A Review of the Aetiopathogenesis and Clinical and Histopathological Features of Oral Mucosal Melanoma by Liviu Feller, Razia A. G. Khammissa, Johan Lemmer

“…Microscopical examination is essential for diagnosis, and routine histological staining must be supplemented by immunohistochemical studies. The aetiology is unknown, the pathogenesis is poorly understood, and the 5-year survival rate rarely exceeds 30%. …”
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First Vacuum-Assisted Excision of a Breast Myofibroblastoma by B. Fakim, A. Abbas, M. Crotch-Harvey, J. Kokan

“…There still is uncertainty about breast myofibroblastomas, their aetiology, associations, and how they are best investigated. …”
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Platelet Responses in Cardiovascular Disease: Sex-Related Differences in Nutritional and Pharmacological Interventions by Valeria Gasperi, M. Valeria Catani, Isabella Savini

“…Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) represent one of the biggest causes of death globally, and their prevalence, aetiology, and outcome are related to genetic, metabolic, and environmental factors, among which sex- and age-dependent differences may play a key role. …”
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Transjugular Portosystemic Shunting in Refractory Cirrhotic Ascites by Yu. V. Khoronko, M. A. Kozyrevskiy, A. V. Dmitriev, A. A. Volokhova, G. Yu. Spiridenko, K. R. Bogomolova

“…The patients were randomly assigned to two cohorts similar by gender, age, cirrhosis aetiology and condition severity. The control cohort had conventional paracentesis and albumin infusion. …”
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Epidemiology and Outcomes from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Kuwait by Dalal Al Hasan, Ameen Yaseen, Mazen El Sayed

“…A total of 332 EMS-treated OHCA cases were reviewed, and 286 incidents with OHCA from cardiac aetiology were included in the study. Most were non-Kuwaiti (60.8%) males (67.1%) with mean age 61 (+−16) years. …”
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Our anaesthesia experiences and methods in burn patients by Bilge Tuncer, Ali Emre Akgun, Ugur Kilinc, Muge Cakirca, Merve Akin

“…After obtaining the approval of the Ethics Committee (E2-23-5042), the demographic data of the patients, percentage and degree of burn, aetiology of burn injury, number of surgical procedures performed and the types of anaesthesia administered, were evaluated through a retrospective review of the patient files. …”
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Chronic Urticaria: Indian Context—Challenges and Treatment Options by Sujoy Khan, Anirban Maitra, Pravin Hissaria, Sitesh Roy, Mahesh Padukudru Anand, Nalin Nag, Harpal Singh

“…Most cases have no specific allergic trigger and the aetiology of urticaria remains idiopathic and occasionally spontaneous in nature. …”
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Current Views of Torque Teno Virus (TTV) in Liver Diseases by I. V. Maev, T. I. Karlovich, A. I. Burmistrov, I. A. Chekmazov, D. N. Andreev, V. I. Reshetnyak

“…TTV is frequently confirmed in patients with hepatitises of viral origin or no definite viral aetiology, as well as in healthy people. Particular biochemical and histological changes in hepatic tissue and bile duct epithelium are reported for TTV monoinfection, which suggest viral replication in hepatocytes. …”
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Central Sensitization-Based Classification for Temporomandibular Disorders: A Pathogenetic Hypothesis by Annalisa Monaco, Ruggero Cattaneo, Maria Chiara Marci, Davide Pietropaoli, Eleonora Ortu

“…This pathogenic classification of TMD may help to differentiate therapy and aetiology.…”
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The Role of Neck Ultrasonography and Nuclear Imaging in the Diagnosis of Congenital Hypothyroidism by Soundararajan Sumathy, Sengottaiyan Palanivel, Kethipalli Nagaraju, Chidambaram N. B. Harisankar, Jeyaraj Ashokraja, Jayachandran Senthilkumar, Palaniyappan Sreenivasan, Subbiah Sridhar

“…Thyroid imaging is an integral part of identifying the specific aetiology of CH. We aimed to study the aetiological profile of CH and compare the imaging findings of ultrasonography (USG) and nuclear scintigraphy. …”
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Total Pancreatectomy for Malignant Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN) Complicated by Gastropancreatic Fistulae by Oshan Basnayake, Pradeep Wijerathne, Umesh Jayarajah, Nilesh Fernandopulle, Sivasuriya Sivaganesh

