Báo cáo y học: "The prognostic value of baseline erosions in undifferentiated arthritis" docx

... only includes erosions in the hands and not in the feet [6]. Considering the lack of knowledge on the prognostic value of erosions in UA, the present study aims to: study the predictive value of ... slightly lower NPV of 69% (95% CI 65% to 74%). Effect of localization of erosion Baseline erosions were present in the hands in 11.2% of UA patients, in the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... nestin expression would retain its prognostic value in these studies if tumor grade was considered independently. Varying levels of nestin expression in GBMFigure 1 Varying levels of nestin expression ... processed using the TMA spe- cific imaging assay, TMA Multistain. This allows the software to distinguish positive tumor areas within indi- vidual cores of the TMA slide. Both...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:22

... Cancer staging system, N stage in breast cancer is solely determined by the number of positive nodes [2]. In patients with inappropriately dissected axillary nodes, however, a discrepancy may exist ... chemotherapy prior to surgery were excluded. We collected not only treatment modality information such as type of surgery, type of systemic treatment, and radiation field, but als...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:21

... arginine residues in IS4V H As reported previously, the presence of the heavy chain of IS4 plays a dominant role in binding to CL [29]. IS4V H binds CL in combination with six of the 10 light chains tested ... sequence of IS4V H was dominant in con- ferring the ability to bind cardiolipin (CL) while the identity of the V L paired with this heavy chain was important in de...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... level, increased amounts of numerous inflammatory cytokines and matrix-degrading enzymes [23,24]. In brief, our investigation sought to determine the key regula- tory molecules of chondrocyte dysfunction ... metalloproteinases and suppressed extracellular matrix synthesis, induction of catabolic cytokines/chemokines and proinflammatory inducible enzymes, and activation of NF-κB sig...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:22

... pulmonary arterial hypertension was found less frequently. These potentially interesting findings may have limitations since both elevated CK and muscle atrophy cannot be considered highly specific ... confirmation of myositis by electromyography and/or muscle biopsy. PM/Scl-75c aabs were detected more frequently in younger patients with more active disease and joint contractures, while g...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... distinct career pathway. Involving such physicians in medical emergency teams will likely facilitate the dual roles of these as a clinical outreach arm of the intensive care unit and in identifying problems ... higher than routine incident-reporting systems, but without requiring substantial investments of additional resources. Academic centers are increasingly recognizing engagemen...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06

... performed to investigate the clinical value of daily routine CXRs in critically ill patients. We showed not only that the incidence of potentially clinically relevant Table 3 Incidence of new expected ... example, 4.8% of all daily routine CXRs would have resulted in a change to therapy). Sensitivity of the physicians in predicting changes on daily rou- tine CXRs was extreme...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:39

... University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, TURKEY. 2. Clinic of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Public Hospital, Mus, Turkey. 3. Clinic of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, ... drains are inserted and the donor site is sutured using 3/0 polypropylene. Depending on the amount of drainage, the drain is usually removed on the first or second postoperative day...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00

... likely to have symptoms of jaundice (p=0.03).[25] Furthermore, the long-term follow- up study of women infected with contaminated Rh immune globulin in Germany exhibited a rate of chronicity in ... majority of acutely infected individuals are asymptomatic. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2006, 3 48 In the transfusion setting, where acute onset of HCV infection has been best documente...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 09:56