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Primary osteosarcoma of the head and neck represents 6 to 13% of osteosarcoma cases,1 and 1.7 to 5% of head and neck cancers.2 males and females are equally affected, and patients usually present in the third and fourth decades of life . Contributing factors include prior chemotherapy, radiation, and underlying patholo... |
The translation of its scientific name, linen most useful [1, 2], aptly describes its versatility and importance to world economy . Linen, the long, strong fibers from flax stems, is considered one of the earliest successes in textiles . While evidence does not exist on how early people learned to separate fibers from ... |
Occlusal adjustment can be defined as the removal of occlusal interferences, through selective tooth grinding or through the use of restorative materials . The aim of such an intervention is to obtain a stable occlusal relationship, with no premature contacts or mandibular excursion . The adjustments can be performed i... |
Gene expression levels during adipocyte differentiation were obtained by stimulating the sgbs pre - adipocyte cell line with a mix of differentiation inducing compounds and collecting rna samples at 0, 4, 8 and 12 h and on days 1, 3 and 12 of adipogenesis for hybridization on illumina ht-12 microarrays . Triplicate sam... |
Small - cell lung cancer (sclc), which comprises approximately 1015% of all lung cancers, is a neuroendocrine tumor, previously known as oat cell carcinoma, that is closely linked with tobacco smoking and characterized by an aggressive and rapid pattern of metastases, limited treatment options following progression, an... |
The successful isolation of helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) infection from the stomachs of patients with chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer disease in 1983 has fundamentally changed our concept of the etiology, pathogenesis and management of upper gastrointestinal (gi) diseases . Nowadays h. pylori is thought to be one... |
Arterial pseudoaneurysms are a well - documented occurrence in the setting of both penetrating and blunt traumatic injuries . However, traumatic lumbar artery pseudoaneurysms (lapas) are less frequent, their documentation in the literature being limited to several case reports [25]. Traumatic lapas are often accompanie... |
Trade - offs and adaptive phenotypic plasticity are central to our evolutionary understanding of biological variation in metazoan organisms . Fundamental to life history theory is the idea that, whilst natural selection acts to maximize some measure of fitness, the possible combinations of phenotypic traits that can be... |
Head and neck cancer is a major problem that occurs in asia, especially in the indian subcontinent . More than 2 lakh new cases of head and neck cancers are diagnosed each year . India contributes up to 7.8% of the global cancer burden and 8.33% of global cancer deaths . Lack of improvement in prognosis over the years ... |
To become long - term memory, newly learned information undergoes progressive changes and a stabilization process known as memory consolidation (mcgaugh, 2000; dudai, 2004). This term was proposed more than 100 years ago by muller and pilzecker (1900) to indicate that, after learning, memory is initially in a labile st... |
In recent years, several cowpox virus (cpxv) infections in humans have been described in europe [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. Cowpox virus, as well as monkeypox, vaccinia and variola virus, belong to the genus orthopoxvirus, which can infect humans . Wild rodents are considered the reservoir host of cpxv and transmission to huma... |
Portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis results from the anatomical changes and the development of contractile element in the liver vascular bed secondary to progressive hepatic fibrosis and formation of regenerative nodules [1, 2]. The increase in portal pressure triggers splanchnic vasodilation, increased cardiac outp... |
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (tc) is an increasingly reported syndrome characterized by transient apical left ventricular dysfunction in absence of low limiting coronary artery disease . Prolongation of qtc interval associated with tc has been previously reported in published case series . Bradycardia induced qt interval p... |
It is well documented that transplants save lives and improve quality of life for patients suffering from kidney, liver, and heart failure . But in many countries, moral courage and public health policies have not kept pace with need . In a recent issue of critical care, fieux and colleagues demonstrate remarkable resu... |
Cerebral small vessel disease (svd) manifests on conventional mr images (i.e. T1 and fluid attenuated inversion recovery (flair)) as white matter hyperintensities (wmh) and lacunes of presumed vascular origin (wardlaw et al ., 2013). Svd is related to cognitive impairment and may, in some, ultimately lead to dementia (... |
Nuclear remodeling relies on a timely translation of stabilized mrna transcribed at the round spermatid stage (brock et al ., 1980). The first transcripts are testis - specific core and linker histone variants (gaucher et al ., 2010, testis - specific histones have a lower affinity for dna than somatic ones (gaucher et... |