“…This case highlights the importance investigating patients for the aetiology in recurrent acute pancreatitis and their follow-up. …”
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Left Ventricular Hypertrabeculation (LVHT) in Athletes: A Negligible Finding? by Rokas Jagminas, Rokas Šerpytis, Pranas Šerpytis, Sigita Glaveckaitė

“…During subsequent evaluation by tilt table testing, vasovagal syncope was identified as the likely aetiology of the syncope. The patient was advised to cease sports and stimulants like caffeine use. …”
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Whole Exome Sequencing Reveals Rare Variants in Genes Associated with Metabolic Disorders in Women with PCOS by Priyal Sharma, Ashutosh Halder, Manish Jain, Manish Tripathi

“…Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex genetic trait, the pathogenesis of which is governed by an interplay of genetic and epigenetic factors. However, the aetiology of PCOS is not fully understood. Aims: The objective of this study was to investigate the genetic causes of PCOS by identifying rare variants in genes implicated in its pathophysiology. …”
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Genetics of Human and Canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Siobhan Simpson, Jennifer Edwards, Thomas F. N. Ferguson-Mignan, Malcolm Cobb, Nigel P. Mongan, Catrin S. Rutland

“…Despite canine DCM having similar disease progression to human DCM studies into the genetic basis of canine DCM lag far behind those of human DCM. In this review the aetiology, epidemiology, and clinical characteristics of canine DCM are examined, along with highlighting possible different subtypes of canine DCM and their potential relevance to human DCM. …”
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Patterns of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Causative Organisms of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis: A Single Centre, Six-Year Experience of 1981 Samples by Sara Sheikhbahaei, Alireza Abdollahi, Nima Hafezi-Nejad, Elham Zare

“…Conclusions. The microbial aetiology of SBP remains relatively constant. However, the resistance rate especially to the first-line recommended antibiotics was significantly increased. …”
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Prospects of Using Microbiota Correction Methods in the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease by A. I. Akinshina, D. V. Smirnova, A. V. Zagainova, V. V. Makarov, S. M. Yudin

“…Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term used to describe a group of chronic diseases of unknown aetiology. In the past, bacteriological methods based on the isolation of a pure bacterial culture were used to determine the microbiota composition. …”
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Thromboelastography parameters in chronic viral liver disease and liver resection: a retrospective study by Ying Di, Jialu Li, Chunjuan Ye, Zheng Wang, Qianqian Zhu

“…After multivariable adjustment (including age, sex, liver disease aetiology, alanine aminotransferase [ALT], aspartate aminotransferase [AST], albumin, total bilirubin, haemoglobin and platelet count), TEG parameters (except R-times) were either weakly or inversely related to the severity of liver disease as defined by the MELD score (absolute r < 0.2 and P < 0.05 for all except R-times). …”
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Use of metallic ureteric stents for chronic ureteric obstruction and its association with value-based care by Yu Xi Terence Law, Ang Zhou, David Terrence Consigliere, Benjamin Yen Seow Goh, Ho Yee Tiong

“…There was no significant difference in all baseline characteristics between the MS and PS groups, except for the aetiology of obstructive cause. Mean indwelling stent duration was significantly greater for MS than for PS (228.6 ± 147.0 vs. 146.1 ± 66.0 days, P < 0.001), thereby leading to lower average number of stent changes per year in the MS group compared to the PS group (1.4 vs. 6.3 times, respectively). …”
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Severe Enamel Defects in Wild Japanese Macaques by Ian Towle, Carolina Loch, Marina Martínez de Pinillos, Mario Modesto-Mata, Leslea J. Hlusko

“…., no hypo- or hypermineralization). The aetiology of PFEH might be linked to extreme weather events or high rates of environmental fluoride-causing enamel breakdown. …”
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A novel approach to intraoperative diagnosis of primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease by Nethrani Sameera Wijesekara Pathirana, Hasitha Udayakumara, A S K Banagala, M R Sumanatilleke, A V T Damayanthi, S R Constantine, G W Katulanda, Z T M Thowfeek, T Sasikanth, S Pathmanathan

“…Cushing syndrome (CS) is an endocrine disorder with far-reaching complications that extend beyond the disease remission. Diagnosis of the aetiology of CS can be challenging, whether it is dependent or independent of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH). …”
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