Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School: Recent submissions
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Amniotic membranes as prosthetic material: Experimental utilization data of a rat model
(1997)Background/Purpose: Prosthetic materials are applied for closing big tissue defects, the repair of traumatized organs, or hernias. Because nonabsorbable synthetic materials are rigid, possess a defined and unchangable size, ...
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Shared genetic variants between serum levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and wheezing in a cohort of children from Cyprus
(2016)Background: In a cohort of children in Cyprus, we recently reported low levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) to be associated with asthma. We examined whether genetic polymorphisms that were previously ...
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Publications in the European Journal of pediatric surgery, Issue 1, Volume 24, February 2014
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Low serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in childhood is associated with adolescent asthma
(2012)Background: Whilst emerging evidence from animal and cell experiments has shown high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to have anti-inflammatory effects consistent with a protective role in asthma, human studies investigating ...
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Clinical significance of low creatine phosphokinase values in patients with connective tissue disease
(1981)We have noted that values for serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) are frequently low in patients with connective tissue diseases. Geometric mean values were 96.0 units/L among 121 disease-free males and 50.2 units/L among ...
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Trastuzumab beyond progression in HER2-positive advanced breast cancer: The Royal Marsden experience
(2011)BACKGROUND: Recent UK clinical guidance advises against continuing trastuzumab (T) beyond disease progression (PD) in the absence of brain metastases in patients with HER-2 positive (+ ve) advanced breast cancer. We have ...
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Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Report of a case and review of the literature
(2009)The clinical manifestation of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) as paraneoplastic phenomenon is common in patients with lung cancer (especially in those with non small cell lung cancer).Surprisingly, only few ...
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Studiu in Vitro Al Hemangioamelor Cutanate Ale Copilariei
(2009)Hemangiomas are the most common tumor of infancy and are caracterized by a initial rapid growth followed by a slow involution. We raport a novel human in vitro model for hemangioma tissues. Our aim is to abtain small ...
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Positive urinary cytology in patients with lung cancer in the absence of obvious urine tract metastases
(2011)Purpose: To study the phenomenon of positive urine cytology in patients with lung cancer in the absence of obvious urothelial metastases. Patients and methods: 150 patients with small (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer ...
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Cancer and pregnancy: A comprehensive review
(2011)Background: Pregnancy complicated by cancer is relatively rare but, as women in western societies tend to delay childbearing to the third and fourth decade of life, this phenomenon is going to be encountered more often in ...
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Phase II studies of Elsamitrucin in breast cancer, colorectal cancer, non-small cell lung cancer and ovarian cancer
(1994)Purpose: To test the antitumor activity of Elsamitrucin in metastatic cancer of the breast, colon and rectum, non-small cell lung and ovary. Patients and methods: Eligibility required histologically proven cancer. Patients ...
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SPECT imaging and cerebrovascular disease
(2007)Many studies promote both diagnostic and prognostic roles for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) functional brain imaging in patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD). SPECT allows in vivo non-invasive ...
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Expression of E-cadherin in primary endometrial carcinomas: Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of 30 cases
(2013)Introduction: Decreased expression of E-cadherin has been associated with poorly differentiated endometrial carcinomas and poorer outcomes. Aim: The purpose of this study was to examine the distribution of E-cadherin ...
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HLA-B27 in the Greek Cypriot population: Distribution of subtypes in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and other HLA-B27-related diseases. The possible protective role of B*2707
(2004)The major purpose of the present study was to investigate the frequency of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 alleles in healthy controls and in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and other HLA-B27-related diseases ...
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Closure of a persistent sphincterotomy-related duodenal perforation by placement of a covered self-expandable metallic biliary stent
(2011)Retroperitoneal duodenal perforation as a result of endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy is a rare complication, but it is associated with a relatively high mortality risk, if left untreated. Recently, several endoscopic ...
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Expansion of humoral donor-specific alloreactivity after renal transplantation correlates with impaired graft outcome
(2005)IgG human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies were investigated retrospectively after transplantation in 264 primary renal graft recipients. All patients who developed de novo donor-specific antibodies (DSA) and non-DSA ...
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Antivirals used for influenza chemoprophylaxis
(2012)Current data about the role of adamantanes and neuraminidase inhibitors (NIs) in the chemoprophylaxis against influenza viruses were reviewed. We found significant evidence favouring the role of NIs in the chemoprophylaxis ...
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Combination chemotherapy with cisplatin and/or doxorubicin in malignant mesothelioma. A prospective study
(1997)From June 1984 to October 1995, forty seven consecutive patients (pts) with a confirmed diagnosis of diffuse malignant mesothelioma (MM) of the pleura (41) and peritoneum (6), were treated with cisplatin (CDDP) (24 pts) ...