Ectopia Cordis as a Lethal Neonatal Condition: A Case Report from Bahrain and a Literature Review by Shereen M. Mohamed, Hasan M. Isa, Amarjit K. Sandhu

“…It results from failure of maturation of midline mesoderm and ventral body formation during embryogenic formation. The exact etiology remains unknown. The literature review reveals the prognosis for infants with ectopia cordis is very poor. …”
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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Lyme Carditis—A Case Series and Review of Literature by Matthew Kaczynski, Suhani Desai, Brian Osorio, Edward Hulten, Saurabh Agarwal, Michael K. Atalay, Yash Patel

“…While cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is the standard imaging modality for diagnosing various etiologies of cardiomyopathy, its application in Lyme carditis remains understudied. …”
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Oto-tricho-tussia: An Unexpected Cause of Cough by Rebecca A. Castro, Craig H. Zalvan, Craig Berzofsky

“…Chronic cough is a frequently encountered condition with multiple etiologies. In patients with neurogenic chronic cough, peripheral laryngopharyngeal hypersensitivity of the vagus nerve stimulates the cough reflex. …”
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Abdominopelvic Mass Revealing Tuberculosis in a Young Woman by Hicham ELmajdoubi, Mariam EL Yahiyaoui, Marouane Baiss, Mohamed Bouzroud, El Mehdi Aboulfeth, Mohammed Najih, Sidi Mohamed Bouchentouf, Hakim ELkaoui, Ahmed Bounaim

“…Radiological explorations remain sensitive in the detection of abdominal masses but they cannot prejudge their etiology. Surgical exploration is sometimes the only recourse either for diagnostic purposes or complications, and the diagnosis can only be confirmed by bacteriological and histological examinations of the surgical specimen. …”
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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: A rare manifestation of expanded dengue syndrome by Jaspreet Kaur, Jasmine Singh, Yuvraj Singh Cheema

“…Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a very unusual and rarely reported cause. The etiology of the acute abdomen along with nonresolving fever in dengue infection should be carefully diagnosed and managed accordingly. …”
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Pycnodysostosis with Special Emphasis on Dentofacial Characteristics by Aisha Khoja, Mubassar Fida, Attiya Shaikh

“…The aim of this case report is to give an insight into the etiology, pathogenesis, and differential diagnosis of this disorder and to prepare the dentists and maxillofacial surgeons to overcome the challenges in treating these patients.…”
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Adult Onset Still’s Disease: A Case Report with a Rare Clinical Manifestation and Pathophysiological Correlations by Katerina M. Antoniou, George A. Margaritopoulos, Ioannis Giannarakis, Christianna Choulaki, Nikos Fountoulakis, Nikos M. Siafakas, Prodromos Sidiropoulos

“…Adult-onset Still’s disease is an inflammatory multisystemic disease of unknown etiology. Pleuritis is the most common pulmonary manifestation and pleural effusions are usually exudates with a predominance of neutrophils. …”
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A Case of Metastatic CNS Melanoma of Unknown Primary Presenting with Seizures by Viva Nguyen, Samar Aboulenain, Shawn Mohammed, Sahyli Perez Parra

“…The goal of evaluating a seizure is to identify the etiology and to determine the likelihood of recurrence as well as guide management. …”
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Melphalan Culprit or Confounder in Acute Encephalopathy during Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation? by Diógenes Alayón-Laguer, Melissa Alsina, Jose L. Ochoa-Bayona, Ernesto Ayala

“…We report a case of a female patient with Durie-Salmon stage 3A/ISS stage I IgG kappa multiple myeloma (MM) who developed encephalopathy after high-dose melphalan and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). The most common etiologies for encephalopathy such as infection, narcotic medications, metabolic-electrolyte disturbance, stroke, and central nervous system (CNS) hemorrhages were ruled out. …”
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Delineating Novel Signature Patterns of Altered Gene Expression in Schizophrenia Using Gene Microarrays by Karoly Mirnics, Frank A. Middleton, David A. Lewis, Pat Levitt

“…This disorder typically has its clinical onset in late adolescence or early adulthood, presenting as a constellation of delusions and hallucinations (positive symptoms); decreased motivation, emotional expression, and social interactions (negative symptoms); and impaired learning and memory (cognitive symptoms). The etiology of schizophrenia is unknown, but appears to be multifaceted, with genetic and epigenetic developmental factors all implicated. …”
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Factors associated with early-onset androgenetic alopecia: A scoping review. by Li-Ping Liu, Mary Adumo Wariboko, Xiao Hu, Zi-Han Wang, Qian Wu, Yu-Mei Li

