Bilateral Telencephalic Gliomatosis Cerebri in a Dog by Mario Ricciardi, Antonio De Simone, Pasquale Giannuzzi, Maria Teresa Mandara, Alice Reginato, Floriana Gernone

“…GC should be included in the MRI differentials for diffuse bilateral white matter signal changes and specific MRI findings described in this report may help in reaching a presumptive diagnosis of this tumor.…”
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Bearing Fault Classification Based on Conditional Random Field by Guofeng Wang, Xiaoliang Feng, Chang Liu

“…To overcome the drawbacks of the hidden Markov model (HMM) and improve the diagnosis accuracy, conditional random field (CRF) model based classifier is proposed. …”
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Demographics, aetiology and outcome of paediatric acute liver failure in Singapore by Fang Kuan Chiou, Veena Logarajah, Christopher Wen Wei Ho, Lynette Suk-Hui Goh, Sivaramakrishnan Venkatesh Karthik, Marion Margaret Aw, Kong Boo Phua

“…Results: 34 patients were included. Median age at diagnosis was 10 months (range 7 days to 156 months). …”
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Reversible Cortical Blindness as a Prominent Manifestation of Cerebral Embolism due to Infective Endocarditis by Georgios P. Kranidiotis, Alexandra N. Gougoutsi, Theodoros A. Retsas, Maria I. Anastasiou-Nana

“…Transesophageal echocardiography and blood cultures confirmed the diagnosis of infective endocarditis caused by methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. …”
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Conservative Treatment of Uterine Cervical Adenocarcinoma in Pregnancy by Cid Almeida de Lima, Ana Cristina Macêdo Barcelos, Marina de Carvalho Paschoini, João Henrique do Amaral e Silva, Marcus Aurelho de Lima, Eddie Fernando Candido Murta, Rosekeila Simões Nomelini

“…The desire of patients to maintain pregnancy and subsequent fertility is a difficult target to be achieved and should be widely studied, since it depends on the stage of disease, gestational age at diagnosis, and the woman's desire to maintain pregnancy. …”
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Langerhans Cell Sarcoma: A Case Report Demonstrating Morphological and Immunophenotypical Variability within a Single Lesion by Rasika Singh, Charles Edward Keen, Christopher Stone, Patrick Sarsfield

“…LCS is a rare malignancy and its diagnosis is based on morphology, immunophenotypical examination, and ultrastructural analysis by electron microscopy. …”
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Pus in the pericardium: a pericardial-oesophageal fistula with cardiac tamponade after ablation for atrial fibrillation by Taha Mansoor, Nahal Massoudi, Anandbir Bath, Matthew Kelly, Santhosh Koshy, Armand Tanase

“…Case report: We present an uncommon case of a 60-year-old male who had undergone an AF ablation 2 weeks prior and presented with chest pain. Following diagnosis and treatment of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a small pericardial effusion was noticed on computed tomography (CT) scan. …”
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Global dynamics of a vaccination model for infectious diseases with asymptomatic carriers by Martin Luther Mann Manyombe, Joseph Mbang, Jean Lubuma, Berge Tsanou

“…$\geq 3$ doses of HepB vaccine), the diagnosis of asymptomatic carriers and the treatment of symptomatic carriers may have a much greater positive impact on the disease control.…”
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A Rare Otological Presentation of Squamous Papilloma by Tanuj Madan, Sunil Goyal, Sachin Thongam

“…Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography remained the gold standard and imaging study of choice for evaluation. However, the diagnosis was clinched only by histopathology. We also discuss our strategy of management along with a brief review of literature. …”
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Efficacy of SG Shield in reducing droplet contamination during collection of oropharyngeal swab culture specimens by Phui-Sze Angie Au-Yong, Xuanxuan Chen, Wen Hao Low, Keen Chong Chau, Stephanie Fook-Chong, Shariq Ali Khan

“…Introduction: Oropharyngeal swabs for diagnosis of COVID-19 often induce violent coughing, which can disperse infectious droplets onto providers. …”
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Atypical Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Presenting as Stroke by Pradeepthi Badugu, Modupe Idowu

