Publications by authors named "O N Epifanova"

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  • Netakimab has shown effective results in controlled trials for treating ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and this study investigates its efficacy and safety in everyday clinical settings over a year.
  • The observational study included 137 patients from 23 centers in Russia, focusing on retention rates and the impact of netakimab therapy at multiple time points during the year.
  • Findings revealed that 90.4% of patients continued treatment after one year, and significant improvements were observed in disease activity scores, with only a small percentage experiencing adverse effects.
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Early diagnosis of tick-borne borreliosis determines the indications for etiotropic therapy, and the detection of borrelia in a tick that has bitten you serves as the basis for antibiotic prophylaxis. To determine the causative agent of borreliosis, PCR methods are most widely used, which requires special conditions for organizing the work of laboratories and the use of expensive equipment. In addition, the procedure for isolating bacterial DNA and subsequent amplification takes several hours of working time.

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The paper describes a case of primary diagnosis of functioning patent ductus arteriosus in a 75-year-old female patient.

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Aim: To assess joint and extraarticular wrist lesions in RA patients with arthrosonography in the disease duration up to 6 months.

Material And Methods: 38 RA patients aged 40 +/- 10.5 years (25 females and 13 males) entered the study.

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To study further the factors providing for cellular quiescence, we used okadaic acid (OA) at concentrations (0.1, 1, 10 or 100 nM) inhibiting type 1 and/or type 2A protein phosphatases in mammalian cell cultures. Brief (2 h) exposure of resting (0.

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