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Objective: To evaluate the reproducibility of Negative Expiratory Pressure (NEP) technique in detecting expiratory flow limitation (EFL) on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.

Methods: EFL was evaluated with NEP technique in 72 subjects having stable COPD on two occasions. Agreement between testing occasions was assessed with the κ statistic for the 3-point and 5-point EFL scores, and with paired t-test for FL index.

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  • The study aimed to evaluate the treatment of cystis vesicular seminalis caused by blockage in the ejaculatory duct.
  • During the research from November 2005 to December 2006, 12 patients were treated with procedures to relieve the obstruction, resulting in significant cyst size reduction.
  • Transurethral electrotomy proved to be a safe and effective treatment method, with no complications reported during follow-up visits.
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Objective: To observe the effect of drug-containing serum of Chinese traditional herbal decoction Weikangning (WKN) on growth of gastric cancer cell, expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors including KDR and Flt-1.

Methods: A total of 120 male Wistar rats were given high, medium and low-dose WKN. After the drug-containing serum was prepared, the gastric cancer cells MGC-803 of different dose groups were cultured with the drug-containing serum, respectively.

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