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Background —Although unstable coronary artery disease is the most common reason for admission to a coronary care unit, the long-term prognosis of patients with this diagnosis is unknown. This is particularly true for patients with... more
Objective. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) based brain–computer interface (BCI) involves a large number of sensors allowing better spatiotemporal resolution for assessing brain activity patterns. There have been many efforts to develop BCI... more
Molecular pathology is a rapidly growing area of laboratory medicine in which DNA and RNA are analyzed. The recent introduction of array technology has added another layer of complexity involving massive parallel analysis of multiple... more
BackgroundAssessment of the seriousness, expectedness and causality are necessary for any adverse event (AE) in a clinical trial. In addition, assessing AE severity helps determine the importance of the AE in the clinical setting.... more
Since microaggregates have been implicated in posttransfusion pulmonary insufficiency, their elimination has become an active concern in blood transfusion. Various types of filters, as well as frozen-preserved erythrocytes, have been used... more
Previous reports hypothesized that cytomegalovirus (CMV) may predispose to non-CMV infection after kidney transplantation (KT). We analysed the incidence of non-CMV infection (overall, bacterial and opportunistic) in 291 KT recipients... more
Recent studies have reported an increased susceptibility to infection among vitamin D-deficient kidney transplant (KT) recipients, although methodological concerns remain. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels were measured in 246 KT... more
Previous studies on monitoring of post-transplant cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific cell-mediated immunity (CMI) are limited by single-center designs and disparate risk categories. We aimed to assess the clinical value of a regular... more
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of mortality after kidney transplantation (KT). The potential role of the complement system in the pathogenesis of post-transplant CVD remains unexplored. Serum complement (C3 and C4) levels... more
The liver-synthesized peptide hepcidin is a key regulator of iron metabolism and correlates with total iron stores. We analyzed the association between pre-transplant hepcidin-25 levels and infection after kidney transplantation (KT).... more
BackgroundThe transmembrane glycoprotein CD30 contributes to regulate the balance between Th1 and Th2 responses. Previous studies have reported conflicting results on the utility of its soluble form (sCD30) to predict post‐transplant... more
Background: There are few guidelines on how to best manage craniovertebral junction (CVJ) tuberculosis (TB). Certainly, timely tissue diagnosis, immobilization of the neck, and decompression of CVJ with appropriate stabilization are the... more