Initial Clinical Trial of Robot of Endovascular Treatment with Force Feedback and Cooperating of Catheter and Guidewire by Yuhua Jiang, Keyun Liu, Youxiang Li

“…We performed the robot system to complete the bilateral carotid artery and bilateral vertebral arteriography. The results indicate that there was no obvious abnormality in the patient’s cerebral artery. …”
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Cervical Spine Ischemic Stroke Complicated by Spastic Quadriparesis and Ogilvie Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review by Salman Assad, Justin Nolte, Dharampreet Singh, Samrina Hanif, Paul Ferguson

“…Computed tomography angiography (CTA) scan of the head and neck revealed right vertebral artery occlusion and intracranial atherosclerotic disease. …”
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Early Postural Changes in Individuals with Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease by Mohamed Elsayed Khallaf, Eman Elsayed Fayed

“…Kyphotic angle, lordotic angle, fleche cervicale, fleche lombaire, scoliotic angle, and associated vertebral rotation and pelvic obliquity were significantly increased in patients with PD compared to the healthy subjects (P≤0.05). …”
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Neuroplasticity and activity-based rehabilitation of a patient with post-surgical chronic Pott’s spine: a case report by Raveena Kini, Prachita Walankar, Aman Minocha, Vrushali Panhale

“…He has reported with anterior wedge compression and resorption of T7, T8, and T9 vertebral bodies along with Gibbus spine deformity and subsequent spinal cord compression. …”
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Woman with Pregnancy and Lactation-Associated Osteoporosis (PLO) by Nasrin Bazgir, Elham Shafiei, Neda Hashemi, Hassan Nourmohamadi

“…In the thoracolumbar radiographs, a loss of vertebral height in the T11 to L5 vertebra was recognized. …”
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Cervical Thymic Cyst: A Rare Differential Diagnosis in Lateral Neck Swelling by Vijendra Shenoy, M. Panduranga Kamath, Mahesh Chandra Hegde, Raghavendra Rao Aroor, Vijetha V. Maller

“…Computerised tomographic scan showed a multiloculated fluid density lesion with enhancing septae in the left parapharyngeal space, extending from the level of mandible up to C7 vertebral level. Here, we discuss the surgical aspect, histopathology, and management of this rare lateral neck swelling. …”
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NEDD4 family E3 ligases in osteoporosis: mechanisms and emerging potential therapeutic targets by Heng Wu, Junhui Zuo, Yu Dai, Hairui Li, Song Wang

“…Osteoporotic complications, including vertebral compression fractures, hip fractures, and distal forearm fractures, affect over 8.9 million individuals globally, placing a significant economic strain on healthcare systems. …”
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Evaluation of clinical, laboratory, radiographical and histopathological characteristics in patients with spinal tuberculosis in the context of HIV infection: An analysis of 52 pat... by J Scherer, M Locketz, S Castelein, R Dunn, M Held, F Thienemann

“…In our cohort, HIV-infected patients with STB were more likely to present with vertebral collapse, and more vertebrae on average were diseased compared with HIV-uninfected patients with STB. …”
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tRNA Modification and Genetic Code Variations in Animal Mitochondria by Kimitsuna Watanabe, Shin-ichi Yokobori

“…They are UGA (termination codon in the universal genetic code changes to Trp codon in all animal mitochondria), AUA (Ile to Met in most metazoan mitochondria), AAA (Lys to Asn in echinoderm and some platyhelminth mitochondria), AGA/AGG (Arg to Ser in most invertebrate, Arg to Gly in tunicate, and Arg to termination in vertebrate mitochondria), and UAA (termination to Tyr in a planaria and a nematode mitochondria, but conclusive evidence is lacking in this case). …”
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An eastern Congolian endemic, or widespread but secretive? New data on the recently described Afrixalus lacustris (Anura, Hyperoliidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Tadeáš Nečas, Gabriel Badjedjea, Janis Czurda, Václav Gvoždík

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Goldenhar Syndrome Associated with Extensive Arterial Malformations by Renee Frances Modica, L. Daphna Yasova Barbeau, Jennifer Co-Vu, Richard D. Beegle, Charles A. Williams

“…Goldenhar Syndrome is characterized by craniofacial, ocular and vertebral defects secondary to abnormal development of the 1st and 2nd branchial arches and vertebrae. …”
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Chain Gangs: New Aspects of Hyaluronan Metabolism by Michael Erickson, Robert Stern

