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Pancreas Cancer-Associated Weight Loss. [PDF]

, 2019
Unintentional weight loss in patients with pancreatic cancer is highly prevalent and contributes to low therapeutic tolerance, reduced quality of life, and overall mortality.
Denlinger, Crystal S, Hendifar, Andrew E, Matrisian, Lynn M, Petzel, Maria QB, Picozzi, Vincent J, Precision Promise Consortium, Rahib, Lola, Zimmers, Teresa A   +7 more
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Applying Choosing Wisely: Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) and Sub-Serology Testing in a Safety Net Hospital System. [PDF]

, 2015
ObjectiveIn 2013, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) participated in the Choosing Wisely campaign and devised a recommendation to avoid testing antinuclear antibody (ANA) subserologies without a positive ANA and clinical suspicion of disease. The
Davis, Lisa Anne, Goldstein, Barbara, Hirsh, Joel, Keniston, Angela, Storfa, Amy, Tran, Vivian, Yazdany, Jinoos, Zell, JoAnn   +7 more
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Ethnic Differences in the Association Between SOD2 rs4880 and Hepatotoxicity in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Report From the REDIAL Consortium

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Treatment‐associated hepatotoxicity (TAH) is a common complication of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment, but genetic risk factors remain poorly understood. We evaluated the SOD2 rs4880 variant in 544 children with ALL at Texas Children's Hospital. After adjusting for demographic and clinical covariates, the rs4880 C allele
Emily J. Mason, John P. Woodhouse, Joanna S. Yi, M. Monica Gramatges, Olga A. Taylor, Veronica A. Morales, Shalini Dhamodharan, Marley Roberts, Karen R. Rabin, Philip J. Lupo, Michael E. Scheurer, Van Huynh, Steven D. Mittelman, Etan Orgel, Austin L. Brown   +14 more
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Gaucher Disease - From Textbook Obscurity to Clinical Reality: A Case Report with Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital

Case Reports in Clinical Practice
Gaucher’s disease is a rare lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme β-glucocerebrosidase, leading to progressive accumulation of glucocerebroside within macrophages.
Isaac Osore Ogola, Alice Gichemi, Maureen Mumbua Kiio, Wendy Matendechele, Gilbert Olbara, Festus Muigai   +5 more
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Advanced diagnostic techniques in autoimmune bullous diseases

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2017
Autoimmune blistering diseases are diverse group of conditions characterized by blisters in the skin with or without mucosal lesions. There may be great degree of clinical and histopathological overlap; hence, advanced immunological tests may be ...
Anuradha Jindal, Raghavendra Rao, Balbir S Bhogal   +2 more
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Staging chronic pancreatitis with exocrine function tests: Are we better? [PDF]

, 2017
Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas evolving in progressive fibrotic disruption of the gland with exocrine and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency.
MOLETTA, LUCIA, SPERTI, COSIMO
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Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
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The place of D-dimer and L-lactate levels in the early diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia [PDF]

, 2015
INTRODUCTION: Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is an abdominal-vascular emergency which is rare and has high mortality rates (60-80 %) due to late diagnosis (1-3).
Aydin, B., Aydin, C., Demirkan, Neşe Çallı, Kaptanoğlu, Bünyamin, Serinken, M., Özban, Murat   +5 more
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Effects of the Fluid Replacement Method During Online Hemodiafiltration on the Solute Removal Performance and Biocompatibility Using the Asymmetric Cellulose Triacetate Membrane

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pre‐dilution online hemodiafiltration (Pre‐HDF) is predominantly used in Japan, whereas post‐dilution online HDF (Post‐HDF) is more common in Europe. An asymmetric cellulose triacetate (ATA) membrane may improve biocompatibility.
Kenji Sakurai, Yoshitaka Kurihara, Fumi Yamauchi, Hiromi Hosoya, Takeshi Saito   +4 more
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Drug metabolizing enzyme activities versus genetic variances for drug of clinical pharmacogenomic relevance

Clinical Proteomics, 2011
Enzymes are critically important in the transportation, metabolism, and clearance of most therapeutic drugs used in clinical practice today. Many of these enzymes have significant genetic polymorphisms that affect the enzyme's rate kinetics.
Wu Alan HB
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