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Chapter and Conference Paper
Comparison Between Allogeneic and Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Second Remission
As a result of steady improvements in chemotherapy over the past 20 years, more than 70% of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are cured with intensive induction regimens followed by maintenance ...
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Alzheimer paired helical filaments: a comparison with the twisted ribbon model
To investigate if Alzheimer paired helical filaments (PHF) closely resemble twisted ribbons, as indicated by recent high-resolution ultrastructural studies, we compared physical models of twisted ribbons with ...
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Characterization of a shared epitope in cortical Lewy body fibrils and Alzheimer paired helical filaments
The straight fibrils of the Lewy body contain an epitope related to phosphorylation of the KSPV motif common to the C termini of the 200- and 170-kDa neurofilament subunits and τ. To further characterize this ...
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Biology of Normal Aging Endometrium
Although atrophic, the postmenopausal endometrium retains its regenerative properties with the help of the reviviscence of the quiescent ovarian follicles or the help of estrogen replacement therapy. Paradoxic...
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Absence of protease-resistant prion protein in dementia characterized by neuronal loss and status spongiosus
Dementia characterized by neuronal loss and status spongiosus (DNLS) is a non-Alzheimer degenerative process which is characterized by Pick-like lobar atrophy with neuronal depletion and gliosis of the cerebra...
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Abstracts for the Tenth International Conference on Brain Tumour Research and Therapy
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Diencephalic idiopathic gliosis: an unusual hypothalamic syndrome of dermopathy, diarrhea and growth arrest
This case report of a 16-year-old girl describes the association of chronic diarrhea and lower limb dermopathy with an unusual and widespread gliosis within hypothalamic and other diencephalic structures. This...
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Hereditary diabetes insipidus: an immunohistochemical study of the hypothalamus and pituitary gland
We report the histological findings in a case of hereditary diabetes insipidus (HDI) using vasopressin (VP) immunohistochemistry. The hypothalamus displayed a marked loss of magnocellular VP neurons, with pres...
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Ueber quantitative Zuckerbestimmung im Urin