{"title":"Osteogenesis imperfecta.","authors":"Rimesh Pal, Varun Singla, Sanjay K Bhadada","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf099","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144009503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"X-linked Ichthyosis.","authors":"Chunyan Cao, Yiheng Zeng, Jiewen Zhang","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf070","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144053722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to: Impact of intravenous laser irradiation of blood on cognitive function and molecular pathways in long COVID patients: a pilot study.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf083","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144030667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Roth Spots in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Unveiling the Ocular Window to Systemic Disease.","authors":"Vipin Rana, Kanwaljeet Singh, Amit Nandan Tripathi, Ranjit Goenka, Ashish Markan, Raihan Mondal","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf100","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143980328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Errors in the Diagnostic Process Revisited - A Formidable Personal Challenge.","authors":"Ami Schattner","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf098","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent research reveals that diagnostic errors remain alarmingly common, calamitous-often leading to serious harm or death, costly, and complex to identify, study, and prevent. Interventions to decrease diagnostic errors have mostly been focused on system changes at the institutional level, which are hard and time-consuming to implement and have demonstrated mixed results. Based on recent research of the diagnostic process and identification of recurring breakdowns preceding errors, we believe that while system improvements are underway, the burden is on the individual practitioner in each encounter, predominantly in primary care, and suggest basic, easily-adopted techniques and strategies that are likely to yield an improved accuracy of diagnosis and better follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144041540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thyroid inferno of Graves' Disease.","authors":"Babu Ivan Mani, Abdus Samad Khan, Vui Heng Chong","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143991738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ngoc-Niem Bui, Shih-Chiang Huang, Thi Nhu Le Tran, Ngoc Hien Nguyen, Hang Nga Do, Ya-Fang Chiu, Chih-Ho Lai
{"title":"Association between Helicobacter pylori and Epstein-Barr virus co-infection and gastric cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Ngoc-Niem Bui, Shih-Chiang Huang, Thi Nhu Le Tran, Ngoc Hien Nguyen, Hang Nga Do, Ya-Fang Chiu, Chih-Ho Lai","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Co-infection with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been demonstrated in clinical studies; however, its association with gastric cancer (GC) remains uncertain.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aims to assess and establish evidence linking H. pylori and EBV co-infection to an increased risk of GC development.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a meta-analysis study to investigate the pooled odds ratios (OR) for individual infections and co-infections, and their association with the risk of GC development.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>EBV infection was more frequent in patients with GC than in non-GC patients (OR 4.98, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.17-7.85, p < 0.0001). H. pylori infection was associated with a significantly increased GC risk compared with a control group excluding gastritis cases (OR 1.42, 95% CI 1.02-1.99, p = 0.03). Nevertheless, the random-effects model revealed that the pooled odds of co-infection were significantly elevated (OR 2.57, 95% CI 1.65-4.01, p < 0.0001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Both H. pylori and EBV infections increase the risk of developing GC. The co-infection of H. pylori and EBV was linked to a 2.57-fold higher risk of GC, indicating the significance of incorporating both infections into diagnostic and treatment approaches for GC.</p>","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144042490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to: Darling tongue.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf061","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144014605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhi-Yu Duan, Guang-Yan Cai, FengKun Chen, SuXia Wang, Xu Zhang, Yan Song
{"title":"A Rare Case of Immunotactoid Glomerulopathy with IgG3 Lambda Staining.","authors":"Zhi-Yu Duan, Guang-Yan Cai, FengKun Chen, SuXia Wang, Xu Zhang, Yan Song","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf095","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144012478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1).","authors":"Hitisha Mittal, Shagun Korla","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf094","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144022076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}