Peripheral Arterial Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Is Associated with an Increase in Fibrinogen Levels by Qin-Fen Chen, Dan Cao, Ting-Ting Ye, Hui-Hui Deng, Hong Zhu

“…The present study is undertaken to investigate the fibrinogen levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its relation to peripheral artery disease (PAD) based on a more accurate and applied noninvasive measurements of duplex ultrasonography. …”
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Utility of Computed Tomographic Enteroclysis/Enterography for the Assessment of Mucosal Healing in Crohn's Disease by Shinichi Hashimoto, Kensaku Shimizu, Hiroaki Shibata, Satoko Kanayama, Ryo Tanabe, Hideko Onoda, Naohumi Matsunaga, Isao Sakaida

“…When determining therapeutic strategy, it is important to diagnose small intestinal lesions in Crohn's disease (CD) precisely and to evaluate mucosal healing as well as clinical remission in CD. …”
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Clinical Factors Predicting Voluntary Driving Cessation among Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Hidetada Yamada, Masahiro Nakamori, Tomohisa Nezu, Teppei Kotozaki, Juri Kitamura, Tomohiko Ohshita, Yoshimasa Sueda, Hirofumi Maruyama

“…Factors that influence the decision of voluntary driving cessation in patients living with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are still unclear. We aimed to reveal the factors affecting the decision of voluntary driving cessation in patients with PD. …”
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Toll-Like Receptor 4: A Promising Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer’s Disease by Linyu Wu, Xiaohui Xian, Guangyu Xu, Zixuan Tan, Fang Dong, Min Zhang, Feng Zhang

“…Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that primarily manifests as memory deficits and cognitive impairment and has created health challenges for patients and society. …”
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Prospective Five-Year Follow-Up of Patients with Schizophrenia Suspected with Parkinson’s Disease by Asako Yoritaka, Tetsuo Hayashi, Keiko Fusegi, Rie Inami, Nobutaka Hattori

“…Parkinson's Disease…”
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Optical Coherence Tomography in Huntington's Disease—A Potential Future Biomarker for Neurodegeneration? by Clancy Cerejo, Nicolas De Cleene, Elias Mandler, Katarina Schwarzová, Samuel Labrecque, Philipp Mahlknecht, Florian Krismer, Atbin Djamshidian, Klaus Seppi, Beatrice Heim

Subjects: “…Huntington's disease…”
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Exploring novel pharmacological trends: Natural compounds in dry eye disease management by Rák Tibor, Csutak Adrienne

Subjects: “…dry eye disease…”
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Ferritin in Adult-Onset Still’s Disease: Just a Useful Innocent Bystander? by Bella Mehta, Petros Efthimiou

“…Background. Adult-Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD) is an immune-mediated systemic disease with quotidian-spiking fever, rash, and inflammatory arthritis. …”
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Serological Survey of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) in Zambia by T. K. W. Sikombe, A. S. Mweene, John Muma, C. Kasanga, Y. Sinkala, F. Banda, M. Mulumba, E. M. Fana, C. Mundia, M. Simuunza

“…A study was conducted to determine the serotypes of foot-and-mouth disease viruses (FMDV) circulating in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) from selected areas in Zambia. …”
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Integrative bioinformatic approach reveals novel melatonin-related biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease by Hua-xiong Zhang, Dilmurat Hamit, Qing Li, Xiao Hu, San-feng Li, Fu Xu, Ming-yuan Wang, Guo-qing Bao, Hong-yan Li

Subjects: “…Alzheimer’s disease…”
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Perianal Paget’s Disease: The 17-Year-Experience of a Single Institution in Taiwan by Yu-Chen Wang, Anna Fen-Yau Li, Shung-Haur Yang, Hsiu-Hsun Ma, Wen-Yih Liang

“…To determine the incidence, prognosis, and immunophenotypes (CK7, CK20, CDX2, and GCDFP-15) of primary or secondary perianal Paget’s diseases (PPDs). Methods. Twenty-three PPD patients were recruited, including 10 primary and 13 secondary PPDs. …”
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Interleukin-6 related signaling pathways as the intersection between chronic diseases and sepsis by Jie Yang, Lin Yang, Yanjiao Wang, Lu Huai, Bohan Shi, Di Zhang, Wei Xu, Di Cui

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Hypertension, Periodontal Disease, and Potassium Intake in Nonsmoking, Nondrinker African Women on No Medication by Masashi Yamori, Marina Njelekela, Jacob Mtabaji, Yukio Yamori, Kazuhisa Bessho

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Metabolic associated fatty liver disease and COVID-19: a double whammy? by Jaime Hui Xian Lin, Veeraraghavan Meyyur Aravamudan

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Development of a New Questionnaire to Assess the Social Impact of Non-communicable Diseases by Ishani Hanspal, Farah Naaz Fathima, Karthik Murali, Abhay Sood, Fathima Ayoob, Tinku Thomas

“…Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have a considerable impact on an individual’s social life. …”
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Family history of cardiovascular disease and death in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Magnus Gylling, Johanna Krøll, Peder Emil Warming, Carolina Malta Hansen, Fredrik Folke, Steen M. Hansen, Lars Køber, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Rodrigue Garcia, Jacob Tfelt-Hansen, Peter E. Weeke

“…Aim: How a family history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) or death influences the risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is unknown. …”
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Exposure of Mesenchymal Stem Cells to an Alzheimer’s Disease Environment Enhances Therapeutic Effects by Sang Eon Park, Hyeong Seop Kim, Soo Jin Kwon, Min-Jeong Kim, Suk-joo Choi, Soo-young Oh, Gyu Ha Ryu, Hong Bae Jeon, Duk L. Na, Jong Wook Chang

“…Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have emerged as a promising tool for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Previous studies suggested that the coculture of human MSCs with AD in an in vitro model reduced the expression of amyloid-beta 42 (Aβ42) in the medium as well as the overexpression of amyloid-beta- (Aβ-) degrading enzymes such as neprilysin (NEP). …”
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Combined case record forms for collating obstetric outcomes in rare rheumatic diseases by Rajat Kharbanda, R Naveen, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal, Latika Gupta

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Health literacy and cardiovascular disease prevention: a systematic scoping review protocol by Vanessa Vaughan, Mojtaba Lotfaliany, Bonnie Beasant, Georgie Lee, Sarah Hosking

“…Literature investigating cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and health literacy often exist in silos, only exploring one element of prevention. …”
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Heart in Acromegaly: The Echocardiographic Characteristics of Patients Diagnosed with Acromegaly in Various Stages of the Disease by Agata Popielarz-Grygalewicz, Jakub S. Gąsior, Aleksandra Konwicka, Paweł Grygalewicz, Maria Stelmachowska-Banaś, Wojciech Zgliczyński, Marek Dąbrowski

“…Some abnormal echocardiographic parameters found in acromegalic patients may be caused by concomitant diseases and not elevated levels of GH or IGF-1 alone. …”
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