Development of Thermoresponsive Composite Hydrogel Loaded with Indocyanine Green and Camptothecin for Photochemotherapy of Skin Cancer After Surgery by Yu-Hsiang Lee, Chieh-Lin Chung

“…Skin cancer is the world’s fifth most diagnosed malignancy and is increasingly occurring in young adults. The elevated morbidity and mortality of skin cancer are known to be highly correlated with its frequent recurrence after tumor excision. …”
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Clinically Relevant Drug Interactions with Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors by Amber N. Edinoff, Connor R. Swinford, Amira S. Odisho, Caroline R. Burroughs, Cain W. Stark, Walid A. Raslan, Elyse M. Cornett, Adam M. Kaye, Alan D. Kaye

“…In general, patients on a MAOI want to avoid two types of medications: those that can elevate blood pressure via sympathomimetic actions (e.g., phenylephrine and oxymetazoline) and those that can increase serotonin levels via 5-HT reuptake inhibition (e.g., dextromethorphan, chlorpheniramine, and brompheniramine). …”
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Anti-diabetic potential assessment of aqueous and ethanol extracts of arrow poison (<i>Strophanthus hispidus</i>) plant stem bark in Wistar male rats by M Osibemhe, M Ibrahim, I.O. Onoagbe

“…Total cholesterol, LDL and TG levels were lowered significantly (P<0.05) by the extracts in normal and diabetic treated rats, whereas HDL levels (17.6±0.50 mg/dl) (aqueous) and (21.4±1.28 mg/dl) (ethanol) were elevated in diabetic treated rats. The activity of serum α-amylase was also elevated by the extract in diabetic treated rats. …”
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Increased thyroxine levels of patients with allergic rhinitis by Violeta Lokaj-Berisha, Besa Gacaferri Lumezi

“…BMI was within normal ranges across all groups, serum IgE levels were significantly elevated in patients with respiratory allergies compared to controls (Mean = 36.85 IU/mL), especially those with allergic rhinitis and concomitant asthma (Mean = 218 IU/mL). …”
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Multimodal Assessment of Mental Workload During Automated Vehicle Remote Assistance: Modeling of Eye-Tracking-Related, Skin Conductance, and Cardiovascular Indicators by Fabian Walocha, Andreas Schrank, Hoai Phuong Nguyen, Klas Ihme

“…Therefore, we assessed impact of elevated mental workload during HAV remote assistance in a controlled environment in a user study (N = 37) with the goal of identifying cues to differentiate workload levels based on eye-tracking-related, skin conductance, and cardiovascular indicators. …”
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Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Canadian and Related Arctic Aboriginal Populations by Karen J Goodman, Kevan Jacobson, Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten

“…These studies uniformly showed elevated H pylori prevalence; a few studies also showed elevated occurrence of H pylori-related diseases and high rates of treatment failure. …”
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Cerebrospinal fluid and serum cytokine profiles in severe viral encephalitis with implications for refractory status epilepticus: a retrospective observational study by Peipei Huang, Fan Yang, Ruirui Dong, Lijun Wen, Qiuling Zang, Dandan Song, Junshuang Guo, Yating Wang, Ruike Zhang, Zhiping Ren, Jinjin Qin, Junfang Teng, Wang Miao

“…CSF IL-6 and IL-8 levels were significantly elevated in the RSE group compared to patients without seizures and with controlled seizures, decreasing gradually and independently of serum cytokine levels. …”
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Prognosis of Pregnancies with Different Degrees of Glucose Intolerance by Sevgi Ayhan, Sündüz Özlem Altınkaya, Tayfun Güngör, Utku Özcan

“…CONCLUSION: Although women with one elevated value after glucose tolerance test are not diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus, they are still at risk for adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. …”
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Maternal Serum Ferritin Levels and its effect on Cord Blood Hemoglobin in patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Sabeen Ashraf, Maliha Sadaf, Tallat Farkhanda, Saba Yousaf, Amna Iftikhar, Maryam Iftikhar

“…Literature shows that elevated serum maternal ferritin levels may cause dysregulation in glucose metabolism in GDM. …”
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A unique case of extranodal marginal zone lymphoma with synchronous pulmonary and dermatologic manifestations by Carlo Arevalo, Fernando Camacho, Joseph Modrak

“…Rheumatologic work-up was remarkable for mildly elevated ANA titer of 1:60, and positive anti-centromere antibody of 1.8 AI (normal range 0–0.9 AI). …”
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Central Giant Cell Granuloma of Posterior Maxilla: First Expression of Primary Hyperparathyroidism by Deepanshu Gulati, Vishal Bansal, Prajesh Dubey, Sanjay Pandey, Abhinav Agrawal

