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To analyze the clinical characteristics and MRI imaging of the patients with pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) in the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University in the past four years, and to achieve better comprehension of this disease.

Ten patients with PSIS (9 males, 1 female) in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed, regarding clinical manifestation, laboratory data and MRI imaging.

The clinical features of 10 cases of PSIS were as follows growth retardation, 55% of patients with hypogonadism, 45% of patients with short stature; the dystocia rate at birth is as high as 90%, of which 61% are breech presentation and 27% are foot presentation; 10 patients with PSIS, the height was between 135 cm and 180 cm, the weight was between 31 kg and 93 kg, the lower part was larger than the upper part, and the finger distance was smaller than the height; bone age is behind 3~7 years old; normal intelligence; 10 patients have clinical manifestations of hypopituitary hypofunction; no manifestations of diabetes insipidus; MRI imaging of pituitary showed that the pituitary stalks were not shown, atrophy or aplasia of anterior pituitary, posterior pituitary ectopic.

The incidence of PSIS is low, and the etiology and pathogenesis are unknown. Appropriate hormonal replacement therapy is the only effective way but the timing of treatment is very important. Therefore, clinical doctors should strengthen the awareness of the disease, and master the clinical characteristics ofthe disease to grasp the timing of treatment.

The incidence of PSIS is low, and the etiology and pathogenesis are unknown. Appropriate hormonal replacement therapy is the only effective way but the timing of treatment is very important. Therefore, clinical doctors should strengthen the awareness of the disease, and master the clinical characteristics of the disease to grasp the timing of treatment.Neuroendocrine neoplasms comprise an ever greater ratio of primary gastrointestinal tract tumors, thanks to the improving diagnostics. The clinical presentation can be quite diverse depending on the type of the tumor. Imaging methods - both the spectrum of radiological methods and methods of nuclear medicine - are an integral part of the diagnostics. This article presents a case report of a 65-year old female patient, whose routine abdominal US scan performed as part of a preventive check-up revealed a suspicious liver incidentaloma. The case report presents the image of the pathology in various imaging modalities, radiologic and molecular/hybrid methods used in the differential diagnostic process of the lesion, as well as findings in follow-up examinations after histological verification of the lesion and an outline of further approach and treatment.It can be hard to get the work-life balance right in research and academia. There is no one-size-fits-all recommendation for 'the best work-life balance', as we all have different work-life priorities. But for scientists, at least, Nobel Laureates' thoughts on the matter may prove useful. As such, we describe and discuss, ten recommendations toward a good work-life balance voiced by ten 1996-2013 nobel laureates. "[Peter Medawar] told his young bride, pretentiously, that she had first claim on his love, but not on his time, made her buy her own wedding ring and often also her own Christmas presents. So preoccupied was he with his work that Jean had to be both father and mother to their four children". click here -Max Perutz (Perutz 2002).Infigratinib (TRUSELTIQTM), a fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR)-specific tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is being co-developed by QED Therapeutics and Helsinn for the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma, urothelial carcinoma and other FGFR-driven conditions. Infigratinib was recently approved in the USA for the treatment of previously treated, unresectable locally advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma with a FGFR2 fusion or other rearrangement as detected by a test approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. This article summarizes the milestones in the development of infigratinib leading to this first approval for advanced cholangiocarcinoma.Endometriosis is a gynecological disease affecting 6-10% of women of reproductive age. In addition to gynecologic symptoms, endometriosis is associated with various systemic effects, including inflammation, altered body weight, and behavioral changes. Previous murine studies demonstrate that endometriosis is causally inked to increased pain sensitization, behavioral changes, and low body mass index (BMI). One possible cellular target that may mediate some of these findings is the hypocretin/orexin neurons. This neuronal system plays a role in regulating wakefulness/sleep cycles, pain perception, and appetite. We hypothesize that endometriosis alters activity level of the hypocretin/orexin (Hcrt) neuronal system. Mice underwent endometriosis induction surgeries (endo) or sham surgeries (sham) for the development of the experimental model. Immunocytochemistry was performed on harvested samples from the lateral hypothalamus, and activation levels of Hcrt cells were examined by quantifying the expression of phosphorylation of cAMP-responsive element binding protein (CREB) in these cells after an acute stress in sham and endo mice. Mice with endometriosis had greater Hcrt neurons activation than sham mice. Mice with endometriosis fed with high fat diet showed a lower fat/body weight and fat/lean tissue ratio compared to mice without endometriosis. There was no significant difference in food intake between sham and endometriosis mice. These results demonstrate that endometriosis is associated with low body mass and increased hypocretin/orexin activity, which could be implicated in the behavioral changes and to differences in body composition.

The introduction of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) for relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) over the last two decades has prompted the economic assessments of these treatments by reimbursement authorities. The aim of this systematic literature review was to evaluate the modeling approach and data sources used in economic evaluations of DMTs for RMS, identify differences and similarities, and explore how economic evaluation models have evolved over time.

MEDLINE®, Embase®, and EBM Reviews databases were searched using Ovid® Platform from database inception on 25 December 2019 and subsequently updated on 17 February 2021. In addition, health technology assessment agency websites, key conference proceedings, and gray literature from relevant websites were screened. The quality of included studies was assessed using the Drummond and Philips checklists.

A total 155 publications and 30 Health Technology Assessment (HTA) reports were included. Most of these were cost-utility analysis (73 studies and 25 HTA reports) and funded by medicines manufacturers (n = 65).