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Vitamin D receptor (VDR) and progesterone receptor (PR) expression has been described in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) but data regarding association with tumor histological characteristics and localizatio...
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Increased CD14+ and decreased CD14− populations of monocytes 48 h after zolendronic acid infusion in breast cancer patients
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Open AccessEfficacy and tolerability of vildagliptin as first line treatment in patients with diabetes type 2 in an outpatient setting
Inhibitors of dipeptidyl-peptidase IV are recommended as second-line therapy in type 2 diabetes (DT2), but data, as a first-line treatment in everyday clinical practice are scarce. To address this issue we con...
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Long-term treatment of osteoporotic women with bisphosphonates does not impair the response to subsequently administered intravenous pamidronate
We addressed the question whether the response of osteoporotic patients to bisphosphonate treatment is reduced with time. Bisphosphonate-treated women with postmenopausal or glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis...
