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Background: Epilepsy is a common and chronic neurological disorder. The prevalence of drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) is reported as 25-30% among epileptic patients. So, there is a need of drugs for resistant epilepsy. Objective: To assess the effectiveness and tolerability of Lacosamide (LCM) as an add-on therapy in patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in our patient population. Methods and Material: A total of 43 patients with Drug Resistant Epilepsy were screened, and 32 were included in the study based on inclusion and exclusion criteria and Lacosamide was added as an add-on therapy, and the patients were prospectively followed up for a minimum 3 months. Out of 32 patients, 25 had focal and the remaining 7 were having generalized epilepsy. The Lacosamide dosage used was between 4 – 12mg/kg/day. Seizure frequency, adverse effects, and tolerability were noted in the study participants. Results: Two patients lost follow-up. Hence 30 patients were taken for intension to treat analysis. Out of 30 patients with DRE, 11(36.6%), 25(83.3%) had seizure reduction of more than 90%, 50%...
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A very tiny non-coding RNA molecule with a length of 20 to 24 nucleotides, called microRNAs or miRNAs. They control gene expression by targeting mRNAs with sequence-specificity. Depending on the degree of complementarity with the target mRNA sequences, this might result in translational repression or mRNA destruction. They are very crucial for controlling growth and development in plants. Researchers also agreed with the point that miRNAs are responsive to stress in plants. Growing in tropical and subtropical estuaries, mangrove is a very significant ecosystem both environmentally and commercially. But several natural processes, like sea level rise, salinity rise, and global warming, are disastrous for this flora, and some species are disappearing at a startling rate. Studying the function of these miRNAs in controlling mangrove homeostasis in that situation would be of utmost significance. In the most recent research, we discovered three miRNAs: ph-miR10630, ph-miR11471, and ph-miR10341 in Phoenix sp, that react to abiotic stress. This finding unmistakably indicates that miRNAs play a regulatory function in preserving cellular homeostasis. When...
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Background: Evidence based medicine (EBM) integrates the best available data from clinical research into clinical practice. Residents (PGs & CRRIs) are at the frontiers of healthcare who are still struggling to adapt the paradigm shift in the practice of medicine. This study aims to explore the knowledge and attitude of EBM among residents in a tertiary teaching hospital. Materials and Methods: After IEC approval, this cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted among PGs and CRRIs in Melmaruvathur Adhiparasakthi institute of medical sciences & Research for 3 months. All the 81 CRRIs and 51 PGs were enrolled. Written informed consent was obtained. The pre-validated, 20 questionnaires, designed based on McColl questionnaire has been used to obtain information about the knowledge (10 questions) and attitude (10 questions) of EBM. SPSS 21.0 was used for data analysis Results: Out of 132 participants, 63.81% had formal EBM training while, 21.21 % had no previous exposure. Regarding the knowledge of some commonly used technical terms in EBM, 84.31% (43) of PGs and 11.11% (9) of...
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Introduction: Preeclampsia (PE) is a common pregnancy-related hypertensive disorder that may result from abnormal placental development and is a major threat to the mother’s and foetus’s life. Methods: Placental miRNAs (miRNAs) profile was investigated using next-generation sequencing for the identification of potential biomarkers playing a role in aberrant placental development and to understand the pathophysiology(space between ‘the’ and ‘pathophysiology’) of PE. Placental tissues were collected from three patient groups (Control [n = 30], Early Onset of Preeclampsia (EOPE) [n = 30], and Late Onset of Preeclampsia (LOPE) [n = 30]) and performed miRNA profilingby Illumina sequencing, downstream analysis for identification, quantification and expression profiling is done by the quantifier.pl, script, and miRDeep2.pl, script. Results: Sequence analysis showed novel miRNAs that were disease-specific and common among all studied groups, suggesting the underlying placental pathologies in EOPE and LOPE. The real-time PCR analysis of 3 miRNAs (miR4743-5p, miR149-5p, and miR331-5p) was done, and observed differential expression in all three patient groups. MiRNA4743-5p was found to be significantly expressed EOPE when compared to control...
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Clitoria ternatea was selected because it possesses various medicinal compounds of great significance based on its usage as an ayurvedic drug to cure various diseases. This study helps to understand the significance of plant sources that possess pharmacological activities and is good for health on regular consumption. A comparative study was thus conducted to analyze the potential antioxidant activity by experimental quantifying the certain bioactive compounds present in the aqueous and methanolic extracts of the fresh and dry flowers of the blue flowered variety of Clitoria ternatea. This study showed that all the extracts possessed desirable antioxidant activity examined by DPPH assay and peroxide value assessment due to considerable amounts of secondary metabolites like flavonoids, phenols, steroids etc., determined quantitatively during the phytochemical analysis. Although the dry methanolic extract showed positive results overall during the phytochemical analysis, the fresh aqueous extract of C. ternatea showed the highest antioxidant property with 63.63% scavenging...
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