Vol 4, No 6 (March 25, 2016): Annals of Translational Medicine (Toward Precision Medicine in Neurological Diseases)

Focus on Toward Precision Medicine in Neurological Diseases1

Increased cerebellar activation after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the primary motor cortex in patients with multiple system atrophy
Han Wang, Linling Li, Tianxia Wu, Bo Hou, Shuang Wu, Yunhai Qiu, Feng Feng, Liying Cui
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Toward precision medicine in neurological diseases
Lin Tan, Teng Jiang, Lan Tan, Jin-Tai Yu
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Migraine in the era of precision medicine
Lv-Ming Zhang, Zhao Dong, Sheng-Yuan Yu
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Precision medicine in myasthenia graves: begin from the data precision
Hai-Feng Li, Yu Hong, Yanchen Xie, Hong-Jun Hao, Ren-Cheng Sun
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Toward precision medicine in Alzheimer’s disease
Christiane Reitz
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Original Article

Association study of the PLXNA4 gene with the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Hui Wang, Fu-Rong Sun, Lin Tan, Hui-Fu Wang, Wei Zhang, Zi-Xuan Wang, Teng Jiang, Jin-Tai Yu, Lan Tan
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Diffusion tensor imaging study in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Ya Fu, Yuru Dong, Chao Zhang, Yu Sun, Shu Zhang, Xuetao Mu, Hong Wang, Weihai Xu, Shiwen Wu
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Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis

Predictive value of BRCA1 expression on the efficacy of chemotherapy based on anti-microtubule agents: a pooled analysis across different malignancies and agents
Qihua He, Mingzhe Zhang, Jianrong Zhang, Shengyi Zhong, Yang Liu, Jianfei Shen, Jiaxi He, Long Jiang, Chenglin Yang, Yuan Zeng, Minzhang Guo, Xuewei Chen, Jianxing He, Wenhua Liang
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Big-data Clinical Trial Column2

Model building strategy for logistic regression: purposeful selection
Zhongheng Zhang
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Case Report

Long-term survival with repeated resections of recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma in a non-cirrhotic liver: case report and brief review of the literature
Christopher Hadjittofi, Panagiotis G. Athanasopoulos, Rahul S. Koti, Sofia K. Konstantinidou, Brian R. Davidson
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Primary small bowel melanomas: fact or myth?
Andreas V. Hadjinicolaou, Christopher Hadjittofi, Panagiotis G. Athanasopoulos, Rahul Shah, Aftab A. Ala
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Pathology analysis of a rare case of diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis
Jin Zhao, Ruibin Wu, Yingying Gu
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Editorial

The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors proposal for sharing clinical trial data and the possible implications for the peer review process
Peter A. Kavsak
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Urolift: a new chapter in benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) therapy
Patrick Jones, Bhavan Prasad Rai, Omar M. Aboumarzouk, Bhaskar K. Somani
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The effect of time interval on esophagectomy after neoadjuvant treatment
Lieven Depypere
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Radiation therapy and the abscopal effect: a concept comes of age
John Ng, Tong Dai
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Perspective

What is new for the prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infections?
Leonardo Lorente
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Perspective on malignant pleural mesothelioma diagnosis and treatment
Ori Wald, David J. Sugarbaker
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Commentary

Choice of crystalloids in sepsis: a conundrum waiting to be solved
Ying Wei Yau, Win Sen Kuan
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TGFβ signaling: a friend or a foe to hepatic fibrosis and tumorigenesis
Dragana Kopanja, Pradip Raychaudhuri
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The epidemiology of urinary incontinence: a case still open
Maurizio Serati, Fabio Ghezzi
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Viewpoint

Looking forward lung metastasectomy—do we need a staging system for lung metastases?
Marcello Migliore, Michel Gonzalez
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When doctors meet with AlphaGo: potential application of machine learning to clinical medicine
Zhongheng Zhang
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Disclosure:

1. The series “Toward Precision Medicine in Neurological Diseases” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine without any sponsorship or funding. Jin-Tai Yu and Shi-Wen Wu served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.

2. The series “Big-data Clinical Trial Column” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine without any sponsorship or funding.