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Dzikowiec M, Lik P, Kiszałkiewicz J, Kuczyńska A, Mordalski M, Nejc D, Piekarski J, Brzeziańska-Lasota E, Pastuszak-Lewandoska D. Helicobacter pylori and Epstein-Barr Virus Co-Infection in Polish Patients with Gastric Cancer – A Pilot Study. Pol J Microbiol 2022; 71:123-129. [PMID: 35635161 PMCID: PMC9152908 DOI: 10.33073/pjm-2022-004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The infectious agents may be the etiological factor of up to 15–20% of cancers. In stomach cancer, attention is paid to Helicobacter pylori and Epstein-Barr virus, both of which cause gastritis and can lead to tumor development. In co-infection, the inflammatory process is much more intense. We assessed the seroprevalence towards H. pylori and EBV in 32 patients with diagnosed gastric cancer. H. pylori antibodies were found in 69% patients, and anti-EBV – in all of them. The study confirmed that co-infection of H. pylori and EBV seems to be important in etiopathology of gastric cancer. ![]()
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- Magdalena Dzikowiec
- Department of Biomedicine and Genetics, Chair of Biology and Medical Microbiology , Medical University of Lodz , Lodz , Poland
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- 2 Oncological Surgery Ward – Oncologic Surgery Clinic, Provincial Multispeciality Center of Oncology and Traumatology named after M. Kopernik in Lodz , Lodz , Poland
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- Department of Biomedicine and Genetics, Chair of Biology and Medical Microbiology , Medical University of Lodz , Lodz , Poland
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- Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Medical Immunology, Chair of Biology and Medical Microbiology , Medical University of Lodz , Lodz , Poland
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- Central Clinical Hospital of the Medical University of Lodz , Lodz , Poland
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- 2 Oncological Surgery Ward – Oncologic Surgery Clinic, Provincial Multispeciality Center of Oncology and Traumatology named after M. Kopernik in Lodz , Lodz , Poland
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- 2 Oncological Surgery Ward – Oncologic Surgery Clinic, Provincial Multispeciality Center of Oncology and Traumatology named after M. Kopernik in Lodz , Lodz , Poland
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- Department of Biomedicine and Genetics, Chair of Biology and Medical Microbiology , Medical University of Lodz , Lodz , Poland
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- Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Medical Immunology, Chair of Biology and Medical Microbiology , Medical University of Lodz , Lodz , Poland
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Kuczyński W, Wibowo E, Hoshino T, Kudrycka A, Małolepsza A, Karwowska U, Pruszkowska M, Wasiak J, Kuczyńska A, Spałka J, Pruszkowska-Przybylska P, Mokros Ł, Białas A, Białasiewicz P, Sasanabe R, Blagrove M, Manning J. Understanding the Associations of Prenatal Androgen Exposure on Sleep Physiology, Circadian Proteins, Anthropometric Parameters, Hormonal Factors, Quality of Life, and Sex Among Healthy Young Adults: Protocol for an International, Multicenter Study. JMIR Res Protoc 2021; 10:e29199. [PMID: 34612837 PMCID: PMC8529469 DOI: 10.2196/29199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background The ratio of the second finger length to the fourth finger length (2D:4D ratio) is considered to be negatively correlated with prenatal androgen exposure (PAE) and positively correlated with prenatal estrogen. Coincidentally, various brain regions are sensitive to PAE, and their functions in adults may be influenced by the prenatal actions of sex hormones. Objective This study aims to assess the relationship between PAE (indicated by the 2D:4D ratio) and various physiological (sex hormone levels and sleep-wake parameters), psychological (mental health), and sexual parameters in healthy young adults. Methods This study consists of two phases. In phase 1, we will conduct a survey-based study and anthropometric assessments (including 2D:4D ratio and BMI) in healthy young adults. Using validated questionnaires, we will collect self-reported data on sleep quality, sexual function, sleep chronotype, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. In phase 2, a subsample of phase 1 will undergo polysomnography and physiological and genetic assessments. Sleep architecture data will be obtained using portable polysomnography. The levels of testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, prolactin, melatonin, and circadian regulatory proteins (circadian locomotor output cycles kaput [CLOCK], timeless [TIM], and period [PER]) and the expression levels of some miRNAs will be measured using blood samples. The rest and activity cycle will be monitored using actigraphy for a 7-day period. Results In Poland, 720 participants were recruited for phase 1. Among these, 140 completed anthropometric measurements. In addition, 25 participants joined and completed phase 2 data collection. Recruitment from other sites will follow. Conclusions Findings from our study may help to better understand the plausible role of PAE in sleep physiology, mental health, and sexual quality of life in young adults. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/29199
