Three Cases of West Nile Encephalitis over an Eight-Day Period at a Downtown Los Angeles Community Hospital by Adam Puchalski, Antonio K. Liu, Byron Williams

“…Physicians and other health care providers should consider West Nile infection in the differential diagnosis of causes of aseptic meningitis and encephalitis, obtain appropriate laboratory studies, and promptly report cases to public health authorities. …”
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Behaviour of Clinical, Anthropometric and Laboratory Variables in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome by Madelaine Hernández Tamayo, Pedro Enrique Miguel Soca, Mildre María Marrero Hidalgo, Luz María Pérez López, Idania Peña Pérez, Mayelín Rivas Estévez

“…The sample included 161 patients selected at random in different research stages from a universe including all the patients who attended six different consultations in Urbano Noris municipality, Holguín, from September 2008 to June 2009. Diagnosis was performed according to the ATP-III. Variance analysis and Fisher's exact test in SPSS (α = 0.05) were applied. …”
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Detection and Quantization of Bearing Fault in Direct Drive Wind Turbine via Comparative Analysis by Wei Teng, Rui Jiang, Xian Ding, Yibing Liu, Zhiyong Ma

“…Through comparing a faulty DDWT with a normal one, the bearing fault feature is evidenced and the quantization index is calculated, which show a good application prospect for condition monitoring and fault diagnosis in real DDWT.…”
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A Solitary Malignant Schwannoma in the Choana and Nasal Septum by Eun Jung Lee, Kee Jae Song, Yeon Suk Seo, Kyung-Su Kim

“…This case suggests that a solitary malignant schwannoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a mass in the posterior nasal cavity.…”
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The Passing Fads and Emergent Trends of Project Culture in Construction Industry by Qinghua He, Jin Li, Jingyuan Wan, Zhenyu Zhang, Zhen Chen

“…Four aspects were analyzed: the nature of project culture, the diagnosis of project culture, factors influencing project culture, and research focus. …”
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Simultaneous Chronic Invasive Fungal Infection and Tracheal Fungus Ball Mimicking Cancer in an Immunocompetent Patient by Erdoğan Çetinkaya, Mustafa Çörtük, Şule Gül, Ali Mert, Hilal Boyacı, Ertan Çam, H. Erhan Dincer

“…There are crucial problems in the diagnosis and treatment of this condition. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and candidiasis are the most common opportunistic fungal infections. …”
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Artificial intelligence applied in identifying left ventricular walls in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy images: Pilot study. by Solange Amorim Nogueira, Fernanda Ambrogi B Luz, Thiago Fellipe O Camargo, Julio Cesar S Oliveira, Guilherme Carvalho Campos Neto, Felipe Brazao F Carvalhaes, Marcio Rodrigues C Reis, Paulo Victor Santos, Giovanna Souza Mendes, Rafael Maffei Loureiro, Daniel Tornieri, Viviane M Gomes Pacheco, Antonio Paulo Coimbra, Wesley Pacheco Calixto

“…This paper proposes the use of artificial intelligence techniques, specifically the nnU-Net convolutional neural network, to improve the identification of left ventricular walls in images of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy, with the objective of improving the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease. …”
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Life-Threatening Cardiac Manifestations of Pheochromocytoma by Luiz R. Leite, Paula G. Macedo, Simone N. Santos, Luiz Quaglia, Cezar E. Mesas, Angelo De Paola

“…We describe a challenging diagnosis of pheochromocytoma with many cardiovascular manifestations, which could have been missed due to the absence of typical symptoms.…”
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Adult-Onset Idiopathic Cervical Dystonia by Shameer Rafee, Mahmood Al-Hinai, Michael Hutchinson

“…Motor symptoms at presentation are poorly recognised by non-specialists, leading to long delays in diagnosis. Certain features of history and examination can help diagnose cervical dystonia. …”
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Outcome of the Pediatric Patients with Portal Cavernoma: The Retrospective Study for 10 Years Focusing on Recurrent Variceal Bleeding by Hongjie Guo, Fabao Hao, Chunbao Guo, Yang Yu

