A meta-analysis of the impact of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio on treatment outcomes after radiotherapy for solid tumors.

abstract：RATIONALE:Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) is a rare neurodegenerative syndrome associated with antibodies targeting the Purkinje cells of the cerebellum. Most cases of anti-Yo-associated PCD occur in females, with <20 cases reported in males. Herein, we report a male patient with anti-Yo-associated PCD who...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hu FQ,Shang FR,Liu JJ,Yuan H

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Tubulointerstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease (CKD). They are also major determinants in chronic kidney disease development and progression in patients with primary renal diseases characterized by persistent or recurrent proteinuria. The pur...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bieniaś B,Zajączkowska M,Borzęcka H,Sikora P,Wieczorkiewicz-Płaza A,Wilczyńska B

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the analgesic efficacy on defined areas of the abdomen and back after ultrasound-guided subcostal transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block using 0.25% levobupivacaine 0.5 mL/kg. METHODS:Twenty patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy, between 20 and 60 years of age with operative...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma J,Jiang Y,Tang S,Wang B,Lian Q,Xie Z,Li J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral aneurysm surgery has significant mortality and morbidity rate. Inflammation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of intracranial aneurysms, their rupture, subarachnoid hemorrhage and neurologic complications. Proinflammatory cytokine level in blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is an indicator of in...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Matas M,Sotošek V,Kozmar A,Likić R,Sekulić A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is to investigate the effect of metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGluR7) on the proliferation of human embryonic neural stem cells (NSCs) and its molecular mechanism.Human embryonic NSCs were isolated. The pCMV2-GV146-GFP-mGluR7 plasmid was transfected to over-express mGluR7 while mGluR7 siRNA was transfe...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang J,Zhao J,Chen Y,Shi H,Huang X,Wang Y,Wang Y,Wei Y,Xue W,Han J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a single-center retrospective study to compare the characteristics of Takayasu arteritis (TA) among white, North African, and black patients in a French tertiary care center (Hospital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris). Eighty-two patients were studied (82.9% female) during a median follow-up of 5.1 years (range, ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Arnaud L,Haroche J,Limal N,Toledano D,Gambotti L,Chalumeau NC,Boutin DLTH,Cacoub P,Cluzel P,Koskas F,Kieffer E,Piette JC,Amoura Z

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare immunonutrition versus standard high calorie nutrition in patients undergoing elective colorectal resection within an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program.Despite progress in recent years in the surgical management of patients with colorectal cancer (ERAS programs), postoperative complications are...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Moya P,Soriano-Irigaray L,Ramirez JM,Garcea A,Blasco O,Blanco FJ,Brugiotti C,Miranda E,Arroyo A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have defined the clinical presentation and course of X-linked agammaglobulinemia (X-LA) by means of a multi-center retrospective survey of 96 patients. Infections were the most common presenting feature of patients with X-LA. The most frequent infections involved the upper respiratory tract (75%), lower respiratory...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lederman HM,Winkelstein JA

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Hereditary multiple exostoses (HMEs) is an autosomal dominant skeletal disorder. PATIENT CONCERNS:Six probands of the 6 unrelated Han Chinese families were identified as having HME. These patients had exostoses at multiple sites and significantly affected joints malformation and movement. DIAGNOSES:Heredita...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Long X,Li Z,Huang Y,Zhang L,Lv W,Teng Y,Linpeng S,Liang D,Wu L

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the treatment effects of gemcitabine plus S-1 (GS) for metastatic pancreatic cancer in our institution.Data from 41 patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer treated with GS regimen in West China Hospital, Sichuan University were reviewed. The therapeutic efficacy and toxicity were evaluated. The influ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhu H,Yi C,Zhao Y,Gou H

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Glasgow-Blatchford scores (GBS) and Rockall scores (RS) are commonly used for stratifying patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (NVUGIH). Although predictive value of these scoring methods has been extensively validated, their clinical effectiveness remains unclear. The following study evalua...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lu M,Sun G,Huang H,Zhang X,Xu Y,Chen S,Song Y,Li X,Lv B,Ren J,Chen X,Zhang H,Mo C,Wang Y,Yang Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to investigate the association of preoperative fibrinogen levels with clinicopathologic outcomes after surgical treatment of nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma. We reviewed the records of 1511 patients who had their fibrinogen levels measured preceding surgery. The associations between preoperative fibrinoge...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee H,Lee SE,Byun SS,Kim HH,Kwak C,Hong SK

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma is a common chronic disease with heavy burden. The number of asthma patients may continue to grow in the next 10 years. Existing conventional treatments have problems in which a small number of patients do not respond, often accompanied by side effects, or are too expensive. Probiotics, prebiotics, an...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Huang L,Guo J,Li W,Jiang M,Wang F,Kang J,Liu T,Gu X

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xiakemycin A (XKA), a new antibiotic in the pyranonaphthoquinone family, shows antitumor activity. However, the type of cell death induced by XKA remains elusive. In this study, we aim to investigate the type of death induced by XKA in hepatic cancer.The apoptotic features, such as chromatic agglutination, reactive ox...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen C,Han Z,Yang M,Jiang Z,Ou X

