Volume 70; Issue 3

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Volume 70; Issue 3

Medical Hypotheses

Volume 70; Issue 3

1

Epigenetic abnormality: A possible mechanism underlying the fetal origin of polycystic ovary syndrome

Zhongxiang Li, Hefeng Huang

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 89 KB

english, 2008

2

Late-life depression, religiosity, cerebrovascular disease, cognitive impairment and attitudes towards death in the elderly: Interpreting the data

Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis, Melina Siamouli, Stamatia Magiria, George Kaprinis

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 84 KB

english, 2008

3

Cancer as robust intrinsic state of endogenous molecular-cellular network shaped by evolution

Ping Ao, David Galas, Leroy Hood, Xiaomei Zhu

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 119 KB

english, 2008

4

Intramyocellular lipids: Maker vs. marker of insulin resistance

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

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english

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PDF, 103 KB

english, 2008

5

Cardiovascular protective effect of melatonin in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: A hypothesis

Fulvio A. Scorza, Diego B. Colugnati, Ricardo M. Arida, Eliângela de Lima, Maria da Graça Naffah-Mazzacoratti, Esper A. Cavalheiro, Débora Amado

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 101 KB

english, 2008

6

Investigating the potential of statin medications as a nitric oxide (NO) release agent to decrease decompression sickness: A review article

Christopher A. Duplessis, David Fothergill

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 111 KB

english, 2008

7

Obese humans as economically designed feed converters: Symmorphosis and low oxidative capacity skeletal muscle

Nicholas J. Hudson, Sigrid A. Lehnert, Gregory S. Harper

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 86 KB

english, 2008

8

PAPP-A: A possible pathogenic link to the instability of atherosclerotic plaque

Xuping Li, Qiming Liu, Tao Zhou, Shuiping Zhao, Shenghua Zhou

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 69 KB

english, 2008

9

Cell death recognition model for the immune system

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 282 KB

english, 2008

10

Apoptosis may be the main cause for acceleration of normal changes in adolescent brain structure, leading to the onset of psychosis

Murat Yildiz, Stefan Borgwardt

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 41 KB

english, 2008

11

A disorder of sympathomimetic amines leading to increased vascular permeability may be the etiologic factor in various treatment refractory health problems in women

J.H. Check, D. Katsoff, H. Kaplan, J. Liss, P. Boimel

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 103 KB

english, 2008

12

The light of life: Evidence that the sun modulates human lifespan

Walter E. Lowell, George E. Davis Jr.

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 551 KB

english, 2008

13

Is the antiepileptic effect of the ketogenic diet due to ketones?

P. Mainardi, C. Albano

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 79 KB

english, 2008

14

Are impaired endothelial progenitor cells involved in the processes of late in-stent thrombosis and re-endothelialization of drug-eluting stents?

Fu Hai Zhao, Yun Dai Chen, Ze Ning Jin, Shu Zheng Lu

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 71 KB

english, 2008

15

Superficial topography of wound: A determinant of underlying biological events?

Ramin Mostofi Zadeh Farahani, Naser Asl Aminabadi, Luther C. Kloth

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 519 KB

english, 2008

16

Could chronic wounds not heal due to too low local copper levels?

Gadi Borkow, Jeffrey Gabbay, Richard C. Zatcoff

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 85 KB

english, 2008

17

Anti-TGF-β1 antibody: An effective treatment for lung injury caused by paraquat in the future

Xiangdong Jian, Yanjun Ruan, Guangran Guo, Yuanchao Zhang

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 36 KB

english, 2008

18

Intravenous low-dose erythromycin could be an efficacious treatment for acute colonic pseudo-obstrcution (ACPO)/ Ogilvie’s syndrome in children

Dapeng Jiang, Yubo Zhang, Zhitao Jiang, Zhao-Zhu Li

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 34 KB

english, 2008

19

Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma with intracellular accumulation of SPARC – a hypothesis (SPARC in nasopharyngeal angiofibroma)

