Publications by authors named "Parisa Khaghani"
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- Muscle biopsy is a standard method for diagnosing inflammatory myopathies, but researchers aimed to see if muscle ultrasound could provide a simpler, non-invasive alternative.
- The study involved 17 newly diagnosed patients and 17 healthy controls, comparing clinical assessments and muscle ultrasound measurements, revealing significant differences in muscle echo intensity and thickness.
- Results indicated that echo intensity scores were better at distinguishing between healthy and affected individuals than other tests, suggesting it could be a valuable diagnostic biomarker for inflammatory myopathies.
After its identification in 1980s, HIV has infected more than 30 million people worldwide. In the era of highly active anti-retroviral therapy, anti-retroviral drug resistance results from insufficient anti-retroviral pressure, which may lead to treatment failure. Preliminary studies support the idea that anti-retroviral drug resistance has evolved largely as a result of low-adherence of patients to therapy and extensive use of anti-retroviral drugs in the developed world; however, a highly heterogeneous horde of viral quasi-species are currently circulating in developing nations.
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