Evaluation of Current Households Management Practices of Solid Wastes from Pharmaceuticals in Soc Trang city, Vietnam by T. T. Tien, N. T. Giao

“…The results showed that more than 300 different pharmaceutical brand names belonging to 14 groups of pharmaceutical drugs have been used in which digestive, pain relievers, antipyretics, steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, gout, bone and joint diseases, cardiovascular, parasitic, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and antifungal drugs were the commons. …”
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Construction and validation of a predictive model for the risk of osteoporosis in patients with chronic kidney disease based on NHANES data. by Chunjie She, Hefeng Liu

“…<h4>Background</h4>Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients tend to exhibit a heightened susceptibility to osteoporosis owing to abnormalities in mineral and bone metabolism. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a nomogram for the prediction of osteoporosis risk in patients with CKD.…”
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Thanatophoric Dysplasia: A Report of 2 Cases with Antenatal Misdiagnosis by Lamidi Audu, Amina Gambo, Tokan Silas Baduku, Bilkisu Farouk, Anisa Yahaya, Kefas Jacob

“…The two clinical types of TD are differentiated by typical cranial and tubular bone configurations. Antenatal diagnosis is usually made in the last trimester and corroborated at birth. …”
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Anthropometric profile of the brazilian male judo team: cross-sectional study by André Luíz Lopes, Gustavo dos Santos Ribeiro, Bruno Costa Teixeira, Randhall Bruce Carteri, Paulo Cavalcante Muzy, André Pontes-Silva

“…Results: The data indicate a very large effect size for the bone-muscle index (d = 2.72) and the mesomorphic phenotype (d = 1.33) in judokas and students. …”
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Anti-Müllerian Hormone as a Sensitive Marker of Ovarian Function in Young Cancer Survivors by Maryna Krawczuk-Rybak, Elzbieta Leszczynska, Marta Poznanska, Beata Zelazowska-Rutkowska, Jolanta Wysocka

“…The lowest AMH values were noted in patients after bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and those treated for Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). …”
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Prevalence of Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthritic Changes Using Cone-beam Computed Tomography in South Indian Population by S. Pattugayathri, B. G. Harshavardhan, V. Poongodi, K. Saraswathi Gopal

“…Introduction: Osteoarthritis of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a chronic degenerative joint disease characterized by synovitis, cartilage destruction, and subchondral bone remodeling and it is an age-related disorder. …”
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Therapeutic Study of Thermosensitive Hydrogel Loaded with Super-Activated Platelet Lysate Combined with Core Decompression Technology for the Treatment of Femoral Head Necrosis by Zhipeng Huang, Zhe Zhao, Jun Lang, Wantao Wang, Yinsheng Fu, Wenbo Wang

“…The sPL-loaded hydrogel was inserted into the necrotic femoral head of a rat model and core decompression was applied and resulted in significantly accelerated bone repair and regeneration. Therefore, encapsulation of sPL in a hydrogel scaffolding may be an effective strategy for treating femoral head necrosis.…”
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Coracoid Process Avulsion Fracture at the Coracoclavicular Ligament Attachment Site in an Osteoporotic Patient with Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation by Yoshihiro Onada, Takahisa Umemoto, Kimitaka Fukuda, Tomomichi Kajino

“…Three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) reconstruction showed a small bone fragment at the medial apex of the CP. She was treated conservatively and achieved a satisfactory outcome. …”
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Malocclusion Caused by Facial Multiple Fracture by Daishi Arai, Akihiro Yasue, Shinya Horiuchi, Eiji Tanaka

“…The patient underwent open reduction and rigid fixation of the fractured left zygoma, comminuted LeFort I and II fractures, and midline and left body of the mandible with intermaxillary fixation by multibracket appliance; maxillary osteotomy with iliac bone grafting; orthognathic two-jaw surgery with coronoid process grafts onto the depressed zygoma; and onlay graft of hydroxyapatite block on mandible. …”
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A Western Case of Intravascular Large B-Cell Lymphoma as Unusual Cause of Persistent Fever by Pier Paolo Piccaluga, Stefania Paolini, Cristina Campidelli, Nicola Vianelli, Luigi Bolondi

“…Two variants are currently recognized, respectively, occurring in either Western (mainly characterized by neurological symptoms and skin involvement) or Eastern countries (with hemophagocytic syndrome, bone marrow, spleen, and liver involvement). We describe an atypical and unprecedented IVLBCL patient, presenting with pronounced features of Eastern cases as well as skin involvement. …”
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Aplastic Anemia Treated with Eltrombopag during Pregnancy by Yuri Suminaga, Yoshitsugu Chigusa, Tadakazu Kondo, Haruko Okamoto, Yosuke Kawamura, Mana Taki, Masaki Mandai, Haruta Mogami

