Published in Ann Ital Chir on June 20, 2016
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Two cases of monomicrobial intraabdominal abscesses due to KPC--3 Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 clone. BMC Gastroenterol (2011) 0.97
Hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance are associated with severe fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis caused by HBV or HCV infection. Liver Int (2011) 0.97
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Fine-needle aspiration molecular analysis for the diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma through BRAF V600E mutation and RET/PTC rearrangement. Thyroid (2007) 0.95
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High liver RBP4 protein content is associated with histological features in patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C and with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Dig Liver Dis (2011) 0.86
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The hepatic expression of vitamin D receptor is inversely associated with the severity of liver damage in genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2015) 0.79
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The intraoperative use of the mini-gamma camera (MGC) in the surgical treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism Technical reports and immediate results from the initial experience. Ann Ital Chir (2015) 0.78
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Liver follicular helper T-cells predict the achievement of virological response following interferon-based treatment in HCV-infected patients. Antivir Ther (2012) 0.78
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The accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsy in the treatment of multicentric invasive breast cancer using a subareolar injection of tracer. World J Surg (2008) 0.76
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