The association study between mri and percutaneous transpedicular biopsy (hpe) findings in vertebral lesions by Sidik, Che Kob

“…The MRI findings of each cases reported by radiologist were reviewed to get radiological diagnosis. The HPE result from the tissues taken through percutaneous transpedicular biopsies procedure which were performed later to MRI to obtain histopathological diagnosis for final disease confirmation were reviewed. …”
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Geogenic mapping of radon and thoron concentration in Perak State Malaysia by Nuhu, Habila

“…Knowing an environment’s radon levels can help the radiological protection agencies in policymaking. This research seeks to quantify the activity of radon (222Rn) and thoron (220Rn), and their mapping, to identify risk areas in Perak state, Malaysia. …”
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Geogenic radon and thoron potential mapping in Johor State, Malaysia by Haruna, Rakiya

“…Knowledge of natural radioactivity exposure level is significant for making policy regarding radiological protection of the environment and humans. …”
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Radiometric interpretation of geologic data and its effect on groundwater in Abuja, North-Central Nigeria by Omeje, Maxwell

“…5 mSv of the annual collective effective dose in the study area due to 238U in drinking water. The highest radiological risks for cancer mortality and morbidity were found to be low, with highest values of 1.03 × 10?…”
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Luxaciones periastragalinas: análisis de una serie de casos. Nuestro algoritmo de tratamiento urgente by J. Gómez Alcaraz, E. Ajuria Fernández, J.M. García López, A. Capel Agúndez, E. Sánchez Morata, J. Vilá y Rico

“…Material and methods: We present a series of patients (N = 13) with subtalar dislocations in which a descriptive analysis of the main epidemiological, clinical and radiological variables was carried out, from which an urgent treatment algorithm is proposed. …”
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Sputum smear conversion and treatment outcomes among drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis patients in eastern Ethiopia: A 9-years data analysis by Mulugeta Gamachu, Mulugeta Gamachu, Alemayehu Deressa, Abdi Birhanu, Galana Mamo Ayana, Temam Beshir Raru, Belay Negash, Bedasa Taye Merga, Addisu Alemu, Fila Ahmed, Ahmed Mohammed, Ibsa M. Abdulahi, Lemma Demissei Regassa

“…DR-TB patients with high bacterial load and abnormal lungs on radiologic examination at baseline could need special attention during their course of treatment.…”
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Esteatosis pancreática: hallazgo frecuente en población chilena by Z. Berger, F. Orellana, R. Cocio, F. Torres, D. Simian, G. Araneda, P. Toledo

“…Abstract: Introduction and aims: Pancreatic steatosis is an incidental radiologic finding in asymptomatic patients, and its clinical importance is unclear. …”
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Fratura toracolombar tipo explosão: comparação do tratamento conservador em pacientes com e sem fratura do arco vertebral posterior Thoracolumbar burst fracture: comparing conserva... by Osmar Avanzi, Élcio Landim, Robert Meves, Maria Fernanda Silber Caffaro, Rodrigo Rezende, Murilo Tavares Daher, Bruno César Aprile

“…<br>OBJECTIVE: To make a clinical and radiological comparison of long term results of the conservative treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures, in patients with and without fracture in the posterior vertebral arch, in order to assess possible differences in the evolution of the two types of lesion. …”
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A New Tool to Aid the Differential Diagnosis of Physiological Remodelling from Cardiac Pathology When Assessing Left Ventricle, Left Atrial and Aortic Structure and Function in Mal... by Gavin McClean, Mathew G. Wilson, Nathan R. Riding, Guido Pieles, Victoria Watt, Carmen Adamuz, Anthony Shaw, Allan Harkness, Amanda Johnson, Keith P. George, David Oxborough

