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Medicine & Public Health
**ang-Hui **e
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Subclinical Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Ten years ago, 3254 cases with primary liver cancer (PLC) in China were analyzed. The extremely high proportion of late stage patients with jaundice or ascites (52.6%), the extremely low series resection rate ...
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Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: A summary of 33 years’ experience
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type (90-95%) of primary liver cancer (PLC), causes 100,000 deaths every year in China. However, based on various strategies aimed at controlling this neoplasm, ...
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Anti-MPO Antibody (Id) and Autoantibody to Purified Anti-MPO F(Ab)2 (Anti-Id)
Anti-F(ab)2 autoantibodies may have an immunoregulatory effect on anti-MPO antibodies and there is the possibility that common idiotype(s) may be shared in ANCA positive vasculitides.
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Evaluation of Early Detection and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
During 1972–1991, 1443 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were studied. Comparison between screening (n=522) and nonscreening (n=921) groups revealed higher small HCC percentage (49.4% vs. 12.4%), hi...
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Co-Expression of BCL-2 and CD44S in Basal Layers of Human Ocular Surface Epithelia
The regulating mechanism of life and death of cells is a closely coordinated process of adaptation and survival. Selective and controlled cell death is a dominant force in renewing the tissue composition of co...
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The Effects of Triphenylethylene Antiestrogens on Parameters of Multistage Hepatocarcinogenesis in the Rat
Carcinogenesis is a multi-stage (1,2), multi-step (3,4), and multi-pathway (5) process. Certain chemicals may modulate this process at any step in a genetic and/or epigenetic manner. In animals, the stages of ...
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Neuroprotection by mild hypothermia for temporary or permanent focal ischemia
The potential of hypothermic brain protection for ischemic stroke has been demonstrated under laboratory conditions. This article reviews our recent progression understanding the efficacy and specific characte...
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Infarct tolerance induced by repetitive cortical spreading depression is reproduced by prolonged intracerebral infusion of recombinant brain-derived neurotrophic factor
Molecular mechanisms in infarct tolerance, the consistently increased cerebral resistance to ischemic stroke within 12 days following repetitive cortical spreading depression (CSD), were analyzed by measuring ...
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Contrast-Enhanced MRI and Micro-CT Adopted for Evaluation of a Lipid-Lowering and Anticoagulant Herbal Epimedium-Derived Phytoestrogenic Extract for Prevention of Steroid-Associated Osteonecrosis
We developed an alternative steroid-associated osteonecrosis (ON) rabbit model using a combination of a single injection of low-dose lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and three subsequent injections of pulsed high-dose...
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Data Warehouse Approach to Build a Decision-Support Platform for Orthopedics Based on Clinical and Academic Requirements
The continuous quality improvement has become a trend in the contemporary medical society, and that can be achieved by the specialty database implement. Decision-support system in the academic and clinical asp...
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The Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Endothelial Cell Dysfunction and Vascular Disease
Protein homeostasis is a critical cellular process to maintain protein function. Because the genome encodes for a very large number of discrete proteins and only a fraction of this number are needed or utilize...
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Measuring the Levels of EPA and DHA in Nutraceutical Oils
Omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaeonic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) have been linked to several health benefits (1, 2). In 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States granted t...
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Physiology of Gametogenesis
Gametogenesis is a biological process by which diploid or haploid precursor cells undergo cell division and differentiation to form mature haploid gametes. The biology of gamete production is different between...
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Biomedical Application of Soft Nano-/Microparticles
In recent years, the soft hydrogel nano-/microparticles have been investigated intensively. Their great porosity, elasticity, and biocompatibility benefit their application, especially in the biomedical field ...
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is an infectious disease in the lungs that is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria spread primarily via the respiratory tract directly from the patients excreting the ba...
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Organ Transplantation in HBV-Infected Patients
Organ transplantation in the HBsAg-positive patient is effective and life-saving, but the prevention or management of hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence and/or reactivation has been a challenge. For liver tran...
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Multifactorial Diseases with Immunological Involvement
Urticaria is a disease with transient itching wheals/hives and/or angioedema. Urticaria is divided into acute urticaria (AU) or chronic urticaria (CU, duration more than 6 weeks) [1]. Urticaria may be the skin...
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Skin Diseases Caused by Factors from the Environment
Members of the order Diptera, the family Culicidae, mosquitoes are vectors for the transmission of many diseases worldwide. There are over 3000 different species of mosquitoes, which grouped into more than 40 ...
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Technical Notes
As the leader in develo** Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in China, we accomplished the first case in China in 1992. After 2005, we began regular VATS lobectomy and have completed more than 2500 ...
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Tumors of the Skin
Skin tumor is the most intriguing topic for the clinicians. This chapter covers a wide range of issues and provides with informative clues and tips associated with clinical features and pathological presentati...
