BACKGROUND Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a heterogeneous clinicopathological entity, and its molecular classification into germinal center B cell-like (GCB) and activated B cell-like (ABC) subtypes using gene expression profile analysis has been shown to have prognostic significance. Recent attempts have been made to find an association between immunohistochemical findings and molecu...

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Although many investigations have been performed on the prognostic factors of DLBCL, no reports have focused on localized nodal DLBCL. We examined the prognostic significance of 39 Japanese patients with localized nodal DLBCL with special reference to the germinal center B-cell-like (GCB) versus non-germina...

Tobias Hirsch ([email protected]) Malte Spielmann ([email protected]) Baraa Zuhaili ([email protected]) Till Koehler ([email protected]) Magdalena Fossum ([email protected]) Hans-Ulrich Steinau ([email protected]) Feng Yao ([email protected]) Lars Steinstraesser ([email protected]) Andrew B Onderdonk ([email protected]) Elof Eriksson (eeriksson@p...

Acknowledgements I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisors Professor Hans Triebel and Professor Hans-Jürgen Schmeisser for many fruitful discussions, suggestions and remarks. I would like to thank the whole group " Function spaces " for inspiring and friendly atmosphere. Besides, I would like to thank Professor Krotov for helpful conversations and comments.

Vaccination is the most powerful way to prevent human beings from contracting infectious diseases including viruses. In the case of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, an unexpectedly novel disease entity, HPV vaccination associated neuro-immunopathetic syndrome (HANS), has been reported and remains to be carefully verified. To elucidate the mechanism of HANS, we applied a strategy similar ...

Sir, On May 31, 2011, Hans Hogerzeil, Director of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, received a touching sendoff from the staff and colleagues of WHO, an agency which he had served for 26 years. Hans received his medical degree from the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, and spent his early years as a doctor in India, working in a lepro...

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