Although the adequacy of the Taiwanese diet is debatable, studies done in experimental animals have shown that severe protein deficiencies can impair arsenic methylation and excretion (Tice et al. 1997; Vahter and Marafante 1987).
8 How this influences the children and parents involved is debatable, but studies report both positive and negative consequences.
But whether milk can induce sleep is debatable, and studies suggest that if it does, the effect has little to do with tryptophan.
Factors contributing to recurrence are debatable among studies; more recent reports include: young age, aneurysmal bone cyst components, aggressiveness, anatomic site and inadequate surgery[ 20, 22 ].
The role of UVRAG in autophagy is debatable, with studies showing both a positive role (Liang et al, 2006) and no role (Itakura et al, 2008; Knævelsrud et al, 2010; Jiang et al, 2014).
In the eye, whether astrocytes become proliferative or not is debatable since a study on an animal model for spontaneous glaucoma reported non-proliferative gliosis [9], while investigations using an induced model of rat glaucoma reported proliferative gliosis [10], [11].
The parasite-avoidance hypothesis of sex remains debatable, but many studies of how animals choose their mates at least partly support it.
Local steroid injection in the acute phase is a debatable topic, as studies have shown it to have positive [35] or no effect [44], or even a negative effect in the form of stopping reabsorption of the deposits [45].
The lack of reliable information about comorbidities and tumor stages makes the conclusions of these studies debatable.
Seasonal variation in MRSA is debatable with some studies documenting spring [ 39] or summer [ 40, 41] with increased MRSA rates.
Hence, the routine use of DEB-TACE in clinical practice is debatable, unless further studies can identify patient subgroups in which its use is more beneficial for outcome.
