Is it possible to rule out level II and level VB dissection in patients with metastatic papillary thyroid cancer? by Tugba Matlim Ozel, Sezer Akbulut, Aykut Celik, Gorkem Yildiz, Hamit Yucel Barut, Fatih Mert Dogukan, Serkan Sari

“…Among the 9 patients with level Vb metastases, 7 (77.8%) had involvement of four different cervical levels. …”
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Value of serum-free light chain measurements in response and progression assessment in multiple myeloma with monoclonal protein measurable by electrophoresis by Elham Askari, Angela Dispenzieri, Francis K. Buadi, Suzanne R. Hayman, Morie A. Gertz, Prashant Kapoor, Wilson Gonsalves, Taxiarchis Kourelis, David Dingli, Rahma Warsame, Nelson Leung, Yi Lin, Eli Muchtar, Joselle Cook, Moritz Binder, Nadine Abdallah, Lisa Hwa, Miriam Hobbs, Amie Fonder, David Murray, Robert. A. Kyle, S. Vincent Rajkumar, Shaji K. Kumar

“…Among patients with PD, 12% had sFLC as the only detectable tumor marker at the time of second-line therapy. …”
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Comparison of the analgesic effects of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block and quadratus lumborum block: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lin Wu, Lin Wu, Weiyi Zhang, Yiyong Wei, Donghang Zhang, Donghang Zhang

“…Compared with QLB, ESPB consumed fewer 24-h postoperative analgesics (WMD, −4.03; 95% CI, −6.25 to −1.82; P = 0.0004; moderate quality of evidence), spent less time performing blocks (WMD, −1.55; 95% CI, −2.68 to −0.41; P = 0.008; moderate quality of evidence), and had a lower incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (RR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.58 to 0.91; P = 0.006; high quality of evidence). …”
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Clinical characteristics and long‐term outcomes in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by Meng Guo, Chuanfen Liu, Jingjing Ye, Jian Liu

“…Abstract Aims As a special type of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), apical HCM (ApHCM) has different clinical characteristics while its nature history and prognosis are not well recognized. …”
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Association between high triglyceride-glucose index and MACCE in hypertriglyceridemia patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention by Yichuan Wang, Yanfeng Lu, Shanshan Gao, Zhong Zhong, Jasmine Yimeng Bao, Bo Liu, Ruihan Fan, Ning Guo

“…Kaplan–Meier (KM) curves were used to evaluate the association between the TyG index and different endpoints. Restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis was used to examine the relation between the TyG index and MACCE. …”
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Visual analysis of research hotspots and trends in traditional Chinese medicine for depression in the 21st century: A bibliometric study based on citespace and VOSviewer by Chengcheng Song, Kelong Chen, Yongxi Jin, Ling Chen, Zuxiu Huang

“…The Journal of Ethnopharmacology had the highest number of publications (97) and citations (2067), as well as the highest number of co-citations (1369). …”
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Dissolved organic matter and sulfide enhance the CH4 consumption of a psychrophilic lake methanotroph, Methylobacter sp. S3L5C by Antti Juhani Rissanen, Rahul Mangayil, Alexander T. Tveit, Susanna T. Maanoja, Ramita Khanongnuch

“…Sulfide concentrations of 0–0.5 mM had no effect, while 1 and 5 mM concentrations inhibited the strain’s growth. …”
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Gastrointestinal perforation in extremely low birth weight infants: A single center retrospective study in China by Wei Feng, Hong Zhang, Huan Yan, Zheng-Bing Yang, Jin-Liang Zhao, Li-Bing Zhang

“…The Cox proportional hazard model revealed that intraventricular hemorrhage (HR = 2.854, p＜0.001) Sepsis (HR = 1.645, p = 0.015) and gastrointestinal perforation (HR = 1.876, p = 0.008) had detrimental effects on the survival of extremely low birth weight infants; conversely, ibuprofen (HR = 0.304, p＜0.001) and blood transfusion (HR = 0.372, p＜0.001) are beneficial factors for their survival. …”
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Early prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus based on systematically selected multi-panel biomarkers and clinical accessibility—a longitudinal study of a multi-racial pregnant... by Jiaxi Yang, Yaqi Cao, Fang Qian, Jagteshwar Grewal, David B. Sacks, Zhen Chen, Michael Y. Tsai, Jinbo Chen, Cuilin Zhang

“…We built alternative models utilizing different groups of biomarkers considering clinical accessibility. …”
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Asymptomatic Intracranial Artery Stenosis/Occlusion in Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Its Frequency and Implications for Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Events by Sayaka Funabashi, Yu Kataoka, Mika Hori, Masatsune Ogura, Takahito Doi, Yoshiaki Morita, Eri Kiyoshige, Kunihiro Nishimura, Teruo Noguchi, Mariko Harada‐Shiba

“…Despite lipid‐lowering therapies, patients with both HeFH and IASO more likely had elevated risk of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular events. …”
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Factors associated with James Cook University medical students experiencing ‘high quality’ clinical learning on final-year rural placement by Brooke Mackie, Torres Woolley, Aaron Hollins, Leanne Hall

