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Original research

• Patterns of desmin expression in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy are related to the desmin mRNA and ubiquitin expression (10 August, 2018)

  Agnieszka Pawlak, Emilia Rejmak-Kozicka, Katarzyna Elżbieta Gil, Andrzej Ziemba, Leszek Kaczmarek, Robert Julian Gil
• Plasma haptoglobin level can augment NT-proBNP to predict poor outcome in patients with severe acute decompensated heart failure (3 October, 2018)

  Dai-Yin Lu, Chih-Pei Lin, Cheng-Hsueh Wu, Tsai-Mu Cheng, Ju-Pin Pan
• Diagnostic value of the late-night salivary cortisol in the diagnosis of clinical and subclinical Cushing’s syndrome: results of a single-center 7-year experience (19 July, 2018)

  Nusret Yilmaz, Gokhan Tazegul, Humeyra Bozoglan, Ramazan Sari, Sebahat Ozdem, Hasan Ali Altunbas, Mustafa Kemal Balci
• Association between fine particulate matter and oral cancer among Taiwanese men (9 October, 2018)

  Yu-Hua Chu, Syuan-Wei Kao, Disline Manli Tantoh, Pei-Chieh Ko, Shou-Jen Lan, Yung-Po Liaw
• Everolimus shows synergistic antimyeloma effects with bortezomib via the AKT/mTOR pathway (11 July, 2018)

  Jing Li, Zhaoyun Liu, Yanqi Li, Qian Jing, Honglei Wang, Hui Liu, Jin Chen, Junru Feng, Qing Shao, Rong Fu
• Case–control study examining the association between allopurinol use and ischemic cerebrovascular disease (24 July, 2018)

  Shih-Wei Lai, Cheng-Li Lin, Kuan-Fu Liao
• Patient and hospital factors associated with 30-day unplanned readmission in patients with stroke (23 July, 2018)

  Sang Ah Lee, Eun-Cheol Park, Jaeyong Shin, Yeong Jun Ju, Young Choi, Hoo-Yeon Lee