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Phytochemicals as Micronutrients: What Is their Therapeutic Promise in the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury?
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Springer Singapore
, 2022 , Book chapter)
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the key causes of deaths and disabilities worldwide. TBI progresses in two phases. The primary phase of injury is the direct result of the physical damage caused by the external force ...
Utilization of Emergency Services by Children with Asthma in Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2022 , Article)
Background: Asthma is a leading chronic disease in children worldwide, which if left untreated or poorly controlled, can lead to altered lung function and poor quality of life. 1 Early detection and improved control of ...
A rare case of Double Superior Vena Cava, diagnosed after Central Line placement, in a poly-trauma patient
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2022 , Article)
Health professionals involved in invasive procedures such as central venous catheter placement should have a thorough knowledge of thoracic vascular anatomy. Various developmental anomalies of the large intra-thoracic veins ...
HER2-positive apocrine carcinoma of the breast: a population-based analysis of treatment and outcome.
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Springer
, 2022 , Other)
Apocrine carcinoma of the breast (APO) expresses HER2 in 30-50% of cases. This study explored the clinicopathological features and outcome of HER2+/APO and matched HER2+/NST cohort. We used the SEER database to explore the ...
Phytochemicals as Micronutrients: What Is their Therapeutic Promise in the Management of Alzheimer’s Disease?
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Springer Singapore
, 2022 , Book chapter)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease with devastating outcomes to patients and exhaustive burdens to healthcare systems. Alzheimer’s disease has always been the focus of extensive research ...
Comparison of demographic and clinical characteristics in distinguishing testicular torsion from torsion of the appendix testis: A single-center retrospective study
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
Testicular torsion (TT) is an emergency requiring a prompt diagnosis and surgery to avoid irreversible changes and a complete loss of testis. The present study aimed to identify potential factors that may predict a testicular ...
The Odds Ratio is "portable" across baseline risk but not the Relative Risk: Time to do away with the log link in binomial regression
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2022 , Article)
Objectives: In a recent paper we suggest that the relative risk (RR) be replaced with the odds ratio (OR) as the effect measure of choice in clinical epidemiology. In response, Chu, and colleagues raise several points that ...
Towards a better understanding of self-management interventions in type 2 diabetes: A concept analysis
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2022 , Article)
Objectives: Diabetes self-management educational (DSME) interventions can vary considerably, and it is unclear what is the operational conceptualization of the ideal delivery to individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D). ...
Thrombin generation measured on ST Genesia, a new platform in the coagulation routine lab: Assessment of analytical and between-subject variation
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Wiley Open Access
, 2022 , Article)
Background: The thrombin generation (TG) assay, which measures global coagulation, has mainly been used as a research tool to investigate thrombotic and bleeding disorders. Recently, Diagnostica Stago launched the ST ...
Pyridoxine non-responsive p.R336C mutation alters the molecular properties of cystathionine beta-synthase leading to severe homocystinuria phenotype
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
The prevalence of homocystinuria in Qatar is 1:1800, mainly due to a founder missense mutation p.R336C. • The cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) R336C mutant was bacterially expressed, purified and its molecular properties ...