Biliary atresia combined Wilson disease identified by whole exome sequencing in Vietnamese patient with severe liver failureMedicine (United States) - Tập 101 Số 2 - Trang e28547
Nguyen Pham Anh Hoa, Nguyễn Thị Kim Liên, Nguyen Van Tung, Ngọc-Lan Nguyen, Nguyen Thi Phuong, Nguyen Thi Mai Huong, Hoang Ngoc Thach, Nguyễn Huy Hoàng
Abstract Rationale: Hepatobiliary diseases such as biliary atresia (BA), Wilson
disease, and progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis are common causes of
morbidity and mortality in young children. Affected patients progress rapidly to
end-stage cirrhosis and require liver transplantation or die. Mutations in many
genes have been identified to play an important role in the pathogenesis of
hep... hiện toàn bộ
Staplers or clips?Medicine (United States) - Tập 97 Số 45 - Trang e13116 - 2018
Yu Liu, Zhongli Huang, Yahong Chen, Banghua Liao, Liao Peng, Xiaoshuai Gao, Kunjie Wang, Hong Li
Abstract Background: Controlling of the renal vessels is a critical step in live
donor nephrectomy (LDN). Currently, mainly 2 devices, Hem-o-Lok clips and
staplers, are utilized to control vessels during LDN. Both of them have
advantages and disadvantages. Methods: This systematic review and meta-analysis
was aimed to compare the safety and the efficacy of the 2 devices and to
identify the better ... hiện toàn bộ
Cirrhosis and hernia repair in a cohort of 6352 patients in a tertiary hospital: Risk assessment and survival analysisMedicine (United States) - Tập 101 Số 45 - Trang e31506 - 2022
Leonardo Zumerkorn Pipek, Vitor Santos Cortez, João Victor Taba, Milena Oliveira Suzuki, Fernanda Sayuri do Nascimento, Vitoria Carneiro de Mattos, Walter Augusto Moraes, Leandro Ryuchi Iuamoto, Wu Tu Hsing, Lawrence Haddad, Alberto Meyer, Wellington Andraus
The prevalence of hernias in patient with cirrhosis can reach up to 40%. The
pathophysiology of cirrhosis is closely linked to that of the umbilical hernia,
but other types are also common in this population. The aim of this study is to
evaluate factors that influence in the prognosis after hernia repair in patients
with cirrhosis. A historical cohort of 6419 patients submitted to hernia repair
wa... hiện toàn bộ
Ultrasound is helpful to differentiate Bethesda class III thyroid nodulesMedicine (United States) - Tập 96 Số 16 - Trang e6564 - 2017
Luying Gao, Ying Wang, Yuxin Jiang, Xiao Yang, Ruyu Liu, Xuehua Xi, Shenling Zhu, Ruina Zhao, Xingjian Lai, Xiaoyan Zhang, Bo Zhang
Immune imbalance is associated with the development of preeclampsiaMedicine (United States) - Tập 98 Số 14 - Trang e15080 - 2019
Yu Ma, Ye Yao, Jin Zhang, Chun Ruan, Pingjin Gao
Abstract Preeclampsia (PE) is characterized by hypertension and proteinuria. It
affects about 5% to 8% of pregnancies and causes maternal and perinatal
mortality and morbidity. The immune imbalance and excessive inflammatory
response play vital roles in the pathogenesis of PE. In this study, we performed
a case-control study to investigate the levels of cytokines, chemokines and
adhesion molecules... hiện toàn bộ
Malignant Melanoma in African–AmericansMedicine (United States) - Tập 96 Số 15 - Trang e6258 - 2017
Krishnaraj Mahendraraj, Komal Sidhu, Christine Lau, Georgia J. McRoy, Ronald S. Chamberlain, Franz O. Smith
The tongue features associated with type 2 diabetes mellitusMedicine (United States) - Tập 98 Số 19 - Trang e15567 - 2019
Po-Chi Hsu, Heng‐Hsiung Wu, Yu‐Chuen Huang, Hen‐Hong Chang, Tsung-Chieh Lee, Yiping Chen, John Y. Chiang, Lun-Chien Lo
Abstract Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a public problem closely associated with
numerous oral complications, such as coated tongue, xerostomia, salivary
dysfunction, etc. Tongue diagnosis plays an important role in clinical prognosis
and treatment of diabetes in the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This study
investigated discriminating tongue features to distinguish between type 2 DM and
non-DM in... hiện toàn bộ