Huang, Shuangfeng Zhang, Junliang Tao, Manli Lv, Yaodong Xu, Luyao Liang, Zhigang
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BackgroundChorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc), as the most common subtype of neuroacanthocytosis syndrome, is characterized by the presence of acanthocytes and neurological symptoms. It is thought to be caused by the VPS13A (vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 13A) mutations. This article reports two confirmed cases of ChAc and summarizes some sug...
Shirazi, Farshad M. Mirzaei, Roya Nakhaee, Samaneh Nejatian, Amir Ghafari, Shokouh Mehrpour, Omid
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The global COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world’s population by causing changes in behavior, such as social distancing, masking, restricting people’s movement, and evaluating existing medication as potential therapies. Many pre-existing medications such as tocilizumab, ivermectin, colchicine, interferon, and steroids have been evaluated for bei...
Salari, Nader Karami, Mohammad Mahdi Bokaee, Shadi Chaleshgar, Maryam Shohaimi, Shamarina Akbari, Hakimeh Mohammadi, Masoud
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BackgroundUrinary tract infection is the most common infection in type 2 diabetic patients. Various studies have reported different outbreaks of urinary tract infections in type 2 diabetic patients. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the prevalence of urinary tract infections in type 2 diabetic patients during a systematic review and m...
Salehi, Mohammadreza Barkhori Mehni, Mahdi Akbarian, Mohammadmehdi Fattah Ghazi, Samrand Khajavi Rad, Nasim Moradi Moghaddam, Omid Jamali Moghaddam, SaeedReza Hosseinzadeh Emam, Masoumeh Abtahi, Sayed Hamidreza Moradi, Maryam
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BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, different treatments have been used in critically ill patients. Using intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has been suggested in various studies as an effective option. Our study aims to access the efficacy of IVIG in critically ill COVID-19 patients.MethodsIn this retrospective matched cohort study, records of ...
Wu, Yafen Luo, Jin Chen, Tao Zhan, Hong Liu, Jinfa Chen, Junxing Wang, Shouping
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The rare but dangerous amniotic fluid embolish after cesarean delivery was diagnosed. A cardiac arrest accompanied by acute respiratory distress syndrome and coagulopathy was recorded.Diagnosis, risk factors and pathophysiology for amniotic fluid embolish in this case were detailly discussed.
Gutierrez-San-Juan, Júlia Arrieta-Aldea, Itziar Arnau-Barrés, Isabel García-Escobar, Greta Lerma-Chipirraz, Elisabet Pérez-García, Paula Marcos, Agustin Blasco-Hernando, Fabiola Gonzalez-Mena, Alicia Cañas, Esperanza
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ObjectiveThe HIV infection is a chronic disease that causes neurocognitive impairment (NI) and has been related with early development of frailty. We aimed to study the main risk factors for neurocognitive disorders and frailty in HIV older adults.Materials and methodsCross-sectional study with 40 HIV individuals older than 65 years under antiretro...
Xu, Siqi Li, Hongsheng Wu, Xiaoyan Guo, Jianwei Zhang, Jiaoli Hu, Xuqi
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BackgroundDue to the inconsistent results of anti-treponema pallidum (TP) specific antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Treponema pallidum granule agglutination assay (TPPA) in clinical work, there will be a certain proportion of false-positives and false-negatives depending on TPPA as confirmation results. This study aimed t...
Liu, Shiyi Wang, Hui Su, Tao
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IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic fibro-inflammatory disease, histopathologically characterized by dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltration rich in IgG4-positive plasma cells in affected organs. Classic hematologic presentations including lymphadenopathy, eosinophilia and polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia are common, whereas bone marrow invo...
Rosenberger, Albert Muttray, Nils Hung, Rayjean J. Christiani, David C. Caporaso, Neil E. Liu, Geoffrey Bojesen, Stig E. Le Marchand, Loic Albanes, Demetrios Aldrich, Melinda C.
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BackgroundAberrant Wnt signalling, regulating cell development and stemness, influences the development of many cancer types. The Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) mediates tumorigenesis of environmental pollutants. Complex interaction patterns of genes assigned to AhR/Wnt-signalling were recently associated with lung cancer susceptibility.AimTo asse...
Shi, Hengfeng Xu, Zhihua Cheng, Guohua Ji, Hongli He, Linyang Zhu, Juan Hu, Hanjin Xie, Zongyu Ao, Weiqun Wang, Jian
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BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic now, and the severity of COVID-19 determines the management, treatment, and even prognosis. We aim to develop and validate a radiomics nomogram for identifying patients with severe COVID-19.MethodsThere were 156 and 104 patients with COVID-19 enrolled in primary and validation cohorts,...