Predicting of Ki-67 Expression Level Using Diffusion-Weighted and Synthetic Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer by Liying Zhang, Jisen Hao, Jia Guo, Xin Zhao, Xing Yin

“…To investigate the association between quantitative parameters generated using synthetic magnetic resonance imaging (SyMRI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and Ki-67 expression level in patients with invasive ductal breast cancer (IDC). Method. We retrospectively reviewed the records of patients with IDC who underwent SyMRI and DWI before treatment. …”
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Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase Is a Sensitive Predictor of Systemic Complications of Acute Pancreatitis by Dong-Ni Huang, Hao-Jie Zhong, Ying-Li Cai, Wen-Rui Xie, Xing-Xiang He

“…AP patients treated from July 2014 to December 2020 were retrospectively enrolled. They were divided into elevated (n=93) and normal (n=143) LDH groups. …”
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Amniotic Fluid β2- Microglobulin Measurements by Emine Aydın, Alp Tuna Beksaç, Ergün Karaağaoğlu, M. Sinan Beksaç

“…STUDY DESIGN: One hundred patient’s amniotic fluid β2-microglobulin levels had been evaluated retrospectively (March-October 2009). The most common amniocentesis indication was advanced maternal age (33.3%). …”
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Prehospital Emergency Service Use for Substance-Related Issues before and during COVID-19 by Esra Kabadayi Sahin, Eren Usul

“…The prehospital EMS calls due to substance-related problems in overall Turkiye were analyzed retrospectively. The applications were categorized into the pre-COVID-19 period (May 11, 2019, to March 11, 2020) and the COVID-19 period (March 11, 2020, to January 4, 2021). …”
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Analysis of hematology quality control using six sigma metrics by Shreya Goel, Amit R. Nisal, Ankita Raj, Ravindra C. Nimbargi

“…Internal quality control (IQC) data sets of five analytes- Red Blood Cell count (RBC), Hemoglobin (Hb), Hematocrit (Hct), White blood cell count (WBC), and Platelet count (PLT) were analyzed retrospectively of six months using Beckman Coulter DXH 800 hematology analyzers. …”
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Comparative evaluation of TNM staging systems (eighth vs. ninth edition) for the non-surgical treatment of localized and locally advanced anal squamous cell carcinoma: Prognostic s... by Aihong Zheng, Hong'en Xu, Yiming Tao, Bingchen Chen, Jieni Ding, Tao Song, Yanwei Lu

“…This study aims to compare the survival discrimination of the Tumor-Node-Metastasis (TNM) eighth and ninth editions for patients with localized and locally advanced (LLA) anal squamous cell carcinoma (ASCC) treated non-surgically and to evaluate the prognostic impact of T classification and lymph node (LN) status with data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. We retrospectively included 6,876 patients in the comparison. …”
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Detecting changes in tobacco product marketplace prominence using social media, advertising, sales, and web traffic data: The example of Puff Bar in the United States tobacco marke... by Stephanie R Pitts, Sarah Trigger, Dannielle E Kelley

“…We explored whether Puff Bar's rise in marketplace prominence was detectable through advertising, retail sales, social media, and web traffic data sources. We retrospectively documented potential signals of interest in and uptake of Puff Bar in the United States using metrics based on advertising (Numerator and Comperemedia), retail sales (NielsenIQ), social media (Twitter, via Sprinklr), and web traffic (Similarweb) data from January 2019 to June 2022. …”
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LOWER LEG DEFORMITY CORRECTION USING ILIZAROV DEVICE IN DR SOETOMO GENERAL HOSPITAL SURABAYA: A CASE SERIES by Jeffry Andrianus, Citra Ahdi Prasetya

“…Evaluation data was obtained retrospectively from medical record. Nine patients were managed by Ilizarov device for bone lengthening indication and 2 patients for bone transport indication. …”
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Optical coherence tomography characteristics in hydroxychloroquine retinopathy and the correlations with visual deterioration in Taiwanese by Shao-Kai He, Tso-Ting Lai, Yi-Ting Hsieh

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively recruited patients undergoing long-term HCQ treatment who had received examinations of best-corrected visual acuity and OCT scans. …”
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Study of social tension based on electronic social networks big data by A. A. Grebenyuk, A. S. Maksimova, L. G. Lemer

