Objectives: Definite diagnosis of myocarditis requires an endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) showing an inflammatory infiltrate. However, there are important limitations on establishing the diagnosis solely upon histological criteria. The main objective of this case report is to highlight the difficulty of diagnosis, but also to evaluate treatment in viru...
Published in BMC Medical Research Methodology
BackgroundSevere asthma exerts a disproportionately heavy burden on patients and health care. Due to the heterogeneity of the severe asthma population, many patients need to be evaluated to understand the clinical features and outcomes of severe asthma in order to facilitate personalised and targeted care. The International Severe Asthma Registry (...
OBJECTIVE: Epilepsy develops in 70 to 90% of children with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and is often resistant to medication. Recently, the concept of preventive antiepileptic treatment to modify the natural history of epilepsy has been proposed. EPISTOP was a clinical trial designed to compare preventive versus conventional antiepileptic treat...
status: published
Published in International urology and nephrology
A recent update in International Continence Society (ICS) terminology now recognizes nocturnal polyuria (NP) and diurnal polyuria (DP) as related subcategories of "Polyuria (global symptom)". This study determines the real-world clinical overlap between NP, DP, and 24-h polyuria (24hP) among men with nocturia. Analysis of frequency-volume charts fr...
AIMS: Identifying heart failure (HF) patients in general practice is challenging, and little is known about the current quality of care. We implemented an extended audit from the electronic health records (EHRs) of general practitioners (GPs) to identify HF patients and investigate patient characteristics and quality of care. METHODS AND RESULTS: T...
Published in Journal of Mathematical Cryptology
In 2018 Takashima proposed a version of Charles, Goren and Lauter’s hash function using Richelot isogenies, starting from a genus-2 curve that allows for all subsequent arithmetic to be performed over a quadratic finite field 𝔽p2. In 2019 Flynn and Ti pointed out that Takashima’s hash function is insecure due to the existence of small isogeny cycle...
BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive pancreaticoduodenectomy with synchronous vein resection for pancreatic cancer is controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate outcomes and describe the surgical technique of 3d-laparoscopic pylorus-resecting pancreaticoduodenectomy (3dLPD) with venous resection for pancreatic cancer. METHODS: A retrospective c...
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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the interplay between the personality vulnerability dimensions of self-criticism and dependency and experienced satisfaction or frustration of the basic psychological needs in relation to adolescents' depressive symptoms. In doing so, we investigated both indirect associations between personality and depressiv...
