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Scoring systems for 6‐month mortality in critically ill cirrhotic patients: a prospective analysis of chronic liver failure – sequential organ failure assessment score (CLIF‐SOFA) by Pan, H.‐C., Jenq, C.‐C., Tsai, M.‐H., Fan, P.‐C., Chang, C.‐H., Chang, M.‐Y., Tian, Y.‐C., Hung, C.‐C., Fang, J.‐T., Yang, C.‐W., Chen, Y.‐C.

“…Summary Background Cirrhotic patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) have high mortality rates. The Chronic Liver Failure–Sequential Organ Failure…”
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Post-fracture pharmacotherapy for women with osteoporotic fracture: analysis of a managed care population in the USA by Wilk, A., Sajjan, S., Modi, A., Fan, C.-P. S., Mavros, P.

“…Summary Pharmacologic therapy is recommended to reduce future fracture risk. We examined osteoporosis medications dispensed to older women after first…”
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The International Consortium on Primary Graft Dysfunction: Redefining Clinical Risk Factors in the Contemporary Era of Heart Transplantation by MOAYEDI, Y., TRUBY, L.K., FOROUTAN, F., HAN, J., GUZMAN, J., ANGLEITNER, P., SABATINO, M., FELIUS, J., VAN ZYL, J.S., RODENAS-ALESINA, E., FAN, C-P., DEVORE, A.D., MILLER, R., POTENA, L., ZUCKERMANN, A., FARRERO, M., CHIH, S., FARR, M., HALL, S., ROSS, H.J., KHUSH, K.K.

“…Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality early after heart transplantation (HT). The International Consortium on PGD is…”
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Nociceptin/orphanin FQ peptide receptors: pharmacology and clinical implications by Chiou, L-C, Liao, Y-Y, Fan, P-C, Kuo, P-H, Wang, C-H, Riemer, C, Prinssen, E P

“…The advance of functional genomics revealed the superfamily of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Hundreds of GPCRs have been cloned but many of them are…”
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Plasma calcitonin gene-related peptide in diagnosing and predicting paediatric migraine by Fan, P-C, Kuo, P-H, Chang, S-H, Lee, W-T, Wu, R-M, Chiou, L-C

“…To investigate the role of plasma calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in paediatric migraine, we prospectively collected 134 blood samples during or between…”
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Diagnosis of schistosomiasis using recombinant fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase from a Formosan strain of Schistosoma japonicum by Peng, S-Y, Tsaihong, J C, Fan, P-C, Lee, K-M

“…Schistosoma japonicum obtained from Taiwan is a zoophilic strain that only infects domestic and small animals. Recombinant fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase…”
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The benefits of timely intervention with zoledronic acid in patients with metastatic prostate cancer to bones: a retrospective study of the US Veterans Affairs population by Velde, N V, Wu, E Q, Guo, A, Lu, M, Yu, A P, Sharma, H, Liu, J, Fan, C P S, Shi, L

“…To examine the effect of timely zoledronic acid (ZA) treatment on clinical outcomes and health care utilization in patients with bone-metastatic prostate…”
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Persistent proteinuria and dyslipidemia increase the risk of progressive chronic kidney disease in lupus erythematosus by Reich, Heather N., Gladman, Dafna D., Urowitz, Murray B., Bargman, Joanne M., Hladunewich, Michelle A., Lou, Wendy, Fan, Steve C.P., Su, Jiandong, Herzenberg, Andrew M., Cattran, Daniel C., Wither, Joan, Landolt-Marticorena, Carol, Scholey, James W., Fortin, Paul R.

“…Advances in immunotherapy have improved survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who now face an increasing burden of chronic diseases including…”
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Infectivity and development of the human strain of Hymenolepis nana in ICR mice by FAN, P. C

“…In order to study the infectivity and development of the human strain of Hymenolepis nana in mice, a human strain of H. nana was inoculated into ICR mice. H…”
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Viability of metacercariae of Clonorchis sinensis in frozen or salted freshwater fish by Fan, P.C.

“…Metacercariae of Clonorchis sinensis were collected from freshwater fish ( Pseudorasbora parva) after storage in a freezer at −12°C for 10–20 days, in a…”
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Progression to insulin therapy among patients with type 2 diabetes treated with sitagliptin or sulphonylurea plus metformin dual therapy by Inzucchi, S. E., Tunceli, K., Qiu, Y., Rajpathak, S., Brodovicz, K. G., Engel, S. S., Mavros, P., Radican, L., Brudi, P., Li, Z., Fan, C. P. S., Hanna, B., Tang, J., Blonde, L.

“…Aim To assess time to insulin initiation among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) treated with sitagliptin versus sulphonylurea as add‐on to…”
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Study of the morphological characteristics of Schistosoma mansoni in mice, squirrels, and hamsters by FAN, P. C, PAO, K. Y

“…This study attempted to describe mophological characteristics of S. mansoni worms. In the present study, 6 hamsters, 35 squirrels and 141 mice were infected…”
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Hybridization of Schistosoma mansoni and schistosoma japonicum in mice by FAN, P. C, LIN, L. H

“…Crossing experiments in mice with two human species of Schistosoma japonicum (Taiwan strain) and Schistosoma mansoni (Puerto Rican strain) were performed. The…”
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Teaching children cooperation — An application of experimental game theory by Fan, Chinn-Ping

“…This paper studies children’s behavior in a prisoner’s dilemma game. I attempted to teach children cooperation by means of a short moral lecture. Over the…”
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Suicidal ideation in medical students: who is at risk? by Fan, Angela P C, Kosik, Russell O, Mandell, Greg A, Tran, Dong Trieu, Cheng, Hao Min, Chen, Chen Huan, Su, Tung-Pying, Chiu, Allen W H

“…Suicide is one of the most tragic problems medical schools are facing today. It is an issue that has not escaped medical schools in either developing or…”
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Egg production capacity of one-pair worms of Schistosoma japonicum in albino mice by FAN, P. C, KANG, Y. C

“…In the present study, a series of procedures of egg count were carried out to determine the egg production capacity in 21 ICR mice each infected with one-pair…”
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School-aged children with Kawasaki disease: High incidence of cervical lymphadenopathy and coronary artery involvement by Fan, PC, Chiu, CH, Yen, MH, Huang, YC, Li, CC, Lin, TY

“…Objective: We describe 10 school‐aged children with Kawasaki disease (KD) with a high incidence of cervical lymphaden­opathy and coronary abnormality. Methods:…”
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A comparative study on egg hatching methods and oncosphere viability determination for Taenia solium eggs by Wang, I.C., Ma, Y.X., Kuo, C.H., Fan, P.C.

“…The efficiencies of an enzyme method and the sodium hypochlorite method in hatching eggs of Taenia solium (Henan strain) were compared. The viability of the…”
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Human Taenia eggs develop into cysticerci in scid mice by Ito, A, Chung, W C, Chen, C C, Ito, M, Endo, S, Okamoto, M, Fan, P C

“…The intermediate hosts for Taenia saginata and T. solium are cattle and pigs (and humans for the latter), respectively. In vitro-hatched (but not activated)…”
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In vitro hatched oncospheres of Asian Taenia from Korea and Taiwan develop into cysticerci in the peritoneal cavity of female scid (severe combined immunodeficiency) mice by Ito, A., Ito, M., Eom, K.S., Chung, W.C., Chen, C.C., Ma, L., Endo, S., Fan, P.C.

“…In vitro hatched (but not activated) oncospheres of Asian Taenia obtained in Korea and Taiwan, prepared by the sodium hypochlorite method, rinsed with sterile…”
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