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Pak J Med Sci
January 2025
Professor Khalid S. Khan, MSc. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Objective: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised studies in humans comparing the outcomes of switching to heated tobacco products (HTPs) versus continuing conventional tobacco smoking by burning.
Methods: We searched the electronic databases which included PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and Google Scholar from inception to May 2023. Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) in humans comparing HTPs with conventional burnt tobacco products were selected.
Front Allergy
January 2025
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States.
Introduction: Benralizumab is an interleukin 5-receptor-blocking drug registered for the treatment of eosinophilic asthma. It has proven efficient and safe in a small phase-II trial in hypereosinophilic syndrome and is currently being investigated in a larger, randomized phase-III trial. We report on real-world experience with benralizumab in 15 patients with severe Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) that were refractory to other treatments or on unacceptable steroid doses.
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January 2025
Department of Otolaryngology, People's Hospital of Jingshan, Jingshan Union Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jingmen City, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China.
This case involved a 21-year-old male patient who was admitted due to having a lump behind the left ear that had been present for 2 years and had gradually increased in size for over a year. This was accompanied by palpable hard masses on the same side of the neck. Laboratory tests indicated an elevated eosinophil count, and magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the "string-of-beads" sign in the left cervical lymph nodes.
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January 2025
Division of Allergy, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Saga Medical School, Saga, Japan.
Background: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a heterogeneous disease composed of different endotypes. It is important to develop useful biomarkers for endotyping UC; however, available biomarkers are insufficient. We have already established that periostin is a surrogate biomarker of type 2 inflammation.
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