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Ensembled artificial neural networks to predict the fitness score for body composition analysis
To predict the nutrition and health status of staff and students in Yuan Ze University and select the influential variables from the total body composition variables, which should have similar predictive abili...
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Open AccessEfficacy and tolerability of bevacizumab plus capecitabine as first-line therapy in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Molecularly targeted agents with anti-angiogenic activity, including bevacizumab, have demonstrated clinical activity in patients with advanced/metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This multicentre phase...
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Influence of Temperature on the Ontogenetic Expression of Neural Development-Related Genes from Develo** Tilapia Brain Expressed Sequence Tags
The develo** central neural circuits in teleosts are genetically controlled and temperature-initiated. We compiled a list of transcripts expressed in the develo** tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) brain using...
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Open AccessAn open, multi-centre, phase II clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of paclitaxel, UFT, and leucovorin in patients with advanced gastric cancer
The aim of the study was to evaluate the response rate and safety of weekly paclitaxel (Taxol®) combination chemotherapy with UFT (tegafur, an oral 5-fluorouracil prodrug, and uracil at a 1 : 4 molar ratio) and l...
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Open AccessPhase II study of weekly oxaliplatin and 24-h infusion of high-dose 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer
To investigate the efficacy and safety of combining weekly oxaliplatin with weekly 24-h infusion of high-dose 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and folinic acid (FA) in treatment of patients with advanced gastric cancer. ...
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Suppurative salmonella thyroiditis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
We describe an 82-year-old man with undiagnosed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who presented with acute swelling of the thyroid goiter. Subsequent thyroid aspirate and blood culture yielded group B Salmone...
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia septicemia with pyomyositis in a chemotherapy-treated patient
Pyomyositis is a rare complication of chemotherapy. A 35-year-old male patient with myelodysplastic syndrome developed Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia shortly after chemotherapy, and Stenotrophomonas malt...
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome following intrathecal methotrexate administration: a case report and review of literature
Acute Respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a rare complication following intrathecal (IT) injection of methotrexate (MTX) in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients. A 19-year-old man with ALL de...
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Lymphoma of bone with initial presentation as a calvarial mass
A 21-year-old man was examined for a right frontal skull mass that had been present for 4 months. Excision biopsy of the mass revealed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Subsequent studies showed right preauricul...
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Scrub Typhus-Associated Hemophagocytic Syndrome
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Cerebral dural sinus thrombosis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with early diagnosis by fast fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MR image: a case report and review of the literature
Cerebral dural sinus thrombosis (CDST) is a very rare complication of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in adult patients. A 23-year-old man with ALL developed dizziness, headache, diplopia, limb weakness, a...
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Adrenal insufficiency caused by primary aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of bilateral adrenal glands: report of a case and literature review
A 64-year-old woman was hospitalized because of poor general condition, gastrointestinal upset, unexplained fever, electrolyte imbalances, and an incidental finding of bilateral huge adrenal masses on compute...
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Mandibular mass as the presenting manifestation of IgM myeloma in a 22-year-old man
We report here the youngest known IgM myeloma patient to have presented with a mandibular mass. A 22-year-old Chinese man sought medical attention due to a mass over his right mandible that had been growing p...
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