Concurrent brain infection of herpes simplex virus and tuberculous meningitis complicated by tuberculous abscess: a case report by Esraa Alsaadi, Saja Karaja, William Borghol, Marah Abou Hala, Anas Jouhar

“…Case presentation A 45-year-old Syrian male patient presented with fever, headache, and generalized seizures with decreased cognitive function. …”
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Distal Arthrogryposis in Newborn: Clinical Case by Vasily P. Gavrilyuk, Yana V. Evseeva, Oleg V. Cherevko, Dmitry A. Severinov

“…The molecular genetic testing was not performed due to the refusal of the child's parents. …”
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Symmetric Pseudoathetosis of Hands and Feet: A Rare Manifestation of Subacute Combined Cord Degeneration With Life-Threatening Thromboembolic Risk by Ramsha Siddiqui, Johanna Canenguez, Nithisha Thatikonda, Awab Elaneem, Fernandez Jorge Rodriguez

“…Neurological examination revealed no nuchal stiffness, normal cranial nerve function, and impaired light touch and vibration sensation in the lower extremities. …”
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When the days are(n’t) numbered: Calendar calculations in transparent and opaque systems by Ziyi Zhuang, Norbert Vanek

“…Chinese–English bilinguals were tested alongside English and Chinese controls. Forced-choice calendar calculations (day, month, hour and year) and self-reported strategies were used as tasks to tap into participants’ calculation speed, accuracy and temporal reasoning. …”
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Diverting the Diagnosis: A Case Report of Hemodialysis Masking the Etiology of Hyperammonemia by Adina Landsberg, Anukul Ghimire, Nicholas L. Li, Tyrone G. Harrison

“…Diagnoses: Initial assessments, including liver function tests, abdominal ultrasound, medication review, and genetic screening for urea cycle disorders, were unremarkable. …”
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Tuberculous cardiac tamponade presenting as severe hypoxic hepatitis by Valdes Roberto Bollela, Fernanda Guioti Puga, Rodrigo Carvalho Santana

“…A 57-year-old man was referred to the Emergency Department with epigastric and respiratory dependent pain for six days. …”
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Cessation of еpileptic seizures series using peroral valproate in an adult patient with partial epilepsy by Spasić Mirjana, Lukić Stevo

“…Laboratory parameters (liver function tests, blood count, level of antiepileptic drugs) were monitored every day. …”
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A Case of Juvenile Dermatomyositis Presenting with Inverse Gottron’s Papules: A Case Report by Renad AlKanaan, Iman I. Nazer, Monira AlNasser

“…Laboratory investigations showed elevated muscle enzymes, positive myositis-specific antibodies, and elevated liver function tests. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) chest revealed no signs of interstitial lung disease (ILD). …”
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Case Report: Two cases of IgG4-related kidney disease with monoclonal gammopathy by Qian Dong, Xuanli Tang, Jiang Liu, Pengjie Xu

“…Serum free light chain κ and λ were elevated, and monoclonal IgM-κ was identified. PLA2R testing was negative. Renal biopsy revealed secondary membranous nephropathy (SMN) without evidence of monoclonal renal injury. …”
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Long‐Term Incidence of Dementia Following Transient Ischemic Attack: A Longitudinal Cohort Study by Vasileios‐Arsenios Lioutas, Gina Peloso, Jose Rafael Romero, Hugo Aparicio, Mitzi Gonzales, Amy Werry, Dibya Himali, Jayandra Himali, Ayantika Banerjee, Saptaparni Gosh, Vasan S. Ramachandran, Alexa Beiser, Sudha Seshadri

“…Determining the cognitive sequalae of TIA is important as it can function as an early warning sign or additional risk factor for dementia. …”
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Severe acute kidney injury induced by crescentic glomerulonephritis in a child with infective endocarditis by Neslihan Yılmaz, Selçuk Yüksel, Dolunay Gürses, İlknur Girişgen, Tülay Becerir, Münevver Yılmaz, Furkan Ufuk, Gülsün Gülten

“…She was discharged on the 45th day of treatment with normal kidney function tests and negative acute phase reactants. …”
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Degenerative Hip Osteoarthritis in Unilateral Knee Osteoarthritis Patients: A Correlation Analysis by Juncheng Li, Wenrun Zhu, Jun Yang, Xinhao Niu, Han Tang, Lu Cao, Changan Guo

“…In contralateral hip joints, there was significant difference in the proportion of patients with severe hip degeneration (KL score ≥ 2) compared to those with mild hip degeneration (KL score < 2) when considering length of disease (p < 0.001), KSS symptom score < 70 (p = 0.001) or KSS function score (p < 0.001). The risk factors for contralateral hip degeneration of patients with unilateral knee OA include that long disease course (> 5 years) (OR 3.030 [95% CI 1.476 to 6.220]; p < 0.001), and high KSS function score (≥ 70 year) (OR 0.921 [95% CI 0.878 to 0.967]; p < 0.001), increased risk of contralateral hip degeneration of patients with unilateral knee OA. …”
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Targeted genotyping (90K-SPET) facilitates genome-wide association studies and the prediction of yield-related traits in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) by Antonio Lippolis, Salvador A. Gezan, Jorrit Zuidgeest, Valeria Cafaro, Bert-Jan van Dinter, Geert Elzes, Maria-João Paulo, Luisa M. Trindade

