Intestinal current measurement and nasal potential difference to make a diagnosis of cases with inconclusive CFTR genetics and sweat test by Tobias Welte, Rebecca Minso, Angela Schulz, Christian Dopfer, Nadine Alfeis, Andrea van Barneveld, Lena Makartian-Gyulumyan, Gesine Hansen, Sibylle Junge, Carsten Müller, Felix C C Ringshausen, Annette Sauer-Heilborn, Frauke Stanke, Cornelia Stolpe, Stephanie Tamm, Anna-Maria Dittrich, Burkhard Tümmler

“…If two CFTR sequence variants had been identified, the outcome of NPD and ICM was consistent with the classification of the CFTR2 database. Moreover, a suspected false-positive diagnosis of CF was confirmed in seven and withdrawn in eight patients. …”
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Mapping outcomes for recovery of consciousness in studies from 1986 to 2020: a scoping review protocol by Monica Steiner, Elizabeth Burns, Trudy Mallinson, Joshua Rosenow, Jennifer Weaver, Alison Cogan, Parie Bhandari, Erica Jacobs, Ariana Pape, Chantal Nguyen, Ann Guernon, Tom Harrod, Theresa Bender Pape, Marilyn Pacheco, Catherine Burress Kestner, Kelsey Watters, Elizabeth Yost, Henk Eilander, Berno Overbeek, Sophie Leeds, Kelly Krese, Haylee Winden, Mary Philbin, Stefani Cleaver, Vanessa Silva, Konner Nelson, André Lindsey, Angela Hartman, Kristen Maisano, Erika Cooley, Jessica Rudin Portnoff, Bailey Widener, Sarah Hollingsworth, Coty Wardwell, Julianne Angel, Ladan Hakima, Jennifer Nebel, Bint-e Zainab Awan

“…We will chart the data by applying the WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Framework to identify the content areas of clinical outcome assessments. …”
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Risk assessment of oral leukoplakia by DNA content enhanced by machine learning models by Matheus Henrique Lopes Dominguete, Vera Cavalcanti de Araújo, Fernanda Viviane Mariano, Carmen Silvia Passos Lima, João Figueira Scarini, Paulo de Camargo Moraes, Victor Angelo Martins Montalli, Larissa Agatti, Zuraiza Mohamad Zaini, Luíza Hellmeister, Marcelo Sperandio

“…Multiple logistic regression was used to establish DNA content thresholds for DNA content parameters (G1, S-phase, G2, 4cER) to facilitate risk classification criteria. The predictive values of each marker were calculated from Kaplan-Meier and the Log-rank tests (p <0.05). …”
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An unusual presentation of intestinal duplication mimicking torsion of Meckel’s diverticulum: a rare report of a pediatric case by Makoto Matsukubo, Mitsuru Muto, Chihiro Kedoin, Mayu Matsui, Masakazu Murakami, Koshiro Sugita, Keisuke Yano, Shun Onishi, Toshio Harumatsu, Koji Yamada, Waka Yamada, Tatsuru Kaji, Satoshi Ieiri

“…We must understand that the classification of digestive enteric duplication is diverse with a variety of associated clinical symptoms.…”
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Self-Perceived Barriers to Pediatric Cancer Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Multinational Study by Ole Stoeter, Nikolaus C.S. Mezger, Tamara Koenig, Eric Chokunonga, Girum Tessema, Adugna Fekadu Damise, Alda Stevy Makouanzi, Esther Majaliwa, Mahine Ivanga, Bakarou Kamate, Franck Gnahatin, Sarah Nambooze, Ima-Obong A. Ekanem, Toralf Bernig, Biying Liu, Sumit Gupta, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt

“…Inclusion criteria comprised a cancer diagnosis according to the International Classification of Childhood Cancer, age 0-19 years, and year of diagnosis 2017-2019. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Cirrhosis by Hanxiao You, Linyi Peng, Jiuliang Zhao, Yunyun Fei, Qian Wang, Wen Zhang, Mengtao Li, Xiaofeng Zeng

“…A total of 21 patients with SLE cirrhosis were enrolled, 3 males and 18 females. The median age at the time of cirrhosis diagnosis was 47.3±4.0 years, and the mean disease duration of SLE before cirrhosis was 4.7±1.0 years. …”
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The effect of iron deficiency on cardiac resynchronization therapy: results from the RIDE‐CRT Study by Philipp Lacour, Phi Long Dang, Daniel Armando Morris, Abdul Shokor Parwani, Wolfram Doehner, Franziska Schuessler, Felix Hohendanner, Frank R. Heinzel, Andrea Stroux, Carsten Tschoepe, Wilhelm Haverkamp, Leif‐Hendrik Boldt, Burkert Pieske, Florian Blaschke

