Evaluation of biomarkers for clinical activity of systemic lupus erhythematodes by Valentina Reshkova, Dobroslav Kyurkchiev, Simeon Monov

“…The scope of the present clinical study is to conduct research on biomarkers of clinical activity of SLE (Human IFN-gamma, Human IFN-alpha, Human sICAM-1, Human sVCAM-1, Human sIL-2R, and TNF-R) and to determine the connection between laboratory biomarkers and clinical and immunological activity of the disease. …”
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Personality structure assessment of people with opiate addiction and people with internet addiction disorder by Milinović Milica, Tepšič-Ostojić Vesna

“…Methodology The research was carried out as a cross-sectional clinical study based on the methodological approach that included applying comparative methodology, using assessment scales and a psychological and psychiatric battery of tests for personality assessment. …”
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Clinical Profile of Unilateral Proptosis in a Tertiary Care Centre by Susan Dsouza, Pooja Kandula, Gurudutt Kamath, Manjunath Kamath

“…Its diagnosis is usually a combined effort of the ophthalmologist, otolaryngologist, neurosurgeon, and radiologist. A clinical study of twenty-five cases with unilateral proptosis were studied in different age groups over a period of about 3 years under different headings like distribution, clinical features, radiological features, histopathological aspects, management, and outcomes of diseases. …”
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Intestinal fatty acid bind protein as a biomarker for vitiligo by Olfat G. Shaker, Samar M. El-Tahlawi, Mina A. Fawzy

“…Patients and methods The present study is a case-control study that was carried out on 44 subjects subdivided into two equal groups, vitiligo, and matched controls. The clinical study was done as well and I-FABP levels in both serum and tissue were measured by Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). …”
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Body Surface Potential Mapping: A Perspective on High‐Density Cutaneous Electrophysiology by Ruben Ruiz‐Mateos Serrano, Dario Farina, George G. Malliaras

“…Currently, the design of electrode arrays for BSP mapping lacks a standardized framework, leading to customizations for each clinical study, limiting comparability, reproducibility, and transferability. …”
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Efficacy and safety of local lysozyme treatment in patients with oral mucositis after chemotherapy and radiotherapy by Eminagić Dzenana, Lokvančić Aida, Hasanbegović Berisa, Mekić-Abazović Alma, Avdičević Asmir, Marijanović Inga, Janković Slobodan M., Kapo Belma

“…This observational clinical study was composed of two substudies: a non-comparative one (n = 166), testing only lysozyme-based compounds (LBCs), and a comparative substudy (n = 275), testing both LBCs and bicarbonate-based local compounds (BBCs) on the healing of oral mucositis during radio- or chemotherapy. …”
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Immunodiagnostic Significance of Anti-RA33 Autoantibodies in Saudi Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Jamil A. Al-Mughales

“…This was a prospective controlled clinical study conducted at King Abdul Aziz University Tertiary Medical Centre. …”
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Visual and sensory outcomes after refractive surgery for pediatric anisometropia by Ahmed A. Farrag, Mahmoud A.B. Mohamed, Hasan S. Yousef

“…Patients and methods A prospective nonrandomized clinical study was carried out on 56 eyes of 56 children with anisometropia resistant to usual treatment. …”
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Brain MRI Segmentation with Multiphase Minimal Partitioning: A Comparative Study by Elsa D. Angelini, Ting Song, Brett D. Mensh, Andrew F. Laine

“…Postprocessing corrections with morphological operators were applied to refine the details of the global segmentation method. A clinical study was performed on a database of 10 adult brain MRI volumes to compare the level set segmentation to three other methods: “idealized” intensity thresholding, fuzzy connectedness, and an expectation maximization classification using hidden Markov random fields. …”
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Whitening Efficacy of 3% Carbamide Peroxide Gel Activated by Lactoperoxidase by Mehdi Khemiss, Ines Kallel, Hela Zouaghi, Mohamed Ben Khelifa, Sana Bagga

“…Objective. The aim of this clinical study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a whitening toothpaste containing 3% carbamide peroxide and lactoperoxidase. …”
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A Clinico-Epidemiological Study of Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions in a Tertiary Care Centre of Eastern India by Sujata Sinha, Chinamy Kar, Sudip Das, Arnab Dutta, Abhishek De

