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Correlating Reiff scores with clinical, functional, and prognostic factors: characterizing noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis severity: validation from a nationwide multicenter study in Taiwan
BackgroundOur study aimed to confirm a simplified radiological scoring system, derived from a modified Reiff score, to evaluate its relationship with...
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Smoking status, cadmium, and chronic kidney disease
BackgroundChronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 10% of the general population in Western countries. Currently, CKD cannot be cured and there are only...
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Atypical lipoma of the right piriformis muscle: a case report and review of the literature
BackgroundPiriformis muscle mass is rare, which is particular for intrapiriformis lipoma. Thus far, only 11 cases of piriformis muscle mass have been...
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Clinical characteristics of patients with bronchiectasis with nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in Mainland China: a single center cross-sectional study
BackgroundThe diagnosis and treatment of patients with bronchiectasis and nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) pulmonary disease are challenging issues...
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Emerging magnetic resonance imaging techniques in open spina bifida in utero
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an essential diagnostic modality for congenital disorders of the central nervous system. Recent...
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Tumor size measurements of pancreatic cancer with neoadjuvant therapy based on RECIST guidelines: is MRI as effective as CT?
ObjectivesTo compare tumor size measurements using CT and MRI in pancreatic cancer (PC) patients with neoadjuvant therapy (NAT).
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A case of 17q12 deletion syndrome that presented antenatally with markedly enlarged kidneys and clinically mimicked autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
The gene encoding hepatocyte nuclear factor 1β (HNF1B), a transcription factor involved in the development of the kidney and other organs, is located...
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Correction to: Metachromatic leukodystrophy with late adult-onset: diagnostic clues and differences from other genetic leukoencephalopathies with dementia
The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake.
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Clear cell renal cell carcinoma with cystic component similar to multilocular cystic renal neoplasm of low malignant potential: a rare pattern of cyst-dependent progression from multilocular cystic renal neoplasm of low malignant potential
BackgroundFor clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) with cystic component similar to multilocular cystic renal neoplasm of low malignant potential...
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Laparoscopic Kasai portoenterostomy for cystic biliary atresia: midterm follow-up results of 35 patients
PurposeTo investigate the clinical characteristics of cystic biliary atresia (CBA) and evaluate the midterm follow-up outcomes after laparoscopic...
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Two cases of pancreatic colloid carcinoma with different pathogenesis: case report and review of the literature
The two patterns of pathogenesis for pancreatic colloid carcinoma are reported; (1) progression from ordinary ductal adenocarcinoma, a subtype of...
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Polycystic liver disease with lethal abdominal wall rupture: a case report
BackgroundPolycystic liver disease is a clinical feature of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, and it can sometimes cause health damage...
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Role of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 in the progression of mouse juvenile cystic kidney disease
A hallmark of polycystic kidney diseases (PKDs) is aberrant proliferation, which leads to the formation and growth of renal cysts. Proliferation is...
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Factors affecting readmitted patients with acute exacerbation of bronchiectasis
BackgroundBronchiectasis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world. Determining the frequency of actual occurrence is...
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Imaging of the fetal oral cavity, airway and neck
Magnetic resonance imaging has proved to be an extraordinarily useful adjunct modality in assessment of the fetal face, oral cavity, head and neck...
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Quantitative dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and readout segmentation of long variable echo-trains diffusion-weighted imaging in differentiating parotid gland tumors
PurposeTo evaluate the ability of quantitative dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-MRI and readout segmentation of long variable echo-trains...
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Urachal cancer—current concepts of a rare cancer
Urachal cancer is a rare but aggressive disease. In addition to the non-glandular tumors, non-cystic urachal adenocarcinomas are nowadays...
