Successful Outcome of a Corticodependent Henoch-Schönlein Purpura Adult with Rituximab by Taylor Pindi Sala, Jean-Marie Michot, Renaud Snanoudj, Marion Dollat, Emmanuel Estève, Bernadette Marie, Yacine Taoufik, Jean-François Delfraissy, Thierry Lazure, Olivier Lambotte

“…Because of four relapses and corticosteroid dependence, the patient was treated with rituximab (two intravenous infusions of 1000 mg given two weeks apart). Successful outcome was observed along two years of follow-up. …”
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Yersinia Infection with Clostridium Difficile Colitis by M.J. Fishman, M.A. Noble, H.J. Freeman

“…All patients seen during a two year period with diarrhea within four weeks of antibiotic therapy, a positive tool culture for C difficile and a positive stool cytotoxin assay specific for C difficile were investigated. …”
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Effect Of Zinc And Ingredients Of Protein Supplement On Sperm Parameters And Male Reproductive Hormones- An RCT Study by Saira Safdar, Irfan Afzal Mughal, Noor Ul Ain, Sidra Jabeen, Muhammad Hassaan Farooq, Asma Irfan

“…Semen Analysis of Male Sprague Dawley rats of all 3 groups was evaluated after 8 weeks. Sperm parameters and serum levels of Male Reproductive Hormones were measured at the beginning and the end of the study. …”
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Differentially Expressed MicroRNAs in the Development of Early Diabetic Retinopathy by Qiaoyun Gong, Jia’nan Xie, Yang Liu, Ying Li, Guanfang Su

“…We exposed human retinal endothelial cells (HRECs) and a cell line of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells to high glucose (25 mmol/L, 1–7 days) to mimic DR progression and used streptozotocin-injected rats (4–8 weeks) for an in vivo diabetes model. HREC/RPE viability decreased after 24 h incubation and diminished further over 6 days, and Hoechst staining revealed hyperglycemia-induced HREC/RPE apoptosis. …”
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An Effect of Ursodeoxycholic Acid on Inflammation, Steatosis and Liver Fibrosis and Atherogenesis Factors in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Results of the USPEH S... by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. Yu. Nadinskaia, V. D. Lunkov, I. Yu. Pirogova, E. V. Chesnokov, Kh. B. Kodzoeva, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The study included 139 patients with NAFLD who received 15 mg/kg of UDCA (Ursosan®) per day for 24 weeks. Before and after the study, liver function and lipid metabolism, liver steatosis index FLI, intimamedia thickness (IMT) of the carotid arteries were determined. …”
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Dysbiosis of infant gut microbiota is related to the altered fatty acid composition of human milk from mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study by Kelei Li, Jin Jin, Zhizuo Liu, Chuanjing Chen, Ludi Huang, Yongye Sun

“…Mothers with GDM and normal controls were recruited at 24–28 gestational weeks. Follow-up was conducted at 1–3 days postpartum and 1 month postpartum to collect human milk and infant feces. …”
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Severe IgG4-Related Disease in a Young Child: A Diagnosis Challenge by Susana Corujeira, Catarina Ferraz, Teresa Nunes, Elsa Fonseca, Luísa Guedes Vaz

“…Glucocorticoids therapy was started with symptomatic improvement, reduction in the size of the mass, and decrease of serum IgG4 levels after 6 weeks. There are very few reports of IgG4-RD in children. …”
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Responsiveness of hand-held dynamometry for measuring changes in trunk muscle strength in people with chronic low back pain by Shouq Althobaiti, Janet A. Deane, Deborah Falla

“…Methods Maximum isometric trunk strength was measured using both a HHD and an isokinetic dynamometer (ID) in 21 participants with chronic LBP both before and after 6 weeks of progressive trunk resistance exercises. …”
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The Impacts of Cardiac Rehabilitation Program on Echocardiographic Parameters in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction by Masoumeh Sadeghi, Mohammad Garakyaraghi, Mohsen Khosravi, Mahboobeh Taghavi, Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Hamidreza Roohafza

“…Patients with CAD who had ventricular dysfunction were included into an exercise-based rehabilitation program and received rehabilitation for eight weeks. All subjects underwent echocardiography before and at the end of the rehabilitation program. …”
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The dynamics of seated shot put: a case study example of pole grip optimisation by Connor J. Holdback, Rony Ibrahim, David S. Haydon, David S. Haydon, Paul Grimshaw, Paul Grimshaw, Paul Grimshaw, Richard Kelso, Richard Kelso, Ross A. Pinder

“…In addition, a post-analysis intervention was implemented following this investigation where the athlete completed four weeks of training (8 sessions) with a grip height that was indicated to be superior. …”
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Percutaneous vacuum-assisted tumor thrombectomy using angiovac and penumbra lightning 12 aspiration systems by Murtaza Jafri, BSc, Brittany Stojak, MD, Owen Mooney, MD, Andrew Macdiarmid, MD, Ian W. Gibson, MD, Surinder Dhaliwal, MD

