An undifferentiated carcinoma (UC) of the gall bladder behaves aggressively and has a grave prognosis. Small cell type undifferentiated carcinoma of the gall bladder is a rare variant.
Raman K. Gupta +5 more
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C1q acts in the tumour microenvironment as a cancer-promoting factor independently of complement activation [PDF]
Complement C1q is the activator of the classical pathway. However, it is now recognized that C1q can exert functions unrelated to complement activation.
Agostinis, C +9 more
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Bevacizumab in neoadjuvant treatment of patients with liver metastases from colorectal carcinoma [PDF]
Background: Liver metastases are the leading cause of death in patients with colorectal cancer. Despite advances in chemotherapy, surgical resection of hepatic metastases is still considered the only curative options. However, the majority of patients
Ilić Miroslav +7 more
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Is porto sinusoidal vascular disease to be actively searched in patients with portal vein thrombosis? [PDF]
Porto sinusoidal vascular liver disease (PSVD) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT) are distinct vascular liver diseases characterized, respectively, by an intrahepatic and a prehepatic obstacle to the flow in the liver portal system. PVT may also occur as a
D'Amati, G. +4 more
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AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS AND PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES: A CLINICAL AND FDG-PET/CT STUDY
Introduction/Justification: Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a debilitating neurological disorder characterized by inflammation of brain tissue. Frequently, it is associated with the detection of highly specific antibodies, as such as NMDA, Yo, GAD, Hu ...
Maurício Martins Baldissin +5 more
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Evaluation of the activity of the immune system and age-related tissue markers in Turquoise killifish \ud (Nothobranchius furzeri, Jubb 1971) \ud and their role in cell ageing\ud [PDF]
Currently the Turquoise Killifish is considered the best animal model suitable for aging research. \ud This annual fish, from south east Africa, shows an exceptionally adaptive behaviour to dry periods: indeed, due to this extreme environmental ...
Di Cicco, Emiliano, Rossi, Giacomo
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High frequency of inadequate test requests for antiphospholipid antibodies in daily clinical practice [PDF]
Background: We have empirically noted that many physicians routinely request anti-phospholipid antibodies (aPL) without a correct clinical indication. The aim of this study was to evaluate retrospectively whether aPL testing at our Thrombosis Centre was ...
Barcellona D +3 more
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The relationship of site to transplantability [PDF]
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston ...
Anderson, Leonard L.
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Idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension: current perspectives [PDF]
The term idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension (INCPH) has been recently proposed to replace terms, such as hepatoportal sclerosis, idiopathic portal hypertension, incomplete septal cirrhosis, and nodular regenerative hyperplasia, used to describe ...
D'AMATI, Giulia +5 more
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Cadaveric renal transplantation under cyclosporine-steroid therapy [PDF]
Ninety-seven cadaveric renal transplants were performed upon 96 patients during 1981. The one year patient mortality was 2.1 per cent. Seventy of the recipients were undergoing trasplantation for the first time.
Hakala, TR +4 more
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