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Lee DH, Kim JH, Yoon TM, Lee JK, Lim SC. Outcomes of treatment of mammary analogue secretory carcinoma of the parotid gland. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019; 58:158-162. [PMID: 31859109 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma (MASC) of the salivary gland is a newly-described, rare, malignant tumour. Few patients present with MASC of the parotid gland, so the exact characteristics, outcomes of treatment, and prognosis are unknown. The aim of this study was to analyse the clinical features and outcomes of treatment of MASC of the parotid gland in patients being treated at a single hospital. Five patients with histopathologically-confirmed MASC of the parotid gland between January 2015 and August 2018 were retrospectively enrolled. In all cases preoperative fine-needle aspiration cytology had failed to provide an accurate diagnosis. All patients underwent a macroscopically complete oncological resection. Two patients had postoperative radiotherapy (RT). On immunohistochemical examination all tumours stained for S-100 and mammaglobin but not for DOG1. There were no regional recurrences or distant metastases in any of the patients at their last follow-up. We obtained good results for patients with MASC of the parotid gland with surgical treatment and postoperative RT.
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- D H Lee
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School & Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea.
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and Pathology, Chonnam National University Medical School & Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School & Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School & Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School & Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea
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Waddle A, LeBourgeois M, Kurth S, Harsh J, Lassonde J, Lee D. The association between slow-wave activity (SWA) and processing speed in toddlers. Sleep Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bang J, Lee H, Choi H, Lee D, Kim Y, Kim DK. Analysis of the relationship between changes in the auditory brainstem response and prognosis in patients with sudden hearing loss. J Laryngol Otol 2019. [PMID: 31791435 DOI: 10.11735/j.issn.1671-170x.2019.12.b016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyse how the auditory brainstem response changes in patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss. METHOD Data were collected via retrospective medical chart review. RESULTS Forty-three patients were included in this study. The mean latency of auditory brainstem response wave 1 was significantly longer for the affected side than for the unaffected side (p = 0.003). The mean latency of auditory brainstem response wave 1 was significantly shorter, and the mean amplitude of auditory brainstem response wave 1 was significantly larger, in the good response group compared to the poor response group. In forward conditional logistic regression analysis, auditory brainstem response wave 1 latency was an independent predictor of a good response (odds ratio = 34.37, 95 per cent confidence interval = 1.56-757.15, p = 0.025). CONCLUSION In patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss, the latency of wave 1 of the auditory brainstem response was significantly increased and was related to prognosis.
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- J Bang
- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Daejeon St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Daejeon St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Daejeon St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Daejeon St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Daejeon St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Daejeon St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Korea
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Liu H, Lee D, McLean K, Leggett D, Hodgkinson P, Fawcett J, Mott R, Stuart K, Pryor D. OC-047: Australian experience of SBRT in early and advanced stage hepatocellular carcinoma. Radiother Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(20)30436-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Konsur E, Lee D, Pazheri F. M153 A PREGNANT FEMALE WITH A HISTORY OF RUPTURED OVARIAN CYST AND HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA TYPE III. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2019.08.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Growth plate cartilage resides near the ends of long bones and is the primary driver of skeletal growth. During growth, both intrinsically and extrinsically generated mechanical stresses act on chondrocytes in the growth plate. Although the role of mechanical stresses in promoting tissue growth and homeostasis has been strongly demonstrated in articular cartilage of the major skeletal joints, effects of stresses on growth plate cartilage and bone growth are not as well established. Here, we review the literature on mechanobiology in growth plate cartilage at macroscopic and microscopic scales, with particular emphasis on comparison of results obtained using different methodological approaches, as well as from whole animal and in vitro experiments. To answer these questions, macroscopic mechanical stimulators have been developed and applied to study mechanobiology of growth plate cartilage and chondrocytes. However, the previous approaches have tested a limited number of stress conditions, and the mechanobiology of a single chondrocyte has not been well studied due to limitations of the macroscopic mechanical stimulators. We explore how microfluidics devices can overcome these limitations and improve current understanding of growth plate chondrocyte mechanobiology. In particular, microfluidic devices can generate multiple stress conditions in a single platform and enable real-time monitoring of metabolism and cellular behavior using optical microscopy. Systematic characterization of the chondrocytes using microfluidics will enhance our understanding of how to use mechanical stresses to control the bone growth and the properties of tissue-engineered growth plate cartilage.
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- D. Lee
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198
- Corresponding Authors:; Tel: +1-402-559-2820. ; Tel: +1-402-472-4313
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588
- Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588
- Corresponding Authors:; Tel: +1-402-559-2820. ; Tel: +1-402-472-4313
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Aleem E, Montoya J, Lee D, Finch K, Wai D, Dubois C. A laboratory assay for improved prediction of drug responses in acute myeloid leukaemia cells. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz413.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Motoa G, Carrillo-Martin I, Chamorro-Pareja N, Haehn D, Mendez J, Wadei H, Hodge D, Lee D, Bosch W, Gonzalez-Estrada A. A007 IMPACT OF PENICILLIN ALLERGY LABEL IN LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS DURING TRANSPLANT HOSPITALIZATION. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2019.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Zielen S, Kuna P, Aberer W, Lassmann S, Pfaar O, Klimek L, Wade A, Kluehr K, Raab J, Wessiepe D, Lee D, Kramer M, Gunawardena K, Higenbottam T, Heath M, Skinner M, de Kam P. Strong dose response after immunotherapy with PQ grass using conjunctival provocation testing. World Allergy Organ J 2019; 12:100075. [PMID: 31709029 PMCID: PMC6831906 DOI: 10.1016/j.waojou.2019.100075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Revised: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background Pollinex Quattro Grass (PQ Grass) is an effective, well-tolerated, short pre-seasonal subcutaneous immunotherapy to treat seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (SAR) due to grass pollen. In this Phase II study, 4 cumulative doses of PQ Grass and placebo were evaluated to determine its optimal cumulative dose. Methods Patients with grass pollen-induced SAR were randomised to either a cumulative dose of PQ Grass (5100, 14400, 27600 and 35600 SU) or placebo, administered as 6 weekly subcutaneous injections over 31-41 days (EudraCT number 2017-000333-31). Standardized conjunctival provocation tests (CPT) using grass pollen allergen extract were performed at screening, baseline and post-treatment to determine the total symptom score (TSS) assessed approximately 4 weeks after dosing. Three models were pre-defined (Emax, logistic, and linear in log-dose model) to evaluate a dose response relationship. Results In total, 95.5% of the 447 randomized patients received all 6 injections. A highly statistically significant (p < 0.0001), monotonic dose response was observed for all three pre-specified models. All treatment groups showed a statistically significant decrease from baseline in TSS compared to placebo, with the largest decrease observed after 27600 SU (p < 0.0001). The full course of 6 injections was completed by 95.5% of patients. Treatment-emergent adverse events were similar across PQ Grass groups, and mostly mild and transient in nature. Conclusions PQ Grass demonstrated a strong curvilinear dose response in TSS following CPT without compromising its safety profile.
