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Bladder leiomyoma treated with transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT): Case report
(2022-07)Introduction and importance: Bladder leiomyomas are rare benign mesenchymal tumors, accounting only about 0.43 % of all bladder tumors. These tumors are classified based on their location, where they can be endovesical, ... -
Blending Gagne’s Instructional Model with Peyton’s Approach to Design an Introductory Bioinformatics Lesson Plan for Medical Students: Proof-of-Concept Study
(2018)Background: With the rapid integration of genetics into medicine, it has become evident that practicing physicians as well as medical students and clinical researchers need to be updated on the fundamentals of bioinformatics. ... -
Blood and Salivary Amphiregulin Levels as Biomarkers for Asthma
(2020)Background: Amphiregulin (AREG) expression in asthmatic airways and sputum was shown to increase and correlate with asthma. However, no studies were carried out to evaluate the AREG level in blood and saliva of asthmatic ... -
BMC health services research title: the 2020 blast in the port of Beirut: can the Lebanese health system “build back better”?
(2020)Abstract: The August 2020 explosion in Lebanon resulted in casualties, injuries, and a great number of internally displaced persons. The blast occurred during an economically and politically complex time in the country. ... -
BMI is inversely correlated to the risk of mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized for acute heart failure: Findings fromthe Gulf aCute heArt failuRE (Gulf-CARE) registry.
(2017-02-27)Background: A U-shaped relationship has been reported between BMI and cardiovascular events among patients with acute heart failure (AHF). We hypothesized that an obesity paradox also governs the relationship between BMI ... -
Boering’s Arthrosis of the Temporomandibular Joint in a 9-Year-Old Girl; a Case Report
(2020)Abstract: Boering’s arthrosis is a rare disorder of the temporomandibular joints that usually occurs in the second decade and seldom after age 20. It was first described by G. Boering in 1966. It is more common in females ... -
Bone marrow mammaglobin‑1 (SCGB2A2) immunohistochemistry expression as a breast cancer specific marker for early detection of bone marrow micrometastases
(2020)Abstract: Despite all the advances in the management of breast cancer (BC), patients with distance metastasis are still considered incurable with poor prognosis. For that reason, early detection of the metastatic lesions ... -
Burden, Treatment Patterns and Unmet Needs of Osteoarthritis in Dubai: a Retrospective Analysis of the Dubai Real-World Claims Database
(2021)Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease that impacts 3.3–3.6% of population globally with significant health and societal impact. The current study assessed the disease burden, treatment patterns, ... -
C-C chemokine receptor type 5 links COVID-19, rheumatoid arthritis, and Hydroxychloroquine: in silico analysis
(2020)Abstract: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) represent one of the fragile patient groups that might be susceptible to the critical form of the coronavirus disease − 19 (COVID-19). On the other side, RA patients have ... -
A Call for Action to Safely Deliver Oral Health Care during and Post COVID-19 Pandemic
(2020)Abstract: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak started just a couple of months ago and it grew rapidly causing several deaths and morbidities. The mechanism behind the transmission ... -
Can Generalized Poisson model replace any other count data models? An evaluation
(2021)Background: Count data represents the number of occurrences of an event within a fixed period of time. In count data modelling, overdispersion is inevitable. Sometimes, this overdispersion may not be just due to the ... -
Can We Decrease Epicardial and Pericardial Fat in Patients With Diabetes?
(2021)Abstract: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic and complex metabolic disorder and also an important cause of cardiovascular (CV) disease (CVD). Patients with type 2 DM (T2DM) and obesity show a greater propensity for ... -
Capillaria hepatica (syn. Calodium hepaticum) as a Cause of Asymptomatic Liver Mass
(2021)Abstract: Capillaria hepatica (syn. Calodium hepaticum) is a parasitic nematode of rodents, rarely infecting humans. An asymptomatic Israeli adult male with extensive travel history was diagnosed with a liver mass on ... -
Cardiac Screening To Mitigate The Risk Of Sudden Cardiac Death In Middle Eastern And African Competitive Athletes. A Systematic Review
(2020)Objective: The study aims to review the literature regarding abnormalities predisposing to Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) in young Middle Eastern and African competitive athletes between the years 2009e2019 and aims to assess ... -
Cardiovascular medications and regulation of COVID-19 receptors expression
(2020)Introduction: Emerging epidemiological studies suggested that Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors may increase infectivity and severity of COVID-19 by modulating the expression of ACE2. Methods: ... -
Cardiovascular risk factor burden in Africa and the Middle East across country income categories: a post hoc analysis of the cross-sectional Africa Middle East Cardiovascular Epidemiological (ACE) study
(2018-02-12)Background: A significant number of cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related deaths occur in developing countries. An increasing prevalence of CVD is associated with a change in the macro-economy of these countries. In this ... -
CART Cell Toxicities: New Insight into Mechanisms and Management
(2020)Abstract: T cells genetically engineered with chimeric antigen receptors (CART) have become a potent class of cancer immunotherapeutics. Numerous clinical trials of CART cells have revealed remarkable remission rates in ... -
A Case of COVID-19-Associated Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Shock Managed by Cytokine Filtration
(2022)Abstract: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) after COVID-19 has been recognized as a complication arising due to cytokine storm. Several management strategies including intravenous immunoglobulin and ... -
Case Report: A Case of Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency, Type III Presenting With Impaired Platelet Function, Lymphocytosis and Granulocytosis
(2021)Abstract: Fermitin family homolog 3 (FERMT3), alternatively kindlin-3 (KIND3), is an integrin binding protein (of 667 residues) encoded by the FERMT3 gene. The molecule is essential for activating integrin aIIbb3 (the ... -
Case Report: BCG-Triggered Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in an Infant With X-Linked Recessive Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Disease Due to a Variant of Chronic Granulomatous Disease
(2021)Abstract: In the United Arab Emirates, BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) is administered to all newborns. We present here a young infant with an inborn error of immunity (IEI) who developed fatal adverse events to this ...