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Open AccessPercutaneous creation of direct intrahepatic portosystemic shunts – an alternative for failed TIPS creation
Direct intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation is a feasible and safe alternative for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation. It needs equipment like endovascular ultrasound with restricted a...
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Open AccessExtensive intrathoracic and intraperitoneal splenosis mimicking mesothelioma: a case report
Splenosis is the heterotopic autotransplantation of splenic tissue after severe splenic trauma and/or splenectomy. The epidemiology is elusive, but splenosis is frequently misdiagnosed as malignant tumors of g...
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Open AccessLethal thrombosis of the iliac artery caused by Aspergillus fumigatus after liver transplantation: case report and review of the literature
Aspergillus fumigatus infections frequently occur after solid organ transplantation. Yet, a fungal thrombosis after liver transplantation is an exceptional finding.
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Open AccessThe first endemic West African vertebrate family – a new anuran family highlighting the uniqueness of the Upper Guinean biodiversity hotspot
Higher-level systematics in amphibians is relatively stable. However, recent phylogenetic studies of African torrent-frogs have uncovered high divergence in these phenotypically and ecologically similar frogs,...
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is known to be controlled by T and B cell responses, but the role of natural killer T (NKT) cells is less clear. Richard Blumberg and his colleagues now show that NKT cells ar...
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