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Medicine & Public Health
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**u-**u Zhang
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Phenotypes and Endotypes of Nasal Polyps in the Asian Population
Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a complex disease consisting of different phenotypes. Heterogeneity in the pathology of nasal polyps influences its clinical phenotypes. In this context, en...
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Safety and Success in Modern Liver Transplantation
Liver transplantation has evolved to become safe standard-of-care therapy for patients with end-stage liver disease and certain hepatic malignancies. Careful recipient selection and appropriate utilization of ...
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In Vivo Detection of Cholesterol Crystals in Atherosclerotic Plaque with Optical Coherence Tomography
The development, growth, and aggregation of cholesterol crystals (CCs) within the atherosclerotic core are believed to play a causal role in disease progression as well as plaque erosion and rupture that leads...
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Cribriform-Morular Thyroid Carcinoma
Cribriform morular thyroid carcinoma (CM-TC) was a subtype of papillary thyroid carcinoma in the 4th edition WHO classification of thyroid tumor, because part of papillary thyroid carcinoma-type nuclear features ...
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the prototypical autoimmune disease, associated with autoantibody production and evidence for immune complex deposition among the...
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Molecular Classification of Thyroid Tumors and Key Molecular Features to Identify High-Grade Thyroid Carcinomas
Thyroid nodules are common, and the risk of develo** thyroid nodules with clinical symptoms is increasing. It is necessary to distinguish benign nodules from thyroid malignancies, as this can reduce unnecess...
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Spindle Cells in Thyroid Aspirates
Spindle cell lesions of the thyroid gland (T-SCLs) are uncommon conditions that encompass a wide spectrum of reactive, hyperplastic, and neoplastic processes and could arise from mesenchymal cells, epithelial ...
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First-Line Systemic Treatment Options for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
The treatment of advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) has undergone significant changes over the last two decades, particularly with the development of antiangiogenic therapies, in particular vascu...
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Microcirculation of the Diabetic Foot
The microcirculation in diabetic feet is subject to the same changes found in other end organs of diabetic patients, such as the retina or the kidneys. Complications, such as foot ulceration, lead to further m...
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IgG4-Related Disease
IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated condition that affects multiple organ systems. Typical IgG4-RD organs and body regions affected include the major ...
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Human Serum Albumin Infusion in Liver Cirrhosis
Liver cirrhosis and its complications cause a substantial health burden in the world. Important progress over the past years has improved our understanding of the pathogenesis and treatment of the liver cirrho...
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Ursodeoxycholic Acid in Liver Cirrhosis: A Chinese Perspective
Bile acids (BAs) not only play critical roles in liver-gut immune homeostasis but also participate in regulating lipid, glucose, and energy metabolism. BAs transporter defect or signaling pathways abnormal act...
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The Search for the Optimal Immunotherapy Sequencing in the Perioperative Setting of RCC
Based on the S-TRAC study, sunitinib was approved as adjuvant therapy for high-risk renal cell carcinoma after nephrectomy; however, the role of perioperative immunotherapy is less clear. Multiple immunotherap...
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Immunotherapy
The standard of care for patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has evolved rapidly with the development of immunotherapy. Since 2015, new immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been approved by the US FDA...
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Doppler Techniques
Continuous wave Doppler is an underused monitoring technique and is very operator dependent. An understanding of the problems involved with its use is needed to get the best results. It cannot be used in every...
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Surgical Telementoring and Teleproctoring
The use of telemedicine for mentoring and proctoring is long-standing, but only in recent years has it been applied to the many specialties in surgery. Despite being relatively new, the concept of telepresence...
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Overview of Child Telebehavioral Interventions Using Real-Time Videoconferencing
Because of the widening access gap between evidence-supported child behavioral interventions and access to these services across clinical child psychology, pediatric psychology, and applied behavior analysis a...
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Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy
Idiopathic achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder that has an annual incidence of roughly 1 in 100,000 and a prevalence of about 10 in 100,000 [1]. It is thought to be caused by a loss of inhibitory gang...
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Glaucomatous Injury of Central Nerve System
Glaucoma is generally considered to be a disease limited to the eye resulting from characteristic changes to the optic nerve head and corresponding visual field defects caused by elevated intraocular pressure....
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Glaucomatous Injury of Central Nerve System: The Role of Neuroimaging Technology in the Understanding of Disease
Understanding glaucoma is an endless process of continuous integration; for example glaucoma, which was firstly recognized to be a disease limited to the eye, has now been considered as a disease affecting the...