“…However, she re-presented to hospital 3 weeks later complaining of 3 days of shortness of breath. …”
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The Effect of Telenursing on Disease Outcomes in People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Narrative Review by Mina AkbariRad, Mohsen Dehghani, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Ashkan Torshizian, Nikoo Saeedi, Mehrdad Sarabi, Mahdieh Sahebi, Mohammad Taghi Shakeri

“…Both male and female patients were considered in the included studies, with mean age of 56.2 years old and a follow-up range of 12 weeks to 18 months. Findings showed that telenursing or nurse telephone follow-up significantly increased mean self-care efficacy score, improved adherence to the treatment regimen, decreased glycosylated hemoglobin and plasma glucose levels (but not lipid profile and body mass index), and improved quality of life compared to the routine care in people with T2DM. …”
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Lamotrigine-Valproic Acid Interaction Leading to Stevens–Johnson Syndrome by Marta Vázquez, Cecilia Maldonado, Natalia Guevara, Andrea Rey, Pietro Fagiolino, Antonella Carozzi, Carlos Azambuja

“…Hereby, we present the case of an 8-year-old boy who suffered from SJS and other complications two weeks after LTG was added to his VPA treatment in order to control his seizures. …”
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Study on Association of Pentraxin 3 and Diabetic Nephropathy in a Rat Model by Xuehai Chen, Jiao Luo, Minmin Wu, Zhuo Pan, Yue Xie, Hongwei Wang, Bicheng Chen, Hong Zhu

“…Diabetes was induced in rats by injecting streptozotocin (STZ). Twelve weeks later, the diabetic rats were divided into 2 groups: the islet transplantation group (IT) and the diabetic nephropathy group (DN). …”
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Comparable Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training and Prolonged Continuous Exercise Training on Abdominal Visceral Fat Reduction in Obese Young Women by Haifeng Zhang, Tom K. Tong, Weifeng Qiu, Xu Zhang, Shi Zhou, Yang Liu, Yuxiu He

“…Forty-three participants received either HIIT (n=15), MICT (n=15), or no training (CON, n=13) for 12 weeks. The abdominal visceral fat area (AVFA) and abdominal subcutaneous fat area (ASFA) of the participants were measured through computed tomography scans preintervention and postintervention. …”
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Changes in Anterior Segment Morphology of Iris Bombe before and after Laser Peripheral Iridotomy in Patients with Uveitic Secondary Glaucoma by Wakako Ikegawa, Takashi Suzuki, Koji Namiguchi, Shiro Mizoue, Atsushi Shiraishi, Yuichi Ohashi

“…AS images of eight eyes were captured before and after iris bombe and more than 2 weeks after LPI (post-LPI) using AS-OCT. We compared the following AS parameters: anterior chamber depth (ACD), anterior chamber volume (ACV), iris curvature (IC), iris thickness at 500 μm from the scleral spur (IT-1) in the middle between the iris root and pupillary margin (IT-2) and 500 μm from the pupillary margin (IT-3) to the anterior chamber angle (ACA) (angle opening distance [AOD750]), and trabecular iris space area. …”
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The Influence of Brightness on Functional Assessment by mfERG: A Study on Scaffolds Used in Retinal Cell Transplantation in Pigs by A. T. Christiansen, J. F. Kiilgaard, M. Smith, R. Ejstrup, G. E. Wnek, J. U. Prause, M. J. Young, H. Klassen, H. Kaplan, M. La Cour

“…Histological and electrophysiological evaluation of the overlying retina was carried out 6 weeks after implantation. Histologically, both white and blue membranes degraded in a spongiform manner leaving a disrupted outer retina with no preserved photoreceptor segments. …”
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Differential Effects of Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beer Intake on Renin–Angiotensin System Modulation in Spontaneous Hypertensive Rats by María Dolores Mayas, Cristina Cueto-Ureña, María Jesús Ramírez-Expósito, José Manuel Martínez-Martos

“…WKY and SHRs were divided into groups receiving tap water (TW), non-alcoholic beer (NAB), alcoholic beer (AB), TW or NAB and TW or AB for 12 weeks. Systolic blood pressure (SBP), body weight, and biochemical parameters (electrolytes, glucose, renal and liver function, lipid profile) were monitored, and the RAS enzyme activity in serum and various tissues was analyzed. …”
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Impact of Hepatitis B Exposure on Sustained Virological Response Rates of Highly Viremic Chronic Hepatitis C Patients by Ioannis S. Elefsiniotis, Christos Pavlidis, Elena Vezali, Theodoros Mariolis-Sapsakos, Sotirios Koutsounas, George Saroglou

“…Methods. 185 consecutive CHC patients (14.4% cirrhotics, 70.2% prior intravenous drug users) treated with pegylated interferon-a2b plus ribavirin, for 24 or 48 weeks based on viral genotype, were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Fundus Examination of 23,861 Newborns by Digital Imaging in Ningbo by Delin Liu, Jiao Zheng, Yi Lu

“…The average gestational age was 37.9 ± 5.6 weeks, and the average birth weight was 3,189 ± 417 g. …”
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