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Associations between body composition and vertebral fracture risk in postmenopausal women
Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease with low bone mineral density (BMD) and high incidence of vertebral fractures (VFs). Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis have decreased total fat and lean mass. This...
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CyBorD induction therapy in clinical practice
Cyclophosphamide, bortezomib and dexamethasone (CyBorD) is a highly active three-drug induction regimen for untreated transplant-eligible multiple myeloma patients. Although CyBorD has been evaluated only in t...
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A Chimney of Low Height to Diameter Ratio for Solar Crops Dryer
Sabah, Malaysia is rich with solar energy where the daily mean daylight is the for is available for 4–8 h. The sunlight can be used effectively in a suitable solar crops drying system. Solar crops dryer with m...
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Open AccessBasal core promoter mutation is associated with progression to cirrhosis rather than hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B virus infection
As most cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have concurrent cirrhosis, viral factors identified to be associated with HCC might be related to cirrhosis rather than HCC.
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Prevalence and cardiovascular disease risk differences for erectile dysfunction patients by three metabolic syndrome definitions
There is growing evidence of a link between ED, metabolic syndrome (MS) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). The study was to explore the prevalence of MS using three different definitions (World Health Organizat...
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Surveillance of cardiovascular risk factors for outpatients in different erectile dysfunction severity
We determined the association between the severity of erectile dysfunction (ED) and traditional cardiovascular risk factors, including metabolic syndrome (MS). A total of 141 ED patients were divided into thre...
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Does increased body mass index with hepatic steatosis contribute to seroclearance of hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen in chronic HBV infection?
Overweight and hepatic steatosis have been increasingly recognized recently. This study aimed to test whether substantial amount of fatty infiltration in liver, which may interfere with cytoplasmic distributio...
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Increased Incidence of Fulminant Hepatic Failure in Previously Unrecognized HBsAg Carriers with Acute Hepatitis Independent of Etiology
Previous studies have shown a high risk of fulminant hepatitis in HBsAg carriers with acute hepatitis. The etiology of acute hepatitis in HBsAg carriers was heterogeneous. This study aimed to correlate the inc...
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Lymphocyte surge as a marker for immunorestitution disease due to Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in HIV-negative immunosuppressed hosts
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Sequential Changes of Hepatitis C Virus Antibody Profiles during Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C of Genotype 1b: Pretreatment Antibody Response to E2/NS1 Correlated Sustained Response
This study aimed to investigate the relation between hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody profiles and response to therapy of chronic HCV infection of genotype 1b.
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Open AccessAberrant caspase-activated DNase (CAD) transcripts in human hepatoma cells
The gene of caspase-activated DNase (CAD), the key enzyme for nucleosome cleavage during apoptosis, is mapped at chromosome 1p36, a region usually associated with hemizygous deletions in human cancers, particu...
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Reactivation of Hepatitis C Virus Superinfection in a Patient Seropositive for Hepatitis B e Antigen
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Characterization of nuclear localization of a hepatitis B virus precore protein derivative P22
Both of hepatitis B virus core protein and a precore protein derivative, named P22, have been shown to localize in the nucleus. Although P22 has ten additional amino acid residues at its amino-terminus, both p...
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The effect of chelating agents on the cathodic polarization and the electrodeposition of iron powders
The electrodeposition of iron powders from different baths containing the same major chemical constitutents was studied. The baths were mainly based on aqueous dilute solutions of ferrous sulphate and additive...
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Scattering and Absorption by Wavelength Size Discs
An integral equation for the current density induced in flat lossy dielectric discs by incident polarized waves is solved by a partly analytic, partly numerical method designed specifically to be efficient for...
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Überstruktur in chemisch geätztem Polyäthylenterephthalat
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Raster-Elektronenmikroskopie- und Kleinwinkel-Lichtstreuungs-Untersuchungen der sphlirolithischen Filme von Polyathylenterephthalat
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Enzymic Action of Viruses and Bacterial Products on Human Red Cells
HUMAN red cells incubated with a broth culture filtrate of V. cholerœ acquire three new properties : they become panagglutinable1 ; they are no longer agglutinated by viruses of the influenza group2 ; and in the ...