BRAF Inhibitors for BRAF V600E Mutant Colorectal Cancers: Literature Survey and Case Report by Yasar Subutay Peker, Mehmet Fatih Can, Ismail Hakki Ozerhan, Gokhan Yagci, Nazif Zeybek, Kutan Kavakli, Sedat Gurkok, Alper Gozubuyuk, Onur Genc, Gokhan Erdem, Ahmet Ozet, Mustafa Gerek, Yusuf Peker

“…Even though the patient benefited majorly from vemurafenib, he died on the 20th month of the diagnosis. The expected overall survival for metastatic V600E mutant colon adenocarcinoma patients is 4.7 months. …”
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Impact of psychotropic pro re nata prescription-monitoring programme on prescriptions for inpatients with psychiatric disorders: a retrospective observational study by Yoshitaka Saito, Kyohei Sumida, Hiroyuki Muraoka, Satoru Oishi, Ryutaro Suzuki, Taiyo Nishikawa, Shin Miyake, Yukihiro Tanno, Yuki Tobita, Katsuya Otori, Ken Inada

“…Demographic data (age, sex, and diagnosis), regular prescriptions before admission and at discharge, psychotropic PRN prescriptions before admission and at discharge, and the total number of psychotropic PRN prescriptions during hospitalisation were compared between the two groups. …”
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Osteomyelitis in Cat-Scratch Disease: A Never-Ending Dilemma—A Case Report and Literature Review by D. Donà, L. Nai Fovino, E. Mozzo, G. Cabrelle, G. Bordin, R. Lundin, C. Giaquinto, T. Zangardi, O. Rampon

“…Bartonella henselae should be considered in differential diagnosis of localized lymphadentitis. Osteoarticular pain or limitation during cat-scratch disease in children should always be investigated for bone spreading. …”
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Occupationally Acquired American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito, Maria Sandra Andrade, Éricka Lima de Almeida, Ângela Cristina Rapela Medeiros, Roberto Pereira Werkhäuser, Ana Isabele Freitas de Araújo, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Alzira Maria Paiva de Almeida, Eduardo Henrique Gomes Rodrigues

“…The swab collection method, coupled with PCR detection, has greatly improved ACL laboratory diagnosis.…”
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Whole Exome Sequencing Reveals Compound Heterozygosity for Ethnically Distinct PEX7 Mutations Responsible for Rhizomelic Chondrodysplasia Punctata, Type 1 by Jessie C. Jacobsen, Emma Glamuzina, Juliet Taylor, Brendan Swan, Shona Handisides, Callum Wilson, Michael Fietz, Tessa van Dijk, Bart Appelhof, Rosamund Hill, Rosemary Marks, Donald R. Love, Stephen P. Robertson, Russell G. Snell, Klaus Lehnert

“…Case 1 died at 19 years of age due to chronic respiratory illnesses without a unifying diagnosis. The brother remains alive but severely disabled at 19 years of age. …”
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Associations of TG/HDL Ratio with the Risk of Prediabetes and Diabetes in Chinese Adults: A Chinese Population Cohort Study Based on Open Data by Rongpeng Gong, Yuanyuan Liu, Gang Luo, Wenjing Liu, Ziqi Jin, Zixin Xu, Zheng Li, Lixin Yang, Xiaoxing Wei

“…The patient was measured on the date of diagnosis or on his last visit (whichever comes first). …”
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Screening for diabetic retinopathy at a health centre in South Africa: A cross-sectional study by Ntokozo Zulu, Patrick Ngassa Piotie, Elizabeth M. Webb, Wezi G. Maphenduka, Steve Cook, Paul Rheeder

“…Participants (n = 79) were referred to an ophthalmologist for diagnosis confirmation and management. Conclusion: The study revealed that while DR was not highly prevalent among PHC patients with diabetes, there was a significant referral rate for other ocular complications. …”
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Metagenomic analysis of DNA viruses from posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders by Vikas R. Dharnidharka, Marianna B. Ruzinova, Chun‐Cheng Chen, Priyanka Parameswaran, Harry O'Gorman, Charles W. Goss, Hongjie Gu, Gregory A. Storch, Kristine Wylie

“…In univariable analysis, death within 5 years of PTLD diagnosis was associated with anellovirus (P = 0.037) and gammapapillomavirus (P = 0.036) detection by MSS, higher tissue qPCR levels of the predominant human anellovirus species torque teno virus (TTV; P = 0.016), T cell type PTLD, liver, brain or bone marrow location. …”
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Clinical Features and Outcome of Mucormycosis by Carlos Rodrigo Camara-Lemarroy, Emmanuel Irineo González-Moreno, René Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, Erick Joel Rendón-Ramírez, Ana Sofía Ayala-Cortés, Martha Lizeth Fraga-Hernández, Laura García-Labastida, Dionicio Ángel Galarza-Delgado

“…Mucormycosis (MCM) is a life-threatening infection that carries high mortality rates despite recent advances in its diagnosis and treatment. The objective was to report 14 cases of mucormycosis infection and review the relevant literature. …”
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Hubungan Asupan Zat Besi, Vitamin C, dan Persen Lemak Tubuh dengan Kejadian Anemia pada Remaja Putri di Pondok Pesantren Askhabul Kahfi Kota Semarang by Angga Hardiansyah, Elly Putri Aulia, Dina Sugiyanti

