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Current status of inguinal hernia management: A review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Abdominal Wall and Hernia Surgery, 2022
Groin hernias are the most common reason for primary care physicians to refer patients for surgical management. Patients often present with a bulge in the groin that is associated with pain in two-thirds of cases.
Patrick J McBee   +2 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of toxigenic Clostridioides difficile asymptomatic carriage in 11 French hospitals

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2023
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) incidence has increased over the last 20 years. Studies suggest that asymptomatic carriers may be an important reservoir of C. difficile in healthcare settings.
Sarah Jolivet   +23 more
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Morphological feature and mapping inflammation in classified carotid plaques in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients: A hybrid 18F-FDG PET/MR study

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
PurposeTo investigate morphological and inflamed-metabolism features of carotid atherosclerotic plaques between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with hybrid 18F-FDG PET/MR imaging.MethodsA total of 20 symptomatic and 20 asymptomatic patients with ...
Yue Zhang   +15 more
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Differential expression of antiviral and immune-related genes in individuals with COVID-19 asymptomatic or with mild symptoms

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023
COVID-19 is characterized by a wide range of symptoms where the genetic background plays a key role in SARS-CoV-2 infection. In this study, the relative expression of IRF9, CCL5, IFI6, TGFB1, IL1B, OAS1, and TFRC genes (related to immunity and antiviral ...
Malena Gajate-Arenas   +11 more
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Rates of lobar atrophy in asymptomatic MAPT mutation carriers. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
IntroductionThe aim of this study was to investigate the rates of lobar atrophy in the asymptomatic microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) mutation carriers.MethodsMAPT mutation carriers (n = 14; 10 asymptomatic, 4 converters from ...
Boeve, Bradley F   +24 more
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Speculations on the clinical significance of asymptomatic viral infections [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
A detailed understanding of asymptomatic chronic viral infections is critical to analyse their pathogenesis, assess the severity and burden of disease and, where required, optimize public health control measures.
Gentile, Giuseppe, Micozzi, Alessandra
core   +1 more source

Characteristics of asymptomatic COVID-19 infection and progression: A multicenter, retrospective study

open access: yesVirulence, 2020
Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has spread globally since the end of 2019. Asymptomatic carriers are of great concern as they can undermine the interventions to stop the pandemic.
Chao Yu   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sequence Instability in the Proviral Long Terminal Repeat and gag Regions from Peripheral Blood and Tissue-Derived Leukocytes of FIV-Infected Cats during the Late Asymptomatic Phase. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection results in viral persistence, a prolonged asymptomatic phase, and progressive immunopathology. During the asymptomatic phase, a cohort of experimentally FIV-infected cats exhibits features of viral latency in
Eckstrand, Christina D   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Short- and long-term outcomes following laparoscopic palliative resection for patients with incurable, asymptomatic stage IV colorectal cancer: A multicenter study in Japan

open access: yesJournal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon, 2017
Objective: This retrospective multicenter study compared short- and long-term results between Japanese patients with asymptomatic stage IV colorectal cancer who underwent palliative laparoscopic surgery (LS) versus those who underwent conventional open ...
Tomonori Akagi   +12 more
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Microstructural Alterations in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Patients with Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3: A Tract-Based Spatial Statistics Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2017
ObjectiveSpinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is the most commonly occurring type of autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia. The present study aims to investigate progressive changes in white matter (WM) fiber in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients ...
Xinwei Wu   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

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