Published in World J Gastroenterol on May 14, 2005
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SDHB immunohistochemistry: a useful tool in the diagnosis of Carney-Stratakis and Carney triad gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Mod Pathol (2010) 1.46
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Thyroid surgery: comparison between the electrothermal bipolar vessel sealing system, harmonic scalpel, and classic suture ligation. Am J Surg (2008) 1.17
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The use of Papineau technique for the treatment of diabetic and non-diabetic lower extremity pseudoarthrosis and chronic osteomyelitis. Diabet Foot Ankle (2011) 0.89
The glucocorticoid receptor and its expression in the anterior pituitary and the adrenal cortex: a source of variation in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function; implications for pituitary and adrenal tumors. Endocr Pract (2011) 0.88
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Current advantages in the application of proteomics in inflammatory bowel disease. Dig Dis Sci (2012) 0.82
Favorable response to subcutaneous administration of infliximab in rats with experimental colitis. World J Gastroenterol (2005) 0.82
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Prospective comparative study of the efficacy of staple-line reinforcement in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Surg Endosc (2011) 0.82
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The influence of exercise on growth hormone and testosterone in prepubertal and early-pubertal boys. Hormones (Athens) (2006) 0.77
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Familial pituitary apoplexy as the only presentation of a novel AIP mutation. Endocr Relat Cancer (2013) 0.76
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Sequential administration of 5-fluorouracil (5FU)/leucovorin (LV) followed by irinotecan (CPT-11) at relapse versus CPT-11 followed by 5-FU/LV in advanced colorectal carcinoma. A phase III randomized study. Chemotherapy (2007) 0.76
Does somatostatin have a role in the regulation of cortisol secretion in primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (ppnad)? a clinical and in vitro investigation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2014) 0.76
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A systematic approach to the failed plastic surgical reconstruction of the diabetic foot. Diabet Foot Ankle (2011) 0.75
The use of serum uric Acid concentration as an indicator of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy success. Int Surg (2015) 0.75
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An unusual presentation of pediatric Cushing disease: recurrent corticotropinoma of the posterior pituitary lobe. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab (2010) 0.75
Changes in T-lymphocytes' viability after laparoscopic versus open cholecystectomy. Int Surg (2015) 0.75
Combined general-epidural anesthesia with continuous postoperative epidural analgesia preserves sigmoid colon perfusion in elective infrarenal aortic aneurysm repair. Saudi J Anaesth (2013) 0.75