Alcohol Consumption and Risk of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Men by Erin K. Howie, Xuemei Sui, Duck-chul Lee, Steven P. Hooker, James R. Hébert, Steven N. Blair

“…The addition of other potential confounders and effect modifiers including blood pressure, insulin sensitivity, lipid levels, and psychological variables did not affect the magnitude of association. …”
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APOPTOSIS MARKERS IN NEWBORN CHILDREN WITH MILD HYPOXIC DAMAGE OF CNS by D.H. Posternak

“…We have studied apoptosis markers in blood (level of the circulating fragmented DNA and DNA fragmentation in lymphocytes) in 36 full-term newborn patients with mild perinatal hypoxic damage of CNS whose gestational age was from 36 to 41 weeks. …”
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Seeking Liver Fibrosis in Biliary Atresia using De Ritis Ratio by Farahdina Farahdina, Rendi Aji Prihaningtyas, Bagus Setyoboedi, Agnescia Clarissa Sera, Sjamsul Arief

“…Sex, age, presence of malnutrition, and blood parameters including hemoglobin, leucocytes, and platelets (Plts) were collected. …”
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Cardiovascular Protective Effect of Garcinia dulcis Flower Acetone Extract in 2-Kidney-1-Clip Hypertensive Rats by Nattaya Thongsepee, Pongsakorn Martviset, Wanwisa Himakhun, Pathanin Chantree, Phornphan Sornchuer, Kant Sangpairoj, Siriphun Hiranyachattada

“…Each group of rats, then, was further divided into 2 subgroups receiving oral administration of either 50 mg/kg BW GD extract or corn oil (vehicle) daily for 4 weeks. Noninvasive blood pressure (BP) and body weight were measured weekly throughout the study. …”
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Laparoscopic Management of Huge Ovarian Cysts by A. Alobaid, A. Memon, S. Alobaid, L. Aldakhil

“…The final histopathology reports confirmed benign serous cystadenoma in four patients and one patient had a benign mucinous cystadenoma. There was minimal blood loss during surgeries and with no complications for all patients. …”
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Timing Matters: HIV Testing Rates in the Emergency Department by Rebecca Schnall, Nan Liu

“…Time of day and season affect HIV testing rates in the ED, along with other factors such as patient acuity and completion of other blood work during the ED visit. These findings provide useful information for improving the implementation of an HIV testing program in the ED.…”
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Correlation of Vitamin B12 Levels with Clinical and Laboratory Features in Patients of Dengue Fever by Asma Abdul Razzak

“…The creation of DNA, the genetic information-carrying molecules found inside cells, as well as the metabolism of cells, neuron function, and red blood cell development all depend on vitamin B-12.6 Measurements of serum or plasma vitamin B12 levels are commonly used to determine vitamin B12 status. …”
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Postcare for Repairing Nerve and Tendon Injury Based on Biomimetic Nano-Parallel Material Composite Protein by Junxia Fu, Xiaohong Tan, Yan Tang

“…In adulthood, factors such as few tendon tissue cells and poor blood supply make it difficult to heal on their own after injury. …”
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Simultaneous, Dual Continuous Venovenous Haemodiafiltration as Salvage Therapy for Severe Sodium Valproate Intoxication by Aminah Hussan, Ifrah Hasan, Reem El-Hayani, Moustafa Shebl Zahra

“…We present a case of a male in his mid-twenties presenting following a massive, intentional overdose of 13 g of sodium valproate over 7 hours, with an initial valproate blood concentration of 975 μg/ml (normal 50-100 μg/ml). …”
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Controlled human malaria infection: overview and potential application in the evaluation of transmission-blocking interventions in malaria-endemic areas by Enock J. Kessy, Ally I. Olotu

“…The use of CHMI models for the evaluation of preerythrocytic and blood-stage malaria interventions has been attempted in malaria-endemic countries with great success. …”
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Serum Magnesium and Vitamin D Levels as Indicators of Asthma Severity by Mohammed Nadeem Shaikh, Brahma Reddy Malapati, Ruchi Gokani, Bhavita Patel, Mitul Chatriwala

