ABO-incompatible liver transplantation – exploring utilitarian solutions to restricted access and organ shortages: A single-centre experience from Johannesburg, South Africa by E U Wessels, J Loveland, H Maher, P Gaylard, B Bobat, A D Mahomed, D Parbhoo, M R Beretta, C Hajinicolaou, P Walabh, S Berkenfeld, D Demopoulos, S Rambarran, B Ströbele, F van der Schyff, J Fabian, L Brannigan

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Long-term safety of dexamethasone sodium phosphate encapsulated in autologous erythrocytes in pediatric patients with ataxia telangiectasia by Mary Kay Koenig, Vincenzo Leuzzi, Riadh Gouider, Riadh Gouider, Eppie M. Yiu, Eppie M. Yiu, Barbara Pietrucha, Asbjørg Stray-Pedersen, Susan L. Perlman, Steve Wu, Trudy Burgers, Rupam Borgohain, Rukmini Mridula Kandadai, Isabelle Meyts, Giorgia Bucciol, Anaita Udwadia-Hegde, Ravi Yadav, Donna Roberts, Aaron Dane, Maureen Roden, Dirk Thye, Biljana Horn, Howard M. Lederman, William P. Whitehouse

“…Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAE), reported in 67 (99%) out of 68 patients, were typically mild and did not cause discontinuation of treatment or death. …”
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Sokratik Sorgulama – Yönlendirilmiþ Keþif by Dr. Canan Efe

“…Danýþanýn yönlendirilmiþ keþifle, aslýnda bildiði ancak o anki duygudurumu nedeniyle farkýnda olmadýðý kabul edilen sonuca ulaþmasýný amaçlar. …”
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Editorial by Pieter Vanhuysse, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…Gál, Róbert I. / Vanhuysse, Pieter / Vargha, Lili (forthcoming/2018): Pro-elderly welfare states within child-oriented societies. In: Journal of European Public Policy. …”
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Maternal prepregnancy overweight/obesity increase the risk of low Apgar scores in twins: a population-based cohort study in China by Zhoushan Feng, Zhoushan Feng, Xiaohong Wu, Xiaomei Tong, Zheng He, Chunxia Yang, Wei Shen, Yueqin Ding, Jin Liu, Qiong Meng, Aiqin Zhang, Hong Jiang, Wenkang Yan, Jianwu Qiu, Xian Wei, Yayu Zhang, Xiaobo Lin, Lijun Liu, Ya Jin, Youfen Wei, Xiufang Yang, Yitong Wang, Yangfan Cai, Xinzhu Lin, Qiliang Cui

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Influence of false lumen status on systemic inflammatory response triggered by acute aortic dissection by Naoyuki Kimura, Yojiro Machii, Daijiro Hori, Makiko Mieno, Naoki Eguchi, Manabu Shiraishi, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Kenji Matsumoto, Masashi Tanaka

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Sickle Cell Nephropathy and Associated Factors among Asymptomatic Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia by Uchenna Modestus Nnaji, Christian Chukwukere Ogoke, Henrietta Uche Okafor, Kingsley I. Achigbu

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Unpacking the Mood States of Children and Youth in Saskatchewan, Canada, in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from the “See Us, Hear Us 2.0” Study by Nahin Shakurun, Tamara Hinz, Daniel A. Adeyinka, Nazeem Muhajarine

“…Methods: “See Us, Hear Us 2.0”, a cross-sectional study of 563 child–parent dyads, provided the data. The dependent variable, current mood state, was measured by the CoRonavIruS health Impact Survey (CRISIS) scale. …”
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In Silico Analysis Revealed Five Novel High-Risk Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (rs200384291, rs201163886, rs193141883, rs201139487, and rs201723157) in ELANE Gene Causing Autosom... by Khyber Shinwari, Mikhail A. Bolkov, Muhammad Yasir Akbar, Liu Guojun, Svetlana S. Deryabina, Irina A. Tuzankina, Valery. A. Chereshnev

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Proximate and distant determinants of maternal and neonatal mortality in the postnatal period: A scoping review of data from low- and middle-income countries. by Preston Izulla, Angela Muriuki, Michael Kiragu, Melanie Yahner, Virginia Fonner, Syeda Nabin Ara Nitu, Bernard Osir, Farahat Bello, Joseph de Graft-Johnson

“…Regarding proximate factors, maternal age, parity, birth interval, birth order/rank, neonate sex, birth weight, multiple-gestation, previous history of child death, and lack of or inadequate antenatal care visits were associated with increased neonatal mortality risk. …”
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Association between Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Profile and Bronchial Inflammation in Bronchiolitis Obliterans by Silvija P. Jerkic, Laura Bächle, Ruth Pia Duecker, Lucia Gronau, Andreas G. Chiocchetti, Stefan Zielen, Ralf Schubert

