SALIVARY SPECIFIC IgE TO D1 AND G6 IN PATIENTS WITH RHINITIS WITH OR WITHOUT S. AUREUS COLONIZATION by Diana Hristova, Antoaneta Decheva, Deyan Donchev, Damyan Vangelov, Vancho Donev, Georgi Nikolov, Maria Nikolova

“…However, mucosal-specific IgE levels were lower among patients receiving active therapy (p < 0.001 for both d1 and g6). Conclusion: There is no correlation between mucosal-specific IgE levels and systemic-specific IgE levels or S. aureus carriers. …”
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Recent progress on anti-cancer activity of thiadiazoles: A review by C.R. Santhosh, Sampath Chinnam, Nagaraju Kottam, S Amreen, Guddekoppa S. Ananthnag, G.M. Madhu, Samata Gadde, Viola Tressa Fernandes, Haritha Arnipalli

“…Conventional drugs have significant side effects and are prone to drug resistance, whereas innovative therapies are costly and place a large load on patients. …”
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Prospective Multicenter Open-Label One-Arm Trial Investigating a Pumpkin Seed, Isoflavonoids, and Cranberry Mix in Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms/Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Pilo... by Elie Nemr, Elie El Helou, Georges Mjaess, Albert Semaan, Josselin Abi Chebel

“…Male patients aged ≥40 years, who had had mild to moderate LUTS for >6 months at screening, with no previous therapy or who are still symptomatic despite current use of alpha-blockers, were recruited. …”
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A Research Synthesis of Therapeutic Interventions for Whiplash-Associated Disorder (WAD): Part 4 – Noninvasive Interventions for Chronic WAD by Robert W Teasell, J Andrew McClure, David Walton, Jason Pretty, Katherine Salter, Matthew Meyer, Keith Sequeira, Barry Death

“…A systematic review was conducted to evaluate the strength of evidence for various WAD therapies. Multiple databases (including Web of Science, EMBASE and PubMed) were searched to identify all studies published from January 1980 through March 2009 that evaluated the effectiveness of any clearly defined treatment for acute (less than two weeks), subacute (two to 12 weeks) or chronic (longer than 12 weeks) WAD. …”
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Catastrophic Brain Aspergillosis after Liver Transplantation by Mohammadmahdi Abbasi, Shirin Shams Ardakani, Nasir Fakhar, Hamid Eshaghi, Hosein Alimadadi, Toktam Faghihi, Behdad Gharib, Meisam Sharifzadeh, Masoomeh Safaei

“…The pathological investigation was compatible with aspergillosis. Antifungal therapy with voriconazole was administrated. His symptoms were resolved but unfortunately, brain lesions caused persistent vegetative state. …”
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Use of Minimal Residual Disease Status to Reduce Uncertainty in Estimating Long-term Survival Outcomes for Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients by Naomi van Hest, Peter Morten, Keith Stubbs, Nicola Trevor

“…**Methods:** Standard and response-based PSMs, estimating patient life-years (LYs) over a lifetime horizon, were developed for NDMM patients treated with bortezomib, thalidomide, and dexamethasone (BTd) with or without daratumumab as induction and consolidation therapy. In the standard PSM, LYs were determined by extrapolations from individual patient data from CASSIOPEIA. …”
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Rituximab (monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody) induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES): A case report and literature review by Praveen K. Sharma, MD, Sanjaykanth Balachandar, MBBS, Michael Antony Vikram, MBBS, Pujitha Duvooru Sukumar, MD

“…This instance emphasizes how crucial it is to take into account PRES as a possible side effect in patients receiving Rituximab therapy, especially if those individuals have sudden neurological symptoms. …”
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Uterine artery embolization plus ultrasound guided curettage for cesarean scar pregnancy: Five-year experience at a single tertiary hospital by Ying Feng, Huiqiao Gao, Fang Liu, Shuzhen Wang, Meizhu Xiao

“…Conclusion: Uterine artery embolization combined with or without methotrexate plus ultrasound guided curettage is an effective, safe and recommended therapy to eliminate the gestational sac and meanwhile to preserve fertility for cesarean scar pregnancy patients, and methotrexate could help reduce the blood level of β-human chorionic gonadotropin and shorten the days to recover to normal, thus reducing hospitalized days.…”
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Differential Regulation of Gene Expression of Alveolar Epithelial Cell Markers in Human Lung Adenocarcinoma-Derived A549 Clones by Hiroshi Kondo, Keiko Miyoshi, Shoji Sakiyama, Akira Tangoku, Takafumi Noma

“…Stem cell therapy appears to be promising for restoring damaged or irreparable lung tissue. …”
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Electroacupuncture Increases the Hippocampal Synaptic Transmission Efficiency and Long-Term Plasticity to Improve Vascular Cognitive Impairment by Yaling Dai, Yuhao Zhang, Minguang Yang, Huawei Lin, Yulu Liu, Wenshan Xu, Yanyi Ding, Jing Tao, Weilin Liu

