Is chronic urticaria or urticarial vasculitis a diagnostic dilemma? by L.I. Vakulenko, S.V. Samsonenko, K.V. Skriabina

“…Performing a punch biopsy, which is currently the gold standard for diagnosis, allows us to solve the diagnostic dilemma: “UV or chronic urticaria”. …”
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Subgingival Delivery of Statins as an Adjunct in the Non-Surgical Treatment of Periodontitis: A Systematic Review by Magdalena Maria Pietrzko, Maciej Pietrzko, Wojciech Niemczyk, Dariusz Skaba, Rafał Wiench

“…Background/Objectives: The gold standard in the non-surgical treatment of periodontitis is scaling and root planning (SRP). …”
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Early and Midterm Outcomes of Percutaneous Arteriovenous Fistula Creation by Ahmed Kamel Abdel Aal, Juri Bassuner, Husameddin El Khudari, Reema F. Alrasheed, Shahroz Aziz, Mohamed Shahin, Ammar Almehmi, Bridget Kowalczyk

“…Surgical creation of arteriovenous fistulas has been the gold standard for vascular access in hemodialysis patients. …”
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Development of a nomogram for predicting malignancy in BI-RADS 4 breast lesions using contrast-enhanced ultrasound and shear wave elastography parameters by Tiantian Ren, Zhenzhen Gao, Lufeng Yang, Weibo Cheng, Xiao Luo

“…The histopathological results served as the gold standard. A time-intensity curve (TIC) was used to analyze the peak intensity (PI), area under the curve (AUC), and other CEUS parameters. …”
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Impact of thermal denaturation on renal volume reduction after partial nephrectomy using soft coagulation hemostasis by Ibuki Tsuru, Masashi Kusakabe, Taro Izumi, Akihiro Ono, Yasuko Muraki, Taro Teshima, Ryo Amakawa, Yasushi Inoue, Tadashi Yoshimatsu, Teppei Morikawa, Haruki Kume, Shuji Kameyama, Yoshiyuki Shiga, Masaki Nakamura

“…Abstract Partial nephrectomy has become the gold standard treatment for small renal masses. This study aimed to assess the impact of soft coagulation hemostasis on parenchymal volume reduction of the operated kidney after an open partial nephrectomy. …”
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Progression-free survival as a surrogate endpoint in myeloma clinical trials: an evolving paradigm by Charlotte Pawlyn, Fredrik H. Schjesvold, David A. Cairns, L. J. Wei, Faith Davies, Omar Nadeem, Haifaa Abdulhaq, Maria-Victoria Mateos, Jacob Laubach, Katja Weisel, Heinz Ludwig, S. Vincent Rajkumar, Pieter Sonneveld, Graham Jackson, Gareth Morgan, Paul G. Richardson

“…Abstract Measurement of overall survival (OS) remains the gold standard for interpreting the impact of new therapies for multiple myeloma in phase 3 trials. …”
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General views on treatment technologies for patients with incisional ventral hernia by E. E. Lukoyanychev, S. G. Izmajlov, V. A. Emelyanov, O. S. Kolchina, A. I. Rotkov, M. N. Kiselyov

“…The sublay technique remains the "gold standard" of plastic surgery by aponeurotic flap, inlay should be used when sublay is impossible to perform. …”
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In Vitro Control of Phytophthora infestans and Alternaria solani Using Crude Extracts and Essential Oils from Selected Plants by Lydia G. Mugao, Phyllis W. Muturi, Bernard M. Gichimu, Ezekiel K. Njoroge

“…Sterile distilled water and synthetic fungicide, Ridomil Gold®, were used as positive and negative controls, respectively. …”
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Microfluidic Assays for CD4 T Lymphocyte Counting: A Review by Zhuolun Meng, Hassan Raji, Mahtab Kokabi, Deng Zou, James Chan, Qihao Liu, Ruifeng Zhang, Mehdi Javanmard

“…Flow cytometry remains the gold standard for enumerating CD4 T cells; however, flow cytometers are expensive, difficult to transport, and require skilled medical staff to prepare samples, operate the equipment, and interpret results. …”
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PDK1/mTOR Signaling in Myeloid Cells Differentially Regulates the Early and Late Stages of Sepsis by Juan Du, Guoli Li, Mingxi Hua, Junyan Han, Yu Hao, Hui Zeng, Ang Li, Yaxian Kong

“…The cecal ligation and perforation (CLP) model is the gold standard for the polymicrobial sepsis. In the CLP mice, the myeloid cells play an important role in septic shock. …”
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Exploring anti-cancer activities of epidermal growth factor-immobilized polymeric nanoparticles by Shota Yamamoto, Chia-Jung Chang, Masao Kamimura, Jun Nakanishi

