Justified Suspicion: Symptomatic Syphilitic Alopecia in a Patient with Well-Controlled HIV by Robert Jame, Yousif Al-Saeigh, Leo L. Wang, Kevin Wang

“…Case Presentation. A 56-year-old male with a past medical history of well-controlled HIV with a CD4 count of 700 cells/mm3 and an undetectable viral load, psoriasis, and a remote episode of treated syphilis, presented with a two-week history of a diffuse desquamating rash, alopecia, sinusitis, unilateral conjunctivitis, and blurred vision. …”
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Factors Associated with High Prevalence of Multibacillary Leprosy in West Bengal: A Case–Control Study by Dipta Kanti Mukhopadhyay, Tarun Kumar Sarkar, Supantha Chatterjee, Soumalya Ray, Pritam Roy, Asit Kumar Biswas

“…Conclusion: This study identified a vulnerable group – married and migrated males. Changing from annual screening to quarterly screening along with capacity building and awareness generation of the targeted population is the need of the hour for eradicating the disease.…”
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Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Adult Orbital Cellulitis in a Tertiary General Hospital by Bangtao Yao, Yuhua Ding, Xiaogui Zhao, Bei Wang, Gang Liu, Fei Wang

“…Twenty-six cases were identified for a detailed review. In these cases, 16 males and 10 females were diagnosed with orbital cellulitis by clinical characteristics and multimodal examinations. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of an Aflibercept Treat-and-Extend Regimen in Treatment-Naïve Patients with Macular Oedema Secondary to Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO): A Prospective 12-... by Jose Garcia-Arumi, Francisco Gómez-Ulla, Navea Amparo, Enrique Cervera, Alex Fonollosa, Luis Arias, Javier Araiz, Juan Donate, Marta Suárez de Figueroa, Lucia Manzanas, Jaume Crespí, Roberto Gallego

“…Results. 24 eyes (24 patients) were included; mean (SD) age: 62.8 (15.0) years; 54.2% male; median (IQR) time since diagnosis: 7.6 (3.0, 15.2) days. …”
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What are the lived healthcare experiences of patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis? A community-based qualitative interview study by Sheila Greenfield, Gideon Hirschfield, Jayne Parry, Katherine Arndtz, Madeline Cameron

“…This study aimed to explore the experiences of patients with PSC regarding their disease and healthcare.Design A series of semi-structured interviews was completed with patients with PSC, including questioning their experiences of living with PSC and its related healthcare.Setting Participants were recruited from communities in England, Scotland and Wales, with advertisement via PSC Support (UK disease-specific charity support group).Participants 18 patients aged between 21 and 72 years were interviewed; 10 were male (56%), and all were of Caucasian ethnicity. …”
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Ionizing radiation-induced disruption of Rela-Bclaf1-spliceosome regulatory axis in primary spermatocytes causing spermatogenesis dysfunction by Hongjian Zhou, Zhipeng Xu, Chun Jiang, Qiuyue Wu, Chuanyue Zhang, Zhenyu Liu, Xiaoxue Zhang, Weiwei Li, Yujia Pang, Jing Zhang, Wenju Pan, Min Chen, Xinyi Xia

“…Abstract Introduction Ionizing radiation (IR) poses a significant threat to male fertility by inducing substantial changes in the testis, yet the mechanisms underlying IR-induced spermatogenesis disorders remain poorly understood, necessitating the development of more effective radioprotective agents. …”
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Green Tea and Red Tea from Camellia sinensis Partially Prevented the Motor Deficits and Striatal Oxidative Damage Induced by Hemorrhagic Stroke in Rats by Priscila Marques Sosa, Mauren Assis de Souza, Pâmela B. Mello-Carpes

“…In this study, we investigated the effects of supplementation with green tea and red tea from Camellia sinensis on motor deficits and striatum oxidative damage in rats submitted to hemorrhagic stroke (ICH). Male Wistar rats were supplemented with green tea, red tea, or vehicle for 10 days prior to ICH induction. …”
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Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance with Amyloid Deposition in the Lung and Non-Amyloid Eosinophilic Deposition in the Brain: A Case Report by Francois Abi-Fadel, Nisarg R. Desai, Gita Vatandoust, Rabih Said, Aaron Gottesman, Terenig Terjanian

“…Case. A 66-year-old white male presented to the emergency room (ER) after an unwitnessed fall and change in mental status. …”
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The Initial Experience of Trans-Rectal Ultrasound and Biopsy in Diagnosis of Carcinoma Prostate In Gezira Hospital For Renal Disease And Surgery (GHRDS) by Walaa Eldin Ibraheem, Sami Mahjoub Taha, Mustafa Omran Mansour, Mohammed El Imam Mohamed Ahmed

