Dent Disease 1 Presented Early with Bartter-Like Syndrome Features and Rickets: A Case Report by Cahyani Gita Ambarsari, Habibah Azzahra Putri Agianda, Meilania Saraswati, Jon Jin Kim

“…Moreover, in low-resource countries, laboratory test limitations can hinder the diagnosis. Case Presentation: A thirteen-year-old boy presented with an acute episode of severe hypokalemia following vomiting due to COVID medication side effects. …”
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Recurrent pregnancy loss and fetal complete heart block as the initial manifestations of maternal systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report on the diagnostic and preventive role... by Ali Akbari, Fatemeh Palizvan, Arvin Mirshahi, Forod Salehi

“…Positive anti-SSA (Ro) antibodies and a positive ANA test (1:80, homogeneous pattern) supported the classification of SLE. …”
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Prevalence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in post-tuberculosis lung fibrosis patients: A cross-sectional observational study by Rupak Chatterjee, Priyanka Ghosh, Kumkum Sarkar, Shambo Samrat Samajdar, Shatavisa Mukherjee, Alex George, Netai Pramanik

“…Pulmonary function test (PFT) revealed obstructive pattern in three cases, restrictive pattern in three cases, and mixed in two cases. …”
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Minimally Invasive Surgery for Vesicocervical Fistula Following Vacuum-Assisted Delivery with History of Cesarean Section by Philipp Meyer-Wilmes, Tomáš Kupec, Julia Wittenborn, Elmar Stickeler, Laila Najjari

“…With the increased prevalence of cesarean sections in recent years, the incidence of vesicocervical fistulas has also increased. …”
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Variability in lower limb spatiotemporal parameters after proprioceptive impairment in a case of pure sensory stroke associated with a pontine lesion: a case report by Aisuke Takahashi, Katsuhiro Furukawa, Daiki Haruyama

“…A buckling-knee pattern and variations in the spatiotemporal parameters were observed. Proprioception tests were performed. Proprioceptive impairments in knee and ankle joints were the primary functional impairments related to spatiotemporal parameters in gait. …”
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Unusual Presentation of Tuberculous Thyroid Abscess in a Background of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis in a Chronic Hepatitis B Carrier by Sakthivel Chinnakkulam Kandhasamy, Sunil Kumar, Anubhav Sangwan, Neelam Sahani, Gopalakrishnan Gunasekaran, Sunil Kumar Meena, Swapnil Singh Kushwaha

“…Patient had thyroid peroxidase antibody and thyroglobulin antibody positivity and the rest of thyroid function tests were normal. Patient had positive Mantoux test, hepatitis B surface Ag, and low viral DNA. …”
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The Novel Use of Daratumumab in the Treatment of Refractory Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis by April Strong, Ying Sun, David Pilcher, Zane Kaplan, Rob G. Stirling

“…There was a corresponding reduction in anti‐GM‐CSF antibody levels and improvement in gas exchange on pulmonary function testing.…”
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When viral myocarditis meets thrombosis tendency: deep analysis of a complex case report by Qian Ding, Yun Zhang, Dongbei Li, Wenhua Liu, Jing Feng, Shuang Li, Wei Chen, Mu Guo

“…The patient had a 20-year history of hypertension. Examinations revealed bilateral lower pulmonary artery thrombosis, a left ventricular thrombus, pulmonary infarction, and reduced left ventricular systolic function, with a lowest left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 26.5%. …”
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The Effect of Obesity and Insulin Resistance on Asthma Control in Asthmatic Children by Esra Özek Yücel, Haluk Cezmi Çokuğraş, Yıldız Çamcıoğlu, Necla Akçakaya

“…When asthmatic children were grouped according to the presence of insulin resistance, no significant differences were found in terms of demographic characteristics, respiratory function tests, skin puncture test results, asthma control, quality of life, and asthma severity (p>0.05). …”
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Development of a predictive model for pneumothorax after microwave ablation based on radiomics and clinical baseline data by Xiangyu Xie, Kun Li, Lei Chen, Hong Li, Chaofan Meng, Liang Zheng

“…Abstract Aim Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality globally, with a five-year survival rate lower than many other cancers. …”
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Los valores del cuerpo en los jóvenes. ¿Sin valores o nueva valorización? (Body values in teenagers. No values or new valorization?)) by Lorena Velasco Santos, José Luis Pastor Pradillo, David Blanco Alcántara, Alfredo Jiménez Eguizábal