“…Data mengenai asupan zat besi dan vitamin C dikumpulkan melalui wawancara menggunakan SQ-FFQ, sementara mengukur persentase lemak tubuh, digunakan alat BIA Omron HBF-212, dan diagnosis anemia dilakukan dengan memeriksa kadar hemoglobin menggunakan EasyTouch GCHb. …”
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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Erosive-Ulcerative Lesions of the Gastroduodenal Zone in Schoolchildren of Various Ages in Siberia by E. V. Kasparov, T. V. Polivanova, V. A. Vshivkov

“…In total, 1535 schoolchildren were examined (7–11 years old — 855 and 12–17 years old — 680 people) in Tyva, 790 (7–11 years old — 333 and 12–17 years old — 457 people) in Buryatia and 1369 (7–11 years old — 633 and 12–17 years old — 736 people) in Evenkia. GERD diagnosis in schoolchildren was based on the presence of heartburn complaints following the worldwide consensus on the GERD definition among the pediatric population. …”
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Thyroid Dysfunction in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional, Epidemiological, Pan-India Study by Vaishali Deshmukh, Faraz Farishta, Milind Bhole

“…In this cross-sectional study, 432 adults with an established diagnosis of MetS were enrolled across ten centers in India. …”
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Advances in Cardiovascular Multimodality Imaging in Patients with Marfan Syndrome by Marco Alfonso Perrone, Sara Moscatelli, Giulia Guglielmi, Francesco Bianco, Deborah Cappelletti, Amedeo Pellizzon, Andrea Baggiano, Enrico Emilio Diviggiano, Maria Ricci, Pier Paolo Bassareo, Akshyaya Pradhan, Giulia Elena Mandoli, Andrea Cimini, Giuseppe Caminiti

“…Cardiovascular multimodality imaging plays a crucial role in the diagnosis, monitoring, and management of MFS patients. …”
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Potential alternative and novel biomarkers for paediatric MAFLD: exploratory evidence from a Chinese cohort by Fan Yang, Mengyuan Hu, Lulian Xu, Xiaowei Zheng, Lihong Zhu, Le Zhang, Haoyang Zhang

“…These findings posed new paths in guiding the prevention and early diagnosis and prevention. Trial registration This trial was registered in the Chinese Clinical Trials Registry (ChiCTR2400080508). …”
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Atypical early neural responses to native and non-native language in infants at high likelihood for developing autism by Lauren Wagner, Megan Banchik, Tawny Tsang, Nana J. Okada, Rebecca Altshuler, Nicole McDonald, Susan Y. Bookheimer, Shafali S. Jeste, Shulamite Green, Mirella Dapretto

“…Amongst infant siblings of children with an ASD diagnosis – who are at higher likelihood for developing ASD – a high proportion also show difficulties and delays in language acquisition. …”
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A Case of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Complicated with A IgG4 Related Disease Like Symptoms by Suguru Sato, Julia Morimoto, Yasuharu Oguchi, Takashi Umeda, Takaya Kawamata, Mami Rikimaru, Tatsuhiko Koizumi, Ryuichi Togawa, Yasuhito Suzuki, Yuki Sato, Manabu Uematsu, Hiroyuki Minemura, Takefumi Nikaido, Atsuro Fukuhara, Junpei Saito, Kenya Kanazawa, Yoshinori Tanino, Mitsuru Munakata, Yoko Shibata

“…Considering the course of clinical symptoms, there is a possibility that orbital manifestations were one of the clinical features during the disease course of EGPA while the histological features of right eyelid tissue and other ocular manifestations were consistent with the diagnosis of IgG4 related disease.…”
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Association between cardiovascular health and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a nationwide cross-sectional study by Lian-Zhen Huang, Ze-Bin Ni, Wei-Feng Huang, Li-Ping Sheng, Yan-Qing Wang, Jin-Yan Zhang

“…Results Among 5680 participants, 724, 3901, and 1055 had low, moderate, and high CVH levels, respectively, with a MASLD diagnosis prevalence of 36.83%. In the fully adjusted logistic regression model, ORs for MASLD were 0.50 (95% CI, 0.37–0.69) for participants with moderate CVH and 0.21 (95% CI, 0.13–0.34) for those with high CVH, when compared to those with low CVH (P < 0.001 for trend). …”
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Application of glycyrrhizinic acid in treatment of patients with alcoholic liver disease by I. G. Nikitin, I. Ye. Baykova, V. M. Volynkina, L. M. Gogova, G. I. Storozhakov, M. P. Prushkovskaya

“…Overall 106 patients with chronic alcohol-induced liver diseases were investigated, diagnosis was verified by standard methods with obligatory assessment of the expert in narcology. …”
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Effects of Microsatellite Instability on the Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of Colon Cancer and the Diagnostic Accuracy of Preoperative Abdominal CT Scans by Rıdvan Yavuz, Orhan Aras, Hüseyin Çiyiltepe, Onur İlkay Dinçer, Ahmet Şükrü Alparslan, Tebessüm Çakır

“…The median neutrophil and platelet counts and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels at diagnosis were significantly higher in patients with dMMR CC (<i>p</i> = 0.022, <i>p</i> = 0.022, and <i>p</i> = 0.018). …”
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Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis: A New Entity within the Spectrum of Rare Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias by Karina Portillo, Ignasi Guasch, Caroline Becker, Felipe Andreo, Maria Teresa Fernández-Figueras, José Ramirez Ruz, Carlos Martinez-Barenys, Samuel García-Reina, Pedro Lopez de Castro, Irene Sansano, Ana Villar, Juan Ruiz-Manzano

“…The patients usually report progressive dyspnea and dry cough and are predisposed to develop spontaneous or iatrogenic pneumothoraces after surgical lung biopsy (SLB) for its diagnosis. That is why better awareness with the clinical and radiologic features can help optimal management by the multidisciplinary team. …”
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