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Open AccessAcute kidney injury in cancer patients receiving anti-vascular endothelial growth factor monoclonal antibody vs. immune checkpoint inhibitors: a retrospective real-world study
Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor monoclonal antibody (anti-VEGF) or immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) combined with chemotherapy are commonly administered to cancer patients. Although cancer patients ...
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Open AccessMulti-objective medical supplies distribution open vehicle routing problem with fairness and timeliness under major public health emergencies
Fair and timely delivery of supplies plays a critical role under major public health emergencies. In this paper, aiming at fairness and timeliness, an optimization model of open vehicle routing problem for med...
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Clinical features, risk factors, and outcomes of septic arthritis in patients on maintenance hemodialysis
The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical features, risk factors, and outcomes of septic arthritis in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD). We systematically reviewed medical records of 16 HD ...
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Open AccessEffects of parathyroid hormone and vitamin D supplementation on stroke among patients receiving peritoneal dialysis
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients have a high incidence of stroke and commonly have increased parathyroid hormone levels and vitamin D insufficiency. We seek to investigate the incidenc...
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Open AccessLong-term predictive value of acute kidney injury classification in diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis with acute kidney injury
The long-term predictive ability of acute kidney injury (AKI) classification based on “Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes”(KDIGO) AKI diagnosis criteria has not been clinically validated in diffuse prol...
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Serum uric acid is an independent predictor of renal outcomes in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy
Accumulating evidence suggests that a relationship exists between serum uric acid (UA) and the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD), but information regarding idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) is ...
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MicroRNA-155 Mediates Obesity-Induced Renal Inflammation and Dysfunction
Chronic inflammation is a major contributor to obesity-related renal damage. Recent studies have demonstrated that microRNA (miR)-155 is closely associated with hyperglycemia-induced nephropathy, but whether r...
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Serum C3/C4 ratio is a novel predictor of renal prognosis in patients with IgA nephropathy: a retrospective study
IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is an autoimmune disease associated with complement activation. It is unclear whether the ratio of serum C3 and C4 concentrations (C3/C4 ratio) can predict renal outcomes in IgAN patient...
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Open AccessRisk factors of progressive IgA nephropathy which progress to end stage renal disease within ten years: a case–control study
There were few related studies aiming to severe IgA nephropathy (IgAN) which could progress rapidly to end stage renal disease (ESRD) within ten years. To find valuable clinical or pathological factors and pro...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Insulin-like growth factor 1 promotes growth of gastric cancer by inhibiting foxo1 nuclear retention
Gastric cancer (GC) is the fourth most common malignant human cancer. So far, the molecular mechanisms underlying the tumorigenesis of GC are not completely understood. Here, we reported significantly higher l...