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Key Words
- ADRs, adverse drug reactions
- AE, adverse events
- AIT, allergen immunotherapy
- ANCOVA, analysis of covariance
- ARC, adverse reaction complexes
- Allergen immunotherapy
- Allergoid
- CIA-CPT, Culture – Independent Assessment of the Conjunctival Provocation Test
- CPT, conjunctival provocation test
- Cumulative dose
- Curvilinear dose response
- EAACI, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- EMA, European Medicine Agency
- FAS, Full Analysis Set
- FEV, forced expiratory volume
- FVC, forced vital capacity
- Grass pollen
- HEP, Histamine Equivalent Potency
- LPS, lipopolysaccharide
- MCP-Mod, Multiple Comparison Procedure and Modelling
- MCT, microcrystalline tyrosine
- MPL, Monophosphoryl Lipid A
- MedDRA, Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities
- PPS, Per Protocol Set
- SAEs, serious adverse events
- SAF, safety set
- SAR, seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis
- SD, standard deviation
- SU, standardized units
- TEAEs, treatment-emergent adverse events
- TLR, Toll-like receptor
- TSS, Total Symptom Score
- mFAS, Modified Full Analysis Set
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- S. Zielen
- Department for Children and Adolescents, Division of Allergology, Pulmonology and Cystic fibrosis, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Poradnia Alergologii i Chorób Płuc Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Specialist in Otolaryngology, Saalfeld, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Rhinology and Allergy, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
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- Centre for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Allergy Therapeutics Ltd., Worthing, UK
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- Allergy Therapeutics Ltd., Worthing, UK
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- Allergy Therapeutics Ltd., Worthing, UK
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- Metronomia Clinical Research GmbH, Munich, Germany
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- Allergy Therapeutics Ltd., Worthing, UK
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- Allergy Therapeutics Ltd., Worthing, UK
- Corresponding author. Allergy Therapeutics (UK) Ltd, Dominion Way Worthing, West Sussex BN14 8SA, UK
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Patel S, Khan A, Sivaswamy A, Ferreira-Legere L, Austin P, Lee D, Ko D, Tu J, Udell J. DERIVATION OF A MODEL THAT ACCURATELY PREDICTS CARDIOVASCULAR FROM NON-CARDIOVASCULAR CAUSE OF DEATH USING ADMINISTRATIVE HEALTH DATA SOURCES. Can J Cardiol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.07.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Deras I, Du T, Zhao C, Haseley N, Yazdanparast A, Jiang T, Mentzer A, Purdy A, Crain B, Echegaray C, Lee D, Lee J, Silhavy J, O’Brien K, Vijayaraghavan R, Garcia R, Haigis R, Pawlowski T, Dockter J. Clinical and analytical accuracy of a 523 gene panel next-generation sequencing (NGS) assay on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) solid tumour samples. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz257.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Angaran P, Dorian P, Ha A, Thavendiranathan P, Tsang W, Leong-Poi H, Woo A, Dias B, Wang X, Austin P, Lee D. P2618Association of left ventricular ejection fraction with mortality and hospitalizations. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Although 2-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) is widely used to measure left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), the prognostic value of 2DE-derived LVEF has not been clearly demonstrated in a broad range of patients, including those acutely hospitalized as well as ambulatory patients. In particular, the prognostic value of echocardiographic LVEF has not been demonstrated for cardiovascular and heart failure hospitalizations.
Purpose
To determine if greater degrees of LV dysfunction are associated with progressively increasing risks of death or cardiovascular hospitalizations among patients undergoing echocardiography in hospital or outpatient settings.
Methods
We examined quantitative LVEFs from patient-level echocardiographic reports at 3 large hospital laboratories, which were linked to the Canadian Institute for Health Information hospitalization database and to death registries in Ontario, Canada. LVEF was categorized as <25%, 25–35%, 36–45%, or 46–55% (reference). Analyses were performed using cause-specific hazard competing risk models and stratified by: a) outpatient vs. inpatient echocardiogram, and b) if inpatient study, whether the reason for hospitalization was cardiac or noncardiac in nature.
Results
In the echocardiographic cohort of 27,323 patients (median age 68 [IQR: 58–77], 14,828 women [31.7%]), greater reductions in LVEF were associated with higher rates of all-cause mortality, with adjusted hazard ratios (95% CI) of 1.67 (1.57, 1.77) for LVEF <25%, 1.30 (1.24, 1.36) for LVEF 25–35%, and 1.17 (1.11, 1.23) for LVEF 36–45%, compared to LVEF 46–55% (all p<0.001). The cumulative incidence of cardiovascular death was higher as LVEF progressively worsened (Figure). The rate of heart failure hospitalizations was also increased with hazard ratios of 1.71 (1.59, 1.85) for LVEF <25%, 1.39 (1.31, 1.48) for LVEF 25–35%, and 1.21 (1.13, 1.29) for LVEF 36–45%, compared to LVEF 46–55% (all p<0.001). Cardiovascular hospitalizations were also increased with hazard ratios of 1.35 (1.27, 1.42), 1.21 (1.16, 1.27), and 1.13 (1.07, 1.18) for LVEFs <25%, 25–35%, and 36–45%, respectively (all p<0.001). The risk of mortality and hospitalizations increased comparably with greater reductions in LVEF during both inpatient cardiac or noncardiac admissions (p<0.001).
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Conclusions
Quantitative LVEF assessed by 2DE is potent prognostically and was able to stratify the risk of both death and hospitalization outcomes in a wide range of clinical settings. Patients with reduced LVEF measured on inpatient or outpatient echocardiograms, and even in the context of non-cardiac admission, should be considered an at-risk group in whom quality of care metrics could be evaluated in future studies.
