Misdiagnosis of tuberculous infection as pseudo-bursa cyst after total hip arthroplasty: a case report by Zhen Jia, Zhengqi Chang, Shiyong Wan

“…The patient had a history of right femoral neck fracture, underwent right total hip arthroplasty 4 years ago, and developed a lump on the posterior side of the right thigh 1 year ago. …”
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Predictive Value of AIP and AGR for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Significant Liver Fibrosis by Zhang Simin, Zhou Changyu, Shi Xianquan, Huang Lizhen

“…Objective: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic liver disease with a high incidence worldwide, and its incidence is increasing year by year. Plasma atherogenic Index (AIP) is used to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease and metabolic dysfunction, and albumin to glutamyltransferase ratio (AGR) is often used to assess liver function, nutritional status, and immune system diseases. …”
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Assessment of Quality of Life and Behavioral Problems in Children with Central Precocious Puberty by Shaymaa Raafat, Esraa Abdelaal, Ihsan Mowafi, Mona Khalil

“…Results: The mean study group age was 5.1 ± 2.3 years compared to 5.2 ± 2.2 years in the control group; 29 patients and 29 controls (96.7%) were females. …”
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A Case of Calcific Myonecrosis: A Rare Clinical Presentation by Dhanasegaran Arunachalam, Balasubramaniam Ramasamy, Lalithambigai Chellamuthu

“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suggested a myositis ossificans lesion limited to the right leg's lateral and anterior compartments, with no hypervascularity. Routine blood tests, including liver function test, serum calcium, phosphorus, and alkaline phosphatase levels, were all normal. …”
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Coding Readiness Assessment: A Measure of Computational Thinking for Preschoolers by Emily Relkin, Christopher Doss, Victoria L. Jones, John F. Pane

“…The CRA showed acceptable levels of reliability in terms of internal consistency (α = 0.78) and test–retest reliability (<i>r</i> = 0.65). Results from a 3PL indicate that the CRA has suitable levels of difficulty and skill level discrimination for 3-to-5-year-olds. …”
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The impact of impulse control disorders on cognitive decline in de novo Parkinson’s disease: a study based on structural MRI by Ruohong Xu, Beisheng Yang, Juanling Li, Xiaofan Wei, Limin Zhang, Jiaqi Tian, Wei Zhang

“…The cognitive status of each PD patient was obtained every year in four-year follow-up. The difference in conversion rates was obtained by chi-square test. …”
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A Case Report of Graves’ Disease Induced by the Anti-Human Programmed Cell Death-1 Monoclonal Antibody Pembrolizumab in a Bladder Cancer Patient by Ken Yajima, Yushi Akise

“…His diarrhea was improved with prednisolone, and thyroid function was treated with potassium iodide and thiamazole. …”
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Case Report: Successful management of acute kidney injury following interventional heartworm extraction in a dog with caval syndrome by Jaehan Jun, Jaehan Jun, Jaeyeon Yoon, Joohyun Jung

“…A 12-year-old, 7 kg, castrated male, mixed-breed dog presented with lethargy, vomiting, and hemoglobinuria. …”
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Acute hepatitis: a rare complication of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection by Mehmet Uluğ, Mustafa Kemal Çelen, Celal Ayaz, Mehmet Faruk Geyik, Salih Hoşoğlu

“…The Monospot test was also positive. On the seventh day, liver function tests and bilirubin had risen to peak level and platelets were decreased. …”
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Development and validation of a machine learning model based on multiple kernel for predicting the recurrence risk of Budd-Chiari syndrome by Weirong Xue, Bing Xu, Hui Wang, Xiaoxiao Zhu, Jiajia Qin, Guangshuang Zhou, Peilin Yu, Shengli Li, Yingliang Jin

“…The dataset was divided into training, validation, and test sets in a 6:2:2 ratio. Models were constructed by evaluating all combinations of four kernel functions in the training set. …”
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Optimizing Total Ankle Arthroplasty Analysis: A Comprehensive Assessment of Alignment and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures via Weight-Bearing CT by Carlos Felipe Albarrán MD, MSc, Mario Ignacio Escudero MD, Carlos Felipe Muñoz MD, Eddie Birman MD, Hugo Letelier MD, Felipe Chaparro MD, Giovanni Carcuro MD, Manuel Jose Pellegrini MD

