Amanuma, Yusuke Horimatsu, Takahiro Ohashi, Shinya Tamaoki, Masashi Muto, Manabu
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Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an effective salvage endoscopic treatment for local failure at the primary site after chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in esophageal cancer patients. However, the contribution of local control by salvage PDT to the prognosis is unclear. We investigated whether complete response at primary site by salvage PDT could improve the p...
Chen, Xue-Ping Wei, Qian-Qian Ou, Ru-Wei Hou, Yan-Bing Zhang, Ling-Yu Yuan, Xiao-Qin Yao, Yun-Qian Jia, De-Sheng Zhang, Qian Li, Wei-Xue
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Neural regeneration research
Creatine kinase is a muscle enzyme that has been reported at various levels in different studies involving patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In the present retrospective case-control study, we included 582 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and 582 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. All amyotrophic lateral sclerosis particip...
Bello, Ibrahim O Wennerstrand, Pia M Suleymanova, Ilida Siponen, Maria Qannam, Ahmed Nieminen, Pentti Leivo, Ilmo Almangush, Alhadi Salo, Tuula
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APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica
A role for incisional biopsy in preoperative prognostication is increasingly being advocated in oral tongue squamous cell carcinomas (OTSCC). Biopsies at two locations were compared, and prognostic factors in biopsies and their corresponding resections were evaluated. A total of 138 OTSCC biopsy slides from Finland and Saudi Arabia were compared fo...
Doubilet, Peter M Phillips, Catherine H Durfee, Sara M Benson, Carol B
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Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
To determine the factors that jointly and independently affect first-trimester outcome of very early intrauterine pregnancies (those whose sonogram shows a gestational sac with no identifiable yolk sac or embryo) and develop a mathematical model and Web-based calculator that computes prognosis based on these factors. Our study population included 5...
Orhan Varoğlu, Asuman Aydin, Adem
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Cureus
Objective The current study aimed to measure and compare neurological disability in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with right-sided symptom onset with that in PD patients with left-sided symptom onset, using the measurements taken at their first and last visits, to determine if right-sided symptom onset was predictive of a poor PD prognosis. Met...
Zhang, Yun Yan, Qianfeng Zhang, Yan
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Journal of clinical laboratory analysis
This study aimed to investigate the correlation of sirtuin 2 (SIRT2) with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) risk, severity, inflammation, and prognosis. A hundred and sixty-four first episode AIS patients and 164 age and gender matched non-AIS patients with high-stroke-risk factors (controls) were enrolled. Peripheral blood was collected and serum was se...
Mollinedo-Gajate, Irene Villar-Álvarez, Felipe Zambrano-Chacón, María de los Ángeles Núñez-García, Laura de la Dueña-Muñoz, Laura López-Chang, Carlos Górgolas, Miguel Cabello, Alfonso Sánchez-Pernaute, Olga Romero-Bueno, Fredeswinda
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Critical Care Explorations
This study aims to determine similarities and differences in clinical characteristics between the patients from two waves of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection at the time of hospital admission, as well as to identify risk biomarkers of coronavirus disease 2019 severity. Design: Retrospective observational study. Setting: A s...
Courant, Maxime Orazio, Sebastien Monnereau, Alain Preterre, Julie Combe, Christian Rigothier, Claire
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Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
Renal impairment (RI), a severe complication in multiple myeloma (MM), is considered as a poor prognostic factor. Patient survival has increased with the use of novel drugs and autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT). However, specific evolution of the incidence of RI in MM and its impact on prognosis remain unclear. Using a population-based re...
he, jian Zhang, Bicheng Zhou, Quan Yang, Wenjing Xu, Jing Liu, Tingting Zhang, Haijun Wu, Zhiyong Li, Dong Zhou, Qing
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Research Square
Background: Since December 2019, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as an international pandemic. COVID-19 patients with myocardial injury might need special attention. However, understanding on this aspect remains unclear. This study aimed to illustrate clinical characteristics and the prognostic value of myocardial injury to COVID-19...
Chen, Junhui Yang, Jie Xu, Qingchun Wang, Zhenyu Wu, Jun Pan, Liukui Huang, Kai Wang, Chen
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Bioscience Reports
Liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) is one of the most frequently occurring primary malignant liver tumors and seriously harms people’s health in the world. Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 1-like (MTHFD1L) has been shown to be associated with colon cancer cell proliferation, colony formation and invasion. In the present study, a total of ...