Acknowledgement/Funding
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation, and the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research
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- P Angaran
- St. Michael's Hospital, Medicine (Cardiology), Toronto, Canada
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- St. Michael's Hospital, Medicine (Cardiology), Toronto, Canada
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- University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- St. Michael's Hospital, Medicine (Cardiology), Toronto, Canada
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- University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- London Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada
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- University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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Lee D, Pascoe R, White P, Jhala P, Foulcher T, Fuller J. Do subsequent injury rates and injury regions differ between concussion and other injury types in the Australian Football League? J Sci Med Sport 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2019.08.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lieberman-Cribbin W, Wolf A, Kaufman A, Lee D, Nicastri D, Flores R, Van Gerwen M. P2.16-01 Risk Factors for Short-Term Post-Operative Events Following Lung Cancer Resection. J Thorac Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.1868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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White P, Jhala P, Pascoe R, Lee D, Fuller J. Are Australian Football League players performing poorer after returning to play following a concussion injury? J Sci Med Sport 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2019.08.230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Drilon A, Rogers E, Zhai D, Deng W, Zhang X, Lee D, Ung J, Whitten J, Zhang H, Liu J, Hu T, Zhuang H, Lu Y, Huang Z, Graber A, Zimmerman Z, Xin R, Cui J, Subbiah V. TPX-0046 is a novel and potent RET/SRC inhibitor for RET-driven cancers. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz244.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Piccoli L, Lee D, Stahlman B, Johnson K. 205 Seasonal Variation in Pediatric Behavioral Health Presentations to a Community Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.08.373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lee DH, Yoon TM, Lee JK, Lim SC. Dental implant and fungus ball in the ethmoid sinus. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019; 48:1594-1596. [PMID: 31416680 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2019.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2019] [Revised: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Dental migration into the ethmoid sinus is extremely rare. Furthermore, it is very unusual that a displaced dental implant is associated with a concomitant fungus ball in the ethmoid sinus. Herein, we report an unusual case of the coexistence of a dental implant and fungus ball in the ethmoid sinus. It appears that this condition has not been reported previously.
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- D H Lee
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea.
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Joo H, Lee D, Jung H, Lim D. Mediation Analysis On The Association Between Statin Use And Fasting Glucose Level. Atherosclerosis 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.06.378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bhandari B, Bian J, Bilton K, Callahan C, Chaves J, Chen H, Cline D, Cooper RL, Danielson D, Danielson J, Dokania N, Elliott S, Fernandes S, Gardiner S, Garvey G, Gehman V, Giuliani F, Glavin S, Gold M, Grant C, Guardincerri E, Haines T, Higuera A, Ji JY, Kadel R, Kamp N, Karlin A, Ketchum W, Koerner LW, Lee D, Lee K, Liu Q, Locke S, Louis WC, Manalaysay A, Maricic J, Martin E, Martinez MJ, Martynenko S, Mauger C, McGrew C, Medina J, Medina PJ, Mills A, Mills G, Mirabal-Martinez J, Olivier A, Pantic E, Philipbar B, Pitcher C, Radeka V, Ramsey J, Rielage K, Rosen M, Sanchez AR, Shin J, Sinnis G, Smy M, Sondheim W, Stancu I, Sterbenz C, Sun Y, Svoboda R, Taylor C, Teymourian A, Thorn C, Tull CE, Tzanov M, Van de Water RG, Walker D, Walsh N, Wang H, Wang Y, Yanagisawa C, Yarritu A, Yoo J. First Measurement of the Total Neutron Cross Section on Argon between 100 and 800 MeV. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 123:042502. [PMID: 31491269 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.042502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We report the first measurement of the neutron cross section on argon in the energy range of 100-800 MeV. The measurement was obtained with a 4.3-h exposure of the Mini-CAPTAIN detector to the WNR/LANSCE beam at LANL. The total cross section is measured from the attenuation coefficient of the neutron flux as it traverses the liquid argon volume. A set of 2631 candidate interactions is divided in bins of the neutron kinetic energy calculated from time-of-flight measurements. These interactions are reconstructed with custom-made algorithms specifically designed for the data in a time projection chamber the size of the Mini-CAPTAIN detector. The energy averaged cross section is 0.91±0.10(stat)±0.09(syst) b. A comparison of the measured cross section is made to the GEANT4 and FLUKA event generator packages, where the energy averaged cross sections in this range are 0.60 and 0.68 b, respectively.
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- B Bhandari
- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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A within-cluster resampling method is proposed for fitting a multilevel model in the presence of informative cluster size. Our method is based on the idea of removing the information in the cluster sizes by drawing bootstrap samples which contain a fixed number of observations from each cluster. We then estimate the parameters by maximizing an average, over the bootstrap samples, of a suitable composite loglikelihood. The consistency of the proposed estimator is shown and does not require that the correct model for cluster size is specified. We give an estimator of the covariance matrix of the proposed estimator, and a test for the noninformativeness of the cluster sizes. A simulation study shows, as in Neuhaus & McCulloch (2011), that the standard maximum likelihood estimator exhibits little bias for some regression coefficients. However, for those parameters which exhibit nonnegligible bias, the proposed method is successful in correcting for this bias.
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- D Lee
- Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, 2438 Osborn Drive, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, 2438 Osborn Drive, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Department of Statistics, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK
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Wang DJ, Pandey SK, Lee DH, Sharma M. The Interpeduncular Angle: A Practical and Objective Marker for the Detection and Diagnosis of Intracranial Hypotension on Brain MRI. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2019; 40:1299-1303. [PMID: 31296521 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Classic findings of intracranial hypotension on MR imaging, such as brain stem slumping, can be variably present and, at times, subjective, potentially making the diagnosis difficult. We hypothesize that the angle between the cerebral peduncles correlates with the volume of interpeduncular cistern fluid and is decreased in cases of intracranial hypotension. We aimed to investigate its use as an objective assessment for intracranial hypotension. MATERIALS AND METHODS Brain MRIs of 30 patients with intracranial hypotension and 30 age-matched controls were evaluated by 2 fellowship-trained neuroradiologists for classic findings of intracranial hypotension and the interpeduncular angle. Group analysis was performed with a Student t test, and receiver operating characteristic analysis was used to identify an ideal angle threshold to maximize sensitivity and specificity. Interobserver reliability was assessed for classic findings of intracranial hypotension using the Cohen κ value, and the interpeduncular angle, using the intraclass correlation. RESULTS The interpeduncular angle had excellent interobserver reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient value = 0.833) and was significantly lower in the intracranial hypotension group compared with the control group (25.3° versus 56.3°; P < .001). There was significant correlation between the interpeduncular angle and the presence of brain stem slumping (P < .001) and in cases with ≥3 classic features of intracranial hypotension (P = .01). With a threshold of 40.5°, sensitivity and specificity were 80% and 96.7%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The interpeduncular angle is a sensitive and specific measure of intracranial hypotension and is a reliably reproducible parameter on routine clinical MR imaging.
