PLS Article Directory

Discover all of our published Plain Language Summaries (PLS) below from a variety of our Medical journals.

Current Medical Research & Opinion

A MEDLINE-indexed, international journal that publishes research focused on new and existing drugs and therapies, best practices in patient care, developments in diagnostic medicine and medical technology, and innovations in medical and scientific publishing.

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Article	Author
Duration and onset of effect of incobotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of blepharospasm in botulinum toxin-naïve subjects	D. Mitsikostasa et al
Direct cost and healthcare resource utilization of patients with migraine before treatment initiation with calcitonin gene-related peptide monoclonal antibodies by the number of prior preventive migraine medication classes	S. Foster et al
Newly diagnosed iron deficiency anemia and subsequent autoimmune disease: a matched cohort study in Taiwan	R. Chang et al
Current status of shared decision making for rheumatoid arthritis treatment in Japan: a web-based survey on physicians and patients	I. Tomoko et al

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy

Publishes the latest research in cancer care including; diagnosis, biomarkers, tumor management, current and novel therapies, chemotherapy and immunotherapy.

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Article	Author
Atezolizumab and pembrolizumab in triple-negative breast cancer: a meta-analysis	F. Latif et al
Surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma: current status and future perspectives for improvement	B. Stefanini et al

Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy

A MEDLINE-indexed journal delivering the latest research, publishing a variety of articles on all aspects involved in the treatment and management of infectious disease.

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All-cause mortality rates in adults with carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections: a comprehensive review of pathogen-focused, prospective, randomized, interventional clinical studies	T. Lodise et al
Evaluation of favipiravir in the treatment of COVID-19 based on the real-world	C. Jisheng et al

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

A MEDLINE-indexed, peer-reviewed journal providing the latest research on the performance of new therapeutic and diagnostic modalities in clinical immunology.

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Article	Author
An update on generalized pustular psoriasis	M. Gooderham et al
UK Medical Cannabis Registry: an analysis of clinical outcomes of medicinal cannabis therapy for generalized anxiety disorder	M. Ergisi et al
Biosimilar development and review process in the BRICS-TM- countries: proposal for a standardized model to improve regulatory performance	S. Salek et al

Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism

Publishes research on endocrine control and metabolism, its clinical advancements, screening, diagnostics, therapeutics, molecular genetics and epidemiology.

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Article	Author
Understanding the pathophysiologic pathways that underlie obesity and options for treatment	R. Kuhmar

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

A MEDLINE-indexed journal providing expert commentary on the use of drugs and medicines in clinical neurology and neuropsychiatry.

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An Update on Clinical Insight, Cognitive Insight, and Introspective Accuracy in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: Symptoms, Cognition, and Treatment An Update on Clinical Insight, Cognitive Insight, and Introspective Accuracy in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: Symptoms, Cognition, and Treatment	J. Mervis et al

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research

Publishes double-blinded articles on cost-benefit and pharmacoeconomic issues in clinical drug use, therapeutic approaches, and evidence-based medicine.

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Budget impact and pharmacy costs with targeted use of oliceridine for postsurgical pain in patients at high risk of opioid-related adverse events	M. Fossler et al

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Primary focus on obstructive/restrictive/vascular/infectious respiratory diseases like asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis and sleep-disordered breathing morbidity.

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Asthma and COPD medicines prescription-claims: A time-series analysis of England’s national prescriptions during the COVID-19 pandemic (Jan 2019 to Oct 2020)	R. Barrett et al
Recommendations for COPD management in Central and Eastern Europe	A. Valipour et al

Expert Review of Vaccines

A MEDLINE-indexed peer-reviewed journal providing expert commentary on the development, application, and clinical effectiveness of new vaccines. Topics include vaccine technology, vaccine adjuvants, prophylactic vaccines, and therapeutic vaccines.

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Article	Author
A systematic review of the burden of pertussis disease in infants and the effectiveness of maternal immunization against pertussis	E. Bunge et al
Safety profile of Infanrix hexa - 17 years of GSK's passive post-marketing surveillance	J. Dolhain et al
Immune interference (blunting) in the context of maternal immunization with Tdap-containing vaccines: is it a class effect?	M. Angeles et al
Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in the era of conjugate vaccines: critical factors for successful eradication	S. Esposito et al
A REVIEW OF ROTAVIRUS VACCINE USE IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGIONS: CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS	B. Benninghoff et al
A review of rotavirus vaccine use in Asia and the Pacific regions: challenges and future prospects	P. Buchy et al
Measles, mumps, rubella prevention: how can we do better?	F. Kauffmann et al
Fifteen years of experience with the oral live-attenuated human rotavirus vaccine: reflections on lessons learned	B. Benninghoff et al
CIRCULATING CLONAL COMPLEXES AND SEQUENCE TYPES OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE SEROTYPE 19A WORLDWIDE: THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW	A. Guzman-Holst et al
CIRCULATING CLONAL COMPLEXES AND SEQUENCE TYPES OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE SEROTYPE 19A WORLDWIDE: THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW	I. Jojtek et al
Can two different pneumococcal conjugate vaccines be used to complete the infant vaccination series? A randomized trial exploring interchangeability of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and the pneumococcal non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D-conjugate vaccine	D. Borys et al
Rotavirus vaccines performance: dynamic interdependence of host, pathogen and environment	D. Saha et al
The need for pertussis vaccination among older adults and high-risk groups: a perspective from advanced economies of the Asia Pacific region	M. Nissen et al
COVID-19 vaccines: concerns beyond protective efficacy and safety	C. Lai et al
Bacterial nasopharyngeal carriage following infant immunization with pneumococcal conjugate vaccines according to a 2+1 schedule in children in South Africa: an exploratory analysis of two clinical trials	D. Borys et al
Preferences for herpes zoster vaccination among adults aged 50 years and older in the United States: results from a discrete choice experiment	B. Patterson et al
COVID-19 vaccines and thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome	C. Lai et al
A systematic review of invasive pneumococcal disease vaccine failures and breakthrough with higher-valency pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in children	L. Soumahoro et al

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

An international journal of vaccinology and immunotherapy that publishes all aspects of work in these fields.