“…The calculation of the generalising indicator makes it possible to identify the level of social tension in a region or other territorial entity and track its dynamics in any perspective, including retrospectively.The proposed methodology for assessing social tension based on data from electronic social networks differs significantly from existing sociological and statistical approaches. …”
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Diagnosing Oncocytoma by Core Needle Biopsy: A Single-Center Experience by Chen Mayer, Yasmin Abu-Ghanem, Zohar A. Dotan, Iris Barshack, Eddie Fridman

“…From our center’s database, we retrospectively identified and retrieved all cases of oncocytoma diagnosed between the years 2011 and 2020 by renal biopsy. …”
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Intracranial Pathologies and Endocrine Results: Single Pediatric Endocrinology Center Experience by Ülkü Gül Şiraz

“…The data of 485 patients, 186 (38.3%) male, were retrospectively analyzed. Their mean age was 9.3 ± 3.2 years. …”
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Correlation between different boundaries used in upper airway assessment by Gediz Aksoz, Hakan El, J. Martin Palomo

“…Methods Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) scans of 49 subjects taken for pre-orthognathic surgical planning were obtained retrospectively from the archives (n = 49; 32 females, 17 males; mean age = 20.9 ± 5.22). …”
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Long-Term Consequences of Hepatitis C Viral Clearance on the CD4 (+) T Cell Lymphocyte Course in HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients by J. Dazley, R. Sison, J. Slim

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of HCV-RNA clearance by standard anti-HCV therapy on long-term CD4 cells recovery in HIV/HCV patients on successful combined antiretroviral therapy. We retrospectively enrolled HIV/HCV-coinfected patients on HIV medications and treated for hepatitis C. …”
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Association between dietary intake of live microbes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study of NHANES 2007–2012 by Yifeng Xu, Zhaoqi Yan, Liangji Liu

“…Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT00005154 First Posted date 26/05/2000(retrospectively registered).…”
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Association between Uric Acid and Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in China: A Cross-Sectional Inpatient Study by Xin Zhao, Xiaofeng Yu, Xiaomei Zhang

“…To analyze the association between uric acid levels and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods. We retrospectively analyzed 262 postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus, to assess uric acid levels and bone mineral density using the T score of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. …”
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Association between Quantitative Classification of Renal Surface Nodularity and Early Renal Injury in Patients with Arterial Hypertension by Jun Zhou, Jiule Ding, Jie Chen, Qiong Wu, Dehui Xiang, Wei Xing

“…A total of 143 patients with a history of hypertension were retrospectively enrolled; clinical information (age, sex, hypertension grade, and hypertension course), laboratory tests, and qRSN were collected or assessed. …”
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Application of Radiomics Model of CT Images in the Identification of Ureteral Calculus and Phlebolith by Qiuyue Yu, Jiaqi Liu, Huashan Lin, Pinggui Lei, Bing Fan

“…Sixty-one cases of ureteral calculus and 61 cases of phlebolith were retrospectively investigated. The enrolled patients were randomly categorized into the training set (n = 86) and the testing set (n = 36) with a ratio of 7 : 3. …”
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Single-center experience with ultra-early cranioplasty within 3 weeks after decompressive craniectomy by Lei Zhao, Gengshen Zhang, Xiaomeng Liu, Lijun Yang, Kai Tang, Jianliang Wu

“…This article aims to investigate the effect of different timing of CP on the neurologic prognosis of patients, and to explore the feasibility and safety of ultra-early CP (within 3 weeks) following DC.MethodsThe duration time of surgery, intraoperative bleeding volume, surgery-related complications, and activities of daily living (ADL) scores were retrospectively analyzed in 23 patients underwent ultra-early CP performed within 3 weeks, and compared with 136 patients with non-ultra-early CP performed within the same time period.ResultsThe mean duration time of surgery in the ultra-early group was significantly shorter than that in the non-ultra-early group. …”
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Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition Relevant Subtypes with Distinct Prognosis and Responses to Chemo- or Immunotherapies in Osteosarcoma by Yang Zhou, Gai Li, Hu Li, Fuchong Lai, Pingguo Duan, Ming Cheng

“…Methods. This study retrospectively curated the RNA expression profiling of osteosarcoma patients from the TARGET and GSE21257 cohorts. …”
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