Publications by authors named "Hira Akbar"

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  • Lateral epicondylitis (LE) is a common condition causing elbow pain, particularly among housewives, and is worsened by repetitive arm movements.
  • In a study of 150 women aged 25-50+, 86% of housewives reported pain, with 39.33% diagnosed with LE, mostly experiencing pain in the right arm.
  • There's a need for increased awareness and lifestyle changes among housewives to prevent LE, highlighting the importance of further research on the condition.
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Background Acute appendicitis remains the most common cause of lower abdominal pain leading to emergency visits. Even though the standard treatment of acute appendicitis remains appendectomy, in recent times, multiple randomized control trials and meta-analyses have deduced conservative treatment as a successful alternative treatment. During the coronavirus disease (COVID) pandemic, with a shortage of staff and resources, treatment with conservative management of uncomplicated acute appendicitis became very beneficial under certain circumstances and conditions.

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Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is mainly considered a nodal disease but extra nodal involvement can also be seen with variable frequency. Solitary bone involvement in HL known as Primary osseous hodgkin lymphoma (POHL) is very rare. It is defined as a lymphoma that is restricted to the bone without any simultaneous organ or lymph node involvement at the time of initial diagnosis.

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Introduction Bibliometric analysis is one of the emerging and latest statistical study type used to examine and keep a systemic record of the research done on a particular topic of a certain field. A number of such bibliometric studies are conducted on various topics of the medical science but none existed on the vast topic of pharmacology - opioids. Hence, we present a bibliometric analysis of the 'Citation Classics' of opioids.

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Background Bibliometric analysis is a statistical tool used to examine the exponential growth in medical research. Many analogous analyses have been conducted, but none existed for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). Hence, we conducted a citation analysis of the hundred most cited and recently published articles on this topic.

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Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a genetically and clinically diverse disorder which is characterized by myoclonic jerks, usually after awakening from sleep. It affects both genders equally and manifests during the second decade of life. The various precipitating factors include stress, light, sleep deprivation, and alcohol.

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