Clinical analyses of Japanese b ...
Bladder and upper urinary tract (UUT; pelvic and/or ureteral) cancers were studied in a total of 118 Japanese patients using serum amylase to clarif ...
Influence of silibinin on the p ...
Silibinin, an antihepatotoxic flavanolignane present in Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn in concentrations greater than 20 ìM, inhibits the permeability ...
Quantifying Mitral Regurgitatio ...
Current three-dimensional (3D) echocardiographic technology, including live 3D transesophageal echocardiography and single-beat 3D color Doppler im ...
New and Evolving Management Par ...
Hepatitis-C induced liver failure is the leading indication for liver transplantation in the United States, and the burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV ...
Osteopenia: A Diagnostic and Th ...
We discussed whether we are able to select a subgroup of patients with osteopenia having a high fracture risk, in which anti-osteoporotic drug treat ...
Rectal Administration of Lipopo ...
Background Repeated challenges of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) could reduce the expression of proinflammatory cytokines in vitro, and oral administratio ...
Vitamin D Status and Expression ...
Background Vitamin D, which exerts its effect through vitamin D receptor (VDR), and LL-37, a vitamin D-dependent antimicrobial peptide, are involved ...
Tumor Heterogeneity in a Follic ...
We report a follicular carcinoma of thyroid that showed a range of histologic appearances, with microfollicular, macrofollicular/pseudopapillary, on ...
Therapeutic options for treatme ...
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare malignant neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin. Owing to the aggressiveness of this tumor and the bad overall ...
An epidemiologic and clinical o ...
The presence of comorbidity in major psychoses (e.g., schizophrenia and psychotic subtypes of bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder) seems ...
Minimally invasive posterior su ...
High-energy spine fractures mainly affect the thoracolumbar junction. Surgery helps restore spine stability and sagittal realignment and improves lo ...
Stressful life events in childh ...
Individuals exposed to high levels of stress might have an increased risk of infectious diseases. However, most of the previous studies have been co ...
Prehospital HMG Co-A reductase ...
Introduction 3-Hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl Co-A reductase inhibitors (HMG Co-A reductase inhibitors, statins) are commonly used medications for the co ...
Feasibility of computed tomogra ...
Objectives To assess the feasibility of computed tomography (CT) based thermometry during interstitial laser heating in the bovine liver. Methods F ...
Prevalence of obesity and overw ...
Background: Obesity is one of the most important health-related problems in the 21st century. Data on its respective prevalence in Austria remain sc ...
Intrapulmonary solitary fi brou ...
Solitary pulmonary nodules are sometimes detected by routine chest radiography. Although many of them are suspected to be benign tumors following n ...
Different approaches for object ...
The formation of peritoneal adhesions is an issue for surgical research. Different adhesion-inducing models with subsequent scoring systems are desc ...
Chronic ventricular pacing in c ...
In children with congenital or acquired complete atrioventricular (AV) block, ventricular pacing is indicated to increase heart rate. Ventricular pa ...
Extensor tendon release in tenn ...
Purpose The objectives of this study were to evaluate the results in the outpatient treatment of recalcitrant lateral epicondylitis with release of ...
Effect of dental surface treatm ...
The aim of this work is to evaluate the effect of surface treatment with Er:YAG and Nd:YAG lasers on resin composite bond strength to recently bleac ...
Impact of Percutaneous Translum ...
Background Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has been introduced for treatment of symptomatic cerebral vasospasm in patients with subarach ...
A case of cerebellar infarction ...
Thunderclap headache (TCH) refers to a sudden-onset, severe headache that features in subarachnoid hemorrhage, unruptured intracranial aneurysm, cer ...
Are Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass ...
Background This retrospective study compares the results of primary gastric bypass (PGB) versus secondary gastric bypass (SGB) performed after gastr ...
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass-Induce ...
Background The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) on glucose tolerance and insulin resistance in ty ...
Preventing osteoporosis with a ...
Hormone therapy classically consists of an estrogen with an added progestin; however, concerns have been raised about the potential negative effects ...