Handgrip strength and health outcomes in hospitalized children or children with chronic disease: A systematic review.

Handgrip strength (HGS) is a simple measurement of maximum voluntary muscle strength and is widely used as a single indicator of overall muscle strength. This systematic review summarized the evidence about the relation between HGS and health outcomes in hospitalized children or chronically ill children. The primary outcome was the number of hospital days in a 2-month period for outpatients and the length of hospital stay for inpatients.

Mesenteric panniculitis as a presentation of Whipple's disease: case report and review of the literature.

Background: Whipple's disease is a rare, multi-organ disease caused by Tropheryma Whipplei. A classic presentation is characterized by arthropathy, diarrhea and weight loss but a broad spectrum of manifestations is possible. We present a case of a patient with mesenteric panniculitis as a manifestation of WD.

Human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (hENT1) expression is a potential predictive tool for response to gemcitabine in patients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma.

Background: Cholangiocarcinoma (CC) is a rare cancer of the liver. Surgery offers the only chance for cure. When surgery is unfeasible, chemotherapy is the backbone of treatment.