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We identified 134 consecutive patients with clinically diagnosed msa whose brains were sent to the mayo clinic brain bank between 1998 and 2014 from 37 states and 1 province of canada . Brain autopsies were obtained after consent of the legal next of kin and are considered exempt from human subject research . The mayo ...
The medullar layer is responsible for catecholamine production, and the cortical layer produces mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids and sex hormones, respectively for each zone . Adrenal diseases can be accompanied by medullar hyperfunction (as in pheochromocytoma) or cortical hyperfunction (as in primary hyperaldoster...
Diabetic ketoacidosis (dka) is considered to be a common presentation of type 1 diabetes mellitus (t1 dm) and occasionally, type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2 dm) in children and adolescents . Insulin stops the use of fat as an energy source by inhibiting the peptide hormone glucagon . Without insulin, glucagon levels rise r...
The effects of exogenous administration of neurotrophic molecules on neurorestoration of lesioned central nervous system have been largely evaluated . Pigment epithelium derived factor (pedf) has emerged as a potential candidate to promote behavioral gain and neurorestorative events in the spinal cord injury because pe...
Bone mineral density (bmd) measurements are the main determinant for an osteoporosis diagnosis (1). The gold standard for bmd measurements is bone ash assessment, but its noninvasive substitute is dual - energy x - ray absorptiometry (dxa) (1, 2). Dxa can be performed locally or for the whole body (2); however, the usu...
Bacterial isolates - fifty - five m. tuberculosis isolates obtained from culture stocks at -80c were tested by cvda . Eighteen were mdr isolates, nine isolates were only resistant to inh and the remaining 28 were sensitive to both inh and rif . In the present study, h37rv - atcc 25618 (susceptible to all drugs), atcc 3...
Postoperative uveitis associated with inflammatory membrane formation occurs in less than 3% of cases after uneventful cataract surgery and intraocular lens (iol) implantation . Complications from resultant membrane formation include iol displacement, pupillary block glaucoma, posterior capsule opacification, and side ...
Colorectal cancer (crc) is a leading cause of cancer - related deaths in the world . It is the second and third - most commonly diagnosed cancer in females and males respectively, and more than 1.2 million patients are diagnosed with crc every year . Currently, crc patients with lymph node metastasis (tnm stage iii) ar...
For details of the experimental conditions and characterization data for the compounds reported, see the supporting information . As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors . Such materials are peer reviewed and may be reorganized for online delivery, b...
Stromal fibroblast activation occurs early prior to cancer development . In human pancreatic cancer and mouse models of pancreatic cancer, cafs are present surrounding the high - grade dysplastic lesions in the pancreas and even to a lesser extent in the low - grade dysplastic lesions . Similar findings in hepatocellul...
Trauma is no more considered accidental but a preventable epidemic with a unique pattern of host, agent, and environment working in unison to produce injury . Traumatic injuries are associated with significant morbidity and mortality and are of particular relevance currently with technological sophistication in all sph...
The number of people with disabilities is globally increasing, mainly because of their higher survival rates due to advances in medical and social care services . As a consequence of the increased number of people with disability, research has shown that people with disabilities, in general, and intellectual disabiliti...
The cardiac syndrome of isolated, left ventricular noncompaction is characterized by a persistence of the embryonic pattern of a highly trabeculated myocardium in the left ventricle.1 this condition can be familial or sporadic and can be due to a variety of mutations in any one of the following proteins: mitochondrial,...
Noroviruses (novs) and rotaviruses (rvs) are the major causative agents of pediatric acute gastroenteritis (age) in children worldwide . There is no licensed vaccine for nov available, and despite efficacious live rv vaccines currently in use, there is a need for nonlive rv vaccines that could be safer, more affordable...
Adult cardiovascular disease is associated with metabolic and physiological aberrations that occur during fetal development . Epidemiological studies provide evidence that intrauterine growth retardation increases the risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in adult life . Such findings led to the fetal program...
Painful legs and moving toes (plmt) is the descriptive term given to an unusual syndrome first recognized by spillane and colleagues in 1971 . The main features of this syndrome are involuntary and irregular movements of the toes associated with moderate to severe diffuse pain felt deeply in the foot and leg . The path...
Digital gene expression sequencing, namely dge - seq, refers to the use of high - throughput sequencing technologies to sequence cdna in order to get information about rna content of a sample (1). It can provide researchers with a powerful tool to obtain unbiased and unparalleled information about gene transcripts 2, 3...
