Therapeutic effectiveness of three commercial anthelmintics against strongylids in buffalo calves (Bubalus bubalis) by David Uzcátegui, Víctor Gutiérrez, María Rodríguez, Andrea González, Alfredo Sánchez

“…The anthelmintics were applied in a single dose on day zero (0) of the research. A coprological diagnosis was performed prior to treatment and at 14 (A), 21 (B) and 28 (C) days after treatment. …”
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Linking The Cancer Imaging Archive and GenBank to the National Clinical Cohort Collaborative by Ahmad Baghal, Joel Saltz, Tahsin Kurc, Prateek Prasanna, Samantha Baghal, Janos Hajagos, Erich Bremer, Shaymaa Al‐Shukri, Joshua L. Kennedy, Michael Rutherford, Tracy Nolan, Kirk Smith, Christopher G. Chute, Fred Prior

“…Abstract Objective This project demonstrates the feasibility of connecting medical imaging data and features, SARS‐CoV‐2 genome variants, with clinical data in the National Clinical Cohort Collaborative (N3C) repository to accelerate integrative research on detection, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID‐19‐related morbidities. …”
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Medication adherence and blood pressure control in treated hypertensive patients: first follow-up findings from the PREDIcT-HTN study in Northern Bangladesh by Ahmed Hossain, Gias Uddin Ahsan, Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Probal Sutradhar, Sarowar-E. Alam, Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Heba Hijazi, Syed Azizur Rahman, Mohamad Alameddine

“…A comprehensive approach is warranted, including strategies to enhance adherence, early diagnosis, personalized treatment, and simplified medication regimens. …”
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Case Report: The importance of genetic counseling for families with hyperinsulinism by Victoria R. Sanders, Victoria R. Sanders, Katherine Lord, Katherine Lord, Katherine Lord, Winnie M. Sigal, Winnie M. Sigal, Winnie M. Sigal, Heather McKnight, Heather McKnight, N. Scott Adzick, N. Scott Adzick, Lisa J. States, Lisa J. States, Tricia Bhatti, Tricia Bhatti, Diva D. De Leon, Diva D. De Leon, Diva D. De Leon

“…Understanding the genetic etiology also allows accurate genetic counseling to be provided, illustrated by two families following a diagnosis of HI. A newborn had hypoglycemia at birth and was diagnosed with focal HI due to a paternally inherited recessive ABCC8 variant. …”
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Hypothermia during Surgical Treatment of Type A Aortic Dissection: A 16 Years’ Experience by Francesco Macrina, Maria Cristina Acconcia, Luigi Tritapepe, Mizar D’abramo, Wael Saade, Alessandra Capelli, Fabio Miraldi

“…This is a retrospective observational study, and we examined 16-year trends in the presentation, diagnosis, hospital outcome and treatment of A AAD type. …”
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Unconventional use of injectable long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine against HIV-1 in PWH in clinical need: 52 weeks real-world data by Valentina Iannone, Roberto Rossotti, Nicholas Brian Bana, Gabriele Cavazza, Federico D’Amico, Francesca Lombardi, Pierluigi Francesco Salvo, Gianmaria Baldin, Simona Di Giambenedetto, Dario Bernacchia, Gabriele Pagani, Alberto Borghetti, Stefano Rusconi

“…Results We enrolled 74 PWH, with a median of 7 injections (IQR 5–9), a median age of 53 years (IQR 45–61), median time of exposure to antiretrovirals of 11 years (IQR 8–18) and median time from HIV diagnosis of 11.8 years (IQR 6.6–18.2). Eleven (14.9%) discontinued LA CAB + RPV mainly for injection-site pain. …”
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Mutual associations among responsiveness to differential diagnostic tests for Cushing’s disease, tumor size, and somatostatin receptor 5 expression in corticotroph tumors by Karolina Budzen, Kosuke Mukai, Yuto Mitsui, Michio Otsuki, Atsunori Fukuhara, Satoru Oshino, Youichi Saitoh, Masaharu Kohara, Eiichi Morii, Iichiro Shimomura

