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  • Experience With Endoscopic Therapy in Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis 
    Azar, Riad R.; Al-Lehibi, Abed H.; Kumar, Nitin; Ammar, Tarek; Murad, Faris; Mullady, Daniel; Early, Dayna S. (2016-09-19)
    Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, progressive cholestatic disease. Strictures of major bile ducts are a frequent complication. No effective medical treatment exists; endoscopic therapies have been studied, ...
  • Experimental study of the sonographic diagnosis of testicular torsion 
    Zeineh, S.J.; Hricak, H.; Alpers, C.E.; Filly, R.A.; Lue, T.; Tanagho, E.A. (2019-04-16)
    The sonographic and Doppler features of acute spermatic cord torsion were investigated in eight dogs. Serial sonography following torsion demonstrated unambiguous abnormalities in all experimental subjects within one hour. ...
  • An exploratory study of HIV risk behaviors and testing among male sex workers in Beirut, Lebanon 
    Mokhbat, Jacques; Aunon, Frances M.; Wagner, Glenn J.; Maher, Rabih; Khouri, Danielle; Kaplan, Rachel L. (2017-02-10)
    Male sex workers (MSW) are a particularly high-risk subset of men who have sex with men in Lebanon and report higher numbers of sex partners and lower rates of condom use. The purpose was to explore the factors influencing ...
  • Exploring the thesis experience of Master of Health professions education graduates 
    Youssef, Nazih; Skeith, Leslie; Ridinger, Heather; Givi, Babak; Harris, Ilene (2019-05-10)
    Objectives To explore the thesis experience of recent Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) graduates in the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) program. Methods This is a qualitative case study exploring ...
  • Exposure rates to hepatitis C and G virus infections among HIV-infected patients 
    Mokhbat, J.; Ramia, S.; Klayme, S.; Naman, R.; Sibai, A. (2017-02-13)
    The importance of sexual transmission in the epidemiology of hepatitis G virus (HGV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) was evaluated in two groups of HIV-1-positive Lebanese patients. Members of one group (90 patients) were ...
  • Expression of androgen, estrogen, and progesterone receptors in salivary gland tumors 
    Nasser, Selim M.; Faquin, William C.; Dayal, Yogeshwar (2017-02-02)
    The expression of sex hormone receptors in some tumors suggests a role for these receptors in tumor pathogenesis and therapy. Previous studies of the expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors in salivary gland ...
  • Extended hepatectomy in patients with hepatobiliary malignancies with and without preoperative portal vein embolization 
    Abdalla, Eddie; Barnett, Carlton; Doherty, Dorota; Curley, Steven; Vauthey, Nicolas (2015-11-10)
    Hypothesis Preoperative portal vein embolization (PVE) allows potentially curative hepatic resection without additional morbidity or mortality in patients with hepatobiliary malignancies who are marginal candidates for ...
  • Extended Preoperative Chemotherapy Does Not Improve Pathologic Response and Increases Postoperative Liver Insufficiency After Hepatic Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastases 
    Kishi, Yoji; Zorzi, Daria; Contreras, Carlo; Maru, Dipen; Kopetz, Scott; Ribero, Dario; Motta, Manuela; Ravarino, Nicoletta; Risio, Mauro; Curley, Steven; Abdalla, Eddie; Capussotti, Lorenzo; Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas (2015-11-19)
    Background The optimal duration, safety, and benefit of preoperative chemotherapy in patients with colorectal liver metastases (CLM) are unclear. We evaluated the association between the duration of preoperative chemotherapy ...
  • External fixators in the treatment of fractures in children 
    El Hayek, Toni; Abou Daher, Ahmad; Meouchy, Wissam; Ley, Paul; Chammas, Nizar; Griffet, Jacques (2016-09-21)
    New properties are being modified in the external fixator instrumentation that are leading to the more indicated use of this type of fixation especially in children's lower limb fractures. Dynamization, the ability to ...
