This research aimed to examine the association between the following Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) dietary pattern and oxidative stress indicators, metabolic factors, disease activity, and the odds of disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this cross-sectional study, we included 101 patients with RA and 101 healthy individuals. The MIND diet score was measured using a semi-quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) with 147 food items.
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February 2014
Introduction: Gastric cancer remains the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In many malignancies like, lung and breast, multiple prognostic factors are known, such as mutations in Ki-67, HER-2/neu, p53. In this study, we evaluated immunohistochemical protein expression patterns of cell-cycle-regulators p53, proliferation marker Ki-67, surface expression of CD44, HER-2/neu oncogene proposed as useful prognostic factors.
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