Background The purpose of this study is to examine the information behavior of diabetic
patients, a relatively unexplored field of diabetes care, including their needs for information, …

The aim of this study is to investigate the value of C-reactive protein (CRP) and of other
laboratory parameters obtained during the initial evaluation of the patient in the prediction of the …

Background—AIM: The aim of this study is to identify the long term benefit of one year infliximab
administration for the treatment of chronic refractory pouchitis following ileo-pouch anal …

Background Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) may involve both kidneys. When bilateral
nephrectomy is necessary renal replacement therapy is mandatory. Treating such patients with …

Background Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas only rarely is associated with inflammatory
myopathy. In this setting, polymyositis may be treated with glucocorticoids in combination with …

BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to compare the early- and midterm
outcomes after infrainguinal bypass surgery in the treatment of low- and high-risk patients with …

Introduction In this case series and short review of the literature, we underline the impact of
nephrectomy combined with sequential therapy based on cytokines, antiangiogenic factors, …

Aim To determine the efficacy of infliximab in the treatment of chronic refractory pouchitis,
following ileo-pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) for ulcerative colitis (UC). Methods Seven …

In this paper we propose an original and open multi-agent system architecture for the
important and challenging to engineer vehicleto-grid (V2G) and grid-to-vehicle (G2V) energy …

Background: Metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma confers a dismal prognosis. Several
prognostic factors are needed to distinguish patients that will benefit from chemotherapy. In this …