Prevalence of dry eye disease in the patients of allergic conjunctivitis: Hospital-based cross-sectional study by Shefali Mazumdar, Saran Kumar Satsangi, Mahak Garg, Payal Goel Rajan

“…Methods: This observational, cross-sectional study, conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology of a tertiary center in north India, included 132 patients of AC. The diagnosis of dry eye disease (DED) was made on the basis of Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI), Schirmer's test, and tear film break-up time (TFBUT). …”
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Clinical profile and in-hospital outcomes of COVID-19 among adolescents at a tertiary care hospital in India by Tamoghna Ghosh, Tejas M Suri, Kana R Jat, Aditya K Gupta, Sushma Bhatnagar, Pawan Tiwari, Saurabh Mittal, Anant Mohan

“…Methods: A retrospective analysis of an admitted cohort of COVID-19 patients was performed at a tertiary hospital in North India. Adolescents aged 12–18 years who were hospitalised during the first wave (March–December, 2020) and the second wave (March–June, 2021) were included. …”
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Alteration in bone metabolism and bone mineral density with chronic antiepileptic drug therapy by Damera Achyuth Kumar, Lubna Zafar, Hamid Ashraf, Ahmad Ghayas Ansari

“…This study explores the impact of AEDs on bone health in ambulatory patients from North India. Methodology: A hospital-based observational study on sixty adult patients with epilepsy. …”
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Caregiver burden on wives of substance-dependent husbands and its correlates at a Tertiary Care Centre in Northern India by Bharat Singh Shekhawat, Shreyance Jain, Hariom Kumar Solanki

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care center of North India to compare burden on wives of alcohol and heroin dependent husbands. …”
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Association of blindness and hearing impairment with mortality in a cohort of elderly persons in a rural area by Nilesh Agrawal, M Kalaivani, Sanjeev K Gupta, Puneet Misra, K Anand, Chandrakant S Pandav

“…Objectives: To study the association of blindness and hearing impairment with mortality in a cohort of elderly persons in rural north India. Materials and Methods: This community-based prospective study was conducted in eleven randomly selected villages, in Ballabgarh block, Haryana. …”
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Addressing the effect of COVID19 pandemic on the Tourism Industry in Haridwar and Dehradun Districts of Uttarakhand, India by Ashish Kumar, Ajay Bhardwaj, Umakant Indolia

“…The predictions being flashed by the world economic forum about the travel & tourism industry is also reflected in North India tourism industry. Hence, the study aimed to address and evaluate the effect of COVID19 on Uttarakhand tourism, especially, on the site of Haridwar and Dehradun as they are the entry to the gateway of Major Char Dham Yatra of Himalaya, and where all India tourists arrive since centuries. …”
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Pandemic challenges vs. public policy: reflections on the electoral administration in the world's largest democracy by Hepzibah Beulah C

“…The first democratic large-scale election during the pandemic was successfully held in the state of Bihar in North India with more than 90 million voters, which was an astonishing feat by itself. …”
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A cross-sectional assessment of quantitative epidermal melanin and erythema indices among North Indians by Prashita Dabas, Biswa P Nayak, Himanshu Khajuria, Sonal Jain, Sarjana Dutt, Kallur N Saraswathy

“…Material and Methods: Skin reflectance data (n = 574) was collected from six diverse populations of north India using DermaSpectrometer (DSM II ColorMeter) followed by statistical analysis to investigate the impact of geographical location and gender on constitutive skin pigmentation. …”
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Data entry skills in a computer-based spread sheet amongst postgraduate medical students: A simulation based descriptive assessment by Amir Maroof Khan, Dheeraj Shah, Pranab Chatterjee

“…This study was conducted to assess the data entry skills of the 2 nd year PG medical students of a medical college of North India. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted among 111 second year PG students by using four simulated filled case record forms and a computer-based spread sheet in which data entry was to be carried out. …”
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Understanding type 1 diabetes through genetics: Advances and prospects by Nikhil Tandon

