The Potential Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases 8 and 9 and Myeloperoxidase in Predicting Outcomes of Bacterial Meningitis of Childhood by Okko Savonius, Irmeli Roine, Saeed Alassiri, Taina Tervahartiala, Otto Helve, Josefina Fernández, Heikki Peltola, Timo Sorsa, Tuula Pelkonen

“…Clinical data and the diagnostic CSF samples from 245 children (median age eight months) with bacterial meningitis were obtained from a clinical trial in Latin America in 1996–2003. …”
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A Scoping Review of Eosinophilic Pneumonia and Antidepressants: An Association Not to Be Overlooked by Jaron Steiner, Leonie Steuernagel, Fotios Drakopanagiotakis, Konstantinos Bonelis, Paschalis Steiropoulos

“…Case reports meeting the diagnostic criteria for acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) or chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) were included in the review. …”
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Can Gastric Cancer Patients with High Mandard Score Benefit from Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy? by Wen-Zhe Kang, Bing-Zhi Wang, Deng-Feng Li, Zhi-Chao Jiang, Jian-Ping Xiong, Yang Li, Peng Jin, Xin-Xin Shao, Hai-Tao Hu, Yan-Tao Tian

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Malignant Glioma in the Cerebellum Presenting as Multiple Small Lesions by Takashi Mamiya, Shinji Shimato, Toshihisa Nishizawa, Takashi Yamanouchi, Kojiro Ishikawa, Makoto Ito, Masato Abe, Kyozo Kato

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The use of a percutaneous cystostomy tube as an adjunctive treatment option for dogs with idiopathic functional outflow tract obstruction by Zoe P. Greenfield, Allyson C. Berent, Chick W. Weisse

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Normative Data for Bone Mass in Healthy Term Infants from Birth to 1 Year of Age by Sina Gallo, Catherine A. Vanstone, Hope A. Weiler

“…This data, representing the accretion of bone mass during the first year of life, is based on a representative sample of infants and will aid in the interpretation of diagnostic DXA scans by researchers and health professionals.…”
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Research Progress on the Potential Pathogenesis of Persistent Postural–Perceptual Dizziness by Chen Qin, Ruyi Zhang, Zhihui Yan

“…Methods To better understand the pathogenesis of PPPD and to aid in the development of novel diagnostic strategies and therapies, we conducted a comprehensive narrative review of the relevant literature. …”
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Provision of veterinary services in livestock holdings in the Russian Federation by M. A. Shibayev, A. S. Oganesyan, A. Selyanin, A. V. Belchikhina, I. M/ Klinovitskaya, A. K. Karaulov

“…The paper highlights the mechanisms for the implementation of tasks assigned to the state veterinary service in terms of the organization of planned preventive and diagnostic veterinary measures in large pig breeding establishments. …”
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Optimal Embryo Selection: The Irreplaceable Role of the Embryologist in an Age of Advancing Technology by Lauren Kendall Rauchfuss, Yulian Zhao, David Walker, Terri Galantis, Jolene Fredrickson, Kathrynne Barud, Chandra Shenoy

“…Conclusion: Traditional morphology was noted to be a better diagnostic tool (higher AUC) on culture day 3 while a morphokinetic model was superior on day 5.…”
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The Management of Iron Chelation Therapy: Preliminary Data from a National Registry of Thalassaemic Patients by Adriana Ceci, Laura Mangiarini, Mariagrazia Felisi, Franco Bartoloni, Angela Ciancio, Marcello Capra, Domenico D'Ascola, Paolo Cianciulli, Aldo Filosa

“…A new initiative was promoted by the Italian Ministry of Health, establishing a Registry for thalassaemic patients to serve as a tool for the development of cost-effective diagnostic and therapeutic approaches and for the definition of guidelines supporting the most appropriate management of the iron-chelating therapy and a correct use of the available iron-chelating agents. …”
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Multiple Dental Inclusion in Monozygotic Twins with Congenital Visual Impairment by G. Galluccio, A. Impellizzeri, A. A. De Stefano, E. Serritella, E. Guercio Monaco

“…The patients were referred by a general dentist, who diagnosed the presence of multiple inclusions. Diagnostic Study. Both patients showed severe malocclusion, classified as grade 5 of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN). …”
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Rabies epidemiology, prevention and control in Nigeria: Scoping progress towards elimination. by Philip P Mshelbwala, J Scott Weese, Olufunmilayo A Sanni-Adeniyi, Shovon Chakma, Stephen S Okeme, Abdullah A Mamun, Charles E Rupprecht, R J Soares Magalhaes