“…Aplastic anemia is a rare blood disorder characterized by pancytopenia and hypocellular bone marrow. In patients with aplastic anemia, pancytopenia sometimes worsens during pregnancy, and relapse of aplastic anemia in pregnancy is common. …”
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A Rare Case of Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome in Children by Fernanda Brasil Daura Jorge Boos Lima, Ana Paula Cota Viana, Luciano Henrique Ferreira Lima, Bruna Campos Ribeiro, Carlos Eduardo Assis Dutra, Glaykon Alex Vitti Stabile, Sergio Monteiro Lima Junior

“…It presents a series of relevant clinical manifestations that suggest its diagnosis in cutaneous, bone, dental, soft tissue, nervous, and ocular system disorders. …”
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Comparison of Vitamin-D binding protein levels in gingival crevicular fluid of pre- and postmenopausal women with and without chronic periodontitis: A clinico-biochemical study by Kaviya Balasubramaniyam, Sankar Lakshmi Sree, Kavitha Jayavel, V. Krishnan, Rajasekar Sundaram

“…Vitamin-D Binding Protein (DBP) is a multifunctional protein that acts as an acute phase reactant and plays a key role in bone metabolism. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess and compare DBP levels in Gingival Crevicular Fluid (GCF) of pre- and postmenopausal women with and without chronic periodontitis. …”
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Oxidative Stress and Heme Oxygenase-1 Regulated Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Differentiation by Luca Vanella, Christopher Sanford, Dong Hyun Kim, Nader G. Abraham, Nabil Ebraheim

“…This paper describes the effect of increased expression of HO-1 protein and increased levels of HO activity on differentiation of bone-marrow-derived human MSCs. MSCs are multipotent cells that proliferate and differentiate into many different cell types including adipocytes and osteoblasts. …”
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Early Recognition of Foreign Body Aspiration as the Cause of Cardiac Arrest by Muhammad Kashif, Hafiz Rizwan Talib Hashmi, Misbahuddin Khaja

“…Subsequent history suggested FBA as a possible etiology of the cardiac arrest, and fiberoptic bronchoscopy demonstrated a piece of meat and bone lodged in the left main stem bronchus. The foreign body was removed with the bronchoscope and the patient clinically improved with full neurological recovery. …”
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Antigen Presenting Cells and Stromal Cells Trigger Human Natural Killer Lymphocytes to Autoreactivity: Evidence for the Involvement of Natural Cytotoxicity Receptors (NCR) and NKG2... by Alessandro Poggi, Maria Raffaella Zocchi

“…Indeed, NK cells can kill and produce pro-inflammatory and regulating cytokines as IFN-γ, TNF-α and IL10 during interaction with autologous dendritic cells or bone marrow stromal cells or skin fibroblasts. The killing of antigen presenting and stromal cells is dependent on LFA1/ICAM1 interaction. …”
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Concise Review: Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorate Tissue Injury via Secretion of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Stimulated Protein/Gene 6 by Zhigang He, Jie Hua, Zhenshun Song

“…Numerous reports have described therapeutic benefits in various disease models after administration of the adult stem/progenitor cells from bone marrow or other tissues referred to as mesenchymal stem cells/multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). …”
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Manufacturing of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on Microcarriers in a Dynamic System for Clinical Use by Florian Petry, J. Robert Smith, Jasmin Leber, Denise Salzig, Peter Czermak, Mark L. Weiss

“…Because of the limitations of hMSCs derived from the bone marrow during isolation and expansion, hMSCs derived from the umbilical cord stroma are a great alternative to overcome these issues. …”
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Impact of Thrombopoietin Receptor Agonists on Pathophysiology of Pediatric Immune Thrombocytopenia by Paschalis Evangelidis, Konstantinos Tragiannidis, Eleni Gavriilaki, Athanasios Tragiannidis

“…Various pathophysiological mechanisms are implicated in ITP pathogenesis, including the production of autoantibodies against components of platelets (PLTs) by B-cells, the activation of the complement system, phagocytosis by macrophages mediated by Fcγ receptors, the dysregulation of T cells, and reduced bone marrow megakaryopoiesis. ITP is commonly manifested with skin and mucosal bleeding, and it is a diagnosis of exclusion. …”
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Involvement of fractalkine and macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha in moderate-severe depression by Rosaria Alba Merendino, Giuseppe Di Pasquale, Filippo De Luca, Laura Di Pasquale, Edoardo Ferlazzo, Gabriella Martino, Maura Carmela Palumbo, Fortunato Morabito, Sebastiano Gangemi

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