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Significance of the isolation of Candida species from airway samples in critically ill patients: a prospective, autopsy study
Recovery of Candida from the respiratory tract is common. Large series on the incidence of histologically proven Candida pneumonia in intensive care unit (ICU) patients are lacking.
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Case reports: testicular pain as a manifestation of polyarteritis nodosa
Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a necrotising vasculitis of medium-sized vessels of unknown origin. This type of vasculitis is usually systemic, but restriction to a single organ, for example the testis, the app...
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Fatal calciphylaxis in two patients with giant cell arteritis
Two elderly female patients with fatal calciphylaxis, despite nearly normal renal functions, occurring during treatment for giant cell arteritis, are described. The possible mechanisms for this association are...
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We describe a 63-year-old man who presented with an inflammatory aortic aneurysm. The patient had p-ANCA antibodies directed against myeloperoxidase. A diagnosis of idiopathic periaortitis was made. Seven year...
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Open AccessEvaluation of hypoxia in an experimental rat tumour model by [18F]Fluoromisonidazole PET and immunohistochemistry
This study aimed to evaluate tumour hypoxia by comparing [18F]Fluoromisonidazole uptake measured using positron emission tomography ([18F]FMISO-PET) with immunohistochemical (IHC) staining techniques. Syngeneic r...
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Open AccessEffect of antivascular endothelial growth factor treatment on the intratumoral uptake of CPT-11
Promising preclinical activity with agents blocking the function of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been observed in various cancer types, especially with combination therapy. However, these drug...
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Assessment of myocardial viability in a porcine model of chronic coronary artery stenosis with dual dose dobutamine magnetic resonance imaging
In a non-surgical porcine coronary stenosis model resulting in chronic left ventricle dysfunction, we aimed in this study to evaluate the potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to distinguish dysfunctio...
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Ultrasound Examination of the Thorax
Although many investigators have examined the potentials of ultrasonography in the thoracic area (1–51), this technique has never become a general accepted and routinely used imaging modality of the chest. Som...
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Uneven Lipomatosis: A pitfall in pancreatic Sonography
A marked difference in echogenicity between the anterior and posterior parts of the pancreatic head was demonstrated by pancreatic ultrasound in 4 patients. This finding could not be related to local pancreati...
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“Skip areas” in hepatic steatosis: A sonographic-angiographic study
“Skip areas” in focal steatosis describes a newly proposed “subsegmental type” of focal steatosis, which differs in both extent and topography from the more classic “lobar or segmental type” of focal steatosis.
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The Meckel syndrome. Pathological and cytogenetic observations in eight cases
Eight new cases of Meckel syndrome, two of them occurring in the same family, are presented. Occipital encephalocele of varying extent, multicystic renal dysplasia not associated with urinary tract obstruction...
