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Open AccessEfficacy of Yigu® versus Aclasta® in Chinese postmenopausal women with osteoporosis: a multicenter prospective study
Zoledronic acid (ZOL) is a therapy inhibiting bone resorption. In this study, generic ZOL (Yigu®) showed its clinical efficacy consistency with original ZOL (Aclasta®) in Chinese postmenopausal women with oste...
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Actual long-term survival in HCC patients with portal vein tumor thrombus after liver resection: a nationwide study
Liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) offers a chance of cure, although survival is often limited. The actual 3-year survival and its associated pro...
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Open AccessClinicopathological and prognostic values of fibronectin and integrin αvβ3 expression in primary osteosarcoma
Osteosarcoma is a malignant bone tumor with a high potential for lung metastasis, and the prognosis for patients with metastatic disease is very poor. The interaction between fibronectin (FN) and integrin αvβ3...
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Open AccessPreliminary experience in treating thoracic spinal tuberculosis via a posterior modified transfacet debridement, instrumentation, and interbody fusion
Posterior transfacet approach has been proved to be a safe and effective access to treat thoracic disc herniation. However, the therapeutic effect and safety of modified transfacet approach for treating thorac...
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Metabolic and Nutritional Skin Diseases
Metabolic and nutritional skin diseases presented in this chapter comprise tuberous xanthoma associated with aortic stenosis, xanthoma disseminatum, lipoid proteinosis, necrobiosis lipoidica, juvenile xanthoma...
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Open AccessPrognostic value of pretreatment serum alanine aminotransferase/aspartate aminotransferase (ALT/AST) ratio and gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT) in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
The levels of liver function tests (LFTs) are often used to assess liver injury and non-liver disease-related mortality. In our study, the relationship between pretreatment serum LFTs and overall survival (OS)...
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Open AccessAdropin deficiency worsens HFD-induced metabolic defects
The limited efficacy of current treatment methods and increased type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) incidence constitute an incentive for investigating how metabolic homeostasis is maintained, to improve treatment...
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Antepartum hemorrhage from previous-cesarean-sectioned uterus as a potential sign of uterine artery pseudoaneurysm
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Vascular complications following prophylactic balloon occlusion of the internal iliac arteries resolved by successful interventional thrombolysis in a patient with morbidly adherent placenta
The increasing incidence of morbidly adherent placenta (MAP) is placing women at a higher risk of life-threatening massive hemorrhage. The involvement of interventional radiology to manage this complex conditi...
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Open AccessHigh level of serum apolipoprotein A-I is a favorable prognostic factor for overall survival in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Noninvasive prognostic tools for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) are urgently needed. Serum lipids and lipoproteins are used for the prognosis of certain diseases; however, the prognostic value of se...
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Open AccessHeme oxygenase-1 promotes neuron survival through down-regulation of neuronal NLRP1 expression after spinal cord injury
Understanding the mechanisms underlying neuronal death in spinal cord injury (SCI) and develo** novel therapeutic approaches for SCI-induced damage are critical for functional recovery. Here we investigated ...
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Open AccessAntiperovskite Chalco-Halides Ba3(FeS4)Cl, Ba3(FeS4)Br and Ba3(FeSe4)Br with Spin Super-Super Exchange
Perovskite-related materials have received increasing attention for their broad applications in photovoltaic solar cells and information technology due to their unique electrical and magnetic properties. Here ...
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Beclin-1-mediated autophagy protects spinal cord neurons against mechanical injury-induced apoptosis
Apoptosis has been widely reported to be involved in the pathogenesis associated with spinal cord injury (SCI). Recently, autophagy has also been implicated in various neuronal damage models. However, the role...
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Newly modified Stoppa approach for acetabular fractures
We present our experience of using a newly modified Stoppa approach combined with a lateral approach to the iliac crest in patients with acetabular fractures in reference to fracture reduction and fixation, te...
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Open AccessPilose antler polypeptides promote chondrocyte proliferation via the tyrosine kinase signaling pathway
Pilose antler polypeptides (PAP) have been reported to promote chondrocyte proliferation. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. The present study was to investigate the effects of PAP on the proli...
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Open AccessGait adaptations in low back pain patients with lumbar disc herniation: trunk coordination and arm swing
Patients with chronic non-specific low back pain (LBP) walk with more synchronous (in-phase) horizontal pelvis and thorax rotations than controls. Low thorax–pelvis relative phase in these patients appears to ...
