Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Dec 1, 2018
INTRODUCTION: The etiopathogenesis of psoriasis is still unclear but there is evidence that many of cytokines released by keratinocytes and inflammatory leukocytes may contribute to the induction or persistence of the inflammatory process in psoriasi...
Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Dec 1, 2018
INTRODUCTION: In patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) early risk assessment of development of complications is of great importance. It is proven that aldosterone level has a major role in progression of cardiovascular pathology.
To determine whether -344T/C CYP11B2 promoter polymorphism affects serum aldosterone levels and whether this polymorphism is an indicator of eGFR decline in patients with chronic kidney disease. -344 C/T CYP11B2 gene polymorphism analysis was perform...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2018
A 90-year-old male underwent total gastrectomy for gastric cancer 10 months earlier. The cancer was pathologically diagnosed as Stage ⅢA. Preoperative serum CA19-9 level was as high as 1,326 U/mL, but quickly decreased after surgery. Although the ser...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2018
The patient was a 63-year-old man with hepatitis C. He discontinued combination therapy containing interferon and ribavirin because of the development of skin symptoms. A screening examination showed multiple early-stage hepatocellular carcinomas. He...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2018
We encountered a case of hepatic portal lymph node metastasis after repeated treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)recurrence. A 73-year-old male patient underwent partial gastrectomy following rupture of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor 8 year...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2018
A 57-year-old man visited our hospital with right hypochondralgia. Abdominal contrast CT showed a 10 cm sized mass in S6-7of the liver and abdominal hemorrhage areas. The tumor showed extrahepatic growth. Blood a-fetoprotein(AFP)was high at 4,447.9ng...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2018
We report a case of pathologicallycomplete response in ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)treated with transcatheter arterial embolization(TAE). A 56-year-old man presented to our hospital with a hepatic tumor. Enhanced computed tomography(CT)reve...
INTRODUCTION: Smoking is the leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cotinine is reliable marker of tobacco exposure. We aimed to investigate the relationship between pulmonary function tests (FVC%, FEV1, FEV1/FVC and FEF25-...
INTRODUCTION: YKL-40 is a glycoprotein that plays role in inflammation and malignant processes. High serum YKL-40 levels are associated with short survive in cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is another reason to increase its' l...
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