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Acceptance and perceived efficacy of intraoral versus extraoral photobiomodulation for oral mucositis prevention in pediatric patients

Abstract Objective To compare acceptance, tolerability, and perceived efficacy of extraoral (EO) and intraoral (IO) photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) for oral mucositis (OM) prevention in pediatric oncology patients. Methods Caregivers of 32 pediatric patients undergoing chemothe...

Autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons underlie a third of cases of Chikungunya virus encephalitis or myelitis

Abstract Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection is typically not life-threatening but may, in rare cases, affect the central nervous system (CNS). In three cohorts of confirmed CHIKV cases from Martinique (French overseas territory) and Brazil (patients aged 0–89 years, n = 245), 20...