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BMC Oral Health
July 2024
Department of Radiation Oncology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, ROC.
Background: Radiotherapy (RT) has numerous effects on the oral mucosa, primarily genetic alterations and changes in the microenvironment. The characteristics of oral leukoplakia (OL) may differ between patients who have received previous head and neck cancer (HNC) treatment with radiation therapy and those who have not. Due to a lack of data on this scenario, we aimed to investigate the surgical outcomes of OL by comparing these two patient groups.
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June 2024
Department of Cardiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
Objective: To investigate blood pressure rhythm (BPR) in deficiency syndrome of hypertension (YDSH) patients and develop a random forest model for predicting YDSH.
Methods: Our study was consistent with technical processes and specification for developing guidelines of Evidence-based Chinese medicine clinical practice (T/CACM 1032-2017). We enrolled 234 patients who had been diagnosed with primary hypertension without antihypertensive medications prior to the enrollment.
Mol Biol Rep
January 2024
Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Background: Ganoderma boninense is a phytopathogen of oil palm, causing basal and upper stem rot diseases.
Methods: The genome sequence was used as a reference to study gene expression during growth in a starved carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) environment with minimal sugar and sawdust as initial energy sources. This study was conducted to mimic possible limitations of the C-N nutrient sources during the growth of G.
Chin J Dent Res
December 2023
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a chronic, progressive and potentially malignant oral mucosal disease. Patients often have a habit of chewing betel nuts. Areca catechu has been listed as a Class 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and its main active component, arecoline, is classified as a Group 2B carcinogen by the IARC.
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June 2023
Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 90000, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.
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