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Anthropometric measurements as a key diagnostic tool for familial partial lipodystrophy in women

Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
Background Familial Partial Lipodystrophy (FPLD) is a disease with wide clinical and genetic variation, with seven different subtypes described. Until genetic testing becomes feasible in clinical practice, non-invasive tools are used to evaluate body ...
Victor Rezende Veras, Grayce Ellen da Cruz Paiva Lima, Ivana da Ponte Melo, Virginia Oliveira Fernandes, Fabia Karine de Moura Lopes, Camila Lopes do Amaral, Maria Helane Gurgel Castelo, Larissa Luna Queiroz, Jessica Silveira Araújo, Cynthia Melissa Valerio, Renan Magalhães Montenegro Junior   +10 more
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Pathogenic Germline PALB2 and RAD50 Variants in Patients With Relapsed Ewing Sarcoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Approximately 10% of patients with Ewing sarcoma (EwS) have pathogenic germline variants. Here, we report two cases: first, a novel germline pathogenic variant in partner and localizer of BRCA2 (PALB2) in a patient with a late EwS relapse. Its impact on homologous recombination is demonstrated, and breast cancer risk is discussed.
Molly Mack, A. Carolina Tufino, Mohd Azrin Jamalruddin, Sreya Dey, Yinghong Pan, Elina Mukherjee, Jessica D. Daley, Julia Meade, Mahmoud Aarabi, Lisa Maurer, James Cooper, Kara A. Bernstein, Kelly M. Bailey   +12 more
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Brazilian expert consensus on the diagnosis, classification, screening for complications and treatment of familial partial lipodystrophy

Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
Background Partial lipodystrophies are a rare and heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by variable loss of adipose tissue. Around the world, the high heterogeneity in phenotypic expression, limited awareness, and absence of standardized ...
Cynthia Melissa Valerio, Luiz F. Viola, Natália Rossin Guidorizzi, Josivan Gomes Lima, Amélio F. Godoy-Matos, Alexandre Hohl, Fabio R. Trujilho, Joana R. Dantas, Julliane Tamara Araújo de Melo Campos, Lenita Zajdenverg, Raquel Beatriz Gonçalves Muniz, Rodrigo Oliveira Moreira, Virgínia Oliveira Fernandes, Maria Cristina Foss-Freitas, Renan Montenegro   +14 more
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Acquired Von Willebrand Factor Deficiency at Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch after AVR Procedure—A Narrative Review

Medicina, 2023
Acquired von Willebrand factor deficiency has been described in patients with aortic valve stenosis due to high shear forces developed during passage through the narrowed valve orifice, which determines structural changes in this molecule.
Andrei Emanuel Grigorescu, Andrei Anghel, Darius Gheorghe Buriman, Horea Feier   +3 more
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DELP Treatment on Vision and Retinal Microcirculation in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Report of Five Cases and Literature Review

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The delipid extracorporeal lipoprotein filter from plasma (DELP) treatment can effectively reduce blood lipid, increase blood flow, and improve neurological deficits in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). However, its effect on vision and retinal microcirculation in stroke patients has never been reported.
Ning Li, Ronghua Hong, Hua You, Feiping Xu, Qingjun Zhang, Yiwen Lin, Yuting Su, Danmei Lan, Lingjing Jin, Junhui She   +9 more
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Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Dalian, China: A Retrospective Study

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2021
Liang Du,1 Yu Zhang,1 Xintong Lv,2 Yuxin Duan,1 Xiaoyan Shi,2 Haoqiang Ji,1 Ruiheng Wu,1 Jia Xu,1 Xu Chen,1 Yang Gao,2 Xiwei Lu,2 Ling Zhou1 1School of Public Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116044, People’s Republic of China ...
Du L, Zhang Y, Lv X, Duan Y, Shi X, Ji H, Wu R, Xu J, Chen X, Gao Y, Lu X, Zhou L   +11 more
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Cavernous hemangioma in the masticatory space [PDF]

Einstein (São Paulo)
Hemangiomas are benign congenital vascular tumors that commonly arise in the head and neck regions. Although they present with indolent growth and involution in most cases, they can cause facial deformities.
Marina Nahas Dafico Bernardes, Lucas da Silva Braz, Júlia Ramos de Melo, Cárita Lopes Macêdo, Jordanna Ferreira Lousek, Hugo Fernandes de Paula, Hugo Valter Lisboa Ramos, Claudiney Candido Costa   +7 more
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Indirect comparison of efficacy between different antibiotic prophylaxis against the intracranial infection after craniotomy

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2020
Background Many studies had shown that prophylactic use of antibiotics could significantly reduce the intracranial infection (ICI) rate of craniotomy. However, there has been no comparison of these antibiotics.
Yulong Cao, Bin Wang, Jiao Shan, Zhizhong Gong, Jiqiu Kuang, Yan Gao   +5 more
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Extraordinary Acquirers [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
AbstractFirm fixed effects alone explain as much of the variation in acquirer returns as all the firm- and deal-specific characteristics combined. An interquartile range of acquirer fixed effects is over 6%, comparable to the interquartile range of acquirer returns.
Golubov, A., Yawson, A., Zhang, H.
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A Comparative Study of Cerebral Oxygenation During Exercise in Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Cognitive impairment and exercise intolerance are common in dialysis patients. Cerebral perfusion and oxygenation play a major role in both cognitive function and exercise execution; HD session per se aggravates cerebral ischemia in this population. This study aimed to compare cerebral oxygenation and perfusion at rest and in mild
Marieta P. Theodorakopoulou, Konstantina Dipla, Danai Faitatzidou, Fotini Iatridi, Areti Georgiou, Artemios Karagiannidis, Erasmia Sampani, Chrysostomos Dimitriadis, Aggelos Koutlas, Andreas Zafeiridis, Pantelis Sarafidis   +10 more
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