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The Most Commonly Occurring Papillary Thyroid Cancer in the United States Is Now a Microcarcinoma in a Patient Older than 45 Years
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2011-03-01)
Background: The incidence of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is growing at a faster rate than any other malignancy. However, it is unknown what effect age is having on the changing PTC incidence rates. With the goal of ...
The Molecular Adsorbents Recycling System as a Liver Support System Based on Albumin Dialysis: A Summary of Preclinical Investigations, Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial, and Clinical Experience from 19 Centers
(Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 2002-02)
Artificial liver support aims to prolong survival time of patients with liver failure by detoxification. Albumin as a molecular adsorbent in dialysis solution is capable of attracting even tightly albumin-bound toxins from ...
Gastrointestinal/pancreatic hormone concentrations in the portal venous system of nine patients with organic hyperinsulinism
(Elsevier, 1981-10)
Percutaneous transhepatic sampling of blood in the portal venous system (TPVS) was used to; (1) localize hormone secreting tumors and help in differentiating tumors from diffuse disease (nesideoblastosis and hyperplasia ...
A Heparin-Coated Circuit Reduces Complement Activation and the Release of Leukocyte Inflammatory Mediators During Extracorporeal Circulation in a Rabbit
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1992-08)
Heparin coating modifies complement activation during extracorporeal circulation much more effcclively than systemically administered heparin. This rabbit study was undertaken to address possible mechanisms responsible for ...
Aeromonas Pneumonia in a Trauma Patient Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Case Report and Literature Review
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2011-06-01)
Background: Aeromonas species, particularly Aeromonas hydrophila, cause a wide spectrum of diseases in human being such as gastroenteritis; soft tissue infections including necrotizing fasciitis, meningitis, peritonitis, ...