A Case of Buccal Abscess from an Impacted Wisdom Tooth in an Elderly Person with Malnutrition by Yuki Kojima, Mizuha Kojima, Kazuhiro Sakaguchi, Yutaka Sakaguchi

“…The patient was a 94-year-old man, who complained that he had found it hard to open his mouth and that his cheek had been swollen for the previous 2 weeks. He had a shallow oral wound caused by an improperly fitting denture; however, the wound became infected. …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of 45,X/46,XX Mosaicism with Presence of SRY Gene. A Case Report by Pedro Alí Díaz-Véliz Jiménez, María Antonia Ocaña Gil, Leydi María Sosa Águila, Belkis Vidal Hernández

“…The pathology report showed a fetal corpse of 25, 3 weeks of gestation, with penis and morphologically normal scrotal sacs, presenting alterations by cysts and hypoplasia of the prostate and seminal vesicles as well as testicular absence. …”
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Ventral Stabilization of a T2-T3 Vertebral Luxation via Median Sternotomy in a Dog by Sarah Klatzkow, Matthew D. Johnson, Michele James, Sheila Carrera-Justiz

“…Paired String-of-Pearls plates were placed on the ventral aspect of vertebrae. Eight weeks postoperatively, the dog was ambulatory with moderate pelvic limb paraparesis. …”
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The Ace of Spades: Reverse Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in the Context of Angiographic Embolization of Recurrent Metastatic Serotonin-Positive Neuroendocrine Tumour of the Pancreas by Ian A. Mazzetti, Michael J. Marcaccio, Odette Boutross-Tadross, Omid Salehian, Catherine Demers

“…After optimal medical therapy for six weeks, left ventricular function returned to normal. …”
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Time in Care for Older People Living in Nursing Homes by K. B. E. Thorsell, B. M. Nordström, L. Fagerström, B. V. Sivberg

“…Work time was measured according to actual schedule (462 hours per nursing home during two weeks). Given that the need for care was high, one must further investigate if the quality of care the recipients received was sufficiently addressed.…”
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Uncommon Etiology for Seizure: Cerebral Hyperperfusion Syndrome by Mohankumar Kurukumbi, Ahn Truong, Naghemeh Pirsaharkhiz

“…After bilateral CEA, the imaging showed extensive pathologic process involving primarily the subcortical white matter and overlying cortex, more on the right cerebral hemisphere. On follow-up six weeks later, she reported no recurrent seizures and imaging showed decrease in abnormal signal intensity of the grey and white matter. …”
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Pharmacotherapy of Peptic Ulcer Disease by F Molina, MM Vohra, CN Williams

“…The etiology of peptic ulcer is multifactorial; except for omeprazole, all drugs used for the treatment of peptic ulcer result in healing with no statistical difference at four weeks. The healing rare increases with time for active medication and placebo, and is lower among smokers than nonsmokers for all drugs but misoprostol. …”
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Assessment of Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence among Children Attending Care at a Tertiary Hospital in Southeastern Nigeria by Cletus Akahara, Emeka Nwolisa, Kelechi Odinaka, Seline Okolo

“…Optimal ART adherence is defined as patient taking not missing more than 1 dose of combined antiretroviral therapy medication in the preceding 2 weeks prior to the study. Result. A majority of the subjects 191 (91%) had good adherence. …”
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The Natural History of Pancreatic Cancer in Manitoba: A Population Based Study by Jack Martin, Brian H Weinerman

“…The mean survival from time of diagnosis was only six weeks. Univariate analysis identified male sex, advanced stages and poor differentiation as poor prognostic indicators. …”
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Single Sitting Surgical Treatment of Generalized Aggressive Periodontitis Using GTR Technique and Immediate Implant Placement with 10-Year Follow-Up by Fatme Mouchref Hamasni, Fady El Hajj, Rima Abdallah

“…Covered by doxycycline, the patient received a nonsurgical periodontal treatment. Three weeks later, teeth extraction, immediate implant placement, immediate nonloading provisional prosthesis, and a guided tissue regeneration were performed at indicated areas in a single sitting. …”
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Neck of Femur Fracture in a Patient with a Chronic Osteomyelitis of the Ipsilateral Foot by Anne-Carolin Döring, Anne J. H. Vochteloo, Kees van Doorn, Rianne M. H. A. Huis in ’t Veld, Anil Peters

