Effects of Dietary Pediococcus acidilactici and Isomaltooligosaccharide on Growth Performance, Immunity, and Antioxidant Defense in Juvenile Common Carp by Milad Maniat, Amir Parviz Salati, Nasim Zanguee, Seyed Mohammad Mousavi, Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar

“…The results indicated that the diet containing 1 g/kg PA and 5 g/kg IMO significantly increased the fish growth performance and decreased the feed conversion ratio (p<0.05). Overall, blood biochemical parameters, serum (lysozyme, complements C3 and C4) and mucosal (protein, total immunoglobulin, and lysozyme) immune responses, and antioxidant defense of fish also improved in the PA-IMO5 group (p<0.05). …”
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Circulation of Dengue Virus Serotypes in the City of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, as Determined by Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction by Sameer R. Organji, Hussein H. Abulreesh, Gamal E. H. Osman

“…The present study was aimed to investigate the circulation of four dengue virus (DENV) serotypes in Makkah, Western Saudi Arabia. Blood samples were collected from 25 dengue fever-suspected patients and were subjected to molecular typing for DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4 serotypes of dengue virus, by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), using six sets of primers. …”
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Thoracic Segmental Spinal Anesthesia in Kyphoplasty: A Case Series by Prajnananda Haloi, Rahul Biswas, Ananta Kumar Bora, Dipanjali Mahanta, Dhrubajyoti Choudhury

“…The patients were positioned in a prone position after achieving the desired block level. Blood pressure, pulse, oxygen saturation, and respiratory rate were monitored throughout the procedure. …”
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Bone Marrow Infiltration in Rosai–Dorfman Disease by Fatima Zahra Rahali, Fatima Taher, Houda Nassih, Sanae Sayagh

“…Physical examination showed pallor, petechiae over the abdomen, painless and bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy, and several bony nodules, without splenomegaly or hepatomegaly. Cell blood count revealed microcytic hypochromic anemia with thrombocytopenia. …”
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Cervical pedicle screw fixation with the Tianji orthopedic surgical robot by Hao Shen, Jinlong Zhou, Lipeng Yu

“…There was no significant difference in intraoperative blood loss between groups (p = 0.0872). There were 2 cases of cerebrospinal fluid leakage and 1 case of decreased left handgrip strength in the traditional fluoroscopy group, while only 1 case of cerebrospinal fluid leakage occurred in the orthopedic surgical robot group. …”
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Serum High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Concentrations in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Its Association With Histological Grade in a Chinese Population by Ying-Ying Cao PhD, Xiao-Jing Lv MD, Hui Li PhD, Li-Chao Qian PhD, Hai-Peng Si MD, Yuan Li PhD, Kai Guo PhD, Shuai Ren PhD, Zhong-Qiu Wang MD

“…Methods This retrospective study included 181 patients with pathologically confirmed PDAC who underwent radical surgery. Clinical data, blood biochemical results, imaging features, and pathological details of the patients were collected, such as age, gender, diabetes, hypertension, tumor grade, tumor size and location, high-density lipoprotein (HDL-c), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). …”
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Efficacy of hepatitis B vaccination in patients awaiting liver transplantation in prophylaxis of <i>de novo</i> HBV-infection of a graft by V. Ye. Syutkin, O. I. Andreytseva, A. A. Saliyenko, A. V. Chzhao

“…Presence of anti-HBs in blood serum of recipients prevented infection even if anti-HBc appeared after OLT.Conclusion. …”
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Forecasting of Corrosion Properties of Steel Wires for Production of Guide Wires for Cardiological Treatment by J. Przondziono, W. Walke, E. Hadasik, R. Młynarski

“…The tests were performed in solution simulating human blood on samples that were electrolytically polished and samples that were polished and then chemically passivated. …”
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A Case of Anorexia Nervosa with Focal Cortical Dysplasia by Hiroki Nemoto, Kazuo Imagawa, Takashi Enokizono, Yosuke Masuda, Masayuki Ide, Takuma Deguchi, Monami Hara, Atsushi Morita, Takahiro Kido, Mai Tanaka, Tatsuyuki Ohto, Hidetoshi Takada

“…Head MRI showed a localized high-signal area from the cortex to the white matter of the fusiform gyrus near the left hippocampus, with no associated decreased blood flow or electroencephalography (EEG) abnormalities. …”
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Insulin Independence in Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Patient following Fenofibrate Treatment by Karsten Buschard, Laurits J. Holm, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen

