Treatment Patterns of Follicular Lymphoma in the United States: A Claims Analysis by Scott F. Huntington, Sreevalsa Appukkuttan, Wenyi Wang, Yuxian Du, Sari Hopson, Svetlana Babajanyan

“…Descriptive statistics were reported for baseline characteristics, primary outcome, and treatment pattern measures. …”
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A novel combination of treatments for acute anterior disc displacement without reduction of temporomandibular joint by Zhi-qiang Song, Chen‑xi Li, Zhong‑cheng Gong

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Efficacy and safety of sequential therapy for primary osteoporosis with bone formation promoters followed by bone resorption inhibitors: a meta-analysis by Yuxin Liu, Xin Liu, Yuefeng Wu, Tao Luo

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Effects of Repetitive Pitching on Trunk Muscle Endurance and Thoracic and Shoulder Kinematics by Takuya Aso, Yoshinori Kagaya

“…# Background Baseball players are aware of the potential of shoulder problems due to repetitive throwing. …”
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Collagen turnover biomarkers to predict outcome of patients with biliary cancer by Leonard Kaps, Muhammed A. Genc, Markus Moehler, Stephan Grabbe, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Detlef Schuppan, Rasmus Sund Pedersen, Morten A. Karsdal, Philipp Mildenberger, Annett Maderer, Nicholas Willumsen

“…Methods We measured the seven biomarkers of collagen turnover in sera of 72 patients with BTC at baseline and after first and second chemotherapy cycle (CTX). …”
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Modified autologous neurosensory retinal transplantation and bevacizumab injection in primary extra-large chronic macular holes by Hossein Ashraf, Sezaneh Haghpanah, Mohammad Hossein Nowroozzadeh

“…The median LogMAR BCDVA at baseline was 1.4 (1.3–1.4) which decreased to 1.1(1.0–1.1) (P = 0.041) at the first month and 1.0 (0.7–1.2) (P = 0.043) at the last follow-up. …”
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The Effects of Catheter Ablation Therapy on Medication Use and Expenditures in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation by Matthew R. Reynolds, Guy David, Candace Gunnarsson, Jamie L. March, Steven C. Hao

“…Propensity matching was used to account for baseline differences between groups, and multivariable regression models adjusted for patient characteristics and baseline healthcare resource utilization. …”
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A multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial comparing LY01011, a biosimilar, with denosumab (Xgeva®) in patients with bone metastasis from solid tumors by Mingchuan Zhao, Xichun Hu, Pengpeng Zhuang, Aiping Zeng, Yan Yu, Zhendong Chen, Hongmei Sun, Weihua Yang, Lili Sheng, Peijian Peng, Jingfen Wang, Tienan Yi, Minghong Bi, Huaqiu Shi, Mingli Ni, Xiumei Dai, Changlu Hu, Hongjie Xu, Dongqing Lv, Qingshan Li, Kaijian Lei, Xia Yuan, Ou Jiang, Xicheng Wang, Baihui Hu, Zhe Hou, Zhaoping Su, Song Zheng, Ming Zhou, Changlin Dou

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Treatment efficacy for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome in children with trisomy 21 by Henry Chen, Henry Chen, Adam L. Numis, Adam L. Numis, Renée A. Shellhaas, John R. Mytinger, Debopam Samanta, Rani K. Singh, Rani K. Singh, Shaun A. Hussain, Danielle Takacs, Kelly G. Knupp, Li-Rong Shao, Carl E. Stafstrom

“…BackgroundInfantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome (IESS) is the most common epilepsy syndrome in children with trisomy 21. First-line standard treatments for IESS include adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), oral corticosteroids, and vigabatrin. …”
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Effectiveness of Spinal Stabilization Exercises on Dynamic Balance in Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain by Yousef M. Alshehre, Khalid Alkhathami, Kelli Brizzolara, Mark Weber, Sharon Wang-Price

“…However, there were no significant between-group differences from baseline to two weeks (*p* =0.098), and from four weeks to eight weeks (*p* = 0.413)…”
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Evaluation of the Clinical Efficacy of Prednisolone in the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases with Different Dosage Methods by O. P. Alekseeva, S. V. Krishtopenko, A. A. Alekseeva

