR</italic>=0.927, 95%<italic>CI</italic>:0.329~0.977), annual household income(<italic>OR</italic>=0.347, 95%<italic>CI</italic>:0.073~0.524), payment type(<italic>OR</italic>=0.871, 95%<italic>CI</italic>:0.006~0.930)and pain level(<italic>OR</italic>=1.095, 95%<italic>CI</italic>:0.054~0.129)were independent factors influencing the activities of daily living of patients with spinal cord injury in the community.Conclusion:Rehabilitation therapy, family income, payment type and pain level are closely related to the improvement of daily living activities of patients with spinal cord injury in the community. …”
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Ketogenic diet in psychiatry: application in treating depression among athletes by Paulina Kumięga, Zuzanna Kudas, Nikola Perchel, Aleksandra Litwin, Karolina Krzywicka, Paweł Nowocin, Piotr Wasiński, Natalia Dąbrowska, Martyna Koszyk, Dawid Kulczyński

“…In conclusion, KD demonstrates promise as an adjunctive therapy for depression in athletes. Its multifaceted effects on brain health and performance metrics underscore its potential role in sports psychiatry. …”
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In vitro evaluation of the immunomodulatory and antibacterial activities of calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3) as a potential application for aerobic vaginitis treatment - prel... by Anna Tomusiak-Plebanek, Grażyna Więcek, Edyta Golińska, Magdalena Strus

“…Anti-microbial treatment combined with anti-inflammatory therapy could be useful in the treatment of this condition. …”
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The MIR181A2HG/miR‐5680/VCAN‐CD44 Axis Regulates Gastric Cancer Lymph Node Metastasis by Promoting M2 Macrophage Polarization by Weijie Zang, Yongpu Yang, Junjie Chen, Qinsheng Mao, Wanjiang Xue, Yilin Hu

“…MIR181A2HG‐based targeted therapy would represent a novel strategy for GC.…”
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Analgesia and sedation strategies in neonates undergoing whole-body therapeutic hypothermia: A scoping review. by Mahima Joshi, Javed Muneer, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Ipsita Goswami

“…<h4>Objective</h4>This scoping review determines the breadth of research undertaken for pain and stress management in neonates undergoing hypothermia therapy, the pharmacokinetics of analgesic and sedative medications during hypothermia and the effect of such medication on short- and long-term neurological outcomes.…”
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A computational role of blood nanofluid induced by a stenosed artery with porous medium and thermophoretic particle deposition effects by Shivalila Hangaragi, N. Neelima, N. Beemkumar, Ankur Kulshreshta, Umair Khan, Noreen Sher Akbar, Mohammad Kanan, Mona Mahmoud

“…This investigation is motivated by the potential of the Casson nanofluids, which exhibit exceptional thermal properties, offering promising applications in medical treatments such as targeted drug delivery and hyperthermia therapy. The present work focuses on understanding the flow behavior of the Casson nanofluids through the stenosed artery under the influence of porosity, thermal radiation, thermophoretic particle diffusion and Stefen blowing. …”
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Calcium Activation of the Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cells by Zeina W. Sharawi, Sawsan M. Khatrawi, Qiaochu Wang, Hongzhao Zhou, Kedra Cyrus, Gai Yan, Becky Hoxter, Bassem R. Haddad, Mary Beth Martin

“…Although prostate cancer patients initially respond to androgen deprivation therapy, most patients progress to a resistant phenotype. …”
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Development of Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy 11 Days after Spinal Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review by Eiichi Kakehi, Tadataka Kawakami, Yukiko Ishikawa, Takashi Matsuoka, Naoki Nakagawa, Tugutake Morishita, Shohei Taniguchi, Yukinobu Akamatsu, Shigehisa Sakurai, Akane Hirotani, Takafumi Nozaki, Keisuke Shoji, Seiji Adachi, Kazuhiko Kotani, Masami Matsumura