Mira Krstulja, Alenka Car, David Bonifačić, Tamara Braut, Milodar Kujundžić

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 98 KB

english, 2008

20

Inhibition of TLR4 signaling pathway: Molecular treatment strategy of periodontitis-associated atherosclerosis

Bin Huang, Huangqin Chen, Mingwen Fan

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 80 KB

english, 2008

21

Recent advance and possible future in TREK-2: A two-pore potassium channel may involved in the process of NPP, brain ischemia and memory impairment

Dongyue Huang, Buwei Yu

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 448 KB

english, 2008

22

Eosinophil-induced prognosis improvement of solid tumors could be enabled by their vesicle-mediated barrier permeability induction

Ervin Ç. Mingomataj

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 74 KB

english, 2008

23

Is uric acid itself a player or a bystander in the pathophysiology of chronic heart failure?

Xu Duan, Feng Ling

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 86 KB

english, 2008

24

Chemo brain – A psychotropic drug phenomenon?

Grace E. Jackson

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 100 KB

english, 2008

25

Hemochromatosis: A Neolithic adaptation to cereal grain diets

Christopher Naugler

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 62 KB

english, 2008

26

Fetal death repetition: The event memory hypothesis

Hamisu M. Salihu

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 99 KB

english, 2008

27

Liver derived endogenous opioids may interfere with the therapeutic effect of interferon in chronic hepatitis C

Nora V. Bergasa, Vijaya D. Boyella

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 76 KB

english, 2008

28

Swinging high and low: Why do the testes hang at different levels? A theory on surface area and thermoregulation

Arunachalam Kumar, C. Jairaj Kumar

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 51 KB

english, 2008

29

MR guided cancer treatment system for an elevated therapeutic index – A macroscopic approach

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 171 KB

english, 2008

30

Would pancreas duct-epithelium-derived stem/progenitor cells enhance islet allograft survival by means of islets recruitment and tolerance induction in Edmonton protocol era?

Bo Chen, Lei Wang, Sanyuan Hu, Liguang Zhou, Rong Wang, Mitchell S. Wachtel, Eldo E. Frezza

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 88 KB

english, 2008

31

Does yawning increase arousal through mechanical stimulation of the carotid body?

Jorma Matikainen, Hannu Elo

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 93 KB

english, 2008

32

The rise of non-adaptive intelligence in humans under pathogen pressure

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 104 KB

english, 2008

33

Antiemetic placebo: Reduce adverse drug interactions between chemotherapeutic agents and antiemetic drugs in cancer patients

Zhongyi Zhang, Yong Wang, Yan Wang, Feng Xu

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 90 KB

english, 2008

34

Sipatrigine could have therapeutic potential for major depression and bipolar depression through antagonism of the two-pore-domain K+ channel TREK-1

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 67 KB

english, 2008

35

High cholesterol and coronary heart disease in younger men: The potential role of stress induced exaggerated blood pressure response

William R. Ware

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 85 KB

english, 2008

36

Brain temperature may influence mood: A hypothesis

Alen J. Salerian, Nansen G. Saleri, Justin A. Salerian

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 76 KB

english, 2008

37

Recurrent aphthous stomatitis may be initiated by traumatic epithelial implantation and sustained by localized pathergic status

Naser Asl Aminabadi

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 67 KB

english, 2008

38

Plasma rich in growth factors as a potential therapeutic candidate for treatment of recurrent aphthous stomatitis

Naser Asl Aminabadi

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 70 KB

english, 2008

39

Cholesterol gallstones and cancer of gallbladder (CAGB): molecular links

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 133 KB

english, 2008

40

Keloids do not harbor EBV or HHV8

Liron Pantanowitz, Wayne H. Duke

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 35 KB

english, 2008

41

The hegemony of empiricism: The opportunity for theoretical science in medicine

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 77 KB

english, 2008

42

Hamming’s “open doors” and group creativity as keys to scientific excellence: The example of Cambridge

Thomas C. Erren

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 89 KB

english, 2008

43

Angiotensine converting enzyme inhibitors/estrogen/cortisol: Maybe an additional option in the treatment of psychiatrically disordered patients?