“…We enrolled 77 consecutive CRT recipients (mean age 71.3 ± 10.2 years) with short‐term follow‐up of 3.3 ± 1.9 months and long‐term follow‐up of 13.0 ± 3.2 months. …”
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Fetal Akinesia/Hypokinesia and Arthrogryposis of Neuromuscular Origin: Etiologic Groups, Genetics, and Phenotypic Spectrum by Florencia Pérez‐Vidarte, Berta Estévez‐Arias, Leslie Matalonga, Delia Yubero, Anna Codina, Carlos Ortez, Julita Medina, Lidia DeSena DeCabo, Laura Carrera‐García, Jesica Expósito‐Escudero, Cristina Jou, Eduardo F. Tizzano, Andres Nascimento, Daniel Natera‐de Benito

“…The most frequently implicated genes were TTN (16%, 9/55), CHRNG (10.9%, 6/55), PIEZO2 (9.1%, 5/55), ZC4H2 (9.1%, 5/55), DYNC1H1 (7.2%, 4/55), MYH3 (5.4%, 3/55), and RYR1 (5.4%, 3/55). Diagnostic yield varied significantly between subgroups, with 84.6% (33/39) of myogenic AMC cases genetically resolved, compared to 33.3% (14/42) of neurogenic cases. …”
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Analysis of the information about the incidence of heart failure, associated mortality and burden on the healthcare system, based on the encoding data in 15 subjects of the Russian... by N. E. Zvartau, A. E. Solovyova, G. V. Endubaeva, A. E. Medvedev, A. E. Solovyov, N. G. Avdonina, A. N. Yakovlev, E. A. Apsheva, D. V. Duplyakov, Y. V. Zolotova, H. M. Koloeva, K. S. Kostina, E. S. Levina, R. H. Lomovtseva, V. E. Lvov, I. E. Nikolaeva, N. A. Svetlova, G. N. Spasenkov, I. V. Fayans, N. S. Shkurina, S. V. Villevalde, E. V. Shlyakhto

“…The median of the incidence of HF and associated mortality was 2,6 and 3,2% in accordance with the data of the expanded encoding, and 0,21 and 11,3% — according to the standard HF encoding. …”
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A MULTICENTER ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY GASTRIC LYMPHOMA IN BRAZILIAN CENTERS: FIRST RESULTS OF THE PELÉ STUDY (PRIMARY EXTRANODAL LYMPHOMA EFFORT) by BB Silva, ALC Mendonça, G Duffles, F Galvão, E Rizzo, E Miranda, LL Perruso, RLR Baptista, STO Saad, CA Souza

“…Staging was done according to the Lugano classification of gastrointestinal tract lymphomas: stage I (confined to stomach), stage II (adjacent nodal involvement) and stage III (with other organs involved). …”
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Quantifying the impact of drought on net primary productivity of different vegetations in a typical large lake floodplain wetland, China by Canyu Yuan, Xianghu Li, Dan Zhang, Xuchun Ye, Tong Sun, Yaling Lin, Zhiqiang Tan

“…This study investigated the spatio-temporal dynamics of net primary productivity (NPP) and its responses to drought in the Poyang Lake wetland from 1986 to 2020, using a process-based ecological model integrated with refined wetland vegetation classification datasets. The results indicated that the intra-annual NPP for most vegetation types exhibited two peaks, and the annual NPP ranged from 222.7 to 736.3 gC/m2/yr. …”
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Infection‐Related Hospitalization and Incident Heart Failure: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study by Rebecca L. Molinsky, Amil Shah, Melana Yuzefpolskaya, Bing Yu, Jeffrey R. Misialek, Bruno Bohn, David Vock, Richard MacLehose, Barry A. Borlaug, Paolo C. Colombo, Chiadi E. Ndumele, Junichi Ishigami, Kunihiro Matsushita, Pamela L. Lutsey, Ryan T. Demmer

“…IRH was identified using select International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes in hospital discharge records and was treated as a time‐varying exposure. …”
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Digital twins and non-invasive recordings enable early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease by Lorenzo Gaetano Amato, Michael Lassi, Alberto Arturo Vergani, Jacopo Carpaneto, Salvatore Mazzeo, Valentina Moschini, Rachele Burali, Giovanni Salvestrini, Carlo Fabbiani, Giulia Giacomucci, Giulia Galdo, Carmen Morinelli, Filippo Emiliani, Maenia Scarpino, Sonia Padiglioni, Benedetta Nacmias, Sandro Sorbi, Antonello Grippo, Valentina Bessi, Alberto Mazzoni

