Screening for Janus kinase-2 exon 12 mutations among Janus kinase-2 V617F-negative polycythemia vera suspected Iraqi patients by Mushtaq M. Khazeem, Alaa Fadhil Alwan

“…Out of them, there were 102 patients with JAK2V617F-negative who retrospectively screened for JAK2 exon 12 mutations by direct sequencing (Sanger sequencing). …”
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Bibliometric Analysis on ChatGPT Research with CiteSpace by Dongyan Nan, Xiangying Zhao, Chaomei Chen, Seungjong Sun, Kyeo Re Lee, Jang Hyun Kim

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LRRK2 Mutations and Asian Disease-Associated Variants in the First Parkinson’s Disease Cohort from Kazakhstan by Rauan Kaiyrzhanov, Akbota Aitkulova, Chingiz Shashkin, Nazira Zharkinbekova, Mie Rizig, Elena Zholdybayeva, Zharkyn Jarmukhanov, Vadim Akhmetzhanov, Gulnaz Kaishibayeva, Talgat Khaibullin, Altynay Karimova, Serik Akshulakov, Askhat Bralov, Nurlan Kissamedenov, Zhanar Seidinova, Anjela Taskinbayeva, Aliya Muratbaikyzy, Henry Houlden

“…Peculiar geographic distribution of these mutations has triggered an interest in genotyping PD cohorts of different ethnic backgrounds for LRRK. Objective. Here, we report on the results of LRRK2 screening in the first Central Asian PD cohort. …”
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The Experience of Women with Obstetric Fistula following Corrective Surgery: A Qualitative Study in Benadir and Mudug Regions, Somalia by Adam A. Mohamed, Abiodun O. Ilesanmi, M. David Dairo

“…Women with obstetric fistula experience serious health and social consequences which prevents them fulfill social, family, and personal responsibilities. We recommend expansion of BEmONC services to underserved areas, capacity building for local OBF surgeons, and improved media campaign and birth preparedness at community levels.…”
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Application of the Whole Optimization of Emergency Nursing Model United and Its Influence on Patients’ Stress Response and Nursing Satisfaction by Dannan Ai, Sumin Xu

“…The research subjects were 120 multiple trauma patients hospitalized to our hospital’s emergency department between January 2019 and January 2020, who were evenly divided into groups A (n=60) and B (n=60) based on the sequence of admission. …”
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Weight loss for overweight and obese patients with prostate cancer: a study protocol of a randomised trial comparing clinic-based versus Telehealth delivered EXercise and nutrition... by Robert U Newton, Daniel A Galvão, Dennis R Taaffe, Suzanne K Chambers, David Joseph, Amanda Devine, Colin I Tang, Nigel Spry, Emily Jeffery, Dickon Hayne, Pedro Lopez, P Lyons-Wall, Christine Kudiarasu

“…However, the intervention needs to be accessible to all patients and not just those who can access a supervised clinic-based programme. …”
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Predictors of insecticide-treated nets utilization among children under five years in refugee settlements in Uganda: analysis of the 2018–2019 Uganda Malaria Indicator Survey by Henry Musoke Semakula, Frank Mugagga

“…Interestingly, the odds of children sleeping under ITN were 70% lower if their mothers knew that ‘not sleeping in nets’ caused malaria. Mothers who were exposed to malaria messages had lower odds of their children sleeping under ITNs. …”
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Purchasing Frozen, Fresh, Canned, and Dried Produce in a Nationally Representative Sample of United States Households by Graham E Bastian, Joslyn K Russell, Annie J Roe, Raveen Rani

“…Since nutrition educators who teach SNAP participants already promote frozen FV, studies that investigate how SNAP consumers’ perceptions change because of such interventions are also warranted.…”
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The Impact of Hangeshashinto on Symptoms and Gut Microbiota in Diarrhea-type Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Retrospective Analysis by Naohisa Yoshida, Takeshi Yasuda, Yoshikazu Inagaki, Daisuke Hasegawa, Kohei Fukumoto, Takaaki Murakami, Ryohei Hirose, Osamu Dohi, Kazuhiko Uchiyama, Tomohisa Takagi, Yoshito Itoh

“…Patients diagnosed with IBS-D based on the ROME IV criteria between April 2019 and December 2023, who received HST 7.5 g/day for 2-3 weeks were included. …”
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Identifying Risk Factors Associated With False‐Negative Results in US‐Guided Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Lung Biopsy of Subpleural Pulmonary Lesions by Jiawei Yi, Mengjun Shen, Junhui He, Runhe Xia, Xinyu Zhao, Yin Wang

