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Association of sepsis with risk for osteoporosis: a population-based cohort study

We conducted a large, retrospective cohort study using data from Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database to evaluate whether the risk of develo** osteoporosis is associated with sepsis. Our stud...

Y.-F. Lee, H.-K. Tsou, P.-Y. Leong, Y.-H. Wang, J. C.-C. Wei in Osteoporosis International (2021)

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Validate the score presented by Yu et al.: “Risk factors and score for recollapse of the augmented vertebrae after percutaneous vertebroplasty in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures”

T Y Zhang, X F Chen, S Z Zhan, Y H Wang, F Xue, D Y Zhang in Osteoporosis International (2020)

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Clinical and sonographic features for the preoperative prediction of lymph nodes posterior to the right recurrent laryngeal nerve metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma

To evaluate clinical and sonographic features predictive of lymph nodes posterior to the right recurrent laryngeal nerve (LN-prRLN) metastasis in patients diagnosed with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).

M. Zou, Y. H. Wang, Y. F. Dong, X. J. Lai… in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (2020)

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Prevalence of and risk factors for refractive error: a cross-sectional study in Han and Mongolian adults aged 40–80 years in Inner Mongolia, China

To assess the prevalence of and risk factors for refractive error (RE) in Han and Mongolian adults aged 40–80 years in Inner Mongolia in China and to identify ethnic differences in RE between these populations.

M. Wang, J. Ma, L. Pan, T. Chen, H. L. Wang, Y. H. Wang, W. R. Wang, X. D. Pan… in Eye (2019)

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Metabolic profiling of umbilical cord blood in macrosomia

The term macrosomia is used to describe neonates with a birth weight of 4000 g or more. Macrosomia is a potential risk factor for obesity and metabolic syndromes in postnatal and adult life, yet little is know...

H Sun, Y C Wang, C C Wang, X X Xu, Y H Wang, H T Yan… in International Journal of Obesity (2018)

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Epigenetic silencing of the dual-role signal mediator, ANGPTL4 in tumor tissues and its overexpression in the urothelial carcinoma microenvironment

Urothelial carcinoma (UC) carcinogenesis has been hypothesized to occur through epigenetic repression of tumor-suppressor genes (TSGs). By quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction array, we found that ...

H-Y Hsieh, Y-C Jou, C-L Tung, Y-S Tsai, Y-H Wang, C-L Chi, R-I Lin, S-K Hung… in Oncogene (2018)

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The efficacy and safety of probiotics for prevention of chemoradiotherapy-induced diarrhea in people with abdominal and pelvic cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A systematic review and meta-analysis were designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of probiotics for prevention of chemoradiotherapy-induced diarrhea in people with abdominal and pelvic cancer. We searche...

Y-H Wang, N Yao, K-K Wei, L Jiang, S Hanif… in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2016)

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miR-506 acts as a tumor suppressor by directly targeting the hedgehog pathway transcription factor Gli3 in human cervical cancer

Although significant advances have recently been made in the diagnosis and treatment of cervical carcinoma, the long-term survival rate for advanced cervical cancer remains low. Therefore, an urgent need exist...

S-Y Wen, Y Lin, Y-Q Yu, S-J Cao, R Zhang, X-M Yang, J Li, Y-L Zhang, Y-H Wang… in Oncogene (2015)

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Greater risk of hip fracture in hemodialysis than in peritoneal dialysis

Several differences may have existed between patients treated with peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis because of the difference in dialysis modality. This nationwide population-based cohort study demonstrate...

Y.-J. Chen, P.-T. Kung, Y.-H. Wang, C.-C. Huang, S.-C. Hsu… in Osteoporosis International (2014)

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DNA breaks at fragile sites generate oncogenic RET/PTC rearrangements in human thyroid cells

Human chromosomal fragile sites are regions of the genome that are prone to DNA breakage, and are classified as common or rare, depending on their frequency in the population. Common fragile sites frequently c...

M Gandhi, L W Dillon, S Pramanik, Y E Nikiforov, Y-H Wang in Oncogene (2010)

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Endovascular treatment of brain-stem arteriovenous malformations: safety and efficacy

Our purpose was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of endovascular treatment of brain-stem arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), reviewing six cases managed in the last 5 years. There were four patients who pre...

H. M. Liu, Y. H. Wang, Y. F. Chen, Y. K. Tu, K. M. Huang in Neuroradiology (2003)

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Posterior cranial fossa arteriovenous fistula with presenting as caroticocavernous fistula

We report cases of posterior cranial fossa arteriovenous fistula (AVF) with presenting with exophthalmos, chemosis and tinnitus in 26- and 66-year-old men. The final diagnoses was vertebral artery AVF and AVF...

H. M. Liu, H. C. Shih, Y. C. Huang, Y. H. Wang in Neuroradiology (2001)

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Transarterial embolisation of complex cavernous sinus dural arteriovenous fistulae with low-concentration cyanoacrylate

We report the effectiveness of low-concentration n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (NBCA)-Lipiodol-tungsten mixture (10–15 %) in the management of patients with aggressive or recurrent complex cavernous dural arteriove...

H. M. Liu, Y. C. Huang, Y. H. Wang, Y. K. Tu in Neuroradiology (2000)

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Personality correlates of auditory augmenting response to clicks repeated around 2 Hz

Eighty-three subjects (47 women and 36 men) were submitted to Plutchik-van Praag's (PVP) depression inventory, Zuckerman's sensation seeking scales and Zuckerman-Kuhlman's personality inventory, and underwent...

W. Wang, X.-F. Mei, L. Du, S.-W. Lu, X.-M. Fu, Y.-H. Wang in Journal of Neural Transmission (1999)

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The influence of pH and urine composition on urease enzymatic activity in human urine

It is reasonable to assume that the rate of pH increase in urine induced by urease-producing microorganisms is one of the factors which determine whether crystallisation with subsequent stone formation will oc...

A. Edin-Liljegren, L. Grenabo, H. Hedelin, S. Pettersson, Y. H. Wang in Urological Research (1992)

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Studies of urease-induced crystallisation in undiluted human urine using the Coulter counter technique

Urease-induced crystallisation was studied in different human urine samples after urease incubation. The studies were performed using the Coulter counter technique, which enables determination of the number an...

Y. -H. Wang, L. Grenabo, H. Hedelin, S. Holmäng, S. Pettersson in Urological Research (1991)