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Clinical Studies

• Open Access

  Moderately Hypofractionated Radiotherapy Without Chemotherapy in Elderly or Frail Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

  ANNEKE FRYEN, IRIS BRANDES, JÖRN WICHMANN, HANS CHRISTIANSEN, FRANK TAVASSOL, MARTIN DURISIN and ROLAND MERTEN

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1259-1266; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12825
• Open Access

  Enchondromas of the Hand: Curettage With Autogenous Bone vs. Bioactive Glass S53P4 for Void Augmentation

  NINA LINDFORS, ELIAS KUKKONEN, ANTTI STENROOS, PANU H. NORDBACK, TURKKA ANTTILA and SAMULI ASPINEN

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1267-1273; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12826
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  En Bloc Resection of Solitary Brain Metastasis: The Role of Perilesional Edema

  PLACIDO BRUZZANITI, PIERFRANCESCO LAPOLLA, ALESSIA D’AMICO, GIUSEPPA ZANCANA, MICHAEL KATSEV, MICHELA RELUCENTI, GIUSEPPE FAMILIARI, ANDREA MINGOLI, GIANCARLO D’ANDREA, ALESSANDRO FRATI, MAURIZIO SALVATI, ANTONIO SANTORO and PIETRO FAMILIARI

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1274-1284; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12827
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  Oral Misoprostol for the Induction of Labor: Comparison of Different Dosage Schemes With Respect to Maternal and Fetal Outcome in Patients Beyond 34 Weeks of Pregnancy

  OANA RATIU, DOMINIK RATIU, PETER MALLMANN, ALEXANDER DI LIBERTO, A. KUBILAY ERTAN, BERND MORGENSTERN, MICHAEL R. MALLMANN, SEBASTIAN LUDWIG, BERTHOLD GRÜTTNER, CHRISTIAN EICHLER, FABINSHY THANGARAJAH, ELENA GILMAN and JUDITH S. ABEL

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1285-1289; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12828
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  Ghost Ileostomy: Safe and Cost-effective Alternative to Ileostomy After Rectal Resection for Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis

  ALBERTO VEGA HERNÁNDEZ, JAKOB OTTEN, HILDEGARD CHRIST, CHRISTOPH ULRICI, ELVIN PIRIYEV, SEBASTIAN LUDWIG and CLAUDIA RUDROFF

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1290-1296; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12829
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  Prognostic Factors of Survival After Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer–The Impact of Smoking Pack Years

  ELISA M. WERNER, ESTHER GLATZEL, SABINE BOHNET, STEVEN E. SCHILD and DIRK RADES

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1297-1301; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12830
• Open Access

  Real-life Experience With Rituximab-CHOP Every 21 or 14 Days in Primary Mediastinal Large B-cell Lymphoma

  STAMATIS J. KARAKATSANIS, MARIA BOUZANI, ARGYRIS SYMEONIDIS, MARIA K. ANGELOPOULOU, SOTIRIOS G. PAPAGEORGIOU, MICHAIL MICHAIL, GABRIELLA GAINARU, GEORGIA KOURTI, SOTIRIOS SACHANAS, CHRISTINA KALPADAKIS, EIRINI KATODRITOU, THEONI LEONIDOPOULOU, IOANNIS KOTSIANIDIS, ELEFTHERIA HATZIMICHAEL, MARIA KOTSOPOULOU, MARIA DIMOU, ELENI VARIAMIS, DIMITRIOS BOUTSIS, NICK KANELLIAS, MARIA N. DIMOPOULOU, EVRIDIKI MICHALI, GEORGE KARIANAKIS, PANTELIS TSIRKINIDIS, CHRYSSA VADIKOLIA, CHRISTOS POZIOPOULOS, ANNA PIGADITOU, EFFIMIA VRAKIDOU, THEOPHANIS ECONOMOPOULOS, LYDIA KYRIAZOPOULOU, MARINA P. SIAKANTARIS, MARIE-CHRISTINE KYRTSONIS, KONSTANTINOS ANARGYROU, MARIA PAPAIOANNOU, EVDOXIA HATJIHARISSI, ELISSAVET VERVESSOU, MARIA TSIROGIANNI, MARIA PALASSOPOULOU, EKATERINI STEFANOUDAKI, PANAYIOTIS ZIKOS, PANAYIOTIS TSIRIGOTIS, GERASSIMOS TSOUROUFLIS, THEODORA ASSIMAKOPOULOU, EVGENIA VERROU, HELEN PAPADAKI, POLIXENI LAMPROPOULOU, MELETIOS-ATHANASIOS DIMOPOULOS, VASSILIKI PAPPA, KOSTAS KONSTANTOPOULOS, THEMIS KARMIRIS, PARASKEVI ROUSSOU, PANAYIOTIS PANAYIOTIDIS, GERASSIMOS A. PANGALIS and THEODOROS P. VASSILAKOPOULOS; the Hellenic Cooperative Lymphoma Group