When the intervention occurred, she was 40 years old (5.5 years after stroke) and had severe paralysis in her left hand with no residual movement . She had received conventional therapy for two years and no significant functional improvement had been observed before her participation to this study . She participated in... |
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (oscc) is the most common type of cancer of the mouth, accounting for more than 90% of all malignant oral neoplasms . However, some patients develop this neoplasm without exposure to these risk factors, a fact suggesting the involvement of other etiological factors such as viral agents, par... |
Ehlers - danlos syndrome (eds) is a heterogeneous group of heritable connective tissue disorders characterized by skin hyperextensibility, joint hypermobility, easy bruising, and tissue fragility . As 1 of 6 major types of eds, vascular eds (veds) collagens provide structure and strength to connective tissue, which is ... |
A male patient, 65 years of age reported to adhiparasakthi dental college and hospital outpatient department with a chief complaint of painful swelling in the lower lip for 1 month . On intraoral examination, a well - defined sessile swelling of size 1 cm 1.5 cm was noticed in the lower lip . Secondary surface changes ... |
A 41-year - old woman presented to the outpatient ward of our hospital with a two - month history of reddish urine and blood clots on voiding and intermittent left flank pain . The medical history revealed that the patient had undergone a medical examination three years prior and results were within the normal ranges .... |
We have recently studied two cases of advanced primary duodenal adenocarcinoma (pda). In both cases, we were unable to determine the primary location of the carcinoma by contrast - enhanced computed tomography (ct). Ct images showed a large tumor (7.9 6.5 8.5 cm and 6.7 6.4 7.0 cm) of unknown origin with metastases, as... |
The availability of the mouse genome sequence and advances in genetic manipulation has resulted in multiple initiatives, both in the public and private sector, to produce mouse mutants on a large scale . Coordinated efforts are on way to systematically knock out all mouse genes to provide researchers targeting construc... |
Graves disease is a common autoimmune condition and is commonly associated with other autoimmune conditions such as myasthenia gravis, addison disease, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and vitiligo . There is also a rare but well - documented association between graves disease and thymic hyperplasia . Clinicians should be awa... |
The practice of modern pediatric dentistry requires delivery of quality care in combination with adherence to excellent business and management principles . Dentists traditionally trained in the art and science of dentistry must also become skilled in techniques of sound business management . Today's pediatric dental p... |
Endoscopic mucosal resection (emr) is widely used in western centers for the treatment of non - pedunculated colorectal adenomas> 2 cm in size . Colonic endoscopic submucosal dissection (esd) for the treatment of these adenomas is rarely performed outside of japan and korea . Emr is associated with a low risk of advers... |
No definitive treatment has been established for bleeding vesical varices . In symptomatic vesical varices, surgical devascularization, laser sclerosis, and coagulation are often only temporarily effective . As another treatment option, percutaneous transheapatic obliteration (1) and endoscopic injection of histoacryl ... |
Malaria is the most common fatal disease in the world . According to 2013 who malaria report, an estimated 3.4 billion people were at risk of malaria globally and populations living in sub - saharan africa have the highest risk of acquiring malaria . Approximately 80% of cases and 90% of deaths are estimated to occur i... |
Sudden out - of - hospital cardiac arrest (sohca) remains one of the major causes of death for men and women alike in western societies, accounting for more than 250,000 lives lost annually in the usa alone . Ironically, most cases of sohca are caused by a highly reversible yet time dependent process, namely ventricula... |
The skin forms a protective layer around the body against physical, chemical and thermal environmental challenges . In addition to providing a physical barrier, the skin is considered a sensory organ that allows the body to perceive harmful external stimuli and appropriate behavior or body movement can be initiated the... |
Inspired by the power of modularity in synthetic design and the mathematical merits of oligomerization as a central theme for molecular diversification (7, 8), we hypothesized that a new class of chiral and conformationally constrained synthetic oligomers, where chirality could be readily addressed in concert with loca... |
The numbers of hypothesis tests in science and genomics, in particular, are increasing at an ever - expanding rate . Total studies and hypothesis tests per study have both increased exponentially since the 1920s when the conventional 0.05 significance level was first adopted . Simultaneously, as technological advances ... |
