Background In March 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a new set of standards for
clinical practice guidelines intended to enhance the quality of guidelines being produced. …

The purpose of this study was to assess the role of PET with 18 F-FDG in differentiating benign
from metastatic adrenal masses detected on CT or MRI scans of patients with lung cancer…

Background: A small randomized controlled trial suggested that dabigatran may be as effective
as warfarin in the treatment of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). We aimed to compare …

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can provide critical diagnostic and anatomic information
while avoiding the use of ionizing radiation, but it has a unique set of safety risks associated …

Endocannabinoid (eCB), 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol (2-AG), the most abundant eCB in the
brain, regulates diverse neural functions. Here we linked multiple homozygous loss-of-function …

Despite widespread use of taxanes, mechanisms of action and resistance in vivo remain to
be established, and there is no way of predicting who will respond to therapy. This study …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to determine whether radiographic foot measurements
can predict injury of the posterior tibial tendon (PTT) and the supporting structures of the …

Purpose To evaluate the intra- and interobserver reliability of a scoring system for distal
radius fracture union based on specific radiographic parameters obtainable from x-rays. …

The present study investigated the action of propranolol in infantile hemangiomas (IHs). IHs
are the most common vascular tumor in children and have been proposed to arise from a …

RasGRP represents the prototype of a new class of guanine nucleotide exchange factors
that activate small GTPases. The guanyl nucleotide-releasing protein (GRP) family members …