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Maternal and foetal risks associated with teenage pregnancy - a comparative retrospective study in Turkey by Mehmet Nuri Duran, Eren Pek, Süreyya Sarıdaş Demir, Kübra Özkan Karacaer, Bülent Demir

“…Pregnancy in adolescence puts the health of both the mother and child at risk, as adolescent pregnancies have higher rates of eclampsia, systemic infection, low birth weight, and preterm delivery compared to other pregnancies. …”
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Assessment of Factors Affecting the Implementation of Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness for Treatment of under Five Children by Health Professional in Health... by Ayele Mamo Abebe, Mesfin Wudu Kassaw, Fikir Alebachew Mengistu

“…The WHO Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development (CAH), in collaboration with eleven other WHO programmes and UNICEF, has responded to this challenge by developing the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy. …”
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Metabolic Profiles of the Gut Microbiota in Patients with Different Stages of Metabolism Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease by X. Cao, O. Yu. Zolnikova, R. V. Maslennikov, E. A. Poluektova, E. L. Bueverova, M. S. Reshetova, M. S. Zharkova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The study included 85 patients with MAFLD (27 patients with steatosis without steatohepatitis and fibrosis, 42 patients with steatohepatitis, 16 patients with cirrhosis as an outcome of MAFLD, Child — Pugh class A–B) and 20 healthy people who formed the control group. …”
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Validity of serum autotaxin and Doppler ultrasound as noninvasive markers of esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis by Doaa El Wazzan, Ayman F. El-Shayeb, Soraya Hamouda, Mohamed El Shafei, Akram A. Degheidy, Basma Salem, Mohamed Adel

“…Significant positive correlation was also observed between serum autotaxin and each of portal vein diameter, flow volume, portal vein velocity, and hepatic congestion index (p < 0.001). Child–Pugh classification, fibrosis-4 (FIB-4), age to platelet index (API), model for end-stage liver disease (MELD), platelet/splenic diameter, portal vein velocity, flow volume, and serum autotaxin were entered in stepwise logistic regression model for prediction of esophageal varices, and serum autotaxin, portal vein velocity, and flow volume were significant in multivariate regression analysis with sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of 96.25%, 75%, 93.9%, and 83.33%, respectively. …”
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Attitudes towards and use of dental dams by final-year dental students in Chongqing, China: a cross-sectional study by Jing Yang, Haofeng Jiang, Lu Shen, Yuhan Zhang

“…Students were asked about the DD training they had received, their attitudes towards some aspects of DDs, their current DD use and their intended future DD use in adult or child patients and in various dental procedures.Results A total of 238 valid questionnaires were returned (response rate=97.1%, CQMU=96.2%, n=76; CQTGMC=97.6%, n=162). …”
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Sperm Cryopreservation before Testicular Cancer Treatment and Its Subsequent Utilization for the Treatment of Infertility by Jana Žáková, Eva Lousová, Pavel Ventruba, Igor Crha, Hana Pochopová, Jaroslava Vinklárková, Eva Tesařová, Mohamed Nussir

“…The testicular cancer survivors have a good chance of fathering a child by using sperm cryopreserved prior to the oncology treatment, even when it contains only limited number of spermatozoa.…”
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Splenectomy with Portoazygous Disconnection for Correction of Systemic Hemodynamic Disorders in Hepatic Cirrhosis Patients with Portal Hypertension: A Prospective Single-Center Coh... by Dao-Bing Zeng, Liang Di, Qing-Liang Guo, Jing Ding, Xiao-Fei Zhao, Shi-Chun Lu

“…Sixty-nine patients were eligible, and 55 (79.7%) cases had a history of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Child–Pugh classification was grade A in 41 (59.4%) cases, grade B in 26 (37.7%) cases, and grade C in 2 (2.9%) cases. …”
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Relationships of sensory processing sensitivity with creativity and empathy in an adult sample by Britta A. P. Laros-van Gorkom, Britta A. P. Laros-van Gorkom, Christienne G. Damatac, Christienne G. Damatac, Inez Stevelmans, Corina U. Greven, Corina U. Greven, Corina U. Greven

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Electroporated Antigen-Encoding mRNA Is Not a Danger Signal to Human Mature Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells by Stefanie Hoyer, Kerstin F. Gerer, Isabell A. Pfeiffer, Sabrina Prommersberger, Sandra Höfflin, Tanushree Jaitly, Luca Beltrame, Duccio Cavalieri, Gerold Schuler, Julio Vera, Niels Schaft, Jan Dörrie

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