“…<b>Methods:</b> 417 (297 Arab, 120 black) male paediatric (11–18 years) athletes, were evaluated by 2D echocardiography as per British Society of Echocardiography recommendations, and biological age (by radiological X-ray) assessment. Z-scores were tested by residual and correlation analysis together with visual inspection. …”
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Iraq/Afghanistan war lung injury reflects burn pits exposure by Timothy Olsen, Dennis Caruana, Keely Cheslack-Postava, Austin Szema, Juergen Thieme, Andrew Kiss, Malvika Singh, Gregory Smith, Steven McClain, Timothy Glotch, Michael Esposito, Robert Promisloff, David Ng, Xueyan He, Mikala Egeblad, Richard Kew, Anthony Szema

“…We retrospectively examined medical records, including exposure data, radiologic imaging, and non-invasive pulmonary function testing (MGC Diagnostic Platinum Elite Plethysmograph) using the American Thoracic Society (ATS) standard interpretation based on Morgan et al., and for a limited cohort, biopsy data. …”
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Total knee arthroplasty exhibits satisfactory long-term clinical efficacy in the treatment of hemophilia patients with stiff knees by Yi Liu, Yi Liu, Yi-fan Liu, Yi-fan Liu, Hong-zheng Meng, Tao Sun, Ping Gao, Zhao-zhi Li, Wen-qiang Zhang

“…At preoperative and final follow-up, patients' post-TKA clinical and radiological outcomes, quality of life, complications, and long-term survival were assessed.ResultsFlexion contracture improved from 23.2 ± 10.8° before surgery to 5.9 ± 7.5° upon final follow-up, the Knee Society Score (KSS) increased from 31.4 ± 12.4 to 74.9 ± 11.5, and the KSS functional score increased from 37.6 ± 9.3 to 81.4 ± 12.8. …”
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[Translated article] Subtalar dislocations: Analysis of a case series. Our urgent treatment algorithm by J. Gómez Alcaraz, E. Ajuria Fernández, J.M. García López, A. Capel Agúndez, E. Sánchez Morata, J. Vilá y Rico

“…Material and methods: We present a series of patients (N = 13) with subtalar dislocations in which a descriptive analysis of the main epidemiological, clinical and radiological variables was carried out, from which an urgent treatment algorithm is proposed. …”
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Molecular Profiling in Daily Clinical Practice: Practicalities in Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma and Other Biliary Tract Cancers by Angela Lamarca, Zainul Kapacee, Michael Breeze, Christopher Bell, Dean Belcher, Helen Staiger, Claire Taylor, Mairéad G. McNamara, Richard A. Hubner, Juan W. Valle

“…A total of 15 patients (16.6%) harboured alterations in DNA damage repair (DDR) genes; when treated with platinum-based chemotherapy, there was a trend towards increased partial response rate (21.4% vs. 15.9%; <i>p</i>-value 0.653), radiological benefit rate (64.3% vs. 36.2%; <i>p</i>-value 0.071), and longer OS (median OS 20.4 months (95% CI 7.9–26.7) vs. 13.3 (95 CI 11.0–16.4); Cox Regression HR 0.79 (95% CI 0.39–1.61), <i>p</i>-value 0.527). …”
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A Comparative Study Evaluating the Quality of Life and Survival Outcomes in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy Versus Oral Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor in the Third Line and Beyond Setti... by Vanita Noronha, MBBS, MD, DM, Nandini S. Menon, MBBS, MD, DrNB, Vijay Maruti Patil, MBBS, MD, DM, M.V. Chandrakanth, MBBS, MD, DM, Sucheta More, BAMS, MSc, Aditya Dhanawat, MBBS, MD, Oindrila Roy Chowdhary, MSc, Ajaykumar Chandrabhan Singh, MBBS, MD, DM, Supriya Goud, BAMS, PGDCR, Srushti Shah, BHMS, PGDCR, Naveen Karuvandan, MBBS, MD, DM, Kunal Naishadh Jobanputra, MBBS, MD, DM, Darshit Kalpeshkumar Shah, DM, Minit Jalan Shah, MBBS, MD, DM, Rupjyoti Sarma, MBBS, MD, DM, Dhwaniben Patel, MBBS, MD, Ritam Joarder, MBBS, MD, Prashant Kumar, MBBS, MD, Anupa John, MBBS, MD, Jaspreet Kaur, MBBS, MD, Saurabh Bagra, MBBS, MD, Nilendu Purandare, MBBS, DNB, Amit Janu, MBBS, DMRD, DNB, Abhishek Mahajan, MBBS, MD, MRes, Kumar Prabhash, MBBS, MD, DM

