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Jia X, Gu X, Sempau J, Choi D, Majumdar A, Jiang S. TH-D-BRB-09: Development of a GPU-Based Monte Carlo Dose Calculation Code for Coupled Electron-Photon Transport. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3469545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Folkerts M, Jia X, Gu X, Choi D, Majumdar A, Jiang S. MO-FF-A4-05: Implementation and Evaluation of Various DRR Algorithms on GPU. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3469159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Shin E, Han Y, Kim J, Lee H, Shin J, Ju S, Lee J, Ahn J, Lee J, Choi D. SU-GG-T-549: Development of Respiration Verification Program and Procedure for 4-Dimensional Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3468947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Fluck O, Gu X, Men C, Choi D, Majumdar A, Jiang S. SU-GG-T-255: Development of a Computational Infrastructure for GPU-Based Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3468647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Jiang S, Gu X, Men C, Jia X, Fluck O, Choi D, Majumdar A. TH-C-BRA-05: Real-Time Re-planning for Online Adaptive Radiotherapy. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3469484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Kim K, Ryu M, Yoo C, Ryoo B, Choi D, Chang H, Lee J, Kim T, Beck M, Kang Y. Nilotinib for patients with advanced GIST who failed imatinib and sunitinib: Negative effect of prior major gastrectomy on exposure to nilotinib. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.10016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ryu M, Yoon D, Ryoo B, Beck M, Choi D, Cho Y, Lee J, Chang H, Kim T, Kang Y. Sunitinib as the second-line therapy for advanced GISTs after failure of imatinib in Korean patients. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.10083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pasadhika S, Fishman GA, Choi D, Shahidi M. Selective thinning of the perifoveal inner retina as an early sign of hydroxychloroquine retinal toxicity. Eye (Lond) 2010; 24:756-62; quiz 763. [PMID: 20395978 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2010.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate macular thickness profiles using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) and image segmentation in patients with chronic exposure to hydroxychloroquine. METHODS This study included eight patients with chronic exposure to hydroxychloroquine (group 1) and eight controls (group 2). Group 1 patients had no clinically evident retinal toxicity. All subjects underwent SDOCT imaging of the macula. An image segmentation technique was used to measure thickness of six retinal layers at 200 microm intervals. A mixed-effects model was used for multivariate analysis. RESULTS By measuring total retinal thickness either at the central macular (2800 microm in diameter), the perifoveal region 1200-microm-width ring surrounding the central macula), or the overall macular area (5200 microm in diameter), there were no significant differences in the thickness between groups 1 and 2. On an image segmentation analysis, selective thinning of the inner plexiform+ganglion cell layers (P=0.021) was observed only in the perifoveal area of the patients in group 1 compared with that of group 2 by using the mixed-effects model analysis. CONCLUSION Our study results suggest that chronic exposure to hydroxychloroquine is associated with thinning of the perifoveal inner retinal layers, especially in the ganglion cell and inner plexiform layers, even in the absence of functional or structural clinical changes involving the photoreceptor or retinal pigment epithelial cell layers. This may be a contributing factor as the reason most patients who have early detectable signs of drug toxicity present with paracentral or pericentral scotomas.
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Kim C, Jeon W, Shin T, Choi D, Kim J, Lee C, Choi J. Stent-assisted recanalisation of acute occlusive arteries in patients with acute limb ischaemia. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2009; 39:89-96. [PMID: 19906551 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2009] [Accepted: 09/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of stent-assisted recanalisation for acute limb ischaemia in patients considered unfit for thrombolysis or in patients with failed surgical recanalisation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifteen patients with acute limb ischaemia, treated with stent implantation, were analysed retrospectively. The reasons for acute limb ischaemia were a cardiogenic embolism (n=3), a traumatic injury (n=3), acute in situ thrombosis with atherosclerosis (n=6), immediate graft thrombosis (n=2), or a delayed thrombotic occlusion after a thrombin injection in the pseudoaneurysm (n=1). This study examined the technical and clinical outcomes of the procedures, including complications during the procedural and follow-up periods. RESULTS Stent-assisted recanalisation was technically successful and provided immediate recanalisation in all patients (15/15 patients, 100%) and reduced or eliminated the clinical symptoms in 12 patients (12/15 patients, 80%). Two patients died of multi-organ failure related to reperfusion injury, and one patient with a crash injury underwent a below-the-knee amputation as a result of wound necrosis despite recanalisation of the occluded bypass graft. CONCLUSIONS Stent-assisted recanalisation has a high technical success rate with good clinical results as a bailout procedure for the management of acute limb ischaemia in patients, considered unfit for thrombolysis or in patients with failed surgical recanalisation.
