Prenatal Diagnosis and Pregnancy Outcome Analysis of High-risk Fetuses Suggested by Noninvasive Prenatal Screening

Background Noninvasive prenatal screening is more effective in screening for fetal aneuploidy than does traditional serological screening.We attempted to analyze the real-world data about the positive predictive value (PPV) for chromosome aneuploidy, and chromosome copy number variation (CNV) obtained by noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) , and to

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Random embedded calibrated statistical blind steganalysis using cross validated support vector machine and support vector machine with particle swarm optimization

Abstract The evolvement in digital media and information technology over the past decades have purveyed the internet to be an effectual medium for the exchange of data and communication.With the advent of technology, the data has become susceptible to mismanagement and exploitation.This led to the emergence of Internet Security frameworks like Info

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Nationwide survey of Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome in Japan

Background There was no nationwide epidemiological study of Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) in Japan; therefore, we conducted a nationwide survey.Methods For the first survey, we sent survey sheets to randomly selected medical departments (n=7545) to obtain the number of LEMS who visited medical departments between 1 January 2017 and 31 De

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A familiar study on self-limited childhood epilepsy patients using hIPSC-derived neurons shows a bias towards immaturity at the morphological, electrophysiological and gene expression levels

Abstract Background Self-limited Childhood Epilepsies are the most prevalent epileptic syndrome in children.Its pathogenesis is unknown.In this disease, symptoms resolve spontaneously in approximately 50% of patients when maturity is reached, prompting to a maturation problem.The purpose of this study was to understand the molecular bases of this d

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