The Expression of Both Peroxiso ...
Background The role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta (PPAR d) in the development and progression of colorectal cancer (CRC) remai ...
The Level of HBV DNA at Month 1 ...
Background and Aims The aim of this study was to determine the optimal time and HBV DNA levels during the treatment period for prediction of virolog ...
Pharmacological Basis for the M ...
Background The objective of this study was to determine the pharmacological basis of the medicinal use of psyllium husk (Ispaghula) in gastrointesti ...
Serum Antibodies to Mycobacteri ...
Background Because Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP), the etiologic agent of Johne’s disease in ruminant, has been identified in ...
Enteral Access by Double-Balloo ...
Background Although direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunal feeding tube placement is an increasingly accepted method of providing small-bowel access ...
Daily Ciprofloxacin Treatment f ...
Background Progressive deterioration in liver function is a common cause of hepatic decompensation and indication for liver transplantation in patie ...
Evaluation of Microvessels in C ...
Background/Aims Narrow band imaging (NBI) magnification analysis has entered use in clinical settings to diagnose colorectal tumors. Pit pattern ana ...
Donor Hepatectomy for Living Do ...
Background and Aim Complications associated with live liver donor surgery should be minimized. There is little information on the impact of team exp ...
The Efficacy of the Combination ...
Background/Aims Radiation proctitis is a common complication of pelvic radiation for which an optimal treatment remains undetermined. We assessed th ...
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in Chi ...
Background Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is defined as an arterial oxygenation defect induced by intrapulmonary vascular dilatation (IPVD) associat ...
In PSC with Colitis Treated wit ...
Background Patients with PSC and IBD have a high incidence of colonic carcinomas (CRC), and the annual incidence of CRC increases with duration of d ...
Novel Biomarker Candidates to P ...
Background Liver biopsy remains the gold standard to assess hepatic fibrosis. It is desirable to predict hepatic fibrosis without the need for invas ...
Cricopharyngeal Dilatation for ...
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare autosomal dominant, progressive degenerative muscle disorder featuring dysphagia with limited th ...
Interferential Electric Stimula ...
Swallowing disorders are a common complaint among the elderly. Recently, surface electrical stimulation applied to the neck region has received incr ...
MEM spectral analysis for predi ...
Objectives The prediction of influenza epidemics has long been the focus of attention in epidemiology and mathematical biology. In this study, we te ...
A case report of giant esophage ...
This report concerns a 68-year-old man with an esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) surgically resected after preoperative treatment. En ...
A preliminary study on the role ...
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) is a disease with unknown etiology. Recently, several studies revealed that some inherited prothrombotic ri ...
The changes in submandibular gl ...
To investigate the effects of chorda tympani section on submandibular gland size and function in the early (postoperative day 7) and late (postopera ...
The outcomes for nasal contact ...
The nasal contact point may act as a trigger point or peripheral enhancer in patients with chronic daily headaches. A total of 42 patients had unsat ...
The impacts of open-mouth breat ...
Open-mouth breathing during sleep is a risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and is associated with increased disease severity and upper air ...
Nuclear factor kappa B pathway ...
Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-jB) induces gene transcription by binding CREB-binding protein (CBP). The aim of the study was to detect the mechanisms b ...
Allergic rhinitis and chronic s ...
Allergic inflammation in upper airways can act as a predisposing factor for infectious ear diseases. There are some evidences about the role of alle ...
Atypical neoglottis after supra ...
The objective of this study was to analyze atypical neoglottis after supracricoid subtotal laryngectomy (SSL) from a morphological and functional po ...
Laryngeal eVects of nasal aller ...
In spite of our recent insight into nasobronchial interaction mechanisms in allergic airway disease, the association between allergic rhinitis and v ...
Endoscopic parathyroidectomy in ...
During the past decade, endoscopic videoassisted parathyroidectomy (EP) for primary hyper parathyroidism (PHPT) has gained wider acceptance. The en ...