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Cognitive impairment profile in patients with the m.3243A> G variant in mitochondrial DNA

BMC Neurology
Background The m.3243A>G variant in mitochondrial DNA is associated with a wide spectrum of clinical features ranging from asymptomatic subjects to severely symptomatic patients. Cognitive involvement is one of the clinical features, but its severity and
Satu Winqvist, Mikko Kärppä, Jukka S. Moilanen, Kari Majamaa   +3 more
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Breast Cancer–Specific Survival and Prognostic Factors in a Statewide Oncology Network in Brazil: A Registry‐Linked Retrospective Cohort Study

Cancer Reports
Background Breast cancer survival varies widely across middle‐income settings and may be influenced by clinical stage at diagnosis and access pathways within oncology care networks.
Raphael Manhães Pessanha, Wesley Rocha Grippa, Luiz Cláudio Barreto Silva Neto, Naira Santos D'Agostini, Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior   +4 more
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Are competing risks models appropriate to describe implant failure?

Acta Orthopaedica, 2018
Background and purpose — The use of competing risks models is widely advocated in the arthroplasty literature due to a perceived bias in comparison of simple Kaplan–Meier estimates.
Adrian Sayers, Jonathan T Evans, Michael R Whitehouse, Ashley W Blom   +3 more
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Maximum disease diameter is associated with outcomes in stage II follicular lymphoma treated with radiation therapy alone

Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
Purpose: The optimal management of stage II follicular lymphoma (FL) is unclear. Radiation therapy (RT) alone has been the gold standard treatment, but a proportion of patients relapse.
Yi Xu, Belinda A. Campbell, Matthew Chan, Jessica Chan, Pedro Farinha, Christopher P. Venner, David W. Scott, Alina S. Gerrie, Diego Villa, Laurie H. Sehn, Kerry J. Savage, Andrea C. Lo   +11 more
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SURVIVAL ANALYSIS OF CANCER PATIENTS USING PARAMETRIC AND NON-PARAMETRIC APPROACHES [PDF]

Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 2007
Exploring the health related quality of life is usually the focus of the survival studies. Using the health data of cancer registry in Multan, Pakistan, an investigation about the survival pattern of cancer patients was explored, using the non-parametric
M. AKRAM, M. AMAN ULLAH AND R. TAJ
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Cox proportion hazard model for patients with hepatitis disease in Iraq

مجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2009
Cox regression model have been used to estimate proportion hazard model for patients with hepatitis disease recorded in Gastrointestinal and Hepatic diseases Hospital in Iraq for (2002 -2005).
Baghdad Science Journal
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Serum iron is associated with the prognosis in sepsis based on a large-scale database

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Studies on serum iron levels and prognosis in sepsis are limited. We conducted retrospective research based on a public database to investigate the relationships between the serum iron levels and clinical outcomes in sepsis.
Ju Luo, Ning Ding
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Is There a Two-Way Risk between Decreased Testosterone Levels and the Progression and Prognosis of Chronic Kidney Disease? A Cohort Study Based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Database

The World Journal of Men's Health
Purpose: The causal relationship between the incidence and prognosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and serum testosterone levels in patients is not yet fully understood.
Jiashan Pan, Zhenming Zheng, Xike Mao, Dekai Hu, Wenbo Wang, Guiyi Liao, Zongyao Hao   +6 more
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Immunobiological Therapy in Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis: A Retrospective Cohort Study Investigating the Effects of Inadequate Therapeutic Compliance on Drug Survival

Dermatology and Therapy
Introduction Evaluating psoriasis care in Brazil, a country characterized by its vast geographical expanse, may provide valuable lessons for healthcare systems globally.
Luciana A. Ribeiro, Patrícia S. Kurizky, Rodrigo R. de Sena, Samia Fares, Gabriel B. F. dos Santos, Letícia O. Galvão, Licia Maria H. da Mota, Ciro M. Gomes   +7 more
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A comparative retrospective longitudinal study of arthritis risk and cognitive decline in older adults

Scientific Reports
Arthritis often results in unmet healthcare needs for older adults with cognitive decline, who may struggle to communicate pain or recall symptoms. However, the risk factors for arthritis in this group remain underexplored.
Jennifer Ivy Kim, Bada Kang
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