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- D J Wang
- From the Department of Medical Imaging (D.J.W.), Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Medical Imaging (D.J.W., S.K.P., D.H.L., M.S.), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Imaging (D.J.W., S.K.P., D.H.L., M.S.), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Imaging (D.J.W., S.K.P., D.H.L., M.S.), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Imaging (D.J.W., S.K.P., D.H.L., M.S.), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada.
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LEE H, An J, Lee D, Park H. MON-145 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OSTEOPOROSIS AND THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS REPRESENTED BY NORMALIZED PROTEIN CATABOLIC RATE (nPCR) IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS. Kidney Int Rep 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2019.05.937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Park Y, Li Y, Choi M, Kim J, Lee D. Novel SN-38 double core-shell micelle formulation, SNB-101, enhanced anti-tumor effect and tolerance. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz155.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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LEE H, An J, Lee D, Park H. MON-146 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DIALYSIS ADEQUACY AS ASSESSED BY UREA KINETIC MODELING (Kt/Vurea) AND OSTEOPOROSIS IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS. Kidney Int Rep 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2019.05.938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Lee AC, Lee Y, Lee D, Kwon S. Divide and conquer: A perspective on biochips for single-cell and rare-molecule analysis by next-generation sequencing. APL Bioeng 2019; 3:020901. [PMID: 31431936 PMCID: PMC6697027 DOI: 10.1063/1.5095962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Recent advances in biochip technologies that connect next-generation sequencing (NGS) to real-world problems have facilitated breakthroughs in science and medicine. Because biochip technologies are themselves used in sequencing technologies, the main strengths of biochips lie in their scalability and throughput. Through the advantages of biochips, NGS has facilitated groundbreaking scientific discoveries and technical breakthroughs in medicine. However, all current NGS platforms require nucleic acids to be prepared in a certain range of concentrations, making it difficult to analyze biological systems of interest. In particular, many of the most interesting questions in biology and medicine, including single-cell and rare-molecule analysis, require strategic preparation of biological samples in order to be answered. Answering these questions is important because each cell is different and exists in a complex biological system. Therefore, biochip platforms for single-cell or rare-molecule analyses by NGS, which allow convenient preparation of nucleic acids from biological systems, have been developed. Utilizing the advantages of miniaturizing reaction volumes of biological samples, biochip technologies have been applied to diverse fields, from single-cell analysis to liquid biopsy. From this perspective, here, we first review current state-of-the-art biochip technologies, divided into two broad categories: microfluidic- and micromanipulation-based methods. Then, we provide insights into how future biochip systems will aid some of the most important biological and medical applications that require NGS. Based on current and future biochip technologies, we envision that NGS will come ever closer to solving more real-world scientific and medical problems.
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- A C Lee
- Interdisciplinary Program in Bioengineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea
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Bak G, Choi JH, Jang HI, Jang JS, Jeon SH, Joo KK, Ju K, Jung DE, Kim JG, Kim JH, Kim JY, Kim SB, Kim SY, Kim W, Kwon E, Lee DH, Lee HG, Lee YC, Lim IT, Moon DH, Pac MY, Park YS, Rott C, Seo H, Seo JW, Seo SH, Shin CD, Yang JY, Yoo J, Yu I. Fuel-Composition Dependent Reactor Antineutrino Yield at RENO. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:232501. [PMID: 31298906 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.232501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We report a fuel-dependent reactor electron antineutrino (ν[over ¯]_{e}) yield using six 2.8 GW_{th} reactors in the Hanbit nuclear power plant complex, Yonggwang, Korea. The analysis uses 850 666 ν[over ¯]_{e} candidate events with a background fraction of 2.0% acquired through inverse beta decay (IBD) interactions in the near detector for 1807.9 live days from August 2011 to February 2018. Based on multiple fuel cycles, we observe a fuel ^{235}U dependent variation of measured IBD yields with a slope of (1.51±0.23)×10^{-43} cm^{2}/fission and measure a total average IBD yield of (5.84±0.13)×10^{-43} cm^{2}/fission. The hypothesis of no fuel-dependent IBD yield is ruled out at 6.6σ. The observed IBD yield variation over ^{235}U isotope fraction does not show significant deviation from the Huber-Mueller (HM) prediction at 1.3 σ. The measured fuel-dependent variation determines IBD yields of (6.15±0.19)×10^{-43} and (4.18±0.26)×10^{-43} cm^{2}/fission for two dominant fuel isotopes ^{235}U and ^{239}Pu, respectively. The measured IBD yield per ^{235}U fission shows the largest deficit relative to the HM prediction. Reevaluation of the ^{235}U IBD yield per fission may mostly solve the reactor antineutrino anomaly (RAA) while ^{239}Pu is not completely ruled out as a possible contributor to the anomaly. We also report a 2.9 σ correlation between the fractional change of the 5 MeV excess and the reactor fuel isotope fraction of ^{235}U.
