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A man is as old as his arteries was a favorite axiom of william osler (18491919), sometimes called the father of modern medicine, and to some extent accurately represents the effect of vascular dysfunction on various aging processes . To date, it has been recognized that arterial dysfunction, such as increased arterial... |
Blunt cerebrovascular injury (bcvi) is caused by neck trauma that predominantly occurs in high - impact injuries including motor vehicle - related accidents, car - pedestrian collisions, falls, and skiing or snowmobile accidents . However, a lucid interval occurs in many cases, and this may lead to a delayed diagnosis ... |
Twenty - four percent of canadians are obese and a further 37% are overweight using measured height and weight data from the 20072009 canadian health measures survey . Further, over half (58%) of the canadian women aged 40 to 59 years are considered overweight or obese . Poor eating habits and physical inactivity contr... |
Nanotechnology is an emerging tool as drug delivery system in variety of serious disorders . It is an innovative technique which includes the design, characterization, production, and application of structures, devices, and systems by controlling shape and size at the nanometer scale . Nanoparticles can be classified a... |
Tooth loss is one of the common causes of reduced quality of life in adults . Dental implants have become a widely accepted treatment option for patients with both partially and complete edentulous posterior mandibles . Rehabilitation of edentulous posterior mandibular regions with severe ridge atrophy using implants i... |
Secondary objectives included the evaluation of retinal ganglion cell function by pattern electroretinogram (perg) and optic nerve through visual evoked potential (vep), and tolerability to the eye drops . To exclude any interference of citicoline treatment on animal wellbeing, basic hematological parameters of all ani... |
These tumors can arise from any nerve covered with a schwann cell sheath, which include the cranial nerves (except for the optic and olfactory), the spinal nerves, and the autonomic nervous system . When the nerve of origin is small, its association with a given tumor may be difficult to demonstrate . On the other hand... |
Obesity is associated with a low - grade proinflammatory state resulting in an increase of circulating cytokines and inflammatory markers . Inflammatory cytokines have been involved in the impairment of insulin signaling, thus providing molecular links between inflammation and insulin resistance . Inflammation reported... |
It is valuable for general practitioners and specialists alike to include novl in their differential when evaluating patients with visual complaints that are inconsistent with normal examination findings . Nonorganic vision loss (novl), also referred to as functional vision loss, is characterized by the onset of visual... |
Obstructive azoospermia (oa) is present in 1020% of infertile men and is fundamentally characterized by normal testicular volume and reproductive hormones indicating normal spermatogenesis . While postvasectomy oa has been extensively reported by many authors, primary oa (unrelated to a prior vasectomy) is present in a... |
Obtaining an accurate view of factors that can affect health and wellbeing is of vital importance . In order to implement strategies to improve overall health through better lifestyle choices, it is necessary to first have a clear picture of the types of behaviour that represent a genuine threat to health, while at the... |
Intestinal parasitic infections are widely distributed throughout the world causing substantial intimidation to the public health, economy, and physical and cognitive development particularly among children in developing countries like ethiopia . The poor personal hygiene, poor environmental hygiene, and poor health sy... |
Heart rate (hr) and vo2 are widely used to assess aerobic capacities and prescribe exercise programs to clinical, healthy, and athletic populations . However, it is important to be able to differentiate between% maximal oxygen uptake (% vo2max),% oxygen uptake reserve (% vo2r),% heart rate max (% hrmax), and% heart rat... |
Although fish farming in iraq started in 1955 with a small pond in al - zaafaraniya, south of baghdad city, an advance was achieved in fish farming industry in iraq during the seventies and early eighties of the last century when many fish farms were established especially in the middle of iraq . However, such achievem... |
Chronic pain affects from 25% to 60% of patients submitted to breast cancer treatment, and thus this is an important clinical problem which involves intra- and postoperative factors . Chemotherapy is associated with more severe and more persistent physical symptoms and thus patients should receive appropriate care to m... |
Clinical and radiologic findings of three patients are summarized in table 1 . A 32-year - old woman presented with chest discomfort . It had been diagnosed as alveolar soft - part sarcoma and the patient had undergone radiotheraphy . Chest radiography at that time had revealed a small, well - defined nodule in the lef... |
A second primary tumor (spt) or secondary malignancy refers to the occurrence of a new cancer that follows a previously treated malignant neoplasm, but it is not considered a metastasis of the initial neoplasm . Second or multiple primary cancers represent 16% of all new primary cancers in cancer survivors in the unite... |