“…The need for insulin quickly declined, and she took her last dose of insulin 19 days after the first dose of fenofibrate, having regained endogenous control of blood glucose concentrations. She has now been insulin independent for one year and 9 months. …”
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Implication of diabetes mellitus in telomere length and alteration in some age related cell senescence markers of aged men in Kurdistan region-Iraq by Kaniaw Rafat Khafar, Dr. Esmail S Kakey

“…The study design was the setting of a medium private laboratory with participants being common people, which was classified into three groups according to age and health complication, control young, healthy aged, and diabetic aged groups. Blood sera was obtained for oxidative status including catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), Total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC), 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), and malondialdehyde (MDA)) and molecular markers (including telomere length (T/S) and mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNA)). …”
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Psychometric Properties of Diabetes Management Self-Efficacy in Thai Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Multicenter Study by Monthida Sangruangake, Chananya Jirapornkul, Cameron Hurst

“…It is likely to provide valuable insights into the epidemiology of diabetes management self-efficacy and may also prove useful in evaluating interventions for raising diabetes management self-efficacy, which in turn, improve both patient self-management and blood sugar control.…”
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Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modeling of enantioselective hydroxychloroquine kinetics and impact of genetic polymorphisms by Gabriella de Souza Gomes Ribeiro, Leandro Francisco Pippa, Fernanda de Lima Moreira, Natália Valadares de Moraes

“…The results revealed a 1.1-fold increase in area under the curve blood concentration versus time (AUC) for CYP2D6 PM individuals and a 0.9-fold reduction for UM individuals compared to NM individuals. …”
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Urinary Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Serves as a Potential Biomarker for Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Acute Pyelonephritis by Ming-Yuan Hong, Chin-Chung Tseng, Chia-Chang Chuang, Chia-Ling Chen, Sheng-Hsiang Lin, Chiou-Feng Lin

“…Conventional markers of kidney function that are familiar to clinicians, including the serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen levels, are unable to reveal genuine injury to the kidney, and their use may delay treatment. …”
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Impact of Temporomandibular Joint Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Neveen Ahmed, Hamid Masoud Mustafa, Anca Irinel Catrina, Per Alstergren

“…The systemic inflammatory activity was estimated by the disease activity score 28 (DAS28), blood levels of inflammatory markers and number of painful musculoskeletal regions. …”
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Mitigating lead acetate-induced histopathologic and physiologic disorders in rats receiving vitamin C and glutathione supplement by Mohamed Gaber Shalan

“…Lead concentration rose significantly in blood, urine, liver, and kidney (p < 0.05). Examinations revealed that lead acetate exposure induced apoptotic DNA fragmentation in hepatocytes, significantly increasing caspase-3 activity (91 %) and annexin V indicators. …”
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Endocan in Cancers: A Lesson from a Circulating Dermatan Sulfate Proteoglycan by Maryse Delehedde, Lucie Devenyns, Claude-Alain Maurage, Romain R. Vivès

“…In this context, Endocan has indeed been rapidly emerging as a promising tissue- and blood-based marker of the vascular growth and neoangiogenesis during cancer progression. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Lamotrigine, Oxcarbazepine, Lacosamide, and Topiramate in Rat Plasma by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry by Erjie Qiu, Lu Yu, Qishun Liang, Congcong Wen

“…UPLC-MS/MS detection and Drug and Statistics (DAS) software fitting were performed to blood samples collected from rats after oral administration of lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine, lacosamide, and topiramate (5 mg/kg). …”
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Circulating Endothelial Microparticles: A Key Hallmark of Atherosclerosis Progression by Keshav Raj Paudel, Nisha Panth, Dong-Wook Kim

“…The prominent MPs present in blood are endothelial microparticles (EMPs) described as complex submicron (0.1 to 1.0 μm) vesicles like structure, released in response to endothelium cell activation or apoptosis. …”
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Correlation of Oxidative Stress with Serum Trace Element Levels and Antioxidant Enzyme Status in Beta Thalassemia Major Patients: A Review of the Literature by Q. Shazia, Z. H. Mohammad, Taibur Rahman, Hossain Uddin Shekhar

“…Patients with this disease need repeated blood transfusion for survival. This may cause oxidative stress and tissue injury due to iron overload, altered antioxidant enzymes, and other essential trace element levels. …”
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