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Situs invsersus totalis (SIT) is a rare anomaly featured by complete inversion of abdominal and thoracic organs. Adrenal metastasis is often encountered as part of advanced systemic dissemination, which is usually unresectable. Few published cases reported the adrenal metastasis from gastric cancer with SIT a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xue W,Li Y,Zhao Z,Li W,Wang S,Zhang M,Liu T,Wang M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adjacent segmental degeneration (ASD) is a major issue after pedicular fixation. This study examined the degeneration of the adjacent levels due to the insertion of the Wallis interspinous stabilization system compared with discectomy, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Thirty-eight patients diagnosed with lumbar ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhou Z,Xiong W,Li L,Li F

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic, immune/antigen-mediated disease characterized clinically by symptoms related to esophageal dysfunction and histologically by a marked eosinophilic infiltrate in the esophageal mucosa. What was once considered a rare disease has nowadays become one of the most fr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Trifan A,Stoica O,Chihaia CA,Danciu M,Stanciu C,Singeap AM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Flavopiridol a semisynthetic flavone that inhibits cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and has growth-inhibitory activity and induces a blockade of cell-cycle progression at G1-phase and apoptosis in numerous human tumor cell lines and is currently under investigation in phase II clinical trials. Cancer stem cel...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bozok Cetintas V,Acikgoz E,Yigitturk G,Demir K,Oktem G,Tezcanli Kaymaz B,Oltulu F,Aktug H

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 50% of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) reside in China. HCC is associated with very high mortality compared with other cancers. Although numerous factors influence the survival of patients with HCC who undergo liver resection, the role of the tumor biomarker histone methyltransferase (G9a) i...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bai K,Cao Y,Huang C,Chen J,Zhang X,Jiang Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Traumatic nucleus pulposus sequestration (TNPS) usually occurs concurrently with severe destruction of bone. TNPS combined with a slight thoracolumbar flexion- distraction fracture, triggering a disastrous nerve injury, has rarely been reported. Due to the atypical radiologic manifestations, such a patient ca...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yin R,Chang P,Zhu Q,Cheng F,Zhao B,Gu R,Zhang BY

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between menstrual cycle irregularities and system disease has been evaluated in previous studies. However, the association between periodontal disease and menstrual cycle irregularity has not been fully investigated. The study aimed to evaluate the relationship between periodontal disease and tooth los...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Han K,Ko Y,Park YG,Park JB

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive transformation of the germinal centers (PTGC) is a benign reaction pattern in lymph nodes. An association with Hodgkin disease (HD) has been reported and PTGC may precede, coexist, or present after the diagnosis of HD. This case report describes a patient who presented with unprovoked pulmonary embolism an...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chang CA,Kumar B,Nandurkar D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective treatment of low back pain (LBP) originating in the lumbar and sacroiliac joints is difficult to achieve. The objective of the current study was to compare the clinical effectiveness of radiofrequency (RF) neurotomy versus conservative nonsurgical approaches for the management of chronic lumbar and...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen CH,Weng PW,Wu LC,Chiang YF,Chiang CJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plate fixation and intramedullary nail/Knowles pin fixation methods are commonly used to treat displaced midshaft clavicle fractures. However, the differences between these 2 methods are unclear. OBJECTIVE:This meta-analysis aimed to compare plate fixation and intramedullary nail/Knowles pin fixation for di...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li L,Yang X,Xing F,Jiang J,Tang X

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Adult patients with Down syndrome (DS) commonly develop Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT). However, primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the thyroid is uncommon, and its simultaneous occurrence with HT is very rare. To our knowledge, coexisting DLBCL and HT in a patient with DS has not been reported in t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wei L,Zhao N,Li Y,Zheng X,Zhang H,Zhang Z

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotics resistance in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the major factor for eradication failure. Molecular tests including fluorescence in situ hybridization, PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism, and dual priming oligonucleotide-PCR (DPO-PCR) play critical roles in the detection of antibiotic susceptibi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dong F,Ji D,Huang R,Zhang F,Huang Y,Xiang P,Kong M,Nan L,Zeng X,Wu Y,Bao Z

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insomnia has become a universal subhealth disease, affecting more and more modern people's health and quality of life. At present, western medicine is only symptomatic treatment for insomnia. Bailemian Capsule (BLMC) is a proprietary Chinese medicine for treating insomnia. It has been widely used in China, b...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tian T,Hua L,Wang J,Guan J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While liposomal cisplatin has shown enhanced drug tolerability and higher targeting property as compared with the conventional cisplatin, the doubt remains whether lipoplatin could improve its anticancer efficacy. What's more, there is still no systematic evaluation of the safety profiles of lipoplatin compa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu B,Zeng M,Zeng J,Feng J,Yu L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a lack of clear guidance for the prophylactic use of anticoagulants for patients undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) surgery.This study aimed to evaluate the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), prophylactic use of enoxaparin and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing primary and revi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hussain Z,Peterson GM,Mirkazemi C,Curtain C,Zaidi STR

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclin B plays a crucial role in cancer cell cycle progression and is overexpressed in many human cancers, including breast cancer. However, the prognostic value of cyclin B expression in breast cancer is controversial. We performed a meta-analysis to assess the clinicopathological and prognostic significanc...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sun X,Zhangyuan G,Shi L,Wang Y,Sun B,Ding Q

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00