The potential of urinary miR-200c-3p as a biomarker of fluorosis in rats by Ailin Li, Jian Wang, Xinyue Meng, Xu Ma, Ying Liu, Hanying Li, Zhe Mo, Rui Zhang, Lei Wu, Shirui Yan, Paula Fiorella Chacon Campoverde, Gazala Zafar, Yongzheng Ma, Wenjun Que, Zhe Li, Tuo Wang, Korto Fatti Tarnue, Junrui Pei

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Clinical Characteristics and Management of Hypercalcemic Crisis in 155 Patients: A Single Center Retrospective Study by Yuqing Qu, Yang Liu, Xianling Wang, Qinghua Guo, Jin Du, Yu Pei, Jianming Ba, Weijun Gu, Jingtao Dou, Zhaohui Lv, Yiming Mu

“…The general data, clinical manifestations, etiology, photographic examination, emergency treatment, etiological treatment, and prognosis were analysed. …”
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Association between cadherin-related family member 3 rs6967330-A and human rhinovirus-C induced wheezing in children by Hanhaoyu Fu, Ri De, Yu Sun, Yao Yao, Runan Zhu, Dongmei Chen, Yutong Zhou, Qi Guo, Linqing Zhao

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Potential of albumin dialysis at terminal liver failure in patients with chronic liver diseases by O. E. Nikiforova, Ye. N. Bessonova, O. M. Lesnyak, O. A. Stroganova

“…The second group (comparison group) included 40 patients who received only traditional pharmaceutical therapy. In relation to etiology of disease all patients were divided into three groups: 1) cirrhoses of the nontoxic etiology as an outcome of viral hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis; 2) cirrhosis of toxic (alcohol-induced) etiology and 3) focal liver lesions – hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Results. …”
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Driving effect of P16 methylation on telomerase reverse transcriptase-mediated immortalization and transformation of normal human fibroblasts by Xuehong Zhang, Paiyun Li, Ying Gan, Shengyan Xiang, Liankun Gu, Jing Zhou, Xiaorui Zhou, Peihuang Wu, Baozhen Zhang, Dajun Deng, Jing Ni

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Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage due to Acute Mitral Valve Regurgitation by Creticus P. Marak, Parijat S. Joy, Pragya Gupta, Yana Bukovskaya, Achuta K. Guddati

“…Chronic mitral valve regurgitation (MR) has been well documented as an etiological factor for DAH, but there have been only a few cases which have reported acute mitral valve regurgitation as an etiology of DAH. …”
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Serum Indicators Reflecting Gastric Function May Also Correlate with Other Extragastric Diseases by Yuehua Gong, Wei Wang, Yi Li, Yuan Yuan

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Intravenous Contrast Agent in Abdominal CT: Is It Really Needed to Identify the Cause of Bowel Obstruction? Proof of Concept by Federica Vernuccio, Dario Picone, Gregorio Scerrino, Massimo Midiri, Giuseppe Lo Re, Roberto Lagalla, Giuseppe Salvaggio

“…To compare sensitivity of unenhanced computed tomography (CT) and contrast-enhanced CT for the identification of the etiology of bowel obstruction. Materials and Methods. …”
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Could Ossification of the Achilles Tendon Have a Hereditary Component? by Chawki Cortbaoui, Jihad Matta, Rayan Elkattah

“…Could OAT have a hereditary component as one of its etiologies?…”
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Clinical Evaluation of Patients with Spinal Cord Infarction in Mashhad, Iran by Kavian Ghandehari, Mohammad Reza Gerami Sarabi, Parham Maarufi

“…Miscellaneous causes consisted 50% of etiologies in patients with SCI. Uncertain etiology, atherosclerosis, and cardioembolisms consisted 35.7%, 7.1%, and 7.1% of SCI causes, respectively. …”
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Small Bowel Endoscopy Diagnostic Yield and Reasons of Obscure GI Bleeding in Chinese Patients by Ya-Fei He, Ning-Bo Hao, Wu-Chen Yang, Li Yang, Zhong-Li Liao, Chao-Qiang Fan, Jin Yu, Jian-Ying Bai, Shi-Ming Yang, Hong Guo

“…To investigate the diagnostic yield and etiologies of patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) using capsule endoscopy (CE) or double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE). …”
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Abcb1 is involved in the efflux of trivalent inorganic arsenic from brain microvascular endothelial cells by Man Lv, Ziqiao Guan, Jia Cui, Xinbo Ma, Kunyu Zhang, Xinhua Shao, Meichen Zhang, Yanhui Gao, Yanmei Yang, Xiaona Liu

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Ventricular Tachycardia Possibly Originated From the His‐Purkinje System May Result From Aconitine Poisoning by Honglin Ni, Changlin Zhai, Haihua Pan

“…This article finds through specific cases that one of the possible etiologies is aconitine poisoning.…”
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Sequence Variation in Toxoplasma gondii rop17 Gene among Strains from Different Hosts and Geographical Locations by Nian-Zhang Zhang, Ying Xu, Si-Yang Huang, Dong-Hui Zhou, Rui-Ai Wang, Xing-Quan Zhu

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Effect of periodontal therapy on endothelial function and serum biomarkers in patients with periodontitis and established cardiovascular disease: a pilot study by Ana Molina, Nagore Ambrosio, María Molina, Eduardo Montero, Leire Virto, David Herrera, Elena Figuero, Mariano Sanz

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West Syndrome in an Infant with Complete Corpus Callosal Agenesis by S. Sheetal, Nikhil Gladson, Rakesh John, Yamuna P. Kurup

“…It comprises 2% of childhood epilepsies. Etiologically, West syndrome can be classified into symptomatic with known etiology and cryptogenic with unknown etiology. …”
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Review by Donald E Low, James D Kellner, Upton Allen, Francois D Boucher, Thomas Kovesi, John Riesman, Ross Davidson, Joanne M Langley

“…Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is common among children and may have viral, bacterial or, occasionally, other causes. The etiology is complex, with age-related trends, and differs from that in adult CAP, necessitating different management guidelines. …”
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Epidemiology of Acute Pancreatitis in the North Adriatic Region of Croatia during the Last Ten Years by Davor Stimac, Ivana Mikolasevic, Irena Krznaric-Zrnic, Mladen Radic, Sandra Milic

“…Therefore, we studied the incidence rate of AP in the North Adriatic Region in Croatia, as well as epidemiological analysis concerning etiology, age, gender, and severity of disease. Methods. …”
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Biologics in ocular inflammatory diseases – Experience from a tertiary referral eye care center in South India by Kalpana Babu, PG Padmapriya, Anand P Rao, Ramesh Jois

“…Conclusion: In this study, we have analyzed the results of biologics in different anatomic types of ocular inflammation and etiologies. The success rate of biologics was low in parsplanitis, idiopathic uveitis, and Blau-associated uveitis and higher in other etiologies.…”
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Novel risk loci encompassing genes influencing STAT3, GPCR, and oxidative stress signaling are associated with co-morbid GERD and COPD. by Ava C Wilson, Alison Rocco, Joe Chiles, Vinodh Srinivasasainagendra, Wassim Labaki, Deborah Meyers, Bertha Hidalgo, Marguerite R Irvin, Surya P Bhatt, Hemant Tiwari, Merry-Lynn McDonald

“…GERD treatment in COPD is associated with a lower risk of exacerbations and mortality; however, it is not clear whether these findings can be attributed to aging populations where both diseases are likely to co-occur or reflect shared etiology. To test for the influence of common etiology in both diseases, we aimed to identify shared genetic etiology between GERD and COPD. …”
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