“…She recovered well with immunoglobulin therapy. A literature review of 18 cases revealed that unexplained weakness, areflexia, and numbness of the extremities after spinal surgery, a shorter time from spinal surgery to symptom onset to general GBS, abnormal nerve conduction study results, normal spinal imaging findings, and the development of atypical symptoms such as cranial and autonomic nerve syndrome and respiratory failure are useful for diagnosing GBS when cerebrospinal fluid examination cannot be performed after spinal surgery.…”
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GB Virus C Infection: Clinical Significance by Xiang Wei Meng, Masafumi Komatsu, Shigetoshi Ohshima, Kunio Nakane, Tomoo Fujii, Takashi Goto, Kazuo Yoneyama, Tomoyuki Kuramitsu, Motokazu Mukaide

“…Moreover, changes in ALT after interferon therapy showed no relation to positivity for GBV-C RNA. …”
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Enhancement of Cytomegalovirus-Specific Cytokine Production after Modulation of the Costimulation in Kidney Transplant Patients by Theresa Dornieden, Benjamin Wilde, Johannes Korth, Kai Werner, Peter A. Horn, Oliver Witzke, Monika Lindemann

“…Kidney transplantation is the therapy of choice for patients with end stage renal disease. …”
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Decreased Cardiovascular Risk after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery in Chinese Diabetic Patients with Obesity by Xue Zhao, Wenyan Duan, Chenglin Sun, Zhuo Li, Yujia Liu, Xianchao Xiao, Gang Wang, Xiaokun Gang, Guixia Wang

“…In subgroup analysis, Chinese diabetic patients who were women, <45 years old, with BMI < 35 kg/m2, and DM duration > 5 years, using noninsulin therapy presented more obvious improvements in the 10-year cardiovascular risk after RYGB surgery. …”
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Patterns of Comorbidity and Multimorbidity Among Patients With Multiple Sclerosis in a Large US Commercially Insured and Medicare Advantage Population by Dingwei Dai, Ajay Sharma, Amy L. Phillips, Carroline Lobo

“…Eligibility criteria were (1) at least 3 MS-related inpatient/outpatient (ICD-10-CM: G35), or disease-modifying therapy claims within 1 year (date of first claim = index date); (2) Aetna commercial health plan or Medicare Advantage medical and pharmacy benefits at least 12 months pre-/post-index; and (3) age 18 and older. …”
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Case report: Watch-and-wait strategy in resectable esophageal cancer following neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy: a case series by Lingyu Tan, Lingyu Tan, Guozhen Yang, Guozhen Yang, Chufeng Zeng, Chufeng Zeng, Xu Zhang, Xu Zhang, Xu Zhang

“…While the “watch-and-wait” strategy has been implemented in clinical complete responders following neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer, there is a lack of evidence supporting its practicability in esophageal cancer after NCIT. …”
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Acute Neurotoxicity in Children Treated for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma: A 10-Year Single-Centre Experience by Izabela Kranjčec, Nada Rajačić, Tamara Janjić, Monika Kukuruzović, Filip Jadrijević-Cvrlje, Maja Pavlović, Jelena Roganović

“…Approximately half the patients received prolonged antiepileptic therapy. No apparent residual neurologic manifestations have been observed. …”
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Time-Domain and Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer in MS Patients and Healthy Controls by Alex P. Lange, Reza Sadjadi, Jameelah Saeedi, Janette Lindley, Fiona Costello, Anthony L. Traboulsee

“…Finally, the relationship between RNFLT, disease duration, EDSS, and disease modifying therapy (DMT) should be established. Design. Prospective, cross-sectional study. …”
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Activated Human Umbilical Cord Blood Platelet-Rich Plasma Enhances the Beneficial Effects of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Chemotherapy-Induced POF Rats by Jiawei Wang, Yunxiao Zhao, Fengque Zheng, Nana Ma, Rongyan Qin, Weili Qin, Bo Liu, Aiping Qin

“…Our research results suggest that the combined application of HucMSCs and ucPRP is a safe and efficient transplantation program for the treatment of POF, thus providing a reliable experimental basis for the clinical application of stem cell therapy in POF.…”
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