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1302-1315; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12831
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  Analysis of Diagnostic Modalities in Hospital-admitted Patients Evaluated for COVID-19

  BENEDICT GEREKE, ANDREE FRIEDL, TILO NIEMANN, ROMANA CALLIGARIS-MAIBACH, HANS-RUDOLF SCHMID, CHIARA VANETTA, JONAS RUTISHAUSER and BENEDIKT WIGGLI

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1316-1324; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12832
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  Acute Appendicitis During Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Increasing Incidence of Complicate Appendicitis, Severity and Length of Hospitalization

  MARCO PELLICCIARO, GIANLUCA VANNI, SIMONA GRANDE, MARCO MATERAZZO, FRANCESCA SANTORI, TATIANA DI CESARE, MATTEO CIANCIO MANUELLI, DANIELE SFORZA, MASSIMO VILLA, DARIO VENDITTI and MICHELE GRANDE

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1325-1332; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12833
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  Timing and Duration of Axillary Lymph Node Swelling After COVID-19 Vaccination: Japanese Case Report and Literature Review

  NOBUYASU YOSHIMOTO, AKEMI YANAGI, SATORU TAKAYAMA, MASAKI SAKAMOTO, KEISUKE TOMODA, KEN ISHIKAWA, KOHEI TAKURA, AKIFUMI KAWATE, SHORYU TAKAYAMA, MASAKATSU YAMASHITA, SHINYA YAMAMOTO, KIOTO YOKOYAMA and HISANORI KANI

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1333-1336; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12834
• Open Access

  The Impact of COVID-19 Infection During the Postoperative Period After Surgery for Ovarian Cancer

  NICOLAE BACALBASA and IRINA BALESCU

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1337-1341; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12835
• Open Access

  The Effect of Convalescent Plasma in Patients With Covid-19 in Intensive Care Unit

  ALINA BEREANU, OVIDIU CRISAN, ANNE-MARIE CONSTANTIN, SIMONA CAINAP, CALIN CAINAP, RALUCA DRAGULESCU, RARES BEREANU, BOGDAN VINTILA, CORINA ROMAN and MIHAI SAVA

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1342-1348; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12836
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  COVID-19-associated Parotid Gland Abscess

  REINHARD E. FRIEDRICH, TABEA-LUISE DROSTE, FABIAN ANGERER, BOGDAN POPA, ROBERT KOEHNKE, MARTIN GOSAU and CHRISTIAN KNIPFER

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1349-1353; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12837
• Open Access

  Diffusion Restricted Lesions in the Splenium of the Corpus Callosum

  ALEX FÖRSTER, PAUL APFALTRER, MANSOUR AL-ZGHLOUL, HOLGER WENZ, ANGELIKA ALONSO and CHRISTOPH GRODEN

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1354-1359; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12838
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  Modification of the ALBI-PLT Score for the Prediction of High-risk Varices

  MINAKO INOUE-YURI, HIRAYUKI ENOMOTO, ICHIRO WAKABAYASHI, YUKIHISA YURI, NOBUHIRO AIZAWA, NAOTO IKEDA, TOMOYUKI TAKASHIMA, AOI FUJIWARA, RYOTA YOSHIOKA, SHOKI KAWATA, KOHEI YOSHIHARA, SHOGO OTA, RYOTA NAKANO, HIDEYUKI SHIOMI, TAKASHI NISHIMURA, SHUHEI NISHIGUCHI and HIROKO IIJIMA

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1360-1366; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12839
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  Selection Criteria for Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy With Special Emphasis on Laparoscopy as an Efficient Tool

  MIKLOS ACS, AYDIN DADRAS, SEBASTIAN BLAJ, HUBERT LEEBMANN and POMPILIU PISO

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1367-1374; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12840
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  Lower Bladder Toxicity of Salvage Versus Adjuvant Modern Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer Patients

  ANNAMARIA VINCIGUERRA, ANTONIETTA AUGURIO, CONSUELO ROSA, DAVID FASCIOLO, MARZIA BORGIA, VALENTINA MILONE, MICHELE MARCHIONI, MARTA DI NICOLA, DOMENICO GENOVESI and LUCIANA CARAVATTA

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1375-1382; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12841
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  Prognostic Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Clinical Outcomes in Lean Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

  MISATO HAMADATE, HIROAKI YOKOYAMA, SHUNTARO SAKAI, SHUN SHIKANAI, YUYA SORIMACHI, KEN YAMAZAKI, KAZUTAKA KITAYAMA, NAOTAKE MIURA, TAKASHI YOKOTA and HIROFUMI TOMITA

