Background: Celiac disease is one of the autoimmune diseases resulting from ingesting gluten, in addition to the diverse microbiota in the gut, micronutrient deficiencies, and genetic predisposition.
Ali Hafedh Abbas+3 more
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Treatment of atherosclerotic renovascular hypertension: review of observational studies and a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. [PDF]
open9Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis can cause ischaemic nephropathy and arterial hypertension. We herein review the observational and randomized clinical trials (RCTs) comparing medical and endovascular treatment for control of hypertension and ...
Caielli, P+8 more
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Prognostic value of the myocardial salvage index measured by T2-weighted and T1-weighted late gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis [PDF]
In all patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, risk stratification should be performed before discharge. The measurement of therapy efficiency with magnetic resonance imaging has been proposed as part of the risk assessment, but it has ...
Dewey, Marc, Kendziora, Benjamin
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Cerebral Microbleeds in a Stroke Prevention Clinic. [PDF]
The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a stroke clinic in stroke prevention and progression of cerebral microbleeds (CMB). We conducted a retrospective observational study of patients who visited a stroke clinic between January ...
Chang, Peter+7 more
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Selection Bias Due to Loss to Follow Up in Cohort Studies.
Selection bias due to loss to follow up represents a threat to the internal validity of estimates derived from cohort studies. Over the past 15 years, stratification-based techniques as well as methods such as inverse probability-of-censoring weighted ...
C. Howe+4 more
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Occurrence of gastric cancer and carcinoids in atrophic gastritis during prospective long-term follow up [PDF]
Objective. Atrophic gastritis (AG) is a risk condition for gastric cancer and type I gastric carcinoids. Recent studies assessing the overall risk of gastric cancer and carcinoids in AG at long-term follow up are lacking.
Annibale, Bruno+6 more
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Clinical Follow-up on Sagittal Fracture at the Temporal Root of the Zygomatic Arch: Does It Need Open Reduction? [PDF]
BackgroundThe zygoma is a major portion of the midfacial contour. When deformity occurs in this area, a reduction should be conducted to correct it. If a sagittal fracture at the temporal root of the zygomatic arch occurs, this also requires reduction ...
Ji Seon Cheon+3 more
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Stress relaxation and elastic follow-up using a stress range-dependent constitutive model [PDF]
Despite the availability of detailed nonlinear finite element analysis, some aspects of high temperature design can still be best addressed through more simplified methods.
Boyle, James
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BMI and all cause mortality: systematic review and non-linear dose-response meta-analysis of 230 cohort studies with 3.74 million deaths among 30.3 million participants [PDF]
To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies of body mass index (BMI) and the risk of all cause mortality, and to clarify the shape and the nadir of the dose-response curve, and the influence on the results of confounding from ...
Aune, D+7 more
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Medication overuse headache: a critical review of end points in recent follow-up studies
No guidelines for performing and presenting the results of studies on patients with medication overuse headache (MOH) exist. The aim of this study was to review long-term outcome measures in follow-up studies published in 2006 or later.
K. Hagen, R. Jensen, M. Bøe, L. Stovner
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