Racial/ethnic minorities experience more severe outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the general US population. This study was undertaken to examine the association between race/ethnicity and COVID-19 hospitalization, ventilation status, and mortality in people with rheumatic disease.

US patients with rheumatic disease and…[Read more]

This significantly improved and simplified assay can be easily adopted by researchers in the gene therapy field and further automated for high-throughput applications.The recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector is one of the most utilized viral vectors in gene therapy due to its robust, long-term in vivo transgene expression and low…[Read more]

PURPOSE To evaluate the risk factors of pharyngocutaneous fistula after total pharyngolaryngectomy (TPL) in order to reduce their incidence and propose a perioperative rehabilitation protocol. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a multicenter retrospective study based on 456 patients operated for squamous cell carcinoma by total laryngectomy or TPL.…[Read more]

To evaluate the performance of China’s new medical licensing examination (MLE) for rural general practice, which determines the number of qualified doctors who can provide primary care for China’s rural residents, and to identify associated factors.

Data came from all 547 examinees of the 2017 MLE for rural general practice in Hainan…[Read more]