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Clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of hypokalemic flabbiness disease
The most striking symptom of hypokalemic flabbiness disease is symmetric flaccid paralysis involving both the upper and lower extremities, which is characterized by weaker proximal muscle groups than distal on...
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Treatment of unresectable primary liver cancer: With reference to cytoreduction and sequential resection
Unquestionably, progress has been made in the early detection and early treatment of primary liver cancers (PLCs), although most remain unresectable, mainly because the cancer is advanced and coexists with liv...
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Cytotoxicity and arecoline mechanisms in human gingival fibroblasts in vitro
Betel nut chewing, like cigarette smoking, is a popular oral habit which im**es on the daily lives of a population of approximately 200 million. People who chew betel nuts have a higher prevalence of periodo...
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Selective Two-Channel Linear Descriptors for Studying Dynamic Interaction of Brain Regions
This paper demonstrates an effective approach to studying functional coupling of different brain regions in event-related paradigm. The selective two-channel complexity (TCC) and field power (TCFP) were investiga...
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An Improved Adaptive RBF Network for Classification of Left and Right Hand Motor Imagery Tasks
An improved adaptive RBF neural network is proposed to realize the continuous classification of left and right hand motor imagery tasks. Leader-follower clustering is used to initialize the centers and varianc...
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Open AccessAdrenal insufficiency in prolonged critical illness
Adrenal insufficiency is common in critically ill patients and affects their prognosis, but little is known about how adrenal function changes during prolonged critical illness. This study was conducted to inv...
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Neuroprotection Against Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia and Oxygen–Glucose Deprivation by Interference with GluR6-PSD95 Protein Interaction
Previous studies have shown that KA receptor subunit GluR6 mediated c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase (JNK) signaling is involved in global ischemia injury. Our present study indicates that focal ischemic brain ...
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Clinical observations, molecular genetic analysis, and treatment of sitosterolemia in infants and children
The clinical observation and treatment of young children with sitosterolemia has rarely been reported. We report clinical, biochemical, and molecular genetic observations and treatment outcomes for five Chines...
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Open AccessGranzyme Gis expressed in the two-cell stage mouse embryo and is required for the maternal-zygotic transition
Detailed knowledge of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that direct spatial and temporal gene expression in pre-implantation embryos is critical for understanding the control of the maternal-zygotic transi...
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Enzyme assay and clinical assessment in subjects with a Chinese hotspot late-onset Fabry mutation (IVS4 + 919G→A)
Newborn screening for Fabry disease in Taiwan Chinese has revealed a high incidence of the late-onset GLA mutation IVS4 + 919G→A (∼1 in 1,500–1,600 males). We studied 94 adults with this mutation [22 men, 72 w...
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Open AccessIntensity modulated radiotherapy for elderly bladder cancer patients
To review our experience and evaluate treatment planning using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and helical tomotherapy (HT) for the treatment of elderly patients with bladder cancer.
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Open AccessRadiotherapy may improve overall survival of patients with T3/T4 transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis or ureter and delay bladder tumour relapse
Since transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the upper urinary tract is a relatively uncommon malignancy, the role of adjuvant radiotherapy is unknown.
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Open AccessAdmissions to intensive care unit of HIV-infected patients in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: etiology and prognostic factors
Although access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has prolonged survival and improved life quality, HIV-infected patients with severe immunosuppression or comorbidities may develop complications ...
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Open AccessElevated placenta growth factor predicts pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease under inhaled corticosteroids therapy
An increased incidence of pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) under inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) therapy was noticed in previous studies. We performed a prospective study to...
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Open AccessDnaJ homolog Hdj2 Facilitates Japanese Encephalitis Virus Replication
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a member of the mosquito-borne Flaviviridae family of viruses that causes human encephalitis. Upon infection of a new host, replication of viral RNA involves not only the vira...
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Open AccessAdvanced non-small cell lung cancer in patients aged 45 years or younger: outcomes and prognostic factors
Lung cancer in young patients (less or equal to 45 years) is uncommon and has clinical characteristics different from that in older patients. We investigated the outcomes and prognostic factors of young patien...
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Visual and Olfactory Responses of Seven Butterfly Species During Foraging
Foraging responses of seven butterfly species were determined for flower models that differed in color, size, and depth of artificial corolla. We measured frequency of visits to flowers of various colors (red,...
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Highly Sensitive Sensing with High-Q Whispering Gallery Microcavities
As a result of their highly confined microscale mode volumes and ultrahigh Q factors, photonic microcavities have emerged as a promising platform for highly sensitive biosensing and nanoparticle detection. In a...
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A robust H ∞ control approach for a class of networked control systems with sampling jitter and packet-dropout
This paper is concerned with the robust H ∞ control problem for a class of networked control systems (NCSs) with sampling jitter, short time-varying delays and packet-dropouts. By considering stat...
