Necrotising Myositis, the Deadly Impersonator by A. Rahman, A. K. Abou-Foul, A. Yusaf, J. Holton, L. Cogswell

“…The Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotising Fasciitis (LRINEC) may be of use if there is concern to aid diagnosis of this life-threatening disease.…”
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A Study on the Role of LPA and ATX in Breast Cancer in Iraq by Anfal Akeel Taha, Hind Salman Jassim, Wafaa Fadhil Hamad

“…Further studies are warranted to explore their clinical applications in breast cancer diagnosis and management. …”
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A Patient with Uncontrollable Belching: What to Do? by I. V. Maev, Yu. A. Kucheryaviy, E. V. Barkalova, M. A. Ovsepyan

“…In this paper, we discuss the clinical significance of belching and present a clinical case with the description of the belching differential diagnosis.Main findings. Belching may be either a physiological or a pathological phenomenon. …”
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Development and implementation of a digiphysical screening model with nationwide reach to diagnose familial hypercholesterolemia by Karin Littmann, Gustav Kindborg, Matthias Lidin, Linda Mellbin, Daniel Eriksson Hogling, Jonas Brinck

“…The screening model includes, (i) cascade screening of relatives to patients with a confirmed FH diagnosis and (ii) systematic selective screening of patients with established atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. …”
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De Novo Onset of Myasthenia Gravis after Kidney Transplantation by Aaron de Souza, Rajesh Raj

“…In this patient, the profound unexplained weakness that persisted for several weeks after transplant prompted referral to the neurologist, which enabled this rare diagnosis to be made. This story highlights the need to monitor unexpected symptoms closely and to consider a wide differential diagnosis when improvement after transplant is not along usual expected lines. …”
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ISMAC: An Intelligent System for Customized Clinical Case Management and Analysis by Mingyu You, Chong Chen, Guo-Zheng Li, Shi-Xing Yan, Sheng Sun, Xue-Qiang Zeng, Qing-Ce Zhao, Liao-Yu Xu, Su-Ying Huang

“…Customized templates with standard and expert-standard symptoms, diseases, syndromes, and Chinese Medince Formula (CMF) are constructed in ISMAC, according to the clinical diagnosis and treatment characteristic of each TCM specialist. …”
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Peptide nucleic acid-immobilised paper combined with multiplex recombinase polymerase amplification for the ultrasensitive and rapid detection of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis by Nuttapon Jirakittiwut, Panuwat Sathianpitayakul, Pitak Santanirand, Yukihiro Akeda, Tirayut Vilaivan, Panan Ratthawongjirakul

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Nocardia transvalensis Disseminated Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura by Jorge García-Méndez, Erika M. Carrillo-Casas, Andrea Rangel-Cordero, Margarita Leyva-Leyva, Juan Xicohtencatl-Cortes, Roberto Arenas, Rigoberto Hernández-Castro

“…Microbiological and molecular techniques based on the sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene allowed diagnosis of Nocardia transvalensis sensu stricto. …”
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Familial Aggregation for Ischemic Heart Disease by José Leandro Pérez Guerrero, William Arias Salazar

“…The sample was made up of 60 new patients with a diagnosis of ischemic heart disease (cases) and another 60 patients without a diagnosis of coronary heart disease (controls), paired in a 1:1 ratio. …”
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Characterization of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis in Multidisciplinary Consultation by Caridad Llull Tombo, Mercedes Fonseca Hernández, Ileana García Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Yanes Macías, Daymí Tió González, Yoandra León Rayas

“…Patients were group according to the following variables: age, sex and municipality of origin, the clinical manifestations that suggested the diagnosis, age of presentation and the age at diagnosis, presence of digestive manifestations, germs isolated in microbiological studies, mutations found in patients with cystic fibrosis. …”
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A Model of Tuberculosis Screening for Pregnant Women in Resource-Limited Settings Using Xpert MTB/RIF by Eleanor R. Turnbull, Nzali G. Kancheya, Jennifer B. Harris, Stephanie M. Topp, German Henostroza, Stewart E. Reid

