Evaluation of critical congenital heart defects screening using pulse oximetry in the neonatal intensive care unit. [PDF]
ObjectiveTo evaluate the implementation of early screening for critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and potential exclusion of sub-populations from universal screening.Study designProspective evaluation of ...
Allen, D+20 more
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HPDL Variant Type Correlates With Clinical Disease Onset and Severity
ABSTRACT Objective Recently, a mitochondrial encephalopathy due to biallelic HPDL variants was described, associated with a broad range of clinical manifestations ranging from severe, infantile‐onset neurodegeneration to adolescence‐onset hereditary spastic paraplegia. HPDL converts 4‐hydroxyphenylpyruvate acid (4‐HPPA) into 4‐hydroxymandelate (4‐HMA),
Eun Hye Lee+19 more
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Infants’ perception of rhythmic patterns [PDF]
We explored 9-month-old infants perception of auditory temporal sequences in a series of three experiments. In Experiment 1, we presented some infants with tone sequences that were expected to induce a strongly metric framework and others with a sequence
Bergeson, Tonya R., Trehub, Sandra E.
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Bronchiolitis. Analysis of 10 consecutive epidemic seasons [PDF]
Bronchiolitis is the leading cause of hospitalization in infants under 12 months. Our aims were to analyze epidemiological characteristics of infants with bronchiolitis over 10 consecutive seasons and to evaluate whether there are any clinical ...
Antonelli, Guido+12 more
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Myostatin Levels in SMA Following Disease‐Modifying Treatments: A Multi‐Center Study
ABSTRACT Objective This study investigated myostatin levels in SMA patients receiving disease‐modifying therapies (DMTs) to understand their relationship with treatment duration and functional status. Methods Our study includes both cross‐sectional and longitudinal analyses of myostatin levels in treated SMA patients.
Fiorella Piemonte+23 more
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Patterns of Cellular Distribution with the Sentinel Node Positive for Breast Cancer
Background. Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) represents the standard of care in breast cancer axillary evaluation. Our study aims to characterize the patterns of malignant cell distribution within the sentinel nodes (SN). Methods.
Ekaterini Tsiapali+4 more
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Breastfeeding and developmental delay: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding affects the likelihood of gross and fine motor delay in infants and examined the effect of factors that might explain any observed differences.
Kelly, YJ, Quigley, MA, Sacker, A
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Translating Muscle RNAseq Into the Clinic for the Diagnosis of Muscle Diseases
ABSTRACT Objective Approximately half of patients with hereditary myopathies remain without a definitive genetic diagnosis after DNA next‐generation sequencing (NGS). Here, we implemented transcriptome analysis of muscle biopsies as a complementary diagnostic tool for patients with muscle disease but no definitive genetic diagnosis after exome ...
Alba Segarra‐Casas+24 more
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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy induces phenotypic mast cell changes in high grade serous ovarian cancer
Background High grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy in which patients have still yet to respond meaningfully to clinically available immunotherapies. Hence, novel immune targets are urgently needed. Our past work
Julia McAdams+8 more
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Pregnancy Complicated by Portal Hypertension Secondary to Biliary Atresia
Biliary atresia is a rare idiopathic neonatal cholestatic disease characterized by the destruction of both the intra- and extrahepatic biliary ducts. As the disease is progressive all cases will develop portal fibrosis, cirrhosis, and portal hypertension
O. E. O'Sullivan+3 more
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