Two Cases of Cartilaginous Choristoma—Not Chondroma of the Bony External Auditory Canal by Kohei Yamahara, Yuki Katsura, Yuki Egawa, Kana Lee, Satoshi Ikegami

“…The clinical findings (characteristic appearance and location) reported here may aid clinicians in the diagnostic and surgical management of these cartilaginous masses.…”
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Validation of the WHO Hemoglobin Color Scale Method by Leeniyagala Gamaralalage Thamal Darshana, Deepthi Inoka Uluwaduge

“…This study was carried out to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of WHO color scale in screening anemia during blood donor selection in Sri Lanka. …”
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A Review of “Access to Care” Issues in Aortic Stenosis Patients: A Negative Report Card by Adam M. Reisman, MD, Sammy Elmariah, MD, MPH

“…Despite the presence of diagnostic echocardiograms, many patients with aortic stenosis are never clinically recognized, and the rate of mismanagement worsens among underrepresented minority groups and women. …”
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Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Eastern and Southeastern Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Cong Luat Nguyen, Ngoc Minh Pham, Colin W. Binns, Dat Van Duong, Andy H. Lee

“…There is a need for international uniformity in screening strategies and diagnostic criteria for GDM.…”
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Prevalence of Anxiety among Hungarian Subjects with Parkinson’s Disease by Márton Kovács, Attila Makkos, Rita Weintraut, Kázmér Karádi, József Janszky, Norbert Kovács

“…The presence of anxiety disorder was diagnosed based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders criteria. …”
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Matched serum- and urine-derived biomarkers of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. by Tadeja Kuret, Igor Sterle, Rok Romih, Peter Veranič

“…Setting up the correct diagnosis of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS), a chronic inflammatory disease of the bladder, is a challenge, as there are neither diagnostic criteria nor reliable and non-invasive disease biomarkers available. …”
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Efficacy of spectroscopy in oral cancer detection: systematic review by Pinky Pavithran, Gheena Sukumaran

“…Spectral cytopathology specimens as well as saliva and serum samples were utilized, and demonstrated their effectiveness as diagnostic techniques. Specifically, when examining cytoplasm, healthy donors displayed pronounced protein (636, 845, 997, 1237, 1361, 1597, and 1645 cm–1), while patient samples presented prominent nucleic acid- (721, 780, and 1180 cm–1) and lipid- (1060, 1135, 1300, 1417, and 1745 cm–1) derived bands. …”
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Epidemiological trends and healthcare disparities in onychomycosis: An analysis of the All of Us research program. by Aditya K Gupta, Vasiliki Economopoulos, Tong Wang, Vincent Piguet

“…We identified 18,763 onychomycosis patients (2017-2022) and compared the rates of diagnostic testing, prescription medications and surgical procedures. …”
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Salivary Biomarkers in Periodontitis Patients: A Pilot Study by Sarah Reddahi, Amal Bouziane, Sana Rida, Houssain Tligui, Oumkeltoum Ennibi

“…Periodontal disease is a chronic inflammatory condition, involving the destruction of both soft and hard tissues in the periodontal region. Advances in diagnostic research are moving toward methods whereby the periodontal risk can be identified and quantified by objective measures using specific inflammatory markers that can be correlated to the severity of the disease. …”
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Comparing the Urine Ketone Strip Test and the Handheld Ketone Meter to Diagnose Ketosis in Early Lactation Dairy Cows by Klibs N. Galvão, Achilles Vieira Neto, Gustavo Peña, Joao Bittar, Lucas Ibarbia

“…Measuring BHBA in serum or plasma is considered the gold standard diagnostic test for subclinical ketosis, because this method has stability, but the price for ketone strips is approximately $0.08/strip while the price for the electronic BHBA measuring system is approximately $1.00. …”
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Case report: A co-existing case of ulcerative colitis and dysferlinopathy in a male patient by Limin Li, Qiong Yan, Mingming Deng, Muhan Lü, Tiejun Zhou, Xiaolin Zhong

