A case of thymic Langerhans cell histiocytosis with diabetes insipidus as the first presentation.

abstract：:Infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) emerged in 2012 as an important respiratory disease with high fatality rates of 40%-60%. Despite the increased number of cases over subsequent years, the number of pediatric cases remained low. A review of studies conducted from June 2012 to April ...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Alfaraj SH,Al-Tawfiq JA,Altuwaijri TA,Memish ZA

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate the effect of non-transecting anastomotic urethroplasty for treatment of posterior urethral stricture. A total of 23 patients with traumatic posterior urethral stricture were enrolled and then divided into two groups. In one group, 12 patients underwent non-transecting anastomotic urethr...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Le W,Li C,Zhang J,Wu D,Liu B

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed the effect of Dianxianning, which was used as additive treatment to treat 206 epilepsy patients, on the epilepsy seizure rate. Based on a multicenter, prospective, randomized, and controlled clinical trial design, we used the seizure rate of epilepsy as the main index. For the treatment group comprising 13...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： He L,Wen T,Yan S,Li R,Liu Z,Ren H,Liu J,Zhang F,Wu J,Liu J

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well documented that patients can show significant heterogeneous responses to treatments so the best treatment strategies may require adaptation over individuals and time. Recently, a number of new statistical methods have been developed to tackle the important problem of estimating personalized treatment rules ...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Zhao Y,Zeng D

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phase II study (A2202) was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of JAK inhibitor ruxolitinib in 63 Chinese MF patients. Ruxolitinib was given twice a day (bid) at a starting dose of 15 mg (n = 25) or 20 mg (n = 38) based on a baseline platelet count. About 94.7% of the patients achieved a reduction in splee...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Du X,Zhou D

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to define the most consistent white matter microarchitecture pattern in Parkinson's disease (PD) reflected by fractional anisotropy (FA), addressing clinical profiles and methodology-related heterogeneity. Web-based publication databases were searched to conduct a meta-analysis of whole-brain diffusio...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Suo X,Lei D,Li W,Li L,Dai J,Wang S,Li N,Cheng L,Peng R,Kemp GJ,Gong Q

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:China recently instituted a two-child policy in response to its aging population, declining workforce and demographic dividend, and the need to develop asocial economy. Additionally, women generally delay having a second child because of the overwhelming pressure in their lives. With the improvements in assisted ferti...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Li Q,Deng D

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antitumor angiogenic therapy has been shown promising in the treatment of several advanced cancers since the approval of the first antiangiogenic drug Avastin in 2004. Although the current antiangiogenic drugs reduce the density of tumor blood vessels and result in tumor shrinkage at the early stage of treatment, rece...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Shang B,Cao Z,Zhou Q

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cleft lip and palate (CLP) is the most common craniofacial congenital deformity. The etiology of CLP is multifactorial and involves complex interactions between environmental and genetic factors. Millard's rotation advancement technique has long been considered as state-of-the-art for unilateral cleft lip repair. Howe...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Xu Y,Li J,Shi B

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is a common cause of death in hospitalized patients worldwide. The early detection of sepsis remains a great challenge for clinicians, and delayed diagnosis frequently undermines treatment efforts, thereby contributing to high mortality. Omics technologies allow high-throughput screening of sepsis biomarkers. T...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Liu X,Ren H,Peng D

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder of hemoglobin in which the abnormal hemoglobin S polymerizes when deoxygenated. This polymerization of hemoglobin S not only results in hemolysis and vasoocclusion but also precipitates inflammation, oxidative stress and chronic organ dysfunction. Oxidative stress is ...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Owusu-Ansah A,Choi SH,Petrosiute A,Letterio JJ,Huang AY

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of the driver mutations in cancer has resulted in the development of a new category of molecularly targeted anti-cancer drugs. However, as was the case with conventional chemotherapies, the effectiveness of these drugs is limited by the emergence of drug-resistant variants. While most cancer therapies a...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Wang L,Bernards R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent vegetative state (PVS) is a clinical condition wherein the cerebral cortex loses its function although brain stem function remains relatively intact. It has high mortality and disability rates. Although treatment for PVS is extensively studied in developed countries, little breakthrough has been made. In Ch...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Song H,Chen X,Yu Y,Zhang L

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ongoing pandemic of Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is caused by a newly discovered β Coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). How long the adaptive immunity triggered by SARS-CoV-2 can last is of critical clinical relevance in assessing the probability of second infection ...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Tan Y,Liu F,Xu X,Ling Y,Huang W,Zhu Z,Guo M,Lin Y,Fu Z,Liang D,Zhang T,Fan J,Xu M,Lu H,Chen S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliomas are the most common primary intracranial tumors in adults. Anaplastic gliomas (WHO grade III) and glioblastomas (WHO grade IV) represent the major groups of malignant gliomas in the brain. Several diagnostic, predictive, and prognostic biomarkers for malignant gliomas have been reported over the last few decad...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Zhang C,Bao Z,Zhang W,Jiang T