“…This case shows that TTP can have unusual and atypical presentations either with the first episode or upon relapse, making diagnosis extremely difficult. Because patients may not present the expected clinical findings, it is important to be aware of variant presentations. …”
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Behavior of non-Transmissible Chronic Diseases in Elder Adults by Raidel González Rodríguez, Juan Cardentey García

“…The universe of study was 348 elder adults with the diagnosis of non-transmissible chronic disease. The variables used were age, sex, non-transmissible chronic disease, number of chronic diseases. …”
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A unique case of extranodal marginal zone lymphoma with synchronous pulmonary and dermatologic manifestations by Carlo Arevalo, Fernando Camacho, Joseph Modrak

“…Given the clinical presentation, imaging and skin biopsy results, the diagnosis was compatible with EMZL with synchronous pulmonary and skin manifestations. …”
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The Association of Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type Ia with Chiari Malformation Type I: A Coincidence or a Common Link? by Paria Kashani, Madan Roy, Linda Gillis, Olufemi Ajani, M. Constantine Samaan

“…Genetic testing revealed a known mutation of GNAS gene, confirming the diagnosis of Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type Ia (PHP-Ia) (c.34C>T (p.G1n12X)). …”
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A Rare Anomaly of Biliary System: MRCP Evidence of a Cystic Duct Cyst by Cemil Goya, Mehmet Serif Arslan, Alpaslan Yavuz, Cihad Hamidi, Suzan Kuday, Mehmet Hanifi Okur, Bahattin Aydogdu

“…Only a limited number of patients with cystic duct cysts have been reported in the literature. The diagnosis is usually made in the neonatal period or during childhood. …”
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Immune Response to Mycobacterial Infection: Lessons from Flow Cytometry by Nikoletta Rovina, Marios Panagiotou, Konstantinos Pontikis, Magdalini Kyriakopoulou, Nikolaos G. Koulouris, Antonia Koutsoukou

“…This paper reviews the current diagnostic tools for mycobacterial infection and focuses on the application of flow cytometry as a promising method for rapid and reliable diagnosis of mycobacterial infection as well as discrimination between active and latent TB: it summarizes diagnostic biomarkers distinguishing the two states of infection and also features of the distinct immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) at certain stages of infection as revealed by flow cytometry to date.…”
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Imaging and MR Spectroscopy in Papillary Craniopharyngioma by Ashima Mahajan, Bheru Dan Charan, Sushant Agarwal, Vinay Goel, Leve Joseph Devarajan Sebastian, Vaishali Suri, Ashish Suri, Ajay Garg

“… Sellar-suprasellar masses exhibit a diverse range of differential diagnoses and it is feasible to establish a preliminary diagnosis before surgery by evaluating conventional CT scans and contrast-enhanced MRI results. …”
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Entre peste et famine : caractérisation d’une crise de mortalité par l’étude de trois sépultures multiples du site de Kutná Hora – Sedlec (République tchèque, XIVe siècle)... by Auxane de Lépinau, Dominique Castex, Hana Brzobohatá, Jan Frolík, Filip Velímský, Jaroslav Brůžek, Petr Velemínský, Sacha Kacki

“…Although a definite diagnosis will require further analysis, this study offers the first evidence of features that might distinguish between these two types of crisis, paving the way for future research on past epidemics and famines.…”
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization among French Guianese Children by Alexandre Cannesson, Narcisse Elenga

“…Community-acquired pneumonia remains a leading cause of hospitalizations among children worldwide. The diagnosis is based on the history, the physical examination results in children with fever plus respiratory signs and symptoms, and chest radiography. …”
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Integrated management for the environment care and conservation project’s results by Alina Arocha Arzuaga, Virginia Cano Reyes, Roberto Felipe Nicot Cos, Ada Legna Montoya Lage

“…As an environmental impact, a diagnosis of the Faculty property technical state and structural behavior of multi-dangers was developed, by virtue of which an environmental management strategy was designed and approved.…”
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