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Open AccessComparative clinical study of the modified Broström procedure for the treatment of the anterior talofibular ligament injury—outcomes of the open technique compared to the arthroscopic procedure
To observe the clinical efficacy and safety of arthroscopic-modified Broström surgery for the treatment of anterior talofibular ligament injury.
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Open AccessConstruction and analysis of a nomogram prediction model for post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans in children with adenovirus pneumonia after invasive mechanical ventilation
Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans (PIBO) is the most common sequelae in children with adenovirus pneumonia (ADVP). However, there are few studies on the risk factors for PIBO occurrence. This study aims...
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Open AccessThe Effect of Manipulation Under Anesthesia for Secondary Frozen Shoulder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) is often used for frozen shoulder treatment, but controversy still exists regarding MUA compared with conservative treatment. This research was conducted to compare the outc...
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Open AccessSelf-Reported Weather Sensitivity is Associated with Clinical Symptoms and Structural Abnormalities in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study
Patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) often complain about clinical symptoms affected by weather-related factors. The purpose of the present study was to use cross-sectional analysis to determine whether wea...
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Multiple metabolic parameters and visual assessment of 18F-FDG uptake heterogeneity of PET/CT in advanced gastric cancer and primary gastric lymphoma
Advanced gastric cancer (AGC) and primary gastric lymphoma (PGL) are the two most common malignant tumors of the stomach. Conventional imaging examinations have difficulty distinguishing the two. This study ex...
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Open AccessGenome-wide promoter methylation profile of human testis and epididymis: identified from cell-free seminal DNA
DNA methylation analysis is useful for investigation of male fertility in mammals, whereas the reliance on tissues limits the research on human. We have previously found the presence of high concentration of c...
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Over-expression of Sox2 in C3H10T1/2 cells inhibits osteoblast differentiation through Wnt and MAPK signalling pathways
Many Sox proteins play important roles both in mesoderm and ectoderm development. It is reported that Sox2, a member of this family, is essential for the maintenance of the self-renewal of embryonic stem cells...
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Chemotactic effect of urokinase-type plasminogen activator on mouse spermatozoa in vitro
The aim of this study is to investigate the chemotactic effect of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) on mouse spermatozoa. Capillary assays were applied to study the chemotactic activity of ascending a...