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- Wojciech Kuczyński
- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Disorder Center, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Medical Immunology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Pathobiology of Respiratory Diseases, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Disorder Center, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom
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- Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise, and Medicine Research Centre, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom
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Bunting SY, Lapworth DJ, Crane EJ, Grima-Olmedo J, Koroša A, Kuczyńska A, Mali N, Rosenqvist L, van Vliet ME, Togola A, Lopez B. Emerging organic compounds in European groundwater. Environ Pollut 2021; 269:115945. [PMID: 33261962 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In Europe, emerging organic compounds (EOCs) in groundwater is a growing research area. Prioritisation for monitoring EOCs in Europe was formalised in 2019 through the development of the first voluntary groundwater watch list (GWWL). Despite this, groundwater occurrence data in the peer reviewed literature for Europe has not been reviewed to date. Questions surrounding the effect, toxicity, movement in the subsurface and unsaturated zone make the process of regulating EOC use difficult. The aim in Europe is to develop a unified strategy for the classification, and prioritisation of EOCs to be monitored in groundwater. This paper compiles evidence from the recent published studies from across Europe, since 2012, when the last major literature global review of EOCs in groundwater took place. A total of 39 studies were identified for review based on specific selection criteria (geography, publication date, sample size>10, inclusion of EOCs data). Data on specific compounds, and associated meta-data, are compiled and reviewed. The two most frequently detected EOCs, carbamazepine and caffeine, occurred in groundwater at concentrations of up to 2.3 and 14.8 μg/L, respectively. The most frequently reported category of compounds were 'Pharmaceuticals'; a highly studied group with 135 compounds identified within 31 of the 39 studies. In Europe, the majority of reviewed studies (23) were at a regional scale, looking specifically at EOCs in a specific city or aquifer. The use of analytical methods is not uniform across Europe, and this inevitably influences the current assessment of EOCs in groundwater. A correlation between the number of compounds analysed for, and the number detected in groundwater highlights the need for further studies, especially larger-scale studies throughout Europe. For the development of EU and national regulation, further work is required to understand the occurrence and impacts of EOCs in groundwater throughout Europe and elsewhere.
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- S Y Bunting
- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK.
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- Geological Survey of Slovenia, Department of Hydrogeology, Dimičeva ulica 14, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Polish Geological Institute, National Research Institute, ul. Rakowiecka 4, 00-975, Warsaw, Poland
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- Geological Survey of Slovenia, Department of Hydrogeology, Dimičeva ulica 14, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Geological Survey of Sweden, Box 670, SE-751 28, Uppsala, Sweden
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- TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- BRGM, (French Geological Survey) BP 6009, 45060, Orléans Cedex 2, France
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- BRGM, (French Geological Survey) BP 6009, 45060, Orléans Cedex 2, France
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Rysiak E, Kuczyńska A, Zareba I, Mróz R, Pałka J. EVALUATION OF THE TREATMENT COSTS OF ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS IN OUTPATIENTS. Acta Pol Pharm 2016; 73:239-245. [PMID: 27008818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between the costs of controlled and uncontrolled asthma therapy in outpatients care. To determine the efficacy of the medicinal care there was performed a retrospective study on a group of 150 patients. Thirty eight patients have been enrolled to study group. Drug costs were estimated on the basis of documentation of patients. The assessment takes into account the cost of the retail price of drugs, the cost of diagnostic tests and outpatient care. Evaluation of the costs of treatment of patients was performed from a societal perspective. In the study there was calculated the value of the daily, monthly and annual treatment of the patient depending on the degree of asthma control. There was analyzed the frequency of reception of certain preparations in the study group. It was compared the annual cost of therapy for the given preparation in both examined groups. The total annual costs of therapy in patients with controlled and uncontrolled asthma were compared. Properly controlled asthma is potential source of savings. Treatment of asthma in an outpatient setting allow to avoid exacerbation of the disease, reducing and limiting direct and indirect costs of disease and improving the quality of patient's life.