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Institute for High Energy Physics, Dongshin University, Naju 58245, Korea
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- Department of Fire Safety, Seoyeong University, Gwangju 61268, Korea
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- GIST College, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Department of Physics, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Institute for High Energy Physics, Dongshin University, Naju 58245, Korea
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 34047, Korea
- Department of Physics, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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Cardona A, Ning X, Smart S, Chandrasekaran P, Wei C, Mccarthy B, Lee D, Raman SV. 528Left ventricular dysfunction, not myocardial injury, drives use of cardioprotective medications in acute myocarditis: insights from machine learning. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez115.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- A Cardona
- The Ohio State University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Columbus, United States of America
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- The Ohio State University, Biomedical Informatics, Columbus, United States of America
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- The Ohio State University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Columbus, United States of America
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- Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, Columbus, United States of America
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- The Ohio State University, Biomedical Informatics, Columbus, United States of America
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- Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, Columbus, United States of America
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- Northwestern University, Chicago, United States of America
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- The Ohio State University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Columbus, United States of America
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Lee D, Ko Y, Won H, Sun D. TREATMENT OUTCOMES OF INVOLVED-FIELD RADIOTHERAPY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH HIGH-GRADE OR RECURRENT NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA. Hematol Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.93_2631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- D. Lee
- Radiation Oncology, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital; College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea; Gyeonggi-do Republic of Korea
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- Medical Oncology; Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea; Gyeonggi-do Republic of Korea
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- Medical Oncology; Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea; Gyeonggi-do Republic of Korea
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- Medical Oncology; Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea; Gyeonggi-do Republic of Korea
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Staley A, Tucker K, Fang Z, Sun W, Yin Y, Zhang Y, Lee D, Zhou C, Bae-Jump V. PD-1 inhibitor treatment impacts both immune and metabolic pathways in obesity-driven endometrial cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.04.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kim E, Kim Y, Kim S, Quan Q, Tian Y, Shin C, Lee D, Chung J. 750 Ultraviolet irradiation modulates appetite and energy homeostasis in mice by hormonal regulation. J Invest Dermatol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.03.826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Keum N, Lee DH, Greenwood DC, Manson JE, Giovannucci E. Vitamin D supplementation and total cancer incidence and mortality: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Ann Oncol 2019; 30:733-743. [PMID: 30796437 PMCID: PMC6821324 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of vitamin D supplementation and total cancer incidence and mortality found inconsistent results, and most included trials administered generally low doses of vitamin D (≤1100 IU/day). We updated the meta-analysis by incorporating recent RCTs that have tested higher doses of vitamin D supplements. MATERIALS AND METHODS PubMed and Embase were searched from the inception to November 2018. Summary relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using a random-effects model. RESULTS For total cancer incidence, 10 trials were included [6537 cases; 3-10 years of follow-up; 54-135 nmol/l of attained levels of circulating 25(OH) vitamin D [25(OH)D] in the intervention group]. The summary RR was 0.98 (95% CI, 0.93-1.03; P = 0.42; I2 = 0%). The results remained null across subgroups tested, including even when attained 25(OH)D levels exceeded 100 nmol/l (RR, 0.95; 95% CI, 0.83-1.09; P = 0.48; I2 = 26%). For total cancer mortality, five trials were included [1591 deaths; 3-10 years of follow-up; 54-135 nmol/l of attained levels of circulating 25(OH)D in the intervention group]. The summary RR was 0.87 (95% CI, 0.79-0.96; P = 0.005; I2 = 0%), which was largely attributable to interventions with daily dosing (as opposed to infrequent bolus dosing). No statistically significant heterogeneity was observed by attained levels of circulating 25(OH)D (Pheterogeneity = 0.83), with RR being 0.88 (95% CI, 0.78-0.98; P = 0.02; I2 = 0%) for ≤100 nmol/l and 0.85 (95% CI, 0.70-1.03; P = 0.11; I2 = 0%) for >100 nmol/l. CONCLUSIONS In an updated meta-analysis of RCTs, vitamin D supplementation significantly reduced total cancer mortality but did not reduce total cancer incidence.
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA; Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University, Goyang, South Korea.
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA; Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA.
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Scarlata MJ, Lee SH, Lee D, Kandigian SE, Hiller AJ, Dishart JG, Mintz GE, Wang Z, Coste GI, Mousley AL, Soler I, Lawson K, Ng AJ, Bezek JL, Bergstrom HC. Chemogenetic stimulation of the infralimbic cortex reverses alcohol-induced fear memory overgeneralization. Sci Rep 2019; 9:6730. [PMID: 31040357 PMCID: PMC6491487 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43159-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) are often comorbid. Drinking tends to increase following trauma, which may exacerbate PTSD-related symptoms. Despite a clear relationship between excessive alcohol use and PTSD, how alcohol impacts the expression of traumatic fear remains unclear. This study aims to determine the neurobehavioral impact of chronic alcohol (ethanol; EtOH) on the expression of established fear memories in C57BL/6 N mice. We show that chronic EtOH selectively augments cued fear memory generalization and impairs fear extinction retrieval, leaving the expression of the original cued response intact. Immunohistochemistry for Arc/arg3.1 (Arc) revealed EtOH-induced decreases in Arc expression in the infralimbic cortex (IL) and basolateral amygdala complex (BLA) that were associated with cued fear memory overgeneralization. Chemogenetic stimulation of IL pyramidal neurons reversed EtOH-driven fear memory overgeneralization, identifying a role for the IL in cued fear memory precision. Considering the modulatory influence of the IL over conditioned fear expression, these data suggest a model whereby chronic EtOH-driven neuroadaptations in the IL promote fear memory overgeneralization. These findings provide new mechanistic insight into how excessive alcohol use, following exposure to a traumatic event, can exacerbate symptoms of traumatic fear.
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- M J Scarlata
- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA
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- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA
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- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA
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- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA
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- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA
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- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA
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- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA
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- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA
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- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA
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- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA
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- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA
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- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA
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- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA
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- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA
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- Vassar College, Department of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, USA.
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Reuter K, Lee D. Evaluating patients' perspectives on social media: the importance of clearly reporting data search, cleaning and processing. Br J Dermatol 2019; 181:222. [PMID: 30851190 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.17868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- K Reuter
- Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.,Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A
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- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.,Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, CA, U.S.A
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Lee D, Amadi A, Sabater J, Ellis J, Johnson H, Kotapati S, McNamara S, Walker A, Cooper M, Patterson K, Roskell N, Meng Y. Can We Accurately Predict Cost Effectiveness Without Access to Overall Survival Data? The Case Study of Nivolumab in Combination with Ipilimumab for the Treatment of Patients with Advanced Melanoma in England. Pharmacoecon Open 2019; 3:43-54. [PMID: 29790020 PMCID: PMC6393277 DOI: 10.1007/s41669-018-0080-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nivolumab with ipilimumab (the Regimen) is the first immuno-oncology combination treatment to demonstrate long-term clinical benefit for advanced melanoma patients. We evaluated the cost effectiveness of the Regimen in this population, with and without the availability of overall survival (OS) data. METHODS A partitioned survival model and a Markov state-transition model were developed to estimate the lifetime costs and benefits of the Regimen versus ipilimumab. These models were built with and without the availability of OS data, as only progression-free survival data were available from the head-to-head, phase III trial against ipilimumab at the time of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) submission. Patient utilities and resource use data were sourced from trial data or the literature. RESULTS Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) and absolute costs were similar between the models with and without OS data, but the model with OS data generated more than 1 additional quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) across both treatment arms. In both models, based on list prices, the Regimen was the most cost-effective treatment. CONCLUSIONS The analyses show that the Regimen is a cost-effective treatment for advanced melanoma patients in England, and methods to overcome the lack of OS can give reasonable estimates of QALYs gained and ICERs.