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MESH Headings
- Acute Disease
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Amputation, Surgical
- Angiography, Digital Subtraction
- Angioplasty, Balloon/adverse effects
- Angioplasty, Balloon/instrumentation
- Angioplasty, Balloon/mortality
- Arterial Occlusive Diseases/complications
- Arterial Occlusive Diseases/diagnosis
- Arterial Occlusive Diseases/mortality
- Arterial Occlusive Diseases/physiopathology
- Arterial Occlusive Diseases/therapy
- Female
- Femoral Artery
- Graft Occlusion, Vascular/complications
- Graft Occlusion, Vascular/diagnosis
- Graft Occlusion, Vascular/mortality
- Graft Occlusion, Vascular/physiopathology
- Graft Occlusion, Vascular/therapy
- Humans
- Iliac Artery
- Ischemia/diagnosis
- Ischemia/etiology
- Ischemia/mortality
- Ischemia/physiopathology
- Ischemia/therapy
- Limb Salvage
- Lower Extremity/blood supply
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Popliteal Artery
- Retrospective Studies
- Stents
- Time Factors
- Treatment Outcome
- Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
- Vascular Patency
- Young Adult
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Wu X, Wang L, Schroer S, Choi D, Chen P, Okada H, Woo M. Perinatal survivin is essential for the establishment of pancreatic beta cell mass in mice. Diabetologia 2009; 52:2130-41. [PMID: 19644667 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-009-1469-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2009] [Accepted: 06/19/2009] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Pancreatic beta cells undergo dynamic remodelling during the perinatal period, with enhanced neogenesis, proliferation and apoptosis observed. The molecular mechanisms responsible for these processes have yet to be elucidated. Survivin is an inhibitor of apoptosis, first described as being exclusively expressed in tumour and embryonic tissues with regulatory functions in mitosis and apoptosis. The aim of the present study was to define the essential physiological role of survivin in the pancreas. METHODS The expression profile of survivin was assessed in the mouse pancreas, and we generated a Pdx1 promoter-driven Survivin (also known as Birc5) knockout mouse using the Cre-loxP recombination system to determine the essential physiological function of survivin in the pancreas. RESULTS Survivin is transiently expressed in mouse pancreatic islets during the embryonic and neonatal periods. Targeted deletion of Survivin in the pancreas resulted in a significant decline in beta cell mass throughout the perinatal period, leading to glucose intolerance in the adult. Survivin-deficient islets showed decreased cell proliferation as a result of a delay in cell cycle progression with perturbations in cell cycle proteins. Survivin did not, however, play an essential role in beta cell apoptosis either during the physiological remodelling period or in response to streptozotocin. Islet development, islet architecture, microvasculature and apoptosis were not affected by the absence of survivin in the pancreas. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Survivin expression in the pancreatic islets during the perinatal remodelling period is essential for the establishment of beta cell mass through cell cycle regulation.