Primary well - differentiated neuroendocrine tumors (wdnets) arising in the intracranial portion of the central nervous system (cns) are occasional findings . To date, less than 10 cases of cns wdnets have been reported, 3 of which originated from cerebral hemispheres or the skull base and another 3 were paragangliomas... |
, rural health issues have attracted much attention, and providing rural health care has become a concern and topic for international discussions . The health of these societies is a major concern for nurses, midwives, other health care providers and health care systems, and governments . If half of the world's populat... |
The 1970s and 1980s saw extensive research on microtubules and actin . During this period, the consensus developed that these cytoskeletal elements were unique to eukaryotes and that nothing related to tubulin or actin existed in bacteria or archaeans . This consensus was overthrown in the 1990s when a series of discov... |
Tropical calcific pancreatitis (tcp) is chronic pancreatitis of uncertain etiology, usually presenting with the classical features of pain abdomen and steatorrhea in childhood or adolescence, with evidence of pancreatic calculi along with atrophic pancreas on imaging, found predominantly in the tropical and subtropical... |
We included publications on randomized phase 3 clinical trials comparing gefitinib, erlotinib, or afatinib with chemotherapy or one egfr - tki with another as first - line therapy in patients with advanced nsclc whose tumors present with an egfr - activating mutation . Studies were included if they contained only patie... |
Motor neuron innervation is the most relevant maturation event in skeletal muscle development since muscle physiology, also accounting for locomotion and breath, depends on it . Innervation implies sophisticated interactions between motor neuron axons and end plates on the muscle fibers, thus resulting in a development... |
Health care delivery in germany is highly fragmented, resulting in poor vertical and horizontal integration and a system that is focused on curing single diseases instead of managing patient populations . While it is now widely accepted that a strong primary care system can help to improve coordination and responsivene... |
Our previous analysis for cis - regulatory elements was unable to elucidate the mechanism regulating the gene expression pattern in 1-cell embryos, except for the gc - rich nature of regions upstream of active genes [11, 12]. Since there is no cis - regulatory element specific to 1-cell embryos, it is possible that the... |
Infections are important causes of mortality and morbidity in the world . Out of 4 million annual neonatal deaths, they also cause anxiety and stress in parents and other family members . Therefore, infection control is of high importance to save patients and provide hospitalized infants with optimal life conditions . ... |
In the last two decades motivation theory has reached developments of paramount importance for psychology and neuroscience . Incentive motivation theory was a crucial crossroads along the way the led to such important developments . Incentive motivation concepts rose in the 1960s when several new realizations about bra... |
Since their introduction in 1972, glass ionomer (gi) cements have been widely used as dental restorative materials, in particular in restoration of cervical lesions . Despite the advantages associated with the use of conventional gi (cgi) cements as; their chemical bonding efficacy to tooth substrate, long - term fluor... |
A number of possible etiological factors have been incriminated that possibly initiate the formation and growth of opll and maturation of clinical symptoms . The vertical, cross - sectional, and horizontal extents of opll have implications in surgical decision - making . While a successful clinical outcome may be encou... |
Recent advances made in nanotechnology and in molecular and biomolecular chemistry have resulted in the design of supramolecular and biologically inspired systems capable of showing inventive related functions that fuel areas such as bioengineering, biosensing, and bionanotechnology into new horizons.1 in this context,... |
The tridimensional structure of the transmembrane core of some kv channels has been solved at high resolution (jian et al ., 2003; long et al ., 2005a, 2007). Given the overall identity and primary structure conservation of these protein segments, it is reasonable to assume that all of the kv family members would share... |
Parkinson's disease (pd) is the second - most common neurodegenerative disease, and its motor characteristics include resting tremors, rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability it has been suggested that losses in proprioception may result from a lack of proper regulation of motor control and body reflexes . For... |
Health care is becoming more patient - centered, or at least that goal is being more widely articulated . Patients' preferences and rights to play a central role in health care decisions are being more widely discussed . One area in which patient values are extremely important deals with the relative emphasis placed on... |
Unintentional spinal block occurs if the medication intended to be placed in the epidural space enters the intrathecal space.1 this is a serious complication that requires immediate diagnosis and prompt cardiopulmonary resuscitation.2,3 in the obstetric population, this can lead to severe fetal compromise necessitating... |
