A national framework for transition to precision medicine by Samaneh Karimi Esboei, Sepehr Ghazinoory, Fatemeh Saghafi

“…PM is based on providing health-oriented services according to genetic characteristics, individual and family medical history, lifestyle, place of residence, and other personalized characteristics. …”
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Evaluating the Correlation between High Titers of Tissue-Transglutaminase Antibody with the Grade of Severity of Villous Atrophy in Syrian Patients with Celiac Disease by A. Alhabbal, I. Abou Khamis

“…Diagnosis of celiac disease depends on the patient’s history and serological tests, and is confirmed by biopsies from the duodenum. …”
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Antifungal Susceptibility and Biofilm Production of Candida spp. Isolated from Clinical Samples by Munmun B. Marak, Biranthabail Dhanashree

“…Presence of other risk factors such as diabetes mellitus, history of antibiotic use, and any urinary tract instrumentations was also recorded. …”
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A Rare Cause of Persistent Blood Loss after Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Placement by T. Natroshvili, T. Elling, S. A. Dam, M. vd Berg, R. R. H. Nap, R. J. Hissink

“…We report a case of a 68-year-old female patient with a previous history of diabetes mellitus, myelodysplastic syndrome, extensive collateral varices, anaemia, and ESRD due to obstructive uropathy caused by retroperitoneal fibrosis, who presented with persistent blood loss after the laparoscopic placement of a CAPD catheter. …”
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Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis following Long-Term Antipsychotic Use by David T. Liebers, Adaora Ofomata, Ryan Badolato, Emily Mills, Pantea Farahmand

“…We review his medical and psychiatric history, his medical course and workup during the episode of pancreatitis, and review recommendations for patients at risk for antipsychotic-induced pancreatitis based on this case and the current literature. …”
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Fluorescence Imaging Analysis of Upstream Regulators and Downstream Targets of STAT3 in Melanoma Precursor Lesions Obtained from Patients Before and After Systemic Low-Dose Interfe... by Amanda Pfaff Smith, John M. Kirkwood, Howard D. Edington, Drazen M. Jukic, Daniel L. Farkas, Dorothea Becker

“…To explore clinical treatments that might interfere with and possibly prevent atypical nevus progression, a previous study documented that 3 months systemic low-dose interferon-α (IFN-α) treatment of patients with a clinical history of melanoma and numerous atypical nevi, led to inactivation of the STAT1 and STAT3 transcription factors in atypical nevi. …”
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Diagnostic Errors in the Acutely Dizzy Patient—Lessons Learned by Alexander A. Tarnutzer, Nehzat Koohi, Sun-Uk Lee, Diego Kaski

“…Lessons learned include focusing on structured history taking, asking about timing and triggers to inform a targeted examination, assessing subtle ocular motor findings (e.g., by use of HINTS(+)), and avoiding overreliance on brain imaging (including early magnetic resonance imaging including diffusion-weighted sequences [DWI-MRI]). …”
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Nacionalita a konfese v politickém životě jagellonských Čech by Petr Vorel

“… The issues of nationalism and confession in Bohemian medieval and Early Modern periods presented a significant history-forming element of a long-term nature. The author focuses on the period at the break of the 15th and 16th centuries characterized by significant changes in given field of interest. …”
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Metastatic urothelial carcinoma in multiple appendicular muscles of a cat by Eduardo M Hernández, Pedro J Ginel, Beatriz Blanco, Yolanda Millán, Maria T Jiménez, Elena Mozos

“…Case summary A 13-year-old male castrated domestic shorthair cat presented with a 2-month history of progressive lameness, poor appetite and constipation. …”
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EUROPEAN UNION AFTER THE CRISIS: DECLIN OR RENAISSANCE? by O. V. Butorina

“…The second challenging period (after the «eurosclerosis» of the 70-th) in the history of European integration has been going on for eight years. …”
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Novel Anthropometric Indices as Screening Tools for Obesity: A Study on Healthy Iranians by Toktam Alirezaei, Hamid Soori, Rana Irilouzadian, Hadis Najafimehr

“…Methods. 18–65-year-old individuals with no past medical history were included. After obtaining written informed consent, they were screened for hypertension, high blood glucose, and other abnormal laboratory results. …”
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A Mysterious Gram-Positive Rods by Javzandulam Natsag, Zaw Min, Yasir Hamad, Bassel Alkhalil, Atiq Rahman, Richard Williams

“…We encountered a patient with a history of intravenous drug use presenting with fever, malaise and nausea who was found to have cavitary lung lesions. …”
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Service users’ perception and attitude toward telemedicine-based treatment for substance use disorders: A qualitative study from India by Abhishek Ghosh, Tathagata Mahintamani, P. V. Aswathy, Debasish Basu, Surendra K. Mattoo, B. N. Subodh, Renjith R. Pillai, Manpreet Kaur

“…Results: Most participants were middle-aged men (40.5 years, 86.7%), dependent on two or more substances (86.7%), and had a history of chronic, heavy substance use (use ~16 years, dependence ~11.5 years). …”
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Transient Ischemic Attack and Ischemic Stroke in Danon Disease with Formation of Left Ventricular Apical Thrombus despite Normal Systolic Function by Takeshi Tsuda, Amanda J. Shillingford, Jane Vetter, Vinay Kandula, Badal Jain, Joel Temple

“…Subsequently, her neurological manifestation progressed to transient ischemic attack (TIA) and eventually to ischemic stroke confirmed by CT scan with 1-day history of expressive aphasia followed by persistent left side weakness and numbness. …”
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Relationship between nutrition knowledge and nutritional adequacy in Japanese university students: a cross-sectional study by Yatsuki Yanagihara, Aiko Narumi-Hyakutake

“…Participants reported their dietary habits in the preceding month using a brief self-administered diet history questionnaire. Differences in nutritional adequacy among groups were determined using logistic regression and covariance analyses, adjusted for potential confounding factors. …”
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Recreational potential and educational opportunities of summer camps for children by Taras Bondar

“…The analysis of materials also showed that recreational activities, such as tourist and local history hikes and excursions, are more actively utilized in children's health and recreation centers. …”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Protozoa among Saudi Patients with Chronic Renal Failure: A Case-Control Study by Yousry A. Hawash, Laila Sh. Dorgham, El-Amir M. Amir, Osama F. Sharaf

“…Intestinal parasitism was positively associated with the male gender, urban residence, and travel history. Clinical symptoms of nausea/vomiting and abdominal pain were significantly varied between the parasitized cases and controls (P value ≤ 0.05). …”
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Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia - evolutionary aspects on chest CT by Na Yang, Zhengqiu Ou, Qian Sun, Junping Pan, Jing Wu, Chen Xue

“…Conclusion Combining clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, contact history, and imaging findings contribute to the diagnosis of C. psittaci pneumonia.…”
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Moscow, Lithuania, the Horde and the last testaments of Vasily I by Polekhov S.V.

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Predictive Factors, Treatment, and Outcomes of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Peritonitis in Malaysian Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Single-Center Study by Siew Yan Lau, Boon Cheak Bee, Hin-Seng Wong, Marhanis Salihah Omar, Norazlah Bahari

“…Patients with concomitant exit-site infection (odds ratio (OR) 0.06, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.01 to 0.40, P<0.01) and history of recent systemic antibiotic use (OR 0.04, 95% CI 0.01 to 0.82, P=0.04) were less likely to achieve primary response. …”
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