“…Between July 2003 and June 2013, we retrospectively enrolled all consecutive patients admitted to our department with a diagnosis of PC without abdominal malignancy or liver cirrhosis. …”
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Associations between cancer-related coping and depressive symptoms in oral cancer patients by ChunYing Cui, Lie Wang

“…Interventions based on decreasing negative coping and increasing positive coping should be implemented to help patients cope with mental health problems and achieve psychological adaptation after oral cancer diagnosis and treatment.…”
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Multifocal Multisystem Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Involving Pituitary Masquerading as Crohn’s Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mohd. Ashraf Ganie, Bhanu Malhotra, Manpreet Saini, Arshiya Dutta, Atul Sharma, Kim Vaiphie, Pinaki Dutta

“…Due to nonresponsiveness of symptoms, doubt about diagnosis was invoked and rectal ulcer biopsy was repeated, which then showed infiltration by Langerhans cells. …”
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Development and Validation of the Needs Assessment Scale for Innovative Technology Approaches to Dental Screening by Deepika Yadav, D. Sunil Kumar, M.S Mallikarjunaswamy, Vanishri Arun, G. Hari Prakash, S Sunita

“…Novel dental devices, such as digital radiography, dental lasers, and electrical impedance spectroscopy, could improve diagnosis and treatment, but demand among health-care practitioners needs assessment. …”
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Cardiac calcified amorphous tumor as a potential cause of cerebral infarction: A clinical case report by Hyunjin Kim, MD, Shotaro Kanao, MD, PhD, Satoshi Noma, MD, PhD, Sumika Yasumura, MD, Shinji Sumiyoshi, MD, PhD, Manabu Morishima, MD, PhD, Takeshi Kubo, MD, PhD

“…Pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a CAT. A chest computed tomography (CT), performed incidentally for pneumonia 6 months prior, revealed extensive calcifications in the mass. …”
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Angioedema due to enalapril. A case report by Belkis Barrios Romero, Ana María Ramos Cedeño, Yeny Dueñas Pérez, Mirtha Amarilis Hernández López

“…The correct history, early diagnosis and immediate treatment with intravenous hydrocortisone are aspects to consider in similar cases. …”
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The Role of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI in a Child with Sport-Induced Avascular Necrosis of the Scaphoid: A Case Report and Literature Review by Baris Beytullah Koc, Martijn Schotanus, Bob Jong, Pieter Tilman

“…Imaging showed a scaphoid waist fracture with signs of an ongoing AVN. The diagnosis of AVN was confirmed with signal loss of the scaphoid on MRI T1. …”
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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

“…Abstract The electrophysiological signals recorded by cutaneous electrodes, known as body surface potentials (BSPs), are widely employed biomarkers in medical diagnosis. Despite their widespread application and success in detecting various conditions, the poor spatial resolution of traditional BSP measurements poses a limit to their diagnostic potential. …”
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Fifty years after the discovery of the association of HLA B27 with ankylosing spondylitis by Joachim Sieper, Juergen Braun

“…HLA-B27 also plays an important role in classification, diagnosis and severitiy of axSpA.…”
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A Case Report on Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma in an Indigenous Dog by Farjana Akter, Md. Zillur Rahman, Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, Bristy Dhar Nandita, Md. Foisal Shikder, Md. Piar Rahaman Shihab, Monoar Sayeed Pallab

“…Despite that the limited resources prevented myogenin staining for diagnostic confirmation, the well‐contained, defined appearance of the tumour supports the diagnosis of ARMS. This report highlights the challenges in diagnosing and treating ARMS in indigenous dogs and emphasizes the need for further research and diagnostic markers to improve detection and management.…”
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Metabolomics and Type 2 Diabetes: Translating Basic Research into Clinical Application by Matthias S. Klein, Jane Shearer

“…This review shall give an overview of basic metabolomics methods and will highlight current metabolomics research successes in the prediction and diagnosis of T2D. We summarized key metabolites changing in response to T2D. …”
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