Stem cells, their developmental function, and their potential roles in disease, particularly cancer, have been under intense investigation over the past decade . The / mammary stem cell is self - renewing and capable of functionally reconstituting the entire mammary epithelial cell lineage [13]. Mammary stem cells are ...
A 40-year - old male presented to the emergency department with complaints of irrelevant talk, abnormal behavior, and disorientation for four days . He had multiple generalized tonic clonic convulsions two days back . On admission he was afebrile, anxious, restless and confused with doubtful neck rigidity since he kept...
To specifically delete mature osteolineage cells, the oc - cre strain (from dr . Thomas l. clemens, johns hopkins university, md, usa), which expressed cre under the osteocalcin promoter was crossed to the idtr strain . Temporally controlled cell ablation was achieved upon injection of diphtheria toxin into the ocncre;...
Despite a gradual reduction in the pediatric population in korea due to low birth rates, the number of children's visits to emergency departments (eds) each year has been increasing1). According to the national emergency department information system (nedis) data from 2008, the percentage of pediatric patients who visi...
The identification and enumeration of circulating tumor cells is an important tool for evaluation of the disease progression in especially breast cancer [13] and is also under consideration as a diagnostic tool in various other types including lung and colorectal cancer [46]. The type of ctcs found also serves as a pot...
Malignancy and aortic aneurysms are common diseases, particularly among aging population . Nearly three quarters of malignant cases are diagnosed in people aged 60 years and over . Abdominal aortic aneurysms occur in about 7 - 8% of male population over the age of 65 years and is rare under the age of 55 years . The co...
The cuffed endotracheal tube (ett) has for long been considered the gold standard for securing airway, especially for procedures under general anesthesia . The disadvantages of laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation are concomitant hemodynamic responses and damage to the oropharyngeal structures . Laryngeal mask airway (...
The biorefinery term pertains the production of biofuels, bioenergy, and valuable chemicals from renewable biomass sources and aims to substitute petroleum refineries which produce several fuels and products from petroleum . Biorefinery is the continuous processing of biomass into a range of profitable products (food, ...
Radiation therapy (rt) with or without concurrent chemotherapy is an established definitive treatment modality for both early and locally advanced stage nasopharyngeal cancer (npc). Although it allows favorable oncologic outcomes, there is a wide range of response to rt, highlighting the need to identify patients who m...
Addition of glcnac to the extracellular medium activates signal transduction pathways in the yeasts c. albicans, candida lusitaniae, and yarrowia lipolytica . Glcnac induces these species to switch from growing as budding cells to forming long filamentous hyphal cells . Glcnac signaling has been best studied in the hum...
Over the last 10 years, incidence rates of melanoma have increased for both men and women in all age groups, and, according to the united states cancer statistics report, there will be an estimated 65,647 melanoma cases in 2014 [1, 2]. Previous studies attributed the increased rates to increased awareness and detection...
Auditory nerve fibers diverge into different divisions of the cochlear nucleus setting the stage for multiple ascending pathways . At the thalamocortical level, parallel pathways arise from three distinct divisions of the medial geniculate body (mgb; for review see winer et al ., 2005). Thalamocortical connections incl...
Atrial fibrillation (af) is a common arrhythmia, and its prevalence is increasing as the population ages and more individuals survive with cardiovascular disease . Af is the major cause of ischemic stroke and is moderately associated with increased mortality from stroke, heart failure, and cardiovascular disease . The ...
Complex regional pain syndrome (crps) type ii, known as causalgia, develops after a nerve injury, and tends to show the more painful and more severe symptoms of crps . The ordinary strategy in crps treatment is often multi - disciplinary, with the use of various kinds of medications and physical therapies combined with...
Oral health is fundamental to general health and well being, significantly impacting on quality of life . Bad oral health may have a negative impact on appearance, ability to eat, communication with people, on daily tasks at work, home or school . Children with poor oral health suffer from dental pain more often, miss ...
Human genomic dna is maintained in intimate contact with proteins that confer the structural integrity of chromosomes . Other proteins associate intermittently with dna to affect its repair, replication, and transcription . These reactions are favored under oxidative conditions, and the production of covalent dna prote...
