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Multiple submandibular gland sialolithiasis: An unusual presentation of a common condition

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-04-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100502

Alexandra Cortés Arciniegas , Santiago Almanzo , Saúl Astray Gómez , Germán Martín Viguer , Diego Collado Martín , José María Perolada Valmaña , Miguel Armengot Carceller

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Association between post COVID-19-related symptoms and quality of life two to three weeks after hospitalization: A cross-sectional study

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-04-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100501

Dafinë Ibrahimi Kaçuri , Samire Beqaj , Arbnore Ibrahimaj Gashi , Arben Boshnjaku , Ardiana Murtezani , Merita Qorolli

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Dilated cardiomyopathy following mesalazine treatment

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100500

Bruno Bragança, Rafaela G. Lopes, Inês G. Campos, Hugo Antunes, Isabel Cruz, João Azevedo, Aurora Andrade

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Fe de errores sobre artículos publicados en Medicina Clínica Práctica

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-03-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100499

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A foreign body identified in the X-ray

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100497

Makram Tbini , Ines Riahi , Chaima Ben Ammar , Mamia Ben Salah

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Long-term health and psychological complications in recovered COVID-19 patients: A study in Dhaka city

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100493

Md. Monir Hossain Shimul , Salamat Khandker , Salim Khan

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Chondrodysplasia Punctata and Airway: An Anesthetic Challenge in Pediatrics

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100498

Santiago Almanzo , Javier Mas-Sabater , Agustín Alamar-Velázquez , Miguel Armengot-Carceller

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Give me more gasoline

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100494

Alejandro del Caño Garrido , María Gómez Caballero

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Sixth nerve palsy revealing a nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100492

Makram Tbini , Salma Bessioud , Nawress Thabet , Mamia Ben Salah

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Bilobar pneumonia diagnosed by lung ultrasound in a patient with progressive dysphagia

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100495

José Luis Almenara-Abellán , Eduardo Paños-Maturana , Antonio Jesús Martin-Jiménez

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