“…We identified one stable QTL for FT and four for SSW over the two years, representing key molecular markers for testing in breeding applications. …”
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Impact of congenital cytomegalovirus infection on vestibular dysfunction and hearing outcomes in a cohort of children by Malesci Rita, Salomè Serena, Freda Giovanni, Serra Nicola, Manna Giuseppe, Del Vecchio Valeria, Quatrano Chiara, Capasso Letizia, Raimondi Francesco, Fetoni Anna Rita

“…Abstract This study aims to evaluate long-term vestibular function and hearing outcomes in a cohort of children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection (cCMV) using a comprehensive battery of vestibular and hearing tests, and possible relationships between vestibular and cochlear damage and relevant clinical presentation variables of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. …”
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Changes in medication safety indicators in England throughout the covid-19 pandemic using OpenSAFELY: population based, retrospective cohort study of 57 million patients using fede... by Paul Griffiths, Ben Goldacre, David Evans, Sam Harper, Orla Macdonald, Alex J Walker, Richard Croker, Anthony J Avery, Caroline E Morton, Jessica Morley, Brian MacKenna, William Hulme, Sarah Rodgers, Amir Mehrkar, Peter Inglesby, Jonathan Cockburn, John Parry, Frank Hester, James Barrett, Amelia Green, Helen Curtis, Sebastian Bacon, Simon Davy, George Hickman, Tom Ward, Louis Fisher, Jon Massey, Iain Dillingham, Christopher Bates, Lisa EM Hopcroft, Kerry Oliver, Dai Evans, Becky Smith, Shaun O’Hanlon, Alex Eavis, Richard Jarvis, Dima Avramov, Aaron Fowles, Nasreen Parkes

“…The percentage of patients at risk of potentially hazardous prescribing, as defined by each PINCER indicator, at mean quarter 1 (Q1) 2020 (representing before the pandemic) ranged from 1.11% (age ≥65 years and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) to 36.20% (amiodarone and no thyroid function test), while Q1 2021 (representing after the pandemic) percentages ranged from 0.75% (age ≥65 years and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) to 39.23% (amiodarone and no thyroid function test). …”
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Indian Council of Medical Research consensus document for the management of gastric cancer by Shailesh V Shrikhande, Bhawna Sirohi, Savio G Barreto, Raju T Chacko, Purvish M Parikh, Jeremy Pautu, Supreeta Arya, Prachi Patil, Srinivas C Chilukuri, B Ganesh, Tanvir Kaur, Deepak Shukla, Goura Shankar Rath

“…Evaluation of a patient with newly diagnosed gastric cancer should include essential tests: A standard white light endoscopy with multiple biopsies from the tumor for confirmation of the diagnosis, a computed tomography (CT) scan (multi-detector or helical) of the abdomen and pelvis for staging with a CT chest or chest X-ray, and complete blood counts, renal and liver function tests. …”
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Design of current differential protection system for distribution network based on 5G wireless communication by FENG Xinglong, KONG Fengfeng, HUO Kailong, ZHOU Guohua, ZHAO Fang

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USING THERMOPLASTIC BASE MATERIALS IN THE CLINIC OF ORTHOPEDIC DENTISTRY IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH COMPLETE TOOTH LOSS by V.S. Kuz

“…In order to solve this problem, in recent years, new basic dental materials have been developed and researched. …”
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Tactic of diagnostic and treatment of patients with bilateral adrenal gland’s lesions associated with primary aldosteronism by А. O. Nykonenko, I. V. Zubryk, А. А. Podluzhnyi, Ye. I. Нaidarzhi, I. V. Rusanov, A. L. Makarenkov

“…The problem of primary aldosteronism (PA) different forms diagnosis and treatment is absolutely interesting in the 21st century as over the last 15 years it has been proved that PA syndrome had been distributed much more than previously thought. …”
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Assessing the Elderly Health-related Unmet Needs and Some Related Factors in Hamadan City, Iran by Fatemeh Mansouri-Shad, Parvin Cheraghi, Sediqheh Mafakheri-Bashmagh, Qhadir Nouri, Zahra Cheraghi

“…The data collection process consisted of four sections, including a demographic information questionnaire, the abbreviated mental test (AMT-10) test questionnaire for identifying the absence of dementia, cognitive impairment, the Barthel index questionnaire for measuring functional independence status, and finally, the Camberwell assessment of need for the elderly. …”
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