The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) has tripled in the united states during the past three decades with an annual increase of 4.5% . Additionally, the mortality rates associated with this disease have continued to rise [1, 2]. The poor survival rates for hcc are in part due to the coexistence of advanced li...
Pgs membranes (~250 m thick) on silicon wafers16 were situated on the x - y stage (accuracy 1 m) of a rapid x 1000 system (resonetics, nashua, nh) with a 248 nm krypton fluoride lpx200 excimer laser (coherent - lambda physik, santa clara, ca). Pores were patterned via g - code programs . For highly cross - linked pgs (...
To describe the course and outcome of treatment of advanced acanthamoeba sclerokeratitis with intravenous pentamidine . A case of advanced acanthamoeba sclerokeratitis was resistant to conventional therapy and was treated with intravenous pentamidine . The eye showed acanthamoeba organisms within the cornea and evidenc...
Case subjects included 851 unrelated african americans with type 2 diabetes associated end - stage renal disease (esrd) from dialysis centers in winston - salem, greensboro, and hickory, nc . All diabetic nephropathy case subjects had esrd and were on dialysis at the time of recruitment . Diabetes was considered to be ...
Smoking is known for its negative impact on health being tightly connected to early ageing, carcinogenicity, high risk of lung and cardiovascular diseases, and early mortality . Extensive research in recent years indicates a tight connection between cigarette smoking and rheumatoid arthritis (ra). The prevalence of cig...
Evaluation of her current complaint revealed a mobile urethra, stable cystometrogram, and complete bladder emptying . She had a positive cough stress test with a valsalva leak point pressure of 119 cm h2o with 150 ml of fluid in the bladder . One hour after surgery, she complained of lower abdominal pain, a feeling of ...
Mycosis fungoides palmaris et plantaris (mfpp) is an uncommon variant of mycosis fungoides (mf) limited to the palms and soles, first described by resnik et al . In 1995 . Since only 10 english papers about mfpp have been previously published, little is known about its pathogenesis . In this report, we describe a case ...
Joint contracture tends to increase progressively in severity as the joint is kept immobile for a prolonged period of time under the influence of joint fixation or illness . One type of joint contracture is acquired contracture, which develops after birth in the presence of some factors . Depending on the factors respo...
Paired blood and urine samples from 39 patients who were consecutively referred to the outpatient clinic of the regional reference center for multiple sclerosis of the careggi university hospital, florence, italy, were prospectively collected . The patients were recruited according to the following inclusion criteria: ...
Effective health initiatives in the nineteenth century and also most of the infrastructural measures in public health are signs of the recognition of such association between health and social status . In fact, most of the substantial reductions in mortality rates of infectious diseases, e.g. Tuberculosis, happened bef...
It accounts for approximately 3% of all adult neoplasms and in about 30% of patients it has a tendency to metastasize, usually to the lung (70%), lymph - nodes (55%), bone (42%), liver (41%), adrenal gland (15%) and brain (11%). Breast metastases from extra - mammary tumors are much less common with respecto to primary...
Asthma accounts for 13.9 million outpatient visits, 2 million emergency department (ed) visits, 500,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths annually.1 the environment has increased the risk for the development of asthma . Pollution from industrial chemicals, exhaust from vehicles, crowded living conditions, infection and...
Determination of a person's identity is a difficult job in cases of traffic accidents, acts of terrorism, and mass disasters . Visual identification, finger printing, and dna comparison are the most common techniques employed in forensic identification for fast and reliable identification . However, dna testing is very...
Along with colon cancer, rectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer - associated deaths in the u.s . With about 40,000 newly diagnosed cases in 2014 . Despite the high percentage (approximately 25%) of metastatic cases at diagnosis, the 5-year survival rate has improved in recent years, mainly due to the devel...
It promotes calcium and phosphate absorption in the intestine and maintains an adequate concentration of these minerals in circulation to allow for normal bone mineralization . Furthermore, vitamin d deficiency can lead to rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults . Recently, many nonskeletal actions of vitamin d ...
Exogenous agents such as ionising radiation (ir) and ultraviolet light or endogenous agents such as free radicals produced within cells can damage the dna of eukaryotic organisms . Diverse mechanisms have evolved to detect and repair dna damage that threatens the integrity of the genome . Here, we study two dna damagin...
