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Comparison of twelve liver functional reserve models for outcome prediction in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing surgical resection
(2018)Various noninvasive liver functional reserve models have been proposed, but their prognostic ability in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unclear. We aimed to investigate the performance of twelve noninvasive ... -
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Coronary artery ectasia presenting with acute inferior wall myocardial infarction in a young adult
(2017)Coronary artery ectasia (CAE), a variant of coronary artery anomalies, is a rare clinical entity. Although atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), CAE also ... -
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Diagnostic approaches and treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis. A review article
(2017)Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) is a condition that involves eosinophilic influx into the esophageal epithelium. It affects both children and adults -
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Dietary Approaches in the Management of Diabetic Patients with Kidney Disease
(2017)Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the most prevalent complications of diabetes, and patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) have a substantially higher risk of cardiovascular disease and death compared to their ... -
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A fatal case of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage as the initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus: A case report and literature review
(Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018)Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a rare fatal pulmonary complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The clinical syndrome is characterized by hemoptysis, acute fall in hematocrit, hypoxemic respiratory failure, ... -
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Five-year outcomes of intravitreal drug therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration in eyes with baseline vision 20/60 or better
(2019)To assess outcomes in treatment-naive eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and good baseline visual acuity (VA) treated using a treat-and-extend (T&E) regimen with intravitreal aflibercept, ... -
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Gastric and Duodenal Pseudomelanosis: An Extended Unusual Finding in a Patient with End Stage Kidney Disease
(2016)Gastric and duodenal pseudomelanosis is a rare endoscopic mucosal finding, characterized by the accumulation of iron in macrophages of the lamina propria of the stomach and duodenum. The clinical significance and long term ... -
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Gastrointestinal Bleed from Erosive Gastritis and Duodenitis: A Sentinel Event of Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast and a Diagnostic Dilemma
(2018)Metastasis from breast cancer to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is uncommon, and such events presenting as GI bleeding are exceedingly rare. In some individuals, the absence of classical findings of primary breast cancer ... -
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Generation of electrophysiologically functional cardiomyocytes from mouse induced pluripotent stem cells
(2016)Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can efficiently differentiate into the three germ layers similar to those formed by differentiated embryonic stem(ES) cells. This provides a new source of cells in which to establish ... -
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients With Performance Status 1 Deserve New Classification and Treatment Algorithm in the BCLC System
(Medicine, 2015)Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with performance status (PS) 1 or 2 are considered similar in the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) system. The rationales are not fully studied. A total of 693 and 335 HCC patients ... -
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Hong Kong Liver Cancer Staging System Is Associated With Better Performance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Special Emphasis on Viral Etiology
(Medicine, 2015)Hong Kong Liver Cancer (HKLC) staging system was developed for prognostic and treatment evaluation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) but is not externally validated. We aimed to evaluate and compare HKLC system with ... -
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Hospital library closures and consolidations: a case series
(2019)Health sciences libraries are being closed or are under threat of closure, but little is published that looks at context and causes or alternative library service delivery models such as affiliations or consolidations. ... -
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Impact of gout on in-hospital outcomes of acute coronary syndrome-related hospitalizations and revascularizations: Insights from the national inpatient sample
(2019)Previous studies have established a role of gout in predicting risk and prognosis of cardiovascular diseases. However, large-scale data on the impact of gout on inpatient outcomes of acute coronary syndrome (ACS)-related ... -
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Impact of tumor burden on prognostic prediction for patients with terminal stage hepatocellular carcinoma: A nomogram study
(2017)The recently proposed nomogram of Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) lacks predictive accuracy for patients with stage D hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Tumor burden is crucial in prognostic prediction but is not included ... -
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Mesalamine-Induced Myopericarditis: A Case Report and Literature Review
(2019)Inflammation of the myocardium (myocarditis) or pericardium (pericarditis) or both (myopericarditis) as side effects of mesalamine, a drug widely used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, is a rare, but potentially ... -
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Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Gastric Ulcer: Case Report and Literature Review
(Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2017)Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for approximately 3% of all adult malignancies. True gastrointestinal metastases, specifically to gastric wall, have been rarely observed. Herein we describe a case of delayed metastasis ... -
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Optimization of the Oertli CataRhex 3 (R) phacoemulsification machine
(2019)The aim of this study was to determine optimal bottle height, vacuum, aspiration rate, and power settings of the Oertli CataRhex 3 (R) phacoemulsification machine. Methods: Porcine lens nuclei were hardened with formalin ... -
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Osteoma Cutis Associated with Nevus Sebaceus: Case Report and Review of Cutaneous Osteoma-associated Skin Tumors (COASTs)
(2019)Osteoma cutis is a benign cutaneous lesion characterized by the presence of bone within the dermis or subcutaneous fat. It most often develops in association with other skin lesions such as cutaneous tumors. Nevus sebaceus ... -
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Palisaded Encapsulated Neuroma of the Trunk: A Case Report and Review of Palisaded Encapsulated Neuroma
(2016)Palisaded encapsulated neuroma is a rare, benign cutaneous tumor. It most commonly presents as a solitary, flesh-colored, dome-shaped nodule affecting the face. However, albeit rarely, palisaded encapsulated neuroma may ... -
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Participation of the elderly, women, and minorities in pivotal trials supporting 2011-2013 US Food and Drug Administration approvals
(2016)Pivotal trials, the clinical studies that inform U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval decisions, provide the foundational evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of novel therapeutics. We determined the ...