“…The instrument of measurement is the test devised by Casares and Collados (1998), which divides body values into 10 categories and it has been applied to a sample of 536 students from 1st year of Bachillerato in Castilla y León region of Spain during the academic year 2017/18. …”
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Educational status influences cognitive-motor learning in older adults: going to university provides greater protection against aging than going to high school by Mariana Callil Voos, Maria Elisa Pimentel Piemonte, Letícia Lessa Mansur, Fátima Aparecida Caromano, Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Luiz Eduardo Ribeiro do Valle

“…ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate if middle-aged and older adults with a higher education would differ from those with an average education in cognitive-motor tasks involving lower limb function. Methods: A walking version of the Trail Making Test (Walking Executive Function Task, [WEFT]) was used. …”
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Associated factors of sarcopenia among urban community-dwelling older adults in West Jakarta: A cross-sectional study by Yvonne Suzy Handajani, Yuda Turana, Kevin Kristian, Nelly Tina Widjaja, Aylenia Lysandra, Elisabeth Schröder Butterfill

“…Regarding olfactory function, six scratch test-type odours common in Indonesia were used. …”
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The Prognostic Potential of Insulin-like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 1 for Cardiovascular Complications in Peripheral Artery Disease by Ben Li, Farah Shaikh, Houssam Younes, Batool Abuhalimeh, Abdelrahman Zamzam, Rawand Abdin, Mohammad Qadura

“…Kaplan–Meier curves stratified by IGFBP-1 tertiles compared using log-rank tests and Cox proportional hazards analysis were used to assess 2-year MACE risk trajectory based on plasma protein levels. …”
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Factors Associated with Fall Risk in the Elderly by Zehra Can Karahan, Fatma Nur Seymen, Ayşenur Özcan, Ceyhun Türkmen

“…Data on demographic characteristics and the number of falls in the past year were recorded. Various physical and cognitive assessments were conducted, including the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for cognitive abilities, Functional Reach Test (FRT) for anteroposterior balance, Tandem Stance Test (TST) for lateral balance, Berg Balance Scale (BBS) for overall balance, Timed Up and Go Test (TUG) for functional mobility, 1-Minute Sit-to-Stand Test (1-MST) for lower extremity strength, and cervical proprioception measurements. …”
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Non-infectious chronic blepharitis pharmacotherapy by S. N. Sakhnov, S. V. Yanchenko, A. S. Rudashova, A. V. Malyshev

“…Traditional ophthalmological examination, consideration of subjective discomfort level, evaluation of meibomian gland function (compression test) and severity of eyelid epitheliopaty (lyssamine green staining), lipid-interferential test, Schirmer’s test, tear film break up time, optical coherent meniscometry, computer evaluation of xerosis indicator (lyssamine green staining) and ocular surface microbiological examination were performed in all the patients.Results: Positive therapeutic effect was noted in all of the observed. …”
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Clinical features of patients with multiple myeloma complicated with renal impairment by SHAO Wen, ZHOU Xiao-shuang

“…The average age of the abnormal renal function group was 61.42 years, and the ratio of men to women was 2.06∶1, besides, the serum immunofixation electrophoresis was performed mainly on IgG and IgA. …”
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Clinical Outcome and Quality of Life after Modular Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in Comparison with Joint‐Preserving Locking Plate Osteosynthesis in Aged Patients: A Retrospe... by Carina Jaekel, Lisa Oezel, Franziska Leibnitz, Lena Marie Wilms, Joachim Windolf, Sebastian Viktor Gehrmann, Armin Olaf Scholz

“…For statistical analyses, Student's t‐test, Wilcoxon test, and Chi‐Quadrat test were used. …”
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Incidence, diagnostic criteria and outcome following ventriculoperitoneal shunting of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in a memory clinic population: a prospective observat... by George Razay, Melissa Wimmer, Iain Robertson

“…This triage index test had high sensitivity (95.2%) and specificity (91.7%). 62 of 408 (15%) participants with cognitive impairment had INPH, an incidence of 11.9/100 000/year and 120/100 000/year over 75 years. 96% of participants following shunting, compared with 45% of the non-shunted, improved by over 25% of available measurable improvement in either MMSE or balance/gait scores (51% difference; 95% CI 28% to 74%; p<0.001), and 56% vs 5% improved by over 50% of maximum in both (51% difference; 95% CI 30% to 73%; p<0.001).Conclusion The triage index test score is a simple tool that may be useful for physicians to identify INPH diagnoses and need for referral for shunt surgery, which may improve cognitive, balance and gait functioning.…”
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Age features of myocardial remodeling in men with ischemic chronic heart failure and renal dysfunction by D. A. Lashkul

“…To investigate the age characteristics of cardiac remodeling in men with ischemic chronic heart failure and renal dysfunction structural and functional remodeling of left ventricular myocardium was studied in 277 men (mean age 58,1±9,3 years) using Doppler echocardiography. …”
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