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- BresMed Health Solutions, Sheffield, UK.
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals, Uxbridge, UK
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals, Uxbridge, UK
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- Helen Johnson Consulting Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, UK
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- BresMed Health Solutions, Sheffield, UK
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- BresMed Health Solutions, Sheffield, UK
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- BresMed Health Solutions, Sheffield, UK
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Lee D, Amadi A, Sabater J, Ellis J, Johnson H, Kotapati S, McNamara S, Walker A, Cooper M, Patterson K, Roskell N, Meng Y. Correction to: Can We Accurately Predict Cost Effectiveness Without Access to Overall Survival Data? The Case Study of Nivolumab in Combination with Ipilimumab for the Treatment of Patients with Advanced Melanoma in England. Pharmacoecon Open 2019; 3:127. [PMID: 30206825 PMCID: PMC6393273 DOI: 10.1007/s41669-018-0096-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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- BresMed Health Solutions, Sheffield, UK.
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals, Uxbridge, UK
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals, Uxbridge, UK
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- Helen Johnson Consulting Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, UK
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- BresMed Health Solutions, Sheffield, UK
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- BresMed Health Solutions, Sheffield, UK
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- BresMed Health Solutions, Sheffield, UK
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Han K, Kim M, Lee D, Won J, Kim G, Kwon J, Han S, Kim D, Kim H, Baek S, Lee J. 03:09 PM Abstract No. 412 Safety of co-placement of ventriculoperitoneal shunt and percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.12.490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Kwon J, Han K, Lee J, Won J, Kim M, Kim G, Lee D, Han S, Baek S. Abstract No. 510 Safety and efficacy of percutaneous cryoablation for small hepatocellular carcinomas adjacent to the heart. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.12.591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Marsh CL, Kurian SM, Rice JC, Whisenant TC, David J, Rose S, Schieve C, Lee D, Case J, Barrick B, Peddi VR, Mannon RB, Knight R, Maluf D, Mandelbrot D, Patel A, Friedewald JJ, Abecassis MM, First MR. Application of TruGraf v1: A Novel Molecular Biomarker for Managing Kidney Transplant Recipients With Stable Renal Function. Transplant Proc 2019; 51:722-728. [PMID: 30979456 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.01.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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TruGraf v1 is a laboratory-developed DNA microarray-based gene expression blood test to enable proactive noninvasive serial assessment of kidney transplant recipients with stable renal function. It has been previously validated in patients identified as Transplant eXcellence (TX: stable serum creatinine, normal biopsy results, indicative of immune quiescence), and not-TX (renal dysfunction and/or rejection on biopsy results). TruGraf v1 is intended for use in subjects with stable renal function to measure the immune status as an alternative to invasive, expensive, and risky surveillance biopsies. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, simultaneous blood tests and clinical assessments were performed in 192 patients from 7 transplant centers to evaluate TruGraf v1. The molecular testing laboratory was blinded to renal function and biopsy results. RESULTS Overall, TruGraf v1 accuracy (concordance between TruGraf v1 result and clinical and/or histologic assessment) was 74% (142/192), and a result of TX was accurate in 116 of 125 (93%). The negative predictive value for TruGraf v1 was 90%, with a sensitivity 74% and specificity of 73%. Results did not significantly differ in patients with a biopsy-confirmed diagnosis vs those without a biopsy. CONCLUSIONS TruGraf v1 can potentially support a clinical decision enabling unnecessary surveillance biopsies with high confidence, making it an invaluable addition to the transplant physician's tool kit for managing patients. TruGraf v1 testing can potentially avoid painful and risky invasive biopsies, reduce health care costs, and enable frequent assessment of patients with stable renal function to confirm the presence of immune quiescence in the peripheral blood.
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- C L Marsh
- Scripps Center for Organ Transplantation, La Jolla, California, United States; Scripps Clinic Bio-Repository and Transplantation Research, La Jolla, California, United States.
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- Scripps Clinic Bio-Repository and Transplantation Research, La Jolla, California, United States
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- Scripps Center for Organ Transplantation, La Jolla, California, United States
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- University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, La Jolla, California, United States
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- Transplant Genomics Inc, Mansfield, Massachusetts, United States
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- Transplant Genomics Inc, Mansfield, Massachusetts, United States
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- Transplant Genomics Inc, Mansfield, Massachusetts, United States
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- Transplant Genomics Inc, Mansfield, Massachusetts, United States
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- Scripps Clinic Bio-Repository and Transplantation Research, La Jolla, California, United States
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- Scripps Clinic Bio-Repository and Transplantation Research, La Jolla, California, United States
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- California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States
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- University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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- Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States
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- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illionis, United States
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- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illionis, United States
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- Transplant Genomics Inc, Mansfield, Massachusetts, United States; Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illionis, United States
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Stephenson D, Perry A, Appleby MR, Lee D, Davison J, Johnston A, Jones AL, Nelson A, Bourke SJ, Thomas MF, De Soyza A, Lordan JL, Lumb J, Robb AE, Samuel JR, Walton KE, Perry JD. An evaluation of methods for the isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria from patients with cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis and patients assessed for lung transplantation. BMC Pulm Med 2019; 19:19. [PMID: 30665395 PMCID: PMC6341538 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-019-0781-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND RGM medium is an agar-based, selective culture medium designed for the isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from the sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). We evaluated RGM medium for the detection of NTM in patients with CF (405 samples), bronchiectasis (323 samples) and other lung diseases necessitating lung transplantation (274 samples). METHODS In total, 1002 respiratory samples from 676 patients were included in the study. Direct culture on RGM medium, with incubation at two temperatures (30 °C and 37 °C), was compared with conventional culture of decontaminated samples for acid-fast bacilli (AFB) using both a solid medium (Löwenstein-Jensen medium) and a liquid medium (the Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube; MGIT). RESULTS For all three patient groups, significantly more isolates of NTM were recovered using RGM medium incubated at 30 °C than by any other method (sensitivity: 94.6% vs. 22.4% for conventional AFB culture; P < 0.0001). Significantly more isolates of Mycobacterium abscessus complex were isolated on RGM at 30 °C than by AFB culture (sensitivity: 96.1% vs. 58.8%; P < 0.0001). The recovery of Mycobacterium avium complex was also greater using RGM medium at 30 °C compared to AFB culture (sensitivity: 83% vs. 70.2%), although this difference was not statistically significant and a combination of methods was necessary for optimal recovery (P = 0.21). CONCLUSIONS In the largest study of RGM medium to date, we reaffirm its utility for isolation of NTM from patients with CF. Furthermore; we show that it also provides an effective tool for culture of respiratory samples from patients with bronchiectasis and other lung diseases.