It was defined as the urine albumin - to - creatinine ratio (uacr) of 30 to 300 mg / g and originally used to predict chronic kidney disease and diabetic nephropathy . Previous studies have confirmed that there is an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death related to microalbuminuria . The association betwee... |
Across many areas of science, technological and conceptual advances are resulting in the increasingly rapid generation of large amounts of data . While research has always involved the collection and organization of data, the volume, variety, and velocity of current big data production presents new opportunities and ch... |
Comparative modeling methods, also known as homology modeling or template - based modeling methods, are used widely to model protein structures . Significant improvement in the accuracy of homology models stemming from various advancements has been described in other publications . However, even when using multiple tem... |
Antiphospholipd syndrome is a disorder of recurrent vascular thrombosis, pregnancy loss, and thrombocytopenia associated with persistently raised levels of antiphospholipid antibodies . It may be primary, occurs alone or secondary, associated with other autoimmune or rheumatic diseases, also known as hughes syndrome, a... |
A 42-year - old indian male had multiple small circumscribed wrinkled sacs like lesions on the shoulders and upper back of 4 months duration (fig . Skin biopsy was taken for histopathological examination and revealed minimal dermal perivascular chronic inflammatory cells infiltrate (fig . Elastic stain (verhoef - van g... |
Predictions on the influence of climate change indicate that the number of intense tropical cyclones (known as typhoons or hurricanes) will increase . Indeed, the united nations intergovernmental panel on climate change reports that the average maximum wind speed of tropical cyclones will likely increase throughout the... |
Based on the report of world health organization (who), road traffic injuries (rtis) stand for 25% of injury - related mortalities . Traffic injuries constitute the largest proportion of unintentional injury deaths (33%) in the world . Road traffic injuries are the ninth leading cause of all deaths and leading contribu... |
Cryoglobulinemia (cg) occurs when the serum contains cryoglobulins, either single or mixed immunoglobulins, which precipitate at low temperatures . This can result in an immune - complex mediated, small - to - medium vasculitis that most commonly affects the kidneys and the skin . Ie also has the ability to manifest cl... |
Guanidine, first isolated in 1861 by oxidizing guanine, is found in a wide variety of natural products, including the amino acid arginine . Although known for more than 150 years, the first solid - state structure was solved in 2007 by co - crystallization with 2-amino-4,6-dimethyl-1,3,5-triazine . Two years later, the... |
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well - being and not merely an absence of a disease or infirmity.1 health is not something that one possesses as commodity but connotes rather a way of functioning within one s environment.2 oral health is an integral part of general health.3 loss of tooth redu... |
Septic arthritis of the temporomandibular joint (tmj) is an uncommon condition in children and it is rarely reported in the literature . The infection carries the risk of severe long term morbidity and mortality if effective diagnosis and treatment are not instituted . The clinical presenting features in neonates and y... |
Esophageal cancer is one of the most common digestive malignancies with the 5-year relative survival rate less than 20%, ranking the fourth leading cause of cancer death among both men and women in china . Like most solid tumors, pathological tumor node metastasis (tnm) stage is still a main prognostic indicator of eso... |
Angioid streaks (as) are narrow, irregularly radiating lines emanating from the peripapillary area, resulting from pathological dehiscences in bruch's membrane . While they may be idiopathic, they are often associated with systemic conditions, most commonly pseudoxanthoma elasticum (pxe), paget disease, and sickle haem... |
The regulation of pancreas development from the gut endoderm is a complex process that involves a carefully balanced interplay between several common signaling pathways . Studies in several model organisms indicate conservation of the main mechanisms of pancreas development from lower to higher vertebrates (table 1). G... |
Celem niniejszej pracy jest przedstawienie obecnej taktyki postpowania zarwno diagnostycznego, jak i terapeutycznego u chorych z pseudotorbielami oraz torbielowatymi guzami trzustki . Praca zostaa napisana na podstawie materiau zebranego i przygotowanego w klinice autora oraz wspczesnych doniesie z zaprezentowanego pim... |
A boy, 11 years old, was first seen for spinal deformity by a spinal surgeon in july 2011 . The child's medical history indicated that he had outpatient appointments with an orthopedic surgeon for limb deformities . Orthopedic status showed disproportionate stature; evident cachexia with a weight of 18 kg; decompensate... |
