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Medical therapy for polycystic liver disease [PDF]
The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2016 Introduction Somatostatin analogues and rapamycin inhibitors are two classes of drugs available for the management of polycystic liver disease but their overall impact is not clearly established. This article systematically reviews the literature on the medical management of polycystic liver disease.
S Khan, Ashley R. Dennison, G Garcea
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009 Introduction Surgical treatment is the usual therapy for patients with polycystic liver disease and with severe symptoms, yet the results of surgery are often disappointing and the optimal surgical approach is uncertain.
Kosmidis Christopher +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2014 Background and objectivesTo determine the incidence rates and mortality of liver abscess in ESRD patients on dialysis.Design setting participants & measurementsUsing Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, we collected data from all ESRD ...
Chon-Seng Hong +8 more
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Androsterone glucuronide to dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate ratio is discriminatory for obese Caucasian women with polycystic ovary syndrome [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Androsterone glucuronide (ADTG) concentrations have been suggested as a marker of the effects of androgens at the target tissue level. As the mechanism for hyperandrogenemia in obese and nonobese polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) may differ ...
Ahmed, Lina +7 more
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International Journal of Clinical & Medical Imaging, 2016 Panel A: CT abdomen and pelvis. Pelvis B: CT abdomen and pelvis with arrows. A 77-year-old African American male presented with intermittent abdominal pain for one week. He denied nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, fevers, anorexia, or weight loss.
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Polycystic Diseases in Visceral Organs
Obstetrics and Gynecology International, 2011 Primary cilia are nonmotile, microtubule-based, antenna-like organelles projecting from the apical surface of most mammalian cells. Elegant studies have established the importance of ciliary structure and function in signal transduction and the sensory ...
Shakila Abdul-Majeed, Surya M. Nauli
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Tolvaptan for the Treatment of Enlarged Polycystic Liver Disease
Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis, 2017 A 44-year-old Japanese woman with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease was admitted to our hospital for evaluation of abdominal distension. Her eGFR was 53.7 mL/min/1.73 m2. Total kidney volume was 2,614 mL.
Hiroki Mizuno +15 more
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Recent advances on the mechanisms regulating cholangiocyte proliferation and the significance of the neuroendocrine regulation of cholangiocyte pathophysiology [PDF]
, 2013 Cholangiocytes are epithelial cells lining the biliary epithelium. Cholangiocytes play several key roles in the modification of ductal bile and are also the target cells in chronic cholestatic liver diseases (i.e., cholangiopathies) such as PSC, PBC ...
Alvaro, Domenico +6 more
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Successful Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Infertility with Chinese Herbal Medicine: A Case Report [PDF]
, 2015 This case report details a 30 year old woman with hyperlipidemia, Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and infertility.
Ong, M, Qu, X
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Parathyroid localization [PDF]
, 1986 Twenty-nine consecutive patients with suspected primary hyperparathyroidism were examined preoperatively using ultrasound, sonographically guided fine needle aspiration, and aspirate immunostaining for PTH.
Borisch, B. +7 more
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