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Introduction: Increasing evidences showed differential expression of circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS), indicating that miRNAs might serve as promising biomakers in the diagnosis of AIS. However, their accuracy has not been systematically evaluated, so it is necessary to conducted a meta-analysis to evaluat...
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Background: Non-specific chronic low back pain (LBP) is a debilitating disease that profoundly impacts patients’ daily physical function and quality of life. Gua sha therapy, as an easy-to-use and noninvasive complementary modality, has been widely used clinically in patients with non-specific chronic LBP. The aim of this study is to test the poten...
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Background: Ultrasonography is the first choice for clinical diagnosis and differentiation of thyroid cancer Currently. However, due to the complexity and overlapping nature of the thyroid nodule sonograms, it remains difficult to accurately identify nodules with atypical ultrasound characteristics. Previous studies showed that superb microvascular...
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Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), known as lupus, is a chronic autoimmune disease and there is no cure for SLE. The western medication can improve syndromes to some extent; however, severe adverse drug reactions appear at the same time. Recently, it is confirmed that Chinese medicine also can have an excellent clinical efficacy on SLE...
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Introduction: Gestational hyperinsulinism is a metabolic disease which is widely concerned at home and abroad. It is a clinical consensus that the embryo implantation ability of patients with hyperinsulinemia is decreased and the abortion rate after implantation is high. The treatment of gestational hyperinsulinism with Multiple dietary fiber diets...
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Background: Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is the most common etiology of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI). VCI in CSVD (CSVD-VCI) shows a progressive course with multiple stages and is also associated with dysfunctions such as gait, emotional and behavioral, and urinary disturbances, which seriously affect the life quality of elderly peop...
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Background: Tinnitus is a common disease in otolaryngology. In China, acupuncture has been used as a promising treatment for tinnitus. Yet, the specific effect and safety of acupuncture are still disputable. The ultimate goal of this paper is to formulate a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis, which can be employed in assessing the ben...
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Background: One of the major challenges in nursing and medical education is to foster the critical thinking ability and autonomous learning ability for students. But the effect of different teaching methods on these abilities of nursing or medical students has not been conclusive, and few studies have directly compared the differences in the effect...
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Background: Insomnia is a common disease characterized by difficulty falling and/or staying asleep, and accompanied by irritability or fatigue during wakefulness. It is widely reported that insomnia is one of the most extensive mental disorders which the incidence rate is estimated to be about 10%. Insomnia can have serious influences on patients h...
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Background: The pathophysiologic of vascular malformations is still unclear, and the treatment of vascular malformations is a challenge. With improvement in the understanding of pathogenesis of vascular malformations, sirolimus has been a promising and effective treatment. As so far, there is absent convincing evidence to confirm the efficacy of si...