“…Patients underwent clinical evaluation at every visit, and toxicity was assessed as per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.03. A radiological tumor response assessment was done every 8 to 12 weeks from the start of therapy. …”
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Morbidade da doença de Chagas: I - Estudo de casos procedentes de vários estados do Brasil, observados no Rio de Janeiro Morbidity of Chagas' disease: I - Study of cases originatin... by J. Rodrigues Coura, Ney Anunziato, Henry P. F. Willcox

“…The study began in 1960 when the patients were submitted, in Rio de Janeiro, to clinical, electrocardiographic and radiological examinations as well as to serological, xenodiagnostic and other serial laboratory tests. …”
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Analysis of Short-term Blood Pressure Variability in Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma Patients by Valeria Bisogni, Luigi Petramala, Gaia Oliviero, Maria Bonvicini, Martina Mezzadri, Federica Olmati, Antonio Concistrè, Vincenza Saracino, Monia Celi, Gianfranco Tonnarini, Gino Iannucci, Giorgio De Toma, Antonio Ciardi, Giuseppe La Torre, Claudio Letizia

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The prognostic significance of chromosome 17 abnormalities in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome treated with 5‐azacytidine: Results from the Hellenic 5‐azacytidine registry... by Panagiotis Diamantopoulos, Dafni Koumbi, Ioannis Kotsianidis, Vasiliki Pappa, Argiris Symeonidis, Athanasios Galanopoulos, Panagiotis Zikos, Helen A. Papadaki, Panayiotis Panayiotidis, Maria Dimou, Eleftheria Hatzimichael, George Vassilopoulos, Susan Delimpasis, Despoina Mparmparousi, Sotirios Papageorgiou, Eleni Variami, Marie‐Christine Kyrtsonis, Aekaterini Megalakaki, Maria Kotsopoulou, Panagiotis Repousis, Ioannis Adamopoulos, Flora Kontopidou, Dimitrios Christoulas, Alexandra Kourakli, Dimitrios Tsokanas, Menelaos Konstantinos Papoutselis, Georgios Kyriakakis, Nora‐Athina Viniou, the Hellenic MDS study group

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A causal roadmap for generating high-quality real-world evidence by Lauren E. Dang, Susan Gruber, Hana Lee, Issa J. Dahabreh, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Brian D. Williamson, Richard Wyss, Iván Díaz, Debashis Ghosh, Emre Kıcıman, Demissie Alemayehu, Katherine L. Hoffman, Carla Y. Vossen, Raymond A. Huml, Henrik Ravn, Kajsa Kvist, Richard Pratley, Mei-Chiung Shih, Gene Pennello, David Martin, Salina P. Waddy, Charles E. Barr, Mouna Akacha, John B. Buse, Mark van der Laan, Maya Petersen

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Clinicopathological Implications of the BRAFV600E Mutation in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma of Ukrainian Patients Exposed to the Chernobyl Radiation in Childhood: A Study for 30 Year... by Liudmyla Zurnadzhy, Liudmyla Zurnadzhy, Tetiana Bogdanova, Tetiana Bogdanova, Tatiana I. Rogounovitch, Masahiro Ito, Mykola Tronko, Shunichi Yamashita, Shunichi Yamashita, Norisato Mitsutake, Norisato Mitsutake, Michael Bolgov, Serhii Chernyshov, Sergii Masiuk, Vladimir A. Saenko

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Elevated serum polyclonal immunoglobulin free light chains in patients with severe asthma by Umberto Basile, Umberto Basile, Giuseppe Santini, Giuseppe Santini, Cecilia Napodano, Giuseppe Macis, Krizia Pocino, Francesca Gulli, Mario Malerba, Andrew Bush, Ian M. Adcock, Paolo Montuschi, Paolo Montuschi

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