Publications by authors named "L Deprez"
Meningioma regression after progestin treatment interruption is already established. Zoely is a combined oral contraceptive including oestradiol and progestin (nomegestrol acetate). The effect of combined oestrogen with nomegestrol acetate on meningioma is currently unknown.
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- - Commutable secondary certified reference materials (CRMs) are crucial for ensuring consistent results in medical lab tests, highlighting the need for their sustainable availability.
- - The IFCC Working Group has released recommendations for assessing the commutability of these CRMs, although detailed studies can strain resources for producers.
- - A new equivalence assessment method allows for comparing replacement CRMs with established ones, potentially reducing resource needs while ensuring reliability through the inclusion of representative clinical samples.
While MR imaging is the main imaging modality to assess brain tumors, PET imaging has a specific role. Among the many tracers that have been proposed and are still being developed, 2-[F]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose ([F]FDG) and O-(2-[F]-fluoroethyl)-l-tyrosine ([F]FET) PET remain the most solidly established in the clinics. In particular, [F]FET has gained increased acceptance due to its higher sensitivity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcetate-producing var. strains could exert improved effects on ulcerative colitis, which here, was preclinically evaluated in an acute dextran sodium sulphate induced model of colitis. Nine-week-old female mice were divided into 12 groups, receiving either drinking water or 2.
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- The Nursing Home Culture Change (NHCC) movement tries to make nursing homes feel more like home and focus on relationships between people.
- A study looked at how NHCC affects residents, staff, families, and the nursing homes themselves, finding it has mostly good effects.
- Future research is needed to figure out what makes it hard to use these changes, look at costs, and improve how nursing home staff are educated and supported.