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Báo cáo y học: " the Value of Serum Biomarkers (Bc1, Bc2, Bc3) in the Diagnosis of Early Breast Cancer"

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2012, 11:15

... since none of them alone is useful for the majority of the BC and none of them is specific for cancer or breast tissues No biomarker has been suggested to date for the early diagnosis of BC (24) ... evaluate the actual performance of these markers Jinang Li, from the John Hopkins Hospital, is the first to explore proteomics in early diagnosis of BC, who also enabled the advance of proteomics ... Med Sci 2011, The results of the present study and the other three studies did not fully confirm each other Several hypotheses may be suggested to explain these differences First of all, Li’s...

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Tài liệu Role of diffusion-weighted imaging in the diagnosis of gynecological diseases pdf

Ngày tải lên : 13/02/2014, 06:20

... factor of 2) Imaging time of DWI was 90 s for 20 slices Detection of uterine malignancy The ADC values of uterine cancers are lower than of normal tissue On the other hand, in sarcomas the ADC ... in the diagnosis of intracranial epidermoid cyst [50] Detecting the keratinoid substance by means of DWI and the ADC value may be useful and serve as an adjunctive tool to ensure the accuracy of ... respectively These lymph nodes are predicted as metastases Another lymph node is noted in the right (arrowhead) The absolute ADC value of the lymph node is 0.95×10–3 mm2/s; therefore, the relative...

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**A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS USING CONVENTIONAL TOOLS AND POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION* pot**

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 04:20

... available for comparison of the performance of the individual tests, an analysis of results was done using a variety of standards Efficiency of microscopy, culture and PCR in terms of sensitivity, specificity, ... diagnosed as not having tuberculosis, the PCR profile of the individual had changed markedly, suggesting an increase in the bacterial load in the sputum Only seven of the 17 cases i.e those who took ... considered as true cases of tuberculosis, even though the other six could be rated as highly probable cases of tuberculosis (Table 1B) Table summarizes the final diagnosis of tuberculosis made in...

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The Handbook of Pediatric Dentistry pptx

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 12:20

... OF THE DEVELOPING OCCLUSION 106 I BASICS OF CRANIOFACIAL GROWTH 110 II CLINICAL EVALUATION OF THE PRIMARY DENTITION 111 III MANAGEMENT OF THE PRIMARY DENTITION 114 IV CLINICAL EVALUATION OF THE ... TECHNIQUES OF LOCAL ANESTHESIA 155 xi I III MAXIMUM RECOMMENDED DOSAGES The Handbook of Pediatric Dentistry TABLE OF CONTENTS 156 IV LOCAL ANESTHETC OVERDOSE 156 V COMPLICATIONS OF LOCAL ANESTHESIA ... caries; weaning from the bottle/sippy-cup at age and from the breast as long as the mother and the child desires; breastfeeding in the 1st year of life found to be protective of future obesity Breastfed/Bottle-fed?...

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New ESPGHAN guidelines for the diagnosis of Coeliac Disease in Children and Adolescents pptx

Ngày tải lên : 22/03/2014, 09:20

... same low levels Conclusions The new guidelines will offer the option of omitting biopsies in selected cases with symptoms suggestive of CD without increasing the risk of misclassification Preconditions ... individuals  Discourage the use of classical vs non-classical, typical vs atypical  Discourage the use of the term latent CD Ludvigsson et al Gut 2012 ESGPHAN member Questionnaire 85 % of those who are ... (Marsh 0) are often of low titre (

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Accuracy of Clinical Signs in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Comparison of Three Reference Standards Using Data from a Tertiary Care Centre in Rwanda doc

Ngày tải lên : 22/03/2014, 18:20

... probability of each test pattern for the hypothetical disease, the prevalence of the hypothetical disease, and the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity Different models can be tested for “fit”: the ... independence of the manifest variables L2: the likelihood ratio chi-squared statistic is used to assess how well the model fits the data It indicates the amount of the relationship between the variables ... model; the larger the value, the poorer the model fits the data As a rule of thumb, a good fit is provided by a model when the L2 for that model is not substantially larger than the degrees of freedom...