Despite that the economy is developing steadily, quang tri province is still one of the poorest areas in vietnam which was affected by world war ii and the vietnam war . Its gross domestic product per person was around us$360 and the poor strata is consisted to take up 14% of the population, higher than 11% of total vi... |
We report here the first case of spontaneous rupture of kidney resulting from mixed cryoglobulinemia . A 44-year - old man presented with sudden onset of fever, acute pulmonary edema, left flank abdominal pain unassociated with trauma, and rapidly progressive renal failure requiring dialysis . Computed tomography of th... |
5-ht3a receptor constructs and transfection of cdnas cdnas encoding human wild - type and mutant 5-ht3a receptor subunits were cloned into pgw1 (17). Point mutations were introduced using standard molecular biological techniques (31), and all cdnas were sequenced to confirm fidelity . Wild - type and mutant receptor su... |
The growing market of animal health products may account for the potential revenue source of companion animal care . The animal health care has resulted in more than one billion sales in 2007 for novartis, pfizer and heska (kling 2007). The opportunity to carry out preclinical trials based on spontaneous tumors has bee... |
Health - related quality of life (hrqol) is a subjective assessment of the patient1 that is related to the perception of their health,14 well - being, and functioning,1 and also to their worries about the future.4 although the term hrqol is not yet precisely defined,5 it is a useful measure to assess the overall impact... |
, they can occur at any age, and the clinical symptoms vary, ranging from asymptomatic laboratory abnormalities to life - threatening bleeding . The presence of life - threatening factor v inhibitor cases underscores the need for prompt diagnosis and treatment (1). Various causes of factor v inhibitors have been report... |
Survival data was obtained from records of the ministry of public administration and security as well as from medical records . All slide glasses and specimen photos were reviewed and the histopathologic type, histologic grade, lauren classification, depth of invasion, regional lymph node metastasis, and lymphatic inva... |
Spinal injuries in small children are rare with a reported incidence of 0.2 to 0.5% of all fractures or dislocations and 1.5 to 3% of all lesions in the spine.1 it has been shown that the younger the child at the time of injury, the more likely the upper cervical spine is affected, with over 50% of spinal injuries in s... |
The term gossypiboma, derived from the latin word gossypium (cotton) and the swahilli boma the condition may manifest as an exudative inflammatory reaction with formation of abscess or aseptic fibrotic reaction with formation of a mass (2). The patient may present early with features of sepsis or may remain asymptomati... |
Venous cannulation is the most common invasive procedures in several patients in hospital, including anesthesiologists daily . It leads to unwanted effects like pain, especially among patients who fear of needles . Fear of needles and pain associated with vein puncture is a common phobia in the general population . Fea... |
Ultrapure paraffin oil is used for covering culture solution during artificial fertilization in vitro and micromanipulation of reproduction technique in vitro . This product has been classified as a class iii medical device according to the chinese classification rules of medical devices . According to the quality spec... |
Osteoarthritis (oa) is a major cause of disability affecting millions of people worldwide . In the united states alone, to date there are no proven therapies for the prevention or treatment of oa . Pain relief and visco - supplementation are prescribed to attenuate the symptoms of oa until disease progression significa... |
In recent years, we have witnessed a growing interest in the involvement of rna molecules in controlling gene expression . Numerous studies demonstrated that regulatory noncoding or non - protein - coding rnas (ncrnas and npcrnas) play equally important role as protein transcription factors in determining the repertoir... |
Enantioseparation (es) and enantiodiscrimination (ed) are, therefore, mandatory steps in the elucidation of enantiospecific biological functions on the molecular level . Interestingly, ed with isotropic solution nmr was first demonstrated by pirkle,1 who also developed enantioseparating chromatographic phases.2 however... |
Bacterial strains and culture conditions: various oral bacteria were isolated from gingival plaque taken from maxillary premolars of the dogs with periodontal disease (table 1table 1.minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) of extracted polyphenolic compounds from japanese green tea and egcg against various isolates from... |
Endometriosis is a tricky albeit common disease whose management still largely relies on laparoscopic surgery . Surgical excision of ovarian endometrioma has positive effects on pain and on the chances of spontaneous conception in subfertile women . However, endometrioma surgery is complicated by concerns about recurre... |
Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (vbd) is a condition characterized by ectasia, elongation and tortuosity of the basilar artery . It may manifest clinically by compression of the cranial nerves, ischemic symptoms or intracranial bleeding . Rarely, the dilated and ecstatic basilar trunk may manifest as obstructive hydroce... |
