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Diseases, Volume 5, Issue 4

December 2017 - 17 articles

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Articles (17)

  • Feature Paper
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,210 Views
6 Pages

17 November 2017

In the setting of HIV, cerebral lesions are usually secondary to lymphoma and opportunistic infections; however, in patients with CD4 counts above 200 cells/uL, other pathologies such as pyogenic brain abscess could gain importance. The microbiology...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,585 Views
8 Pages

8 November 2017

Chronic pain in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS), NIH category III is difficult to treat without understanding its cause. The main symptom of chronic prostatitis is pain. In this study, we would like to explain...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,936 Views
11 Pages

Relationship between Bone Health Biomarkers and Cardiovascular Risk in a General Adult Population

  • Cristina Vassalle,
  • Laura Sabatino,
  • Pietro Di Cecco,
  • Maristella Maltinti,
  • Rudina Ndreu,
  • Silvia Maffei and
  • Alessandro Pingitore

24 October 2017

Purpose/Introduction: Osteoporosis (OP) and cardiovascular (CV) disease emerge as closely related conditions, showing common risk factors and/or pathophysiological mechanisms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between bone health...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,949 Views
11 Pages

An Overview of Dietary Interventions and Strategies to Optimize the Management of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

  • Brandon J. Perumpail,
  • Rosann Cholankeril,
  • Eric R. Yoo,
  • Donghee Kim and
  • Aijaz Ahmed

22 October 2017

Aim: To investigate the efficacy of lifestyle adjustment strategies as a preventive measure and/or treatment of obesity-related non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adults. Method: A systematic review of literature through 1 July 2017 on the PubMed D...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,397 Views
8 Pages

Anacetrapib, a New CETP Inhibitor: The New Tool for the Management of Dyslipidemias?

  • Theodosios D. Filippatos,
  • Anastazia Kei and
  • Moses S. Elisaf

29 September 2017

Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitors significantly increase serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) cholesterol levels and decrease low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) cholesterol concentration. However, three drugs of...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,359 Views
5 Pages

26 September 2017

We aim to study the impact of the baby boomer (BB) generation, a birth-specific cohort (born 1945–1965) on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)-related liver transplantation (LT) in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV), alcoholic liver disease (AL...

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