“…Materials and Methods This ambispective cohort study included patients with subpleural pulmonary lesions who underwent US‐PTLB with benign pathological findings between April 2017 and June 2022 (retrospective cohort) and between July 2022 and October 2022 (prospective cohort). …”
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Evaluating Psychometric Properties of the International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form in a Heterogeneous Sample of Post-Operative Patients by Ryan D Richardson, Madeline P Casanova, Ashley J Reeves, Seungho Ryu, Adam C Cady, Russell T Baker

“… # Study Design Cross-Sectional Study # Methods An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted to identify a sound latent structure and to assess internal consistency in a large sample of patients who underwent knee arthroscopy. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to confirm structural validity. …”
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Use of 18F-NaF PET in the staging of skeletal metastases of newly diagnosed, high-risk prostate cancer patients: a nationwide cohort study by Christian Torp-Pedersen, Mette Nørgaard, Helle D Zacho, Lars J Petersen, Anna Winther Mogensen, Marie T Pank

“…The survival rates were similar between the two groups.…”
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Prediction of successful weaning from renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients based on machine learning by Qiqiang Liang, Xin Xu, Shuo Ding, Jin Wu, Man Huang

“…We evaluated RRT weaning success based on patients being free of RRT in the subsequent week and their overall survival. …”
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IVUS-Guided Zero-Contrast PCI in CKD Patients: Safety and Short-Term Outcome in Patients with Complex Demographics and/or Lesion Characteristics by Prathap Kumar, Blessvin Jino, Ali Shafeeq, Stalin Roy, Manu Rajendran, Sandheep George Villoth

“…To assess the safety and short-term outcomes of IVUS-guided zero-contrast PCI in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with complex demographics or lesion morphology. Methods. Patients who underwent IVUS-guided zero-contrast PCI at a tertiary center, from November 2019 to May 2020, were included in this prospective analysis. …”
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Medyalararası Gündem Belirleme Çalışmalarında R Stüdyo Kullanımı: Rozelle-Campbell Taban Hizası ile Çapraz Gecikmeli Korelasyonun Bilişimleştirilmesi by Özlem Alikılıç, İnanç Alikılıç

“…On the other hand, neither do we claim to provide the most convenient solution for the researchers. …”
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Electrophysiological Characterization of Neuropathy Complicating Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Nimat Abuelwafaa, Hana Ahmed, Ilham Omer, Mohamed Abdullah, Ammar Ahmed, Afraa Musa

“…Data was analysed using IBM SPSS statistics. Out of the 50 diabetic patients, 44 (88%) had electrophysiological evidence of peripheral neuropathy (abnormalities in at least two of the electrophysiological parameters). …”
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The German Days of Dora Pejačević by Domagoj Marić

“…Excluding shorter trips that are difficult to trace, e.g. during the First World War, Dora Pejačević stayed in Germany on two occasions – the first time from March 1909 (?) …”
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Effects of Combined Intrathecal Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Schwann Cells Transplantation on Neuropathic Pain in Complete Spinal Cord Injury: A Phase II Randomized Active-Controlled... by Mohammadhosein Akhlaghpasand, Roozbeh Tavanaei, Maede Hosseinpoor, Reza Heidari, Ida Mohammadi, Mohsen Chamanara, Melika Hosseinpour, Alireza Zali, Reza Mosaed, Saeed Oraee-Yazdani

“…This study was a parallel-group, randomized, open-label, active-controlled phase II trial with two arms, including treatment and control groups. …”
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Effectiveness of a web-based virtual journal club to promote medical education (Web-Ed): protocol of a multicentre pragmatic randomised trial by Mohamed Abdelrahman, Neil Cowan, Meera Ramcharn, Bassel H Al Wattar, William Parry-Smith, Sarah McRobbie, Michael Rimmer, Nagla Elfaki, Cheryl Dunlop, Damien Coleburt, Olivia Raglan, Jhia Jiat Teh, Maria Fisher, Nilaani Murugesu, Yazid Jibrel, Matthew Wood

“…We will enrol qualified doctors or medical students who are >18 years old, proficient in English and able to use online videoconferencing software. …”
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CMR assessment of epicardial edipose tissue in relation to myocardial inflammation and fibrosis in patients with new-onset atrial arrhythmias after STEMI by Yanfei Ren, Xinjia Du, Maochen Li, Lei Chen, Jiahua Liu, Yixuan Wu, Yuan Lu

“…Methods This was a single-centre, retrospective study. We consecutively selected patients who completed CMR during their hospitalisation for PCI after STEMI from May 2019-January 2023, and then underwent regular follow-up, grouped by the presence or absence of new atrial arrhythmias, and enrolled patients were divided into atrial arrhythmia and non-atrial arrhythmia groups. …”
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