Background: Half of all apple production worldwide comes from China. However, the geographic authentication of Chinese apples has not been well studied. We highlight the multi-element-based geographical discrimination of apples from the southwest cold highlands (SCH) of China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate the association of genetic polymorphisms of with postpartum depressive symptoms and analyze the risk factors for postpartum depressive symptoms in women following cesarean section.
Methods: A total of 368 Chinese woman undergoing cesarean section were enrolled in this study. A cutoff of ≥10 for the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale identified postpartum depressive symptoms.
Background: To compare three different curve-fitting methods for intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) analysis in breast cancer.
Methods: Diffusion-weighted imaging was acquired in 30 patients with breast cancer using seven b-values (0-800 s/mm(2) ). Three curve-fitting methods were used for biexponential IVIM analysis: a.
Objective: This study was designed to investigate whether a priming dose of ketamine-dexmedetomidine can effectively suppress fentanyl-induced coughing (FIC).
Methods: Altogether 400 patients of ASA I and II, aged 18-70 years, undergoing various elective surgical procedures, were randomly allocated into four groups of 100 patients each. Patients in the placebo group received volume-matched normal saline 0.