Clinicopathological characterization of ten patients with primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus and literature review.

Background: Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) is a rare malignant disease and has not been well characterized in terms of clinicopathology and survival.

Aim: To investigate the clinical features and survival factors in Chinese patients with PMME.

Methods: The clinicopathological findings of ten cases with PMME treated at Henan Provincial People's Hospital were summarized.

Serum IgE Predicts Difference of Population and Allergens in Allergic Diseases: Data from Weifang City, China.

Background: Immunoglobulin E (IgE) is the most important promoter of allergic inflammation. However, there are few systematic studies on IgE in age range, genders, disease spectrum, and time regularity.

Aim: To screen the common allergens, allergen spectrum, and IgE difference between type 2 inflammatory allergic diseases and other allergic diseases in Weifang, China.

Association of surfactant protein B gene polymorphisms (C/A-18, C/T1580, intron 4 and A/G9306) and haplotypes with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in chinese han population.

This study aimed to investigate the association between surfactant protein B (SP-B) polymorphisms and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in Chinese Han infants. We performed a casecontrol study including 86 infants with BPD and 156 matched controls. Genotyping was performed by sequence specific primer-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and haplotypes were reconstructed by the fastPHASE software.

[Progress of study on prevention and treatment of osteoporosis by compound Gushukang].

Gushukang is a compound Chinese herbal preparation. Pharmacological studies indicated that Gushukang can increase bone density, inhibit bone resorption, promote bone formation, and restore bone microstructure, as well as improve bone biomechanical parameters and promote healing of bone fracture. Clinical observations demonstrated that it has favorable efficacy in preventing and treating osteoporosis.