TFCP2 Genetic Polymorphism Is Associated with Predisposition to and Transplant Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Zhikun Liu, Feng Gao, Zhou Shao, Haiyang Xie, Lin Zhou, Xiao Xu, Shusen Zheng

“…Furthermore, the patients who carried rs7959378 AC/CC had a higher overall survival and lower relapse-free survival than those with the rs7959378 AA genotype. …”
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The Effect of Maternal Age on the Incidence of Major Malformations and Operations in Children with Down Syndrome by Elif YILMAZ GULEC, Alper GEZDIRICI

“…Objective: Children with Down syndrome have a high incidence of major malformations and corrective surgery. Some patients do not need any surgery, while some cases are operated for several indications. …”
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Multifocal Multisystem Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Involving Pituitary Masquerading as Crohn’s Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mohd. Ashraf Ganie, Bhanu Malhotra, Manpreet Saini, Arshiya Dutta, Atul Sharma, Kim Vaiphie, Pinaki Dutta

“…Background/Objective. We present a case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) with gastrointestinal involvement masquerading as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in a patient who initially had features of central diabetes insipidus (CDI). …”
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Acceptance of virtual reality-based hadith learning model with technology acceptance model (TAM) approach by Muhammad Luthfi Hamzah, Ansharullah Ansharullah, Zetri Rahmat, M. Fahli Zatrahadi, Astri Ayu Purwati

“…The census method was used for sampling, so that the entire population became the research sample. …”
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Low-grade sarcoma of the cervix: an unusual diagnosis by Maurice José González Basulto, Gustavo de Jesús Crespo Campo, Dayan Cervantes Peláez

“…Subsequently, in August 2022, she presented scant bleeding, so she was sent to the Neck Pathology Consultation. …”
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Hyperreflective Intraretinal Spots in Diabetics without and with Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: An In Vivo Study Using Spectral Domain OCT by Stela Vujosevic, Silvia Bini, Giulia Midena, Marianna Berton, Elisabetta Pilotto, Edoardo Midena

“…Methods. 36 subjects were enrolled: 12 with no DR, 12 with DR, and 12 normal subjects who served as controls. All studied subjects underwent full ophthalmologic examination and spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). …”
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Pan-Islamism: Ideas and Their Influence on Education in West Java by Eky Diaz Nurul Agustina, Shabri Sentosa, Umaya Resa Wijayanti

“…Pesantren such as Persis are real examples of how pan-Islamist principles can be applied in education to produce a generation of Muslims who are knowledgeable in religion and common sense. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Whole Body and Hepatic Insulin Resistance Using Indices from Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Morbidly Obese Subjects with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Kamran Qureshi, Ronald H. Clements, Fahad Saeed, Gary A. Abrams

“…Methods. 113 morbidly obese, nondiabetic subjects who underwent gastric bypass surgery and intraoperative liver biopsy were included in the study. …”
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Atlantoaxial fixation for treatment of syringobulbia and syringomyelia: Case report and literature review by Kaunda Emeka Ibebuike, Oluwamayowa Opara

“…The objective is to present a case report highlighting our experience in the management of syringobulbia and syringomyelia in an adult male. We present a 45-year-old male who presented with an inability to walk with associated bladder and bowel symptoms. …”
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Effect of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections on Osteoporotic Fracture and Bone Mineral Density in Elderly Women with Diabetes Mellitus by Minsoo Kim, Jiwon Bak, Sejin Kim, Hee-Jeong Son, Seong-Sik Kang, Jin Hue, Byeongmun Hwang, Seung Koo Lee

“…The medical records of elderly women who underwent ESI were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Setting up a transgender-friendly service in a tertiary care hospital: The challenges and solutions by Manoj K. Sahoo, Chandrima Naskar, Vinita Singh, Akash Panigrahi

“…The clinic’s experience with 50 TGD individuals, including 18 who underwent gender reassignment surgeries, demonstrates the feasibility of such a service. …”
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Prevalence of Abortion and Contraceptive Practice among Women Seeking Repeat Induced Abortion in Western Nigeria by Mustafa Adelaja Lamina