“…As alternatives to conventional EGFR inhibitors (EGFRi), which exert side effects on non-cancer cells, EGF-immobilized gold nanoparticles exhibit selective cytotoxicity in EGFR-overexpressing cancer cells by locally enhancing EGFR activation and modulating signal transduction through a signal condensation mechanism. …”
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Detection of Intracranial Hemorrhage from Computed Tomography Images: Diagnostic Role and Efficacy of ChatGPT-4o by Mustafa Koyun, Zeycan Kubra Cevval, Bahadir Reis, Bunyamin Ece

“…Diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated by comparing the model’s results with radiologists’ assessments (the gold standard). After a two-week interval, the same dataset was re-evaluated to assess intra-observer reliability and consistency. …”
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In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of Alexa Fluor 680-Bombesin[7–14]NH Peptide Conjugate, a High-Affinity Fluorescent Probe with High Selectivity for the Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Rec... by Lixin Ma, Ping Yu, Bhadrasetty Veerendra, Tammy L. Rold, Lauren Retzloff, Adam Prasanphanich, Gary Sieckman, Timothy J. Hoffman, Wynn A. Volkert, Charles J. Smith

“…In vitro competitive binding assays, using 125 I-Tyr 4 -BBN as the radiolabeling gold standard, demonstrated an inhibitory concentration 50% value of 7.7 ± 1.4 nM in human T-47D breast cancer cells. …”
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Pulmonary Hypertension in Pregnancy: Critical Care Management by Adel M. Bassily-Marcus, Carol Yuan, John Oropello, Anthony Manasia, Roopa Kohli-Seth, Ernest Benjamin

“…Pulmonary artery catheter remains the gold standard for diagnosing pulmonary hypertension, although its use in the intensive care unit for other conditions has slowly fallen out of favor. …”
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Normative Data for Bone Mass in Healthy Term Infants from Birth to 1 Year of Age by Sina Gallo, Catherine A. Vanstone, Hope A. Weiler

“…For over 2 decades, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has been the gold standard for estimating bone mineral density (BMD) and facture risk in adults. …”
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From Llama to language: prompt-engineering allows general-purpose artificial intelligence to rate narratives like expert psychologists by Barry Dauphin, Caleb Siefert

“…Experimentation indicated that expert-refined prompts outperformed basic prompts regarding interrater reliability and absolute agreement with gold standard ratings. Only the expert-refined prompts were able to generate acceptable single-rater interrater reliability estimates.DiscussionFindings suggest that AI could significantly reduce the time and resource burdens on clinicians and researchers using narrative rating systems like the SCORS-G. …”
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Utilizing the renal and vertebral contours as landmarks for right adrenal vein localization in primary aldosteronism: a retrospective analysis of 310 cases by Wei Sha, Yun Du, Shunkang Rong, Yuanqing Yao, Bo Xiong, Han Liu, Jun Qian

“…BackgroundAdrenal Vein Sampling (AVS) is the gold standard for categorizing primary aldosteronism (PA). …”
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The Value of a Panel of Autoantibodies for Predicting the Activity of Lupus Nephritis at Time of Renal Biopsy by Gabriella Moroni, Silvana Quaglini, Antonella Radice, Barbara Trezzi, Francesca Raffiotta, Piergiorgio Messa, Renato Alberto Sinico

“…Few studies have correlated serum biomarkers with renal histology, the gold standard for renal activity, in lupus nephritis (LN). …”
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Identifying the Predictors of Short Term Weight Loss Failure after Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass by Effat Bahadori, Ali Jafarzadeh Esfehani, Leila Sadat Bahrami, Mohammad Reza Shadmand Foumani Moghadam, Ali Jangjoo, Mohsen Nematy, Afshin Roghani, Reza Rezvani

“…Gastric bypass surgery is a gold standard therapy for severe obesity. This study aimed to evaluate anthropometric predictors for short-term excess weight loss (EWL) after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) in a sample of severely obese patients. …”
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A Case of Successful Foraminotomy for Severe Bilateral C5 Palsy following Posterior Decompression and Fusion Surgery for Cervical Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament by Yoshifumi Kudo, Tomoaki Toyone, Toshiyuki Shirahata, Tomoyuki Ozawa, Akira Matsuoka, Yoichi Jin, Katsunori Inagaki

“…Finally, complete motor recovery was achieved in a year. Although the gold standard procedure for the prevention and treatment of postoperative C5 palsy has not yet been established, an additional foraminotomy may be recommended for severe C5 palsy in cases of foraminal stenosis even after the occurrence of palsy.…”
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