Lamina cribrosa curvature index: A reliable parameter to screen diabetic patients for glaucoma.

Purpose: To compare the translaminar pressure difference (TLPD), anterior lamina cribrosa surface depth (ALCSD), lamina cribrosa thickness (LCT), lamina cribrosa curvature index (LCCI) and peripapillary vascular density (pVD) in diabetic and healthy subjects.

Methods: Two hundred and eighty eyes of 140 patients (79 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) without diabetic retinopathy (DR) and 61 healthy subjects) were enrolled in this study. Full ophthalmological examination, as well as optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography (OCT-A) images, were analyzed.

A difficult diagnosis of anaplasmosis with pneumonia: A case report.

Anaplasmosis (Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, HGA), is a disease caused by but also formerly known as and . We present a 57-year-old male diagnosed with systemic HGA and lung involvement, who had lived in Benin. A possible tick bite had been reported in his history.

High-dose short-course oral corticosteroid protocol for treatment of primary frozen shoulder: a retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of high-dose prednisolone on the functional outcome of patients with early-stage primary frozen shoulder.

Methods: Eighteen patients treated with oral prednisolone at an initial dose of 1 mg/kg/day for primary frozen shoulder were retrospectively evaluated. The patients' range of motion, Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) score, Constant-Murley score, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) score, and visual analog scale score were recorded at baseline and at 4 weeks and 6 months after treatment.

Association between the anticancer efficacy of cabazitaxel and toll-like receptor 4 mediating signaling pathways in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer cells.

Background: We evaluated the effect of cabazitaxel (CAB) as a third-line taxane on Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-mediated signaling pathways, especially NF-κB activity, in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) cells.

Methods: CAB cytotoxicity was determined by WST-1 assay. To assess the relationship between CAB efficacy and TLR4 signaling pathways, RT-PCR, western blot and immunofluorescence analysis were performed.