  • Extracranial traumatic carotid artery dissections in children 
    Chamoun, Roukoz B.; Mawad, Michel E.; Whitehead, William E.; Luerssen, Thomas G.; Jea, Andrew (2019-07-12)
    Object Currently, no diagnostic or treatment standards exist for extracranial carotid artery dissection (CAD) in children after trauma. The purpose of this study was to review and describe the characteristics, diagnosis, ...
  • Extrahepatic Bile Duct Adenocarcinoma 
    Borghero, Yerko; Crane, Christopher; Szklaruk, Janio; Oyarzo, Mauricio; Curley, Steven; Pisters, Peter; Evans, Douglas; Abdalla, Eddie; Thomas, Melanie; Das, Prajnan; Wistuba, Ignacio; Krishnan, Sunil; Vauthey, Nicolas (2015-11-16)
    Background Patients with resected extrahepatic bile duct adenocarcinoma who have microscopically positive resection margins and/or pathologic locoregional nodal involvement (R1pN1) have a high-risk of locoregional recurrence, ...
  • Évaluation préopératoire et positionnement peropératoire de la patella au cours d’une prothèse totale du genou pour genu varum, à propos d’une série continue de 256 cas 
    Assi, Chahine; Bonnel, François; Auteroche, Pierre; Teissier, Philippe (2015-11-19)
  • Facial nerve palsy in the newborn: incidence and outcome 
    Falco, NA; Eriksson, E (2019-06-03)
    This study retrospectively identifies and characterizes patients with facial palsy related to birth trauma and describes the natural history of this disorder. The records of infants born with facial weakness or paralysis ...
  • Familial spinocerebellar degeneration with corneal dystrophy 
    Deeb, Mary E.; Der Kaloustian, Vazken M.; Jarudi, Nabil I.; Khoury, Muin J.; Afifi, Adel K.; Bahuth, Nadia B.; Shammas, John; Mikati, Mohamad A.; Opitz, John M.; Reynolds, James F. (2016-11-23)
    We report on two sisters born to normal but consanguineous parents, with the unusual combination of spinocerebellar degeneration and corneal dystrophy. Their manifestations include mental subnormality, bilateral corneal ...
  • Fat removal 
    Avram, Mathew (Wiley Blackwell, 2019-04-25)
  • Fatigue in multiple sclerosis 
    Riachi, Naji; Ahdab, Rechdi; Challah, Moussa A.; Creange, Alain; Lefaucheur, Jean-Pascal; Ayache, Samar S. (2019-04-30)
    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic progressive inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) and the major cause of non-traumatic disability in young adults. Fatigue is a frequent symptom reported by the ...
  • Fertility drugs and risk of ovarian cancer 
    Zreik, Tony; Ayoub, Chakib; Hannoun, Antoine; Karam, Cynthia; Munkarah, Adnan (2015-10-07)
    Purpose of review: Worldwide 50–80 million people suffer from infertility. Assisted reproductive technology has provided a way of overcoming infertility and childlessness. The current article will focus on data linking ...
  • Fertility drugs and the risk of breast cancer 
    Zreik, Tony; Mazloom, Ali; Vannucci, Marina; Pinnix, Chilsea; Fulton, Stephanie; Hadziahmetovic, Mersiha; Asmar, Nadia; Munkarah, Adnan; Ayoub, Chakib M.; Shihadeh, Ferial; Berjawi, Ghina; Hannoun, Antoine; Zalloua, Pierre; Wogan, Christine; Dabaja, Bouthaina (2015-10-07)
    The risk of breast cancer has been associated with reproductive history. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between fertility drugs used in assisted reproductive procedures and the risk of breast ...
  • Fertility Levels and Differentials in Beirut During Wartime" 
    Deeb, Mary; Khlat, M.; Courbage, Y. (2016-11-18)
  • The fibularis (Peroneus) tertius muscle in humans 
    Yammine, Kaissar; Eric, Mirela (2019-07-03)
    Being considered an exclusive human structure for a long time, fibularis tertius (FT) is believed to have a secondary function of foot dorsiflexion and eversion. This study is an attempt to approach the issue from an ...

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