“…Tests for differential diagnosis of CD, the ACTH/cortisol index, and the corticotroph tumor diameter have the potential for identifying SSTR5 expression in corticotroph tumors. …”
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Exploring Chronic Pain in Hemodialysis Patients: An Observational Study Based on the New IASP Classification for ICD-11 by Vittorio Schweiger, Martina Cacciapuoti, Marta Nizzero, Salvatore Simari, Gianmarco Lombardi, Leonardo Gottin, Lisa Stefani, Alvise Martini, Giustino Varrassi, Gabriele Finco, Enrico Polati, Giovanni Gambaro

“…According to the IASP classification for ICD-11, the clinical diagnosis of chronic pain secondary to obliterating arterial disease and diabetes-related foot ulcers could not be assigned to any diagnostic category as a result of the lack of a specific item in the aforementioned classification. …”
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Assessment of upper respiratory and gut bacterial microbiomes during COVID-19 infection in adults: potential aerodigestive transmission by Hafez Al-Momani, Andrew Nelson, Hadeel Al Balawi, Dua’a Al Balawi, Iman Aolymat, Ashraf I. Khasawneh, Hala Tabl, Ayman Alsheikh, AbdelRahman M. Zueter, Jeffrey Pearson, Christopher Ward

“…This research explored the relationship between the microbiomes of the upper respiratory and GI tracts in patients with COVID-19 and examined Extraesophageal reflux (EOR), a mechanism which could contribute to dysregulated communication between the GI and respiratory tract (as identified in COVID-19). 97 patients with a laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19 infection, and 50 age-matched controls were recruited and stool, saliva and sputum were obtained from each participant. …”
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A simple, highly sensitive and specific serological test for the detection of antibodies to Varicella-zoster virus (<i>Varicellovirus humanalpha3</i>) by Firaya G. Nagieva, Elena P. Barkova, Olga S. Kharchenko, Alexander V. Sidorov, Galina I. Alatortseva, Bogdan S. Cherepovich, Yulia N. Tarakanova, Olga A. Trubacheva, Evgeny A. Pashkov, Artem A. Rtishchev, Oksana A. Svitich, Vitaly V. Zverev

“…Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV) is a highly contagious alpha-herpes virus. The diagnosis of chickenpox remains a difficult task especially in cases of breakthrough chickenpox, so the development of reliable laboratory tests is necessary. …”
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Does Preendoscopy Rockall Score Safely Identify Low Risk Patients following Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage? by Matthew R. Johnston, Iain A. Murray, Michael Schultz, Peter McLeod, Nathan O’Donnell, Heather Norton, Chelsea Baines, Emily Fawcett, Terry Fesaitu, Hin Leung, Jeong-Yoon Park, Adibah Salleh, Wei Zhang, José A. García

“…Retrospective analysis of adults with UGIH over 59 consecutive months. PERS, diagnosis, demographics, need for endoscopic therapy, transfusion or surgery and 30-day mortality and 14-day rebleeding rate, and sensitivity and specificity of PERS for enabling safe discharge preendoscopy were calculated. …”
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Epidemiological Dynamics of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase- or AmpC β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Screened in Apparently Healthy Chickens in Uganda by Steven Kakooza, Damien Munyiirwa, Paul Ssajjakambwe, Edrine Kayaga, Dickson Stuart Tayebwa, Dickson Ndoboli, Loreen Basemera, Esther Nabatta, Maria Agnes Tumwebaze, John Baligwamunsi Kaneene

“…Consequently, injudicious antimicrobial use should be replaced with an accurate diagnosis by bacterial culture and sensitivity testing so as to circumvent AMR emergence, spread, and associated losses.…”
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Replication of European hypertension associations in a case-control study of 9,534 African Americans. by Harpreet Kaur, Dana C Crawford, Jingjing Liang, Penelope Benchek, COGENT BP Consortium, Xiaofeng Zhu, Asha R Kallianpur, William S Bush