“…Studies conducted in areas distant from rabies diagnostic facilities accounted for more human rabies cases and fewer dog rabies cases.…”
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Concurrent presentation of proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits and light chain proximal tubulopathy: a case report and review of the literature by Jingdong Zhang, Yang Liu, Fengyan Jin, Jia Li, Hui Wang, Fuzhe Ma, Ye Jia, Jinyu Yu, Shan Wu, Shaojie Fu, Zhonggao Xu, Hao Wu

“…The simultaneous occurrence of proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits (PGNMID) and light chain proximal tubulopathy (LCPT) presents a unique diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. PGNMID is characterized by monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition in glomeruli, leading to proliferative glomerular pathology, while LCPT involves monoclonal light chain deposition in proximal tubular cells, causing tubulointerstitial damage. …”
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Highly Expressing SCARA5 Promotes Proliferation and Migration of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Kawuli Jumai, Tangjuan Zhang, Bingzhang Qiao, Julaiti Ainiwaer, Haiping Zhang, Zhichao Hou, Idris Awut, Madinyat Niyaz, Liwei Zhang, Ilyar Sheyhidin

“…Our findings suggested that it was a potentially diagnostic individualized therapeutic target for ESCC in the future and that its application could possibly be combined with that of upstream THSD7A gene.…”
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Examining the relationship between incidence and mortality for commonly diagnosed cancers in the USA: an observational study using population-based SEER database by H Gilbert Welch, Adewole S Adamson, Vishal R Patel

“…Low correlations are most likely explained by differences in diagnostic practice leading to variable amounts of cancer overdiagnosis between different US counties.…”
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Resource constraints, patient emotions, and therapy: experiences of healthcare providers in the screening and management of gestational diabetes mellitus in northern Ghana by Mohammed Bukari, Abdulai Abubakari, Hawa Malechi, Thomas Hinneh, Humphrey Garti, Faith Agbozo

“…Conclusion Findings suggest the need for health system strengthening through the training and recruitment of dedicated skilled personnel, as well as government intervention through policy revision to cover the cost of GDM diagnostic tests. Healthcare providers should also consider the psycho-emotional impact of diagnosis when managing GDM. …”
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Metastatic melanoma: An integrated analysis to identify critical regulators associated with prognosis, pathogenesis and targeted therapies. by Zeinab Chaharlashkar, Yousof Saeedi Honar, Meghdad Abdollahpour-Alitappeh, Sepideh Parvizpour, Abolfazl Barzegar, Effat Alizadeh

“…The items recognized in the current study can be used as potential biomarkers for diagnostic, predictive, and might helpful to develop targeted combined therapies.…”
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Clinical Features of Four West Nile Virus Cases and Its Molecular Characterization from a South Indian Tertiary Care Hospital by Shoba Mammen, Aiswarya Nair, Santhosh Kumar, Zayina Zonderveni, A. T. Prabhakar, Turaka Vijay Prakash, Sanjith Aaron, Mathew Alexander, Anand Zachariah, Asha Mary Abraham

“…West Nile virus infection was diagnosed with the available molecular techniques such as PCR and sequencing, which emphasizes the need for considering West Nile virus in the differential diagnosis of acute meningoencephalitis and the wider availability of molecular diagnostic tests.…”
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Clinical Efficacy of Probiotic Therapy on Bowel-Related Symptoms in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis during Endoscopic Remission: An Observational Study by Jin Lee, Su Bum Park, Hyung Wook Kim, Hong Sub Lee, Sam Ryong Jee, Jong Hun Lee, Tae Oh Kim

“…Endoscopic remission was defined as a Mayo endoscopic score≤1, and IBS-like symptoms were defined as those meeting the ROME-IV diagnostic criteria. A Biotop capsule® (Lactobacillus acidophilus, 75 mg; Clostridium butyricum TO-A, 25 mg; Bacillus mesentericus TO-A, 25 mg; and Streptococcus faecalis T-110, 5 mg) was administered three times daily for one month. …”
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Multilevel support-assisted prototype optimization network for few-shot medical segmentation of lung lesions by Yuan Tian, Yongquan Liang, Yufeng Chen, Jingjing Zhang, Hongyang Bian

“…MSPO-Net achieves state-of-the-art performance in both single and unseen lung disease segmentation, indicating its potentiality to reduce doctors’ workload and improve diagnostic accuracy. This research has certain clinical significance. …”
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