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1383-1390; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12842
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  Antihypertensive Drug Combinations Modify Cisplatin-induced Acute Kidney Injury

  KOJI TAKEUCHI, RINTARO SOGAWA, SATOKO TSURUHASHI, CHIKA MOTOOKA, SAKIKO KIMURA and CHISATO SHIMANOE

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1391-1396; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12843
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  Clinical Utility of Next-generation Sequencing in Real-world Cases: A Single-institution Study of Nine Cases

  MOONSIK KIM, JI YUN JEONG, NORA JEE-YOUNG PARK and JI YOUNG PARK

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1397-1407; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12844
• Open Access

  Physical Vascular Therapy (BEMER) Affects Heart Rate Asymmetry in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

  ZITA KRESKA, PÉTER MÁTRAI, BALÁZS NEMETH, BELLA AJTAY, ISTVÁN KISS, LÁSZLÓ HEJJEL and ZÉNÓ AJTAY

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1408-1415; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12845
• Open Access

  In Vivo Three-dimensional Morphological Assessment of Adult Knee Menisci: A Computed Tomography-based Approach

  MARIA G. CHIARILLI, ANDREA DELLI PIZZI, PIERO CHIACCHIARETTA, ANDREA PRATTICHIZZO, ANTONIETTA CIFARATTI, GIOVANNI CANNATARO and MASSIMO CAULO

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1416-1423; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12846
• Open Access

  Clinical Impact of Preoperative Albumin-Bilirubin Status in Esophageal Cancer Patients Who Receive Curative Treatment

  TORU AOYAMA, MIHWA JU, DAISUKE MACHIDA, KEISUKE KOMORI, HIROSHI TAMAGAWA, AYAKO TAMAGAWA, YUKIO MAEZAWA, KAZUKI KANO, KENTARO HARA, KENKI SEGAMI, ITARU HASHIMOTO, SHINSUKE NAGASAWA, MASATO NAKAZONO, TAKASHI OSHIMA, NORIO YUKAWA and YASUSHI RINO

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1424-1431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12847
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  Utility of Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal Repair of Inguinal Hernia Following Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy

  NAOTAKE FUNAMIZU, SHO MINETA, TAKAHIRO OZAKI, KOHEI MISHIMA, KAZUHARU IGARASHI, KENJI OMURA, YASUTSUGU TAKADA and GO WAKABAYASHI

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1432-1437; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12848
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  Glycemic Control in Patients Undergoing Treatment With Paritaprevir/Ombitasvir/Ritonavir and Dasabuvir for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection

  XENIA BACINSCHI, ADRIANA MERCAN-STANCIU, LETITIA TOMA, ANCA ZGURA, NICOLAE BACALBASA, CHEN-PENG IFRIM, CAMELIA DIACONU, LAURA ILIESCU and RADU VALERIU TOMA

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1438-1443; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12849
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  Association of Vitamin D Deficiency and Vitamin D Receptor Genetic Variants With Coronary Artery Disease in Type 2 Diabetic Saudi Patients

  ALAA SHAFIE, AHMAD EL ASKARY, MAZEN ALMEHMADI, HATEM H. ALLAM, LAMIAA K. ELSAYYAD, ASMAA F HASSAN, BADER B. ALTHOBAITI, AMIN NADHEEF, AISHA H. ALHARTHI and AMAL F GHARIB

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1444-1452; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12850
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  Topical Prevention of Radiation Dermatitis in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Network Meta-analysis

  YUNG-SHUO KAO, KEVIN SHENG-KAI MA, MIN-YOU WU, YAO-CHENG WU, YU-KANG TU and CHENG-HSIEN HUNG

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1453-1460; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12851
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  Evaluation of Medication Instruction Sheets for Patients Undergoing R-CHOP Therapy in Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

  MAYAKO UCHIDA, RIKA KAWAI, RIE HISAMITSU, SAYAKA MAI, SHIGERU ISHIDA, HIROYUKI WATANABE, TAKEHIRO KAWASHIRI, KOJI KATO, KEIKO HOSOHATA, TOSHIHIRO MIYAMOTO, NOBUAKI EGASHIRA, TSUTOMU NAKAMURA, KOICHI AKASHI and ICHIRO IEIRI

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1461-1467; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12852
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  Clinical Importance of Body Composition in Improving Bone Mineral Density of Femoral Neck After Denosumab Therapy in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis or Collagen Diseases

  MAI NAKANO, AKIMITSU MIYAKE, RYUICHIRO EGASHIRA, MARIKO TAKEUCHI, MISAKI MORIGUCHI, SATOKO TONARI, HITOMI SAITO, HIROKI NISHIKAWA, KIYOSHI MATSUI and KEISUKE HAGIHARA