“…Of 2934 women seeking an abortion, 23% reported having had one or more previous abortions. Of those who had had more than one abortion, the level of awareness of contraceptives was 91.7% while only 21.5% used a contraceptive at their first intercourse after the procedure; 78.5% of the pregnancies were associated with non-contraceptive use while 17.5% were associated with contraceptive failure. …”
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The Impact of Chat GPT's Quality Factors on Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Enjoyment, and Continuous Usage Intention Using the IS Success Model by Mun Ki Kim, Seon Young Jhee, Sang-Lin Han

“…In addition, as a result of examining the mediating effect through additional analysis, it was confirmed that the quality factors of ChatGPT mentioned in this study influence the continuous usage intention by mediating the perceived usefulness and perceived enjoyment. Through this study, we hope to contribute to the number of strategies of related companies for ChatGPT users based on Generative AI, which is increasingly being used with the development of artificial intelligence technology, and provide implications for the era of innovative AI technology.…”
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Persistent Primary Hyperparathyroidism, Severe Vitamin D Deficiency, and Multiple Pathological Fractures by Victoria Mendoza-Zubieta, Mauricio Carvallo-Venegas, Jorge Alberto Vargas-Castilla, Nicolás Ducoing-Sisto, Alfredo Alejandro Páramo-Lovera, Lourdes Josefina Balcázar-Hernández, Julián Malcolm Mac Gregor-Gooch

“…When it coexists with severe vitamin D deficiency, the effects on bone can be devastating. We report the case of a 56-year-old woman who was sent to this center because of persistent hyperparathyroidism. …”
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T Cell Histiocyte Rich Large B Cell Lymphoma Presenting as Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Disease by Uroosa Ibrahim, Gwenalyn Garcia, Amina Saqib, Shafinaz Hussein, Qun Dai

“…An extremely unusual manifestation of the disease is hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) which is a hyperinflammatory disorder. We present a case of a 43-year-old male who presented with recurrent fever and recent radiologic imaging showing splenomegaly and right inguinal lymphadenopathy. …”
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Fluoroscopy guided ventriculo-atrial shunt insertion by Ernesto Enrique Horta-Tamayo, Luis Cesar Acosta-González, Carlos García-Alonso, Enrique Antonio González-Hernández

“…Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics in a patient who received fluoroscopy-guided ventriculo-atrial shunt. …”
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Use of Adjuvant Sorafenib in Liver Transplant Recipients with High-Risk Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Kirti Shetty, Chiranjeev Dash, Jacqueline Laurin

“…We utilized as historical controls patients transplanted previously, whose explant tumor characteristics exceeded Milan criteria, but who were not “preemptively” treated with sorafenib. …”
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Students Attitude Towards LGBTQ; the Future Counselor Challenges by Zadrian Ardi, Frischa Meivilona Yendi, Ifdil Ifdil

“…This has become an important concern for counselors as social workers who deal directly with this issue. Counseling and psychotherapist services are one of the important points in problem solving. …”
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Multi-sequence magnetic resonance imaging radiomics combined with imaging features predicts the difficulty of HIFU treatment of uterine fibroids by Li Shen, Xiao Huang, Yuyao Liu, Shanwei Bai, Fang Wang, Quan Yang

“…A retrospective analysis was conducted on 218 patients with uterine fibroids who underwent HIFU treatment, including 178 cases from Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University and 40 cases from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (external validation set). …”
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Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Are Major Threats of Otitis Media in Wollo Area, Northeastern Ethiopia: A Ten-Year Retrospective Analysis by Ayele Argaw-Denboba, Asrat Agalu Abejew, Alemayehu Gashaw Mekonnen

“…A retrospective analysis was performed using culture and antibiotic susceptibility test results of 1225 patients who visited Dessie Regional Health Research Laboratory from 2001 to 2011. …”
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