Publications by authors named "A Jerez"

In volleyball, the upper limb dimensions and grip strength greatly influence offensive and defensive movements during a match. However, the relationship between these parameters remains underexplored in elite female volleyball players. This study aimed to contrast the upper limb anthropometric characteristics and handgrip strength (HGS) of female elite volleyball players against a control group.

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We sought to examine the contribution of visual cues, such as lipreading, in the identification of familiar (words) and unfamiliar (phonemes) words in terms of percent accuracy. For that purpose, in this retrospective study, we presented lists of words and phonemes (adult female healthy voice) in auditory (A) and audiovisual (AV) modalities to 65 Spanish normal-hearing male and female listeners classified in four age groups. Our results showed a remarkable benefit of AV information in word and phoneme recognition.

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The International Consensus Classification of Myeloid Neoplasms and Acute Leukemias (ICC) and the 5th edition of the WHO classification (WHO 2022) have refined the diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Both classifications segregate MDS subtypes based on molecular or cytogenetic findings but rely on the subjective assessment of blast cell percentage and dysplasia in hematopoietic cell lineages. This study aimed to evaluate interobserver concordance among 13 cytomorphologists from eight hospitals in assessing blast percentages and dysplastic features in 44 MDS patients.

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Article Synopsis
  • Mutations in the TP53 gene, especially multihit alterations, are linked to worse clinical outcomes in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).
  • This study analyzed TP53 abnormalities in 682 patients with MDS who had an isolated deletion of chromosome 5 (MDS-del(5q)), revealing that 24% had multihit mutations, indicating a greater risk for leukemic transformation.
  • The study found that the effect of monoallelic mutations varies with the variant allele frequency (VAF); lower VAF (<20%) behaved like wild-type TP53, while higher VAF (≥20%) showed outcomes similar to multihit mutations, highlighting the need for careful consideration of TP53 status in
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