Hypersomnia in Whipple disease: case report Hipersónia na doença de Whipple: relato de caso by Luís F. Maia, Mónica Marta, Vitor Lopes, Nelson Rocha, Carlos Lopes, Antônio Martins-da-Silva, Luís Monteiro

“…Longitudinal neurophysiological studies revealed persistent sleep pattern abnormalities with sleep fragmentation, paucity of slow wave and of REM sleep. …”
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Orthognathic surgery-related condylar resorption in patients with skeletal class III malocclusion versus class II malocclusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Maria Cristina Faria-Teixeira, Francisco Azevedo-Coutinho, Ângelo David Serrano, Rosa María Yáñez-Vico, Francisco Salvado e Silva, António Vaz-Carneiro, Alejandro Iglesias-Linares

“…Conclusion CR could be related to specific skeletal pattern, and the extension of surgical movements may be a risk factor. …”
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Morphological variability of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve and its potential clinical significance by Kinga Włudyka, Nicol Zielinska, R. Shane Tubbs, Krystian Maślanka, Andrzej Borowski, Marek Drobniewski, Łukasz Olewnik

“…In the review differences in adult and foetuses were considered, and morphological variability was divided into 4 groups: the origin of the nerve; the way it leaves the pelvis; the branching pattern; and the angle between LFCN and surrounding structures. …”
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Estudio comparativo de las funciones ejecutivas entre pacientes con enfermedad de Parkinson y pacientes con enfermedad degenerativa cerebelosa Comparison study of executive functio... by Carlos G. Abel, Gustavo Stein, Silvia Pereyra, Gabriela Ñano, Tomoko Arakaki, Nélida Garretto, Carlos Mangone, Osvaldo Genovese, Roberto E.P. Sica

“…CONCLUSION: The CD group appears to have greater deficits in EF with a pattern of prefrontal dysfunction.…”
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Transcriptome and Metabolome Analyses Reveal the Mechanism of Color Differences in Pomegranate (<i>Punica granatum</i> L.) Red and White Petals by Yong Zhang, Peng Han, Ruijie Zhao, Shuhan Yu, Hang Liu, Shuren Ji, Wei Chen

“…Flower color is an important ornamental trait of pomegranate, but the color formation pattern and related molecular mechanisms of pomegranate petals are still unclear. …”
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Botulinum toxin type A in the treatment of lower-limb spasticity in children with cerebral palsy Toxina botulínica tipo A como tratamento para espasticidade de membros inferiores e... by Carlos Henrique F. Camargo, Hélio A.G. Teive, Marise Zonta, Gilmar C. Silva, Marcelo R. Oliveira, Maurício M. Roriz, Ivar V. Brandi, Nilson Becker, Rosana Hermínia Scola, Lineu César Werneck

“…The treatment improved the patients' walking and gait pattern significantly. There was also a significant alteration in the heel-ground distance and increased motion of the ankle joint. …”
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Pancreatic solid pseudopapillary neoplasm: clinical, computed tomography and endoscopic ultrasound features unraveling a rare tumor with pathologic correlation by Fatmaelzahraa Abdelfattah Denewar, Ahmed E. Eladl, Fatma Mohamed Sherif, Omar Abdallah, Elsayed Ghoneem, Khadija Denewar, Eman Fouad Omran, Zainab A. Ramadan

“…CT images with pancreatic triphasic protocol were reviewed for tumor location, size, shape, margin, morphology, presence of capsule, calcification, hemorrhage, invasion, enlarged lymph nodes, and bile duct dilatation. Enhancement pattern was assessed and CT attenuation values were calculated. …”
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Effects of chronic ascariasis and trichuriasis on cytokine production and gene expression in human blood: a cross-sectional study. by Miguel Reina Ortiz, Fernanda Schreiber, Susana Benitez, Nely Broncano, Martha E Chico, Maritza Vaca, Neal Alexander, David J Lewis, Gordon Dougan, Philip J Cooper

“…There was evidence that STH infections were associated with a pattern of gene expression suggestive of the induction of homeostatic mechanisms, the differential expression of several inflammatory genes and the down-regulation of microRNA has-let-7d. …”
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The Mechanism of Xuanyu Tongjing Decoction Regulating NOD/NF&kappa;B Pathway to Inhibit Ectopic Tissue Inflammation to Reduce Ovarian Damage in Rats with Ovarian Endometriosis by Fan W, Zhai F, Yuan Z, Hu G, Wang L

“…Rat ectopic tissues and human ectopic tissues showed a similar pattern in the expression of the NOD/NFκB pathway during the proliferative phase. …”
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Discriminating spatiotemporal heterogeneity and environmental drivers of fish assemblages using environmental DNA metabarcoding in mosaic habitat ecosystems by Fenfen Ji, Jianzhong Shen, Wenqiang Zhang, Saihong Yan, Baoqing Shan, Jinmiao Zha

