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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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Maternal Thyroid Diseases, Medication Use and Childhood Cancer Risks in Offspring: A Population‐Based Cohort Study in Denmark

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
Thyroid diseases are common among women of reproductive age and may be related to childhood cancer, but the evidence is inconsistent. This study of childhood cancer with maternal thyroid diseases and medication use in a population‐based case‐control study using Danish registries found positive associations between maternal goiter and overall cancer ...
Chuanjie Deng, Kosuke Inoue, Chai Saechao, Johnni Hansen, Beate Ritz, Julia E. Heck   +5 more
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Immune Markers and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in the European EPIC Cohort

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
The immune system has been implicated as a major driver in pancreatic cancer etiology. Previous cohort studies have found associations between pancreatic cancer and single immune system‐derived markers, but omics‐based evidence remains scarce. In this prospective case–control study, the authors investigated 92 proteins involved in immune reactions and ...
Verena A. Katzke, Yue Chen, Srimanti Dutta, Federico Canzian, Julie Louise Munk Andersen, Agnetha Linn Rostgaard‐Hansen, Léa Bouteille, Vinciane Rebours, Thérèse Truong, Matthias B. Schulze, Benedetta Bendinelli, Valeria Pala, Vittorio Simeon, Rosario Tumino, Carlotta Sacerdote, Roel Vermeulen, P. Martijn Kolijn, Sjoerd G. Elias, Marta Crous‐Bou, Maria‐José Sánchez, Ana Jimenez‐Zabala, José María Huerta, Marcela Guevara, Nick Wareham, Marie Breeur, Mattias Johansson, James Yarmolinsky, Daniele Campa, Rudolf Kaaks   +28 more
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Economic cost of Hansen’s disease: an overview of social security expenditures

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionBrazil is the second highest worldwide regarding new cases of Hansen’s disease (HD), with over 20,000 diagnoses annually. Late detection often results in severe disabilities that impair daily functioning, reduce work capacity, and increase ...
Jose Marcelo Castro, Filipe Rocha Lima, Filipe Rocha Lima, Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade, Claudia Souza Passador   +4 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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Bayesian Model Averaging in Causal Instrumental Variable Models

Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Instrumental variables are a popular tool to infer causal effects under unobserved confounding, but choosing suitable instruments is challenging in practice. We propose gIVBMA, a Bayesian model averaging procedure that addresses this challenge by averaging across different sets of instrumental variables and covariates in a structural equation ...
Gregor Steiner, Mark Steel
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Hansen's disease: An unusual presentation

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2017
Hansen's disease can present with varied and subtle symptoms which can be missed. A middle-aged gentleman presented with swelling of face and hands. Detailed examination and investigations confirmed borderline tuberculoid leprosy with lepra reaction.
Tina George, M Venkataraman, Sramana Mukhopadhyay, I Ramya   +3 more
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Tannic Acid Mitigates Monosodium Glutamate‐Induced Cortical Damage by Modulating Synaptic and Calcium‐Related Gene and Protein Expression

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neurotoxicity induced by excessive glutamatergic signaling is associated with synaptic dysfunction, calcium imbalance, and oxidative stress, which are key molecular events implicated in several neurodegenerative conditions. Monosodium glutamate (MSG), a common flavor enhancer, may exert neurotoxic effects, particularly on synaptic integrity ...
Medine Sibel Karagac, Enver Fehim Koçpinar, Hamid Ceylan   +2 more
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Testicular alterations in hansen's disease

Hansenologia Internationalis, 1991
Fifty testicular specimens and seminal fluid of 10 normal individuals and 24 patients with Hansen's disease were studied. General and early histological alterations, the frequency of young spermatides in tubular lumen and the measure of the diameters of
H.O. ARRUDA, A.P. CEDENHO, L.H.F. ARRUDA
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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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