Symmetric Lipomatosis Arising in the Tongue Presenting as Macroglossia and Articulatory Disorder by Masanori Kudoh, Ken Omura, Arata Satsukawa, Koshi Matsumoto, Takahide Taguchi, Hiroyuki Harada, Yoshimasa Ishii

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Research priorities for preterm lung health research across the lifespan: a community priority setting partnership by Anne McKenzie, Shannon J Simpson, Naomi R Hemy, Amber Bates, Belinda Frank

“…Participants identified the following top 10: (1) lifelong impacts; (2) interventions, treatments or supports; (3) ongoing lung health follow-up; (4) diagnostic tools, resources and education for primary healthcare providers; (5) resources to inform and empower families; (6) relationship to physical health and developmental issues; (7) preventing and/or treating lung infections; (8) additional supports, resources and research for minority groups; (9) impact on mental well-being; and (10) likelihood of asthma diagnosis.Conclusion Priorities identified through the PSP will be invaluable in informing future research into prematurity-associated lung disease.…”
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A scoping review of telehealth diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. by Katherine Kuhl-Meltzoff Stavropoulos, Yasamin Bolourian, Jan Blacher

“…This research is important not only due to the current pandemic, but also due to increased prevalence rates of ASD and an insufficient number of diagnostic providers-particularly in rural and/or otherwise under-served communities.…”
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Optimizing Shoulder Joint Positioning During Video‐Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Prospective Study on Prevention of Postoperative Ipsilateral Shoulder Pain by Yan Zhao, Yang Gu, Bin Hu

“…Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to identify predictors of ISP, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of shoulder positioning in predicting ISP. …”
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Nebulised 3% hypertonic saline versus 0.9% saline for treating patients hospitalised with acute bronchiolitis: protocol for a randomised, double-blind, multicentre trial by Sara Szupieńko, Aleksandra Buczek, Henryk Szymański

“…However, non-evidence-based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, including the use of inhaled bronchodilators, nebulised epinephrine, and nebulised and systemic steroids, are common. …”
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Serum chemokine IL-8 acts as a biomarker for identifying COVID-19-associated persistent severe acute kidney injury by Zhi He, Jing-jing Liu, Shao-lei Ma

“…Our study attempted to evaluate the diagnostic value of chemokines for early-stage PS-AKI prediction.Methods According to the KDIGO criteria, 115 COVID-19 patients diagnosed with stage 2/3 AKI were recruited from the intensive care unit between December 2022 and February 2023. …”
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Pyrenophora tritici-repentis population structure in the Republic of Kazakhstan and identification of wheat germplasm resistant to tan spot by A. M. Kokhmetova, N. M. Kovalenko, M. T. Kumarbaeva

“…A collection of 30 common wheat accessions, including promising lines and cultivars from Kazakhstan and CIMMYT–ICARDA, was assessed for resistance to P. triticirepentis in a greenhouse and characterized using the Xfcp623 molecular marker, diagnostic for the Tsn1 gene. Monosporic isolates of P. tritici-repentis isolated from the southeastern region were assigned to certain races based on the manifestation of symptoms of necrosis/chlorosis on standard differentials (Glenlea, 6B662, 6B365). …”
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Infectious and Noninfectious Acute Pericarditis in Children: An 11-Year Experience by Nahed Abdel-Haq, Zeinab Moussa, Mohamed Hani Farhat, Leela Chandrasekar, Basim I. Asmar

“…Echocardiography-guided thoracocentesis remains the preferred diagnostic and therapeutic approach. However, pericardiotomy and drainage are needed when appropriate clinical response is not achieved with percutaneous drainage.…”
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Do Salivary <i>Cullin7</i> Gene Expression and Protein Levels Provide Advantages over Plasma Levels in Diagnosing Breast Cancer? by Ceren Tilgen Yasasever, Derya Duranyıldız, Süleyman Bademler, Hilal Oğuz Soydinç

“…The role of the Cul7 molecule in breast cancer is still unclear, and understanding its function could have significant implications for identifying novel therapeutic targets or improving diagnostic strategies in breast cancer management. In this study, the levels of the Cul7 molecule in plasma and noninvasive material saliva were investigated, and its possibility as a marker for breast cancer was discussed. …”
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Serum Levels of Mitochondrial Fission- and Fusion-Related Genes of Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis and Risk Factor Analysis Based on a Generalized Linear Model by Xiao-Yu Li, Jing-Lin Wei, Yong-Xin Xie, Ji Zhao, Li-Ya Ma, Na Zhang, Hui-Fang Yang

“…We aimed to explore the risk factors for coal workers’ pneumoconiosis and to further explore the significance of mitochondrial fission and fusion factors in CWP and verify the feasibility of mitochondrial fission and fusion factors as diagnostic and therapeutic targets. Methods. The data of 168 cases were collected, and they were divided into a healthy control group (40 cases), dust exposure control group (61 cases), and CWP group (67 cases) and entered into SPSS 24.0. …”
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Relationship between renal ultrasonographic, CD4 cell count and proteinuria findings in HIV infected adult patients in Jos, Nigeria by P. M., Gwom, D., Atsukwei, E. D., Eze, E. O., Igoh, E. A., Gabkwe, M. D., Adams, K. M., Rabiu, I., Ezekiel