Neuroendocrine tumours (net) of the ampulla of vater are considered to be an exceptional pathology . A total of 139 net of the ampulla of vater (carcinoids and high - grade neuroendocrine carcinomas) were identified between 1973 and 2006 in a recent analysis of the surveillance, epidemiology and end results program of ... |
The rat genome has been sequenced and assembled, creating a need for rat gene nomenclature . The obvious source of gene nomenclature for the rat would seem to be the mouse genome . This logic has led to an automated naming of rat genes--leading to problems of two kinds . Genes from both rat and mouse were sequenced and... |
Aging of the population is a worldwide phenomenon that is accompanied by a series of modifications to several physiological parameters, such as a progressive increase in fat mass and a decrease in lean body mass.1 however, these alterations are not linear and must be constantly monitored.24 in elderly individuals, chan... |
During the past 5 years, great strides have been made in unraveling the complex interplay of factors that are responsible for initiating and maintaining atrial fibrillation (af). According to our present understanding of af (which is still in its infancy), af is initiated by a number of possible supraventricular tachya... |
Fixation - off sensitivity (fos) is an interesting electroencephalography (eeg) phenomenon elicited by the elimination of central vision and fixation . Fixation - off sensitivity can act as a seizure trigger in patients with panayiotopoulos syndrome (ps) and more frequently in patients with idiopathic childhood occipit... |
Pelvic insufficiency fractures are common in female patients with osteoporosis and mostly occurred by trivial injury or slip down . As elderly population increases if pelvic insufficiency fractures occur in elderly population, it leads to increase in dependency by mobility reduction in patients and then mortality rate ... |
Fragile x syndrome (fxs) is the most common inherited form of intellectual disability (i d) affecting ~1/4000 males and ~1/5000 to 1/8000 females (refs 1, 2) and is caused by the full - mutation (fm,> 200 repeats) hyperexpansion of (cgg)n triplet - repeat sequence in the 5-untranslated region of the x - linked fragile ... |
Primary producers play critical structural and functional roles in aquatic ecosystems; therefore, it is imperative that the potential risks of toxicants to aquatic plants are adequately assessed in the risk assessment of chemicals . The standard required macrophyte test species is the floating (non - sediment - rooted)... |
The insulin - producing -cells are the most abundant cell type residing in the islets of langerhans, which are microorgans that are scattered throughout the exocrine tissue and represent only 1 to 2% of the total organ mass . -cell replacement is considered the best therapeutic option, given the capacity of this partic... |
This paper proposes theoretical work that introduces powerful algorithms of molecular computation that could potentially compromise the security that is afforded by certain cryptography algorithms . Molecular computation involves biochemistry and dna rather than silicon chips to tackle formidable computations . Theoret... |
In north american and european studies, cognitive impairment occurs in 40%65% of patients with multiple sclerosis (ms).1 cognitive decline appears in ms patients in the early stage of the disease and impacts social functioning and employment,2,3 but rarely progresses to dementia.4 attention deficit may be an important ... |
We established and sampled 10 mark - recapture sites within and adjacent to rnbm during 20032007 . Sampling of grids depended upon weather conditions, the purpose of the grid, and transitory human settlements . Each mark - recapture grid consisted of an 11 11 array of trap stations spaced 10 m apart, each of which had ... |
Self - medication is defined as the consumption of medicinal products with the purpose of treating diseases or symptoms, or even promoting health, without a prescription provided by a medical professional. (12) the prevalenceof the practice of self - medication depends on many factors like nature of the disease, educat... |
Obesity is understood to be the result of complex socioecological factors and interventions that target multiple levels of the socioecological framework, including individual, social, built environment, and policy factors, are more likely to be successful [13]. However, the effectiveness of civic engagement projects an... |
The human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) pandemic continues to be a major public health threat in the world . Since its recognition, hiv has claimed> 34 million lives worldwide and ~36.9 million people were living with hiv by the end of 2014.1 sub - saharan africa accounts for 70% of the world hiv / aids infections and d... |
All the materials used in the experiment were analytical grade . Zinc acetate, zinc nitrate hexahydrate and ammonium hydroxide were purchased from sigma aldrich, uk . Zno nanowires were grown on glass substrates using the hydrothermal synthesis method (18). 10 mm zinc acetate was drop casted on the glass substrates and... |