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combrune - 1758 - an essay on brewing with a view of establishing the principles of the art

Ngày tải lên : 12/06/2014, 11:27

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Báo cáo hóa học: " An international evaluation of ultrasound vs. computed tomography in the diagnosis of appendicitis" doc

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 23:20

... drafted the manuscript TZ conceived of the study from the Israeli standpoint, participated in the design of the study, and helped draft the manuscript SW conceived of the study from the United ... to the patient, US is often used as the primary modality for the workup of appendicitis These differences in practice patterns between the two countries pushed us to explore the possibility of ... diagnostic accuracy in the management of acute appendicitis without adverse events The message of these studies is the same: the positive predictive value of US is excellent; if the appendix is visualized...

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ADVANCES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS pot

Ngày tải lên : 27/06/2014, 18:20

... information on the extent of atheroma contained within the vessel wall or the functional significance of the stenosis which can only be inferred Both of these limitations can be overcome by the use of intravascular ... 22 Advances in the Diagnosis of Coronary Atherosclerosis the direct effects of TRAIL on each cellular component in the arterial wall We will then discuss how TRAIL can act on the cardiovascular ... speculate the impact of TRAIL on atherosclerotic lesions in vivo, although the in vitro findings clearly indicate the involvement of the TRAIL/TRAIL receptor system in atherogenesis In the next...

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Báo cáo khoa học : Tissue Doppler imaging for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease ppt

Ngày tải lên : 29/06/2014, 11:20

... segments at peak stress The clinical utility of the method then depends on the magnitude of the increase from baseline to peak stress The same group addressed the diagnostic accuracy of tissue Doppler ... case that the two locations are getting closer there is myocardial shortening, and when they move apart there is lengthening Strain is calculated as the time integral of strain rate, most often using ... and the velocities within a myocardial segment is the net result of motion caused by contractions in that segment, motion due to tethering to other segments, and overall motion of the heart The...

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Báo cáo y học: "α Anti-α-fodrin antibodies do not add much to the diagnosis of Sjögren’s syndrome" pot

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 01:23

... antibodies [12] The objective of this study was to measure the presence of anti-α-fodrin antibodies in the sera of a cohort of patients with well-defined SjS at the Department of Rheumatology of the University ... false-positive results because of the presence of the GST moiety in the α-fodrin–GST product that was used as the antigen, the ELISA was also performed in the presence of a 10-fold excess of purified carrier ... autoantigen in SjS They reported that the presence of anti-α-fodrin antibodies was very specific for the diagnosis of SjS and claimed a very high sensitivity (96%) In another report of the same group,...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "The initial experience of electronic brachytherapy for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer" docx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 09:20

... assess skin depth A digital photo, illustrating the method of immobilization of the treatment area and a simulation of the set-up of the system prior to the first fraction, was taken A typical treatment ... ala, the nasal tip, and nostril Five lesions (11%) were on the ear, which consisted of the pinna, anthelix, and ear lobe Five lesions (11%) were located on the scalp, which included the top of the ... diameter, and of the lesions were 1-2 cm in diameter The prescription depth varied with the lesion depth and was mm beyond the skin surface in 34 of the lesions and mm depth in of the lesions One...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "Helical tomotherapy in the treatment of pediatric malignancies: a preliminary report of feasibility and acute toxicitty" doc

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 09:21

... experience of HT in the treatment of pediatric malignancies, focused on analysis of tumor response and acute radiation toxicity A critical review of published studies of IMRT and HT in the treatment of ... to the patient throughout the course of treatment This study aimed to address the feasibility of HT in the treatment of various pediatric tumor sites We present a very heterogeneous group of ... recording of dosimetrical data seems necessary to evaluate the impact of these novel methods The analysis of published series proves that IMRT and HT can be a good alternative for the administration of...

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Báo cáo y học: "Effect of dsDNA binding to SmD-derived peptides on clinical accuracy in the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus" potx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 10:20

... decision about the diagnosis of the patient and commence inappropriate therapy In a second independent cohort of patients (panel III), the newly defined cut-off limit (100 units) of the SmD1 ELISA ... in the ELISA according to the instructions for use of the respective kit Statistical evaluation of results The results obtained from the comparative study were evaluated using the Analyse-it Software ... by the area under the curve of the receiver-operating characteristic analysis (see Figure 1) After adjusting the cutoff value of the SmD1 immunoassay to 100 IU/ml to achieve 100% specificity, the...

