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We discuss some of the controversies surrounding the potential clinical utility of one of those antibodies, ipilimumab, formerly MDX-010, from Medarex and Bristol Myers Squibb. The optimal dose and schedule of ipilimumab was derived in multiple clinical trials whose latest results are described belo...
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PMID: 19198837
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Clinical digestive disorders depend on the non-adequate coupling of functioning of the gastrointestinal tract with that of its affluent systems, namely, the pancreatic exocrine and the hepato-biliary secretions. The secretion of gastrointestinal hormones is monitored by the peripheral autonomic nerv...
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PMID: 18629642
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79 patients(almost gastric cancer), who took drug S-1for the period from November 2000 to February 2006 in Asahi Rosai Hospital, were placed in two groups--a continuous group and a withdrawal group--to investigate and discuss the background factors contributing to the alleviation of digestive medica...
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PMID: 19295269
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Frequent (33-55%) decreased sweet milk consumption in children in spite of clinical symptoms after ingestion of milk was observed. The biggest lactose malabsorption and lactose intolerance symptoms frequency was observed in children who didn't drink milk and in children with decreased consumption of...
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PMID: 19388514
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There were 101 male and 164 female patients (sex ratio M/F = 0.61) ranging in age from 2 to 84 years (mean age = 38.7). In our series, hydatid cysts involved mainly the kidney (24.1%), the central nervous system (22.6%), the liver (19.6%) and the spleen (11.3%). The other less frequent sites include...
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PMID: 19522445
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More than the number of real novelties, trends and preliminary results characterise the annual development in surgery. The wealth and diversity of topics to be covered require arbitrary choices, therefore not necessarily complete. The constant development of choledocolithiasis management, dominated...
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PMID: 19271432
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The knowledge of current HLA nomenclature and of its association with some digestive diseases such as celiac disease can be useful in clinical practice for diagnostic and prognostic purposes. This can avoid improper HLA typing as well as stressing the need for further studies on other possible clini...
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PMID: 19098870
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We describe, herein, an access technique utilizing existing instrumentation including a Gelport and wound retractor that is reliable and easy. This technique has been used successfully at our institution for a number of single incision laparoscopic procedures....
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PMID: 18972166
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Tooba Ghazanfari,
Soghrat Faghihzadeh,
Hassan Aragizadeh,
Mohammad-Reza Soroush,
Roya Yaraee,
Zuhair Mohammad Hassan,
Abbas Foroutan,
Mohammad-Reza Vaez-Mahdavi,
Mohammad-Ali Javadi,
Sakine Moaiedmohseni,
Fereidoun Azizi,
Yunes Panahi,
Ali Mostafaie,
Hassan Ghasemi,
Jalaleddin Shams,
Shahryar Pourfarzam,
Mohammad-Reza Jalali-Nadoushan,
Faramarz Fallahi,
Massoumeh Ebtekar,
Seyyed-Masoud Davoudi,
Zeinab Ghazanfari,
Sussan K Ardestani,
Shamsa Shariat-Panahi,
Athar Moin,
Abbas Rezaei,
Amina Kariminia,
Soheila Ajdary,
Mahmoud Mahmoudi,
Rasoul Roshan,
Sulayman Ghaderi,
Mahmoud Babai,
Mohammad-Mehdi Naghizadeh,
Mohammad-Mostafa Ghanei and
Sardasht-Iran Cohort Study Research Group
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BACKGROUND: Insights into long-term clinical consequences of sulfur mustard have emerged from some investigations but less is known about the basic and molecular mechanisms of these complications. Sardasht-Iran Cohort Study is a comprehensive historical cohort study on Sardasht chemical victims' pop...
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PMID: 19111023
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postoperative complete dehiscence is a constant presence in a surgical department; despite its low frequency, wound dehiscence is associate with a hight mortality and morbidity rate, and increase the costs and hospitalisation periode. Risk factors evaluation and their associations represente an impo...
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PMID: 19886049
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For the study period non-communicable diseases explained more than half of all causes of death, communicable diseases more than one third, and injuries 10.8% of all deaths. Lima accounted for 32% of total population and 20% of total deaths. The Andean region, with 38% of Peru's population, accounted...
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PMID: 19187553
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It was not possible to differentiate which letters related to patients in each of the four categories (P = 0.6). Patients who failed to attend were more symptomatic than those with a histological lesion (35.4 versus 28.2, mean difference 7.14, 95% confidence interval (CI) 14.1 to 0.15, P = 0.045). P...
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PMID: 19281672
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Ubicuity of zinc in nature has generally lead to the idea that human zinc deficiency is hardly to appear; however, the last 40 years of research studies showed clear correlation between zinc deficiency and several clinic manifestations: growth retardation, predisposal to infections, delay of wound h...
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PMID: 20191810
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Brief history of the discovery of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) is presented along with data on the occurrence of this organism, its genetic properties, virulence, and influence on human organs. The role of Hp in the induction and development of various diseases (chronic gastritis, ulcer disease, gastric...
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PMID: 19565820
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The aim of this work was to study the frequency and structure of chronic splanchnopathies and their influence on the outcome of lung tuberculosis. Comorbidity was investigated in 1229 patients attending a regional TB dispensary. Pathogens isolated in 44.5% of the cases included 16.5% drug-resistant...
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PMID: 19670721
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Epidemiologic studies in the Research Institute of Nutrition showed that dietary patterns of the Russian population are on the whole at variance with the balanced feeding formula largely due to excessive consumption of animal fat, insufficient consumption of proteins, vitamins, micro- and macroeleme...
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PMID: 19256251
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