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Open AccessHeterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K: altered pattern of expression associated with diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer
Using proteomic analysis of the nuclear matrix (NM), we found that heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP K), a member of the hnRNP family with pleiotropic functions, was differentially expressed in ...
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Sistemi di aiuto alla diagnosi
I sistemi esperti (SE) si caratterizzano per la capacità di eseguire compiti che di solito vengono eseguiti da una persona esperta in un particolare dominio (inteso come un ambito della conoscenza) ben delimit...
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Evaluation of sexual activity in patients treated with tadalafil: a randomized prospective placebo-controlled trial
The chronological distribution of sexual intercourses in a group of patients treated with tadalafil versus placebo for 3 months was evaluated. In total, 120 patients with ED were randomized in two groups and t...
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Combined oral therapy with sildenafil and doxazosin for the treament of non-organic erectile dysfunction refractory to sildenafil monotherapy
The purpose of this work was to investigate the efficacy and safety of sildenafil in combination with doxazosin for the treatment of non-organic erectile dysfunction in patients who did not respond to sildenaf...
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Surgical Treatment
The association between erectile dysfunction and decreased arterial flow deficiency to the corpus cavernosum was demonstrated for the first time by Leriche in 1923 [1]. He described a clinical syndrome charact...
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Distribution of Hyperinflation in a General Population
Hyperinflation is usually related to the clinical stages of chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) and it specifically characterizes these patients.1
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The Po River Delta epidemiological study of obstructive lung disease: sampling methods, environmental and population characteristics
A longitudinal study on chronic obstructive lung disease (AOD) has been started in the Po River Delta in northern Italy. The first cross-sectional study was conducted in this previously unpolluted rural area b...
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Presurgery chemotherapy (CT) in locally advanced bladder carcinoma: a feasible and possibly effective approach
In October 1984, a prospective pilot study aiming to evaluate the feasibility and to preliminarily test the efficacy of the chemotherapy-surgery sequence in locally advanced bladder carcinoma was started at ou...
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Correlation between liver cirrhosis and benign prostatic hyperplasia: A morphological study
In elderly males hormonal changes occur, that are believed to cause benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). These are decreased testosterone production, an increased testosterone SHBG and a slightly increased estr...
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Experimental varicocoele in the rat — A new experimental model
In this paper the impregnating ability of rats in whom a varicocoele was induced according to principles described in a previous work was assessed. The animals, 20 adult male Wistar rats, were subdivided into ...
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Techniques of Embolization in Renal Cancer
Embolization has now been widely accepted as a step in the management of large kidney tumours. Herein the technical problems of embolization are described and discussed.
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Lymphadenectomy in Renal Cancer
On the basis of the experience of the Urological University Clinic of Genoa (104 cases of renal cancer operated on in the last 10 years) the problems related to the rationale, the technique and the indications...
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Temporary embolization in urological practice: Myth or reality?
Clot embolization through percutaneous transcatheter technique has proved to be a highly effective and reliable method for stop** bleeding from renal or pelvic areas.
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Computed Tomography for Staging Bladder Tumors
The preoperative staging of bladder tumors has a fundamental importance for prognostic evaluation, surgical indication, and evaluation of results. The current standard procedures for assessing this are cystosc...