“…The patient’s intestinal symptoms were most consistent with ulcerative colitis, while the muscle weakness originated from dysferlinopathy following a comprehensive diagnostic work-up. The patient was initiated on vedolizumab therapy and L-carnitine therapy, and his symptoms improved after 1 month of follow-up. …”
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Increased Mast Cell Counts and Degranulation in Microscopic Colitis by Zhikai Chi, Jing Xu, Romil Saxena

“…We investigated 64 biopsy samples from the surgical pathology database of Indiana University Health, which met the diagnostic criteria for CC or LC along with 20 control samples collected from 2014 to 2015. …”
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Problems of Commissioning of Technical Expert Examination of Documents by T. F. Bezsonna, L. S. Zubtsova

“…One of the most common types of such examinations is technical examination of documents. It solves both diagnostic and identification issues aimed at establishing the fact of a crime, the modus operandi of a crime and the person who committed a crime. …”
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Change in the Prevalence of Testing for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in the United States: 1999–2012 by Nicholas T. Vozoris, Jane Batt

“…There is no information on the change in prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) testing in the United States (US) following the introduction of the interferon gamma release assay (IGRA), a new and alternative diagnostic method for LTBI. The purpose of this study was to evaluate potential changes in the prevalence of LTBI testing in the US following the introduction of IGRA. …”
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Contralateral Cochlear Labyrinthine Concussion without Temporal Bone Fracture: Unusual Posttraumatic Consequence by I. M. Villarreal, D. Méndez, J. M. Duque Silva, P. Ortega del Álamo

“…The temporal bone trauma requires a complete diagnostic battery which includes a neurotologic examination and a high resolution computed tomography scan in the first place. …”
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Relapse of Diffuse Large B‐Cell Lymphoma as Painless Masses in the Abdominal Wall Muscles: A Rare Case Report by Somar Mansour, Seif‐Aldin Abdul Rahman, Majd Mansour, Ali Afif, Raghad Hasan, Nader Abdullah, Zuheir Alshehabi

“…It shows the importance of the diagnostic process that combines imaging with histological examination and immune stains for accurate diagnosis.…”
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Study protocol for using a smartphone application to investigate speech biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease and other synucleinopathies: SMARTSPEECH by Jan Rusz, Tomáš Kouba, Vojtěch Illner

“…The vocal assessment of patients with isolated rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder (iRBD) and PD appears to have intriguing potential as a diagnostic and progressive biomarker of PD and related synucleinopathies.Methods and analysis Speech patterns in the spontaneous speech of iRBD, early PD and control participants’ voice calls will be collected from data acquired via a developed smartphone application over a period of 2 years. …”
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Ultrasound evaluation of colic in horses: Diagnosis and severity assessment by Mahmood K. Ali, Osamah M. Aliraqi

“…Colic in horses is a common disease syndrome and could lead to death sometimes if not diagnosed quickly; however, the use of some diagnostic devices like ultrasound, which is considered an accurate method, was advised. …”
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Comparative evaluation of histopathological analysis, KOH wet mount and fungal culture to diagnose fungal infections in post-COVID patients by Seema N. Baxi, Mayuri R. Gohil, Anamika J. Navadiya, Mayuri K. Bapodra, Hiral R. Patel

“…Context and Aim: There is increasing prevalence of post-COVID fungal infection of rhinoorbitocerebral region especially mucormycosis and aspergillosis in India.[1] Early diagnosis of these fungal infections are of utmost importance, since it may improve outcome and survival.[2-8] The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare routine laboratory diagnostic methods, that is, histopathological examination, KOH wet mount and fungal culture in the diagnosis of post-COVID fungal infections. …”
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Filters in 2D and 3D Cardiac SPECT Image Processing by Maria Lyra, Agapi Ploussi, Maritina Rouchota, Stella Synefia

“…The aim of this study is to review filters in cardiac 2D, 3D, and 4D SPECT applications and how these affect the image quality mirroring the diagnostic accuracy of SPECT images. Several filters, including the Hanning, Butterworth, and Parzen filters, were evaluated in combination with the two reconstruction methods as well as with a specified MatLab program. …”
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