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Hashimoto's thyroiditis revisited: The association with thyroid cancer remains obscure
(Springer-Verlag; Société Internationale de Chirurgie, 1988-08)
Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is an autoimmune disease of the thyroid associated with goiter and hypothyroidism. Although there exists a clear association between HT and lymphomas of the thyroid, the association between HT ...
In Vivo Evaluation of Vena Caval Filters: Can Function Be Linked to Design Characteristics?
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2000-11)
Purpose: To compare the five vena caval filters marketed in the United States and one investigational vena caval filter and to determine whether there is an association between their design and their in vivo function.
Differentiation of hES Cells to a Parathyroid-Like Phenotype
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2009-07-10)
Iatrogenic hypoparathyroidism is the most common complication of cervical endocrine surgery. Current management is limited and palliative. As the molecular steps in parathyroid development have been defined, they may be ...
Attenuation of Experimental Aortic Aneurysm Formation in P-Selectin Knockout Mice
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2006-11)
The aim of this study was to determine the role of P-selectin, an adhesion molecule found on the surface of activated platelets and endothelial cells during experimental aortic aneurysm formation. Infrarenal abdominal ...
Accuracy of a Web-based System for Monitoring Chronic Wounds
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2003-06-01)
This study evaluated the accuracy of a store-and-forward telemedicine system for assessing the status of chronic wounds, including those surgically repaired. Digital photos and other patient and wound data were collected ...
Longitudinal psychological assessment in tetralogy of Fallot
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1989-06)
To determine whether preoperative psychological testing in children with cyanotic heart disease could provide an accurate estimate of adult performance, we studied 21 subjects (mean age, 30.3±4.8 years) who had undergone ...
Regression of Type II Gastric Carcinoids in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Patients with Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome after Surgical Excision of All Gastrinomas
(Springer-Verlag; Société Internationale de Chirurgie, 2004-07)
Enterochromaffin-like (ECL) tumors are documented in patients with hypergastrinemia secondary to chronic atrophic gastritis or with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (ZES-MEN-1). In patients ...
Differentiated thyroid carcinoma in children and adolescents
(Springer-Verlag; Société Internationale de Chirurgie, 1992-07)
From 1936 to 1990, 89 children and adolescents (72 girls and 17 boys) were treated for differentiated thyroid carcinoma at the University of Michigan Medical Center; 58 of these patients were first reported in 1971. Thirty ...
Wound Complications and Treatment of the Infected Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Generator
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1993-12)
Since 1980, the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has evolved as effective therapy for prevention of sudden cardiac death following documented sustained ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation. During ...
Severe myocardial dysfunction during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
(Elsevier, 1992-01)
Of the 102 neonates with respiratory fallure supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) at this institution between 1984 and 1987, 8 patients developed severe myocardial dysfunction that was noted shortly ...