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Physical Breast Model as a Simulator of Pathological Changes
It’s well known that there is a relationship between skin temperature and many pathological changes. Local increase of temperature on a skin surface can represent symptoms of such diseases as: bacteria or vira...
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Clearance and rate of conjugated bilirubin removal during extracorporeal liver support therapy with FPSA PrometheusTM
The elimination of protein-bound solutes during extracorporeal liver support (ELS) therapy involves a sequence of steps and processes such as diffusion, convection, filtration, and adsorption. It was the purpo...
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Options thérapeutiques
Dans cette section sont décrites des techniques opératoires souvent utilisées sur les organes génitaux masculins. Ces interventions sont souvent déléguées à des médecins inexpérimentés, ce qui peut provoquer d...
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The Migrating Cancer Stem Cells Model - A Conceptual Explanation of Malignant Tumour Progression
Human colorectal cancer is one of the best, if not the best, understood tumour diseases. These tumours develop stepwise via an adenoma-carcinoma sequence. The steps in this process can easily be discriminated ...
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Abuse of Androgens
The attraction of anabolic-androgenic steroids for both professional and recreational athletes is to improve muscle mass, strength and endurance. Moreover, an increasing number of men take anabolic- androgenic...
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Sexualität mit 60?
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Der Wunsch nach sexuellen Kontakten und die Fähigkeit, Sexualität zu erleben, sind auch in der Lebensphase ab 60 Jahren...
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Stufenprogramm der Kinderwunschsprechstunde — Diagnostik der Fertilitätsstörungen des Mannes
Siehe auch „Vorbemerkungen“ zu Beginn des vorigen Beitrags.
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Umwelteinflüsse und männliche Fertilität
Vielfältige Umwelteinflüsse wie Umweltchemikalien, Berufsstoffe, Genußgifte, Pharmaka, physikalische Faktoren sowie Streßfaktoren können die Fertilität des Mannes beeinträchtigen. Angesichts der komplexen Entw...
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Die Bedeutung von β-Catenin bei der Entstehung kolorektaler Karzinome
Das kolorektale Karzinom (KRK) ist mit einem Anteil von 10–16% eine der häufigsten malignen Erkrankungen weltweit. Eine kurative Therapie ist auch heute noch ausschließlich durch die radikale chirurgische Rese...
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Resektion und Ersatz der cervikalen Speiseröhre und des Hypopharynx — eine interdisziplinäre Aufgabe für Viszeral-, Mikro- und HNO-Chirurgen
From 1984 to 1996, 136 carcinomas of the esophagus and 8 of the hypopharynx were resected using 3 different procedures (94 transmediastinal, 36 transthoracic, 14 cervicoabdominal). The hospital mortality rate ...
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Regionale Zusammenarbeit für eine molekularbiologische Fragestellung
Research on rare events, such as the occurrence of port-site metastases, can be speeded up by pooling patients from different hospitals. Multidisciplinary approaches, involving surgeons, pathologists and molec...
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Titin Epitope in Thymoma
Autoantibodies against striated muscle proteins (particularly against titin), neuronal structures and the acetylcholine receptor are a hallmark of paraneoplastic Myasthenia gravis (MG). The stimulus for this a...
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Selenium-Independent Glutathione Peroxidase in Malaria Parasites
Inherited and/or acquired alterations of red blood cell metabolism, like glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase- or vitamin E deficiency, which influence peroxide metabolism, inhibit the regular intracellular devel...
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An Approach to the Taxonomy of Malaria Parasites on the Basis of Protein Structures: Adenylate Kinase and Glutathione Reductase as Examples
Protozoa and algae can probably be classified only on the basis of macromolecular structures (Hill & Pettigrew, 1975; Lin et al., 1973). This means that the taxonomy of pathogenic protozoa including Plasmodia,...