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- Microbiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK.,Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Microbiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
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- Microbiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
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- Microbiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
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- Adult Bronchiectasis Service, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Paediatric Respiratory Unit, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Adult Bronchiectasis Service, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Cardiopulmonary Transplant Service, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Microbiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
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- Microbiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
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- Microbiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
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- Microbiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
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- Microbiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK. .,Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Lee D, May K, Faramarzi B. Comparison of first and second acupuncture treatments in horses with chronic laminitis. Iran J Vet Res 2019; 20:9-12. [PMID: 31191693 PMCID: PMC6509908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2018] [Revised: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Laminitis is a common but critical disease that causes severe pain and disability in horses. The etiology and pathogenesis of laminitis remain inconclusive and a multimodal therapeutic approach is generally indicated. Acupuncture has been used as a treatment option; however, the required number of treatments is still controversial due to the lack of objective scientific evidence. AIMS The objective of this study was to determine if the response to a second acupuncture treatment differed from the response to the first acupuncture treatment in horses with chronic laminitis. METHODS Fourteen horses with chronic laminitis were identified. Acupuncture points were determined based on the results of a diagnostic acupuncture palpation examination. The second acupuncture treatment and lameness examination were conducted one week after the first treatment. Ten minutes after each acupuncture treatment, a lameness examination was performed and included an objective examination using a body-mounted inertial sensor system called "Lameness Locator" and a routine lameness examination following the "American Association of Equine Practitioners" (AAEP) lameness scale. The level of lameness was statistically analyzed using paired t-test and Wilcoxon signed rank test with p-values <0.05 considered significant. RESULTS Both objective (P=0.042) and routine lameness examinations (P=0.027) showed that the level of lameness significantly decreased after the second acupuncture treatment compared to the response to the first treatment. CONCLUSION The results of this study suggest that continued acupuncture treatments will result in increasing levels of pain relief, showing the advantage of performing more than one acupuncture treatment in horses with chronic laminitis.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766-1854, USA
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- El Cajon Valley Veterinary Hospital, El Cajon, CA, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766-1854, USA
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First MR, Peddi VR, Mannon R, Knight R, Marsh CL, Kurian SM, Rice JC, Maluf D, Mandelbrot D, Patel A, David J, Schieve C, Lee D, Lewis P, Friedewald JJ, Abecassis MM, Rose S. Investigator Assessment of the Utility of the TruGraf Molecular Diagnostic Test in Clinical Practice. Transplant Proc 2018; 51:729-733. [PMID: 30979457 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2018] [Revised: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND TruGraf v1 is a well-validated DNA microarray-based test that analyzes blood gene expression profiles as an indicator of immune status in kidney transplant recipients with stable renal function. METHODS In this study, investigators assessed clinical utility of the TruGraf test in patient management. In a retrospective study, simultaneous blood tests and clinical assessments were performed in 192 patients at 7 transplant centers, and in a prospective observational study they were performed in 45 subjects at 5 transplant centers. RESULTS When queried regarding whether or not the TruGraf test result impacted their decision regarding patient management, in 168 of 192 (87.5%) cases the investigator responded affirmatively. The prospective study indicated that TruGraf results supported physicians' decisions on patient management 87% (39/45) of the time, and in 93% of cases physicians indicated that they would use serial TruGraf testing in future patient management. A total of 21 of 39 (54%) reported results confirmed their decision that no intervention was needed, and 17 of 39 (44%) reported that results specifically informed them that a decision not to perform a surveillance biopsy was correct. CONCLUSIONS TruGraf is the first and only noninvasive test to be evaluated for clinical utility in determining rejection status of patients with stable renal function and shows promise of providing support for clinical decisions to avoid unnecessary surveillance biopsies with a high degree of confidence. TruGraf is an invaluable addition to the transplant physician's tool kit for managing patient health by avoiding painful and invasive biopsies, reducing health care costs, and enabling frequent assessment of patients with stable renal function to confirm immune quiescence.