“…Results Digital biomarkers derived from the DADD model: i) Robustly distinguished SCD from healthy participants, improving classification accuracy by 7% compared to standard EEG biomarkers; ii) Identified patients positive for CSF biomarkers of AD with 88% accuracy (significantly outperforming standard EEG biomarkers, which achieved 58% accuracy); iii) Predicted follow-up conversions to clinical cognitive decline with 87% accuracy (compared to 54% accuracy for standard EEG biomarkers). …”
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Impact of Pre-Interventional Observational Management Duration on Outcomes of Embolization for Splenic Injuries: Experience from Two Centers by Nguyen VT, Le TD, Pham HD, Tran QL

“…Van Thang Nguyen,1,2,&amp;ast; Thanh Dung Le,3,4,&amp;ast; Hong Duc Pham,1,5,&amp;ast; Quang Loc Tran3,4,&amp;ast; 1Radiology Department, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam; 2Radiology Department, Hai Duong Medical Technical University, Hai Duong, Vietnam; 3Radiology Department, VNU University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hanoi, Vietnam; 4Radiology Department, Viet Duc University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam; 5Radiology Department, Saint Paul Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam&amp;ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Van Thang Nguyen, Department of Radiology, Hai Duong Medical Technical University, Hai Duong, Vietnam, Email nguyenvanthang@hmtu.edu.vnObjective: To evaluate the clinical and technical success of splenic artery embolization (SAE) in the management of splenic trauma and factors affecting treatment outcomes.Materials and Methods: A retrospective and prospective study was conducted at two centers from December 2019 to December 2023, including 400 patients with splenic trauma (grade III–V according to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) - 2018 classification) and the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) 2005 change from the AIS-1998. …”
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The Impact of the Universal Infant Free School Meals Policy on the Ultra-Processed Food Content of Children’s Lunchtime Intake in England and Scotland by Jennie C. Parnham, Kiara Chang, Fernanda Rauber, Renata B. Levy, Anthony A. Laverty, Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Martin White, Stephanie von Hinke, Christopher Millett, Eszter P. Vamos

“…After adjustment for covariates, UPF consumption decreased by 6.3 pp (95% CI −11.3, −1.3) after UIFSM. The findings were similar for UPF as the percentage of total lunch grams. …”
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Finding New Hot Subdwarf Stars in SDSS Images by Jiangchuan Zhang, Yude Bu, Huili Wu, Yuhang Zhang, Shanshan Li, Zhenxin Lei, Zhenping Yi, Xiaoming Kong, Meng Liu

“…Candidates’ colors are −2.5 <  u  −  g  < 2.0, −3.5 <  g  −  r  < 2.0, −2.5 <  r  −  i  < 2.5, and −3.0 <  i  −  z  < 3.0. …”
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Possibilities and reserves of using electronic medical records data in health information systems on the example of assessing the causes of visits to outpatient clinics and death i... by I. V. Samorodskaya, R. N. Shepel, I. V. Klyuchnikov, M. M. Lukyanov, S. Yu. Martsevich, E. P. Kakorina, O. M. Drapkina

“…The mean age at death in group 2 was significantly higher than in groups 1, 3 and 4 (p&lt;0,001). In all groups, the mean age at death in women was significantly higher than in men (p&lt;0,001). …”
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Celiac Disease in Children, Particularly with Accompanying Type 1 Diabetes, Is Characterized by Substantial Changes in the Blood Cytokine Balance, Which May Reflect Inflammatory Pr... by Tamara Vorobjova, Aili Tagoma, Astrid Oras, Kristi Alnek, Kalle Kisand, Ija Talja, Oivi Uibo, Raivo Uibo

“…The levels of 33 cytokines in serum were measured by multiple analysis using the Milliplex® MAP Magnetic Bead assay. The densities of FOXP3+ Tregs, CD11c+ DC, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase+ (IDO+) DC, langerin+ (CD207+) DCs, and EV were evaluated by immunohistochemistry as described in our previous studies. …”
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Impact of metabolically healthy obesity on post percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction: A nationwide propensity matched analysis by Rupak Desai, Adhvithi Pingili, Arankesh Mahadevan, Vishal Reddy Bejugam, Hafeezuddin Ahmed, Vamsikalyan Borra, Adil Sarvar Mohammed, Gayatri Bondi, Shobana Krishnamurthy, Nithya Borra, Gurpreet Kaur, Rajesh Sachdeva, Timir Paul

“…Methods: We extracted data from National Inpatient Sample 2020 using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes for admissions of AMI patients who underwent PCI. …”
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Fetal Hemoglobin as a Predictive Biomarker for Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study in Portugal by Mariza Fevereiro-Martins, Laura Aguiar, Ângela Inácio, Carlos Cardoso, Ana Carolina Santos, Carlos Marques-Neves, Hercília Guimarães, Rui Pinto, Manuel Bicho

“…<b>Results:</b> Eighty-two infants (mean GA: 28.1 ± 2.1 weeks, birth weight: 1055.8 ± 258.3 g) were included. Among them, 29 (35.4%) presented ROP and 4 (4.9%) required treatment. …”
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