Multiple strategies to improve ...
Background In the past decades the rapid growth of molecular diagnostics (based on either traditional PCR or isothermal amplification technologies) ...
Priority setting in a hospital ...
Objective: To describe priority setting for admissions in a hospital critical care unit and to evaluate it using the ethical framework of “accountab ...
An Outline of the Phylogenetic ...
The phenomenon of aging in Metazoa has evolved from initially potentially immortal variants to forms ever more prone to aging. Potential immortality ...
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound: a ...
Purpose: To determine the diagnostic value of contrastenhanced ultrasound (CEUS) for the detection of TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic ...
Pulsed laser-induced liquid jet ...
Background The transsphenoidal approach has recently been used to treat complex lesions beyond the sella turcica, but the difficulties of dealing wi ...
Olfactory and gustatory sensiti ...
Recently, research on olfactory functions in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has become prominent, whereas gustation has never been ...
Second line chemotherapy in pat ...
Enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma (EATL) is a rare disease with a dismal prognosis. Due to the low efficacy of chemotherapy and the poor perfor ...
Infratentorial brain metastases ...
Three pediatric patients with infratentorial metastatic non-epithelial malignant brain tumors were successfully treated by radical surgical resectio ...
The association between IGF1 CA ...
IGF-I CA repeat polymorphisms have been reported to influence the risk for breast cancer in many studies; however, the results still remains controv ...
IL-15 and IL-2 increase Cetuxim ...
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients are not likely to benefit from anti-estrogen or anti-HER2 therapy and this phenotype is associated wit ...
Immunomodulating antibodies and ...
The aim of cancer immunotherapy is to induce immune cells to kill tumor and promote immunological memory that protects against tumor recurrence. Mos ...
Synergistic effects of apelin a ...
Apelin (AP) and leptin (LEP) are adipokines with vasomotor actions. Taking into account the published data on the role of obesity in the development ...
Effect of IL-1b and TNF-a polym ...
So far, a number of association studies have focused on the effect of polymorphisms in IL-1b and TNF-a genes on the susceptibility to gastric cancer ...
Neuroradiological Response Crit ...
he recently introduced new response criteria of the response assessment in neuro-oncology (RANO) working group and its clinical implications are the ...
Assessment of variations of the ...
The neurovascular bundle may be vulnerable during surgical procedures involving the mandible, especially when anatomical variations are present. Inc ...
Assessing joint involvement in ...
Because of joint haemorrhages, severe haemophilia subjects often have limitations in their daily activities. Current orthopaedic scores (OJS) in hae ...
Interspecific differences in th ...
In order to establish haematological reference intervals in the genus Tupinambis, blood samples were taken from the ventral coccygeal vein from 100 ...
Associations between serum amyl ...
Acute pancreatitis is a common and potentially life-threatening disease in dogs. Diagnosis of pancreatitis relies on a combination of history, clini ...
Flow Imaging: Cardiac Applicati ...
Global and regional blood flow dynamics are of pivotal importance to cardiac function. Fluid mechanical forces can affect hemolysis and platelet agg ...
Can Low-Risk, Early-Stage Patie ...
Advances in the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma since about 1970 have led to a remarkable improvement in the long-term outcomes of what was once cons ...
Systematic Therapy for Unresect ...
Unresectable or metastatic disease occurs in 40% to 60% of soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) patients and portends a poor prognosis. For decades, doxorubici ...
Increased Expression of Cellula ...
Background The cellular repressor of E1A-stimulated genes (CREG), a secreted glycoprotein, has been studied with human embryonic carcinoma cells, va ...
Detection of Differentially Exp ...
Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have long been established to remain stable in circulation, and dysregulated miRNAs in serum of tumor patients could p ...
Fabella fracture with CT imagin ...
Fracture of the fabella is rare, may be easily overlooked, and can be a clinically important cause of posterolateral knee pain following traumatic i ...
How I do it: chopsticks techniq ...
We describe the ‘‘chopsticks’’ technique of simultaneous use of two instruments held in one hand during tonsillectomy. The technique allows the surg ...