“…Our study also included nonacupoint groups to confirm the specificity of EA therapy. The Morris water maze (MWM) was used to assess cognitive function. …”
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Survival outcomes of surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage small cell and large cell lung cancer: a novel focus on tumors less than 1 cm by Jorge Raul Vazquez-Urrutia, Junjia Zhu, Shinkichi Takamori, Max Greenberg, Priyanka Bhatia, Takefumi Komiya

“…Exclusion criteria were limited survival (< 30 days), positive lymph nodes, distant metastases, large tumors (> 5 cm), residual microscopic disease, and neoadjuvant therapy. The primary outcome was overall survival (OS) from diagnosis, which was evaluated using Kaplan–Meier methods and multivariate Cox regression analyses. …”
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Escin Chemosensitizes Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells and Inhibits the Nuclear Factor-kappaB Signaling Pathway by A. Rimmon, A. Vexler, L. Berkovich, G. Earon, I. Ron, S. Lev-Ari

“…Synergistic effect of combined therapy was determined by CalcuSyn software. Cell cycle and induction of apoptosis were evaluated by FACS analysis. …”
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Open Partial Horizontal Laryngectomy as a Conservative Salvage Treatment for Laser-Recurrent Laryngeal Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Series by Erika Crosetti, Andrea Borello, Andy Bertolin, Izabela Costa Santos, Marco Fantini, Giulia Arrigoni, Ilaria Bertotto, Andrea Elio Sprio, Fernando Luiz Dias, Giuseppe Rizzotto, Giovanni Succo

“…Early-stage laryngeal cancer (T1-T2) is commonly treated with organ-preserving techniques such as transoral laser microsurgery (TOLMS) or radiation therapy (RT), both providing comparable oncological outcomes but differing in functional results. …”
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INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO AND ACTIVATED PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME DO NOT PREDICT PLASMA TRANSFUSION IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION by David Silveira MARINHO, Joel Avancini ROCHA FILHO, Estela Regina Ramos FIGUEIRA, Claudia Regina FERNANDES, Rui Carlos DETSCH JUNIOR, José Huygens Parente GARCIA, Wellington ANDRAUS, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’ALBUQUERQUE

“…CONCLUSIONS: INR and aPTT demonstrated poor accuracy in predicting plasma transfusions, irrespective of the cutoff adopted, highlighting the need for a more comprehensive approach to guide hemostatic therapy in LT to improve the outcome.…”
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Clinical outcomes of asynchronous telerehabilitation through a mobile app are equivalent to synchronous telerehabilitation in patients with fibromyalgia: a randomized control study by Eren Timurtaş, İrem Hüzmeli, İlkşan Demirbüken, Mine Gülden Polat

“…Abstract Background This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of exercise therapy delivered via a smartphone mobile app, using asynchronous video-based tools, with synchronous telerehabilitation models using videoconferencing for individuals with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). …”
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Serum Levels of Lipopolysaccharide and 1,3-β-D-Glucan Refer to the Severity in Patients with Crohn’s Disease by Yanmin Guo, Guangxi Zhou, Chong He, Wenjing Yang, Zhenkun He, Zhanju Liu

“…Moreover, sixteen patients with A-CD received anti-TNF monoclonal antibody therapy (infliximab, IFX) at a dose of 5 mg/kg body weight at weeks 0, 2, and 6, and the levels of LPS and BG were also tested at week 12 after the first intravenous infusion. …”
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miR-181a-5p Inhibits Pyroptosis in Sepsis-Induced Acute Kidney Injury through Downregulation of NEK7 by Meng Zhang, Deyuan Zhi, Jin Lin, Pei Liu, Yajun Wang, Meili Duan

“…Our study indicated miR-181a-5p as a new potential therapeutic target for S-AKI therapy.…”
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Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis incidentally diagnosed by video-associated lung surgery for lung cancer: A case report by Katsuhiro Itogawa, Shintaro Sato, Hideaki Yamakawa, Keiichi Akasaka, Masako Amano, Akiko Adachi, Hidekazu Matsushima

“…Diagnosing systemic amyloidosis that may otherwise be overlooked would enable patients to receive benefits from the definitive therapy.…”
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Economic Burden of Contraception Management in Spain by Inmaculada Parra Ribes, Juan José Rascón Poza, Ezequiel Pérez Campos, Ignacio Bugella Yudice, Maria Jesús Rodríguez Domingo

“…The costs included in the analysis were diagnostic tests, initial and follow-up consultations, methods acquisition costs, and UP derived from therapy failure. **Results:** Reversible contraception costs in Spain amount to €12.5 billion over a 5–year period. …”
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Impact of hydroxyurea on clinical and biological parameters of sickle cell anemia in children in Abidjan by MIREILLE YAYO- AYE, Adia Eusèbe Adjambri, Boidy Kouakou, Rebecca N'guessan-Blao, Louis Missa Adjé, Taïratou Kamagaté, Vincent Yapo, Duni Sawadogo

“…Curative treatments such as bone marrow transplantation or gene therapy exist, but are not currently performed in Côte d'Ivoire. …”
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