Báo cáo y học: "Intussusception of the small bowel secondary to malignant metastases in two 80-year-old people: a case series" potx

... the remaining 50% the causes are primary tumor metastases to the gastrointestinal tract, especially melanoma which has two predominant forms in the intestine. The most common form is that of multiple ... of Surgical Intervention in the Management of Intestinal Metastases From Malignant Melanoma. Am J Surg 1991, 62:428-431. 11. Yokota T, Kunii Y, Kagami M, Taka...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:23

... of unknown etiology, as early initiation of therapy is imper- ative to prevent severe disease resulting in liver transplan- tation or death. Abbreviations ALT: alanine transaminase; AST: aspartate ... count Consent Written informed consent was obtained from the next -of- kin of the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images. A copy of the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 19:21

... aspirations, assisted with anal- ysis of cytokine levels, and histology data, and helped to prepare the manuscript. SML helped with analysis of cytokine data and assisted with manuscript preparation. MH ... but also inducing the upregulation of adhesion molecules and the production of additional cytokines, including IL-1alpha and IL-1beta. TNF-alpha also plays a critical rol...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21

... patient began wearing the FRACUs again. Within a week the rash reappeared, and our patient was advised by the medical staff to discontinue use of FRACUs indefinitely. The uniforms were self-laundered ... of perspiration. Additional cases A total of 16 additional patients presented with similar chief complaints and clinical symptoms as case 1 and Figure 1 Photograph of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... and no family history of endometriosis. A clinical examination of the patient, including a full gynaecologi- cal examination, was within normal limits. Preliminary investigations revealed an iron ... history of right iliac fossa pain and loose motions. Apart from longstanding dysmenorrhoea and menorrhagia, she did not have any other symptoms. There was no past medical history to...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... protein (Figure 6). In addition, staining was demonstrated at the synovial lining and on many infiltrating inflammatory cells. Protein levels of inflammatory chemokines in synovial fluid Protein ... Okada M, Kataharada K, Shino- hara T, Takamizawa-Matsumoto M, Ohsuzu F: Dynamic changes in cytokine levels in serum and synovial fluid following filtra- tion leukocytapheresis therapy...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... BP, FCD and FC analyzed and interpreted the data. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to the RA family members for their participation; ... identifying other RA genetic factors that may specifically interact with only one of the HLA-DRB1 genotypes. Several previous studies indicated that other genes within HLA, such as t...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... in the Framingham risk score in patients and controls, and the majority of the SLE patients with coronary calcification had a low 10-year risk according to the Framingham calculations [12]. In ... have been studied. A meta-analysis including asymptomatic individuals indicated that those with coronary-artery calcification above the median have an 8.7-fold increased risk...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... or factor II in the Taiwanese study [14]. C ombining the factor II and factor III items in the present study is similar to those of factor II in the European study. The items of factor II in the ... were initially retained and clinical con- siderations decided the final number of factors. The internal consistency of the HCL-32 was determined using Cronbach’...

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... exist transcriptionally between these strains and that the A/ J may display a tendency toward continued activation of inflammatory genes or early activation of oncogenes compared to the B6 strain. ... 24,000 well anno- tated RefSeq transcripts and allows 8 samples to be inter- rogated in parallel. To minimize array to array variability, a cRNA sample from each of the...

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