“…Two efficiency functions were constructed, compared and analyzed: the first — at the initial dosage of prednisolone in mg and the second calculating the dose in mg/kg of patient weight. …”
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Association of alcohol abstinence with risk of hyperuricemia in rural Chinese adults: the Henan Rural Cohort Study by Xiaokang Dong, Lulu Zhang, Ning Kang, Huanxiang Zhang, Wei Liao, Xiaotian Liu, Pengling Liu, Lei Yin, Chongjian Wang

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Surgical Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Economic Burden in Patients with Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor Who Underwent Joint Surgery in the United States by Feng Lin, Winghan J. Kwong, Sherry Shi, Irina Pivneva, Eric Q. Wu, John A. Abraham

“…Opioids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and physical therapy, occupational therapy, and rehabilitation services, were commonly used during baseline (45%, 40%, and 30%, respectively). More patients used opioids in year 1 vs baseline (78% vs 45%; _P_<0.0001), while its utilization return to baseline levels in year 2 (41%) and year 3 (42%). …”
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Identification and prioritization of effective approaches for public education and participation in household waste management (A case study: Tehran, Iran) by Esmatossadat Hashemi, Hooman Bahmanpour, Amir Hesam Hassani, Amir Hooman Hemmasi

“… This study aimed to identify and prioritize effective methods to increase public education and participation in household waste management in Tehran (capital of Iran) as a pilot city. First, baseline data were gathered through a library research process, and then 33 waste management experts were employed as a panel to complete a researcher-made questionnaire on a Likert scale. …”
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DMR: disentangled and denoised learning for multi-behavior recommendation by Yijia Zhang, Wanyu Chen, Fei Cai, Zhenkun Shi, Feng Qi

“…Existing MBR task faces two primary challenges. First, the irrelevant auxiliary behaviors that do not align with the target behavior, can negatively impact the prediction accuracy for user preference in the target behavior. …”
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Photobiomodulation Therapy Plus Usual Care Is Better than Usual Care Alone for Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Ann K Ketz, Juanita Anders, Judy Orina, Betty Garner, Misty Hull, Nicholas Koreerat, Jeff Sorensen, Candice Turner, James Johnson

“…Pain (with Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale) and function (by Foot and Ankle Ability Measure) were measured at baseline, weeks 3, and 6 for all groups, and at 13 and 26 weeks for PBMT groups…”
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Efficacy of TIPS plus extrahepatic collateral embolisation in real-world data: a validation study by Chao Chen, Feng Zhang, Hao Wu, Wei Wu, Hui Xue, Yuzheng Zhuge, Chunqing Zhang, Guangchuan Wang, Zhengjie Li, Qiong Wu, Bo Wei, Jun Tie, Xiubin Sun, Lianhui Zhao, Yifu Xia, Jiao Xu, Peijie Li

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Feasibility and Reliability of a Novel Game-Based Test of Neurological Function in Youth: The Equilibrium Test Battery by Heather A Shepherd, Cody R van Rassel, Amanda M Black, Robert F Graham, Keith Owen Yeates, Carolyn A Emery, Kathryn J Schneider

“…Reliability across multiple baseline assessments was also analyzed using intraclass correlations for the second to sixth and seventh to eleventh obtained scores…”
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Frailty in older adults admitted to hospital: outcomes from the Western Sydney Clinical Frailty Registry by Julee McDonagh, Richard I Lindley, Karen Byth, Reejamol John, Caleb Ferguson

“…Abstract Objectives To examine baseline frailty and its association with rehospitalisation and mortality within 12 months among older adults enrolled in the Western Sydney Clinical Frailty Registry. …”
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Characteristics and real-world medication persistence of people living with HIV treated with DTG/3TC or BIC/FTC/TAF: a hospital claims database study in Japan by Rie Kanamori, Nozomi Aoki, Akio Kanazawa, Mayumi Yuda, Nao Makino, Emi Ohata, Nobuyuki Fukui, Hirotake Mori, Hirohide Yokokawa, Toshio Naito

“…The proportion of dyslipidemia at baseline was significantly higher in the DTG/3TC cohort than in the BIC/FTC/TAF cohort after adjusting for mean age (p = 0.002). …”
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