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Open AccessThe intelligent imaging revolution: artificial intelligence in MRI and MRS acquisition and reconstruction
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Open AccessPsychological pathway to emotional exhaustion among nurses and midwives who provide perinatal bereavement care in China: a path analysis
A lack of confidence in perinatal bereavement care (PBC) and the psychological trauma experienced by nurses and midwives during bereavement care leads to their strong need for sufficient organisational support...
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Open AccessIs switching intravesical chemotherapeutic agents beneficial in short-term recurrent high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder tumors? A 5-year retrospective study
To explore if switching intravesical chemotherapeutic agents is beneficial in short-term recurrences of high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) following the failure of preceding intravesical ther...
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Open AccessMicroRNA-367-3p directly targets RAB23 and inhibits proliferation, migration and invasion of bladder cancer cells and increases cisplatin sensitivity
This study investigated the biological role of miR-367-3p upregulation in bladder cancer and verified the mutual relation between miR-367-3p and RAB23.
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Open AccessExpression of circ-PHC3 enhances ovarian cancer progression via regulation of the miR-497-5p/SOX9 pathway
Accumulating studies have reported indispensable functions of circular RNAs (circRNA) in tumor progression through regulation of gene expression. However, circRNA expression profiles and functions in human ova...
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Lipid metabolism-related genes as biomarkers and therapeutic targets reveal endometrial receptivity and immune microenvironment in women with reproductive dysfunction
In recent years, alterations in lipid metabolism are currently considered a hallmark feature of many diseases. However, the role in women with reproductive dysfunction (WRD) remains to be fully elucidated. Her...
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Open AccessThe association between frailty and mortality among lower limb arthroplasty patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Some studies associate frailty and postoperative mortality in hip or knee replacement patients, and others have explored the relationship between the frailty index and changes in postoperative mortality in hip...
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Open AccessReproducibility of global and segmental myocardial strain using cine DENSE at 3 T: a multicenter cardiovascular magnetic resonance study in healthy subjects and patients with heart disease
While multiple cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) methods provide excellent reproducibility of global circumferential and global longitudinal strain, achieving highly reproducible segmental strain is more...
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Targeting PGC1α to wrestle cancer: a compelling therapeutic opportunity
Metabolic adaptation is an emerging hallmark of cancer, as it provides tumor cells sufficient energy and metabolic intermediates. Although tumor cells are believed to highly rely on Warburg effect to satisfy t...
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Incidence and risk factors of late-onset hemorrhagic cystitis after single umbilical cord blood transplantation with myeloablative conditioning regimen
To explore the incidence and risk factors of late-onset hemorrhagic cystitis (LOHC) in patients undergoing single umbilical cord blood transplantation for hematological malignancies.
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Open AccessUmbilical cord blood transplantation can overcome the poor prognosis of KMT2A-MLLT3 acute myeloid leukemia and can lead to good GVHD-free/relapse-free survival
This is a retrospective study comparing the effectiveness of umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) and chemotherapy for patients in the first complete remission period for acute myeloid leukemia with KMT...
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Open AccessFully-automated global and segmental strain analysis of DENSE cardiovascular magnetic resonance using deep learning for segmentation and phase unwrap**
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) cine displacement encoding with stimulated echoes (DENSE) measures heart motion by encoding myocardial displacement into the signal phase, facilitating high accuracy and...
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Minimally invasive strategy for type I choledochal cyst in adult: combination of laparoscopy and choledochoscopy
Choledochal cyst (CC)is a rare disease entity, more commonly occurring in Asian populations. In case of no contraindication, CC is resected to avoid future malignancies and future complications.
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Retrospective cohort study comparing the outcomes of intravenous busulfan vs. total-body irradiation after single cord blood transplantation
Limited to inadequate stem-cell doses, cord blood transplantation (UCBT) is accompanied by increased graft failure and delayed haematopoietic recovery. The conditioning regimen is critically important for engr...
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Open AccessThe incidence, risk factors and outcomes of early bloodstream infection in patients with malignant hematologic disease after unrelated cord blood transplantation: a retrospective study
Bloodstream infection (BSI) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality for patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The unrelated cord blood transplantation (UCBT) can pro...
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Open AccessMeeting the oral health needs of 12-year-olds in China: human resources for oral health
An appropriate level of human resources for oral health [HROH] is required to meet the oral health needs of population, and enable maximum improvement in health outcomes. The aim of this study was to estimate ...
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Erratum to: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity and Related Comorbidities: A Meta-Analysis of 21 Studies
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Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity and Related Comorbidities: A Meta-Analysis of 21 Studies
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) are two most common weight loss procedures; our meta-analysis aims to compare these two in the treatment of morbid obesit...
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A Randomized Clinical Trial of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity in China: a 5-Year Outcome
No randomized comparative trials have presented long-term outcomes for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB). The present study was designed to compare the eff...
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Outcome Following Management of Dysphagia after Laparoscopic Anti-reflux Surgery
Some patients develop troublesome dysphagia after laparoscopic antireflux surgery, and a proportion require further intervention. The management of this problem was evaluated.