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C-reactive protein positively correlates with metabolic syndrome in coronary artery disease patients
30 November 2011
Abstract: Objective: C-reactive protein (CRP) is an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). Metabolic syndrome has been associated with an increased risk of CAD, as well as increase...
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Bang-Gee Hsu,
Jen-Che Hsieh,
Yu-Chih Chen,
Ji-Hung Wang
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111-114
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Analysis of pathogens and susceptibility in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia and bacteremia: Experience in a single institution in eastern Taiwan
31 October 2011
Abstract: Objective: Febrile neutropenia is a major complication in patients with malignancies receiving chemotherapy. The pathogens vary in different geographic areas, however, and also may vary in d...
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Kuan-Po Huang,
Tso-Fu Wang,
Sung-Chao Chu,
Yi-Feng Wu,
Rou-Yun Wang,
Ruey-Ho Kao
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115-118
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Polymicrobial bloodstream infection involving Aeromonas species: Analysis of 62 cases
07 November 2011
Abstract: Objective: To better understand Aeromonas-involved polymicrobial bacteremia (AIPMB). Materials and Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients with AIPMB admitted to three lar...
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Yu-Huai Ho,
Han-Chuan Chuang,
Chorng-Jang Lay,
Chun-Lung Wang,
Yeong-Shu Tsai,
Lih-Shinn Wang,
Chen-Chi Tsai
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119-122
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A very close margin of ≤1 mm predicts a poor outcome in resected buccal cancer patients with a pathological margin of ≤3 mm
28 November 2011
Abstract: Objectives: A close margin of ≤3 mm results in a high risk for locoregional recurrence, but still is not an independent factor that helps to guide the use of aggressive postoperative therapi...
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Wei-Ta Tsai,
Moon-Sing Lee,
Shih-Kai Hung,
Wen-Yen Chiou,
Tze-Ta Huang,
Chih-En Tseng,
Shu-Mei Chang,
Feng-Chun Hsu,
Yu-Chieh Su,
Szu-Chi Li,
Wen-Lin Hsu,
Dai-Wei Liu,
Hon-Yi Lin
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123-130
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Intranasal endoscopic surgery combined with adjuvant radiation therapy for olfactory neuroblastoma
15 September 2011
Abstract: Olfactory neuroblastoma, also known as esthesioneuroblastoma, is a rare malignant head and neck tumor. Olfactory neuroblastoma accounts for approximately 3–5% of all malignant nasal tumors. ...
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Zong-Sin Wu,
Hsu-Chueh Ho,
Jeh-En Tzeng,
Shih-Hsuan Hsiao
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131-134
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Combined treatment of invasive giant prolactinoma with surgical excision, low-dose gamma knife radiosurgery, and a dopamine agonist—Report of two cases
21 September 2011
Abstract: Although most prolactinomas are benign, some are invasive or aggressive. The management of invasive giant prolactinomas (IGPs) has been an area of controversy. The present study reports the ...
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Tzu-Wen Loh,
Tsung-Lang Chiu,
Sheng-Wen Wu,
Hsiang-Yi Hung,
Kuan-Pin Chen,
Chain-Fa Su
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135-138
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Digoxin intoxication–induced encephalopathy in a patient with chronic kidney disease
24 August 2011
Abstract: Digoxin is a drug with a narrow therapeutic range. We present an 88-year-old woman with chronic kidney failure who was suspected of having digoxin intoxication when she developed nausea, vom...
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Hui-Ying Shih,
Yi-Chun Chen,
Mei-Hua Chuang
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139-141
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Monoplegia and paresthesia as rare presentations of type B aortic dissection
19 August 2011
Abstract: Aortic dissection is a cardiovascular emergency, and the management remains a challenge for physicians because of the abrupt symptoms and rapid process. Acute neurological complications caus...
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Cheng-Ta Hsieh,
Tzu-Tsao Chung,
Ming-Ying Liu
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142-144
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Three cases of successful treatment of granulomatous tenosynovitis
09 November 2011
Abstract: Granulomatous tenosynovitis is a rare disease with an indolent, relapsing process, which can be caused by various pathogens. Here, we describe three immunocompetent patients with right wrist...
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Jui-Teng Chien,
Fu-Tsung Hsiao,
Yu-Chuan Chen,
Yu-Hong Chen,
Chorng-Jang Lay,
Chen-Chi Tsai
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145-148
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Genetic counseling on amniocyte level II mosaicism
28 November 2011
A 36-year-old woman who was a junior college graduate and a housewife received amniocentesis because of her advanced maternal age. Giemsa banding revealed the karyotype of the amniocytes was 46, XY. M...
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Chun-Ying Weng,
Shao-Yin Chu,
Tzu-Ying Li,
Jye-Siung Fang,
Ming-Liang Lee
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149-150
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Clear cell carcinoma of the thymus
16 May 2011
A 52-year-old man visited our hospital after suffering from chest pain for a half year. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed a huge anterior mediastinum mass. CT-guided biopsy showed tumor nests with...
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Yung-Hsiang Hsu
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151-152
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Re: Methanol intoxication with bilateral putaminal and occipital necrosis. Tzu Chi Med J 2010;22:160–163
28 November 2011
I enjoyed reading the manuscript titled “Methanol intoxication with bilateral putaminal and occipital necrosis” that was published in your journal . After presentation of the computed tomography (CT) ...
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Hossein Sanaei-Zadeh
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Reply
28 November 2011
In response to the comment by Associate Professor Hossein Sanaei-Zadeh, we would like to point out that we started writing our case report in October 2008, based on the PubMed research at that time. T...
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Syuan-Huei Lin,
Guo-Fang Tseng,
Chung-Chao Liang,
Yu-Chou Hung
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