Postnatal Imaging of Antenatal Hydronephrosis by David M. Kitchens, C. D. Anthony Herndon

“…Upper and lower urinary tract imaging should be performed in most cases in order to determine the etiology and gauge the use of future imaging. An overview of renal ultrasound, voiding cystourethrography, renal scintigraphy, and magnetic resonance urography in the setting of antenatal hydronephrosis are discussed.…”
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Endoscopic Management of Gastric Varices: Efficacy and Outcomes of Gluing with N-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate in a North American Patient Population by PJ Belletrutti, J Romagnuolo, RJ Hilsden, F Chen, B Kaplan, J Love, PL Beck

“…The majority of studies on this mode of therapy are in Asian populations in which the etiology of portal hypertension differs from North America.…”
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Incidental Unilateral Tubal Absence Detected During Caesarean Section: Report of a Case by Selçuk Erkılınç, Ali İrfan Güzel, Melike Doğanay, İrfan Özer, Coşkun Ümit

“… Unilateral tubal absence is a rare clinical condition with unknown etiology and probable causes are adnexal torsion, ischemia, birth defects and infection. …”
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Incidental Finding and Management of Intralobar Sequestration of the Lung in A 24-Year-Old Man by Dhanjit Litt, Sumeet Gandhi, Sacha Bhinder, Maurice Blitz, Kieran McIntyre

“…The present article discusses the etiology, clinical and radiographic features of pulmonary sequestration as well as the management of this condition when it is discovered incidentally.…”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Pancreatitis Treatment. by Francisco García Valdés, Jorge Luis Ulloa Capestany, Reinaldo Jiménez Prendes, Rudis Miguel Monzón Rodríguez, Carlos Jaime Geroy Gómez

“…It is the acute inflammatory reaction of the pancreas, affecting a gland that was previously healthy and causes its self-digestion with variable complications of local and distal systems of organs. Its etiological agents, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods and therapy are described. …”
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Association of Human Lymphocyte Antigens with Obstructive Airways Disease after Bone Marrow Transplantation by David Spaner, Jeffrey Lipton, Charles K Chan

“…BACKGROUND: Obstructive airways disease (OAD) is a known complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. The etiology of OAD is unknown but is probably multifactorial. …”
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Lymphoadenopathies caused by Bartonella henselae by V.S. Zhukovskiy, O.V. Prokopiv, I.R. Trutyak, M.V. Pankiv

“…Bartonella henselae infection should be considered in all cases of lymphadenitis of unknown etiology, accompanied by high temperature, intoxication syndrome and a long course. …”
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Korelasi antara Latent Membrane Protein-1 Virus Epstein-Barr dengan P53 pada Karsinoma Nasofaring (Penelitian Lanjutan) by Yenita ., Aswiyanti Asri

“…Abstrak Latar Belakang: Karsinoma nasofaring (KNF) merupakan tumor yang unik karena etiologi dan distribusi endemiknya. Di daerah endemik, etiologi KNF berkaitan dengan infeksi EBV. …”
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Comparison of Two New Mouse Models of Polygenic Type 2 Diabetes at the Jackson Laboratory, NONcNZO10Lt/J and TALLYHO/JngJ by Edward H. Leiter, Marjorie Strobel, Adam O'Neill, David Schultz, Andrew Schile, Peter C. Reifsnyder

“…Although the T2D pathophysiology in both TALLYHO/JngJ and NONcNZO10/LtJ is remarkably similar, their genetic etiologies are clearly different, underscoring the genetic heterogeneity underlying T2D in humans.…”
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A 23-Year-Old Female with a Mixed Germ Cell Tumor of the Pituitary Infundibulum: The Challenge of Differentiating Neoplasm from Lymphocytic Infundibuloneurohypophysitis—A Case Repo... by Sann Yu Mon, Hussain Mahmud, Munira Abbasi, Geoff Murdoch, Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, Paul A. Gardner, Sue M. Challinor