Functional dyspepsia (fd) is a very common cause of upper gastrointestinal symptoms and discomfort . Fd has been defined as a functional gastrointestinal disorder (fgid) characterized by persistent or recurrent pain or discomfort centered in the upper abdomen that is not relieved by defecation or associated with change... |
A 58-year - old african american gentleman presented with a history of idiopathic bulbar urethral stricture disease . He had been managed with multiple transurethral dilation and incision procedures for over a decade . Urodynamics testing had been performed previously and demonstrated a high - pressure, low - flow patt... |
Stepwise fibrillation of proteins to amyloid structures and amyloid - like protein aggregates occurs naturally or is disease associated . The hallmark of amyloid aggregation is conversion of otherwise soluble proteins into -sheet conformations that locate extracellularly, in the cytoplasm or in the cell nucleus . Forma... |
Only a few years ago, a paper on mobile learning would have focussed on the uses of a laptop personal computer (1). However, the pace of change in this area of technology means that many students will now not know even what a personal digital assistant is (2). In the recent past, e - learning designers created e - lear... |
Hemophilia is an x - linked disorder and rare chromosomal disease that leads to excessive bleeding in men . The existence of the inhibitor causes severe complications in patients with hemophilia a (2). To treat patients with hemophilia resistant against factor viii, recombinant activated factor vll (rfviia) or activate... |
The doses to critical organs of known sensitivity to the stochastic effects of radiation must be measured . The highest risk in dental radiography are for leukemia and cancer of the thyroid, even in doses as low as 500 msv . The aim of this study was to calculate the average surface radiation dose to the thyroid gland ... |
When the live poultry market surveillance program began in september 1999, eight of a total of 80 live poultry markets were selected to represent the 3 major regions of hong kong: hong kong island, kowloon, and the new territories . Since then, the number of markets has declined, and by may 2011, only 5 of the 8 select... |
Endoscopic internal drainage (eid) has been recently introduced for treatment of leaks and fistulas following bariatric surgery . Eid may be applied both as first - line treatment and as rescue therapy 1 2 . Fistulas following gastrointestinal surgery both for benign and malign pathologies remain a major clinical probl... |
All patients are subjected to pre - operative evaluation before surgery . The importance of pre - operative assessment and laboratory tests based on clinical examination has been well reviewed . Patients are classified into one of the 5 grades according to the american society of anesthesiologists (asa) physical status... |
Bile acid - sensitive ion channel (basic) is a member of the deg / enac family of cation channels . Other mammalian members of this gene family are the epithelial na channel (enac) and acid - sensing ion channels (asics). While the function of enac in epithelial na reabsorption and na homeostasis has been known for som... |
Atypically resistant or even multidrug resistant enterobacteriaceae show a world - wide distribution which does not spare tropical and subtropical settings . Studies with civilian returnees from journeys to the tropics identified frequent intestinal colonization with such bacteria . In particular, enterobacteriaceae wi... |
Using multiple terminology in defining atypical celiac disease (cd) has confused many of the clinicians to recognise atypical forms of this common disorder . Cd is not considered an uncommon disorder any longer and is not a disease of essentially european origin (1). Nevertheless, recognising the existence of atypical ... |
Amalgam has been shown to be an acceptable material with proven longevity for large posterior restorations . The major disadvantage of amalgam, however, is its inability to bond to dental hard tissues preventing reinforcement or strengthening of prepared tooth structure . This lack of bonding necessitates the use of ma... |
Peripheral nerves, especially those at the elbow region, such as the median nerve and ulnar nerve, are prone to entrapment neuropathies and injuries, such as cubital tunnel syndrome (1, 2), pronator teres syndrome (3), and nerve laceration (4). The traditional method used for evaluating these diseases with respect to p... |
Removal of the corneal epithelium is an essential component of riboflavin - ultraviolet - a (uva) corneal collagen cross - linking (cxl) therapy to permit the penetration of riboflavin into the corneal stroma . Failure to achieve adequate stromal absorption of riboflavin may impair the efficacy of the cross - linking p... |
Although first described by starr in 1886, telescopic copings were initially introduced as retainers for removable partial dentures (rpd) at the beginning of the 20 century . Because of its resemblance to the collapsible optical telescope, this system of double crowns, which can be fitted into each other, became known ... |
The unique ability of toxoplasma gondii to multiply in virtually all the nucleated cells of the host body and its subsequent encystment in the various tissues, coupled with its wide host range consisting of all the warm blooded animals including humans, makes the parasite a matter of serious concern for both animal and... |
