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Acromegaly presented with acne vulgaris: a retrospective study with 123 cases
Acne vulgaris is a prevalent skin condition. We have found that some acromegaly patients have acne. However, no study has examined the relationship between acromegaly and acne.
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Open AccessOverall adjustment acupuncture for postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP): a study protocol for a randomized sham-controlled trial
Osteoporosis is becoming more prevalent in aging societies worldwide, and the economic burden attributable to osteoporotic fractures is substantial. The medications presently available to treat osteoporosis have
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Transplantation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells ameliorates autoimmune pathogenesis in MRL/lpr mice
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent cells characterized by immunomodulatory properties and are therefore considered a promising tool for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. In this study, we aimed ...
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Determination of Glucose and Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Glucose is the main source of energy for human activities. Diabetes is a group of disorders characterized by chronic elevation of blood glucose. Thus, determination of blood glucose is a basic method for the d...
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Open AccessThe SNP-set based association study identifies ITGA1 as a susceptibility gene of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Han Chinese
Genome-wide association studies, which detect the association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and disease susceptibility, have been extensively applied to study attention-deficit/hyperactivity d...
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Cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis: medications and risk factors in China
This study aims to assess the risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and to determine the association of traditional and biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) with risk for CVD in Chin...
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Open AccessMicroRNA-645 is an oncogenic regulator in colon cancer
Despite advances in early diagnosis and the development of molecularly targeted therapy, curative treatment of colon cancer once it has metastasized is yet to be accomplished. This is closely associated with d...
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Tag polymorphisms of solute carrier family 12 member 3 gene modify the risk of hypertension in northeastern Han Chinese
Converging evidence suggests that the gene encoding solute carrier family 12 member 3 (SLC12A3) is a logical candidate involved in the underlying cause of hypertension. We therefore selected four tag polymorphism...
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Recent trend of pylephlebitis in Taiwan: Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess as an emerging etiology
Pylephlebitis (septic thrombophlebitis of the portal venous system) is a rare complication of intra-abdominal infection. We aimed to investigate the recent trend of its etiology, clinical manifestation, and pr...
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Association of two glyoxalase I gene polymorphisms with nephropathy and retinopathy in Type 2 diabetes
Background: Glyoxalase I (GLO1), which is the major enzyme that catalyzes the metabolism of methylglyoxal (MG), may play an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic microvascular complicati...
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Short-term hyperglycaemia causes non-reversible changes in arterial gene expression in a fully ‘switchable’ in vivo mouse model of diabetes
Irreversible arterial damage due to early effects of hypo- or hyperglycaemia could account for the limited success of glucose-lowering treatments in preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. We hypothesi...
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The relationship between dietary protein intake and blood pressure: results from the PREMIER study
Observational and clinical studies suggest that high protein intake, particularly protein from plant sources, might reduce blood pressure (BP). To examine the association of dietary protein with BP, we analyse...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The optimal time-window for surgical treatment of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: result of prospective randomized controlled trial of 500 cases
The aim of this clinical study was to determine the optimal time-window for surgical treatment of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). From January 1998 to September 2000, 17 hospitals in Shanghai parti...
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Laparoscopic hepatectomy by curettage and aspiration
This article introduces a new technique for hepatectomy. Its purpose is to describe the details of laparoscopic hepatectomy by curettage and aspiration (LHCA) and develop a new instrument for this technique.
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HTPAP gene on chromosome 8p is a candidate metastasis suppressor for human hepatocellular carcinoma
Our previous studies suggested that chromosome 8p deletion is associated with metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), in which some novel metastasis suppressor genes might be harbored. The present study ...
