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Geriatr Nurs
December 2024
Department of Geriatrics, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China. Electronic address:
Objective: To assess muscle loss via ultrasound in the elderly and its link to clinical outcomes and risk factors.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study assessed muscle loss in hospitalized elderly via ultrasound, comparing bilateral anterior thigh thickness (BATT) at admission and after seven days, exploring its relation to hospital-acquired complications (HACs).
Results: In 86 patients (mean age 83.
Neuroimage
December 2024
School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China. Electronic address:
Understanding how children acquire syntactic structures from a limited set of grammatical rules and use them creatively to convey meaning has been a longstanding interest for scientific communities. Previous studies on syntactic development have revealed its close correlation with the development of vocabulary and working memory. Our study sought to elucidate how the relations between syntactic processing, word processing, and working memory were instantiated in the brain, and how earlier neural patterns might predict language abilities one year later.
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December 2024
Clinical Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, GBR.
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common hereditary peripheral neuropathy. It presents a wide range of genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity. CMT disease type 1A (CMT1A), caused by PMP22 gene duplication, represents the most common subtype of CMT in Western countries.
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December 2024
Centro de Atenção Especializada do Tratamento da Dismetria e Deformidades do Aparelho Locomotor, Instituto Nacional de Traumatologia e Ortopedia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
The present study aims to demonstrate the radiological angular parameters of a sample of patients treated at our institution and to compare the radiological abnormalities with other classifications or parameters from the literature. We evaluated a sample of patients submitted to panoramic radiographic examinations of the lower limbs. The inclusion criteria were: (1) Patients without knee osteoarthritis as assessed by an orthopedist.
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December 2024
Department of Science and Education, Dalang Hospital, Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
This study aims to evaluate the ultrasonographic features associated with testicular infarction, determine the diagnostic effectiveness of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in assessing the testicular vascular system, and investigate the etiological factors contributing to testicular infarction. A retrospective analysis was performed involving 12 patients with confirmed testicular infarction. Each participant underwent standard superficial ultrasound examinations, followed by CEUS.
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