“…This scoping review aims to explore the risk factors and etiology, associated conditions, and adverse effects on wellbeing in early-onset AGA.…”
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Opioid Prescription Patterns for Discharged Patients from the Emergency Department by Justin Yanuck, Jonathan B. Lee, Soheil Saadat, Jila Rouhi, Ghadi Ghanem, Bharath Chakravarthy, Shalini Shah

“…It is important to analyze the types of etiologies and provider demographics that drive opioid prescription in our emergency departments. …”
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Diagnosis of Coxiella burnetii endocarditis by using nanopore targeted sequencing: a case report by Xinsheng Yan, Qimei Wei, Tingting Liu, Dong Wang, Zhenlu Zhang

“…Although clinical suspicion of infective endocarditis was raised, since echocardiogram did not reveal any vegetations and blood cultures were negative, the etiology remained unclear and empirical drug therapy was used. …”
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Heart Failure Outpatients with Improvement in Ejection Fraction in Qatar by Rasha Kaddoura, Jassim Zaheen Shah, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Rajvir Singh, Ammar Chapra, Haisam Alsadi, Maha Al Amri, Tahseen Hamamyh, Manar Fallouh, Farras Elasad, Mohamed Salah Abdelghani, Sumaya Alsaadi Alyafei, Amr Badr, Ashfaq Patel

“…Decreased odds ratio of improved LVEF was associated with per year increase in age (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 0.98, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.97–0.99, P = 0.03), presence of left bundle branch block (aOR: 0.40, 95% CI: 0.20–0.80, P = 0.001), duration of HF diagnosis (aOR: 0.85, 95% CI: 0.78–0.94, P = 0.001), and ischemic HF etiology (aOR: 0.50, 95% CI: 0.30–0.77, P = 0.001; compared with dilated etiology). …”
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Emotion dysregulation and loneliness as predictors of food addiction by Eirini Tatsi, Atiya Kamal, Alistar Turvill, Regina Holler

“…Introduction: This study aimed to investigate whether multiple aspects of emotion dysregulation contribute to the etiology of Food Addiction (FA); as well as to provide further evidence and clarity regarding the role of loneliness on the development of addictive behaviour towards food. …”
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Epidemiology, clinical manifestation, diagnosis,and treatment of bursitis iliopectinea: A systematic review by Malgorzata Lea Jonczy, Lorenz Büchler, Yadusha Mahenthiran, Fabrice Helfenstein, Christian Apenzeller-Herzog, Andrej Isaak

“…Our study aims to systematically review the literature for a comprehensive analysis of the etiology, treatment modalities, and clinical outcomes of patients with BI. …”
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Expression study of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway associated lncRNAs in schizophrenia by Fatemeh Manafzadeh, Behzad Baradaran, Seyed Gholamreza Noor Azar, Kamran Javidi Aghdam, Reza Dabbaghipour, Asghar Shayannia, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard

“…Abstract Schizophrenia is one of the most debilitating mental illnesses affecting any age group. The mechanism and etiology of schizophrenia are extremely complex and multiple signaling pathways recruit genes implicated in the etiology of this disease. …”
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Clinical Features and Outcomes of Repeated Endoscopic Therapy for Esophagogastric Variceal Hemorrhage in Cirrhotic Patients: Ten-Year Real-World Analysis by Jia-li Ma, Ling-ling He, Ping Li, Yu Jiang, Ju-long Hu, Yu-ling Zhou, Xiu-xia Liang, Hong-shan Wei

“…This study is aimed at evaluating the survival of cirrhotic patients with different etiologies after endoscopic therapy for acute variceal bleeding and the effect of repeated endotherapy on patients’ prognosis. …”
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Pitfalls in the Radiological Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease by GP LeBrun

“…In particular, infectious, neoplastic and vascular etiologies should be considered in the differential diagnosis of IBD and suspected especially if the radiological appearances are not typical. …”
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Myeloid Leukosis (J-virus) - An International Broiler Industry Concern by Gary D. Butcher, Richard D. Miles

“…This ALV subgroup J virus (ALV-J), which is identified as the etiologic agent for ML, has caused substantial losses in heavy breeders in many areas of the world. …”
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