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Yoon B, Lee D, Noh S, Ryoo U, Choi D. P862 Effects of hormone therapy on blood homocysteine levels in Korean postmenopausal women. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(09)62351-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kim S, Lee J, Park S, Park Y, Lim H, Kang W, Choi S, Choi D, Lim D, Park J. 6592 Prognostic model to predict outcomes in pancreatic adenocarcimoma patients who received surgical resection with curative intent. EJC Suppl 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(09)71313-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Nurboja B, Choi D. Extensive spinal cord oedema and early syrinx formation due to tension pseudomeningocele after foramen magnum decompression. Br J Neurosurg 2009; 23:443-5. [PMID: 19637019 DOI: 10.1080/02688690802716137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Pseudomeningoceles can cause syringomyelia. However, this is the first case report to show an unusually acute complication of a post-operative pseudomeningocele: spinal cord oedema and early syrinx, treated favourably with an early surgical intervention.
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Choi D, Raisman G. After facial nerve damage, regenerating axons become aberrant throughout the length of the nerve and not only at the site of the lesion: an experimental study. Br J Neurosurg 2009; 18:45-8. [PMID: 15040714 DOI: 10.1080/02688690410001660454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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After facial nerve trauma, aberrant regeneration is associated with synkinesis. Animal models of mechanical nerve guides or reparative cell transplants at the site of a lesion have not been shown to improve disorganized regeneration. We examined whether this is because regenerating axons become disorganized throughout the length of the nerve and not only at the site of the lesion. In rats (n = 12), retrograde fluorescent tracer techniques were used to establish that most of the temporal branch fibres were carried in the superior half of the facial nerve trunk. In two further groups of rats (n = 24) a complete proximal facial nerve lesion was made, and the nerve immediately repaired by suture. After 4 weeks, at a second operation, the superior half of the facial nerve trunk was cut, either proximal or distal to the original lesion, and retrograde tracers were applied to distal branches of the nerve. It was possible to localize the points at which regenerating fibres became aberrant in their course by studying the number of labelled motoneurons in the facial nucleus after application of the tracer to the temporal branch of the nerve: this was similar in the distal and proximal hemisection groups, suggesting that aberrant axonal development occurred throughout the length of the nerve. Future strategies aimed at improving the organization of regeneration need to provide guidance cues not only at the site of the lesion as previously thought, but also throughout the length of the nerve.
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Kim JS, Jang IK, Kim JS, Kim TH, Takano M, Kume T, Hur NW, Ko YG, Choi D, Hong MK, Jang Y. Optical coherence tomography evaluation of zotarolimus-eluting stents at 9-month follow-up: comparison with sirolimus-eluting stents. Heart 2009; 95:1907-12. [PMID: 19535352 PMCID: PMC2775122 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.167759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the vascular response at 9 months after zotarolimus-eluting stent (ZES; Endeavor) implantation using optical coherence tomography (OCT). These findings were compared with those after implantation of a sirolimus-eluting stent (SES; Cypher Select). DESIGN Cross-sectional observational study with prospective OCT registry. SETTING Nine months after ZES or SES implantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 68 patients (32 ZES and 36 SES) underwent OCT at 9 months after stent implantation. The neointima hyperplasia (NIH) thickness inside each strut and percentage of NIH area at every 1 mm cross section were measured. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENT The degree of neointimal coverage and the prevalence of malapposition at 9 months after ZES and SES implantation using OCT. RESULTS The mean (SD) NIH thickness (251.2 (110.0) mum vs 85.5 (53.3) mum, p<0.001) and percentage of NIH area (27.9 (9.1)% vs 11.2 (7.1)%, p<0.001) were significantly greater in ZES than in SES. The prevalence of uncovered strut as well as malapposed strut was significantly lower in ZES than in SES (0.3% vs 12.3%, p<0.001 and 0.08% vs 2.6%, p<0.001). Thrombus was not observed in ZES (0.0% in ZES vs 27.8% in SES, p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Neointimal coverage in ZES was almost complete and malapposition was very rare at 9-months' follow-up.
