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ABSTRACT Background Minimally invasive left pancreatectomy (MILP) has become the preferred approach to treat lesions of the pancreatic body and tail. However, the procedure may require conversion to open surgery, with reported conversion rates varying widely in the literature. Th...
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Background: Structural brain changes during the earliest asymptomatic stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remain poorly understood. Previous research in preclinical AD shows heterogeneous findings, reporting both subtle neuronal loss and paradoxical increases in grey matter (GM) v...
- Biology
Ciliogenic pancreatopathy reveals a link between ciliopathies and exocrine pancreatic disease
Abstract Background While pancreatic cysts have been described in syndromic ciliopathies, the pancreas is not commonly recognized as a target organ. However, several ciliary gene knockout mouse models develop a pancreatic phenotype combining acinar atrophy and adipocyte accumulat...
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Sex differences influence the epidemiology and clinical expression of kidney diseases. Most primary glomerulonephritis shows male predominance, whereas lupus nephritis remains strongly female-biased. Large national cohorts with sex-stratified analyses are limited. We analysed all...
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Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is one of the most common neurodegenerative dementias in older adults but remains frequently underdiagnosed in routine clinical practice. Epidemiological data are limited and heterogeneous, and only a small number of population-based studies have a...
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ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to identify sex‐specific eating behavior profiles and assess the associations between eating behaviors subscales and profiles and body composition indices in Spanish preschoolers from the CORALS cohort. Methods We conducted a cross‐sectional an...
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Background Caring for individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is increasingly recognized as a significant clinical challenge. However, the latent burden, driven by perceived stigma and gender-specific vulnerabilities, remains poorly characterized during these early stage...
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Healthcare systems worldwide face mounting pressure to deliver high-quality care while enhancing efficiency and sustainability. Nurse-led interventions have emerged as promising strategies to optimize care delivery, particularly within value-based health systems. However, a compr...
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The first 72 hours of acute pancreatitis: patterns of variability in early clinical decision-making
To assess real-world adherence to evidence-based international guidelines in the early management of acute pancreatitis (AP), and to identify how variability in clinical decision-making is distributed during the first 72 h of care. This multicentre, cross-sectional survey was con...