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Radiation-induced oral mucositis in head and neck cancer patients. Five years literature review
(2021)
Backround: Radiation-induced oral mucositis consists of a series of relatively frequent side effects after head and neck cancer radiotherapy and has an adverse impact on both regular treatment process and the quality of ...
A study of antigen-specific anti-cytomegalovirus antibody reactivity in patients with systemic sclerosis and concomitant anti-Ro52 antibodies
(2020)
Anti-Ro52 autoantibody (autoAb), highly prevalent in Sjogren’s syndrome (SjS) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is also frequent in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Viral agents, such as human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), have ...
Amyand's hernia: presumptive diagnosis by CT and literature review
(2021)
Amyand's hernia is a rare inguinal hernia containing the appendix presenting mainly in male adults. The clinical presentation is usually without symptoms, however an inflammation can occur leading to strangulation, necrosis ...
aMAP risk score predicts hepatocellular carcinoma development in patients with chronic hepatitis
(2020)
Background & Aims: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the leading cause of death in patients with chronic hepatitis. In this international collaboration, we sought to develop a global universal HCC risk score to predict the ...
Vascular Surgery in Unreal Times
(2020)
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Anti-PD1 Immunotherapy for Metastatic Renal Cancer Boosted Humoral Immunity in a Hemodialysis Patient
(2021)
Immune checkpoint inhibitors by blocking specific inhibitory pathways induce T-cell-mediated tumor lysis. However, many remain to be elucidated about their effect on human humoral immunity. We evaluated the effect of the ...
How fragile are Mediterranean diet interventions? A research-on-research study of randomised controlled trials
(2021)
Introduction The Mediterranean diet (MD) is a traditional regional dietary pattern and a healthy diet recommended for the primary and secondary prevention of various diseases and health conditions. Results from the higher ...
Honey against radiation-induced oral mucositis in head and neck cancer patients. An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the literature
(2020)
Backround: Oral mucositis (OM) consists of a major side effect of radiotherapy (RT) in head and neck (H-N) cancer patients and natural honey is gaining more and more scientific interest due to its beneficial effects in ...
Mechanisms for cardiorenal protection of sglt-2 inhibitors
(2021)
Despite optimal treatment of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) with adequate blood pressure control and agents blocking the renin-angiotensin-system (RAS), the residual cardiorenal risk of these patients remains substantially ...
Fatigue of textiles used in vascular surgery: Application to carotid endarterectomy
(2021)
Fatigue is a material-based phenomenon playing a significant role in the mechanical behavior of components and structures. Although fatigue has been well studied for traditional materials, such as metals, its underlying ...