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Diagnostics, Volume 11, Issue 1

January 2021 - 146 articles

Cover Story: For decades, clinical attention to cachexia, often confused with anorexia, has been neglected. The diagnostic definition of cachexia itself has only recently been approved, which should help to avoid underestimation or mismanagement of this syndrome. Since then, the consensus definition of cachexia has constantly evolved (with growing importance given to functional and biochemical parameters to assess cachexia) and has even been finely tuned to distinguish its stages and degrees of severity. This review aims to pinpoint the major criteria to diagnose cachexia, highlighting the evolving importance of these criteria and distinguishing cachexia from other forms of muscle waste. View this paper.
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Articles (146)

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
10,923 Views
12 Pages

A Broader Perspective on the Prenatal Diagnosis of Cornelia de Lange Syndrome: Review of the Literature and Case Presentation

  • Anca Maria Panaitescu,
  • Simona Duta,
  • Nicolae Gica,
  • Radu Botezatu,
  • Florina Nedelea,
  • Gheorghe Peltecu and
  • Alina Veduta

Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CDLS) is caused by pathogenic variants in genes which are structural or regulatory components of the cohesin complex. The classical Cornelia de Lange (CDLS) phenotype is characterized by distinctive facial features, growth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,675 Views
9 Pages

(1) Background: The mechanism of platinum resistance in ovarian cancer is not fully clarified, but the properly functioning DNA repair mechanism can counteract the effect of conventional anticancer treatment. The objective of our study was to evaluat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,009 Views
27 Pages

Long Non-Coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in Cardiovascular Disease Complication of Type 2 Diabetes

  • Nurruzanna Ismail,
  • Noraidatulakma Abdullah,
  • Nor Azian Abdul Murad,
  • Rahman Jamal and
  • Siti Aishah Sulaiman

The discovery of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) has opened a new paradigm to use ncRNAs as biomarkers to detect disease progression. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) have garnered the most attention due to their specific cell-origin and their existence in bio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,654 Views
15 Pages

Background: Due to its association with the risk of falling and consequent injury, the importance of agility is widely recognized, but no study so far has examined the different facets of agility in an untrained/clinical population. The aim of this s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,822 Views
14 Pages

White Matter Microstructural Differences between Hallucinating and Non-Hallucinating Schizophrenia Spectrum Patients

  • Justyna Beresniewicz,
  • Alexander R. Craven,
  • Kenneth Hugdahl,
  • Else-Marie Løberg,
  • Rune Andreas Kroken,
  • Erik Johnsen and
  • Renate Grüner

The relation between auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) and white matter has been studied, but results are still inconsistent. This inconsistency may be related to having only a single time-point of AVH assessment in many studies, not capturing tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,122 Views
13 Pages

Costs of Point-of-Care Viral Load Testing for Adults and Children Living with HIV in Kenya

  • Michelle Ann Bulterys,
  • Patrick Oyaro,
  • Evelyn Brown,
  • Nashon Yongo,
  • Enericah Karauki,
  • James Wagude,
  • Leonard Kingwara,
  • Nancy Bowen,
  • Susan Njogo and
  • Anjuli D. Wagner
  • + 5 authors

Background: The number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in need of treatment monitoring in low-and-middle-income countries is rapidly expanding, straining existing laboratory capacity. Point-of-care viral load (POC VL) testing can alleviate the burd...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,401 Views
13 Pages

Radiological Findings in Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT) of Hereditary and Sporadic Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease: Certainties and Uncertainties

  • Marta Pérez Núñez,
  • Sergio Alonso Charterina,
  • Carmen Pérez-Olivares,
  • Yolanda Revilla Ostolaza,
  • Rafael Morales Ruiz,
  • Ana Belén Enguita Valls,
  • Jair Antonio Tenorio,
  • Natalia Gallego Zazo,
  • Alicia De Pablo Gafas and
  • Pablo Lapunzina
  • + 2 authors

Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a very infrequent form of pulmonary arterial hypertension with an aggressive clinical course, poor response to specific vasodilator treatment, and low survival. Confirming a definitive diagnosis is essential...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,253 Views
16 Pages

Viscoelastic Hemostatic Assays and Platelet Function Testing in Patients with Atherosclerotic Vascular Diseases

  • Matej Samoš,
  • Ingrid Škorňová,
  • Tomáš Bolek,
  • Lucia Stančiaková,
  • Barbora Korpallová,
  • Peter Galajda,
  • Ján Staško,
  • Peter Kubisz and
  • Marián Mokáň

Platelets play crucial role in acute vascular atherosclerotic diseases, including myocardial infarction and stroke. Additionally, platelet aggregation is a key target of antiplatelet agents, forming the keystone of pharmacotherapy of various atherosc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,116 Views
10 Pages

Body Mass Index in Patients Treated with Cabozantinib for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma: A New Prognostic Factor?

  • Matteo Santoni,
  • Francesco Massari,
  • Sergio Bracarda,
  • Giuseppe Procopio,
  • Michele Milella,
  • Ugo De Giorgi,
  • Umberto Basso,
  • Gaetano Aurilio,
  • Lorena Incorvaia and
  • Angelo Martignetti
  • + 10 authors

We analyzed the clinical and pathological features of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients treated with cabozantinib stratified by body mass index (BMI). We retrospectively collected data from 16 worldwide centers involved in the treatment of RCC. Ove...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,566 Views
13 Pages

The Added Value of [18F]FDG PET/CT in the Management of Invasive Fungal Infections

  • Alfred O. Ankrah,
  • Dina Creemers-Schild,
  • Bart de Keizer,
  • Hans C. Klein,
  • Rudi A. J. O. Dierckx,
  • Thomas C. Kwee,
  • Lambert F. R. Span,
  • Pim A. de Jong,
  • Mike M. Sathekge and
  • Andor W. J. M. Glaudemans

Anatomy-based imaging methods are the usual imaging methods used in assessing invasive fungal infections (IFIs). [18F]FDG PET/CT has also been used in the evaluation of IFIs. We assessed the added value of [18F]FDG PET/CT when added to the most frequ...

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