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A case of Hansen’s disease masquerading as post-traumatic cicatricial ectropion

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. Case Reports
Hansen’s disease is a chronic infectious disease which affects the anterior segment of the eye. There are about 11 million cases of leprosy throughout the world, and about one-third of them have complications related to the eye.
K S Smitha, Farheen Maniyar, Daisy Vishwakarma, Hema Bannur, Keerti Naik, Reshma Premanandan   +5 more
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Null Effects of the State Pension Age on Mortality in the Netherlands

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increasing the state pension (SP) age in the Netherlands from 65 years in 2012 to 67 in 2024 has been shown to cause individuals to work longer. This study addresses a concern regarding possible adverse health effects of an increased SP‐age, for example, because individuals trade health investments for working time. We empirically investigated
Adriaan Kalwij, Arie Kapteyn
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The Impact of Domestic Public Health Spending on Health Outcomes in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Evidence From Disability‐Adjusted Life Years

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to experience a high and uneven disease burden, mainly from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. As external funding declines, the strategic allocation of domestic public health spending (DPHS) becomes crucial.
Wa Ntita Serge Kabongo, Josue Mbonigaba
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HPV Genotype Distribution in Cervical Cancer and High‐Grade Lesions in Norway, and Early Vaccine Impact

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT All cases of invasive cervical cancer (ICC) and subsets of high‐grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or 3 (CIN2/3) and adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) in Norway are tested for 37 human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes, within a mandatory national surveillance system.
Terese Bekkevold, Ida Laake, Berit Feiring, Kristiane Søreng, Gro Kummeneje Presthus, Glenny Cecilie Alfsen, Irene Kraus Christiansen, Mona Hansen, Hanne Kristiansen, Eirik Olsen, Torstein Gjølgali Frengen, Emily A. Burger, Christine Genieve Monceyron Jonassen, Lill Trogstad   +13 more
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Rheumatological manifestations of hansen's disease

Indian Journal of Rheumatology, 2018
Introduction: Hansen's disease (leprosy) most commonly presents with cutaneous and nerve involvement. Rheumatological manifestations occur commonly but are often under-recognized.
Anupam Wakhlu, Kamal Kumar Sawlani, D Himanshu   +2 more
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Remote Sensing for Irrigation Water Management—The State of the Art and Prospects for Near‐Future Operations

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A recent UN report describes many regions as facing ‘water bankruptcy,’ a condition in which available water resources can no longer meet existing demands. In practice, this means irrigation will likely bear the greatest burden of future water‐use reductions, a complicated and fraught decision to make given its critical role in food security ...
Wim G. M. Bastiaanssen, Chris Perry, Royce Dalby, Yasir Mohamed, Xueliang Cai, Poolad Karimi, IJsbrand de Jong, Pasquale Steduto, Marat Beksultanov, Christopher C. M. Neale, David Molden, Waqas Awan, Laarousi Mohamed, Jippe Hoogeveen, Jeff Davids, Nutchanart Sriwongsitanon, P. S. Rao, Roula Bachour, Palitha Bandara, Sophea Chhim, Richard Evans, Tom Lahad, D. Nagesh Kumar, Zakaria Adawy, Devendra Singh Bundela, Kawa Hakzi, Isaya Kisekka, Nicolas Puelma, Alejandro A. Pannunzio, Benjamin Koetz, Mukhiddin Ibragimov   +30 more
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Adaptive Immunity in Marsupials

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.
Comparison of the marsupial and eutherian adaptive immune systems. ABSTRACT Marsupials diverged from eutherian mammals 125–160 million years ago. Although evolutionarily distinct, both groups of mammals can produce complex adaptive immune responses to antigens with several key differences.
Cassandra L. Jol, Hayley J. Stannard, Julie M. Old   +2 more
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Evaluating the impact of a newly established hospitalist medicine procedure service on length of stay and procedural outcomes: A retrospective propensity‐matched analysis

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Reliance on interventional radiology (IR) has been associated with delays in procedure completion and prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS). Hospitalist medicine procedure services (HMPS) have been proposed as a strategy to mitigate these inefficiencies, though outcomes of newly established programs composed of physicians with ...
Jeremy Gentile, Saria Alazmeh, Kriti Soni, Tarek Alsibai, Felicia Wright, Alicia Stowe, Fergus Peacock   +6 more
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Anaemia in patients diagnosed with paediatric‐onset inflammatory bowel disease: A Danish nationwide cohort study

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Anaemia impairs daily activities and quality of life in patients with paediatric‐onset inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD). This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of anaemia at PIBD‐diagnosis and the following 5 years. Furthermore, anaemia subtypes and the association between anaemia and disease activity were assessed over ...
Julie Rahbek Norup, Sabine Jansson, Vibeke Wewer, Mikkel Malham   +3 more
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THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HANSEN’S DISEASE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CARIRÉ – CEARÁ, FROM 2001 TO 2010. [PDF]

Revista Gestão & Saúde, 2013
Hansen’s disease is an important public health problem, which has been attackingand physically and socially mutilating innumerous subjects. The study had as objective to perform an epidemiological and operational assessment of Hansen’s disease in the ...
Francisco Rosemiro Guimarães Ximenes 4 , Jurandi Pontes Carvalho Filho5 , , Benedita Tatiane Gomes Liberato, Francisco Rodrigues Martins, Adriano Ferreira Martins, Jurandi Pontes Carvalho Filho, Marcelo Gurgel Carlos da Silva   +5 more
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