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In this study, we aimed to investigate the feasibility of serum Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) as a potential biomarker for treatment-related ILD (TR-ILD) in lung cancer. We recruited patients with lung cancer ...
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Develo** a Speech Recognition Service for Korean Speakers with Dysarthria
The purpose of this study is to provide an API for converting the speech of people with dysarthria into a text form by constructing a model that learns the speech characteristics of Korean speakers with dysart...
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Open AccessAssociations between proton pump inhibitors and Alzheimer’s disease: a nested case–control study using a Korean nationwide health screening cohort
Safety concerns against the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) based on the risk of dementia, especially Alzheimer’s disease (AD), remain controversial. Here, we investigated the likelihood of AD depending o...
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Expression of VISTA on tumor-infiltrating immune cells correlated with short intravesical recurrence in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
V-domain immunoglobulin suppressor of T cell activation (VISTA) is an immune checkpoint molecule expressed in hematopoietic cells, granulocytes, macrophages, and monocytes. However, few studies to date have in...
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Open AccessDelayed diagnosis of lung cancer due to misdiagnosis as worsening of sarcoidosis: a case report
The concurrence of sarcoidosis and primary lung cancer is very rare. We report a very rare case with a delayed diagnosis of primary lung cancer due to its misdiagnosis as worsening of pulmonary sarcoidosis.
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The Silva system is a pattern-based classification system that stratifies endocervical adenocarcinomas (AC) into 3 categories to assess the risk of lymph node (LN) metastasis. This study aimed to evaluate whet...
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Open AccessFeasibility of liquid biopsy using plasma and platelets for detection of anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangements in non-small cell lung cancer
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using tumor tissue is the gold standard for detection of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangement in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, this method often ...
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Open AccessHigh prevalence of the MLH1 V384D germline mutation in patients with HER2-positive luminal B breast cancer
HER2-positive luminal B breast cancer (BC), a subset of the luminal B subtype, is ER-positive and HER2-positive BC which is approximately 10% of all BC. However, HER2-positive luminal B BC has received less at...
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Sintering, microstructure and electrical properties of 0.4(Bi0.5K0.5)TiO3-0.6BiFeO3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics
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Open AccessNdrg1 is a T-cell clonal anergy factor negatively regulated by CD28 costimulation and interleukin-2
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Open AccessAsymptomatic peripheral vascular disease in total knee arthroplasty: preoperative prevalence and risk factors
Although vascular disease is commonly accepted as a risk factor for wound complications and prosthetic joint infections, little is known about the preoperative prevalence of lower-extremity peripheral vascular...
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The aim of this study was to elucidate the protective ability of the Perilla frutescens cv. Chookyoupjaso mutant water extract (PFWE) against oxidative injury in vitro and in vivo. In in vitro experiments, our re...
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Design and implementation of an automatic material handling system in a batch production environment
This paper presents the problem definition and the related research activities on the modeling, simulation, design and implementation of an automatic material handling system in a batch production environment....
