Calciphylaxis: Successful Management of a Rare Complication of Chronic Kidney Disease in Two Patients by Ibtissam Fares, Tarik Bouattar, Hadja Moussokoro Kone, Hajar Benzouina, Meryem Benbella, Naima Ouzeddoun, Rabia Bayahia, Loubna Benamar

“…Calciphylaxis, or calcification uremic arteriolopathy, is a rare disease thought to occur due to arteriolar calcifications of the dermis and is responsible for ischemia with cutaneous necrosis and painful panniculitis. …”
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Incidental Finding of Thyroid Tuberculosis by Operation for Graves’ Disease: A Rare Case Presentation by Zineb El Azime, Samira Handa, Ghita Bourkadi, Hayat Aynaou, Houda Salhi, Hanan El Ouahabi

“…Intriguingly, thyroid tuberculosis can manifest alongside thyrotoxicosis due to Graves’ disease, an exceptional association. This article reports a distinctive case of thyroid tuberculosis coexisting with Graves’ disease, one of the autoimmune thyroid diseases. …”
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Invalid Self-Assessment of Olfactory Functioning in Parkinson’s Disease Patients May Mislead the Neurologist by Nele Schmidt, Laura Paschen, Karsten Witt

“…Parkinson's Disease…”
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Are Verbal Fluency and Nonliteral Language Comprehension Deficits Related to Depressive Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease? by Christina Tremblay, Oury Monchi, Carol Hudon, Joël Macoir, Laura Monetta

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Short Telomere Length in Plasma of Sudanese Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Chronic Liver Diseases by Fayza A. Rahamtalla, Iman M. Shammat, Salma B. M. Mudawi, Maram Abbas, Mohammed A. H. Kheir Elsid, Mohammed S. M. Abdalla

“…The current cross-sectional study aims to investigate the TL in the plasma of Sudanese patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and chronic liver diseases (CLD). Methods: Blood samples were obtained from 113 patients with HCC and CLD as well as from 50 healthy controls. …”
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Effects of Pioglitazone on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the Absence of Constitutive Androstane Receptor Expression by Hwa Young Ahn, Hwan Hee Kim, Ji-Yeon Hwang, Changhun Park, Bo Youn Cho, Young Joo Park

“…Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease or steatohepatitis (NAFLD/NASH) is a fatty liver disease that is closely related to obesity, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. …”
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Resistance to Multiple Tuber Diseases Expressed in Somaclonal Variants of the Potato Cultivar Russet Burbank by Tamilarasan Thangavel, Robert Steven Tegg, Calum Rae Wilson

“…Multiple disease resistance is an aim of many plant breeding programs. …”
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Novel Haplotype Indicator for End-Stage Renal Disease Progression among Saudi Patients by Cyril Cyrus, Shahanas Chathoth, Chittibabu Vatte, Nafie Alrubaish, Othman Almuhanna, J. Francis Borgio, Samir Al-Mueilo, Fahd Al Muhanna, Amein K. Al Ali

“…Background. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is the result of hypertensive nephrosclerosis and chronic glomerular diseases and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. …”
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Evolution of Citrus Disease Management Programs and Their Economic Implications: The Case of Florida’s Citrus Industry by Ronald P. Muraro

“…Managing new exotic endemic diseases is very costly, and it is imperative that state and federal governments focus on preventing the introduction of other diseases such as citrus variegated cholorosis and citrus leprosis virus. …”
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Desmosomes and Desmosomal Cadherin Function in Skin and Heart Diseases—Advancements in Basic and Clinical Research by Mỹ G. Mahoney, Eliane J. Müller, Peter J. Koch

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The First 24 h Hemodynamic Management in NICU after Revascularization Surgery in Moyamoya Disease by Jie Song, Yu Lei, Long Chen, Chao Gao, Wei Ni, Xing Wu, Gang Wu, Ying Mao, Jin Hu, Yuxiang Gu

“…To evaluate whether hemodynamic factors are risk factors for prognosis in moyamoya disease (MMD). Materials and Methods. The retrospective study reviewed a single-center MMD cohort in Huashan Hospital from August 2017 to January 2020. …”
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Durable resistance or efficient disease control? Adult Plant Resistance (APR) at the heart of the dilemma by Rimbaud, Loup, Papaïx, Julien, Rey, Jean-François, Moury, Benoît, Barrett, Luke G., Thrall, Peter H.

“…However, by allowing some ‘leaky’ levels of disease, APR genes are predicted to be more durable than major genes because they exert a weaker selection pressure on pathogens towards adaptation to resistance. …”
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Ensuring patient access to gene therapies for rare diseases: Navigating reimbursement and coverage challenges by Diane Berry, Carolyn Hickey, Lisa Kahlman, James Long, Christina Markus, Caitlin K. McCombs

“…The rapid transformation in rare disease treatment, driven by advances in genetic medicine and diagnostics, underscores the urgent need for access to these innovative therapies. …”
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Risk of lung disease with the Pi*SS genotype of alpha-1 antitrypsin: the evidence in context by Helen O’Brien, Cormac McCarthy, Alessandro N. Franciosi

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Comment on “Biomarkers as Potential Treatment Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review” by Nicholas-Paul Delicata, Neville Azzopardi, Pierre Ellul

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Successful Therapy of Refractory Erythema Nodosum Associated with Crohn's Disease Using Potassium Iodide by John K Marshall, E Jan Irvine

“…Erythema nodosum is a common extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn's disease. While mild skin involvement often responds to conservative management, severe or refractory cases may require systemic corticosteroid or immunosuppressive therapy. …”
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The pathophysiological significance of red blood cell nitric oxide concentrations in inflammatory Behçet's disease by Cem Evereklioglu, Mustafa Çekmen, Abdullah Özkiriş, Levent Karabaş, Mustafa Çaliş

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Giant Nephrothoracic Abscess: A Misleading Disease, a Surgical Challenge, and an Unexpected Complication by Peter Kronenberg, Bruno Graça, Manuel Ferreira Coelho

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Galectin-10 Is Released in the Nasal Lavage Fluid of Patients with Aspirin-Sensitive Respiratory Disease by Ma. Cristina Negrete-Garcia, Carla Yoneli Jiménez-Torres, Noe Alvarado-Vásquez, A. Rosalía Montes-Vizuet, J. R. Velázquez-Rodriguez, M. Carmen Jimenez-Martinez, Luis Manuel Teran-Juárez

“…The aim of this work was to determine the presence of galectin-10 in nasal lavage fluid (NLF) of patients with aspirin-sensitive respiratory disease (ASRD) before and after challenge with L-ASA (aspirin) by ELISA. …”
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Activity trypsin-like proteinases and intestinal mucosa collagen degradation at gastro-intestinal diseases by О. E. Akbasheva, V. A. Burkovskaya, A. E. Dehand, E. I. Beloborodova, L. A. Akimova, E. L. Naumova, E. A. Kvach

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