Angeliki Asimaki,
Harikrishna Tandri,
Elizabeth R Duffy,
Jeffrey R Winterfield,
Shannon Mackey-Bojack,
Maria M Picken,
Leslie T Cooper,
David J Wilber,
Frank I Marcus,
Cristina Basso,
Gaetano Thiene,
Adalena Tsatsopoulou,
Nikos Protonotarios,
William G Stevenson,
William J McKenna,
Shiva Gautam,
Daniel G Remick,
Hugh Calkins and
Jeffrey E Saffitz
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We observed a false-positive case in which plakoglobin signal was reduced in a patient initially believed to have ARVC but who actually had cardiac sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis can masquerade clinically as ARVC but has not been previously associated with altered desmosomal proteins.
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PMID: 21859801
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Our aim was to assess the reproducibility of morphologic characteristics and determine their relative importance for histologic diagnoses on selected trephine biopsy sections. For the study, 56 prefibrotic MPN trephine specimens were blindly reviewed by 4 hematopathologists using a scoring list of 1...
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PMID: 21917685
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Intraoperative 2-dimensional Faxitron high-resolution specimen mammography can decrease rates of margin positivity and has the potential to diminish the number of subsequent undesired mastectomies for positive margins.
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PMID: 21943945
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There have been very few studies on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Sri Lanka. This study was undertaken to determine the clinical presentation and whether a western style diet or infection with geo-helminths were associated with the condition.
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PMID: 21922853
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We used a modified enriched culture medium with short incubation time to improve the isolation rate of H. pylori from the clinical specimens....
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PMID: 21922854
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The diagnosis of ulcerative colitis is based on combination of clinical, endoscopic and pathological findings. However cases have been reported showing atypical endoscopic and histological features in ulcerative colitis. Hence the objective of this study was to determine the atypical features of new...
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PMID: 21922873
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A 67-year-old woman was admitted with progressive exertional dyspnea. Arterial blood gas analysis showed severe hypoxia. A chest radiograph and a computed tomography showed bilateral interstitial infiltrations and patchy ground-grass opacities. Initially, she was given antibiotics wi...
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PMID: 21899130
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The present pilot trial was carried out to evaluate the effects of an acute treatment with a mixture containing 500 million of Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus per day in patients with non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
A sample of 30 pa...
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PMID: 22013734
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Recently, the assessment of the muscles using limb MRI and whole body MRI has become widely available and more frequent. In cases of muscular dystrophies it may help to select the optimal muscles for biopsy, because the severely atrophic and degenerated muscles are not suitable for h...
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PMID: 21835742
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Bacterial biofilms have been implicated in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). However, direct evidence in support of fungal biofilms in sinus disease is lacking in the literature. This study was designed to develop and characterize an in vitro Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm model on primary human sinonasal...
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PMID: 21819757
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) co-morbid with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is known as 'Rhupus syndrome' and is estimated to be present in between 0.01 and 2% of SLE and RA patients. The occurrence of aplastic anaemia in a patient with rhupus is very rare and a treatment for this condition has not b...
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PMID: 21813067
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Celiac disease (CD) is as frequent in Turkey as in Western countries. This finding challenges old theories hypothesizing a selective effect of agriculture spreading on the predisposition to develop CD. Despite the availability of reliable serological tests, e.g., the anti-transglutaminase and antiend...
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PMID: 21811276
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Gastroduodenal intussusception is not a common clinical condition. It is usually caused by transpyloric prolapse of a benign gastric lesion into the duodenum. In the present report, the authors present an extremely rare case of gastroduodenal intussusception in which gastric carcinom...
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PMID: 21863686
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Primary central nervous system vasculitis (PCNSV) is a rare primary vasculitis limited to the brain and spinal cord. It can affect any age group, but has a predilection for subjects aged 40 to 60 years without clear gender predominance. Clinical manifestations are nonspecific, including headache, non...
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PMID: 21586204
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A middle-aged woman presented with worsening fatigue and mild increases in hematocrit and red cell mass. Polycythemia vera was diagnosed, and she underwent therapeutic phlebotomy but clinically worsened. On reevaluation, other problems were noted including episodic malaise, nausea, r...
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PMID: 21642812
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five of seven had a complete remission of the nephrotic syndrome and two of seven had a partial response. After a mean 24-month follow-up, only one patient experienced relapse of the nephropathy. Conclusions GN with monoclonal Ig deposits can be associated with MPGN or MN, which are correlated with...
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PMID: 21700823
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Cirrhosis is associated with poor outcomes in the trauma setting. We aimed to evaluate the utility of Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) in assessing additional mortality risk in trauma patients with cirrhosis.
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PMID: 21818010
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We reported a 34 years old caucasian woman with acute renal failure and hypercalcemia as onset of splenic lymphoma in absence of abnormal levels of serum vitamin D and PTHrP. Because of dramatic recovery of renal function and hypercalcemia after splenectomy, we can speculate that main mechanism of h...
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PMID: 21780556
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We conducted a retrospective study involving 137 patients with biopsy-confirmed sarcoidosis, recruited from two referral centers in São Paulo, Brazil. Organ involvement was evaluated in accordance with a previously established protocol. Sarcoidosis phenotypes were characterized by factor analysis....
