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Conclusion Considering recently reported skin reactions associated with teriflunomide, neurologists and patients should be careful on potential warning symptoms and signs of cutaneous drug reactions of this drug.Background At present, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread in many countries. We conducted this study to help pediatricians understand the conditions of COVID-19 in children. Methods We retrospectively summarized the characteristics, treatment and outcomes of pediatric cases in Wuhan Children's Hospital which was the only designated hospital for children with COVID-19 in Hubei Province. A Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used to evaluate factors associated with clinical outcomes. Results As of February 29, 75 children had been discharged, of which only one was has severe pneumonia and one was critical cases. Children younger than 2 years were more susceptible to COVID-19. AS2863619 order All patients have received interferon-α nebulization, and eight cases including the severe and critical cases were co-administrated ribavirin. Five patients with mild pneumonia were given arbidol. Twenty-three patients were given traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The average length of stay (LOS) and the time of SARS-CoV-2 clearance were 10.57 and 6.39 days, respectively. None of the factors was associated with LOS or time of SARS-CoV-2 clearance. Conclusions The severity of COVID-19 in pediatric cases were milder than adults. The efficacy of the antiviral therapy in children with COVID-19 remains to be evaluated.Background The VALidation of HPV Genotyping Tests (VALGENT) framework is an international cooperation designed for comparison and clinical validation of HPV assays with genotyping capabilities. Objectives Here we addressed the accuracy of the Roche cobas 4800 HPV test using SurePath samples from the Danish cervical cancer screening program under the VALGENT framework. Material and methods The VALGENT4 panel comprises 998 consecutive SurePath cervical samples from routine screening and 297 SurePath samples enriched for disease (100 ASC-US, 100 LSIL, 97 HSIL). The cobas HPV test is a real-time PCR assay which detects HPV16 and 18 individually and 12 other high-risk (hr) HPV genotypes in one bulk. Results The clinical performance of the cobas test was assessed relative to that of the comparator assay GP5+/6 + PCR Enzyme ImmunoAssay (GP-EIA) by a non-inferiority test. The relative sensitivity for ≥ CIN2 was 1.00 (95% CI 0.97-1.04) and relative specificity for the control group was 1.02 (95% CI 1.01-1.04). The cobas test was found non-inferior to that of GP-EIA for both sensitivity and specificity (p-0.0006 and p less then 0.0001, respectively). The type specific performance of the cobas test was evaluated using the GP5+/6 + PCR with Luminex genotyping (GP-LMNX) as comparator. The cobas test showed excellent to good concordance (Kappa 0.70 to 0.90) with GP-LMNX for all three genotype groups in the overall VALGENT population but good to moderate concordance in the Screening population (kappa from 0.56 to 0.80). Conclusions The cobas HPV test demonstrated non-inferiority to the comparator assay on cervical SurePath screening samples using the VALGENT4 panel.Over the last few years, palaeogenomic studies of the petrous bone (the densest part of the temporal bone) have shown that it is a source of DNA in both larger quantities and of better quality than other bones. This dense bone around the otic capsule has therefore been called the choice substrate in palaeogenomics. Because the practice of forensic genetics responds to different imperatives, we implemented a study aimed at (i) understanding how and why the petrous bone is an advantageous substrate in ancient DNA studies and (ii) establishing whether it is advantageous in forensic STR typing. We selected 50 individual skeletal remains and extracted DNA from one tooth and one petrous bone from each. We then amplified 24 STR markers commonly used in forensic identification and compared the quality of that amplification using the RFU intensities of the signal as read on the STR profiles. We also performed histological analyses to compare (i) the microscopic structure of a petrous bone and of a tooth and (ii) the microscopic structure of fresh petrous bone and of an archaeological or forensic sample. We show that the RFU intensities read on STR profiles are systematically higher in experiments using DNA extracted from petrous bones rather than teeth. For this reason, we were more likely to obtain a complete STR profile from petrous bone material, increasing the chance of identification in a forensic setting. Histological analyses revealed peculiar microstructural characteristics (tissue organization), unique to the petrous bone, that might explain the good preservation of DNA in that substrate. Therefore, it appears that despite the necessity of analysing longer fragments in forensic STR typing compared to NGS palaeogenomics, the use of petrous bones in forensic genetics could prove valuable, especially in cases involving infants, toothless individuals or very degraded skeletal remains.Background Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases. The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms in epilepsy are still unknown. Oxidative stress is believed to be one of the factors involved in the pathogenesis of epileptogenesis. In various pathophysiological conditions, reactive nitrogen species (RNS) such as nitrogen and peroxynitrite are produced and these RNSs can bind to free nucleosides and nucleotides or to nucleosides and nucleotides existing in the DNA/RNA structure. 8-Nitroguanine (8-NG) is a typical DNA nucleobase product of nitrosative damage generated by RNS. It has been proposed that F2-isoprostanes, in particular 8-iso-Prostaglandin F2α (8-isoPGF2α), are specific, reliable and non-invasive biomarkers of lipid peroxidation in vivo. In the present study, we compared the levels of lipid oxidative stress biomarker 8-isoPGF2α and nitrosative stress DNA biomarker 8-NG in patients with epilepsy undergoing antiepileptic drug (AEDs) treatment and with those in healthy participants. Methods The present study comprised 90 patients aged between 17 and 53 who were admitted to the Neurology Clinic of Cumhuriyet University and diagnosed with epilepsy.