Publications by authors named "M Buxo"

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  • * Key predictors for subclinical atherosclerosis included male sex, diabetic nephropathy, high HbA1c levels, older age, long diabetes duration, and tobacco use.
  • * The presence of subclinical atherosclerosis significantly increased the risk of major cardiovascular events and overall mortality, indicating a need for improved cardiovascular risk management in these patients.
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Background: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) can perform tasks of key relevance in fat cells, contributing, when defective, to the burden of obesity and its sequelae. Here, scrutiny of adipose tissue transcriptomes before and after bariatric surgery (GSE53378) granted identification of 496 lncRNAs linked to the obese phenotype. Only expression of linc-GALNTL6-4 displayed an average recovery over 2-fold and FDR-adjusted p-value <0.

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Objective: Contouring accuracy is critical in modern radiotherapy. Several tools are available to assist clinicians in this task. This study aims to evaluate the performance of the smoothing tool in the ARIA system to obtain more consistent volumes.

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Introduction: Memory deficit is one of the most common and severe cognitive impairments in patients with multiple sclerosis and can greatly affect their quality of life. However, there is currently no agreement as to the nature of memory deficit in multiple sclerosis.

Methods: This cross-sectional study, carried out at the Dr.

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Background: Cognitive impairment is present in 40-65% of patients with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). Objectively measured cognitive performance often does not match patients' subjective perception of their own performance.

Objective: We aimed to compare cognitive performance and subjective perception of cognitive deficits between pwMS and healthy controls (HCs), as well as the accuracy of subjective perception.

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