Publications by authors named "Bikramjit Barkondaj"
Urinary bladder cancer (BC) is one of the most frequent malignancies and the ninth most common malignancy worldwide. The objective of this study is to assess the role of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI) in predicting the invasiveness of urinary bladder space occupying lesions. Thirty-five patients diagnosed with bladder masses underwent an mp-MRI study.
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- The study investigates the role of dipeptidyl peptidase type 4 (DPP-4) enzymes in chronic liver disease, focusing on their activity in patients with different liver conditions compared to healthy individuals.
- Findings showed that while plasma DPP-4 activity was lower in patient cohorts, only the nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) group exhibited significantly reduced DPP-4 activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and increased gene expression.
- There was a notable correlation between plasma DPP-4 activity and the liver injury marker alanine aminotransferase (ALT) across various chronic liver disease (CLD) patients, indicating the potential importance of
Objectives: Package inserts (PIs) are used by physicians and other health-care providers as ready source of approved prescribing information. In India, they are subject to statutory regulations that specify the information to be provided under various headings. Uniformity of PIs with optimal level of information is desirable, the absence of which may lead to medication errors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses (SRMAs) rely upon comprehensive searches into diverse resources that catalog primary studies. However, since what constitutes a comprehensive search is unclear, we examined trends in databases searched from 2005-2016, surrounding the publication of search guidelines in 2013, and associations between resources searched and evidence of publication bias in SRMAs involving human subjects.
Study Design: To ensure comparability of included SRMAs over the 12 years in the face of a near 100-fold increase of international SRMAs (mainly genetic studies from China) during this period, we focused on USA-affiliated SRMAs, manually reviewing 100 randomly selected SRMAs from those published in each year.