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, gastric carcinoma (GC) is one of the common and fatal digestive malignancies worldwide. The prognosis of GC is not always satisfactory because of late diagnosis. Scholars are keen on discovering novel accurate and economical biomarkers in body liquids for GC screening to detect and evaluate the lesion before ...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Huang L,Xu A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orbital venous malformation (OVM) is a congenital vascular disease. As a common type of vascular malformation in the orbit, OVM may result in vision deterioration and cosmetic defect. Classification of orbital vascular malformations, especially OVMs, is carried out on the basis of different categories, such as angioge...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Li T,Jia R,Fan X

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a promising method in artificial intelligence, deep learning has been proven successful in several domains ranging from acoustics and images to natural language processing. With medical imaging becoming an important part of disease screening and diagnosis, deep learning-based approaches have emerged as powerful tec...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Ma J,Song Y,Tian X,Hua Y,Zhang R,Wu J

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Netrin-1 (NT-1) is one of the axon-guiding molecules that are critical for neuronal development. Because of its structural homology to the endothelial mitogens, NT-1 may have similar effects on vascular network formation. NT-1 was shown to be able to stimulate the proliferation and migration of human cerebral endothel...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Lu H,Wang Y,Yuan F,Liu J,Zeng L,Yang GY

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swallowing multiple magnets is not uncommon worldwide and it frequently leads to serious consequences. However, most patients fail to receive timely and correct diagnosis and treatment. A literature search was performed to establish an algorithm for these accidents by the authors to identify relevant articles publishe...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Liu S,Li J,Lv Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many drugs and therapeutic strategies have been developed for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment, numerous patients with RA fail to respond to currently available agents. In this review, we provide an overview of the complexity of this autoimmune disease by showing the rapidly increasing number of genes asso...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Wu X,Sheng X,Sheng R,Lu H,Xu H

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic liver surgery has been increasingly used for the treatment of pediatric liver diseases over the past decade due to the development of special laparoscopic instruments and improvements in the technique. A number of factors are considered when electing to undergo the surgical process, including age, type of...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Wei J,Feng J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) has sparked widespread interest because of its potential role in regulating phosphate and vitamin D metabolism. In this review, we summarized the FGF superfamily, the mechanism of FGF23 on phosphate and vitamin D metabolism, and the FGF23 related bone disease. ...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Liao E

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real world study (RWS) has become a hotspot for clinical research. Data quality plays a vital role in research achievement and other clinical research fields. In this paper, the common quality problems in the RWS of traditional Chinese medicine are discussed, and a countermeasure is proposed. ...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Zhang R,Wang Y,Liu B,Song G,Zhou X,Fan S,Pan X

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) in patients with severe/critical coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this retrospective study, data were collected from 662 patients with severe/critical COVID-19 who were admitted to a designated hospital to treat patients with severe COVI...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Chen G,Su W,Yang J,Luo D,Xia P,Jia W,Li X,Wang C,Lang S,Meng Q,Zhang Y,Ke Y,Fan A,Yang S,Zheng Y,Fan X,Qiao J,Lian F,Wei L,Tong X

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to compare the antimicrobial activities of topical agents against Propionibacterium acnes isolated from patients admitted to a hospital in Shanghai, China. The minimal inhibitory concentrations of the cultured P. acnes were determined in accordance with the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute....

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Ma Y,Zhang N,Wu S,Huang H,Cao Y

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is currently the fifth most common malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer-related mortalities worldwide. In the last few years, treatments for HCC have significantly improved from a mere surgical resection to a series of minimally invasive therapies and targeted drugs. However,...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Yu M,Li Z

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NUP98 fuses with approximately 34 different partner genes via translocation in hematological malignancies. Transgenic or retrovirus-mediated bone marrow transplanted mouse models reveal the leukemogenesis of some NUP98-related fusion genes. We previously reported the fusion protein NUP98-IQ motif containing G (IQCG) i...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Pan M,Zhang Q,Liu P,Huang J,Wang Y,Chen S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension (PH), as a complication of bronchiectasis, is associated with increased mortality. However, hemodynamic characteristics and the efficacy of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) therapies in patients with bronchiectasis and PH remain unknown. Patients with bilateral bronchiectasis and concurrent...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Wang L,Jiang S,Shi J,Gong S,Zhao Q,Jiang R,Yuan P,Pudasaini B,He J,Jing Z,Liu J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect worldwide. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been implicated in many diseases. However, their involvement in CHD is not well understood. This study aimed to investigate the role of dysregulated lncRNAs in CHD. We used Gene Expression Omnibus data mining,...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Ma J,Chen S,Hao L,Sheng W,Chen W,Ma X,Zhang B,Ma D,Huang G

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00