“…<h4>Methods</h4>To evaluate associations, we analyzed genotype data of 14 SNPs for their associations with a diagnosis of hypertension, systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in a case-control study of an AA population (N = 9,534). …”
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Clinical follow-up of 2 families with glomerulopathy caused by COQ8B gene variants and literature review by Lei Zhang, Gentzon Hall, Peitong Han, Chunzhen Li, Jieyuan Cui

“…Oral CoQ10 was initiated based on his genetic diagnosis and was it was effective in reducing proteinuria over the first 5 months months of therapy. …”
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Periodontal Indices as Predictors of Cognitive Decline: Insights from the PerioMind Colombia Cohort by Catalina Arévalo-Caro, Diego López, Jose Antonio Sánchez Milán, Cristina Lorca, María Mulet, Humberto Arboleda, Sergio Losada Amaya, Aida Serra, Xavier Gallart-Palau

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: Here, we show that specific altered periodontal metrics are associated with MCI diagnosis, and the generated results provide defined metric ranges for identifying individuals at risk. …”
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Performance of the 2023 diagnostic criteria for MOGAD: real-world application in a Chinese multicenter cohort of pediatric and adult patients by Meng-Ting Cai, Yi Hua, Qi-Lun Lai, Sheng-Yao Su, Chun-Hong Shen, Song Qiao, Yong-Feng Xu, Zhe-Feng Yuan, Yin-Xi Zhang

“…The 2023 Lancet Neurology criteria were assessed against the benchmark of empirical clinical diagnosis, and the 2018 JAMA Neurology and Journal of Neuroinflammation criteria were also evaluated for comparative analysis. …”
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Clinicopathological Characteristics of Middle-Aged and Elderly Patients with Colorectal Polyps and Risk Factors of Adenomatous Polyps by Rui CHENG, Rui GONG, Wei JIANG, Shutian ZHANG

“…ObjectiveTo determine the risk factors related to the occurrence of colorectal adenomatous polyps and provide a basis for early screening, diagnosis, and treatment of colorectal cancer. MethodsA total of 1 527 cases of colorectal polyps detected by colonoscopy were selected as the research subjects. …”
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A Subgroup of Latently Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infected Individuals Is Characterized by Consistently Elevated IgA Responses to Several Mycobacterial Antigens by Ralf Baumann, Susanne Kaempfer, Novel N. Chegou, Wulf Oehlmann, Ralf Spallek, André G. Loxton, Paul D. van Helden, Gillian F. Black, Mahavir Singh, Gerhard Walzl

“…The novel antigen NarL may also be promising for the antibody-based diagnosis of active TB cases.…”
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Clinical features and genetic analysis of 15 Chinese children with dent disease by Qian Li, Zhenle Yang, Ruixian Zang, Suwen Liu, Lichun Yu, Jing Wang, Cong Wang, Xiaoyuan Wang, Shuzhen Sun

“…Protein electrophoresis and genetic testing can help to provide an early and correct diagnosis.…”
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Clinical confocal laser endomicroscopy for imaging of autofluorescence signals of human brain tumors and non-tumor brain by Marlen Reichenbach, Sven Richter, Roberta Galli, Matthias Meinhardt, Katrin Kirsche, Achim Temme, Dimitrios Emmanouilidis, Witold Polanski, Insa Prilop, Dietmar Krex, Stephan B. Sobottka, Tareq A. Juratli, Ilker Y. Eyüpoglu, Ortrud Uckermann

“…Abstract Purpose Analysis of autofluorescence holds promise for brain tumor delineation and diagnosis. Therefore, we investigated the potential of a commercial confocal laser scanning endomicroscopy (CLE) system for clinical imaging of brain tumors. …”
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