Helmut Niederhofer

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 43 KB

english, 2008

44

The human mind development as a reaction to improvements in memory: Possible consequences on sleep, dreams and psychiatric disorders

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 42 KB

english, 2008

45

What of apoptosis is important: The decay process or the causative origin?

Ger P.A. Bongaerts

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 93 KB

english, 2008

46

Probiotics and autoimmunity: An evolutionary perspective

E.B. Canche-Pool, R. Cortez-Gómez, R. Flores-Mejía, E. González-González, M.E. González-Serrano, M.C. Lara-Rodríguez, Y. Ledesma-Soto, M.D. Mendoza-Aguilar, D.E. Meza-Sánchez, F.J. Sánchez-García, A.

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 78 KB

english, 2008

47

Off-label use of MESNA in Dupuytren’s disease

Alberto Di Martino, Vincenzo Costa, Nicolò Martinelli, Maria Giovanna Zagami, Vincenzo Denaro

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 44 KB

english, 2008

48

Odontogenic differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells for tooth regeneration: necessity, possibility, and strategy

Wei Jing, Ling Wu, Yunfeng Lin, Lei Liu, Wei Tang, Weidong Tian

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 71 KB

english, 2008

49

Are there any effects of angiotensin II receptor blockers on postmenopausal osteoporosis?

Erim Gulcan, Aynur Gulcan, Serdar Toker, Emine Cosar

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 44 KB

english, 2008

50

The overlooked cause of benign prostatic hyperplasia: prostatic urethral angulation

Kang Su Cho, Joohan Kim, Young Deuk Choi, Jang Hwan Kim, Sung Joon Hong

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 135 KB

english, 2008

51

Comments on “The process of spermatogenesis liberates significant heat and the scrotum has a role in body thermoregulation”

Harish Janardhan Palleti

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 43 KB

english, 2008

52

Epidural anaesthesia in major abdominal surgery: A long time a hypothesis

Neville W. Goodman

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 59 KB

english, 2008

53

Psychosocial factors may act via epigenetic mechanisms in the pathogenesis of mental disorders

Jacob Peedicayil

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 42 KB

english, 2008

54

For others: Epistasis and the evolutionary survival of an extreme tail of the quantitative distribution of autistic assets

Shinji Ijichi, Naomi Ijichi, Yukina Ijichi, Yutaka Kawamura, Tomo Hashiguchi, Hirofumi Morioka

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 115 KB

english, 2008

55

Transesophageal high intensity focused ultrasound ablation of left atrium posterior wall: New method for treating atrial fibrillation

Ronghui Yu, Changsheng Ma, Jianzeng Dong, Xingpeng Liu, Junping Kang

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 66 KB

english, 2008

56

Therapy and epidemiology of autism–clostridial spores as key elements

Sydney M. Finegold

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 73 KB

english, 2008

57

Elevated basal hepcidin levels in the liver may inhibit the development of malaria infection: Another piece towards solving the malaria puzzle?

Albert Oliveras-Vergés, Enric Espel-Masferrer

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 124 KB

english, 2008

58

Light, literacy and the absence of ultraviolet radiation in the development of myopia

Stephen B. Prepas

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 71 KB

english, 2008

59

Aging-related cerebral microvascular degeneration is an important cause of essential hypertension

Chun Chang Qin, Ru Tai Hui, Zhi Hong Liu

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 74 KB

english, 2008

60

‘Down-shifting’ among top UK scientists? – The decline of ‘revolutionary science’ and the rise of ‘normal science’ in the UK compared with the USA

Bruce G. Charlton, Peter Andras

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 184 KB

english, 2008

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Title page/Editorial Board

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Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2008

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