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Measuring coral disease lesions: a comparison of methodologies

Frontiers in Marine Science
The presence of stressors, particularly disease, on corals necessitates assessments of their severity in order to compare threat levels and to plan for impacts. Diseases in particular are often measured via the rate at which a lesion moves across a coral
Karen L. Neely
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Label-free high-throughput photoacoustic tomography of suspected circulating melanoma tumor cells in patients in vivo [PDF]

, 2020
Significance: Detection and characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs), a key determinant of metastasis, are critical for determining risk of disease progression, understanding metastatic pathways, and facilitating early clinical intervention.
Cornelius, Lynn A., Hai, Pengfei, Li, Yang, Qu, Yuan, Shmuylovich, Leonid, Wang, Lihong V., Zhu, Liren   +6 more
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Identifying Parkinson’s Patients: A Functional Gradient Boosting Approach [PDF]

, 2017
Parkinson’s, a progressive neural disorder, is difficult to identify due to the hidden nature of the symptoms associated. We present a machine learning approach that uses a definite set of features obtained from the Parkinson’s Progression Markers ...
Dhami, D. S., Natarajan, S., Page, D., Soni, Ameet   +3 more
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Clinical applications of squamous cell carcinoma antigen-immunoglobulins M to monitor chronic hepatitis C [PDF]

, 2015
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the main cause of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis in Western countries. Over time, the majority of cirrhotic patients develop hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most common fatal cancers worldwide - fourth for ...
Fassina, Giorgio, Gallotta, Andrea, MARTINI, ANDREA, PONTISSO, PATRIZIA   +3 more
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Why neurodegenerative diseases are progressive: uncontrolled inflammation drives disease progression [PDF]

Trends in Immunology, 2008
Neurodegenerative diseases are a group of chronic, progressive disorders characterized by the gradual loss of neurons in discrete areas of the central nervous system (CNS). The mechanism(s) underlying their progressive nature remains unknown but a timely and well-controlled inflammatory reaction is essential for the integrity and proper function of the
Hui-Ming, Gao, Jau-Shyong, Hong
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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Prevalence of Hepatitis B co-infection amongst HIV infected children attending a care and treatment centre in Owerri, South-eastern Nigeria

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Hepatitis B infection impacts negatively on disease progression in HIV infected children thereby increasing morbidity and mortality. In spite of the foregoing, data on Hepatitis B co-infection in children living with HIV in South Eastern ...
Emeka Nwolisa, Francis Mbanefo, Joseph Ezeogu, Paul Amadi   +3 more
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The serologic decoy receptor 3 (DcR3) levels are associated with slower disease progression in HIV-1/AIDS patients

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2015
The decoy receptor 3 (DcR3) is a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) super-family. It counteracts the biological effects of Fas ligands and inhibits apoptosis.
Yu-Ting Lin, Chia-Hung Yen, Heng-Li Chen, Yi-Jen Liao, I-Feng Lin, Marcelo Chen, Yu-Ching Lan, Shao-Yuan Chuang, Shie-Liang Hsieh, Yi-Ming Arthur Chen   +9 more
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Serial intravascular ultrasound assessment of coronary atherosclerosis progression and remodeling [PDF]

, 2008
Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in countries with western lifestyle. Reliable quantitative assessment of the extent of coronary atherosclerosis during the natural history of coronary artery disease and following ...
Hartmann, Marc
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Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
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