Limb Loss: Facts and statistics – Diabetes mellitus and vascular insufficiency, a real harbinger of major limb amputations – A cross-sectional study among amputees reporting to a t... by Sukhil Raina, Shriya Bhat, Rohit Raina, Jatin Bhalla, Ashish Chaudhari

“…The purpose of this study was to describe the etiology and characteristics of major limb amputees at a tertiary care center in North India. Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted by the Government Medical College Jammu, for 2 years. …”
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Dentists' knowledge, attitudes, and professional behavior regarding silver diamine fluoride: A cross-sectional questionnaire study by Jiksha Mehlawat, Charu Mohan Marya, Ruchi Nagpal, Sakshi Kataria, Pratibha Taneja

“…Methodology: For the cross-sectional survey, a prevalidated questionnaire comprising of 33 questions was being prepared through the Google survey tool of Gmail and was sent to 200 dentists in North India region through Whatsapp groups of different communities or specialties. …”
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Clinicoepidemiological profile of pediatric psoriasis: Experience from a tertiary care center by Vibhu Mendiratta, Amit Kumar Meena, Ashna Jain, Bharati Verma

“…Materials and Methods: All patients of psoriasis (age <18 years) who visited PP clinic from January 2017 to September 2021 were included in this record-based study, which was conducted in a tertiary care center in North India. Results: Records of 100 patients were analyzed, with female-to-male ratio of 1:1. …”
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Decomposing acute malnutrition by educational inequality of mother’s among under five children in Jammu and Kashmir by Insha Tariq, Javaid Iqbal Khan, Manzoor Ahmad Malik

“…While some studies have examined these attributes, there is a scarcity of research exploring the causal link between socio-culturally determined factors, such as maternal education, and child nutritional achievements, especially in Indian states located in North India. This paper aims to address this gap by analysing the prevalence of acute malnutrition (stunting) among children under five in Jammu and Kashmir in relation to educational inequality among mothers. …”
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Morphological and biochemical characterization of newly evolved grape (Vitis vinifera) hybrids by TANUSHREE SAHOO, MAHENDRA KUMAR VERMA, SANJAY KUMAR SINGH, MADHUBALA THAKRE, RAM ROSHAN SHARMA, SARIKA JAISWAL, AJAY ARORA

“…Hy.ER-R2P36 and Hy.16/2A-R1P14 were found promising especially under subtropical conditions of North India. …”
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Normative data for brainstem auditory evoked potential responses in North Indian menopausal females by Shallu Mittal, Supriya Arora, Sharat Gupta, Sonika Loona, Kamal Dev Singh, Kashish Mehra

“…Aim: This study was conducted to provide normative values for various BAEP parameters in menopausal females from North India. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was done on 100 females aged 46–70 years. …”
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Effect of directly observed oral iron supplementation during pregnancy on iron status in a rural population in Haryana: A randomized controlled trial by Farhad Ahamed, Kapil Yadav, Shashi Kant, Renu Saxena, Mohan Bairwa, Chandrakant S Pandav

“…Methods: This was a community-based open labeled parallel block-randomized controlled trial including 400 pregnant women in a rural setting of north India. In the intervention group, the first dose of IFA every week was supervised by ASHA and women were instructed to take the remaining tablets during the week as per the prescription. …”
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Metabolic derangements with olanzapine and risperidone in schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders: A 24-week prospective study by Praveen Rikhari, Ashutosh Kumar, Prabhat Agrawal, Harendra Kumar

“…Methods: This was a 24-week prospective observational study conducted at a teaching hospital in North India. The patients were prescribed olanzapine or risperidone. …”
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Challenges in conducting a community-based influenza vaccine trial in a rural community in northern India by Rakesh Kumar, Ritvik Amarchand, Venkatesh Vinayak Narayan, Siddhartha Saha, Kathryn E. Lafond, Suresh K. Kapoor, Lalit Dar, Seema Jain, Anand Krishnan

“…We conducted a community-based vaccine trial to assess the efficacy of live attenuated influenza vaccine and inactivated influenza vaccine in rural north India. Key regulatory challenges included obtaining regulatory approvals, reporting of adverse events, and compensating subjects for trial-related injuries; all of which were required to be completed in a timely fashion. …”
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The international system for reporting serous fluid cytopathology: An institutional experience on its implication and assessment of risk of malignancy in effusion cytology by Chayanika Kala, Sanjay Kala, Anurag Singh, R K Jauhari, Ashutosh Bajpai, Lubna Khan

