Croatian medical journal
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Croatian medical journal · Oct 2015
Apparent diffusion coefficient measurement covering complete tumor area better predicts rectal cancer response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
To determine the impact of two apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement techniques on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images (DW MRI) on the assessment of rectal cancer response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT). ⋯ The type of measurement technique significantly affected ADC results. ADC measurements covering a larger area better predicted tumor response to therapy. Post-CRT ADCs, regardless of the measurement technique, and numeric ADC change measured in the whole tumor volume accurately identified non-complete responders. Post-CRT ADCs measured in the entire tumor area yielded the highest accuracy level in tumor response evaluation.
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Croatian medical journal · Oct 2015
Review Meta AnalysisCauses of chest pain in primary care--a systematic review and meta-analysis.
To investigate the frequencies of different and relevant underlying etiologies of chest pain in general practice. ⋯ This information may be of practical value for general practitioners as it provides the pre-test probabilities for a range of underlying diseases and may be suitable to guide the diagnostic process.
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Croatian medical journal · Oct 2015
Identification and characterization of the highly polymorphic locus D14S739 in the Han Chinese population.
To systemically select and evaluate short tandem repeats (STRs) on the chromosome 14 and obtain new STR loci as expanded genotyping markers for forensic application. ⋯ D14S739 is a highly informative STR locus and could be a suitable genetic marker for forensic applications in the Han Chinese population.