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Prominent autistic traits and subthreshold bipolar/mixed features of depression in severe anorexia nervosa

Objective: Autistic traits are associated with a burdensome clinical presentation of anorexia nervosa (AN), as is AN with concurrent depression. The aim of the present study was to explore the intertwined association between complex psychopathology combining autistic traits, subthreshold bipolarity, and ...

Intra- and interobserver reliability of a modified distraction test based on digital images to assess lower eyelid horizontal tension

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 83 (2), 2020
ABSTRACT Purpose: Inferior eyelid laxity is classically evaluated using "snap-back" and "distraction" tests. This study aimed to assess the reproducibility of the technique used to indirectly quantify the horizontal tension in the lower eyelids using digital image processing. Methods: This longitudinal...

Junctional zone in infertile women: a three-dimensional ultrasound study

Abstract Objective To analyze the interobserver and intraobserver reproducibility of the visualization and continuity of the juncional zone (JZ) by three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound in infertile women, and to evaluate the sociodemographic, hormonal, and structural factors that influence these assessment...

Intraobserver and interobserver reliability of the lenke classification among spine surgeons

Coluna/Columna; 19 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective The objective of this study was to analyze the intraobserver and interobserver reliability of the Lenke classification among spine surgeons from the city of Salvador, Bahia. Methods Preoperative imaging (front, profile and lateral inclinations) examinations of 20 patients at the Ou...

Análisis de concordancia de tres clasificaciones de terceros molares mandibulares retenidos

Gac. méd. Méx; 156 (1), 2020
Resumen Introducción: Las clasificaciones de Pell y Gregory y de Winter son básicas en la categorización de terceros molares; la clasificación de Sánchez Torres es usada en México, pero no había sido evaluada previamente. Objetivo: Evaluar el grado de acuerdo en la valoración radiográfica de t...

Agreement between software programmes of body composition analyses on abdominal computed tomography scans of obese adults

ABSTRACT Objective A large number of studies have used abdominal computed tomography (CT) to quantify body composition, and different software programmes have been used to perform these analyses. Thus, this comparison is important to enable researchers to know the performance of more accessible softwar...

Diagnostic parameters and reliability of four rapid immunochromatographic tests for dengue 4

Braz. j. infect. dis; 24 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: Although performance of rapid immunochromatographic tests (RITs) for dengue virus (DENV) serotypes 1, 2 and 3 is relatively settled, evidence on accuracy of RITs for DENV-4 are based on studies with small sample sizes and with discrepant results. Objectives: To assess accuracy and ...

Agreement between surgical and histopathological findings in patients with acute appendicitis at a level III hospital in Bogotá, Colombia

Rev. colomb. cir; 35 (3), 2020
Introduction. Currently surgical findings dictate the post-operative treatment of patients with acute appendicitis; however, this relies only on the judgement of the surgeon during the appendectomy. This study aimed to determine the inter-rater reliability between surgeons and pathologists at a tertiary ...

Manual and semiautomatic segmentation of bone sarcomas on MRI have high similarity

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 53 (2), 2020
The aims of this study were to evaluate the intra- and interobserver reproducibility of manual segmentation of bone sarcomas in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies and to compare manual and semiautomatic segmentation methods. This retrospective study included twelve osteosarcoma and eight Ewing sarc...

Esthetic perception of facial profile changes after extraction and nonextraction Class II treatment

Abstract This retrospective study evaluated facial profile pleasantness determined by two protocols of Class II treatment. The sample comprised facial profile silhouettes obtained retrospectively from the pretreatment (T1) and posttreatment (T2) cephalograms of 60 patients (42 males and 18 females) divid...