“…Timely diagnosis and treatment of maternal tuberculosis (TB) is important to reduce morbidity and mortality for both the mother and child, particularly in women who are coinfected with HIV. …”
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Persistent Hiccups—An Unusual Presentation of Bilateral Pheochromocytoma without Syndromic Association: A Case Report by Nitin Aherrao, Nilesh Kumar, Indarajeet Singh Gambhir, Dhiraj Kishore, Suryakumar Singh, Abhinandan Mishra, Aravind Anand

“…Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine-producing tumor arising from chromaffin tissue in the adrenal medulla, occurring in less than 0.2 percent of patients with hypertension. The mean age at diagnosis is about 40 years. Pheochromocytomas are commonly inherited as features of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 or several other pheochromocytoma-associated syndromes and have variable clinical presentation. …”
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A Precocious Cerebellar Ataxia and Frequent Fever Episodes in a 16-Month-Old Infant Revealing Ataxia-Telangiectasia Syndrome by Luigi Nespoli, Annapia Verri, Silvia Tajè, Francesco Paolo Pellegrini, Maddalena Marinoni

“…Since the clinical presentation is extremely variable, a high clinical suspicion will allow an early diagnosis. Serum alpha-fetoprotein is elevated in 80–85% of patients and therefore could be used as a screening tool. …”
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Epidemiological profile and clinical characteristics of ocular and periocular tumors in North and Central India by Chhavi Gupta, Narendra Patidar, Himanshu Gaikwad, Mihir Mishra, Sima Das

“…Conclusions: Identifying the epidemiological characteristics of ocular and periocular tumors will aid in early diagnosis and timely intervention. Intraocular tumors showed delayed diagnosis, advanced stages at presentation, and required patients to travel longer distances for treatment, indicating the need for strengthened diagnostic and treatment facilities to improve access to care.…”
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Clinicopathological features of two ultra-rare cases of malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) involving the uterus with recent updates by Bharat Rekhi, Santosh Menon

“…A correct diagnosis has significant implications, including an aggressive clinical course and the possibility of targeted therapy, especially in recurrences or metastasis.…”
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Tuberculosis menace: a case report of disseminated tuberculosis presenting as tubercular meningitis and long-segment cervical tuberculous myelitis in a 32-year-old man from rural I... by Saket Satyasham Toshniwal, Jiwan S. Kinkar, Amit Toshniwal, Anshul Sood, Sunil Kumar, Sourya Acharya

“…It is crucial to confirm the diagnosis and initiate antitubercular therapy (ATT) promptly in order to prevent neurological complications. …”
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Late Metastatic Melanoma after 25 Years: A Case Report and a Brief Literature Review by Elena Pescarini, Gabriela Spanikova, Zacharia Mbaidjol, Eleonora De Antoni, Vincenzo Vindigni, Franco Bassetto

“…Physicians should always be aware of previous melanoma diagnosis with newly discovered suspicious lesions. …”
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A Data-Driven Fault Prediction Method for Nuclear Power Systems Based on End-to-End Deep Learning Framework by Lu Chao, Chunbing Wang, Shuai Chen, Qizhi Duan, Hongyun Xie

“…Usually, the network structure model used in fault diagnosis and prediction requires professional design, which may cost a lot of time and make it difficult to achieve optimal results. …”
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Patient and caregiver perspectives of select non-communicable diseases in India: A scoping review. by Sindhu Nila, Eliza Dutta, S S Prakash, Sophy Korula, Anu Mary Oommen

“…The commonest type of care assessed was therapeutic (74), with 14 cancer studies on diagnosis and nine on palliative care. Repeated visits to crowded centres, drug refill issues, unavailability of specific services in government facilities, and expensive private care characterised diabetes care, while cancer care involved delayed diagnosis and treatment, communication, and pain management issues.…”
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Mucormycosis Associated with Global Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic: A Study of Fungal Profile from a Tertiary Health-care Center by Snigdha Purohit, Kavita Mourya, Nazneen Pathan, Sunita Agarwal, Vithika Vyas, Aruna Vyas

“…Hence, in this article, we focus on conventional techniques for early diagnosis of fungus to help clinicians start empirical treatment for the patient and take necessary steps thereby. …”
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