“…Studies have shown that in North India, the relative risk for T1DM is comparatively higher (>30) with the DQ2/DQ8 genotype, but is relatively lower (approximately 18) for the DQ2/DQ2 genotype. …”
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Evaluation of scleral incisions and their effects on corneal curvature in manual small-incision cataract surgery by Manisha Nada, D Rohit, S V Singh, A K Khurana, Sakshi Lochab, Anjali Kharolia

“…Methods: The prospective study was carried out on 200 consecutive patients with senile cataract and who were planned for surgery at a tertiary eye hospital in north India. The placement of the incision was decided by the steeper corneal meridian—whether superior or temporal—and then patients of these two groups were randomized for frown and V-shaped incision; in this way, four groups of 50 patients each were formed. …”
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Evaluation of changes in ocular surface disease index score and meibomian gland parameters in primary pterygium by Radha Mathur, Chander Ashish, Rastogi Priye Suman

“…SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This was a case–control study, done in a tertiary care hospital in North India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients presenting to the ophthalmology outpatient department with a diagnosis of pterygium were enrolled in the pterygium study group along with their gender- and age-matched controls. …”
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Management of recurrent postoperative fungal endophthalmitis by Anand Vinekar, Mangat R Dogra, Kavitha Avadhani, Vishali Gupta, Amod Gupta, Arunaloke Chakrabarti

“…Settings and Design: Tertiary Care Referral Centre in North India. Retrospective, single institution, interventional case-series. …”
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Identification of musculoskeletal problems using pGALS examination in school going boys in Chennai, India by Nithya Bhaskar, Lakshmi Harshita Bhogavalli, Umapathy Pasupathy, Mahesh Janarthanan

“…There is limited data on this subject from north India but none from south India. Our aim was to identify the prevalence of musculoskeletal problems in school going boys in the local community. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Efficacy of Methotrexate versus Methotrexate with Apremilast in Moderate to Severe Chronic Plaque Psoriasis by Divyanshu Srivastava, Arvind Krishna, Abhinav David

“…Materials and Methods: The present study was a prospective comparative study conducted among 40 patients, aged above 18 years, with clinically diagnosed psoriasis attending Dermatology OPD of a tertiary care hospital in North India. The study utilised a pre-structured proforma to record a detailed demographic profile and clinical examination related to chronic plaque psoriasis. …”
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Distribution of different minutiae in thumbprint and its application to determine sex distinctions by Maninder Kaur, Jatinder Kaur, Amandeep Kaur, Preet Kamal

“…Methods For this purpose, a sample of 100 subjects (50 males and 50 females) ranging in age from 18 years to 25 years were taken from the Shimla (North India). A modified standardized method was adopted to count and classify 20 different types of minutiae. …”
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EVAPOTRANSPIRATION ESTIMATION USING SSEBop METHOD WITH SENTINEL -2 AND LANDSAT-8 DATA SET by D. N. Sharma, V. Tare

“…The Upper Ganga Canal Command Area (UGC) lying between two rivers Ganga and Yamuna situated between two states, namely Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in North India is selected as the study area for this research work. …”
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Prevalence and etiological profile of hypercalcemia in hospitalized adult patients and association with mortality by Shabna Sulaiman, Soham Mukherjee, Sadhana Sharma, Rimesh Pal, Sanjay Kumar Bhadada

“…Materials and Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study wherein all the patients (aged >12 years) admitted to the general medicine wards of a tertiary care hospital in North India between January 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, were screened. …”
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Appendectomy in management of malrotation of gut is it necessary? by Eti Sthapak, Pujna Kanneganti, Vijai Datta Upadhyaya, Basant Kumar, Nishant Agarwal, Ashwini Mishra

“…Materials and Methods: This retrospective observational study was conducted in one pediatric surgical unit in the tertiary care center of North India. All the cases of malrotation of the gut managed from January 2008 to December 2018 were reviewed. …”
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Ophthalmic infections caused by Aspergillus nidulans: A case series and short review of literature by Prachala Rathod, Atul Kumar, Radhika Tandon, Nishat Ahmed

“…We report a case series of three ophthalmic infections caused by A. nidulans from a tertiary care eye center in North India.Case report: Three cases of ophthalmic infections, including two cases of keratitis and one case of recurrent endophthalmitis caused by A. nidulans were diagnosed at the ocular microbiology section of a tertiary eye care center. …”
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