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Gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus disease in a patient with pemphigus vulgaris treated with corticosteroid and mycophenolate mofetil

Autopsy and Case Reports, 2017
Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune disease characterized by the formation of suprabasal intra-epidermal blisters on the skin and mucosal surfaces. Infectious diseases are the main cause of death in patients with pemphigus due to the disrupture of the ...
Luiza Barbosa Oliveira, Celina Wakisaka Maruta, Denise Miyamoto, Fernanda Aburesi Salvadori, Claudia Giuli Santi, Valeria Aoki, Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto   +6 more
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Forensic and clinical diagnosis in shaken baby syndrome , between child abuse and iatrogenic abuse [PDF]

, 2017
“Shaken baby syndrome” in child abuse cases is a challenge for pediatrician and forensic experts, often a diagnosis of exclusion, with overwhelming moral and legal implications.
Apostol, Irina, Belis, Vladimir, Calota, Relu G., Duncea, Roxana M.   +3 more
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Chronic Opioids in Gout: A Matched Cohort Study from the Veteran's Health Administration

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Though used frequently to treat flare, risk of chronic opioid exposure in gout has not been well defined. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that people with gout are more likely than individuals without gout to be prescribed chronic opioids over time.
Lindsay N. Helget, Bryant R. England, Punyasha Roul, Harlan Sayles, Tuhina Neogi, James R. O'Dell, Joshua F. Baker, Ted R. Mikuls   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using verbal autopsy to assess the prevalence of HIV infection among deaths in the ART period in rural Uganda: a prospective cohort study, 2006-2008

Population Health Metrics, 2011
Background Verbal autopsy is important for detecting causes of death including HIV in areas with inadequate vital registration systems. Before antiretroviral therapy (ART) introduction, a verbal autopsy study in rural Uganda found that half of adult ...
Mugisha Joseph O, Kibengo Freddie M, Nalweyiso Norah, Baisley Kathy, Mayanja Billy N, Van der Paal Lieve, Maher Dermot, Kaleebu Pontiano   +7 more
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Validity of a Minimally Invasive Autopsy for Cause of Death Determination in Adults in Mozambique: An Observational Study

PLoS Medicine, 2016
Background There is an urgent need to identify tools able to provide reliable information on the cause of death in low-income regions, since current methods (verbal autopsy, clinical records, and complete autopsies) are either inaccurate, not feasible ...
P. Castillo, M. Martínez, Esperança Ussene, Dércio Jordão, Lucilia Lovane, Mamudo R Ismail, C. Carrilho, C. Lorenzoni, Fabiola Fernandes, Rosa Bene, Antonio Palhares, Luiz C L Ferreira, M. Lacerda, I. Mandomando, J. Vila, J. Hurtado, K. Munguambe, Maria Maixenchs, Ariadna Sanz, L. Quintó, E. Macete, P. Alonso, Q. Bassat, C. Menéndez, J. Ordi   +24 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Virtual or in‐person: does it matter? Comparing pain, function, quality of life, self‐efficacy and physical function outcomes of virtual, hybrid and in‐person GLA:D Canada participants

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective This study aimed to determine if program format (in‐person, virtual, hybrid) results in differences in three‐month outcomes of pain, function, quality of life, self‐efficacy and chair stands in a hip/knee osteoarthritis management program. Methods A secondary analysis of the GLA:DTM Canada database was completed.
Jill Van Damme, Vanina Dal Bello‐Haas, Ayse Kuspinar, Patricia Strachan, Michael Zywiel, James Young, Rhona McGlasson, Lisa C. Carlesso   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forensic Autopsy Experience and Core Entrustable Professional Activities: A Structured Introduction to Autopsy Pathology for Preclinical Student

Academic Pathology, 2019
The forensic and autopsy pathology service within the Department of Pathology at University of North Dakota School of Medicine provides an optional, structured autopsy experience for medical students during the second year of the curriculum.
Walter L. Kemp MD, PhD, Mark Koponen MS, MD, Mary Ann Sens MD, PhD   +2 more
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Importance of Multi-Slice Computed Tomography for Autopsy: Single Center Experience

Medicine Science, 2015
Virtopsy applications are widely-used minimally invasive autopsy techniques which are assistive techniques to increase the efficacy of the autopsy.
Muharrem Celik, Celal Butun, Fatma Yucel Beyaztas, Cesur Gumus, Ibrahim Oztoprak   +4 more
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Knee crepitus and osteoarthritis features in young adults following traumatic knee injury

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective This study explored the association between knee crepitus and the presence, and worsening, of structural osteoarthritis features and self‐reported outcomes in young adults following traumatic knee injury. Methods One‐year following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), 112 participants (41 female participants; median age 28 years)
Jamon L Couch, Brooke E Patterson, Kay M Crossley, Ali Guermazi, Matthew G King, Danilo De Oliveira Silva, Jackie L Whittaker, Michael A Girdwood, Adam G Culvenor   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A case of sacciform aneurysm of the descending aorta, projecting into and occluding the left bronchus; destructive tuberculosis of the left lung; autopsy [PDF]

, 1901
W. W. Williams
openalex   +1 more source