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Parnikoza I, Bublyk O, Andreev I, Spiridonova K, Gołębiewska J, Kubiak M, Kuczyńska A. Integrated assessment of the state of steppe perennial plant populations in Ukraine as exemplified by Iris pumila. Ukr Bot J 2014. [DOI: 10.15407/ukrbotj71.04.471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Kuczyńska A, Milczarski P, Surma M, Masojć P, Adamski T. Genetic diversity among cultivars of spring barley revealed by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). J Appl Genet 2001; 42:43-8. [PMID: 14564062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA) polymorphism was studied in 23 malting and non-malting spring barley cultivars included in the official list of Polish cultivated varieties. Twenty-four 10-mer primers were tested in each cultivar, giving altogether 149 amplification products, 45% of which were polymorphic. The number of polymorphic bands revealed by one primer ranged from 1 to 6, with an average of 2.8. Genetic distance for all pairs of compared varieties was estimated and a dendrogram was constructed using unweighted pair group method of arithmetic means. The genetic distance between cultivars ranged from 0.11 for cvs. Apex and Bryl to 0.62 for cvs. Orthega and Madonna. Of the seven malting cultivars only two (Brenda and Stratus) formed one group at D = 0.25. The genetic distance between cvs. Brenda and Scarlett, especially recommended for brewery, was equal to 0.34. The detected polymorphism appeared to be sufficient for assessing genetic distances between cultivars, but on the basis of this polymorphism groups of malting and non-malting cultivars were not clearly distinguished.
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- A Kuczyńska
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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Dobosz T, Lukienczuk T, Sasiadek M, Kuczyńska A, Jankowska E, Blin N. Microsatellite instability in thyroid papillary carcinoma and multinodular hyperplasia. Oncology 2000; 58:305-10. [PMID: 10838496 DOI: 10.1159/000012117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Microsatellite instability (MSI) is a molecular landmark of mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes. The impaired efficiency of DNA repair mechanisms promotes carcinogenesis as well as contributes to tumour progression. Until now, only few studies on MSI in thyroid tumours have been published. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate MSI as a possible characteristic feature of thyroid tumours. The analysis of 12 thyroid papillary carcinomas and 17 multinodular hyperplasias at 13 microsatellite loci showed MSI and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in both types of lesion, with more alterations noted in the papillary thyroid carcinomas (in 65%) than in multinodular hyperplasia (in 35%). In carcinomas, LOH occurred more frequently than MSI, while in multinodular hyperplasia the LOH/MSI ratio is almost equal.
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- T Dobosz
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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Pisarek-Miedzinska D, Czerkwiński J, Duchiński T, Suchecka A, Kuczyńska A. [Use of antibiotics for septic complications in obstetrics and gynecology]. Ginekol Pol 1997; 68:46-52. [PMID: 9296943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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There was made an evaluation of efficacy activities Glaxo's Company drug-Fortum among patients in whom during the post-operative course or during pregnancy were heavy life-threatening infections. Fortum drug was administered in 12 from 13 patients as a second course after the minimal period of 4th days of using antibiotics first course. In one causes Fortum drug was administered immediately after instrumental delivery. In all causes Fortum drug appeared efficacious and its administration in heavy infections caused in obstetrics and gynecology seems to be reasonable.
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- D Pisarek-Miedzinska
- Kliniki Ginekologíczno-Połozniczej Centrum Medycznego Kształcenia Podyplomowego w Warszawie
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Jankowicz E, Czerwińska-Ciechan K, Kuczyńska A, Sobaniec W. [A case of crossed aphasia in a right-handed person]. Neurol Neurochir Pol 1989; 23:142-4. [PMID: 2482452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A 17-year-old boy, right-handed, and without a family history of left-handedness is described. Occlusion of the right internal carotid artery caused in him left-sided hemiparesis with aphasia. The cross-aphasia of right-handed individuals is discussed in the light of literature reports.
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- A Członkowska
- Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
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Kaiser A, Makowska H, Haus O, Kuczyńska A, Pietraszko J, Szmajke K. [Psychological problems of patients with acute and chronic leukemia]. Pol Arch Med Wewn 1982; 68:205-13. [PMID: 7182824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Wegrzecka R, Kuczyńska A, Boczar A, Wieczorek P. [Evaluation of the A-p erythrocyte absorption test in the diagnosis of the hemolytic diseases of newborns in the ABO blood group system]. Pol Tyg Lek 1970; 25:1445-7. [PMID: 5470642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Pydzik T, Kuczyńska A, Hryniewiecki J. [Acute porphyria with clinical symptoms of ectopic pregnancy]. Ginekol Pol 1966; 37:201-3. [PMID: 5946848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Stasiński T, Kuczyńska A. [Mitral insufficiency due to a necrotic scar in a female patient with seizures of the Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome]. Pol Arch Med Wewn 1965; 35:735-737. [PMID: 5832908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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