... end -of- life issues to patients and their families
[11]. It is not uncommon for physicians to ask loaded
questions in their quest for end -of- life decisions. For
example, ‘This is your grandmother’s ... futile. Under the current rules, the only test of
futility is that embodied by the question, ‘Will this
treatment result in sustained life?’ If the answer is ‘yes’,
then vi...
... for the optimal activity of
BsArb43B.
Furthermore, to determine whether the role of the
calcium is structural, thermal shift assays were per-
formed to determine the T
m
of the protein in the ... distribution of BsArb43B in the proximity
of the active site. Arabinotriose in the binding cleft is represented
using sticks. (B) Detailed view of the bind...
... factors : the dispersal of infor-
mation and the obscurity of the coding. In
ARIANE-78, the lexical data base may reside on
much more 50 files, for a given pair of language.
This data base ... part of another
file, make permutations or transpositions of
several parts of a file, and receive suggestions
for the translation of a word displayed in a win...
... biosynthesis and the allene oxide
cyclase family of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Mol Biol
51, 89 5–9 11.
23 Hofmann E, Zerbe P & Schaller F (2006) The crystal
structure of Arabidopsis thaliana allene ... solved the
structure of allene oxide cyclase 2 (AOC2) of Arabidopsis thaliana, which
is, together with the other three AOCs, a key enzyme in...
...
trate the use of the formalism in the areas of
machine translation and reduction of FSs to
canonical form. We conclude with an over-
view of continuing strands of research.
2. Rule Format ... analysis of one FS
with the synthesis of another; they may be
thought of as a specialized variety of pattern-
matching rule. They are local in nature, and
permit the...
... one case, this
case may indicate the use of needle-AP treatment for
idiopathic Horner’s syndrome in dogs. ST-4 and GB-1
acupoint needling appeared to have a dramatic effect on
idiopathic ...
enophthalmos, and prolapsed nictitans for 2 days following
sudden onset. According to history taking, ophthalmic,
neurological, and radiological examination, the patient was
diagnose...
... existed within
the cystic wall was investigated as intracystic carcinoma of the breast.
Patients with intracystic carcinoma of the breast tend to be older than patients
with other forms of breast ... 1% of all breast cancers, the incidence of intracystic carcinoma of the
breast in men appears to be higherand and there is equal to or more than 5 % of repo...
... infusion of alendronate for
hypercalcemia, but the response was only short-lived.
Investigations for common causes of hypercalcemia were
inconclusive. Our patient had splenectomy for diagnostic
purposes ... splenectomy. Splenectomy not only
is helpful for diagnosis but also for treatment of refractory
hypercalcemia.
Consent
Written consent was obtained from the patient for publi-...
... not for citation purposes)
World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Open Access
Research
Surgical treatment for locally advanced lower third rectal cancer
after neoadjuvent chemoradiation with capecitabine: ... radiation
with concurrent 5-FU continuous infusion for locally
advanced rectal cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1998,
42:319-324.
29. Glimelius B:...
... for
a total of 56 cases. Renal carcinoids were associated with
another renal pathology in 26.8% of cases [5]. Only 7% of
these patients presented with carcinoid syndrome at the
time of diagnosis; ... this
unusual tumor, with emphasis on the treatment of liver
metastases.
Case presentation
We evaluated a 45 year-old patient who presented initially
with abdomina...
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Review
Surgical strategies for treatment of malignant pancreatic tumors:
extended, standard or local ... portal and /or superior
mesenteric vein does not influence the general morbidity
or mortality rates during PD and could therefore success-
fully be performed in ord...
... from esophageal carcinoma to eluci-
date its efficacy.
A previous report indicated that solitary pulmonary
metastasis from esophageal carcinoma was a favorable
indicator for surgical treatment ... prog-
nostic factor after surgical treatment for pulmonary
metastases from various primary cancers [15,16]. Shiono
et al. reviewed 49 surgical c ases of pulmonary...
... 11:2373-2379.
doi:10.1186/1752-1947-4-314
Cite this article as: Stoidis et al.: Surgical treatment of giant mesenteric
fibromatosis presenting as a gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case
report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 ... Case presentation
A 64-year-old Caucasian man was admitted to our hos-
pital with a ten- year-history of a mild diff...