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Choi D, Crockard HA. How and why should we benchmark clinical outcomes and quality of life for surgery in spinal metastases? Br J Neurosurg 2009; 23:3-4. [PMID: 19234902 DOI: 10.1080/02688690802546872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Lee DY, Choi H, Choi D, Min YK, Choe Y, Yoon BK. IMPACT OF MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE ON MAMMOGRAPHIC DENSITY BY TYPE OF ORAL ESTROGEN COMBINED IN KOREAN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN. Maturitas 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5122(09)70301-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kurz PA, Suhler EB, Choi D, Rosenbaum JT. Rituximab for treatment of ocular inflammatory disease: a series of four cases. Br J Ophthalmol 2009; 93:546-8. [PMID: 19321476 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.133173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Rituximab may be effective in the treatment of ocular inflammatory disease. Dosing is less frequent than many medications currently available. Four cases are reported, each of which appeared to have responded well to treatment with rituximab, although patient 2 was able to remain on a low dose of prednisone for only 2 months. The ongoing pilot study will hopefully provide additional insight into the benefit of rituximab for treatment of scleritis and idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease.
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Lee SH, Lee SJ, Chung JY, Jung YS, Choi SY, Hwang SH, Choi D, Ha NC, Park BJ. p53, secreted by K-Ras-Snail pathway, is endocytosed by K-Ras-mutated cells; implication of target-specific drug delivery and early diagnostic marker. Oncogene 2009; 28:2005-14. [PMID: 19347028 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2009.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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p53 is eliminated from K-Ras-mutated cancer cells through direct interaction with Snail. However, it is not achieved through proteasome-mediated degradation or transcriptional repression. Here we provide evidence that p53, binding with Snail, is exported from a K-Ras-mutated cell through a vesicle transport-like mechanism, independently using a p53-nuclear-exporting mechanism. Although we can detect p53 in culture media, a majority of p53 might be degraded by extracellular proteases. Thus, we can recover the secreted p53 in culture media by the inhibition of protease and endocytosis. In addition, a considerable amount of p53 is endocytosed by neighboring cells. As p53 resorption occurs in a K-Ras-dependent manner, treatment of recombinant p53 is detected in the whole-cell lysate of K-Ras-mutated cells, but not in that of wild-type cells. Using the property of p53, we can deliver the chemical (propidium iodine) into K-Ras mutated cells selectively. In contrast, Snail, a co-secreted protein with p53 in response to oncogenic K-Ras, shows resistance to endocytosis and protease, and results in remaining in the media. Thus, we can detect an autoantibody against Snail in the serum of a human cancer patient. Our finding can be used for a mutant K-Ras-specific anticancer drug delivery system and for the diagnosis of pancreatic, colon and lung cancers.
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Moon JY, Choi D, Kim YJ. Acute myocardial infarction occurring at pre-existing mild stenosis, on the image obtained 3 days before the onset of acute myocardial infarction. CASE REPORTS 2009. [DOI: 10.1136/bcr.2006.100768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Moon JY, Choi D, Jang Y. Retrograde coronary interventions of chronic total occlusions. CASE REPORTS 2009; 2009:bcr2006091520. [DOI: 10.1136/bcr.2006.091520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Stacpoole S, McGuigan C, Phadke SLR, Stevens J, Choi D, Kapoor R. Spinal claudication due to myxopapillary ependymoma. CASE REPORTS 2009; 2009:bcr09.2008.0969. [DOI: 10.1136/bcr.09.2008.0969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Kim M, Lee H, Lee M, Choi D, Kim H, Cho J, Cha S. Abstract No. 80: Uterine Artery Embolization (UAE) for Adenomyosis; A Prospective Comparative Study Between 150-250 μm and 250-355 μm Size of Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Particles & Predictive Factors of MRI Affecting Outcome. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.12.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Lee J, Jeung J, Oh M, Lee B, Choi D. Curcumin Attenuates Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Inflammation in Murine Asthma Model. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.12.182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Lee E, Chen C, Choi D, Douek M, Loh C, Kee S. Abstract No. 318 EE: TIPS for You: A Comprehensive Review of the Anatomical and Pathological Variants Seen in Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) Placement. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.12.313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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