“…In our case, a below-knee amputation was performed first, followed by total hip arthroplasty two weeks later. At 15-month follow-up, full recovery of the prefracture level of activities of daily living without significant impairment was obtained. …”
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Successful Use of Dupilumab in the Treatment of Acquired Perforating Dermatosis Associated with Atopic Dermatitis by Niccolò Gori, Eleonora De Luca, Andrea Chiricozzi, Stefania Sfregola, Alessandro Di Stefani, Ketty Peris

“…In this report, we describe the exceptional case of a 35-year-old man affected by acquired reactive perforating collagenosis associated with atopic dermatitis who was resistant to conventional topical and systemic treatment and experienced complete resolution of clinical signs and symptoms after 12 weeks of treatment with dupilumab. In our patient, the severe pruritus induced by atopic dermatitis likely contributed to the development of acquired perforating collagenosis lesions, which are thought to be a reactive response to chronic scratching and repetitive injury to the skin. …”
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Immune thrombocytopenia in infants: a retrospective study with comparison to toddlers by Anselm Chi-wai Lee

“…Fewer infants developed chronic ITP (1/22 vs. 9/30, P = 0.032), but more infants had a history of vaccination in the preceding 6 weeks prior to diagnosis of ITP (13/22 vs. 1/30, P < 0.001). …”
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Temporal and spatial co-occurrence of pacific oyster mortality and increased planktonic Vibrio abundance by Elliot Scanes, Nachshon Siboni, Jaimie Potts, Shivanesh Rao, Maurizio Labbate, Justin R. Seymour

“…Total Vibrio and V. harveyi in seawater were significantly greater at sites with high levels of oyster mortality and decreased 5-fold in the weeks following oyster mortality. Our findings provide evidence for the role of Vibrio in oyster mortality events and indicate that ocean warming and elevated phytoplankton may stimulate putative pathogens in the Vibrio genus.…”
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Pulmonary Onset of Adult Onset Still’s Disease Complicated with Kikuchi Lymphadenitis by G. D. E. Kodithuwakku, C. L. Fonseka, S. Nanayakkara, H. M. M. Herath

“…Subsequently, he was managed as AOSD-induced pneumonitis, as he fulfilled Yamaguchi criteria. Few weeks later, he developed macular rash and arthralgia with generalized lymphadenopathy with lymph node histology, showing Kikuchi lymphadenitis. …”
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A Comparison of the Glasgow Coma Scale Score with Full Outline of Unresponsiveness Scale to Predict Patients’ Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes in Intensive Care Units by Rostam Jalali, Mansour Rezaei

“…Patients were followed up until two weeks or hospital discharge to record their survival status. …”
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Corynebacterium striatum: A True Pathogen in Chronic Contiguous Osteomyelitis by Grishma R. Trivedi, Shehzad S. Merchant

“…Cure was defined as granulation of the infected wound and resolution of clinical symptoms at outpatient follow-up between 6 and 8 weeks. Conclusion. This series emphasizes that C. striatum is often a true pathogen in the setting of CCO. …”
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Diets Rich in Olive Oil, Palm Oil, or Lard Alter Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Mitochondrial Membrane Composition in Rat Liver by Youzan Ferdiand Djohan, Massara Camara-Cissé, Gilles Fouret, Béatrice Bonafos, Bernard Jover, Jean-Paul Cristol, Charles Coudray, Christine Feillet-Coudray, Eric Badia

“…After being fed for 12 weeks, animals were sacrificed and liver mitochondria were collected. …”
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Comparison of One-Drill Protocol to Sequential Drilling In Vitro and In Vivo by Sihana Rugova, Marcus Abboud

“…The experimental study was then replicated in an animal model to assess the impact of these protocols on early osseointegration, measured by bone-to-implant contact (BIC) at three weeks post-surgery for Straumann BLT SLActive and Medentika Quattrocone implants. …”
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Growth and Identification of Bacteria in N-Halamine Dental Unit Waterline Tubing Using an Ultrapure Water Source by Nuala Porteous, Jie Luo, Monica Hererra, John Schoolfield, Yuyu Sun

“…Biofilm was established on the inside surfaces of C within three weeks, but not on T. Proteobacteria, and Sphingomonas spp. were identified in the source reservoir and C line, and a variation of the genera was found in T line.…”
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