Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea): an ideal fish-metazoan parasite model? [PDF]
Since its use as a model to study metazoan parasite culture and in vitro development, the plerocercoid of the tapeworm, Ligula intestinalis, has served as a useful scientific tool to study a range of biological factors, particularly within its fish ...
Carter, V, Dufour, S, Hoole, D
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Which papillary thyroid microcarcinoma should be treated as “true cancer” and which as “precancer”?
Background Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) generally is a cancer with excellent prognosis, but the term “cancer” sounds severe and harsh, which can elicit emotional and physical responses from patients.
Krzysztof Kaliszewski +6 more
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Environmental chemical exposures and breast cancer [PDF]
As a hormone-sensitive condition with no single identifiable cause, breast cancer is a major health problem. It is characterized by a wide range of contributing factors and exposures occurring in different combinations and strengths across a lifetime ...
Plant, J, Stanley, E, Voulvoulis, N
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Diagnostic algorithm in combined surgical pathology in patients with diseases of endocrine system
Background. Every 2 years, the incidence of endocrine pathology increased by 23–30 %. During the diagnostic search, 25–30 % of patients with endocrine disorders appear to have 2 to 4 combined surgical diseases.
S.M. Zavgorodniy +3 more
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Prenatal exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and asthma and allergic diseases.
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), chemicals that can interfere with endogenous hormones and that are present in many consumer products, can affect the development and functions of the immune system.
M. Casas, Mireia Gascon
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Progress in the Research of Endocrine and Metabolic System Diseases and Secondary Osteoporosis [PDF]
Secondary osteoporosis (OP) is mostly related to endocrine and metabolic diseases. The growth and development of bone is inseparable from the regulation of the endocrine system.
CHEN Beibei, LI Jia, TAN Wenbin
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Effects of intrauterine exposure to synthetic glucocorticoids on fetal, newborn, and infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function in humans : a systematic review [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Synthetic glucocorticoids are commonly used in reproductive medicine. Fetal organ systems are highly sensitive to changes in the intrauterine environment, including overexposure to glucocorticoids.
1994 Effect of corticosteroids for fetal maturation on perinatal outcomes +257 more
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EPA’s Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP)
People have asked questions in recent years concerning the effects that certain chemicals may have on the endocrine system of humans and wildlife. Laboratory studies have produced evidence that show various chemicals disrupt the endocrine systems of ...
Frederick M. Fishel
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Endocrine and metabolic diseases show increasing incidence and high treatment costs worldwide. Due to the complexity of their etiology and mechanism, therapeutic strategies are still lacking.
Luodan Zhang +5 more
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Medical Genetic Counseling Of Women With Congenital Heart Diseases Of Fetus [PDF]
Aim of the work. Determine the effectiveness of prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart defects in the fetus and the informativeness of different markers used in the medical-genetic counseling of pregnant women..Materials and methods.
Helner, N. (Nadiya) +3 more
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