“…Materials and Methods: The study was a retrospective observational study conducted at a tertiary care institution in North India. Clinical data of the cases from June 2013 to July 2021 were retrieved and the cases were reviewed by two cytopathologists. …”
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Green synthesis of Ag/Fe3O4 nanoparticles using Mentha longifolia flower extract: evaluation of its antioxidant and anti-lung cancer effects by Lei Wang, Bikash Karmakar, Fatimah A. Al-Saeed, Ali A. ٍShati, Mutasem Z. Bani-Fwaz, Attalla F. El-kott

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Visual outcome after manual small-incision cataract surgery by viscoexpression technique by Narinder Kumar, Gagandeep Kaur, Charu Chadha, Neha Sethi, N R Gupta, Sugandhi Gauri

“…Methods: This was a prospective study that included 50 patients over the age of 40 years undergoing manual SICS at a tertiary health-care center in North India by viscoexpression technique. Only those patients whose functional visual disability could be attributed to cataracts were included in the study. …”
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Empowering women in the digital age: can digital financial services fulfil the promise of financial autonomy and gender equality in the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal 5... by Mohsin Showkat, Razia Nagina, Usha Nori, Muzamil Ahmad Baba, Mohd Asif Shah

“…This study examines the responses of 426 women in North India using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) as its research approach. …”
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Primary pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma- clinicopathological features and predictors of poor outcome by Aiffa Aiman, Zafirah Zahir, Rumana Makhdoomi, Roudah Binti Farooq, Tazeen Jeelani

“…We aimed to study the clinicopathological characteristics of primary pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinomas in north India. Methods: This study was a retrospective, single-centre, cohort study. …”
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Association of polycystic ovary syndrome and Graves′ disease: Is autoimmunity the link between the two diseases by Sobia Nisar, Parvez A Shah, M Shafi Kuchay, Manzoor A Bhat, Aafia Rashid, Sanjeed Ahmed, Mohd Ashraf Ganie

“…Materials and Methods: Women attending the endocrinology clinic at a tertiary care centre in north India and fulfilling the AE-PCOS criteria for diagnosis of PCOS were studied using a predefined proforma for any clinical, biochemical and imaging features of Graves′ disease. …”
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Effect of reproductive and lifestyle factors on anti-mullerian hormone levels in women of Indian origin by Kaberi Banerjee, Amardeep Thind, Nisha Bhatnagar, Bhavana Singla, Kiran Agria, Payal Bajaj, Anshu Jindal, Sunita Arora, Poonam Goyal, Bhavana Mittal, Keshav Malhotra, Hrishikesh Pai, Jaideep Malhotra, Pallaavi Goel, Nikita Jindal

“…Materials and Methods: The study was conducted using data extracted from the patient records of seven private fertility practices located in North India. Women who were attending these clinics for fertility treatment were requested to fill the questionnaire related to reproductive and lifestyle factors. …”
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The spectrum of renal diseases observed in native renal biopsies in a single North Indian tertiary care center by Dhruv Sarwal, Sanjay D'Cruz, Raj Pal Singh Punia, Ranjana Walker Minz

“…We analyzed the spectrum of biopsy-proven renal disease in a single tertiary care center in North India from 2007 to 2016. A total of 420 biopsies were analyzed. …”
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Inter-regional differences in body proportions in Indian children and adolescents—a cross-sectional multicentric study by Smruti Vispute, Vaman Khadilkar, Anuradha Khadilkar, Veena Ekbote, Narendra Singh, Shashi Chiplonkar

“…Results: Boys from north India and girls from central India were taller and heavier (mean height 153.2 ± 18, 146.4 ± 11), while western boys and girls were the shortest (131.1 ± 20.7, 129.8 ± 19.5) (p < 0.05 for all). …”
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Quantification of Atmospheric Ammonia Concentrations: A Review of Its Measurement and Modeling by Arshad Arjunan Nair, Fangqun Yu

“…Topographical effects dramatically increase [NH₃] over the Indo-Gangetic Plains, North India and San Joaquin Valley, US. Measurements are sparse over oceans, where [NH₃] ≈ a few tens of pptv, variations of which can affect aerosol formation. …”
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Predominance of Beijing genotype in extensively drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India by Jyoti Arora, Manpreet Bhalla, Zeeshan Sidiq, Prabha Lal, Digamber Behera, Nalin Rastogi, Vithal Prasad Myneedu

“…This study corroborates recent observations from North India suggesting that both Beijing and CAS1-Delhi lineages constitute the bulk of XDR-TB isolates that are disseminating rapidly across a large geographical region in and around the capital city of India.…”
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