Rapid maxillary expansion (rme) is a widely used treatment method to widen the maxillary arch . It operates through moving the right and left maxillary segments apart by opening the mid - palatal suture as well as by buccal tilting of the premolars and molars . Many studies have evaluated the effects of rme, with bande... |
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (hus) is a common cause of acute renal failure and microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia (maha). It is associated with infections (shiga toxin - producing bacteria in diarrhoea - positive hus and streptococcus pneumoniae). Less commonly, it is caused by defects in complement regulation, termed... |
However, masses> 6 cm can be successfully treated using the laparoscopic approach as well, replicating principles of open surgical oncology . Splenorenal and splenoparietal ligaments are dissected during ltla with the lateral approach, and if necessary, the left colic flexure is mobilized . The middle adrenal vein is i... |
Early repair is important because of risks of incarceration and strangulation of abdominal contents along with respiratory and cardiovascular compromise . Minimally invasive techniques have been useful for diagnosis and treatment of diaphragmatic hernias in both blunt and penetrating trauma . We present the case of a 5... |
All - trans - retinoic acid (atra) is a family of signalling molecules that are chemically related to vitamin a (retinol). Atra has potent in vitro effects on a number of processes involved in vascular injury and repair, such as modulating smooth muscle cell (smc) proliferation and inducing smc differentiation [14]. Re... |
Driven in part by the human genome1,2 and the hapmap project,3,4 it is now possible to genotype over one million single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) across the human genome in a single assay . These technologies have made it possible to genotype thousands of cases and controls for any disease and laid the foundation... |
With reference to the findings of contemporary medicine, diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disorder . This complication which is resulted from insulin insufficiency or dysfunction may cover over 5.4% of population or 57.2 million people by the year 2025 . Although the pathophysiology of diabetes is not yet well u... |
It represents a key animal model, with vertebrate - like characteristics as a dorsal nerve cord, a notochord, segmental muscles, pharyngeal gill slits and a post - anal tail, but it is by far less complex than vertebrates . The genetic programs patterning the amphioxus embryo are also similar to those of vertebrates' e... |
In a study in the previous issue of critical care, thooft and colleagues investigated the impact of increasing mean arterial pressure (map) by norepinephrine (ne) on systemic hemodynamics and organ perfusion in a series of patients with septic shock . The increase in map from 65 to 85 mm hg was associated with increase... |
The present study aims to evaluate the epidemiological profile of the 277 patients who suffered facial fractures and were treated at the hospital do trabalhador in curitiba in the state of parana, in 2010, with an emphasis on variables such as gender, age, cause, and anatomical sites of fractures, and compared with cli... |
Well into its third decade, the hiv / aids epidemic continues to pose a major public health challenge . Currently, unaids estimates that 40 million persons are living with the disease worldwide and that there are more than 20 million related deaths . The caribbean region hosts the highest incidence rates for hiv / aids... |
Seroprevalence among participants of the german health interview and examination survey for adults (degs). This nationwide cross - sectional survey assessed the health status of 18- to 79-year - old persons in germany during 20082011 (10). Survey weights based on age, sex, residence in western or eastern germany, and n... |
Eighteen nine - week - old sprague - dawley rats were purchased from charles river, inc (yokohama, japan), and were used in the present study . Rats were kept in isolators at a temperature of 23 2c, and a relative humidity of 55 10%, on a 12/12 h dark / light cycle (06:0018:00) with air exchanged 12 times or more per h... |
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a syndrome with transient systolic dysfunction of the left ventricle in the absence of significant coronary artery obstruction . The contractile function of the mid and apical segments of the left ventricle is classically depressed and there is hyperkinesis of the basal segments . Takotsubo ... |
Chilblain lupus erythematosus is a chronic form of lupus erythematosus seen especially in women, affecting the fingertips, rims of ears, calves, and heels . Chle lesions may be clinically indistinguishable from simple chilblains or perniosis, which is seen in healthy individuals . Hence, having an understanding of this... |
The corpus cavernosum tissue consists of endothelial - lined sinusoidal structures surrounded by a specialized type of smooth muscle cells called corporal smooth muscle . Normal erectile function involves a coordinated relaxation of the cavernous arteries, cavernous sinusoidal endothelium, and the sinusoidal smooth mus... |
Zizyphus lotus (z. lotus), also known as jujube, belongs to the angiosperm rhamnaceae family . This family includes about 135170 species of zizyphus . As a tropical and subtropical plant, z. lotus grows generally in arid and semiarid countries and is widely distributed in china, iran, africa, south korea, and europe li... |