“…Serum magnesium levels affect the concentration of circulating vitamin D in blood and subsequently it affects the immunity; thus it plays significant role in the pathogenesis of asthma. …”
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The Beneficial Effects of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Other than Their Anti-Diabetic and Anti-Obesity Properties by Chenqi Lu, Cong Xu, Jun Yang

“…As an incretin hormone, Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) has obvious effects on blood glucose regulation and weight loss. GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists are synthetic products that have similar effects to GLP-1 but are less prone to degradation, and they are widely used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity. …”
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The underpinning of the evaluation of aerobic endurance based on methods established in the late 20th century: A systematic review by Igor Beretić, Dušan Stupar, Romana Romanov

“…During the protocol of testing and construction of the lactate curve (La – work capacity), the method based on sampling and measurement of lactate concentration in blood is given priority as a more valid instrument for AnT determination than the method based on ventilatory parameters and heart frequency. …”
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Protective Effects of Tamarillo (Cyphomandra betacea) Extract against High Fat Diet Induced Obesity in Sprague-Dawley Rats by Noor Atiqah Aizan Abdul Kadir, Asmah Rahmat, Hawa Z. E. Jaafar

“…Also there was a trend of positive reduction in blood glucose, triglyceride, and LDL-C with positive reduction of body weight detected in medium and high dosage of C. betacea extract. …”
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Significance of histopathological features in the diagnosis of Budd–Chiari syndrome on liver biopsies by Pallavi Prasad, Anurag Singh, Alka Singh, Prabhaker Mishra, Narendra Krishnani

“…Results: The common histopathological findings were the presence of red blood cells in the space of disse (100%), peri-portal fibrosis (97.1%), sinusoidal dilation (97.1%), portal inflammation (67.6%), centrilobular necrosis (61.8%) and pericellular/sinusoidal fibrosis (61.8%). …”
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D-Shaped Left Ventricle, Anatomic, and Physiologic Implications by Eder Hans Cativo Calderon, Tuoyo O. Mene-Afejuku, Rachna Valvani, Diana P. Cativo, Devendra Tripathi, Hans A. Reyes, Savi Mushiyev

“…While patient received hemodialysis therapy and intravascular volume was removed, patient blood pressure was noted to increase, paradox. Repeated transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrated less left deviation of interventricular septum compared with previous echocardiogram. …”
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Cancer-Associated Immune Resistance and Evasion of Immune Surveillance in Colorectal Cancer by Pietro Parcesepe, Guido Giordano, Carmelo Laudanna, Antonio Febbraro, Massimo Pancione

“…Recent works reveal that expression of immune antigens (PDL1, CD47, CD73, CD14, CD68, MAC387, CD163, DAP12, and CD15) by tumor cells “immune resistance,” combined with prometastatic function of nonmalignant infiltrating cells, may represent a strategy to overcome the rate-limiting steps of metastatic cascade through (a) enhanced interactions with protumorigenic myeloid cells and escape from T-dependent immune response mediated by CD8+ and natural killer (NK) cells; (b) production of immune mediators that establish a local and systemic tumor-supportive environment (premetastatic niche); (c) ability to survive either in the peripheral blood as circulating tumor cells (CTCs) or at the metastatic site forming a cooperative prometastatic loop with foreign “myeloid” cells, macrophages, and neutrophils, respectively. …”
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Principles of management of patient with asymptomatic elevation of serum aminotransferases by Ye. N. German, M. V. Mayevskaya, Ye. O. Lyusina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Patient D. has admitted to the clinic in July, 2010 for changes blood biochemistry at absence of any symptoms or clinical signs. …”
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Case report of rare presentation of schistosomiasis: delayed diagnosis of genitourinary schistosomiasis in an adolescent by Valentina Caputo, Cosimo Bleve, Giulia Brooks, Elisa Zolpi, Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza

“…He came to our attention with a history of terminal hematuria, dysuria, and intermittent abdominal pain since the age of ten. We conducted initial blood tests, urine analyses, and ultrasonography, all yielding negative results. …”
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Effect of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection on Lipid Profile in Iraqi Patients by Amnah Raad Ibrahim, Athraa Zaidan Hassan, Raghad Hassan Hussein, Redhwan Abdul Kareem Alameer

“…Each participant took part in interviews and contributed blood samples for the analysis of their lipid profiles. …”
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