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Báo cáo y học: "Genomic transcriptional profiling identifies a candidate blood biomarker signature for the diagnosis of septicemic melioidosis" ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 20:20

... found in the same cluster in eight of the eight groups) The selection was then expanded to include genes with of 8, of and of matches to the core reference pattern The resulting set of genes ... indicate the ratio of the number of genes from the dataset that map to the canonical pathway, whilst the solid blue bars correspond to the P-value representing the probability that the association ... hours of the diagnosis of sepsis, these results suggest that the heterogeneity of the blood transcriptional profiles observed among patients with sepsis may be linked to differences in degrees of...

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Báo cáo y học: "Ultrasound in the diagnosis of a median neuropathy in the forearm: case report" doc

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 10:20

... majority of the studies using HRUS in peripheral nerves of the upper extremity have focused on the entrapment neuropathies of the median nerve at the wrist and of the ulnar nerve at the elbow These ... changes to suggest the presence of a neuroma Finally, the abnormal appearance of the soft tissue deep to the median nerve in the anatomic location of the flexor digitorum profundus was consistent ... demonstrates the normal echo-texture of the median nerve The cross-sectional ultrasound image (A) of the proximal forearm demonstrates the normal echo-texture of the median nerve (arrow) The hyperechoic...

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báo cáo khoa học: " Using knowledge brokers to facilitate the uptake of pediatric measurement tools into clinical practice: a before-after intervention study" docx

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 10:23

... their use and modification as needed The types of supports and resources accessed by KBs during the study were left to the discretion of the KB based upon the needs and strengths of the KB, their ... to the development and validation of the measurement tools may provide them with more familiarity with the tools The natural variation between the regions enhances the generalizability of the ... volunteered for the role, based on a number of factors including their interest in and enthusiasm for the role, as well as their ability to adjust their schedule to accommodate the requirements of the study...

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báo cáo khoa học: "Contribution of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of talus skip metastases of Ewing’s sarcoma of the calcaneus in a child: a case report" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 23:20

... enhancement of the tumor We note the skip lesion in the talus as a low signal mass with peripheral enhancement Cook listed 29 cases of Ewing’s sarcoma of the calcaneus in the literature since 1921 [3] These ... from the father of our patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal Page of ... can narrow the differential diagnosis, but a specific diagnosis can rarely be established Therefore, a biopsy of the tumor with histopathological analysis is needed to confirm the diagnosis Staging,...

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Báo cáo y học: " Pitfalls in the diagnosis of a tumefactive demyelinating lesion: A case report" potx

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 23:21

... that the signal intensity was lower in the center of the lesion in T2 images (Figure 1d), whereas the enhancing rings appeared to fade away centrifugally (Figure 1e, f) The dimensions of the lesion ... the concentric type of demyelination, or BCS Although the presence of reactive astrocytes can raise the diagnosis of an astrocytoma, in the non-neoplastic demyelinating plaque, these astrocytes ... immunostaining was positive in 1% to 2% of the nuclei The pathologist commented that the findings were suggestive of a grade II astrocytoma In the face of this diagnostic dilemma, a conservative...

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Báo cáo khoa hoc:" The contrast-enhanced Doppler ultrasound with perfluorocarbon exposed sonicated albumin does not improve the diagnosis of renal artery stenosis compared with angiography" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 08:20

... investigate the effect of the contrast infusion on the sensitivity and specificity of the different Doppler criterion mentioned above The purpose of our study was to evaluate the accuracy of the main ... one Doppler criterion Also, the feasibility of US is dependent of the quality of the machine, and the infusion of contrast does not add advantages if the performance of the US machine is excellent ... portion of the arteries, we considered for diagnosis of renal artery stenosis the indexes obtained by echo-Doppler in these arterial segments The mean values of PSV, PDV, RAR, RI and PI in these...

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