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Control mastery theory (cmt) is a dynamic - cognitive - relational psychotherapy grounded on the premise that psychopathology is caused by pathogenic beliefs . Pathogenic beliefs are the incapacitating and dysfunctional concepts of oneself and others that interfere with healthy interpersonal functioning.1 they are patt... |
Lean muscle mass declines with aging to 25% at 7580 years old, and it is typically offset by gains in fat mass; in addition, there is a relatively greater decrease in peripheral fat mass compared with the central one.1 these age - related body composition changes are associated with negative health outcomes in elderly.... |
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (dress) syndrome is a rare but life - threatening reaction to drugs such as carbamazepine and allopurinol . The condition is characterized by skin rashes, fever, hematological disturbances, lymphadenopathy, and organ failure, most probably hepatic dysfunction . To d... |
Nodular colloid degeneration (ncd) is a rare cutaneous deposition disorder characterized by a single large nodule or multiple soft to rubbery plaques or nodules occurring over sun - exposed regions . Histologically, there are masses of amorphous, eosinophilic material expanding the papillary dermis, resembling amyloid ... |
Pharmacovigilance is defined as a multidisciplinary field which studies the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding, and prevention of adverse reactions of drugs . Pharmacovigilance system in turkey was started in 2005 as turkey pharmacovigilance centre (tufam), a part of ministry of... |
Primary non - hodgkin's lymphoma (nhl) of the bone is rare, accounting for <5% . In 1963, the most common manifestations are pain and swelling in the jaw bone, but it is often clinically diagnosed as a dental infection . Hence, the diagnosis of lymphoma in jaw bone is often delayed . Biopsy is considered when there is ... |
Ensuring proper anchorage is a major concern when orthodontic forces are applied . On the basis of newton's third law, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, the impact of which is often undesirable during orthodontic treatment . In their efforts to eliminate or restrict such undesirable parameters, ... |
Patients with ra have systemic inflammation, as well as increased morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease [1, 2]. Various risk factors have been identified that contribute to atherosclerosis in ra patients [3, 4]. Recent years have seen increased attention devoted to inflammation associated insulin resistan... |
It is essential for all living organisms to warrant accurate functioning and propagation of their genetic information . However, the genome is constantly exposed to various environmental and endogenous agents, which produce a large variety of dna lesions (figure 1) [1, 2]. Environmental damage can be induced by several... |
The aged population is expanding and many countries are facing one quarter of their population being over aged 65 in the next 2030 years [1, 2]. A global ageing society has encouraged stakeholders to think resourcefully about the changing needs of the elderly including the provision of home and community - based servic... |
To potentially carry zoonotic diseases, fleas cause skin irritations due to their bites, including in some animals an allergic dermatitis (the so - called flea allergic dermatitis or fad) [6, 7]. Fad is the most common allergic skin disease of dogs and cats, although its frequency varies according to geographical locat... |
In a previously published double - blind, placebo - controlled trial in ms patients using ifnb therapy, we found that 20,000 iu of vitamin d3 once weekly increased the mean circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin d (25(oh)d) from 54 nmol / l to 110 nmol / l over one year . This increase resulted in significantly fewer gadolinium... |
Oxygen is required for all living organisms for their survival . However, at the same time it is potentially toxic . It is vital to life, but at the same time because of it's highly reactive nature it is capable of becoming a part of the potentially damaging molecules called free radicals . Oxygen is the ultimate elect... |
Recent technical advance enables noninvasive screening of arterial stiffness, and an increase in arterial stiffness is a character of atherosclerosis [19]. Pulse wave velocity both pwv and ai predict cardiovascular survival in patients with hypertension or renal insufficiency [49]. Recently, ascot - cafe study has clea... |
Dementia is one of the most serious conditions associated with longevity, and represents a pressing public health problem . Alzheimer's disease (ad) is the most common form of dementia, affecting millions of people around the world . Ad is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, resulting in a gradual, irreversible l... |
Lateral ankle sprain (las) is one of the common injuries experienced in sport . Instability associated with las is classified into three types: structural, functional, and both structural and functional instability1 . Structural instability (si) is a deviation from the normal physiological range of motion . In contrast... |
Discovery of the triplet code 40 years ago has been an event of such intellectual power that nobody, even with very open mind, could then imagine that there could be something else in the sequences, despite the irritating fact that the triplet code turned out to be degenerate . That is, the code allows for some dna seq... |