“…Background: Prostate cancer prevalent cancer in males above sixty-five worldwide, this lead to the introduction of screening of the PSA and using of the transrectal ultrasound scanning, and sextant biopsy of the prostate. …”
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The utilization of the multimodal immunotherapy for the opsoclonus–myoclonus syndrome can reduce relapses and permanent neurological sequelae by Fang He, Miriam Kessi, Ciliu Zhang, Jing Peng, Fei Yin, Lifen Yang

“…Results Of the six recruited patients, three were (50.00%) males. The median age of onset was 15.50 months. …”
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Primary central nervous system lymphoma: Comprehension of cell-of-origin subtypes by Shruti Rao, Sridhar Epari, Tanuja M. Shet, Sumeet Gujral, Hasmukh Jain, Bhausaheb Bagal, Manju Senagar, Prakash Shetty, Aliasgar Moiyadi, Jayant Sastri Goda, Tejpal Gupta

“…Results: Mean age was 53.8 years with marginal male preponderance and predominantly centroblastic morphology (75.5%). …”
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A Fatal Case of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis from Recreational Waters by Edward Hamaty, Saif Faiek, Minesh Nandi, David Stidd, Manish Trivedi, Hari Kandukuri

“…We report the first-ever case in the state of New Jersey of a 29-year-old male presented after a visit to a recreational water park in Texas five days before his presentation with altered mental status. …”
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Prevalence, Patterns, and Factors Associated with Peripheral Neuropathies among Diabetic Patients at Tertiary Hospital in the Kilimanjaro Region: Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study... by Ahlam A. Amour, Nyasatu Chamba, Johnstone Kayandabila, Isaack A. Lyaruu, Dekker Marieke, Elichilia R. Shao, William Howlett

“…A total of 327 diabetic patients, females n=215 (65.7%) and males n=121 (34.3%), were included in the study. …”
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Complex immunotoxic effects of T-2 Toxin on the murine spleen and thymus: Oxidative damage, inflammasomes, apoptosis, and immunosuppression by Mingyan Chen, Yanfang Zhang, Yangbo Zhao, Kewei Cao, Ruiyan Niu, Dongguang Guo, Zilong Sun

“…For this study, sixty healthy 4-week-old male C57BL/6 N mice were divided randomly into four groups and treated for 28 days with T-2 concentrations of 0, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 mg/kg. …”
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Enucleated bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells regulate immune microenvironment and promote testosterone production through efferocytosis by Lu Sun, Jiayu Huang, Xuezi Wang, Peng Huang, Baolin Dong, Zehang Liang, Jiahong Wu, Jiancheng Wang

“…Conclusions In summary, this study pioneered the application of stromal cell enucleation technology to repair tissue damage in the reproductive system, explored the potential of cell burial in the treatment of reproductive system diseases and provided a new approach for the clinical treatment of male infertility.…”
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Blood coagulation monitoring of patients with mechanical heart valve visiting Imam by Nafiseh Montazeri, Sajad Pourmehr, Arash Ziapour, Reza Heidari Moghadam

“…Among 139 patients with mechanical heart valves, 55 (39.6%) were male and 84 (60.4%) were female. Ninety-one patients (65.5%) had primary-school education, 22 (15.8%) middle school education, 17 (12.2%) high school education and 9 (6.5%) had a university degree. …”
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PAC-Mediated AKI Protection Is Critically Mediated but Does Not Exclusively Depend on Cell-Derived Microvesicles by H. Dihazi, K. Schwarze, S. Patschan, G. A. Müller, O. Ritter, M. Zeisberg, D. Patschan

“…Methods. AKI was induced in male C57/Bl6N mice (8–12 weeks) by bilateral renal ischemia (IRI-40 minutes). …”
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Cardiorenal Involvement in Metabolic Syndrome Induced by Cola Drinking in Rats: Proinflammatory Cytokines and Impaired Antioxidative Protection by Matilde Otero-Losada, Hernán Gómez Llambí, Graciela Ottaviano, Gabriel Cao, Angélica Müller, Francisco Azzato, Giuseppe Ambrosio, José Milei

“…We report experimental evidence confirming renal histopathology, proinflammatory mediators, and oxidative metabolism induced by cola drinking. Male Wistar rats drank ad libitum regular cola (C, n=12) or tap water (W, n=12). …”
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Antitumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha (TNF-α) Infliximab-Induced Pleural Effusion and Pericarditis in Crohn’s Disease by Ashley Fonseca, Julee Sunny, Lina M. Felipez

“…We report a case of an 18-year-old Hispanic male with CD who acquired anti-TNF-α-induced lupus after infliximab therapy presenting with pleural effusion and pericarditis. …”
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Biliary Atresia Treatment: Can Shear Wave Elastography Predict Kasai Procedure Outcomes? by Sekarsari Damayanti, Gema Ramadhan Muhammad, Rinaldhy Kshetra, Prihartono Joedo

“…Results Twenty-one subjects, with 8 males and 13 females (median age: 82 days), were evaluated. …”
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