A 47-year - old female was referred to department of oral and maxillofacial surgery with a chief complaint of pain and swelling of the lower lip . Intra - oral clinical examination revealed a well circumscribed swelling measuring 6 cm 6 cm in dimension i.r.t 41, 42, 43 . It was covered with a thin normal looking mucosa... |
To report on a case of keratoconjunctivitis with periorbital edema after accidental exposure to undiluted juice of ecballium elaterium fruit during the ripening season of this plant . Keratoconjunctivitis with descemet's membrane folds and superficial upper corneal well - defined edematous areas were noted after an ecb... |
Since the initial studies by murugan et al . In 2007, li7la3zr2o12 (llzo) has received much scientific attention as a solid electrolyte for beyond li ion battery llzo provides a high li - ion conductivity (10 to 10 s cm at ambient temperature) and a li transference number approaching 1, superior chemical stability agai... |
Dynamic morphological changes are mediated by continual, highly- regulated fusion and fission events, collectively termed mitochondrial dynamics . For example, the evolutionarily conserved gtpase, dynamin related protein1 (drp1), is known to participate in the process of mitochondrial fission . When mitochondria underg... |
Nonmelanoma skin carcinoma (nmsc) is the most frequent cancer in the usa and worldwide; it has been increasing in overall incidence since the 1960's at a rate of 38% per year . With over 1.3 million new diagnoses of nmsc a year in the united states, it is both the diversity of types, of which there are 82, and biologic... |
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (mpnsts) are a rare variety of soft - tissue sarcoma of ectomesenchymal origin, with an estimated incidence of 0.1/100,000/year . Recently, fluorodeoxyglucose (fdg) positron emission tomography / computed tomography (pet / ct) has been employed in differentiating the malignant f... |
The recruitment of a sufficient number of growing follicles following ovarian stimulation increases the oocyte yield and subsequently the success rate after in vitro fertilization (ivf) treatment . However, some women exhibit a scarce ovarian response following controlled ovarian stimulation, and this phenomenon is mai... |
We came across 3 cases of sarcomas, other than leiomyosarcomas, reported to arise from the broad ligament . To the best of our knowledge, no case of an embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (erms) of the broad ligament has been reported in literature . We report about a 9-month - old female child with an erms of the broad ligamen... |
Hamartomatous polyps are uncommon and usually found as a part of peutz - jegher syndrome, a rare autosomal dominant disorder associated with mucocutaneous pigmentation and family history . Hamartomatous polyps are composed not only of epithelial elements, but also of bundles of smooth muscle cells . Such hamartomatous ... |
Cervical carcinoma is one of the most common gynecologic cancers diagnosed and represents a substantial threat to the wellbeing and survival of the world's adult female population . While human papillomavirus (hpv) infection (both chronic and persistent) of the cervical epithelium cells is recognized as the major risk ... |
Epilepsy is a common clinical neurological disease, with a prevalence of approximately 1%, that is highly associated with inflammation and oxidative stress [14]. Epilepsy is characterized by uncontrolled discharges caused by neuronal hyperactivity in the temporal lobe and the hippocampus . Glutamate is a major excitato... |
Fabry disease (fd) is an x - linked recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by a defect in the gene that encodes lysosomal -galactosidase a and is known to affect various tissues including the kidney and heart . Patients with fd manifest a variety of clinical symptoms, such as acroparesthesias, angiokeratoma, hypoh... |
Intrauterine contraceptive devices (iucds) are one of the most widely chosen contraceptive options with over 99% effectiveness in preventing pregnancy, a low side effect profile, and low cost.1) however, these devices are associated with a multitude of complications including the serious risk of potential device migrat... |
Skeletal muscle exhibits a highly adaptable protein organization whose properties can be easily changed by aging, temperature, exercise, nutrition, and incretion, to name a few . Skeletal muscle adaptability results in a hypertrophied or atrophied state; these states are primarily associated with slow or fast fibers . ... |
The nodes of the graph correspond to metabolic genes, and edges correspond to connections established by metabolic reactions . Metabolic genes x and y are considered connected if and only if there exists a metabolite that is present among the list of either reactants or products of reactions catalyzed by enzymes encode... |
Sigmund freud is rarely mentioned in scientific discourse without also belittling the lack of quantitative statistical evidence for his elaborate models . At the same time, his qualitative case reports and the conclusions he drew from them by far belong to the most well - known research in psychosomatic medicine . Desp... |
