Croatian medical journal
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2021
Observational StudyApplicability and prognostic value of frailty assessment tools among hospitalized patients with advanced chronic liver disease.
To assess and compare the feasibility and prognostic value of various frailty assessment tools among decompensated cirrhosis inpatients. ⋯ Frailty assessment using the evaluated tools is feasible among hospitalized cirrhotic patients, identifying those with worse prognosis. CFS had the highest applicability and accuracy for the initial assessment and LFI for the initial and follow-up assessments.
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2021
Distribution of human papillomavirus genotypes in women with high-grade cervical intraepithelial lesions and cervical carcinoma and analysis of human papillomavirus-16 genomic variants.
To analyze the distribution of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) genotypes and the diversity of HPV-16 genomic variants in Croatian women with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) and cervical carcinoma. ⋯ HPV-16, mainly belonging to the European branch, was the most frequent HPV genotype in women from Croatia with histologically confirmed HSIL and cervical cancer.
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2021
Association of the imaging characteristics of desmoplasia on digital breast tomosynthesis and the Ki-67 proliferation index in invasive breast cancer.
To evaluate the imaging characteristics of desmoplasia on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and their association with the Ki-67 index. ⋯ The spiculation analysis could be used as a non-invasive method providing information about malignant lesions. The tumor proliferative activity, and therefore the patient's prognosis, might be predicted before biopsy directly from DBT images.