Urinary tract infection (uti) is a common health problem during the childhood period and it is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the first 2 years of life [14]. The reported incidence of uti is 7% among girls and 2% among boys during the first 6 years of life . The main objects in childhood urinary tract... |
In turkey a kind of smokeless tobacco called maras powder has a lot of addicts in the city of kahramanmara and its surroundings [13]. The leaves of nicotina rustica l. are powdered, mixed, crushed with the ash obtained from the oak, walnut tree, or vine stick in the proportion of 1/2 or 1/3, and humidified a little bef... |
Adipocytes as a part of the endocrine system secrete several proteins called adipokines into the bloodstream . Adipokines consist of leptin, adiponectin, interleukin (il)-6, tumor necrosis factor (tnf), resistin, and visfatin . These proteins play roles in different processes such as food intake, insulin - related func... |
Erythema ab igne is a reticular, telangiectatic, pigmented dermatosis which occurs following prolonged and repeated exposure to infrared radiation that is insufficient to produce a burn . It is frequently encountered in cold climates where people use various devices for heating purposes . The use of laptop computers ha... |
Reproductive tract infections (rtis) are recognized as a public health problem and rank second - after maternal morbidity and mortality - as the cause of healthy life loss among women of reproductive age in developing countries . Reproductive tract infections include endogenous infections, iatrogenic infections and sex... |
Endocrine changes in the form of thyroid, adrenal, gonadal, bone, and metabolic dysfunction, have all been reported in both early and late stages of hiv infection . There may be primary endocrine dysfunction as a result of direct effect of hiv as well as secondary endocrine dysfunction due to indirect effects of cytoki... |
Diabetic patients who have recurrence of their pedal ulceration following tal need to be reassessed . Several studies have noted that the strongest predictor of complete healing of a diabetic ulceration is the 4-week percentage change in wound area (3, 5, 8, 11). Persistent ulcerations after surgical intervention need ... |
Anti - glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody (gad - ab)-associated cerebellar ataxia is a rare neurological disorder characterized by cerebellar symptoms concomitant with high gad - ab levels in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (csf). We report on 2 female siblings (aged 74 and 76 years) presenting with gradual progression... |
Currently, there are two surgical treatment options for carotid artery stenosis, carotid endarterectomy (cea) and carotid artery stenting (cas). Cea has long been established as the gold standard for treatment of severe symptomatic carotid artery stenosis.6)9)18)23)29)32) as cas has become an alternative treatment opti... |
Dementias due to neurodegenerative diseases are frequent in the elderly population but at the same time, vascular pathology is prevalent in the same age groups, too . Vascular factors contribute to ad pathology and perivascular a amyloid deposits have been observed in both ad and vascular dementia (vad). The correct id... |
Microbial pathogens transmitted by hematophagous arthropods are responsible for some of the most devastating human diseases and the design of vaccines to control them represents one of the main collective efforts in global health . These arthropod - borne diseases (abds) are caused by hundreds of species of viruses, ba... |
Hepatitis b is an infectious disease, associated with an estimated 350 million chronically infected patients . The virus has a partially double - stranded dna with core antigen surrounded by a shell containing surface antigen (hbsag). Antibody to hbsag (anti - hbs) appears after clearance of hbsag or after immunization... |
It is well - known that crystalline materials obtain their fundamental physical properties from the molecular arrangement within the solid, and altering the placement and/or interactions between these molecules can, and usually does, have a direct impact on the properties of the particular solid. (1) currently, solid -... |
Approximately one third of the world s population is infected with tuberculosis (tb) bacilli and at risk of developing active tb (3). Smear - positive pulmonary tb (ptb) constitutes 34% of new tb cases and is most likely a source of tb transmission in the community (4). In 2010, there were an estimated 12 million tb ca... |
The north american association of central cancer registries reported in the period from 1992 to 1997 more than 1.6 million females with the diagnosis of cancer . Of these, 67,746 were ovarian cancers, 1563 (or 2.3%) of which occurred in patients younger than 25 . Close to 50% (780 cases) were reported in women aged 20 ... |
Details on real - time quantitative reverse transcription - pcr (qrt - pcr) and primers are provided with supplementary material, table s1, and details on immunoblotting, flow cytometry, and elisa are provided in supplementary material, note 2 . The nonsilencing control (#rhs4348) and the silencing microrna - adapted s... |
Important risk factors for thoracic actinomycosis are underlying respiratory disorders such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis.different ct patterns can be distinguished in thoracic actinomycosis: parenchymal, bronchiectatic, endobronchial and extrapulmonary.typical ct findings in the parenchymal pattern are a central... |
