Comparative analysis of clinical characteristics of symptomatic pituitary adenomas in elderly patients: a consecutive series of 114 patients by Run Wang, Xiaodi Han, Cheng Xie, Qinghua Zhang, Liang Kan, Sheng Han

“…The tumors were primarily non-functional pituitary adenomas (NFPAs, 73.7%), with a high degree of suprasellar invasion but a low degree of parasellar invasion (P<0.0001). …”
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Association of Activin A Levels and Body Mass Index with Human CGB (Chorionic Gonadotrophin Beta) in Ectopic Pregnancies and Missed Abortion Patients by Hussein Al-Rkaby, Manal Kamal Rasheed, Farah Abdul Hussein Salih Al-Asadi

“…Method: The study included 120 participants ranging in age from aged 18-45 years. Thirty of them had Missed abortion and Thirty had ectopic pregnancy were diagnosed by X-ray, whereas sixty were healthy and served as a control group. …”
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Early results of liver resection due to metastases of colorectal carcinoma by Koprivica Radenko, Radević Božina, Tošović Goran, Koprivica Ranka, Smiljanić Radmila

“…There were 18 females and 15 males of the average age 60.09 (42-81) years. Up to 4 metastases had 90.9% of the patients and in 9.09% had up to 5 and more metastases. …”
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Impact of Different Thermal Processing Techniques on the Phytochemical Composition, Antioxidant Capacity, and DNA-Protective Properties of Broccoli by Karlo Miškec, Marta Frlin, Ivana Šola

“…ST broccoli also had the highest levels of soluble sugars (11.04 ± 2.45 mg SucE/g fw) and total tannins (0.46 ± 0.19 mg GAE/g fw). …”
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Predictors of acute symptomatic seizure in cerebral venous thrombosis patients—a multicenter cohort study by Naaem Simaan, Jeremy Molad, Hen Hallevi, Issa Metanis, Rom Mendel, Rani Barnea, Eitan Auriel, Jonathan Naftali, Ruth Eliahou, Shorooq Aladdin, David Orion, Shlomi Peretz, Ronen R. Leker, Asaf Honig

“…Patients who experienced seizures between the second and seventh day (n = 58) had similar baseline characteristics to those with seizures only on the day of presentation (n = 48) but were less likely to achieve a good functional outcome by day 90 (42.6% vs 58.9%, p  < 0.05) and had a lower rate of complete recanalization on follow-up venous imaging (25.5% vs 57.5%, p  = 0.02). …”
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Does the use of Beef-on-Dairy lead to increased longevity in dairy herds? by L. Hüneke, C. Schmidtmann, S. Rensing, G. Thaller, J. Heise

“…Similarly, herds with a lower proportion of female dairy calves born had a significantly higher average longevity: herds with > 55% female dairy calves (thus, a high number of possible replacement heifers) had an average longevity of 1 197 days, whereas herds with < 40% female dairy calves had an average longevity of 1 335 days. …”
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Preparation and characterization of bovine dental pulp-derived extracellular matrix hydrogel for regenerative endodontic applications: an in vitro study by Hisham Elnawam, Abdelrahman Thabet, Ahmed Mobarak, Amr Abdallah, Rania Elbackly

“…Degradation was higher in P-ECM + HA which had a significantly larger fiber diameter, while P-ECM had a larger pore area percentage. …”
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Quality of basic emergency obstetric and newborn care services from patients' perspective in selected public health centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2022: A cross-sectional study. by Willi Bahre, Achamyelesh Tadele, Finot Debebe

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A facility-based cross-sectional study was used among mothers receiving at least one of the signal functions of BEmONC services. A total of 377 mothers were enrolled. …”
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A single incision transaxillary thoracoscopic sympathectomy by Marić Nebojša, Stanić Vojkan, Ristanović Aleksandar, Cvijanović Vlado, Milisavljević Slobodan

“…A total of 47 patients (18 men, 29 women), 18 to 48 years old (29 on average) had underwent 94 bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomies. …”
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Treatment of Achilles tendon rupture using different methods by Grubor Predrag, Grubor Milan

“…The following parameters were monitored after interventions performed and compared: duration of hospital stay, postsurgical complications, incidence of the reruptures of the Achilles tendon and time for full leg functionality. Results. The patients sustained their respective injuries in the following manner: 8 of them while pursuing sports activities, 24 while pursuing recreational activities, 4 at workplace, 4 while performing everyday activities, and 2 of the patients did not know how they had sustained their injuries. …”
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Transcriptomic Analysis for Key Periods of Radicle Development in Contrasting Soybean Varieties HN75 and HN76 by Fengli Yu, Liang Mi, Dawei Xin

