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A Rare Case of Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis (s-IBM) [PDF]
Sporadic inclusion body myositis (s-IBM) is an acquired inflammatory myopathy. Clinical presentation is variable. The usual presentation is progressive weakness and atrophy of the arms and leg muscles, especially of the quadriceps femoris which is ...
Sourya Acharya+4 more
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Convenient tools to assess canine skeletal muscle health would be useful for a variety of applications, including standard veterinary assessments of dog fitness, as well as studies of muscle deterioration due to age or disease. One technology that can be
Sarah A. Verga+7 more
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Mechanisms of muscle atrophy and hypertrophy: implications in health and disease
Skeletal muscle is the protein reservoir of our body and an important regulator of glucose and lipid homeostasis. Consequently, the growth or the loss of muscle mass can influence general metabolism, locomotion, eating and respiration.
R. Sartori, V. Romanello, M. Sandri
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Topical issues of prevention of stomach cancer: A review
Prevention of gastric cancer, both primary and secondary, is an extremely important component of the management of gastroenterological patients. The correct collection of anamnesis with an assessment of the hereditary (family) cancer risk, the action of ...
Yury P. Uspenskiy+4 more
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The human stomach functions as both a digestive and innate immune organ. Its main product, acid, rapidly breaks down ingested products and equally serves as a highly effective microbial filter.
José B. Sáenz
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Introduction: The increasingly popular microbiopsy is an appealing alternative to the more invasive Bergström biopsy given the challenges associated with harvesting skeletal muscle in older populations.
Garrett M. Hester+10 more
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Clinical correlation between serum pepsinogen level and gastric atrophy in gastric neoplasm [PDF]
Background/Aims The relationship between the serum pepsinogen (sPG) level and changes in gastric mucosa has been well studied. Here, we evaluated the usefulness of sPG (I, II, I/II ratio) and intragastric pH as a biomarker of severe gastric atrophy in ...
Jae Hwang Cha, Jin Seok Jang
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Automated brainstem parcellation using multi-atlas segmentation and deep neural network [PDF]
About 5-8% of individuals over the age of 60 have dementia. With our ever-aging population this number is likely to increase, making dementia one of the most important threats to public health in the 21st century. Given the phenotypic overlap of individual dementias the diagnosis of dementia is a major clinical challenge, even with current gold ...
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Structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) has been widely used for computer-aided diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders, e.g., Alzheimer's disease (AD), due to its sensitivity to morphological changes caused by brain atrophy.
Chunfeng Lian+3 more
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Descrevem-se o diagnóstico e o tratamento de um caso de gastrite atrófica crônica, em uma cadela sem raça definida, de dois anos de idade. A paciente apresentava como principal sintomatologia vômito crônico.
P.C. Basso+4 more
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