“…Student focus group participants consistently reported they received the best teaching from local doctors who were more permanently based in that community, had significant experience in rural medicine, and were familiar with their competency level as a sixth-year student and their learning objectives on rural placement. …”
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors plus chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of young unresectable gastric cancer patients: a multicentre real-world study by Yingnan Wang, Yan Li, Zheng Liu, Jing Liu, Hongmei Xu, Ruixing Zhang, Fengbin Zhang, Zhanjun Guo

“…The effectiveness analysis revealed no significant difference in the disease control rate (DCR) between the dual chemotherapy group and the PD-1 inhibitor plus dual chemotherapy group (P=0.787), but triple regimens led to the best DCR (71.4% vs. 68.8% vs. 94.9%, all P<0.05). …”
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Influence of Cow Dung Extract Complemented with Nutrient Solution on the Growth Performance of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L) by Abu Raihan, Md. Jahedur Rahman, Chand Sultana Chandni, Sabina Yasmin, Md. Shahajahan Ali, M. Mokbul Hossain

“…Therefore, the analysis showed that in terms of growth promotion properties hydroponic nutrient solution along with cow dung extract had a substantial impact and C3S4 was the most preferable treatment combination. …”
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Outcomes of Broader Genomic Profiling in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Portuguese Cohort Study by Ricardo Roque, Rita Santos, Luís Guilherme Santos, Rita Coelho, Isabel Fernandes, Gonçalo Cunha, Marta Gonçalves, Teresa Fraga, Judy Paulo, Nuno Bonito

“…The Mann–Whitney and Chi square tests were used to compare characteristics of different groups, with significance at <i>p</i> < 0.05. …”
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18F-FDG-PET/CT for polymyalgia rheumatica: agreement and diagnostic accuracy of routine PET scan report vs. standardized PMR PET scores by Kornelis S. M. van der Geest, Rob G. J. Grootelaar, Karin Bouwman, Maria Sandovici, Andor W. J. M. Glaudemans, Elisabeth Brouwer, Riemer H. J. A. Slart, Riemer H. J. A. Slart

“…Agreement and diagnostic accuracy of routine scan reports and PET scores were better among treatment-naïve patients than those that had been treated previously.ConclusionOur study reveals that routine PET scan reports for suspected PMR can be interpreted differently between readers. …”
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Do we more often opt for conservative management of ovarian tumors after changing the Dutch national guideline on enlarged ovaries? A nationwide cohort study by Esther Lems, Anna H. Koch, Sam Armbrust, Jaklien C. Leemans, Marlies Y. Bongers, Alicia Leon‐Castillo, Christianne A. R. Lok, Peggy M. A. J. Geomini

“…The number of women/100 000 who had surgery for a benign ovarian tumor per 100 000 women declined by 28.5% (p < 0.001) between 2011 and 2019. …”
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Synergistic effect of corn straw and mulberry leaves on fermentation, growth performance and antioxidant capacity of sheep by Qirui Hou, Wenfeng Zhang, Shuli Wang, Wenyu Hou, Weiguo Zhao, Hui Xie, Peng Zhao, Yongen Zhang

“…Methods Corn straw and mulberry leaves were mixed in six different ratios as culture substrates: 100:0 (T0), 80:20 (T20), 60:40 (T40), 40: 60 (T60), 20:80 (T80) and 0:100 (T100). …”
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Blood anti-surface proteins Echovirus 30 (<i>Enterovirus, Picornaviridae</i>) antibodies in residents of the Nizhny Novgorod region by Dmitrii A. Melentev, D. V. Novikov, V. A. Lapin, E. V. Mokhonova, М. I. Tsiganova, E. A. Manakova, V. V. Novikov

“…E30 VP1, VP2 and VP3 proteins were expressed in Escherichia coli, purified chromatographically and used antigenically for detection of IgA, IgG and IgM antibodies by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent immunoassay. Most study subjects had antibodies specific to only one or two of the E30 surface proteins. …”
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Expression Analysis of COPB2 and Bcl-2 in Early Stages of Endometrial Carcinoma by Branko Andrić, Danijela Cvetković, Stefan Blagojević, Marko Stanković, Nenad Kokošar, Dragutin Sretenović, Dragiša Šljivančanin, Branislav Milošević, Danijela Milošev, Petar Arsenijević

“…All patients in the experimental group had early-stage cancer without metastases at the time of sample collection. …”
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Effect of Processed Coffee Husk on Feed Intake, Nutrient Digestibility, Body Weight Changes and Economic Feasibility of Bonga Sheep Fed on Natural Pasture Hay as a Basal Diet by Lidya Marew, Fentahun Meheret, Bimrew Asmare

“…The chemical compositions of the CM had maximum crude protein (22%), followed by boiled coffee husk (14.74%), which was higher than natural pasture hay (6.91%) and raw coffee husk (12.4%). …”
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