Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School: Recent submissions
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Autologous-allotopic ileum mucosa transplantation for small bowel elongation. A morphological study
(2004)Introduction: Since a standard therapy for short bowel syndrome does not yet exist, every search for new surgical methods would be worthwhile. In previous studies we could show that autologous-allotopic ileum mucosa ...
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Does Lateral Bending Lead to Bowing Fracture in an Infantile Lower Arm?
(1992)In a postmortem study on 50 lower arms of fetuses of the 25th week of gestation and newborn we performed three-point bending experiments to find out the stability of the lower arm after bending to the resulting fracture. ...
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Prognostic factors in patients with colorectal cancer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy: A pooled analysis of two randomized studies
(2005)Background. Although the TNM system is useful in predicting survival in resected colorectal cancer, heterogeneity within the same stages regarding prognosis exists. We are presenting a pooled analysis of prognostic factors ...
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Accessory liver in an infant with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
(2001)Incidence of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) ranges from 1 in 2,400 to one in 5,000 live births. Associated anomalies in CDH are approximately 30% to 35%. The authors report on an infant with CDH and an accessory ...
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Prognosis of pregnancy-associated breast cancer: A meta-analysis of 30 studies
(2012)Background: Pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) is relatively rare with considerable controversy regarding its prognosis. Patients & methods: Two of the authors independently performed a literature search with no ...
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Mixed-effects poisson regression models for meta-analysis of follow-up studies with constant or varying durations
(2009)We present a framework for meta-analysis of follow-up studies with constant or varying duration using the binary nature of the data directly. We use a generalized linear mixed model framework with the Poisson likelihood ...
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Systemic chemotherapy in gastric cancer: Where do we stand today?
(1998)Gastric cancer is one of the major causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Its prognosis is poor, and surgery offers the only realistic chance of cure. Nevertheless, most of the patients present with inoperable tumors, ...
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HIV surveillance and injecting drug users in Greece
(2014)A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "HIV infections and injecting drug users in Greece," by Evangelos C. Alexopoulous in the September 25, 2013 issue.
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Low expression of p27 protein combined with altered p53 and Rb/p16 expression status is associated with increased expression of cyclin A and cyclin B1 in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas
(2001)The expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (CDKI) p27 protein was investigated in relation to (1) the expression of the cell cycle regulators p53, Rb and p16 and (2) the proliferation profile as determined by ...
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Recombinant interferon ALFA-2A in combination with carboplatin, vinblastine, and bleomycin in the treatment of advanced malignant melanoma
(1996)Thirty-four patients with advanced malignant melanoma were treated with recombinant alpha-interferon (IFN) and chemotherapy consisting of carboplatin, vinblastine, and bleomycin (CVB). CVB was given for four cycles and IFN ...
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Long-term canine segmental pancreas transplants with the duct left open, neoprene-injected duct, and pancreaticoureterostomy: A comparative study
(1981)In dogs endocrine function and morphology of intraperitoneal segmental pancreas grafts with the duct left open, the duct injected with Neoprene, and pancreaticoureterostomy were compared 1 year after transplantation. Graft ...
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Poor Effect of Glutamin and Human-EGF on Autologic-Allotopic Transplanted Ileum Mucosa
(2004)Introduction: After establishing a new method of autologic-allotopic ileum mucosa transplantation as a therapy for short-bowel syndrome, the effects of glutamine and human epithelial growth factor (human EGF) on the ...
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Vascular disturbances in near-epiphysis fractures of the humerus and their clinical importance for the growing skeleton
(1987)We analysed retrospectively 50 humerus fractures in the vicinity of elbow joint and 40 fractures of the proximal humerus with respect to possible injuries of the vessel pattern of the epiphyseal plate. The normal vessel ...
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Ifosfamide plus oral etoposide salvage chemotherapy for platinum- resistant paclitaxel-pretreated ovarian cancer
(2000)Background: The prognosis of platinum resistant ovarian cancer is very poor and the treatment of choice has not been clearly defined. Patients and methods: We conducted a phase II study with the combination of ifosfamide ...
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Rectal metastases from lobular carcinoma of the breast: Report of a case and literature review
(2001)Metastatic involvement of the gastrointestinal (G1) tract secondary to breast cancer is rare. Reported herein is the case of a 74-year-old woman with metastatic lobular breast carcinoma to the rectum presenting with ...
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The clinical significance of bcl-2 overexpression in breast cancer patients - A retrospective study with long term follow up
(2001)We examined by immunohistochemistry the expression of the bcl-2 protein in sixty-eight cases of operated breast carcinoma patients (stage I, II and III) and correlated the findings with the prognosis. In 38.3% of the cases ...
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Histologic changes in neuronal innervation of the ileum mucosa after autologic-allotopic ileum mucosa transplantation
(2004)Introduction: After successful experimental autologic-allotopic ileum mucosa transplantation, we investigated the remodeling of the transplanted submucous and mucous plexus, which is essential for the motility of the created ...
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Subcutaneous low doses of interleukin-2 and recombinant interferon alpha with carboplatin and vinblastine in patients with advanced melanoma
(1998)Twenty-three patients with advanced melanoma were treated with a combination of subcutaneous recombinant human interleukin-2 (IL-2), and recombinant interferon alpha-2a (IFN-alpha) with chemotherapy consisting of four ...