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Open AccessPalmitoylethanolamide induces microglia changes associated with increased migration and phagocytic activity: involvement of the CB2 receptor
The endogenous fatty acid amide palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) has been shown to exert anti-inflammatory actions mainly through inhibition of the release of pro-inflammatory molecules from mast cells, monocytes a...
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Open AccessPalmitoylethanolamide reduces pain-related behaviors and restores glutamatergic synapses homeostasis in the medial prefrontal cortex of neuropathic mice
Enhanced supraspinal glutamate levels following nerve injury are associated with pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for neuropathic pain. Chronic pain can interfere with specific brain areas involved in...
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Open AccessHeavy smoking and lung cancer: Are women at higher risk? Result of the ICARE study
Whether women are more or equally susceptible to the carcinogenic effects of cigarette smoke on the lungs compared with men is a matter of controversy. Using a large French population-based case–control study,...
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Advanced Security Service cERTificate for SOA: Certified Services go Digital
Service-oriented architectures (SOA) constitute a major architectural style for large-scale infrastructures and applications built from loosely-coupled services and subject to dynamic configuration, operation ...
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Multidetector computed tomography in the diagnosis and management of renal trauma
Renal injuries fall within the broad and complex subject of retroperitoneal trauma. Although their computed tomography (CT) features have been known for a while, the timing, diagnostic approach and management ...
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Open AccessPatterns of neoplastic recurrence in gastrectomized elderly patients
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Open AccessGastric cancer in elderly: clinico-pathological features and surgical treatment
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Cranial aneurysmal bone cyst: a diagnostic problem With a review of the literature
Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABC) are benign osteolytic lesions that are more common in young people than in adults and involve the skull only exceptionally. The origin of ABC is still debated; indeed, some authors ...
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The CSF myelin basic protein in pediatric hydrocephalus
Concentrations of myelin basic protein (MBP) in ventricular and lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 20 pediatric hydrocephalic patients were reviewed. Raised values were found to be particularly significant in...
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Vertebrobasilar infarcts in infancy: a case report and review of the literature
We report a rare case of a child with cerebellar infarction confirmed by vertebral angiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The etiology of this case is unknown. The relevant literature...