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The impact of preoperative calcitonin screening on the prognosis of patients with medullary thyroid cancer: a retrospective multicenter cohort study
There is still controversy in different guidelines regarding the necessity of routine preoperative calcitonin (Ctn) testing in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). The level of preoperative Ctn may influence the ex...
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Clinical prediction models for cervical lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma
Accurate preoperative diagnosis of lymph node metastasis (LNM) in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) remains an unsolved problem. This study aimed to construct a nomogram and scoring system for predicting LNM b...
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Open AccessAssociations of community, famliy and early individual factors with body mass index z-scores trajectories among Chinese children and adolescents
The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity is increasing. This study aimed to examine trajectories of BMI z-scores among Chinese children and the potential determinants including early individual, fami...
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Open AccessNew terpenoids from the roots of Jatropha curcas
Two new sesquiterpenoids, (1S,2R)-dihydroxycycloax-4(15)-ene (1), 14-dehydroxyl daucucarotol (2), and one new rhamnofalane diterpenoid, 2-hydroxy-3-dehydroxycaniojane (3), together with two known compounds, curcu...
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Cloned pigs derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos cultured in vitro at low oxygen tension
Pig cloning has great potential to human xenotransplantation. The present study was designed to establish a more efficient system for producing cloned pigs by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). Our approach...