“…Materials and Methods: An observational, cross-sectional, clinical study was conducted for a duration of one and a half years in a tertiary care centre in eastern India. …”
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Characteristics of primary biliary cirrhosis in British Columbia's First Nations population by Laura Arbour, Rosemarie Rupps, Leigh Field, Paul Ross, Anders Erikson, Harvey Henderson, Warren Hill, Eric M Yoshida

“…For the purpose of the present report, 28 symptomatic cases were ascertained separately and reviewed in a clinical study to delineate the features of this population.…”
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The evolution of antifungal therapy: Traditional agents, current challenges and future perspectives by Cássia Milena de Souza, Bárbara Tavares Bezerra, Daniel Agreda Mellon, Haroldo Cesar de Oliveira

“…Our review offers an overview of the antifungal drugs currently available for treatment, presents the status of new antifungal drugs under clinical study, and explores ahead to future candidates that aim to help address this important global health issue.…”
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Effect of SY009, a novel SGLT1 inhibitor, on the plasma metabolome and bile acids in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Haoyi Yang, Yuwen Zhang, Yuxin Hong, Yuan Wei, Yuning Zhu, Lei Huang, Yuanxun Yang, Runbin Sun, Runbin Sun, Runbin Sun, Juan Li, Juan Li, Juan Li

“…ContextAs a novel SGLT1 inhibitor, SY-009 has been preliminarily confirmed in a phase Ib clinical study for its ability to reduce postprandial blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). …”
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Reconstruction of Upper Eyelid Defects Secondary to Malignant Tumors with a Newly Modified Cutler-Beard Technique with Tarsoconjunctival Graft by Álvaro Bengoa-González, Bianca Ma Laslău, Agustín Martín-Clavijo, Enrique Mencía-Gutiérrez, Ma Dolores Lago-Llinás

“…This is an interventional retrospective review (clinical study) of ten cases, with age range from 64 to 86 years (mean: 71.2 years ± 6.49) with malignant upper eyelid tumors, operated by the same surgeon (AB-G), between 2011 and 2016. …”
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Diclofenac Potassium in Acute Postoperative Pain and Dysmenorrhoea: Results from Comprehensive Clinical Trial Reports by R. Andrew Moore, Sheena Derry

“…We compared the efficacy of diclofenac potassium in unpublished clinical study reports (CSRs) and published reports to examine publication bias, industry bias, and comprehensiveness. …”
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Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography for Contact Lens-Related Corneal Vascularization by Marcus Ang, Yijun Cai, Anna C. S. Tan

“…Conclusion. This early clinical study suggests that the swept-source OCTA used may be useful for examining corneal vascularization, which may have potential for clinical applications such as detecting early limbal stem cell damage.…”
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An endeavor for excellent and aberration-free vision in advanced keratoconus: Penetrating or deep anterior keratoplasty? by Shilpa Dike Joshi, Nikita Vilas Gundecha

“…Design: This was a longitudinal clinical study of 50 eyes of 50 patients undergoing optical penetrating keratoplasty (OPK) or deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK). …”
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Evaluation of the Primary Stability of 73 Implants with a New Macrogeometry in the Treatment of the Edentulous Maxilla by the All-on-Four Technique by Bruno Eduardo Sant'Anna Falce de Macedo, Rafael Manfro, Patrícia Tolentino da Rosa de Souza, Maurício Rosa, Gislaine Fernandes Felipe Garcia, Nayara Flores Macedo

“…A cross-sectional clinical study. Methods and Material: Twenty one patients were selected clinically and by imaging with cone bean computed tomography. …”
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Immunostimulatory/Immunodynamic model of mRNA‐1273 to guide pediatric vaccine dose selection by Vijay Ivaturi, Husain Attarwala, Weiping Deng, Baoyu Ding, Sabine Schnyder Ghamloush, Bethany Girard, Javid Iqbal, Saugandhika Minnikanti, Honghong Zhou, Jacqueline Miller, Rituparna Das

“…In this context, we have developed an immunostimulatory/immunodynamic (IS/ID) model to quantitatively characterize the neutralizing antibody titers elicited by mRNA‐1273 obtained from three clinical studies. The developed model was used to predict the optimal vaccine dose for future pediatric trials. …”
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