Personalized medicine—a modern approach for the diagnosis and management of hypertension [PDF]
, 2017 The main goal of treating hypertension is to reduce blood pressure to physiological levels and thereby prevent risk of cardiovascular disease and hypertension-associated target organ damage.
Borghi, Claudio +5 more
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Vitamin D receptor genetic variations in association to the susceptibility to prostate cancer: a case-control study in a Moroccan population [PDF]
Exploration of MedicineAim: It has been shown that the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene and its biological functions can be affected by genetic alterations in the VDR gene.
Kawtar Nabil +8 more
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Radiomics and liquid biopsy in oncology: the holons of systems medicine
Insights into Imaging, 2018 Radiomics is a process of extraction and analysis of quantitative features from diagnostic images. Liquid biopsy is a test done on a sample of blood to look for cancer cells or for pieces of tumourigenic DNA circulating in the blood. Radiomics and liquid
E. Neri +6 more
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Prediction of gene–phenotype associations in humans, mice, and plants using phenologs [PDF]
, 2013 All authors are with the Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Laurent, Jon M. +4 more
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Inflammatory mediators in nasal secretion in patients with bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis with or without polyposis and hypertrophic sinonasal mucosa [PDF]
Exploration of MedicineAim: The pathogenetic mechanisms and predictors of the development of polyposis and hypertrophy of the sinonasal mucosa (SM) in patients with chronic allergic airway inflammation have not been clearly established.
Svetlana Viktorovna Krasilnikova +8 more
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Access to essential medicines in Pakistan: policy and health systems research concerns. [PDF]
, 2013 NTRODUCTION: Inadequate access to essential medicines is a common issue within developing countries. Policy response is constrained, amongst other factors, by a dearth of in-depth country level evidence.
Aleem, Noureen +3 more
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Joint mobilization strategies for chronic ankle instability: comparing active and passive approaches in a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Exploration of MedicineAim: This study aimed to evaluate the differential effects of active joint mobilization (AJM) versus traditional passive joint mobilization (PJM) in individuals with chronic ankle instability. We hypothesized that the integration of active components may
Hyunjoong Kim, Eunsang Lee, Mingyun Ko
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Controlled surface initiated polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide from polycaprolactone substrates for regulating cell attachment and detachment [PDF]
, 2012 Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) substrates were modified with thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) brushes to direct and control cellular attachment and detachment. Prior to brush growth, the surface of PCL was activated by a diamine to allow
Blitterswijk, C.A. van +5 more
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An unusual case of coexistence of Familial Mediterranean Fever with rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren’s syndrome [PDF]
Exploration of MedicineWe report a rare case of a female patient with multiple rheumatological conditions. The patient initially presented with periodic, diffuse abdominal pain.
Fadi Altamimi +4 more
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The critical role and molecular mechanisms of ferroptosis in antioxidant systems: a narrative review
Annals of Translational Medicine, 2022 Background and Objective Ferroptosis is a recently discovered form of cell death which differs from other forms of cell death in terms of morphology, biochemistry, and regulatory mechanisms.
Meng Liu +8 more
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