“…Differentiating LINH from other causes of infundibular disease can be difficult because the various etiologies often have similar clinical presentations and radiologic imaging characteristics. …”
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End Stage Renal Disease: Seroprevalence of Hepatitises B and C along with Associated Aetiology and Risk Factors in Children by Syed Raza Shah, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Muhammad Tanveer Alam, Adnan Salim, Mehwish Hussain, Areeba Altaf

“…The data was collected using a predesigned pro forma to note the etiology, gender, age, and HBsAg and anti-HCV test result of each patient. …”
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Myocardial Bridging, Unusual Cause of Myocardial Infarction; Case Report and Review of Literature by Merga Daba, Dawit Bineyam, Ibraist Yohannes, Beniam Yohannes, Rabirra Waktola, Eshetu Bedada

“…Clinicians should be suspicious of myocardial bridging as an etiology of myocardial infarction when other more common etiologies have been excluded. …”
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Intra- and Interlaboratory Reproducibility of an ELISA Serological Test for Lyme Disease by Martin C Tammemagi, John W Frank, Michael LeBlanc, Harvey Artsob

“…The clinical diagnosis and epidemiological monitoring of Lyme disease are aided by serological testing for the etiological agent, Borrelia burgdorferi. Numerous authorities have questioned the reproducibility of these serological tests. …”
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A Rare Case of an Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in a Middle-Aged Female by Lamprini Kosma, Lubna Khaldi, Panagiota Galani, Dimitrios Mytas, Sofia Lafoyianni

“…They are regarded as “intermediate malignancy” tumors of unknown etiology. We report a case of a 64-years-old woman with a fever and abdominal discomfort for 3 months; a computer tomography was performed indicating gastrointestinal stromal tumor. …”
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Impact of cardiac magnetic resonance on the diagnosis and management of patients with cardiomyopathies by Popa Oana-Andreea, Onciul Sebastian, Badea Thedor, Marian Denisa, Rac-Albu Bogdan, Amzulescu Mihaela, Bugeac Claudia, Chiriac Oana, Tomescu Luminița, Gheorghita Valeriu, Roșu Andrei

“…In addition, its tissue characterization capabilities, including T1, T2 and T2* mapping and gadolinium enhancement images, allow differentiation between ischemic, inflammatory and infiltrative etiologies of heart disease.…”
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Accessory Renal Artery Stenosis and Secondary Hypertension by Ariel A. Chung, Patricia R. Millner

“…Discussion. Renovascular etiologies are responsible for 1% of cases of mild hypertension and up to 45% of severe hypertension. …”
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Two Sisters with Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis by Mehmet Gencer, Erkan Ceylan, Muharrem Bitiren, Ahmet Koc

“…All these findings suggested that familial or allergic factors, as well as immunological factors, might have contributed to the etiology of IPH.…”
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Racial Differences by Ischemic Stroke Subtype: A Comprehensive Diagnostic Approach by Sarah Song, Richard E. Burgess, Chelsea S. Kidwell

“…Further research is required to better understand the racial differences in frequency of “stroke of other etiology” and explore disparities in the extent of diagnostic evaluations.…”
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An unveiling case of Nocardia pansinusitis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a case report by Maedeh Najafizadeh, Fatemeh Kourkinejad Gharaei, Reza Manouchehri Ardekani, Mahdi Rafiyan

“…Therefore, a multisystem evaluation of patients with febrile neutropenia is necessary, particulary when no obvious source is identified in initial surveys, to uncover rare etiologies.…”
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Subacromial Impingement Syndrome Caused by a Voluminous Subdeltoid Lipoma by Jean-Christophe Murray, Stéphane Pelet

“…Subacromial impingement syndrome is a clinical diagnosis encompassing a spectrum of possible etiologies, including subacromial bursitis, rotator cuff tendinopathy, and partial- to full-thickness rotator cuff tears. …”
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