CONCLUSION: Selective [^(18)F]FDG-PET/CT in patients with high-risk MRI findings yields better detection of LNM than MRI alone, and similar diagnostic performance to that of MRI and [^(18)F]FDG-PET/CT in all.

Mitochondrial disease is among the most commonly occurring metabolic disorders and is relevant for many medical specialties. This clinical review article discusses one of the most common mutations causing mitochondrial disease, namely m.3243A>G. The...

BACKGROUND: Nursing home residents were particularly vulnerable to a serious clinical course of COVID-19. It was therefore decided early in the pandemic that nursing homes needed to be protected through measures such as testing and isolation regimen...

CONCLUSION: PA performance, especially activities at moderate and high intensities, decreased during the pandemic in PwMS compared to pre-pandemic. Walking and using wearables gained popularity to stay active. As we move towards an endemic-COVID-19,...

Patients with loss of function in the gene encoding the master regulator of central tolerance AIRE suffer from a devastating disorder called autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APS-1), characterized by a spectrum of autoimmune diseases and sev...

In this study we have compared two modalities for flow quantification from measurement data; ultrasound (US) and shadow particle image velocimetry (PIV), and a flow simulation model using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). For the comparison we hav...

CONCLUSION: We conclude that implementation of a Whole Blood based emergency transfusion program is feasible on all health care levels and that a preplanned civilian walking blood bank should be considered in locations were prolonged transport-times...

CONCLUSION: Nearly 11 years after establishment of the programme, locally trained highly qualified anaesthetists work in Ethiopia's major hospitals throughout the country.

History of influenza A/H3N2 exposure, especially childhood infection, shape antibody responses after influenza vaccination and infection, but have not been extensively studied. We investigated the breadth and durability of influenza A/H3N2-specific ...

CONCLUSION: Our results demonstrate that DNA methylation patterns in breast tumors change in response to NACT. These changes in DNA methylation show potential as prognostic biomarkers for breast cancer survival.