The worldwide epidemiology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
Michael D Seckeler, Tracey R HokeDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USAAbstract: Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are significant public health concerns around the ...
Michael D Seckeler, Tracey R Hoke
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Brucella canis in two juvenile labrador retriever littermates with no known travel history
Abstract Two labrador retriever littermates presented separately to investigate chronic lethargy and shifting lameness. In both cases, clinical examination revealed a multi‐limb lameness. Neither the patients nor their dam or sire had a travel history outside the UK.
Amy Lord+5 more
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi+5 more
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Poly-FEVER: A Multilingual Fact Verification Benchmark for Hallucination Detection in Large Language Models [PDF]
Hallucinations in generative AI, particularly in Large Language Models (LLMs), pose a significant challenge to the reliability of multilingual applications. Existing benchmarks for hallucination detection focus primarily on English and a few widely spoken languages, lacking the breadth to assess inconsistencies in model performance across diverse ...
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Quantum associative memory for the diagnosis of some tropical diseases [PDF]
In this paper we present a model of Quantum Associative Memory which can be a helpful tool for physicians without experience or laboratory facilities, for the diagnosis of four tropical diseases (malaria, typhoid fever, yellow fever and dengue) which have similar symptoms. The memory can distinguish single infection from multi-infection.
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANTIHY ALURONIDASE, ANTISTREPTOLYSIN “O,” ANTISTREPTOKINASE, AND STREPTOCOCCAL AGGLUTINATION TITERS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC FEVER, ACUTE HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND NON-RHEUMATOID FORMS OF ARTHRITIS 1 [PDF]
Robert W. Quinn, Sung J. Liao
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Abstract Objective (1) To adapt and apply the Clavien–Dindo (aCD) postoperative complication grading system to dogs experiencing complications following a single orthopedic procedure. (2) To compare the reliability of the Clavien–Dindo system to the Cook complication grading system. Study design Retrospective study. Sample population Sixty‐eight client‐
Faolain M. Barrett+4 more
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A Preliminary study of the Epidemiology of Rheumatic Fever [PDF]
Matthew Young
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Abstract Secukinumab is one of the human monoclonal antibodies recommended in the Japanese guidelines for patients with psoriasis, but few case reports and clinical studies on secukinumab for pustular psoriasis are available because of the rarity of the disease.
Ayako Fujishige, Noriko Seko
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Lymphocytic-thrombocytic adhesion and production of blood serum cytokines in rheumatic heart disease
Aim. To study changes of cytokine production and lymphocytic-thrombocytic adhesion (LTA) in patients with rheumatic heart disease. Material and methods. Concentrations of interleukine-1beta, interleukine-4, tumor necrosis factor alpha in the blood serum ...
V V Gorbunov+5 more
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