Sepsis affects approximately 700,000 people annually and accounts for about 210,000 deaths per year in the us . Its incidence is rising at rates between 1.5% and 8% per year, despite continuous progress in the development of antimicrobial therapeutics and supportive cares . Most of the sepsis is caused by bacteria and ... |
Vegf and bfgf contents in various subtypes of grade i meningiomas vegf (upper panel) and bfgf (lower panel) contents were determined by elisa . N denotes the number of patients . For transitional meningiomas: vegf range [0.259.85] and bfgf range [67.4576.9]; for microcystic meningiomas: vegf range [0.715.29] and bfgf r... |
The study base was the participants of the ongoing tsuruoka metabolomic cohort study, initiated in april 2012 (yamagata prefecture, japan), comprising individuals aged 35 to 74 years who were recruited among attendees of annual municipal or worksite health check - up programs in the city . A total of 1,422 women consen... |
From may 2007 to february 2009, all of 132 patients with refractory epilepsy who were referred to ayatollah kashani comprehensive epilepsy program, isfahan university of medical sciences (isfahan, iran), were evaluated to establish tle based on eeg and mri findings . The inclusion criteria were age between 15 and 40, f... |
Although conservative treatment has its indications, surgical treatment for acl injuries is the ideal choice for young and active patients because it allows them to return to sports but prevents the onset of additional knee injuries.1 surgical techniques have evolved over recent decades, and the current gold standard t... |
Prosthetic dentistry revolves around the restoration or replacement of lost or missing teeth using crowns, bridges, and other dentures . In fixed partial dentures (fpds), dental luting agents serve as the link between the prepared, supporting tooth, and the prosthetic tooth material . An ideal dental cement to be used ... |
Actinomycosis is an infrequent invasive chronic inflammatory disease caused mainly by actinomyces israelii, gram - positive, filamentous, anaerobic bacteria . Actinomycosis occurring primarily in urachal remnants is rare and may mislead the clinicians to diagnose urachal carcinoma . We report one such case of urachal a... |
The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) among pregnant women in the united states ranges from 3% to 7%, depending on the population studied . However, up to 50% of women with a history of gdm will develop type 2 diabetes in the decade following their gdm diagnosis . Women with both pre - gdm and gdm are a... |
Sparganosis is a rare parasitic infection caused by a migrating plerocercoid tapeworm larva (= sparganum) of the genus spirometra . The sparganum is a wrinkled, whitish, ribbon - shaped organism that is a few millimeters wide and up to several centimeters long . Sparganosis is transmitted to humans by drinking water co... |
Reversible phosphorylation of serine, threonine, and tyrosine residues is one of the most common and important regulatory posttranslational modifications of proteins and plays a crucial role in many biological processes, including cellular signal transduction, regulation of enzyme activities, metabolic regulation, mole... |
Methyleugenol (chart 1a, cas #93 - 15 - 2) is the methyl ether of eugenol (chart1b, cas #97 - 53 - 0), which is itself a major constituent of spices such as clove, allspice, and bay leaves and is known to induce contact allergies . Methyleugenol (meu) and eugenol (eug) are allylalkoxybenzene derivatives that are presen... |
A cross - sectional study of 17 men and 17 women recruited from an urban and a rural residential area of cameroon was conducted . Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the cameroon national ethics committee, and all participants provided signed informed consent . Height and waist circumference body weight wa... |
Intraoperative monitoring (iom) of the motor pathways is a routine procedure for ensuring integrity of corticospinal tracts during scoliosis surgery . In combination with somatosensory evoked potentials, motor evoked potential (mep) monitoring is widely utilized in operations with significant risks of spinal cord damag... |
In terms of stability and retention, attachment system provides superior effectiveness for complete dentures . Biological and technical (mechanical) are the two types of complications encountered in implant therapy . Prosthetic maintenance (the capability to adapt or repair) is of daily clinical interest . Technical as... |
She was scratched on the right arm by a pet rat while visiting a friend who had several domestic rats (rattus norvegicus). One rat had been purchased at the end of december 2008 from a pet store . The rat became sick with sneezing, conjunctival hemorrhages, and epistaxis; it died 4 days after purchase . On january 4, 2... |
On september 12, 2001, a 9-year - old boy from la gamba, ro claro, in the brunca region of costa rica, was admitted to a local hospital with fever, cough, and malaise of 4 days duration . On september 19, he returned to the hospital because of muscular weakness; he and was referred to the regional hospital on september... |
Gaucher's disease is a lysosomal storage disorder characterized by the accumulation of glycosyl ceramide in cells of the macrophage / monocyte system . Gaucher's disease is due to mutations involving the -glucosidase gene, localized in the large arm of chromosome 1 (1q21). The glucocerebrosides, found inside the red bl... |
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