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Advances in Huntington’s Disease Biomarkers: A 10-Year Bibliometric Analysis and a Comprehensive Review
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MDPI
, 2025 , Article Review)
Neurodegenerative disorders (NDs) cause progressive neuronal loss and are a significant public health concern, with NDs projected to become the second leading global cause of death within two decades. Huntington’s disease ...
The dynamic role of immune checkpoint molecules in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of head and neck cancers
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Elsevier
, 2024 , Article Review)
Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the sixth most common cancer type, accounting for approximately 277,597 deaths worldwide. Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) agents ...
Emerging Role of the IL-36/IL-36R Axis in Multiple Inflammatory Skin Diseases
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Elsevier
, 2024 , Article Review)
IL-36 is a most recent member of the IL-1 cytokine family, primarily expressed at barrier sites of the body such as the skin, lungs, and intestine. It plays a vital role in inflammation and is implicated in the development ...
Chronic inflammation and cancer; the two sides of a coin
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Elsevier
, 2024 , Article Review)
The correlation between chronic inflammation and cancer was initially identified in the 19th century. Biomolecules like interleukins, chemokines, tumor necrosis factors, growth factors, and adhesion molecules, which regulate ...
Urologist validation of an artificial intelligence-based tool for automated estimation of penile curvature
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Elsevier
, 2024 , Article)
Introduction
Severity of penile curvature (PC) is commonly used to select the optimal surgical intervention for hypospadias, either alone or in conjunction with other phenotypic characteristics. Despite this, current ...
Flushing New Light on Rosacea
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Elsevier
, 2024 , Article)
The study "Integrated omics reveal the molecular characterization and pathogenic mechanism of rosacea" (Zhang et al, 2023) presents the first multiomics integrative analysis comparing proteomic and transcriptomic signatures ...
Reply to Letter to the Editor by Snodgrass et al. Re "Plate Objective Scoring Tool (POST) in distal hypospadias: Correlation with POST-repair complications
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Elsevier
, 2024 , Article)
Despite the popularity of TIP correction for distal hypospadias, certain publications have raised concerns about the accuracy of statements regarding its low complication rate [1]. Even skilled surgeons have observed a ...
Lifetime prevalence, risk, and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders in Qatar's national mental health study
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
, 2024 , Article)
Objectives: To estimate lifetime prevalence, risk, and treatment for mental disorders and their correlates in Qatar's general population for the first time. Methods: We conducted a national phone survey of 5,195 Qatari and ...
Ṯābit Ibn Qurrah’s contributions to toxicology
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Springer
, 2024 , Article Review)
Mankind has been familiar with poisons since ancient times. On the other hand, there is a wealth of knowledge in the medical books including medieval works of Middle Eastern polymaths such as Avicenna, “al-Rāzī,” and “Ṯābit ...
Evaluating the accuracy of population-specific versus generic stature estimation regression equations in a South African sample
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Springer
, 2024 , Article)
Accurate estimates of stature play an important role in the personal identification of unknown decedents, however a drawback in the application of many stature estimation equations is the need for known sex and population, ...