Melanoma inhibitory activity in Brazilian patients with cutaneous melanoma [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015 BACKGROUND: Melanoma inhibitory activity is a protein secreted by melanoma cells and has been used as a tumor marker. Increased Melanoma inhibitory activity serum levels are related to metastatic disease or tumor recurrence.
Macanori Odashiro +6 more
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Cerebral Microbleeds in a Stroke Prevention Clinic. [PDF]
, 2019 The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a stroke clinic in stroke prevention and progression of cerebral microbleeds (CMB). We conducted a retrospective observational study of patients who visited a stroke clinic between January ...
Chang, Peter +7 more
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BMI and all cause mortality: systematic review and non-linear dose-response meta-analysis of 230 cohort studies with 3.74 million deaths among 30.3 million participants [PDF]
, 2016 To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies of body mass index (BMI) and the risk of all cause mortality, and to clarify the shape and the nadir of the dose-response curve, and the influence on the results of confounding from ...
Aune, D +7 more
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Treatment of atherosclerotic renovascular hypertension: review of observational studies and a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. [PDF]
, 2015 open9Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis can cause ischaemic nephropathy and arterial hypertension. We herein review the observational and randomized clinical trials (RCTs) comparing medical and endovascular treatment for control of hypertension and ...
Caielli, P +8 more
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Analysis of Patients with Facial Lacerations Repaired in the Emergency Room of a Provincial Hospital
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2015 Background Facial laceration is the most common injury encountered in the emergency room in the plastic surgery field, and optimal treatment is important.
Joon Ho Lee +4 more
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COMORBIDITY IMPACT ON SOCIAL FUNCTIONING AFTER HIP FRACTURE: THE ROLE OF REHABILITATION [PDF]
Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, 2016 Objective: To analyze the impact of rehabilitation treatment on social functioning in elderly patients after hip fracture during a rehabilitation program. Methods: This study included 203 patients with hip fracture.
Natasa Radosavljevic +4 more
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Stress relaxation and elastic follow-up using a stress range-dependent constitutive model [PDF]
, 2012 Despite the availability of detailed nonlinear finite element analysis, some aspects of high temperature design can still be best addressed through more simplified methods.
Boyle, James
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Review of economic evidence in the prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer. [PDF]
, 2013 This paper aims to systematically review the cost-effectiveness evidence, and to provide a critical appraisal of the methods used in the model-based economic evaluation of CRC screening and subsequent surveillance.
Cairns, John A, Jeong, Kim E
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Therapeutic Abortion A Follow-Up Study [PDF]
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 1971 A psychiatric and psychological follow-up assessment of 21 patients accepted for abortion on psychiatric grounds, 21 patients denied abortion on psychiatric grounds and 11 patients accepted for abortion on medical grounds was carried out. A history of prior psychiatric illness appeared to be a pointer towards therapeutic termination of pregnancy when
A B, Sclare, B P, Geraghty
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Mortality of patients lost to follow-up in antiretroviral treatment programmes in resource-limited settings: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2009 BACKGROUND: The retention of patients in antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes is an important issue in resource-limited settings. Loss to follow up can be substantial, but it is unclear what the outcomes are in patients who are lost to programmes ...
Martin W. G. Brinkhof +38 more
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