Surgery for pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer (crc) is indicated for selected patients who meet conventional criteria as follows: (1) the metastases seem to be technically resectable; (2) the general and functional risks are tolerable; (3) the primary tumor is controlled; (4) no active extrathoracic lesions a... |
Frazer, pa, usa) is a wakefulness - promoting medication that is structurally different from the classical stimulants (methylphenidate, amphetamines, and pemoline; see figure 1). Besides being structurally unique, the neurophysiological properties of modafinil are also unique in comparison with sympathomimetic stimulan... |
Dystonias are severe disorders causing involuntary contraction of the skeletal muscles, abnormal posture, and severe pain or discomfort . The most commonly reported type of focal, segmental, multifocal, generalized, or ipsilateral dystonia is cervical dystonia (cd), which particularly affects the muscles controlling th... |
Feeding through a gastrostomy has become the most accepted method for patient support, in any case of long- or medium long - term need for enteral nutrition . From the time of the first percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (peg), as early as 1985, endoscopic gastrostomy placement has almost totally replaced surgical, du... |
The concept of targeted drug delivery (tdd) implies selective accumulation of a drug within the affected tissue after systemic administration of the carrier - bound drug with the minimal possible side effects on irrelevant organs and tissues.1 the idea of tdd was first introduced by paul erlich in 1906, who put forward... |
Hip fractures represent one of the most common injuries in the elderly and are associated with a high incidence of complications and mortality . Hip fracture surgery is the mainstay treatment, and lung infections are the most common postoperative complication associated with this procedure, contributing to increased ho... |
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (pah) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (cteph), both part of different groups of pulmonary hypertension (ph), are fatal, rare diseases, with an overall prevalence of 1550 individuals per million for pah, whereas the incidence of cteph is more uncertain [1, 2]. In 2013, i... |
Henoch - schnlein purpura (hsp), a systemic iga vascultitis, is uncommon in adults, with an incidence rate of 0.1 to 1.2 per million in adults over 20 years old . This vasculitic syndrome can present as an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction in older patients . We report a case of an older woman with hsp presentin... |
Dental implant has been recognized as an effective rehabilitation method for edentulous area, and the success rate of dental implant is very high.123 dental implants are becoming more popular, and the major expenses are being invested in materials and components used to make implant prosthesis . Different abutments can... |
A 71-year old male caucasian presented in 2013 with myasthenic syndrome and rapidly progressive proximal tetraparesis, dropped head syndrome and dysphagia . 0.40nmol / l) but no pathological decrement of the orbicular and trapezius muscle was measured and no diurnal or exercise dependent weakness was noted in the repet... |
The microsporodia having more than 160 genera and 1300 species has been determined from insects and other species (13). The most majority of nosema species from microsporidia are parasitic for invertabrate (4). In honey bees, n. apis and n.ceranae previously, it was thought that n. apis, caused nosema disease, was spec... |
We studied six cycle tracks in montreal that are two - way on one side of the street . Each cycle track was compared with one or two reference streets without bicycle facilities that were considered alternative bicycling routes . One reference street was a continuation of the street with the cycle track; the remaining ... |
Vitrectomy surgery has emerged as a cornerstone for treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy and its complications . Advances in surgical techniques and equipment continue to evolve and shape up the future of this modality of treatment . The use of anti- vascular endothelial growth factor (anti - vegf) agents as... |
Imatinib (also known as sti571 or gleevec) is one of the great success stories of cancer therapy and is a milestone in small - molecule drug discovery and molecular targeted therapies . Imatinib is the current first - line therapy for all stages of chronic myelogenous leukemia (cml), in which the chronic phase of the d... |
The eight single - stranded rna segments of the influenza virus genome (vrna) are individually packaged in rod - shaped ribonucleoprotein particles (rnps). Within the rnp, the conserved 3 and 5 ends of each vrna segment (the promoter) are bound to the viral - rna - dependent rna polymerase, and the rest of the vrna is ... |
Although accounting for 1% of all hernias they account for up to 5.8% of all bowel obstructions and as such are of significant clinical importance . Congenital internal hernias can be classified as either paraduodenal (5055%), pericecal (1015%), foramen of winslow (610%), transmesenteric and transmesocolic (810%), para... |