“…All water quality variables including TN, NH3-N, CODMn and TP showed a conspicuous improvement pattern, and the number of fish species increased notably after EWR. …”
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Characterisation of patients who develop atrial fibrillation-induced cardiomyopathy by Guy Lloyd, Mehul Dhinoja, Richard J Schilling, Ross J Hunter, Nikhil Ahluwalia, Shohreh Honarbakhsh, Anthony W C Chow, Hakam Abbass

“…NT-proBNP levels were elevated in 18 (52.9%), and 16 reported ongoing heart failure (HF) symptoms. 10 (29.4%) had no improvement in functional capacity, and seven (20.6%) showed persistent ventilatory inefficiency. 20 (58.8%) had impaired global LV longitudinal strain with a relative apical sparing pattern. Nine (26.5%) had impaired LARS. There was an overlap of these abnormalities. 32 (94.1%) demonstrated at least one, 17 (50.0%) having no cardiovascular risk factors. …”
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Lacustrine and fan‐delta sediments in syn‐rift lake basins by Qianyou Wang, Yaohua Li, Hamed Sanei, Joe Gardner, Arka Rudra, James E. P. Utley, Richard H. Worden

“…This study proposes a sequence framework and depositional pattern for asymmetric half‐grabens in syn‐rift lake basins by characterising the lacustrine fan‐delta deposits of the Lower Cretaceous Shahezi Formation in the Songliao Basin. …”
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A Diffusion Tensor Imaging-Based Study on the Construction of Cortical-Hippocampal Fiber Pathways in Epileptic Mice by Zhang Lijun, Zhang Guanghao, Wu Changzhe, Huo Xiaolin, He Shiji, Zhang Jingxi, Zhang Cheng

“…OBJECTIVE This study investigated the structural connectivity between the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and hippocampus (HPC) in both normal and epileptic mice using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) ,with a focus on the pattern of structural changes in the brain during the acute phase of epilepsy. …”
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Investigating pathological features of myocarditis-related sudden cardiac deaths in Egypt by Nora Fnon, Asmaa Sharif, Hanan Hassan, Amal Hafez, Zahraa Sobh

“…A focal infiltration pattern was observed in 78.6% of cases. Approximately, 80% of deaths in the first decade were attributed to lymphocytic myocarditis, whereas 95% of deaths in the third and 75% of fourth decade had neutrophilic myocarditis. …”
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Association between triglyceride/high density lipoprotein ratio and incidence risk of Parkinson’s disease: a population-based cohort study by Yoonkyung Chang, Ju-young Park, Tae-Jin Song

“…These repeated measures of the average TG/HDL cholesterol ratio were associated with the incidence risk of PD in a J-shaped pattern for the entire diabetes mellitus (DM) and non-DM cohorts in restricted cubic spline analysis. …”
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Analysis of Carbon Stock Evolution and Its Vulnerability Characteristics Based on Land Use Change in Guizhou Province by Chen Darong, Zhou Xu, Yang Shengtian, Pei Yu, Hu Yuxue, Hu Feng

“…[Objective] The spatial and temporal distribution pattern and evolution characteristics of ecosystem carbon storage, its response to land use change, and the vulnerability of ecosystem carbon storage service in each county of Guizhou Province were analyzed in order to provide a scientific basis and reference for regional land use management decision-making and to realize the “dual carbon” goal. …”
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Regulation of endometrial NF-κB expression in patients with PCOS undergoing total embryo freezing by Cemil Karakus, Nurettin Turktekin, Ramazan Ozyurt

“…Background: To investigate Nuclear Factor kappa B (NF-κB) expression pattern in the endometrial samples taken on the day of egg collection in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)scheduled for total embryo freezing due to the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). …”
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Functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract in children of different age groups (a literature review) by S. M. Nedelska, I. V. Samokhin, O. V. Kriazhev, D. O. Yartseva, T. H. Bessikalo, L. I. Kliatska

“…Functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract have an extraordinary brightness of pain syndrome perception (no organic pathology would give such a wide array of symptoms as functional disorders) and a variable pattern of symptoms, so it becomes clear why these diseases impose a major economic burden, and it is this characteristic enables them to be classified as socially significant disorders. …”
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ERYTHEMA NODOSUM IN LÖFGREN’S SYNDROME by Yu. A. Karpova, B. S. Belov, O. N. Egorova, N. M. Savushkina, S. I. Glukhova, S. G. Radenska-Lopovok

“…There was a symmetric pattern of eruptions in 50 % of the patients. Nodules fused into a conglomerate in 48 %. …”
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Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Among Female University Students of Health Sciences in a Middle Eastern Country by Fay Alkhezi, Nourah AlNemash, Joud AlMutairi, Sarah Saleh, Mariam AlMutairi, Shahad Saleh, Saeed Akhtar

“…The risk factors significantly associated with PCOS status were hyperprolactinemia (aOR = 7.67; 95% CI: 3.72–15.83), menstrual irregularities (aOR = 5.12; 95% CI: 2.32–11.31), family history of PCOS (aOR = 3.49; 95% CI: 1.93– 6.29), hirsutism (aOR = 3.58; 95% CI: 2.06–6.21), and male pattern baldness (aOR = 2.06; 95% CI: 1.19–3.58). …”
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