“…The plant height and 100-grain weight of HN75, which had a longer growth cycle of 170 days, were slightly higher than those of HN76, which had a shorter growth cycle of 120 days. …”
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The distribution of genetic polymorphism of CYP3A5, CYP3A4 and ABCB1 in patients subjected to renal transplantation by Vavić Neven, Rančić Nemanja, Cikota-Aleksić Bojana, Magić Zvonko, Cimeša Jelena, Obrenčević Katarina, Radojević Milorad, Mikov Momir, Dragojević-Simić Viktorija

“…Most of our patients (94.8%) had functional CYP3A4 enzyme, while 87.7% of all the patients had diminished CYP3A5 enzymatic activity. …”
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Quality of life as a criterion for assessing the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs in patients with painful external genital endometriosis by E. Begovich, B. Baigalmaa, A. G. Solopova, V. O. Bitsadze, J. Kh. Khizroeva, E. A. Son, Sh. Kh. Zobaid, G. K. Bykovshchenko

“…The assessment of QoL (subjective) was performed using specialized questionnaires: visual analog scale (VAS), PainDETECT questionnaire, Endometriosis Health Profile-30 (EHP-30) questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Assessment of QoL parameters was carried out at 6 control time points: before, as well as 5–9 days, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after surgical treatment.  …”
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Subjective memory complaints in people with epilepsy: Are there “signature” complaints associated with anxiety and depression? by Cassandra Trend, Isha Puntambekar, Sallie Baxendale

“…Abstract Objective While there is a relatively weak association between cognitive complaints and performance on standardized tests of memory function, elevated levels of depression and anxiety are highly correlated with subjective memory complaints in people with epilepsy (PWE). …”
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Clinical predictors of low quality of life in patients with Parkinson’s disease by L. I. Kopylova, A. A. Tappakhov, T. Ya. Nikolaeva

“…The sensitivity and specificity of the obtained function were 95.9 and 80%, respectively.Conclusion. …”
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Strain elastography for detecting advanced Fontan-associated liver disease: a retrospective study by Koji Imoto, Takeshi Goya, Yuki Azuma, Tomonobu Hioki, Tomomi Aoyagi, Hazumu Nagata, Akiko Nishizaki, Takamori Kakino, Ayako Ishikita, Kenichiro Yamamura, Ichiro Sakamoto, Masatake Tanaka, Kohtaro Abe, Yoshihiro Ogawa

“…Abstract Background The Fontan procedure has improved the prognosis of patients with a functional single ventricle; however, late complications—including Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD)—have surfaced as clinical concerns. …”
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Identifying comorbidity patterns of mental health disorders in community-dwelling older adults: a cluster analysis by Joshua Tobin, Michaela Black, James Ng, Debbie Rankin, Jonathan Wallace, Catherine Hughes, Leane Hoey, Adrian Moore, Jinling Wang, Geraldine Horigan, Paul Carlin, Helene McNulty, Anne M. Molloy, Mimi Zhang

“…The TUDA multi-view dataset consists of five views: (1) mental health, measured with Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale [CES-D] and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS], (2) cognitive and neuropsychological function, (3) illness diagnoses and medical prescription history, (4) lifestyle and nutritional attainment, and (5) physical well-being. …”
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Reconstruction of postoperative defects using carbon nanostructured implants with intramedullary osteosynthesis after extremity long bone resection for primary and metastatic tumor... by I. R. Safin, A. Yu. Rodionova, D. V. Rukavishnikov, R. Sh. Khasanov

“…At 3 months after surgery, functional outcomes were satisfactory. None of the patients had a local recurrence, instability of the operated limb segment, or a reaction of rejection of a carbon nanostructured implant. …”
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SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS AFTER MODULAR ENDOPROSTHETICS IN PATIENTS WITH ACETABULAR TUMOR by G. D. Iluridze, V. Yu. Karpenko, V. A. Derzhavin, A. V. Bukharov

“…Primary malignant tumors of pelvic bones were in 19 (63%) patients, 5 (17%) had a giant cell tumor. Two (7%) patients had solitary metastases of kidney cancer and one (3%) with synovial sarcoma, and 3 (7%) had relapses after previous surgical treatment.Results. …”
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Spectrum of mutations and their phenotypic manifestations in children and adults with long QT syndrome by N. N. Chakova, S. M. Komissarova, E. A. Zasim, T. V. Dolmatovich, E. S. Rebeko, S. S. Niyazova, E. V. Zaklyazminskaya, L. I. Plashchinskaya, M. V. Dudko

“…Two women out of 7 adults with LQT1 with mutations in the transmembrane domain had na ICD (QTc &gt;520 ms). All patients with LQT2 (4 children, 4 adults) had QTc &gt;500 ms. …”
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