Reeve, Janice Lee Veronica Davis, Marion Twomey, Patrick Joseph
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Journal of clinical pathology
Estimates of glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) help assess kidney function. Estimated GFR can be used to classify patients into one of six Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) categories as recommended by the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes clinical practice guidelines; CKD1 ≥90, CKD2 60-89, CKD3a 45-59, CKD3b 30-44, CKD4 15-29 or CKD5 ≤15 mL/min/...
Pennisi, Grazia Di Marco, Vito Buscemi, Carola Mazzola, Giovanni Randazzo, Cristiana Spatola, Federica Craxì, Antonio Buscemi, Silvio Petta, Salvatore
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Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFLD) is a major cause of liver disease worldwide leading also to a higher risk of cardiovascular events. We aimed to evaluate the impact of fatty liver and fibrosis on cardiovascular risk in a general population. Five hundred and forty-two subjects included in the community-based ABCD (Alimentazione, Benessere Cardiovas...
Lamminen, Terttu Korpivaara, Mira Suokko, Minna Aspegrén, John Palestrini, Clara Overall, Karen
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Objectives: The aim of this clinical pilot study was to evaluate the dosage, efficacy, and clinical safety of a single oral dose of pregabalin in cats that experience fear and anxiety when placed into a carrier and transported by car. Methods: Thirteen client-owned cats were enrolled in a blinded, randomized, crossover study with three treatment da...
Sarmento, Sylvia Kahwage de Andrade, Juliana da Silva Ribeiro Miagostovich, Marize Pereira Fumian, Tulio Machado
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Viruses
Noroviruses are considered an important cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) across all age groups. Here, we investigated the incidence of norovirus, genotypes circulation, and norovirus shedding in AGE stool samples from outpatients in Brazil. During a two-year period, 1546 AGE stool samples from ten Brazilian states were analyzed by RT-qPCR to de...
kornel, amanda den hartogh, danja j. klentrou, panagiota tsiani, evangelia
Bone is a highly dynamic tissue that is constantly adapting to micro-changes to facilitate movement. When the balance between bone building and resorption shifts more towards bone resorption, the result is reduced bone density and mineralization, as seen in osteoporosis or osteopenia. Current treatment strategies aimed to improve bone homeostasis a...
Al Harthi, Saud Al Osali, Magdi Al Ismaili, Ruwaida Al Lawati, Sultan Kamble, Bina Al Shaaibi, Mustafa Al Kindi, Nasser Al Qasabi, Salim Alhinai, Mohammed Al Harthi, Hamad
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Published in
Cureus
Background and objective Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a public health emergency of international concern. Several characteristics of hospitalised cases, including variations in symptoms as well as radiological and laboratory findings, have been described. However, the exact clinical spectrum of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 ...
Prager, Gabrielle Oliver, Govind Darbyshire, Daniel Jafar, Anisa Jabeen Nasir Body, Richard Carley, Simon David Reynard, Charles
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Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ
sotomayor, camilo g. mendoza, marcelo castañeda, víctor farías, humberto molina, gabriel pereira, gonzalo härtel, steffen solar, mauricio araya, mauricio
Medical imaging is essential nowadays throughout medical education, research, and care. Accordingly, international efforts have been made to set large-scale image repositories for these purposes. Yet, to date, browsing of large-scale medical image repositories has been troublesome, time-consuming, and generally limited by text search engines. A par...
Xiao, Hai Wu, Ka Liang, Xiaoliu Li, Rong Lai, Keng Po
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Frontiers in Immunology
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease primarily mediated by acetylcholine receptor antibodies (AChR-Ab), cellular immune dependence, and complement system involvement. Since the AChR on the postsynaptic membrane is destroyed by an immune attack, sufficient endplate potential cannot be generated, resulting in the development of a synaptic ...
Kachroo, Naveen Lange, Dirk Penniston, Kristina L Stern, Joshua Tasian, Gregory Bajic, Petar Wolfe, Alan J Suryavanshi, Mangesh Ticinesi, Andrea Meschi, Tiziana
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To determine whether functionally relevant questions associated with the urinary or gut microbiome and urinary stone disease (USD) can be answered from metagenome-wide association studies (MWAS), we performed the most comprehensive meta-analysis of published clinical MWAS in USD to date, using publicly available data published prior to April 2021. ...