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Article	Author
Vaccine confidence: the keys to restoring trust	R. Adegbola et al
Towards adult vaccination in India: a narrative literature review	A. Agrawal et al
Pertussis in high-risk groups: an overview of the past quarter-century	V. Jenkins et al
The effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on otitis media from 2005 to 2013 in children aged <5 years: a retrospective cohort study in two Swedish regions	B. Anell et al
Control of vaccine preventable diseases in Australian infants: reviewing a decade of experience with DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib vaccine	J. Bayliss et al
Medical conditions at enrollment do not impact efficacy and safety of the adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine: a pooled post-hoc analysis of two parallel randomized trials	R. Chlibek et al
Vaccination in preterm and low birth weight infants in India	A. Agrawal et al
Safety of the AS04-adjuvanted human papillomavirus (HPV)-16/18 vaccine in adolescents aged 12-15 years: end-of-study results from a community-randomized study up to 6.5 years	D. Apter et al
Perceptions of vaccine preventable diseases in Australian healthcare: focus on pertussis	J. Bayliss et al
The adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine is efficacious and safe in Asian adults >50 years of age: a sub-cohort analysis of the ZOE-50 and ZOE-70 randomized trials	A. Schuind et al
Post hoc analysis of reactogenicity trends between dose 1 and dose 2 of the adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine in two parallel randomized trials	A. Cunningham et al
Rotavirus vaccine administration patterns in Italy: potential impact on vaccine coverage, compliance and adherence	F. Fortunato et al
Systematic literature review on the safety and immunogenicity of rotavirus vaccines when co-administered with meningococcal vaccines	B. Benninghoff et al
Exploring the evidence behind the comparable impact of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccines PHiD-CV and PCV13 on overall pneumococcal disease	P. Izurieta et al
Trends in all-cause pneumonia and otitis media in children aged <2 years following pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in Colombia	D. Caceres et al
Established and new rotavirus vaccines: a comprehensive review for healthcare professionals	B. Benninghoff et al
Efficacy of the AS04-adjuvanted HPV-16/18 vaccine in young Chinese women with oncogenic HPV infection at baseline: post-hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial	D. Bi et al
Patient-reported outcomes in vaccines research: relevance for decision-making	E. Cabrera et al
Endemicity change of hepatitis A infection necessitates vaccination in food handlers: An Indian perspective	A. Agrawal et al
Need for hepatitis A prevention in patients with chronic liver disease in the changing epidemiological setting of India	A. Agrawal et al
Hamster neogenin, a host-cell protein contained in a respiratory syncytial virus candidate vaccine, induces antibody responses in rabbits but not in clinical trial participants	K. Maleux et al
Brand-specific enhanced safety surveillance of GSK's Fluarix Tetra seasonal influenza vaccine in England: 2017/2018 season	R. Byford et al
Mass gatherings: a review of the scope for meningococcal vaccination in the Indian context	V. Abitbol et al
Immunogenicity and safety of a combined DTPa-IPV/Hib vaccine administered as a three-dose primary vaccination course and a booster dose in healthy children in Russia: a phase III, non-randomized, open-label study	L. Anaya et al
Lowering the recommended age for the free and active offer of influenza vaccination in Italy: clinical and economic impact analysis in the Liguria region	D. Amicizia et al
Retrospective study of the use of an influenza disease two-tiered classification system to characterize clinical severity in US children	L. Aukes et al

Journal of Medical Economics

Serving the international pharmacoeconomics and healthcare-research community, it publishes economic assessments of novel therapeutic and device interventions, along-side studies that measure therapeutic or preventative outcomes, and policy issues.

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Article	Author
Modification of Treatment-Sequence Model With a Customizable Number of Treatments to Better Reflect Contemporary and Future Clinical Practice in Moderate to Severe Psoriasis	Y. Zhang
Clinical and economic burden of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the United States	D. Cohen
Economic evaluation of polatuzumab-bendamustine-rituximab vs. tafasitamab-lenalidomide in transplant-ineligible R/R DLBCL	M. Calamia
Economic evaluation using dynamic transition modeling of ebola virus vaccination in lower-and-middle-income countries	M. Obeng-Kusi

Postgraduate Medicine

A peer-reviewed medical journal established by Charles Mayo MD, founder of the Mayo Clinic. The journal publishes research which supports primary care physicians in solving clinical problems and improving patient care.

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Article	Author
A brief guide to pustular psoriasis for primary care providers	J. Crowley et al
Triple fixed-dose combination empagliflozin, linagliptin, and metformin for patients with type 2 diabetes	N. Beetz et al
Engagement between Patients with Obesity and Osteoarthritis and Primary Care Physicians: A Cross-sectional Survey	D. Horn
Artificial intelligence measuring the aortic diameter assist in identifying adverse blood pressure status including masked hypertension	Y. Wang et al