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Access and utilization of maternal healthcare in a rural district in the fore...
Abstract Background Poor maternal health delivery in developing countries results in more than half a million maternal deaths during pregnancy, childbirth or within a few weeks... -
Prognostic significance of supradiaphragmatic lymph node metastasis detected ...
Abstract Background Supradiaphragmatic lymph node metastases (SdLNM) are frequently identified using 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in... -
Plasma sTNFR1 and IL8 for prognostic enrichment in sepsis trials: a prospecti...
Abstract Background Enrichment strategies improve therapeutic targeting and trial efficiency, but enrichment factors for sepsis trials are lacking. We determined whether... -
Does the transfer of a poor quality embryo with a good quality embryo benefit...
Abstract Background While single embryo transfer (SET) is widely advocated, double embryo transfer (DET) remains preferable in clinical practice to improve IVF success rate,... -
Tomm34 is commonly expressed in epithelial ovarian cancer and associates with...
Abstract Background Increased activity of the chaperones Hsp70 and Hsp90 is a common feature of solid tumours. Translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane 34 (Tomm34) is a... -
Endoscopic intraventricular hematoma evacuation surgery versus external ventr...
Abstract Background The application of neuroendoscopy in intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) has attracted more and more attention in recent years. Studies have shown that the use... -
Polygenic risk for coronary heart disease acts through atherosclerosis in typ...
Abstract Background Type 2 diabetes increases the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), yet the mechanisms involved remain poorly described. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) provide... -
MTMR2 promotes invasion and metastasis of gastric cancer via inactivating IFN...
Abstract Background The aberrant expression of myotubularin-related protein 2 (MTMR2) has been found in some cancers, but little is known about the roles and clinical relevance.... -
LOXL1 modulates the malignant progression of colorectal cancer by inhibiting ...
Abstract Background LOX-like 1 (LOXL1) is a lysyl oxidase, and emerging evidence has revealed its effect on malignant cancer progression. However, its role in colorectal cancer... -
Lipocalin2 suppresses metastasis of colorectal cancer by attenuating NF-κB-de...
Abstract Background Lipocalin2 (LCN2) is a secretory protein that is aberrantly expressed in several types of cancer and has been involved in metastatic progression. However,... -
Prognostic significance of perigastric tumor deposits in patients with primar...
Abstract Background The presence and the prognostic significance of perigastric tumor deposits (TDs) in primary gastric cancer have not been extensively studied. The aim of this... -
Microvascular invasion has limited clinical values in hepatocellular carcinom...
Abstract Background Microvascular invasion (MVI) is recognized as a prognostic factor associated with poor outcome in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients after curative... -
Pregnancy in GNE myopathy patients: a nationwide repository survey in Japan
Abstract Background GNE myopathy is an autosomal recessive adult-onset distal myopathy. While a few case reports have described the progression of GNE myopathy during pregnancy,... -
Gum Arabic as fetal hemoglobin inducing agent in sickle cell anemia; in vivo ...
Abstract Background High levels of fetal haemoglobin (HbF) decrease sickle cell anaemia (SCA) severity and leads to improved survival. According to in vivo and in vitro studies,... -
Comparison of the source and prognostic utility of cfDNA in trauma and sepsis
Abstract Background Circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) may contribute to the pathophysiology of post-injury inflammation and coagulation in trauma. However, the source and... -
Cancer-associated fibroblasts provide a suitable microenvironment for tumor d...
Abstract Background Oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) is still associated with a poor prognosis due to local recurrence and metastasis. Cancer-associated fibroblasts... -
Iodine nutritional status of women in their first trimester of pregnancy in C...
Abstract Background Sufficient iodine intake is needed during pregnancy to ensure proper fetal development. The iodine levels of women in their first trimester of pregnancy in... -
The receptor for advanced glycation end products and risk of peripheral arter...
Abstract Background Patients with type 2 diabetes have a high risk for early and extensive development of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and this excess risk is not explained... -
Successful selective reduction of a heterotopic cesarean scar pregnancy in th...
Abstract Background Heterotopic cesarean scar pregnancy is a cesarean scar pregnancy combined with an intrauterine pregnancy that predisposes a woman to life-threatening... -
Predictors of prenatal iron folic acid supplement utilization in Wolaita, Sou...
Abstract Background Effectiveness of prenatal iron supplementation program depends on utilization of the supplement by pregnant women. Nevertheless, in Ethiopia, regardless of...
