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Endovascular Treatment of Vein of Galen Malformations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2017 BACKGROUND: Outcomes after endovascular embolization of vein of Galen malformations remain relatively poorly described. PURPOSE: We performed a systematic review of the literature to determine outcomes and predictors of good outcomes following ...
W. Brinjikji +4 more
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A medieval fallacy: the crystalline lens in the center of the eye. [PDF]
, 2016 ObjectiveTo determine whether, as most modern historians have written, ancient Greco-Roman authors believed the crystalline lens is positioned in the center of the eye.BackgroundHistorians have written that statements about cataract couching by Celsus ...
Hadi, Tamer M +4 more
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The Concept of Whole Substance in Galen’s "Simple Medicines"
Studia Ceranea, 2021 Galen’s great treatise on drugs, Simple Medicines, begins with 5 theoretical books which explain the mechanisms of drug actions in the following catalogues. The key agent of change is the mixture of the qualities hot, cold, wet and dry.
John Wilkins
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A formal theory for spatial representation and reasoning in biomedical ontologies [PDF]
, 2006 Objective: The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how a formal spatial theory can be used as an important tool for disambiguating the spatial information embodied in biomedical ontologies and for enhancing their automatic reasoning capabilities ...
Bittner, Thomas +2 more
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Galen as representative of Greek paideia of the second sophistic era [PDF]
HypothekaiThanks to the extensive corpus of Galen's writings, which includes numerous autobiographical works and individual notes, we possess a wealth of information regarding his upbringing and education.
Irina
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Shipwreck with Spectator Epidemics and Society in the Ancient World [PDF]
Journal of Research on History of Medicine, 2021 Epidemics are dramatic, far-reaching events. Their impact on society is unpredictable. Starting from the meaning of the Greek word epidemia, the paper highlights its topographical and social connotation (“stay at home, stay in a city”), from Homer to ...
Lorenzo Perilli
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Current Oncology, 2023 Objective: The liver is a critical organ at risk during right breast radiotherapy (RT). Liver function tests (LFTs) such as alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) serve as biochemical ...
Zeliha Güzelöz +4 more
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Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2003 Lasjaunias differentiated true vein of Galen aneurysmal malformations (MAVG), which drain to the median prosencephalic vein of Markowski, the embryonic precursor of the vein of Galen, from the aneurysmal dilatations of vein of Galen (VGDA), which reveal ...
Valentina T Ribeiro +6 more
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Case notes and clinicians : Galen's commentary on the Hippocratic epidemics in the Arabic tradition [PDF]
, 2008 Galen’s Commentaries on the Hippocratic Epidemics constitute one of the most detailed studies of Hippocratic medicine from Antiquity. The Arabic translation of the Commentaries by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (d. c. 873) is of crucial importance because it preserves
Pormann, Peter E.
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Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Objective Assess the performance of serum phosphorylated tau 217 (p‐tau217) and neurofilament light chain (NfL) in predicting risk of cognitive impairment or phenoconversion to dementia in individuals with iRBD. Methods We measured serum p‐tau217 and NfL levels by electrochemiluminescence across 4 polysomnographically confirmed iRBD cohorts (n = 300 ...
Shijun Yan +7 more
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