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- M R First
- Transplant Genomics Inc, Mansfield, MA; Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
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- California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
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- Scripps Center for Organ Transplantation, La Jolla, CA
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- Scripps Center for Organ Transplantation, La Jolla, CA
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- Scripps Center for Organ Transplantation, La Jolla, CA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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- Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
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- Transplant Genomics Inc, Mansfield, MA
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- Transplant Genomics Inc, Mansfield, MA
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- Transplant Genomics Inc, Mansfield, MA
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- Transplant Genomics Inc, Mansfield, MA
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- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- Transplant Genomics Inc, Mansfield, MA
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Wang H, Lee D, Jung H, Kim I. PSIII-42 Effects of non-genetically modified organism wheat on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood profile and meat quality in grower-finisher pigs. J Anim Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/jas/sky404.696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- H Wang
- Department of Animal Resources Science, Dankook University Dandae-ro 119, Cheonan 330–714, South Korea, Gwanak, Korea
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- Department of Animal Resources Science, Dankook University Dandae-ro 119,Cheonan, South Korea
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- Department of Animal Resources Science, Dankook University Dandae-ro 119,Cheonan, South Korea
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- Swine Nutrition and Feed Technology 421-1 Department of Animal Resources Science Dankook University #119, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, 330–714, Kore, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, South Korea
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Liu S, Cho J, Yun W, Lee C, Lee J, Kwak W, Oh H, Lee D. PSII-18 Effects of protein level and lysine: net energy ratio in growing-finishing pigs. J Anim Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/jas/sky404.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- S Liu
- Chungbuk National University,Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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Lee J, Yun W, Kwak W, Lee C, Liu S, Oh H, An J, Lee D, Cho J. PSVII-3 Influence of Season of Birth, Gender and Paternal line in Pigs. J Anim Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/jas/sky404.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- J Lee
- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea
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- Chungbuk national university,Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea
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Yun W, Lee J, Lee C, Kwak W, Oh H, Liu S, Lee D, Cho J. PSV-1 Effects of dietary oils on nutrient digestibility in the growing pigs under heat stress condition. J Anim Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/jas/sky404.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- W Yun
- Chungbuk National University,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk National University,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk National University,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk National University,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk National University,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk National University,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk National University,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Chungbuk National University,Cheongju-si, South Korea
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- Y. Vardi
- Rutgers University; New Brunswick USA
- AT&T Bell Laboratories; Murray Hill USA
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- AT&T Bell Laboratories; Murray Hill USA
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Lee D, Chung B, Shi Y, Kim GY, Campbell N, Xue F, Song K, Choi SY, Podkaminer JP, Kim TH, Ryan PJ, Kim JW, Paudel TR, Kang JH, Spinuzzi JW, Tenne DA, Tsymbal EY, Rzchowski MS, Chen LQ, Lee J, Eom CB. Isostructural metal-insulator transition in VO2. Science 2018; 362:1037-1040. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aam9189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The metal-insulator transition in correlated materials is usually coupled to a symmetry-lowering structural phase transition. This coupling not only complicates the understanding of the basic mechanism of this phenomenon but also limits the speed and endurance of prospective electronic devices. We demonstrate an isostructural, purely electronically driven metal-insulator transition in epitaxial heterostructures of an archetypal correlated material, vanadium dioxide. A combination of thin-film synthesis, structural and electrical characterizations, and theoretical modeling reveals that an interface interaction suppresses the electronic correlations without changing the crystal structure in this otherwise correlated insulator. This interaction stabilizes a nonequilibrium metallic phase and leads to an isostructural metal-insulator transition. This discovery will provide insights into phase transitions of correlated materials and may aid the design of device functionalities.
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- D. Lee
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Materials Modeling and Characterization, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon 642-831, Korea
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Materials Modeling and Characterization, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon 642-831, Korea
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- Department of Materials Modeling and Characterization, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon 642-831, Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
- School of Physical Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Bak G, Choi JH, Jang HI, Jang JS, Jeon SH, Joo KK, Ju K, Jung DE, Kim JG, Kim JH, Kim JY, Kim SB, Kim SY, Kim W, Kwon E, Lee DH, Lee HG, Lee YC, Lim IT, Moon DH, Pac MY, Park YS, Rott C, Seo H, Seo JW, Seo SH, Shin CD, Yang JY, Yoo J, Yu I. Measurement of Reactor Antineutrino Oscillation Amplitude and Frequency at RENO. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:201801. [PMID: 30500262 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.201801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Revised: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The RENO experiment reports more precisely measured values of θ_{13} and |Δm_{ee}^{2}| using ∼2200 live days of data. The amplitude and frequency of reactor electron antineutrino (ν[over ¯]_{e}) oscillation are measured by comparing the prompt signal spectra obtained from two identical near and far detectors. In the period between August 2011 and February 2018, the far (near) detector observed 103 212 (850 666) ν[over ¯]_{e} candidate events with a background fraction of 4.8% (2.0%). A clear energy and baseline dependent disappearance of reactor ν[over ¯]_{e} is observed in the deficit of the measured number of ν[over ¯]_{e}. Based on the measured far-to-near ratio of prompt spectra, we obtain sin^{2}2θ_{13}=0.0896±0.0048(stat)±0.0047(syst) and |Δm_{ee}^{2}|=[2.68±0.12(stat)±0.07(syst)]×10^{-3} eV^{2}.
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- G Bak
- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Institute for High Energy Physics, Dongshin University, Naju 58245, Korea
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- Department of Fire Safety, Seoyeong University, Gwangju 61268, Korea
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- GIST College, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Department of Physics, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Institute for High Energy Physics, Dongshin University, Naju 58245, Korea
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 34047, Korea
- Department of Physics, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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Wang YN, Kreider W, Hunter C, Cunitz BW, Thiel J, Starr F, Dai JC, Nazari Y, Lee D, Williams JC, Bailey MR, Maxwell AD. An in vivo demonstration of efficacy and acute safety of burst wave lithotripsy using a porcine model. Proc Meet Acoust 2018; 35:020009. [PMID: 32612743 PMCID: PMC7329000 DOI: 10.1121/2.0000975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Burst wave lithotripsy (BWL) is a new non-invasive method for stone comminution using bursts of sub-megahertz ultrasound. A porcine model of urolithiasis and techniques to implement BWL treatment has been developed to evaluate its effectiveness and acute safety. Six human calcium oxalate monohydrate stones (6-7 mm) were hydrated, weighed, and surgically implanted into the kidneys of three pigs. Transcutaneous stone treatments were performed with a BWL transducer coupled to the skin via an external water bath. Stone targeting and treatment monitoring were performed with a co-aligned ultrasound imaging probe. Treatment exposures were applied in three 10-minute intervals for each stone. If sustained cavitation in the parenchyma was observed by ultrasound imaging feedback, treatment was paused and the pressure amplitude was decreased for the remaining time. Peak negative focal pressures between 6.5 and 7 MPa were applied for all treatments. After treatment, stone fragments were removed from the kidneys. At least 50% of each stone was reduced to <2 mm fragments. 100% of four stones were reduced to <4 mm fragments. Magnetic resonance imaging showed minimal injury to the functional renal volume. This study demonstrated that BWL could be used to effectively fragment kidney stones with minimal injury.
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- Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th St., Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th St., Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th St., Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th St., Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th St., Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th St., Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 356510, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Department of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 356510, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Department of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 356510, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 410 W. Tenth St., Suite 3000., Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th St., Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 356510, Seattle, WA 98195
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