Down syndrome (ds) is the most frequent human aneuploidy (1/800 births). Ds is characterized, in part, by cognitive impairment, which is present to some degree of severity in all affected individuals, and by neuropathological alterations similar to those observed in the brains of alzheimer's disease patients (over 40 y... |
Pazopanib is a multi - targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor (tki) that inhibits vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) and platelet - derived growth factor (pdgf) (1). A phase iii study on renal cell carcinoma (2) and soft - tissue sarcomas such as leiomyosarcoma and synovial sarcoma (3) showed that pazopanib prolonge... |
The wada test has been used since the early 1960s for pre - surgical assessment of language lateralization . It consists of an injection of amobarbital into the left or right carotid artery of the patient to temporarily deactivate cerebral activity in the ipsilateral perfused hemisphere . This procedure is followed by ... |
Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm (spn) is a rare exocrine tumor of the pancreas, with 2 - 3% incidence rate among primary pancreatic tumors and 10 - 15% incidence rate among cystic tumors of the pancreas . Because of its rarity, the literature contains few reports of this tumor; however, reports regarding fluorodeoxygluc... |
The progressive aging of society is leading to an increase in the prevalence of hearing loss worldwide . Although hearing loss is not directly life threatening, it may impair social functioning and quality of life, causing isolation, frustration, and impaired communication [16]. Meanwhile, several studies have revealed... |
Selective estrogen receptor modulators (serms) either synthetic or natural, such as phytoestrogens, are candidates for the treatment or the prevention of cognitive and affective disorders in men and women [15]. Several studies have shown that some synthetic serms, such as tamoxifen, raloxifene, or bazedoxifene [629], s... |
Obesity is a chronic disease which may have a major negative effect on the people's quality of life (qol). Our country, iran, is considered as a country in the nutrition transition which follows the western lifestyle like the other developing countries . On the other hand, iran had the third position in publication abo... |
A 32-year - old man (height 168 cm, weight 66 kg) was presented for a hand - assisted laparoscopic left nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma . He was also diagnosed with diabetes mellitus 6 months ago, and his blood sugar levels have been well controlled by metformin . He fasted for more than 8 hours before surgery and... |
They laid eggs, as is still done by the duck - billed platypus and both the long- and short - beaked echidnas (1). At the time of ancestral mammals, 220 million years ago, the fundamentals of immunity as we know it were already in place (2). It was within this context that mammalian viviparity and placental reproductio... |
Odonates were collected by aerial net at 11 waterbodies in greenville co., sc, and pickens co., sc, at approximately weekly intervals, from may to august 2014 . Sites ranged in size and ecology from lake oolenoy at table rock state park which is large (27.1 ha), deep, and surrounded by intact woodland to a small (0.1 h... |
Giant cell granuloma is a relatively common tumor - like lesion of the oral cavity . The peripheral variant of giant cell granuloma (pgcg) is probably a reactive lesion and is caused by local irritation or trauma . Central giant cell granuloma (cgcg) is less common than the peripheral variant and grows centrally in the... |
Mri images of patients were spatially normalized into a standard stereotaxic space for quantitative comparison of tumor location (spm5; www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm). Radiologists masked to patient subtype determined the 3-dimensional location of the tumor or surgical cavity relative to predefined anatomical landmarks . T... |
Esophageal motility disorders consist of a complicated array of disturbances associated with dysphagia, gastroesophageal reflux, and noncardiac chest pain.1 the named esophageal motility disorders - achalasia, diffuse esophageal spasm, nutcracker esophagus, and the hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter - are characte... |
Deglutition is a complex neuromuscular function involving structures in the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, and esophagus . Normal deglutition is generally described in terms of 4 stages: the oral preparatory stage, oral stage, pharyngeal stage, and esophageal stage . While the first 2 stages are under voluntary control,... |
A 3-month - old female child weighing 4.6 kg was referred to us with the provisional diagnosis of a ventricular septal defect in the status of congestive heart failure under medication with furosemide (2.8 mg three times a day), spironolactone (6.25 mg once a day), and digitalis (10 mcg twice a day). The echocardiogram... |
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that affects approximately 1% of the population worldwide.1 nakane et al2 reported that prevalence rates for schizophrenia in japan ranged from 0.19% to 1.79% and morbidity risk rates ranged from 0.35% to 2.48% . They remarked that when compared with mean values from other count... |
Can -blockers improve outcomes in septic patients with myocardial depression? In the previous issue of critical care, schmittinger and colleagues discuss the results of treating myocardial depression in septic shock patients with the combination of milrinone and metoprolol . Support included volume infusion, treatment ... |
