| Normal protein diet for episodic hepatic encephalopathy: results of a randomized study | Journal of Hepatology | 2004 | 312 |
| Gefitinib--a novel targeted approach to treating cancer | Nature Reviews Cancer | 2004 | 283 |
| Insulin-dependent diabetes affects testicular function by FSH- and LH-linked mechanisms | Journal of Andrology | 2004 | 235 |
| Natural history of decompensated hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis. A study of 200 patients | Journal of Hepatology | 2004 | 230 |
| Addition of a second endoscopic treatment following epinephrine injection improves outcome in high-risk bleeding ulcers | Gastroenterology | 2004 | 208 |
| The role of primary care in preventing ambulatory care sensitive conditions | European Journal of Public Health | 2004 | 182 |
| Upper gastrointestinal bleeding associated with the use of NSAIDs: newer versus older agents | Drug Safety | 2004 | 170 |
| Outcome predictors of pneumonia in elderly patients: importance of functional assessment | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | 2004 | 155 |
| Molecular genetic alterations in endometrioid carcinomas of the ovary: similar frequency of beta-catenin abnormalities but lower rate of microsatellite instability and PTEN alterations than in uterine endometrioid carcinomas | Human Pathology | 2004 | 146 |
| Invasive pneumococcal disease in patients infected with HIV: still a threat in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2004 | 133 |
| Impact of admission hyperglycemia on stroke outcome after thrombolysis: risk stratification in relation to time to reperfusion | Stroke | 2004 | 120 |
| High lipoprotein (a), diabetes, and the extent of symptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis | Neurology | 2004 | 100 |
| Meta-analysis: Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy vs. antisecretory non-eradication therapy for the prevention of recurrent bleeding from peptic ulcer | Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics | 2004 | 100 |
| Regression analyses and motile sperm subpopulation structure study as improving tools in boar semen quality analysis | Theriogenology | 2004 | 99 |
| Acute transplantation of olfactory ensheathing cells or Schwann cells promotes recovery after spinal cord injury in the rat | Journal of Neuroscience Research | 2004 | 97 |
| Benefits of minocycline and rifampin-impregnated central venous catheters. A prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled, multicenter trial | Intensive Care Medicine | 2004 | 92 |
| Intraoperative sentinel node identification in early stage cervical cancer using a combination of radiolabeled albumin injection and isosulfan blue dye injection | Gynecologic Oncology | 2004 | 89 |
| Tyrosine kinase inhibitors: why does the current process of clinical development not apply to them? | Cancer Cell | 2004 | 82 |
| Admission fibrinolytic profile predicts clot lysis resistance in stroke patients treated with tissue plasminogen activator | Thrombosis and Haemostasis | 2004 | 72 |
| Comparative evaluation of the new version of the INNO-LiPA Mycobacteria and genotype Mycobacterium assays for identification of Mycobacterium species from MB/BacT liquid cultures artificially inoculated with Mycobacterial strains | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2004 | 69 |
| In human gestational diabetes mellitus congenital malformations are related to pre-pregnancy body mass index and to severity of diabetes | Diabetologia | 2004 | 65 |
| Silencing of a gene adjacent to the breakpoint of a widespread Drosophila inversion by a transposon-induced antisense RNA | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2004 | 64 |
| Dyspnoea at rest and at the end of different exercises in patients with near-fatal asthma | European Respiratory Journal | 2004 | 57 |
| Increased expression of cyclo-oxygenase 2 and vascular endothelial growth factor in lesioned spinal cord by transplanted olfactory ensheathing cells | Journal of Neurotrauma | 2004 | 57 |
| A population-based study of the costs of care for community-acquired pneumonia | European Respiratory Journal | 2004 | 56 |
