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To investigate the epidemiological, clinicolaboratory, imaging, and therapeutic characteristics of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (iRPF) in China. All patients presenting to the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital from October 1996 to July 2016 diagnosed with iRPF were included.

Trichosporon fungemia is usually seen in neutropenic patients with underlying hematological malignancies. In this report we describe a fatal case of Trichosporon asahii fungemia in a non-neutropenic patient with a non-hematological malignancy. For 1 week the patient exhibited hematuria, weakness,

OBJECTIVE To investigate the methylation status of the RASSF1A gene promoter in upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) tissues and its correlation with clinicopathologic characteristics and postoperative recurrence of primary UTUC. METHODS In a retrospective design, a total of 687 patients who

OBJECTIVE To investigate the methylation status of the RASSF1A gene promoter in upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) tissues and its correlation with clinicopathologic characteristics and postoperative recurrence of primary UTUC. METHODS In a retrospective design, a total of 687 patients who

OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to determine the occurrence of prehypertension and high blood pressure in adults with spina bifida (SB) and to examine relationships among blood pressure, cardiovascular disease risk factors, and SB-specific factors. METHODS This is a cross-sectional,