Older Primary Care Patients’ Attitudes and Willingness to Screen for Dementia by Nicole R. Fowler, Anthony J. Perkins, Hilary A. Turchan, Amie Frame, Patrick Monahan, Sujuan Gao, Malaz A. Boustani

“…To understand older primary care patients’ perceptions of the risks and benefits of dementia screening and to measure the association between attitudes and screening behaviors. …”
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Social Representations of Breast Cancer in Patients, Accompanying Relatives and Specialists by Maria Elena Reina Suarez, Yamila Ramos Rangel, María de los Ángeles Reina Sarmiento, Leonor Cisneros Pimentel, María del Rosario Lleó Moreno, Sara Soraya Naranjo Noda

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> patients, relatives showed addressability of the negative attitude towards diagnosis and treatment. …”
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Protocol for correlating the gut microbiome and metabolomics in patients with intracranial aneurysms by Hongyu Xu, Zetian Jia, Junhui Liu, Runming Liu, Wei Wei, Xiang Li

“…Here, we present a protocol for correlating the gut microbiome and metabolomics in patients with intracranial aneurysms. We describe steps for sample collection, fecal genomic DNA extraction, rRNA PCR amplification, sequencing library construction, and rRNA sequencing. …”
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Graph Theoretical Analysis of Semantic Fluency in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Guanyu Zhang, Jinghong Ma, Piu Chan, Zheng Ye

“…We demonstrated a graph theoretical analysis of semantic fluency in patients with PD (N=86), patients with AD (N=40), and healthy controls (HC, N=88). …”
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Impact of Disease Activity on the Quality of Life of Crohn’s Disease Patients by T Michael Vallis, Geoffrey K Turnbull

“…Crohn’s disease (CD) patients often suffer severe symptoms that impair their quality of life. …”
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Genotypic Spectrum in a Cohort of Sri Lankan Patients With Homocystinuria by Hewa Warawitage Dilanthi, Kandana Liyanage Subhashinie Jayasena, Nambage Dona Priyani Dhammika, Neluwa Liyanage Ruwan Indika, Matara Mahavidanage Nishani De Silva, Imalke Kankananarachchi, Pushpa Malkanthi Gardiye Punchihewa, Dharma Irugalbandara, Sabine Schroeder, Kosala Karunaratne, Eresha Jasinge

“…Spectrum of genetic variants in CBS gene and their correlation with the phenotypes of homocystinuria in Sri Lankan patients have not been reported to date. The objective of this study was to identify the genotypes and genotype–phenotype correlations in a cohort of Sri Lankan patients with homocystinuria due to CBS deficiency. …”
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CKD patients comorbid with hypertension are associated with imbalanced gut microbiome by Pan Wang, Yang Shen, Kaixin Yan, Siyuan Wang, Jie Jiao, Hongjie Chi, Jiuchang Zhong, Qianmei Sun, Ying Dong, Jing Li

“…This study aimed to investigate the microbial community among 54 individuals without CKD, 46 hypertensive CKD patients (CKD_HTN), and 48 non-hypertensive CKD patients. …”
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STR profiling in a cohort of Saudi patients with acute leukemia by Husein A. Alhatim, PhD Student, Muhammad NH Abdullah, PhD, Suhaili A. Jamaludin, PhD, Armania B. Nurdin, PhD, Sayed A. Amer, PhD

“…Results: Approximately 59.3% of patients with leukemia exhibited mutations at the STR loci. …”
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Association between spasticity and neuropathic pain in patients with multiple sclerosis by B. Afanasjeva, R. Balnytė

“…Spasticity is one of the disability causing complications in patients with this disease. Spasticity can play a role in the emergence of neuropathic pain which further aggravates the patient’s daily living. …”
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The Challenges of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in COVID-19 Patients by Ju Young Bae, Khalil Ian Hussein, Christopher John Howes, John Francis Setaro

“…All admitted patients had undergone testing for serum troponin I and various inflammatory markers, and we identified three patients who were diagnosed with acute STEMI. …”
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A Wireless Emergency Telemedicine System for Patients Monitoring and Diagnosis by M. Abo-Zahhad, Sabah M. Ahmed, O. Elnahas

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Rules for investigation of patients with asymptomatic elevation of serum aminotransferase activity by M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. N. German

“…Publication is intended for clinicians dealing with patients who have abnormal blood biochemical tests. …”
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Platelet Indices in Colorectal Cancer Patients with Synchronous Liver Metastases by Li Li, Xiao-Yi Huang, Na Li, Ming-ming Cui, Rui-tao Wang

“…Liver metastases occur in approximately 25% of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients and cause more than 90% of deaths in CRC. …”
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Influencing factors of clinical efficacy of roxadustat among hemodialysis patients by Wenhui Wu, Nan Hu, Xiurong Li, Jia Di, Hua Zhou, Hongyan Niu, Min Yang

“…Objective To explore independent influencing factors for clinical efficacy of roxadustat in hemodialysis patients.Methods Hemodialysis patients treated with roxadustat were enrolled. …”
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Evaluation of Fundus Function in Mature Cataract Patients by Visual Electrophysiology by Min Zhang, Min Ji, Mengjia Tan, Ying Yu, Huaijin Guan

“…To explore the value of visual electrophysiology in evaluating the fundus function of mature cataract patients. Methods. 124 mature cataract patients (153 eyes) were examined before cataract surgery; the examinations included best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), pattern visual evoked potential (PVEP), full-field electroretinogram (ffERG), and multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG). …”
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis is an important challenge in long COVID patients by Masoud Mohammadi, Seyed Hassan Faghihi

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Temozolomide as Second or Third Line Treatment of Patients with Neuroendocrine Carcinomas by Ingrid H. Olsen, Jens B. Sørensen, Birgitte Federspiel, Andreas Kjaer, Carsten P. Hansen, Ulrich Knigge, Seppo W. Langer

“…Patients in PS 0-1 (n=22) had a median survival of 4.5 months versus 1.1 months in patients in PS 2 (n=6). …”
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TB-related catastrophic costs and associated factors for patients in Ethiopia by Z.G. Dememew, A.A. Deribew, D.G. Datiko, K. Melkieneh, T.G. Laloto, S. Negash, C. Gilmartin, M. Melese, P.G. Suarez

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High Prevalence of Poststroke Depression in Ischemic Stroke Patients in Ethiopia by Fikru Tsehayneh, Abenet Tafesse

“…Result. Of 84 patients who were eligible for the study, 32.2% of patients have depressive symptoms. …”
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Ethics and Biosafety in Dental Care for Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus by Ana Ibis Betancourt García, Carlos Lázaro Nodal García, Jorge Manuel García Rodríguez, Diosky Ferrer Vilches, Elizabeth Álvarez Heredia

“…<strong>Background:</strong> the only way of contracting human immunodeficiency virus during dental treatment is through contact with the blood of an HIV-positive patient with non-intact skin or mucosa of the professional. …”
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