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Abstract. A 69-year-old man with Sweet's syndrome and myelodysplastic syndrome presented with pneumonia and respiratory distress. He had been taking corticosteroids and methotrexate. The diagnosis of...
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Abstract Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) and microdysgenesis (MD) are likely to represent abnormalities of radial neuronal migration during cortical development. We investigated the distribution of...
View ArticleFever of Unknown Origin in Taiwan
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AbstractGastric cancer (GC) is the leading malignancy in the digestive system. Versican is a ubiquitous component of the extracellular matrix and has a role in tumor progression. We aim to examine the...
View ArticleHepatocarcinogenesis in transgenic mice carrying hepatitis B virus pre-S/S...
AbstractHepatitis B virus (HBV) carrying the rtA181T/sW172* mutation conferred cross-resistance to adefovir and lamivudine. Cell-based and clinical studies indicated that HBV carrying this mutation had...
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