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Diffuse dermal angiomatosis of the thigh as the presenting sign of critical limb ischemia

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2023
Diffuse dermal angiomatosis (DDA) is a rare, benign disease that can serve as the precursor to critical limb ischemia. Pruritic, erythematous plaques form from a proliferation of endothelial cells in response to dermal hypoxia.
Gayatri S. Pillai, BS, Sahaj S. Shah, BA, Tammie Ferringer, MD, Gregory G. Salzler, MD, Evan J. Ryer, MD   +4 more
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Cytokine interplay among the diseased retina, inflammatory cells and mesenchymal stem cells - a clue to stem cell-based therapy

World Journal of Stem Cells, 2019
Retinal degenerative disorders, such as diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, age-related macular degeneration or glaucoma, represent the most common causes of loss of vision and blindness.
V. Holan, B. Heřmánková, M. Krulová, A. Zajícová   +3 more
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Correlation of Trichomonas vaginalis to bacterial vaginosis: a laboratory-based study

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
Background: This  study aimed to define the occurrence of different organisms causing vulvovaginitis; to evaluate different laboratory methods used for diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis (T.
Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Douaa Raafat, Wafaa El Emshaty, Manar Sobh Azab, Hossam Goda   +4 more
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Utility of Vaginal pH as Point of Care Test for Detection of Bacterial Vaginosis [PDF]

Perspectives In Medical Research, 2022
Background & objectives: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a Reproductive tract infection (RTI) among young sexually active women with high prevalence. It is associated with complications related to pregnancy and an increased risk of acquiring STDs. This poses
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Urothelial cells may indicate underlying bacteriuria in pregnancy at term: a comparative study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
Background Urinary tract infection is common in pregnancy. Urine is sampled from by mid-stream collection (MSU). If epithelial cells are detected, contamination by vulvo-vagial skin and skin bacteria is assumed. Outside pregnancy, catheter specimen urine
N. Liou, J. Currie, C. James, J. Malone-Lee, A. L. David   +4 more
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Recent Advances in Psoriasis Research; the Clue to Mysterious Relation to Gut Microbiome

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory cutaneous disease, characterized by activated plasmacytoid dendritic cells, myeloid dendritic cells, Th17 cells, and hyperproliferating keratinocytes.
M. Komine
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Antimicrobial susceptibility and vaginolysin in Gardnerella vaginalis from healthy and bacterial vaginosis diagnosed women

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2016
Introduction: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a syndrome related to Gardnerella vaginalis and is characterized by an imbalance in the vaginal microbiota. This work focused on the evaluation of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and the occurrence of the ...
Daniele Maria Knupp de Souza, Claudio Galuppo Diniz, Didier Silveira Castellano Filho, Laura Maria Andrade de Oliveira, Débora Martins Coelho, Luciana de Souza Talha, Thiago César do Nascimento, Alessandra Barbosa Ferreira-Machado, Vânia Lúcia da Silva   +8 more
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Clues that natural killer cells help to control COVID

Nature, 2021
Natural killer cells can destroy cells infected by SARS-CoV-2, but this immune-system defence malfunctions in people with severe COVID-19. Will this finding drive a search for ways to reinvigorate natural killer cells in such cases? A defence response malfunctions in people with severe COVID-19.
Narni-Mancinelli, Emilie, Vivier, Eric
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Coupled Active Contours for Clue Cell Segmentation from Fluorescence Microscopy Images

Bioimaging (Bristol. Print), 2021
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) increases the risk for preterm birth. Immunofluorescent assay provides accurate counting of the clue cells. However, the massive data make it challenging to manually interpret.
Yongjian Yu, Jue Wang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Differential diagnostic clues of fine needle aspiration cytology in thyroid nodules characterized with oncocytic cell features [PDF]

Xin yixue
Objective To explore the differential diagnostic clues of fine needle aspiration cytology in thyroid nodules accompanied with oncocytic features. Methods Fine needle aspiration samples of thyroid nodules were collected from Department of Pathology， the ...
LI Haifeng, TAN Donglin, LIN Weizhen, JI Yanying, ZHENG Jinyue, SHAO Chunkui, CHEN Jianning
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