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Mashup Score: 3Takayasu Arteritis: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology - 5 month(s) ago
Takayasu arteritis is a rare, systemic, inflammatory large-vessel vasculitis of unknown etiology that most commonly affects women of childbearing age. It is defined as
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Coccidioidomycosis is caused by Coccidioides immitis, a soil fungus native to the San Joaquin Valley of California (see the image below), and by C posadasii, which is endemic to certain arid-to-semiarid areas of the southwestern United States, northern portions of Mexico, and scattered areas in Central America and South America. Although gene…
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two different forms - yeast or mold- depending on the environment. Meaning exists as a mold in the soil (with associated spores which spread the infection) and a yeast when it gets into the host (e.g. humans here). Think this is a good article on it https://t.co/GuJGfCWhNt
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Mashup Score: 1Gigantism and Acromegaly: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology and Etiology - 1 year(s) ago
Gigantism refers to abnormally high linear growth due to excessive action of insulinlike growth factor I (IGF-I) while the epiphyseal growth plates are open during childhood. Acromegaly is the same disorder of IGF-I excess but occurs after the growth plate cartilage fuses in adulthood.
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The presentation of patients with gigantism is usually dramatic, unlike the insidious onset of acromegaly https://t.co/X2twTAf64o https://t.co/ubt02GKInQ
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Mashup Score: 0Animal Bites to the Head and Neck: Practice Essentials, Pathophysiology, Epidemiology - 1 year(s) ago
Animal bites are not uncommon occurrences. However, victims who are treated in emergency centers represent only a small percentage of all bite victims.
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A literature review indicated that the rate of dog bites can be reduced through dog-control legislation, including leash laws and legislation aimed at stray dog control. Breed-specific legislation, however, was found to be less effective. https://t.co/a6ObmdOG43 https://t.co/o74cD07duV
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Mashup Score: 18Frontotemporal Dementia and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration: Overview, Etiology, Genetic Distribution and Variation - 1 year(s) ago
The presentation of degenerative disease in focal areas of the cerebral cortex is the hallmark of the family of diseases referred to as frontotemporal dementia (also termed frontotemporal lobar degeneration). Cases of elderly patients with progressive language deterioration have been described since Arnold Pick’s landmark case report of 1892.
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With the news from Bruce Willis' family that his aphasia diagnosis has progressed to frontotemporal dementia #FTD, here's an explainer: https://t.co/AzVlVNvcE0 https://t.co/C6fg8IY8ei
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Mashup Score: 0Prostate Cancer: Practice Essentials, Background, Anatomy - 1 year(s) ago
Prostate cancer is the most common noncutaneous cancer in men in the United States. An estimated one in six white men and one in five African-American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, with the likelihood increasing with age.
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After decades of declines, rates of #prostatecancer have been rising, increasing by 3% annually in recent years. #OncTwitter https://t.co/DsIIAzI4uR https://t.co/j0vzPH5rnC
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Mashup Score: 21Commotio Cordis: Background, Pathophysiology, Etiology - 1 year(s) ago
Sudden unexpected cardiac death that occurs in young people during sports participation is usually associated with previously diagnosed or undiagnosed structural or primary electrical cardiac abnormalities. Examples of such abnormalities include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, anomalous origin of a coronary artery, arrhythmogenic right ventricul…
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In any event, a recent review of commotio cordis notes that it's probably underreported and is one of the most common causes of cardiac arrest in young people. https://t.co/IWxvqJjEF5 https://t.co/idcuLkK4Qg
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Mashup Score: 6Breast Cancer: Practice Essentials, Background, Anatomy - 2 year(s) ago
Worldwide, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed life-threatening cancer in women. In less-developed countries, it is the leading cause of cancer death in women; in developed countries, however, it has been surpassed by lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in women.
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This clinical reference has been updated to include a review of race different responses in stage I-III hormone receptor–positive breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant endocrine therapy. https://t.co/GwXzijlbse https://t.co/H5uBXa5uIy
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Mashup Score: 1Ovarian Cancer Treatment Protocols: Treatment Protocols - 2 year(s) ago
Treatment protocols for ovarian cancer are provided below, including the following: Treatment by stage Treatment of patients with implants Consolidation therapy Treatment of recurrent disease General treatment approach Surgery is the initial modality of treatment for stage I-IVA epithelial ovarian cancer. Only a small percentage of women …
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Updated clinical reference for the treatment of #ovariancancer. https://t.co/sdteoKTKc8 https://t.co/1Ru3JBm6wT
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Mashup Score: 2Malignant Melanoma Guidelines: Screening, Clinical Presentation, Pathology Report, and Workup, Surgical Management - 2 year(s) ago
In 2009, the U.S.
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Newly updated malignant melanoma treatment guidelines. https://t.co/f7jIKn4qH6 #melsm https://t.co/XFFYvdLWzF
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Why would the patient have occlusion of both iliacs and subcalvian? https://t.co/glua6OhCQQ https://t.co/LLTr1USIsq