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1468-1476; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12853
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  Endotoxin Activity Reflects an Increase in Body Temperature in Cirrhotic Patients With Ascites Undergoing Cell-free and Concentrated Ascites Reinfusion Therapy

  TADASHI NAMISAKI, YUKI TSUJI, MITSUTERU KITADE, NOBUYUKI YORIOKA, YUKIHISA FUJINAGA, YASUHIKO SAWADA, NORIHISA NISHIMURA, KOH KITAGAWA, TAKASHI INOUE, HIROAKI TAKAYA, KOSUKE KAJI, HIDETO KAWARATANI, KEI MORIYA, TAKEMI AKAHANE, AKIRA MITORO and HITOSHI YOSHIJI

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1477-1484; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12854
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  Prospective Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Radiation Pneumonitis and TGF-β1 in Exhaled Breath Condensate

  SHIGEO TAKAHASHI, MASAHIDE ANADA, TOSHIFUMI KINOSHITA, TAKAMASA NISHIDE and TORU SHIBATA

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1485-1490; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12855
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  Possible Alterations in Appetite-related Molecules After the Elimination of Hepatitis C Virus

  YOSHIHIRO SHIMONO, HIRAYUKI ENOMOTO, NOBUHIRO AIZAWA, TOMOYUKI TAKASHIMA, NAOTO IKEDA, YUKIHISA YURI, AOI FUJIWARA, KOHEI YOSHIHARA, RYOTA YOSHIOKA, SHOKI KAWATA, SHOGO OTA, RYOTA NAKANO, HIDEYUKI SHIOMI, TAKASHI NISHIMURA and HIROKO IIJIMA

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1491-1496; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12856
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  Role of MicroRNA-31 (miR-31) in Breast Carcinoma Diagnosis and Prognosis

  AMAL F. GHARIB, AMANY SALAH KHALIFA, EMAD MOHAMED EED, HAMSA JAMEEL BANJER, ASHJAN ALI SHAMI, AHMAD EL ASKARY and WAEL H. ELSAWY

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1497-1502; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12857
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  Resection of a Large Celiac Trunk Aneurysm Followed by Cadaveric Graft Reconstruction – A Case Report

  RADU ZAMFIR, ANDREI PARNIA, MARIA ELISABETA SERBAN, ALEXANDRU NOANA, TUDOR STOIAN, IRINA BALESCU, CLAUDIA STOICA and NICOLAE BACALBASA

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1503-1507; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12858
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  Facial Cutaneous Metastases of Gastric Signet-ring Cell Carcinoma: Resection and Reconstruction as a Palliative Surgical Treatment Option

  ANDRÉ M. ECKARDT and WALTER BACK

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1508-1512; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12859
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  Incidence of Epstein-Barr Virus Among Women With Breast Cancer Using Monoclonal Antibodies for Latent Membrane Protein 1 (LMP1)

  MAGDI M. SALIH, AMJED A. HIGGO, AMANY S. KHALIFA and EMAD M. EED

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1513-1518; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12860
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  Difficulty in Distinguishing Pulmonary Arterial Intimal Sarcoma from Pulmonary Thromboembolism Using FDG PET/CT

  HIROTAKA SUTO, MAKIKO SUTO, YUMIKO INUI and ATSUO OKAMURA

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1519-1522; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12861
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  Implementation of ^99mTc-GSA SPECT Image-guided Inverse Planning into Palliative Radiotherapy for Diffuse Liver Metastases: A Novel Approach

  RYO TOYA, TAKAHIRO WATAKABE, YUDAI KAI, TOMOHIKO MATSUYAMA, YOSHIYUKI FUKUGAWA, TADASHI MATSUMOTO, SHINYA SHIRAISHI, YOSHINOBU SHIMOHIGASHI, SHO SAEKI, TAKURO SAKAGAMI, TOSHINORI HIRAI and NATSUO OYA

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1523-1526; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12862
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  Cost-effectiveness of Iterative Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

  JAMES R.M. COLBOURNE, SAM T. ALHAYO, BEESHMAN NANDAKUMAR, SHOMA BARAT, WINSTON LIAUWI, DAVID L. MORRIS and NAYEF A. ALZAHRANI

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1527-1533; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12863
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  Admission Emergency Department Point-of-care Biomarkers for Prediction of Early Mortality in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage

  EUGENIA-MARIA MURESAN, ADELA GOLEA, STEFAN CRISTIAN VESA, IULIA GIVAN and LACRAMIOARA PERJU-DUMBRAVA

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1534-1543; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12864
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  Effect of New RCOG 2019 Curriculum and COVID 19 on Gynaecological Training in the U.K.

  ANAS BARAKAT, AEMN ISMAIL and SUPRATIK CHATTOPADHYAY

  In Vivo May 2022, 36 (3) 1544-1550; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12865