Nontuberculous mycobacteria: Epidemiologic and diagnostic criteria and treatment options

Although nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) were observed soon after Koch's discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the clinical significance of NTM was not appreciated until the 1950s when they were classified as "atypi...

Treatment optimization of HBeAg-negative chronic viral hepatitis B with thymosin-α1

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a widely prevalent and clinically significant condition with profound implications for health care costs worldwide. Interferon-α and direct antiviral nucleos(t)ide analogs suc...

Spurious hypophosphatemia

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Pitfalls in the production of enhancement kinetic curves in 3T dynamic magnetic resonance mammography and means of avoidance

Diagnostic approach to women with breast cancer in Greece <br /> <br />

OBJECTIVE Recent guidelines from the American Cancer Society report that mammography is the only appropriate screening method for breast cancer in women. It is well established that early detection of the disease implies...