Kidney transplantation significantly enhances the survival rate and quality of life of patients with end-stage kidney disease. The ability to predict post-transplantation rejection events in...
Kidney transplantation is associated with a high risk of infectious complications due to immunosuppressive therapy. Although infections may be transmitted from donor to transplant recipient ...
Polycystic liver disease (PLD) is a common extrarenal manifestation of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Bile acids may play a role in PLD pathogenesis. We performed a po...
Neural tube defects (NTDs) are severe birth defects caused by nutritional, genetic or environmental factors. Because NTDs continue to have a significant health and economic impact on childre...
Brucellosis, a common zoonotic disease worldwide, can lead to serious complications in humans. In Oman, the disease occurs most often in the south, but is increasing in the north.Describe br...
Although most of the current medical education literature has focused on teaching strategies, little attention has been devoted to selecting appropriate course content. Despite elegant descr...
Mosquitoes are the vector of diseases that kill more than one million people per year worldwide. Surveillance systems are essential for understanding their complex ecology and behaviour. Thi...
Despite global tuberculosis (TB) interventions, the disease remains one of the major public health concerns. Kenya is ranked 15th among 22 high burden TB countries globally.A cross-sectional...
To develop a prototype of a decision aid to be used on a website for adults with hearing loss. Development was guided by the International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) and include...
Migrants in Europe face a disproportionate burden of undiagnosed infection, including tuberculosis, blood-borne viruses, and parasitic infections and many belong to an under-immunised group....
The Southern US is confronting bourgeoning HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemics among people who inject drugs (PWID), yet little is known about shared and unique risk factors across the...
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive cancer with a poor prognosis, which is lethal in approximately 90% of cases despite advanced standard therapies. A typical feature of...
Maribavir is an oral benzimidazole riboside for treatment of post-transplant cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection/disease that is refractory to prior antiviral treatment (with or without resistan...
Chronic inflammatory diseases (immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, IMID) can overlap or occur simultaneously due to clinical similarities. The resulting utilization of heathcare structure...
The prevalence of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), Crohn's (C) and ulcerative colitis (UC) has increased in Saudi Arabia during the past decade. Even though medical treatment is first-line...
Little is known about surgery for malignancy among people experiencing homelessness (PEH). Poor healthcare access may lead to delayed diagnosis and need for unplanned surgery. This study aim...
Novel histopathologic prognostic factors are needed to identify patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) at risk of inferior outcomes. Our primary objective was to evaluate the Ki-67 prolifera...
Objective Hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism are endocrinopathies that cause a decrease in bone mineral density. The aim of this study is to investigate possible bone changes in the mandible...
Observational studies have shown a causal association between dyslipidemia and osteoporosis, but the genetic causation and complete mechanism of which are uncertain. The disadvantage of prev...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate physical activity (PA) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children with oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in remission i...
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