PURPOSE To determine the clinical characteristics, prognosis, and treatment outcome for patients with nasal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma (N-NKTL) and Waldeyer ring NK/T-cell lymphoma (WR-NKTL). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN A total of 145 patients with N-NKTL and 95 patients with WR-NKTL were compared. RESULTS Compared with N-NKTL, WR-NKTL exhibited distinct differences in clinical features wi...

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BACKGROUND Whole rye (WR) consumption seems to be associated with beneficial health effects. Although rye fiber and polyphenols are thought to be bioactive, the mechanisms behind the health effects of WR have yet to be fully identified. This study in rats was designed to investigate whether WR can influence the metabolism of n-3 and n-6 long-chain fatty acids (LCFA) and gut microbiota compositi...

BACKGROUND Cardiac iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine ((123)I-MIBG) scintigraphy is an established method of assessment of cardiovascular sympathetic function. The aim of the present study was to investigate the long-term cardiovascular predictive value of cardiac (123)I-MIBG scintigraphy parameters in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients without structural heart disease. METHODS AND RESULTS Car...

We present a VLT/FORS1 survey of Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars in the spiral galaxy NGC1313. In total, 94 WR candidate sources have been identified from narrow-band imaging. Of these, 82 have been spectroscopically observed, for which WR emission features are confirmed in 70 cases, one of which also exhibits strong nebular He ii λ4686 emission. We also detect strong nebular He ii λ4686 emission within ...

Deep narrow-band HST imaging of the iconic spiral galaxy M101 has revealed over a thousand new Wolf Rayet (WR) candidates. We report spectrographic confirmation of 10 He iiemission line sources hosting 15 WR stars. We find WR stars present at both sub– and super– solar metalicities with WC stars favouring more metal-rich regions compared to WN stars. We investigate the association of WR stars w...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prognostic value of I-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy findings, and establish the most appropriate method for calculating myocardial MIBG activity in patients with left ventricular dysfunction due to cardiomyopathy (CM). METHODS Predictors of cardiac death related to progressive heart failure (HF) were examined in 150 patients with CM (80 patients with ...