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Open AccessMetabolic changes assessed by 1H MR spectroscopy in the corpus callosum of post-COVID patients
Many patients with long COVID experience neurological and psychological symptoms. Signal abnormalities on MR images in the corpus callosum have been reported. Knowledge about the metabolic profile in the splen...
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Open AccessMaternal microbiota and gestational diabetes: impact on infant health
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a common complication of pregnancy that has been associated with an increased risk of obesity and diabetes in the offspring. Pregnancy is accompanied by tightly regulated...
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Open AccessMachine learning prediction for COVID-19 disease severity at hospital admission
Early prognostication of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who may require mechanical ventilation and have worse outcomes within 30 days of admission is useful for delivering appropriate clinical care and op...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Affine Moment Invariants of Tensor Fields
Tensor fields (TF) are a special kind of multidimensional data, in which a tensor is given for each point in space. Often, it is a $$3\times 3...
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Open AccessOmouma: a prospective mother and child cohort aiming to identify early biomarkers of pregnancy complications in women living in Qatar
Pregnancy is governed by multiple molecular and cellular processes, which might influence pregnancy health and outcomes. Failure to predict and understand the cause of pregnancy complications, adverse pregnanc...
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Ibrutinib for steroid refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease: therapeutic efficiency can be limited by increased risk of fungal infection
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Open AccessScreening pregnant women in a high-risk population with WHO-2013 or NICE diagnostic criteria does not affect the prevalence of gestational diabetes
There are currently several diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes (GDM). Both the WHO -2013 and NICE diagnose GDM based on a single step 75 g OGT; however; each uses different glucose thresholds. Previo...
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Four Limb Ischemia: A Severe Case of Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia
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Open AccessCorrelation of C-reactive protein haplotypes with serum C-reactive protein level and response to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy in UK rheumatoid arthritis patients: results from the Biologics in Rheumatoid Arthritis Genetics and Genomics Study Syndicate cohort
In many European countries, restrictions exist around the prescription of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Eligibility and response to treatment is assessed by us...
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Inhibition of endogenous CO by ZnPP protects against stress-induced gastric lesion in adult male albino rats
Carbon monoxide (CO) has been found to be produced in every living cell in a biochemical reaction catalyzed by heme-oxygenase (HO) enzyme which degrades heme into biliverdin, CO, and iron. Endogenous CO is not...
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Fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity in the corpus callosum of patients with multiple sclerosis: the effect of physiotherapy
Modulation of neurodegeneration by physical activity is an active topic in contemporary research. The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in the brain's microstructure in multiple sclerosis (MS) a...
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Radical perineal prostatectomy: a learning curve?
To determine a learning curve for radical perineal prostatectomy after formal training in radical retropubic prostatectomy.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Recurrent Neural Network Approach for Predicting Glucose Concentration in Type-1 Diabetic Patients
Estimation of future glucose concentration is important for diabetes management. To develop a model predictive control (MPC) system that measures the glucose concentration and automatically inject the amount o...
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Chronic sub-dural hematomas: twist drill craniostomy with a closed system of drainage, for 48 hours only, is a valuable surgical treatment
Twist drill craniostomy with closed drainage system for 48-hour duration is an effective treatment of chronic subdural hematomas.
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Does periprostatic block reduce pain during transrectal prostate biopsy? A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded study
Currently, the use of local anesthetic at the time of transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy of the prostate is not universally accepted, as the needle injection itself causes pain. In prior studies, lidocaine w...
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Painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis and vulvodynia: a clinical correlation
Vulvodynia affects 25% of women with painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis (PBS/IC). The objective of our study was to clinically evaluate the association of PBS/IC and vulvodynia and possible contrib...