“…Hyaluronan occurs in all vertebrate tissues with 50% present in skin. Hyaluronan provides a scaffold on which sulfated proteoglycans and matrix proteins are organized. …”
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Posterior Nutcracker Syndrome with Left Renal Vein Duplication: A Rare Cause of Haematuria in a 12-Year-Old Boy by J. Preza Fernandes, Rui Amorim, M. J. Gomes, V. Oliveira, A. Reis, J. Ribeiro-Castro

“…The abdominopelvic computer tomography (apCT) revealed left renal vein (LRV) duplication with a dilated retroaortic branch, entrapped between the aorta and the vertebral column, promoting the renal nutcracker syndrome. …”
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Massive Central Pulmonary Embolism with Riding Embolus and Concomitant Aortic Arch Embolism—Should We Diagnose Patients Earlier for Blood Clotting Disorders? Case Report by Anna Lis, Paweł Kowalski, Marcin Wita, Tomasz Zawadzki, Tomasz Ilczak, Wojciech Żurawiński, Mateusz Majewski

“…We report the case of a 43-year-old man with a massive central pulmonary embolism with a rider embolus and concomitant aortic arch embolism with involvement of the brachiocephalic trunk, bilateral subclavian and axillary arteries, and the right vertebral artery, followed by a secondary ischaemic stroke. …”
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A Simple Bone Cyst in Cervical Vertebrae of an Adolescent Patient by Adriana Bruges Boude, Lina González Vásquez, Fernando Alvarado-Gomez, María Constanza Bedoya, Andrés Rodríguez-Múnera, Luis Carlos Morales-Saenz

“…In this case, the proximity of the cyst to the right vertebral artery and the risk of injury were high; however the surgical approach used was successful and no recurrence or instability was evidenced on postoperative MRI.…”
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Purification and Characterization of Hemagglutinating Proteins from Poker-Chip Venus (Meretrix lusoria) and Corbicula Clam (Corbicula fluminea) by Chin-Fu Cheng, Shao-Wen Hung, Yung-Chung Chang, Ming-Hui Chen, Chen-Hsuan Chang, Li-Tse Tsou, Ching-Yu Tu, Yu-Hsing Lin, Pan-Chen Liu, Shiun-Long Lin, Way-Shyan Wang

“…The two Poker-chip Venus HAPs possessed hemagglutinating ability (HAA) for erythrocytes of some vertebrate animal species, especially tilapia. Moreover, HAA of the HAP purified from Poker-chip Venus was higher than that of the HAP of Corbicula clam. …”
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A new species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Truong Son Mountain Range, Vietnam by Hai Ngoc Ngo, Linh Tu Hoang Le, Tao Thien Nguyen, Tuan Minh Nguyen, Ngan Thi Nguyen, Tien Quang Phan, Truong Quang Nguyen, Thomas Ziegler, Dang Trong Do

“…Acanthosaura cuongi sp. nov. differs from its congeners by a combination of the following diagnostic characteristics: size moderate (snout-vent length: 79.4–104.61 mm); the absence of a diastema between the short nuchal and dorsal crest spines; vertebral crests composed of two rows of enlarged, keeled, pointed scales, arranged in a zipper line; various body coloration with light-green, orange-yellow, and light or purple-gray; black eye patch extending posteriorly to the anterior edge of tympanum. …”
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A Case of a Spinal Extradural Arachnoid Cyst by Yousuke Kojimahara, Shintaro Tsuge, Keiji Hasegawa, Katsunori Fukutake, Kazumasa Nakamura, Akihito Wada, Hiroshi Takahashi

“…Percussion tenderness of the spinous process was observed and a T1-low, T2-high cystic lesion was detected on the dorsal side of the dural canal at the 12th thoracic vertebral level on MRI performed by a previous physician. …”
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Near-chromosome level genome assembly of devil firefish, Pterois miles by Kitsoulis, Christos V., Papadogiannis, Vasileios, Kristoffersen, Jon B., Kaitetzidou, Elisavet, Sterioti, Aspasia, Tsigenopoulos, Costas S., Manousaki, Tereza

“…The high-quality and contiguity de novo genome assembly built herein provides a valuable resource for future studies in species’ biology and ecology, lionfish phylogeny, the influence of transposable elements on the evolution of vertebrate genomes and fish toxins evolution. …”
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Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome: Reversible Paraplegia after Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery by J. Bredow, J. Oppermann, K. Keller, F. Beyer, C. K. Boese, K. Zarghooni, R. Sobottke, P. Eysel, J. Siewe

“…Percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty is an established minimally invasive technique to treat painful vertebral compression fractures, especially in the context of osteoporosis with a minor complication rate. …”
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