Liver metastases are being diagnosed at earlier stages because of high - quality imaging techniques and regular follow - ups . Among colorectal cancer cases, liver is the common site of metastasis . Colorectal liver metastasis (clm) is diagnosed in 20% of cases simultaneously with initial cancer because of their asympt... |
Age - related macular degeneration (amd) is the main cause of legal blindness (visual acuity lower than 20/200) in the western world in people aged over 55 years . It is a degenerative and progressive macular disease that results in loss of central vision with significant functional impairment . The most severe vision ... |
Over the last twenty years a number of scholars have been calling for a bioethics that is culturally sensitive . Many have been critical of traditional bioethics, arguing that it is dominated by the principles and methods of anglo - american philosophy which are too abstract and insensitive to social and cultural reali... |
Primary salivary gland carcinomas with neuroendocrine differentiation are rare accounting for 3.5% of all malignant tumors and less than 1% of all carcinomas of parotid gland . Nicod reported the first case of carcinoid tumor of the parotid gland in a 51 year old lady . Following this there have been occasional reports... |
Orthotopic liver transplant remains the treatment of choice for fulminant or acute liver failure and end - stage chronic liver deficiency . Etiologies of these liver failures are numerous, ranging from metabolic liver diseases, infectious causes, nonlife compatible large hepatectomy to alcohol hepatic pathology and oth... |
Perception of healthy body size and composition differs considerably across the globe, ethnic groups, cultures, and even inside medical community . During lifetime, these clearly represent a major health problem worldwide with over a billion persons, mostly women and children, suffering from hunger . More persons die f... |
The quest for ideal fillers for soft tissue augmentation has resulted in the development of many diverse products with divergent augmentation strategies and mechanisms of action . This is partially a testament to the fact that no one product will ideally suit the desires of all patients and all clinicians . Moreover, t... |
The morphology of the root canal systems of mandibular molars may vary according to ethnic differences and origin, age, gender, and study design . The knowledge of morphological characteristics and variations of root canal plays an important role in the success of endodontic diagnosis and treatment . The quality of roo... |
Portal hypertension (ph) is a common clinical syndrome defined as the elevation of hepatic venous pressure gradient (hvpg) above 5 mm hg . Ph is caused by a combination of two simultaneous occurring hemodynamic processes: (1) increased intrahepatic resistance to passage of blood flow through the liver due to cirrhosis ... |
The posterior parietal cortex (ppc) of primates has been shown to be important for multisensory space representation and the control of goal directed action (culham et al ., traditionally, ppc has been considered a key node of the dorsal visual stream involved in the vision for action neural processing (goodale and mil... |
The function of the metalloenzyme sod1 is to convert superoxide, a toxic by - product of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, to water or hydrogen peroxide . However, alteration in wild type sod1 expression or mutations in the gene have been held responsible for the activation of catabolic pathways associated with ... |
The implantation of polyether - polyurethane synthetic matrix has been used as a framework to induce fibrovascular tissue growth that has similarities with tissue formed in the physiological and pathological processes where angiogenesis, inflammation, and fibrogenesis are important concurrent processes . This model pro... |
Expression profiles were generated using affymetrix u133 plusv2 (mrna human) and 430v2 (mrna mouse) arrays and agilent mirna arrays (human). Expression profiles of 53 human medulloblastomas and 76 glioblastomas were obtained from previously published studies29,30 . Cnas were validated by real - time pcr (see supplement... |
We discuss the management of a patient after its recurrence, involving the upper respiratory tract i.e. Nasopharynx and oropharynx, which compromised the airway . The patient was referred for anesthesia on three different occasions with different presentations owing to the recurrence of symptoms . The presence of an or... |
Closure of wounds to achieve an esthetically pleasing result has always been a challenge . Since time immemorial the introduction of tissue adhesives heralded the era of suture free closures which led to better results . The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of octyl- 2-cyanoacrylate with that of the convent... |
Mesothelial cells (mc), which form the innermost monolayer of the peritoneal cavity, are critical in morphological and functional alterations of the peritoneal membrane in patients who undergo peritoneal dialysis (pd). They are a major source of intraperitoneal monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (mcp-1) which is a chem... |
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