“…Blood tests after histopathology demonstrated elevated serum calcium level and alkaline phosphatase level. …”
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Social anxiety among students of socio-humanitarian areas of professional training by N. A. Tsvetkova

“…The genera lized index of social anxiety (48.1 points), which corresponds to an elevated level with a tendency to high, has been determined. …”
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Antihyperlipidemic Potential of Polyphenol and Glycoside Rich Nerium oleander Flower against Triton WR-1339-Induced Hyperlipidemia in Experimental Sprague Dawley Rats by V. Gayathri, S. Ananthi, Hannah R. Vasanthi

“…ENO pretreatment showed a significant ameliorative action on elevated lipids and lipoproteins in a dose-dependent manner when compared to standard. …”
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COVID-19 Induced Cardiomyopathy Successfully Treated with Tocilizumab by Ariyon Schreiber, Kalaimani Elango, Christoph Sossou, Sadaf Fakhra, Shabada Asad, Chowdhury Ahsan

“…Initial labs demonstrated that she was COVID-19 positive, elevated troponin (4.295 ng/ml), and elevated BNP (2,291 pg/ml). …”
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Heart Rate in Hypertension: Review and Expert Opinion by Jamshed Dalal, Arup Dasbiswas, Immaneni Sathyamurthy, Srinivasa Rao Maddury, Prafulla Kerkar, Sandeep Bansal, Joy Thomas, Sankar Chandra Mandal, Soura Mookerjee, Sivakadaksham Natarajan, Viveka Kumar, Nishith Chandra, Aziz Khan, R. Vijayakumar, J. P. S. Sawhney

“…This association has implications in hypertension (HTN) prognosis and management. Elevated HR in HTN further elevates the risk of adverse outcomes. …”
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Prognostic and clinicopathological role of soluble programmed cell death ligand-1 in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a meta-analysis by Hongbin Lu, Lulu Luo, Jie Mi, Min Sun, Huaping Wang, Zheng Wang, Wenwen Ding

“…Elevated sPD-L1 levels are closely related to factors representing disease aggressiveness in DLBCL.…”
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Effect of Electroacupuncture at Auricular Vagus Nerve on Depression and Anxiety-Like Behaviours of Mice with Preweaning Maternal Separation by WU Nan, WANG Qiang, LI Yongfeng, WU Yuwei, QIAO Haifa, LI Guohui, YUAN Wei

“…After intervention, open field test, elevated plus maze test and tail suspension test were conducted to detect the depression and anxiety-like behaviours; immunofluorescence method was used to detect the expression level of c-fos in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) and the number of 5-HT neurons in the DRN.Results(1) Behavioral indicators: compared with the control group, total distance traveled in the open field, the percentage of time spent in the center zone, the time spent in the open arm, the distance traveled in the elevated plus maze, the entries into the open arm of the model group decreased significantly, the freezing time increased significantly, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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The prognostic utility of the ratio of lymphocyte to monocyte in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Pingping Mei, Li Huang, Lu Lin, Yan Chen, Xiutian Guo

“…Further clinicopathological analysis showed no significant difference between patients with elevated LMR and those without elevated LMR.ConclusionsIn conclusion, the results demonstrate a robust correlation between elevated LMR levels and a favorable prognosis in terms of overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and cancer-specific survival (CSS) among patients diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer. …”
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Autoimmune brainstem encephalitis: Clinical associations, outcomes, and proposed diagnostic criteria by Michael Gilligan, Smathorn Thakolwiboon, Emma Orozco, Samantha Banks, Eoin P. Flanagan, Sebastian Lopez‐Chiriboga, Jan‐Mendelt Tillema, John R. Mills, Sean J. Pittock, Cristina Valencia Sanchez, Anastasia Zekeridou, Divyanshu Dubey, Andrew McKeon

“…Abnormal brain MRI, bulbar symptoms, and elevated CSF‐IgG index associate with poor outcome.…”
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Central Obesity Is Associated with Variations in TSH and ACTH Levels among Euthyroid Obese Individuals by Difei Lu, Zhenfang Yuan, Ying Gao, Wei Liu, Junqing Zhang

“…Morning ACTH levels and fasting insulin levels were significantly elevated in patients in the highest TSH quartile group (p=0.027 for fasting insulin, p<0.001 for ACTH). …”
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