Development of delayed pulmonary toxicities and transcriptional changes in pre-existing interstitial lung disease mice after partial thoracic irradiation by Jiamei Fu, Xinglong Liu, Yuchuan Zhou, Shengnan Zhao, Liang Zeng, Yan Pan, Jianghong Zhang, Kevin M. Prise, Chunlin Shao, Yaping Xu

“…Enhanced lung injury was observed in the sRRLI model, including higher mortality and pulmonary function loss within six months compared to the mono-treatment groups. Autopsy revealed that bilateral diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) with an overlap of exudative, proliferative, and fibrosing patterns was usually presented in the sRRLI model. …”
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A Case of Medullary Carcinoma of the Jejunum Combined with the Intestinal Lymphangiectasia Accompanied by the Malabsorption Syndrome by O. A. Lobanova, D. S. Trusova, M. A. Afonina, V. E. Varentsoy, D. D. Protsenko, N. V. Kretova, N. B. Serezhnikova, M. A. Peshkova, N. V. Zharkov, S. E. Kochetkova, Yu. Yu. Stepanova, Z. D. Shtanev, K. A. Vekhova, V. A. Yumasheva, A. O. Kolesnikova, M. Akan, M. O. Chanturiya, T. V. Serebrov, A. S. Tertychnyy, H. Guski, E. E. Rudenko, T. A. Demura, E. A. Kogan

“…Aim: to present a clinical and morphological observation of an extremely rare combination of medullary carcinoma of the jejunum and intestinal lymphangiectasia in a 33-year-old patient with clinical features of malabsorption syndrome over the 10 years.Key points. An autopsy revealed a tumor formation spreading from the wall of the jejunum to the mesentery, with metastases to the mesenteric lymph nodes. …”
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Experience on postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling to ascertain the cause of death determination in South African children: A case for implementing as standard of care by J du Toit, K Storath, I Dunn, P Makekeng, M Moosa, K Mothibi, N Umuneza, C A Rees, D Blau, S Lala, Y Adam, S Velaphi, M Hale, P Swart, J Wadula, L Mothibi, A Wise, V Baba, P Jaglal, S Mahtab, S Madhi, Z Dangor

“…MITS proves a valid alternative to full diagnostic autopsies, especially in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Transforming end-of-life SWRO desalination membranes into nanofiltration membranes for the treatment of brackish water and wastewater by Anissa Somrani, Zaineb Mohamed, Kholoud Abohelal, Sara Larhrib, Noreddine Ghaffour, Maxime Pontié

“…Prior to cleaning the end-of-life RO membranes, we conducted several autopsies in order to assess the extent of degradation. …”
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