Croatian medical journal
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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
Salivary cortisol response to psychosocial stress in patients with first-episode psychosis.
To analyze the difference in the salivary cortisol response to psychosocial stress between the patients with the first episode of psychosis (FEP) and the control group. ⋯ Patients with FEP respond differently to stressful stimuli than controls, as shown by the increased baseline salivary cortisol and blunted cortisol response, possibly indicating a greater vulnerability to psychosocial stress.
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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.