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PMID: 21796889
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate tachycardia-induced relaxation abnormalities in myocardium from patients with a normal ejection fraction.
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PMID: 21718911
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To compare the accuracy of tumor grade and type in endometrial cancer between samples from preoperative curettage and postoperative hysterectomy specimens.
From January 2002 to June 2006, 98 women diagnosed with endometrial cancer and treated in the Department of Obst...
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PMID: 21774280
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We estimate that the prevalence of CD is at least 0.47% in healthy Turkish school children. Screening for IgA-tTG plus EMA provided better results for diagnosis when compared with testing for IgA-tTG alone.Am J Gastroenterol advance online publication, 21 June 2011; doi:10.1038/ajg.2011.183....
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PMID: 21691340
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We analyzed the expression of Pads and citrullination of proteins during cutaneous wound healing, i.e. in a physiological inflammatory condition. Full-thickness punches were performed on adult mouse back skin, and wound recovery was analyzed over 10 days by immunohistology and western blotting. Pad1...
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PMID: 21697043
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We describe a patient with a red plaque and peau d'orange appearance on the cheek for 20 years. Dyskeratotic acantholysis in the follicular infundibulum was overlooked when the first biopsy specimen was obtained, and a disseminated lesion developed soon after, which led to the diagnosis. Although a...
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PMID: 21680284
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Twenty cases were collected. The mean age was 61.25 years. Skin invasion by tumor was found in all patients, and it was the reason for consultation. It was a cutaneous involvement at the nipple and areola (17 cases) and at the periareolar skin (three cases). The clinical appearance of skin involveme...
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PMID: 21684107
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We describe a 48-year-old woman with three erythematous nodules localized on the left forearm, with 2 months evolution. Histological and immunohistochemical examination revealed a CD30(+) large-cell lymphoma. Systemic involvement was not detected. The tumor regressed spontaneously within a week, aft...
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PMID: 21083511
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We describe a 48-year-old woman with three erythematous nodules localized on the left forearm, with 2 months evolution. Histological and immunohistochemical examination revealed a CD30(+) large-cell lymphoma. Systemic involvement was not detected. The tumor regressed spontaneously within a week, aft...
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PMID: 21083511
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We describe a 48-year-old woman with three erythematous nodules localized on the left forearm, with 2 months evolution. Histological and immunohistochemical examination revealed a CD30(+) large-cell lymphoma. Systemic involvement was not detected. The tumor regressed spontaneously within a week, aft...
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PMID: 21083511
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We describe a 48-year-old woman with three erythematous nodules localized on the left forearm, with 2 months evolution. Histological and immunohistochemical examination revealed a CD30(+) large-cell lymphoma. Systemic involvement was not detected. The tumor regressed spontaneously within a week, aft...
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PMID: 21083511
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We used sequential high-abundance protein depletion and isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantitation liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry to characterize the serum proteome in serum samples of patients with or without ACR. Seven of the 41 proteins identified as differentially abunda...
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PMID: 21618694
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Markus M Grube,
Sabine S Ameling,
Michel M Noutsias,
Kathleen K Köck,
Ivonne I Triebel,
Karina K Bonitz,
Konrad K Meissner,
Gabriele G Jedlitschky,
Lars R LR Herda,
Markus M Reinthaler,
Maria M Rohde,
Wolfgang W Hoffmann,
Uwe U Kühl,
Heinz-Peter HP Schultheiss,
Uwe U Völker,
Stephan B SB Felix,
Karin K Klingel,
Reinhard R Kandolf and
Heyo K HK Kroemer
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We therefore studied cardiac expression, heart failure-dependent regulation, and affinity to cardiovascular drugs of these transporters. Cardiac transporter mRNA levels were OCTN2>OCT3>OCTN1>OCT1 (OCT2 was not detected). Proteins were localized in vascular structures (OCT3/OCTN2/OCTN1) and cardiomyo...
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PMID: 21641380
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We recently demonstrated that a donor-derived population of multipotent mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can be isolated from the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid of human lung transplant recipients. Herein, we study the organ specificity of these cells and investigate the role of local mesenchymal p...
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PMID: 21641374
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We hypothesized that prolonged use of TIVS in SMA injuries would jeopardize EC integrity....
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PMID: 21817984
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Type 1 reaction (T1R) is a systemic inflammatory syndrome causing substantial morbidity in leprosy. T1R results from spontaneously enhanced cellular immunity in borderline types of leprosy, but there are no established laboratory markers for the reaction. Preliminary studies have identified elevated...
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PMID: 21508169
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) may arise in any part of the gastrointestinal tract; extra-gastrointestinal locations are extremely rare. Only a few cases of extragastrointestinal stromal tumor arising from the pancreas were reported. None of the reports described a long-term...
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PMID: 21669581
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Increased liver iron stores may contribute to the progression of liver injury and fibrosis, and are associated with a higher risk of hepatocellular carcinoma development. Pre-transplant symptoms of iron overload in patients with liver cirrhosis are associated with higher risk of infe...
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PMID: 21669570
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