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Changes in skeletal muscle function during chemotherapy and related factors in patients with acute leukemia
Skeletal muscle function is an important prognostically relevant indicator in patients with acute leukemia (AL), but skeletal dysfunction during chemotherapy is not well understood. This study aimed to investi...
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What is the optimal nutritional assessment tool for predicting decline in the activity of daily living among older patients with heart failure?
The clinical importance of nutritional management in activities of daily living (ADL) among older inpatients with heart failure (HF) is greatly increasing. We determined the optimal nutritional assessment tool...
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Open AccessFactors affecting one-leg standing time in patients with end-stage knee osteoarthritis and the age-related recovery process following total knee arthroplasty
The aims of the present study were to investigate the factors affecting one-leg standing (OLS) time in patients with end-stage knee osteoarthritis (OA) and to clarify the age-related recovery process following...
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Subservient relationship of the peripheral second systolic pressure peak to the central hemodynamic parameters is preserved, irrespective of atherosclerosis progression in hypercholesterolemic rabbits
We investigated whether the subservient relationship of peripheral to central hemodynamic parameters, such as the augmentation index (AI) and the second systolic (SBP2) and pulse pressures, were preserved with th...
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In vitro synthesis of glycogen: the structure, properties, and physiological function of enzymatically-synthesized glycogen
This review describes a new enzymatic method for in vitro glycogen synthesis and its structure and properties. In this method, short-chain amylose is used as the substrate for branching enzymes (BE, EC 2.4.1.1...