Colorectal cancer is a common disease . According to the ministry of health, labour and welfare, cancer has been the most common cause of death in japan since 2013; colorectal cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer - related death in women . Colonoscopy plays a critical role in the early detection and treatment of... |
Participants were recruited via advertisements approved by the institutional review board (irb), community social / wellness directors, and lectures on aging given by senior investigators on the project . The methods for this investigation were approved by our institutional irb for human subject research . The inclusio... |
The t wave represents the period of ventricular repolarization on the surface electrocardiogram (ecg) that occurs during ventricular diastole . Abnormalities of the t wave on the ecg often provide valuable clues to underlying pathology in cardiac illness as well as systemic syndromes . Giant negative t waves (gnts) def... |
One of the major shortcomings of all resin - based composites (rbcs) is that they undergo polymerization shrinkage upon curing . The resulting volumetric contraction produces stress between the bonded restorations and tooth walls, resulting in gap formation and microleakage . This can lead to post - operative sensitivi... |
Frozen shoulder is an idiopathic and progressive disease, which is identified by pain and decreased range of motion (rom) of the shoulder and shoulder joint capsule fibrosis . Adhesive capsulitis occurs in approximately 2 - 5% of the general population which is 2 - 4 times more common in women than men, and is most fre... |
Health information organizations (hios) combine prescription information purchased from pharmacies with anonymized patient medical records purchased from health insurance companies to determine which drugs individual physicians prefer for specific diagnoses and patient populations . This information is used to tailor m... |
The lack of access to surgical care accounts for a high number of disability - adjusted life years (dalys), defined as years of healthy life lost . Who estimates that 2 billion people have no access to basic surgical care and that surgery could be used to cure 11% of the global burden of disease . Surgical humanitarian... |
Bone is one of the naturally occurring composite materials that still does not have an artificial correspondent.1 the interdependence between its morphology and properties is well understood, and two types of bone structures these different morphologies seem to be induced by piezoelectricity, with cortical bone being a... |
Idiopathic (primary) hyperhidrosis is defined as excessive sweating with no clear cause . Excessive palmoplantar, axillae, facial, or cervical region sweating in idiopathic hyperhidrosis usually occurs bilaterally and causes social, psychological, emotional, and professional difficulties for the afflicted . The inciden... |
Systemic immunoglobulin light - chain (al) amyloidosis is a disorder of plasma cells characterized by the deposition of amyloid fibrils in various organs, eventually leading to organ dysfunction and death . Once a diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis has been established, survival time is limited . Of late, novel agents su... |
Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (pha1) is a rare disease manifested by mineralocorticoid resistance of the kidney and/or other mineralocorticoid target tissues . Despite very high plasma aldosterone and renin levels, patients with pha1 have excessive salt wasting (1,2,3). The systemic form of pha is inherited in an auto... |
Health care in poland remains the responsibility of various sectors, but it is carried out principally by the social security system . Most aspects of the general health care framework were founded in 1997 by article 68 of the constitution which states that: (a) everyone has a right to health care . (b) citizens, regar... |
The histone deacetylase inhibitors (hdaci) suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (saha, vorinostat, zolinza) and depsipeptide (romidepsin, istodax) have been approved by the us food and drug administration (fda) for the treatment of refractory cutaneous t - cell lymphoma, in 2006 and 2009, respectively [1, 2]. Further, at le... |
Since the first description of laparoscopic appendectomy by semm in 1983, several laparoscopic techniques have evolved to attain stump closure . Surgeons can choose between clip, stapler, endoloops [2, 3], or simple sutures as in open surgery . Commonly, endoloops or endostaplers are used for closing the stump of the a... |
Current adult dental health surveys indicate a significant decline in the rate of complete edentulism and growing trend of retaining teeth later in life than ever before . Such trend reflects the rapid advancement in dental care along with increased awareness of oral health among the public in our contemporary world . ... |
Corneal blindness is the second most common cause of blindness, after cataract, in developing countries . The world health organisation estimated that in every year, about 1.52.0 million new cases of monocular blindness in developing countries is secondary to corneal ulceration . Among infectious corneal ulcers, fungal... |