“…The PROMs were assessed in the preoperative scenario and again at 2 months, 6 months, 1-year and 2-year post-surgery. The association between alignment and PROMs was evaluated using the Mann-Whitney test, while the association between the internal rotation of the talar component and PROMs was analyzed with the Spearman test. …”
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Results of kidney transplantation from suboptimal donors to recipients of the older age group by B. Z. Khubutiya, M. Sh. Khubutiya, A. K. Evseev, A. V. Babkina

“…Kidney transplantation to elderly patients (aged 60 years and older), including from a suboptimal donor, provides a sufficiently high efficiency with a 1-year recipient survival rate of 98.6% and a functioning graft for 1 year in 75.4% of cases, which does not differ from the survival rate of younger recipients (98.2%), but is inferior by the case rate of keeping the graft functioning (91.9%). …”
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Cognitive Impairment in CMV Seropositive and CMV Seronegative Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients by Maheen Z. Abidi, MD, Xiaomeng Chen, MSPH, Yi Liu, ScM, Nadia M. Chu, PhD, Aarti Mathur, MD, PhD, Adriana Weinberg, MD, Bruce Kaplan, MD, Silas Norman, MD, Jingyao Hong, MHS, Dorry L. Segev, MD, PhD, Kristine M. Erlandson, MD, Mara A. McAdams-DeMarco, PhD

“…Cognitive function equally improved in all CMV D/R groups during the first 3 y post-KT (slope = 0.62 points/year; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.17-1.07). …”
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Eye-tracking measures of oculomotor speed and control as markers of cognitive ability in Malawian adolescent population: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. by Karoliina Videman, Ulla Ashorn, Per Ashorn, Lotta Hallamaa, Kenneth Maleta, Charles Mangani, Jukka M Leppänen

“…This study, a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial, examined whether eye-tracking measures of saccadic reaction time and gaze control are associated with an established cognitive ability test, Raven's coloured progressive matrices (CPM), among 13-year-old rural Malawian adolescents (1003 participants, 50.3% boys). …”
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Comparison of Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Upper Limbs of Male Athletes with Obese and Thin Non-Athlete Males by Amin Roshandel Hesari, Ali Roshandel Hesari, Ali Mohagheghi Pirshahid

“…For data analysis, ANOVA test and Shafa's follow-up test were used. Results IAccording to the results, in all musculoskeletal abnormalities of the upper limb, except for lumbar lordosis, male athletes had a higher percentage of abnormalities than non-athlete obese males and non-athlete thin males (P<0.05). …”
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Retiform hemangioendothelioma of the vulva: a case report by Hai-Jiao Wang, Zhi-Chen Ding, Xu Yan, Ying Yue

“…The clinical examination findings, laboratory test results, including complete blood count and liver function test results were normal. …”
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Vestibular Syncope and Acute Peripheral Vestibular Deficit: A Case Report by Noemi Motta, Marco Gitto, Valeria Castelli, Eleonora Tobaldini, Nicola Montano, Federica Di Berardino

“…By restoring the peripheral vestibular function of the right labyrinth after vestibular treatment, a complete long‐term resolution of multiple vasovagal syncopal episodes was observed together with normalization of the tilt test.…”
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Effectiveness of Cadaver Compared to Plastination as Anatomy Learning Media: Medical Student Perspective by Muhammad Ilham Suharto, Taureni Hayati, Hanifah Hanifah, Mozart Mozart

“…Data were analyzed with the Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon, and paired sample t-test. Results: Both cadaver and plastination groups showed a significant increase in post-test scores (p<0.05), indicating that each method effectively improved students’ anatomical understanding. …”
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Case Report: Alpha-fetoprotein-producing urothelial carcinoma of the bladder by Haibing Huang, Youping Ding, Yuju Fang, Kunlin Xie, Chengyong Zhong, Haiye Fan, Xiaofeng Zou, Tianpeng Xie

“…Although the hepatitis B surface antigen test was positive, the liver function test was normal. …”
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Clinical analysis of vitrectomy combined with dexamethasone intraveal implant in the treatment of epiretinal membrane by WU Kunfang, GUO Meimei, LI Xiang, WANG Dingding

“…Follow up for 6 months and record the above indicators, with BCVA and CMT followed up for 1 year. Perform statistical analysis of data using SPSS 29.0 soft ware (Independent sample t-test, Mann Whitney U-test and Pearson χ²-test). …”
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