AIM: To evaluate whether treatment with the Prometheus(R) system significantly affects cytokines,coagulation factors and other plasma proteins.METHODS: We studi
AIM: To conduct a retrospective study in 400 chronic hepatitis B patients in order to identify hepatitis B viral factors associated with complications of liver
AIM: To assess whether a liver specific nitric oxide (NO)donor (V-PYRRO/NO) would prevent the development of portal hypertension and liver fibrosis in rats with
The time-dependent viscoelastic behaviors of an Low-Density-Pdyethyene(LDPE) (PE-FSB-23D022) melt were experimentally investigated using two types of thixotropy
AIM: To investigate the incidence and risk factors of late-onset acute rejection (LAR) and to clarify the effectiveness of our immunosuppressive regime consisti
Background In recent years, keyhole microsurgery has become an important subject of modem minimally invasive neurosurgery. In this study, minimally invasive tec
Background The number of immunosupressed patients has increased in the past decades. Among them Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is one of the leading bac
AIM: Chronic organ-donor shortage has led to the acceptance of steatotic livers for transplantation, despite the higher risk of graft dysfunction or nonfunction
AIM: To systematically examine the impact of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) diagnosis on patients’ level of social support in a large-scale study. METHODS: Patien