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Validation of a score tool for measurement of histological severity in juvenile dermatomyositis and association with clinical severity of disease [PDF]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2013
Objectives To study muscle biopsy tissue from patients with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) in order to test the reliability of a score tool designed to quantify the severity of histological abnormalities when applied to biceps humeri in addition to ...
H. Varsani, S. Charman, C. Li, S. Marie, A. Amato, B. Banwell, K. Bove, A. Corse, A. Emslie-Smith, T. Jacques, I. Lundberg, C. Minetti, I. Nennesmo, E. Rushing, A. Sallum, C. Sewry, C. Pilkington, J. Holton, L. Wedderburn   +18 more
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Cytokine release syndrome in COVID-19: Innate immune, vascular, and platelet pathogenic factors differ in severity of disease and sex

Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 2020
COVID‐19 rapidly emerged as a crippling public health crisis in the last few months, which has presented a series health risk. Understanding of the immune response and biomarker analysis is needed to progress toward understanding disease pathology and ...
Aaron C Petrey, F. Qeadan, E. Middleton, I. Pinchuk, Robert A. Campbell, E. Beswick   +5 more
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Assessing the severity and the incidence of Cassava Root Necrosis Disease (CRND) in western Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]

, 2020
Open Access ArticleCassava is the staple food in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where both the roots and leaves are consumed. This crop is susceptible to several viral diseases, including Cassava Mosaic Disease(CMD) and Cassava Brown Streak ...
Bakelana, Z., Betezi, M., Kalonji, M., Kanana, T., Lema, K.M., Mahungu, N., Mayanza, K., Monde, G., Mukendi, T., Mwangu, K., Pita, J., Tevo, N., Tshiamala, N., Tuwizana, N.   +13 more
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Lymphopenia predicts disease severity of COVID-19: a descriptive and predictive study

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2020
Background: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly escalating epidemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. Identification of a simple and effective indicator to assess disease severity and outcome is urgently needed.
L. Tan, Qi Wang, Duanyang Zhang, Jinya Ding, Qianchuan Huang, Yi-Quan Tang, Qiongshu Wang, Hongming Miao   +7 more
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Cognitive function in people with and without freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease [PDF]

, 2020
Freezing of gait (FOG) is common in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) which is extremely debilitating. One hypothesis for the cause of FOG episodes is impaired cognitive control, however, this is still in debate in the literature. We aimed to assess a
Carlson-Kuhta, Patricia, Horak, Fay B., Mancini, Martina, Morris, Rosie, Nutt, John G., Peterson, Daniel S., Smulders, Katrijn   +6 more
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No correlation between Ct values and severity of disease or mortality in patients with COVID 19 disease

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2020
There are several reports of Ct values of RT PCR assays for COVID 19 being associated with disease severity and infectivity. We studied the correlation between Ct values and disease severity and mortality at our hospital .
Sweta Shah, T. Singhal, Namita Davar, P. Thakkar   +3 more
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Investigating the role of uric acid and uric acid‐to‐creatinine ratio as a predictive factor of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation in 2019

The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2023
Introduction Serum uric acid has been suggested as an independent marker of oxidative metabolism in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a disease with significant social, health, and economic burden.
Saman Barmehziar, Abbas Fadaii, Fariba Samadian, Ali Shakiba, Sogol Koolaji   +4 more
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Disease severity of the first COVID-19 wave in Germany using reporting data from the national notification system [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring, 2021
As of December 31, 2019, initial reports circulated internationally of an unusual cluster of pneumonia of unknown cause in China. By the end of January 2020, the virus affected Germany with the first case confirmed on January 27, 2020.
Julia Schilling, Ann-Sophie Lehfeld, Dirk Schumacher, Alexander Ullrich, Michaela Diercke, Silke Buda, Walter Haas   +6 more
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Clinical Study of Autonomic Dysfunction in Patients With Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Objectives: Autonomic dysfunction is a common symptom of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis; however, it has been poorly researched.
Lulu Yan, Shuang Zhang, Xiaoxue Huang, Yao Tang, Jun Wu   +4 more
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Consciência da doença na demência: resultados preliminares em pacientes com doença de Alzheimer leve e moderada Awareness of disease in dementia: preliminary results in patients with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2005
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a presença e o grau de consciência da doença na doença de Alzheimer (DA) em estágio leve e moderado. MÉTODO: Pacientes com DA leve/moderada (n=42) avaliados em corte transversal através da Escala de Avaliação do Impacto Psicossocial do ...
Márcia Dourado, Jerson Laks, Marlos Rocha, Claudia Soares, Annette Leibing, Eliasz Engelhardt   +5 more
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