Volume 2, Number 5, November 2011 (Special Issue on )

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Laparoscopic Small Bowel Resection of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour after Angiographic Diagnosis and Successful Embolization

Marina Garcés Albir, Roberto Martí, Fernando López Mozos, Norberto Cassinello Fernández, Jorge Guijarro Rosaleny, Joaquín Ortega Serrano

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25109  3,624 Downloads  5,756 Views   Citations

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Primary Small Bowel Tumour Presenting as Bowel Obstruction in a Patient with a Virgin Abdomen

Xilin Wu, Hester Y. S. Cheung, Cliff C. C. Chung, Michael K. W. Li

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25108  4,197 Downloads  6,085 Views   Citations

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Kohler’s Disease Secondary to Tarsal Pyogenic Arthritis

Alfredo Tagarro, Julia Yebra, Martina Steiner, Nuria Bonsfills, José Carmelo Albillos, Aida Sánchez, Lorena Cid, Alfonso Cañete

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25107  4,246 Downloads  6,519 Views   Citations

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A Case of Endometriosis in Episiotomy Scar with Anal Sphincter Involvement

Beatriz Ruiz de Gauna, David Rodriguez, Sergi Cabré, Justo Callejo

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25104  4,547 Downloads  7,351 Views   Citations

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Occult Hepatitis B Flare-up after Chemotherapy Treatment in HBsAg Negative Patient

Shoaib Ahmad, Vu Le, Tauseef Ali

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25103  4,084 Downloads  6,754 Views   Citations

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Comparison of Two Radiographic Lumbar Spine Screening Protocols for the Detection of Abnormalities in Special Forces Candidates

Ori Wand, Alon Grossman, Alex Prokupetz, Amit Assa

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25101  3,424 Downloads  5,676 Views   Citations

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Urological Affections after Laparoscopic Hernia Repair in Long-Term Follow up

Mike Ralf Langenbach, Stefan Sauerland, David Lazica, Hubert Zirngibl

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25100  4,440 Downloads  6,835 Views   Citations

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Dilemmas Faced by Nurses Regarding the Physical Restraint of Elderly Patients with Dementia in Japan

Miwa Yamamoto

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25099  5,589 Downloads  9,760 Views   Citations

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Using the Mini Nutritional Assessment to Evaluate the Profile of Elderly Patients in a Geriatric Outpatient Clinic and in Long-Term Institutions

Valéria Maria Caselato-Sousa, Maria Elena Guariento, Gilberto Crosta, Mariângela Antunes da Silva Pinto, Valdemiro Carlos Sgarbieri

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25096  6,627 Downloads  12,313 Views   Citations

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Salivary Biomarkers May Be Useful to Assess Stress State in Patients with Lung Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy

Maiko Kitajima, Yuka Noto, Umi Kudo, Mayumi Urushizaka, Toshiko Tomisawa, Chieko Itaki, Kumiko Kawasaki, Hideaki Yamabe, Akihito Hayashi, Shingo Takanashi

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25095  3,720 Downloads  6,088 Views   Citations

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Efficacy of Long-Term Treatment with Low-Dose Thalidomide for Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

Kazuyuki Shimizu, Hirokazu Murakami, Morio Sawamura, Yutaka Hattori, Shin-ichiro Okamoto, Akiyoshi Miwa, Isamu Sugiura, Chihiro Shimazaki, Masafumi Taniwaki, Tadao Ishida, Toshiaki Hayashi, Hiroshi Kosugi, Masaaki Yuge, Shinsuke Iida, Takashi Ishida, Kazutaka Sunami, Hideki Asaoku, Akira Sakai, Masahiro Abe, Toshiyuki Takagi

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25094  4,095 Downloads  6,413 Views   Citations

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Sport in Psychiatric Rehabilitation: A Tool in Pre-Acute, Post-Acute and Chronic Phase

Giorgio Corretti, Christian Martini, Pier L. Greco, Francesco P. Marchetti

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25093  4,424 Downloads  6,364 Views   Citations

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Higher Body Mass Index is an Independent Predictor of Left Atrial Enlargement

Prasanna Venkatesh Kumar, Aman Mundi, Gloria Caldito, Pratap C. Reddy

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25091  4,702 Downloads  6,618 Views   Citations

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Passive Smoking and Infectious Disease: A Serious Hazard for Cardiovascular System

Aurelio Leone

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25090  4,129 Downloads  6,803 Views   Citations

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Can Provision of Health Information Lead to Healthier, Longer Lives?

Carl E. Bartecchi, Robert W. Schrier, Christine Nevin-Woods, Lin Chang, Anne Hill, Cathy Dehn

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25088  4,390 Downloads  6,218 Views   Citations

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Impact of Vitamin D Metabolism on Cardiovascular Disease

Kosaku Nitta

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25087  3,825 Downloads  6,920 Views   Citations

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The Clinical Application of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Pediatrics

Yosuke Miyashita

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25111  3,874 Downloads  6,249 Views   Citations

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The Modernisation of Manipulative Therapy

Max Zusman

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25110  10,649 Downloads  19,766 Views   Citations

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Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole-Induced Hepatitis in Mixed Connective Tissue Disease

Takeshi Sugimoto, Yumiko Nobuhara, Seiji Kawano, Akio Morinobu

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25106  4,107 Downloads  6,460 Views   Citations

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Mediastinal Actinomycosis. A Case-Report

Luciano Santana-Cabrera, Ana Casamitjana-Ortega, José María López-Vega, Cristina Rodríguez-Escot, Manuel Sánchez-Palacios

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25105  4,298 Downloads  6,320 Views   Citations

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An Interesting Case of Cardiac Amyloidosis Initially Misdiagnosed as Syndrome X

Hyung Rae Sohn, Bong Gun Song, Eun Jin Kim, Seong Yeon Jeong, Su-Min Hong, Hyun Gul Jung, Hye-Jin Jung, Wook-Hyun Cho, Suk-Koo Choi

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25102  3,654 Downloads  5,381 Views   Citations

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Range of Thresholds Used for Treatment of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia at Different Gestational Ages across Neonatal Units in Great Britain

Puneet Kumar Arora, Sindhu Mohandas, Deborah Ridout, Narendra Aladangady

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25098  4,971 Downloads  7,631 Views   Citations

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Integrating Complimentary and Alternative Medicine in Form of Active Hexose Co-Related Compound (AHCC) in the Management of Head & Neck Cancer Patients

Dillip Kumar Parida, Koji Wakame, Taisei Nomura

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25097  4,900 Downloads  8,044 Views   Citations

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The Relationship of Carotid Plaque, Intima Media Thickness (IMT), Resistivity Index (RI) and Pulsatility Index(PI) in Asian-Indian Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke with and without Type2 DM

Sidhartha Das, Kamalesh Chakrabarty, Madhusmita Patnaik, Laxmidhar Roul, Jayashree Mohanty, Sarat Chandra Singh

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.25092  4,912 Downloads  8,441 Views   Citations

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Do the Right Patients use the Ambulance Service in South-Eastern Finland?

Björn-Ove Suserud, Lena Beillon, Ingvar Karlberg, Jukka Pappinen, Maaret Castren, Johan Herlitz

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