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This observational study aims to evaluate the relationship between the use of oral anti-resorptive agents and the success rate of dental implants in patients. Medical records from patients who received dental implants between January 2011 and December 2024 at National Taiwan Univ…

Purpose \- Objective : Sensorimotor adaptation allows the modification of the motor command taking into account the errors detected during execution of prior movements. It involves a large cortico-subcortical network. Isolated lesions of this network do not systematically alter …

The emergence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has prompted a search for a thorough understanding of the biology of one of its major causative agents, the hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV particles acquire via budding and encapsidation cellular proteins. There is mounting evidence o…

The proposed minimal diagnostic criteria for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and potential pre-MDS conditions has been released by an international consensus group. Based on the criteria, patients with persistent cytopenia could be diagnosed with MDS, CCUS and ICUS. However, the …

The Register is based on the study HIT 2000 that recruited patients until 31.12.2011. All german patients with intracranial medulloblastoma, CNS-PNET, ependymoma can be included in the register. Object of the register is to maintain the quality of diagnostic standard by using of …

Adalimumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody to tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) approved in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) refractory to disease modifying anti rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and for the treatment of severe, active and progressive RA in adults not previously treated w…

The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the usefulness of MRI using 129Xe gas for regional assessment of pulmonary function. Specifically, three forms of 129Xe MRI contrast will be the investigators focus - 1) imaging of the 129Xe ventilation distribution, 2) imaging…

The goal of the DC Cohort is to establish a clinic-based city-wide longitudinal cohort that will describe clinical outcomes, and improve the quality of care for patients diagnosed with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) or at higher risk f…

WHAT IS THE FEMALE CONDOM? The female condom being examined in this study is investigational (experimental) and is not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The female condom is made up of a pouch that adjusts to the shape of the vagina. The female condom that w…

The Chinese Population Health and Multimorbidity Study (CPHMS; initially named China Pulmonary Health Study, CPHS) was a large-scale epidemiological survey designed to investigate the pulmonary health of Chinese adults aged 20 years or older leveraging a multistage stratified sam…

In order to improve the investigators knowledge about uveitis and the underlying mechanism of disease, the investigators propose collecting blood from patients with uveitis, isolating DNA and sequencing the DNA to identify genetic mutations or associations in these patients.

This multi-center retrospective study collected clinical, laboratory, and CT pulmonary angiography parameters with acute pulmonary embolism patients from admission to predict adverse outcomes within 30 days after admission into hospital.

Several studies have shown that the efficacy of clopidogrel for secondary prevention of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), including acute coronary syndrome, depends on the polymorphism of the CYP2C19 gene. However, studies with large sample sizes and long-term follow-up…

The objectives of this work are: 1/to estimate the frequency of a positive glucose breath test in favour of a small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in a population of patients consulting for gaz incontinence by comparison to a population of control subjects; 2/to estimate versus …

The overall aims of the present project are to investigate the impact of a nutritional approach based on omega-3 from vegetal origin on vascular function in hypertension associated with metabolic syndrome.

Previously the approach to treatment of osteoporosis has been to use medications which prevent excessive resorption of bone. More recently medications that build up new bone, i.e. anabolic treatments, have been, and are being, developed. The investigators would like to develop a …

Despite careful monitoring of patients with diabetes, it is so far difficult to predict the occurrence of cardiac events in the evolution. As shown by various studies conducted in patients with diabetes, cardiac involvement can be detected by abnormalities of diastolic or systoli…

The overall goal of the Asthma Inflammation Research \[AIR\] Translational Program is to create an integrated multidisciplinary team for the focused purpose of development of diagnostic and prognostic tests informative for airway inflammation, and for the design of innovative, ta…

Oocyte quality is a key limiting factor in female fertility which is primarily reflected in morphological features. Centrally located cytoplasm granulation (CLCG) is one type of cytoplasmic dimorphism exhibited by oocytes that could be linked to pesticide exposure with a signific…

This prospective cohort study evaluated the effect of periodontitis grading on peri-implant clinical and radiographic outcomes over a 60-month follow-up. Fifty-five partially edentulous patients were classified into three groups according to periodontal status: generalized aggres…