Publications by authors named "C Ochi"

Article Synopsis
  • Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) can show a variety of symptoms, and in this case, a 64-year-old woman presented with drooping eyelids (bilateral ptosis).
  • Autonomic issues were indicated by her pupil reaction and a head-up tilt test that showed she experienced orthostatic hypotension, meaning she had blood pressure drops upon standing.
  • The patient was diagnosed with NIID through a skin biopsy and genetic tests, highlighting that drooping eyelids may be an early sign of this condition and that doctors should look for other autonomic dysfunction in suspected cases.
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Background: Weight loss could improve fertility, perhaps by reducing insulin resistance.

Objectives: To assess the effect of weight loss interventions on fertility in women with obesity not recruited because of known infertility.

Search Strategy: Three databases during 1966-2020, trial registry.

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The PCR-based open reading frame typing (POT) is an important method for analyzing outbreak information. Many institutions use POT as a molecular epidemiological method for analyzing horizontal transmission in methicillin-resistant (MRSA). However, typing and analyzing MRSA only based on POT, with high detection frequency, has some limitations.

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The response to steroid in childhood nephrotic syndrome (CNS) varies across geographical regions, depending on aetiology, genetics, and the underlying pathology. Recently, there is an increasing steroid responsiveness among Nigerian children with nephrotic syndrome (NS). This is the first report of CNS at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja, Nigeria, between 15th January 2016 and 30th June 2018.

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