“…Sonographically based determination of renal size and echogenicity/echopattern combined with proteinuria are good determinants of renal parenchymal disease and may have diagnostic usefulness as a non-invasive procedure in the identification of HIVAN in HIV-positive subjects with renal disease.…”
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Prevalence of Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma vivax in Lira District, Uganda by Aziz, Katabazi, Adamu, Almustapha Aliero, Sarah, Gift Witto, Martin, Odoki, Simon Peter, Musinguzi

“…Polymerase reaction amplification was the most reliable diagnostic method due to its high sensitivity and specificity as compared to the conventional microscopic method. …”
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Integration of Gastric Cancer RNA‐Seq Datasets Along With PPI Network Suggests That Nonhub Nodes Have the Potential to Become Biomarkers by Akram Siavoshi, Mehran Piran, Ali Sharifi‐Zarchi, Fatemeh Ataellahi

“…ABSTRACT Background The breakthrough discovery of novel biomarkers with prognostic and diagnostic value enables timely medical intervention for the survival of patients diagnosed with gastric cancer (GC). …”
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Alarming rise in prevalence of obesity among children with essential hypertension: Reflection of larger global epidemiological change of adolescent nutritional status by Vishwak Gundeti, Shrikiran Aroor, Koushik H, Leslie E. Lewis, Suneel C. Mundkur, Ramesh Bhat Y, Pushpa Kini

“…Data encompassing demographic information, familial history - risk factors for hypertension, anthropometric parameters, and clinical characteristics were gathered. Details of diagnostic evaluations conducted, comprising blood tests, imaging studies, and hormonal analyses were analyzed. …”
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Fluid structure Interaction analysis for rupture risk assessment in patients with middle cerebral artery aneurysms by Jozsef Nagy, Wolfgang Fenz, Stefan Thumfart, Julia Maier, Zoltan Major, Harald Stefanits, Maria Gollwitzer, Johannes Oberndorfer, Nico Stroh, Michael Giretzlehner, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Gruber, Philip-Rudolf Rauch, Matthias Gmeiner

“…With a threshold of 0.075, the HGD index exhibited excellent diagnostic performance; in internal validation, 24 of 25 ruptured aneurysms surpassed this threshold, yielding a sensitivity of 0.96. …”
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Clinical value of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor in predicting sepsis-associated acute kidney injury by Wenwen Zhang, Yue Gu, Jing Zhou, Juntao Wang, Xiaoru Zhao, Xiaoyu Deng, Han Li, Lei Yan, Xiaojing Jiao, Fengmin Shao

“…The soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) is an important immune mediator and is involved in kidney injury. However, its diagnostic value in S-AKI patients remains unclear. …”
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In vivo confocal microscopic study of cornea verticillata and limbus deposits in patients with Fabry disease by Xuecong Zhou, Yawen Zhao, Yingsi Li, Yujing Yuan, Xiaoming Yan, Wei Zhang, Yuan Wu

“…The high prevalence of epithelial deposits observed through IVCM in the cardiac variant highlights the essential ability of IVCM as an effective diagnostic tool.…”
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Visual and High-Efficiency Secretion of SARS-CoV-2 Nanobodies with <i>Escherichia coli</i> by Shuai Zhao, Wanting Zeng, Fang Yu, Pingping Xu, Chin-Yu Chen, Wanping Chen, Yanming Dong, Fei Wang, Lixin Ma

“…Nanobodies have gained attention as potential therapeutic and diagnostic agents for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) due to their ability to bind and neutralize the virus. …”
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KLRB1 expression in nasopharyngeal mucosa as a prognostic biomarker in COVID-19 patients by Marilina García-Aranda, María Ángeles Onieva, Desirée Martín-García, Raúl Quirós, Inmaculada López, María Padilla-Ruiz, Teresa Téllez, Beatriz Martínez-Gálvez, María Luisa Hortas, Alberto García-Galindo, José González-Gomariz, Rubén Armañanzas, Francisco Rivas-Ruiz, Alfonso Serrano, Isabel Barragán-Mallofret, Maximino Redondo

“…Incorporating KLRB1 into multiplex diagnostic kits alongside SARS-CoV-2 detection could streamline prognostic assessment, providing a more comprehensive and efficient approach to patient management.…”
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Huntington Disease Health Related Quality of Life, Function and Well Being: The Patient’s Perspective by Jesús Pérez-Pérez, Sofía García-López, Tamara Fernández Valle, Cèlia Painous, Maria Rosa Querol-Pascual, Pedro J. García Ruiz, Elena Bellosta Diago, Esther Cubo Delgado, Barbara Vives Pastor, María Carmen Peiró Villaplana, Idaira Martín Santana, Marta Blázquez Estrada, Matilde Calopa Garride, Pablo Mir, Carmen Álvarez, Jorge Maurino, Anna de Prado, José Luis López-Sendón

“…Patients aged ≥ 18 years, genetically HD diagnosed [with a diagnostic confidence level score of 4, and an Independence Scale (IS) score ≥ 70] were included. …”
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