Published in Crit Care on March 01, 2010
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Use of high-dose inhaled corticosteroids is associated with pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Medicine (Baltimore) (2010) 0.88
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MK-0626, a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, improves neovascularization by increasing both the number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells and endothelial nitric oxide synthetase expression. Curr Med Chem (2014) 0.85
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Renal replacement therapy in prolonged mechanical ventilation patients with renal failure in Taiwan. J Crit Care (2011) 0.82
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Ethyl pyruvate reduces ventilation-induced neutrophil infiltration and oxidative stress. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) (2012) 0.81