Animals: five male and spf wistar rats aged 7 weeks that were not littermates (japan slc inc ., hamamatsu, japan) were maintained in an individually ventilated cage system (tecniplast japan, tokyo, japan) installed at the kobe university life science laboratory . They were permitted free access to water and food (lab r... |
Schinzel giedion midface retraction syndrome (sgs; mim%269150) is a recognizable malformation syndrome characterized by severe psychomotor retardation, seizures, distinctive facial features, and multiple congenital anomalies in the cardiac, genitourinary, renal, skeletal, and central nervous systems . The highly charac... |
Surgical procedures involving schlemm's canal (sc) herald a new era in glaucoma therapy . They target the site of maximal resistance to aqueous outflow in glaucoma that is the trabecular meshwork (tm) and the inner wall of sc with the intention to minimize serious complications of penetrating surgery related to hypoton... |
It has been estimated that by the year 2026 the population of india will become 1.4 billion, 173 million people will have age over 60 years, and 103 million individuals will account for the menopausal population . This increasing rate of menopausal population and its association with other systemic diseases like osteop... |
Being overweight or obese is considered to be one of the biggest risk factors of poor health among school children worldwide1 . Previous studies have shown a significant increase in obesity over a 12 year period, in all age groups of children and adolescents which was likely to result in them become overweight adults2,... |
The effect of whole patient health coaching on the hospitalization rate was examined in a prospective control study . The likelihood of hospitalization (loh) prediction model was used to select patients at high risk of hospitalization . An assessment interview was held on the phone at the outset of the telecoaching pro... |
Acne vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory disease of the pilosebaceous unit characterized by seborrhea, open and closed comedones, papules, pustules, and in more severe cases, nodules and pseudocysts . More than 85% of adolescents suffer from acne and in 50% cases, it extends into adulthood . The major complications of a... |
Addressing residual cardiovascular (cv) risk in patients on optimized statin treatment is an unmet need in cv disease management.1 prescription omega-3 fatty acids are effective treatments for hypertriglyceridemia and may have an important role in reducing residual cv risk, given that elevated triglyceride (tg) levels ... |
Rhabdomyosarcoma (rms) is the commonest soft tissue tumor of childhood with predilection for head and neck, genitourinary system, and extremities . Though head and neck region is the preferred site for occurrence of rmss, primary intracranial rmss are rare tumors with an incidence of around 3% . Pediatric rmss are clas... |
Skin cancer is becoming an increasing health burden. (athas et al ., 2003; housman et al ., 2003a; rogers et al .) The majority of these skin cancers are basal cell (bcc) and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (scc), which are commonly referred to collectively as nonmelanoma skin cancer (nmsc), and represent the most co... |
An ectopic thyroid is often asymptomatic, but pathological or physiological conditions inducing hyperproduction of thyroid - stimulating hormone can lead an ectopic thyroid to become symptomatic . Treatment of the symptomatic ectopic thyroid can be medical, with hormone - suppressing therapy, or surgical . A 17-year - ... |
A corneal perforation requires emergency treatment to avoid vision - threatening complications including bacterial endophthalmitis and hypotony [1, 2]. Several materials such as cryopreserved and hyperdried amniotic membrane, sclera, and cornea have been used as patch grafts to close perforations . We report the case o... |
Patients were selected by a retrospective review of corneal tomography under an institutional review board (irb)-approved research protocol (cleveland clinic irb protocol #13 - 213). Eyes with at least 10 mm of corneal coverage in scheimpflug - based anterior segment scans (pentacam hr; oculus optikgerate gmbh, wetzlar... |
Drugs of abuse, such as alcohol and amphetamine and its derivatives, induce neuroinflammation . Proliferation of inflammatory cells such as microglia and astrocytes is a signature of neuroinflammation and a hallmark of pathogenesis associated with different events including neurodegeneration [35]. Evidence suggests the... |
Listeria monocytogenes is a gram - positive foodborne pathogen that is ubiquitously found in diverse environments such as soil, water, various food products, animals, and humans . Infection by listeria monocytogenes occurs almost exclusively after ingestion of contaminated food . Because the bacteria are readily inacti... |
A cross - sectional descriptive study was performed with two hundred patients who referred to a psychiatry center and underwent methadone maintenance therapy in the city of sari between 2006 and 2009 . It should be noted that, only a small number of eligible patients were available in the clinic . Therefore, patients d... |
Today, e - learning is considered as an appropriate educational strategy for a broad range of training and educational initiatives, from general literacy programs to professional training and academic education . In iran, as a rapidly developing country, e - learning is considered as a good solution for rapid spreading... |
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