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (nf1) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder occurring in approximately 1 in 3000 live births . Mutation of the nf1 gene (chromosome 17q11.2), neurofibromin 1, results in activation of the ras signaling pathway which has far - reaching effects in many cellular and neurodevelopmental processe...
Who discovered lepra bacilli? Asked my professor as we gathered around a patient afflicted with leprosy, in our first clinical session on the disease in a leprosy ward . Pleased with the answer, the professor insisted on hearing a little more than just the name from his students . But as much as we struggled to connect...
The exponential demand for energy is evidenced by dwindling fossil fuel supplies and record - high oil and gas prices due to global population growth and economic development (fig . This energy shortage has significant implications to the future of our society for example, in order for 10 billion people to sustain thei...
Verrucous carcinoma (vc) is a slow - growing cancer type which has been reported in the esophagus, oropharynx, larynx, glans penis, scrotum, vulva, vagina, cervix, endometrium, urinary bladder, anus, and in the sole of the feet . The first 5 cases of esophageal vc ever described were reported by minielly at al . In 196...
Medial ankle sprains are somewhat rare, accounting for approximately 1015% of all ankle sprains in athletes, and can result in long - term disability3 . Most of the pain and tenderness caused by a medial ankle sprain is localized to the medial aspect of the ankle, especially around the deltoid ligament and the medial m...
Additional causes of nontraumatic ich include hemorrhagic infarction, septic embolism, brain tumors, bleeding disorders, anticoagulants, vasculopathy (including moyamoya disease and arteriovenous malformations), and drugs . Among these, hemorrhage rates in patients with intracranial neoplasms range from 2% to 5%2). How...
Giant cell tumor (gct) of a phalanx of a finger is extremely rare . The metaphyseal region of the metacarpals and phalanges has been found to be the common site of gcts in most of the reported cases [24]. Though gct is not a sarcoma, its relatively high recurrence rate coupled with local aggressiveness after simple cur...
Numerous studies have shown a worldwide increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer (tc) in recent years due to the increased frequency of papillary thyroid carcinoma (ptc). The reason for this increase is not well understood, although some authors argue that excessive medicalization, sometimes called thus, a greater n...
Over the last decade, intestinal transplantation has become an established treatment modality in the management of intestinal failure . The preoperative status of patients has been found to influence the outcome of surgery, and scores developed to semiquantify this [2, 3] have been used in routine practice to facilitat...
The fusion between the sperm and the egg marks the beginning of a new individual and ensuing development of either man or beast depends upon a number of additional cell fusion events (reviewed by ogle et al . Thus, mononuclear cytotrophoblasts fuse to form the syncytiotrophoblast layer of the placenta in man and certai...
The stability of the shoulder joints is the result of the combination of static - dynamic balance and the interaction between various joints1, 2 . In addition, coordination around the shoulder joints plays an important role in stabilization of the shoulder joints3 . Thus, strengthening exercise programs for these muscl...
Genome mapping has become an essential tool in order to identify and characterize the genetic basis of phenotypic traits of organisms as well as to detect single genes of interest (e.g. Disease related genes) or to improve selective breeding . Genome mapping also offers the possibility of comparative mapping, which bri...
Several studies comparing emergency physicians (ep) skills at intubation with other practitioners, primarily anaesthesiologists, found similar proficiency [1, 2]. Complications of emergency department (ed) intubations have been studied, but most only examine the peri - intubation period . While there are several studie...
Osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (ovcf) is a common cause of pain and disability in the elderly population, affecting nearly one - quarter of individuals over the age of 50 during their lifetime . Worldwide, there are approximately 1.4 million new ovcfs reported each year, with approximately 750 000 annually...
Children experience rapid changes in their diets during early childhood at a time that they are also forming their eating habits . By the time children are 2 years old, picky eaters are typically characterized as consuming a narrow range of food, as well as rejecting several new and familiar food items . These behavior...
Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common human parasitic infections worldwide with an estimated prevalence in 1 - 2 billion people . Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease caused by a sporozoan parasite, toxoplasma gondii, distributed throughout the world . The definitive hosts are domestic cats and various species of wild...
Epidemiological studies suggest a considerably high rate of overlap between functional dyspepsia (fd) and irritable bowel syndrome (ibs). According to the recent systematic review and metanalysis,1 the prevalence of ibs in subjects with dyspepsia is 37% (95% ci, 30%-45%) as compared to 7% (95% ci, 5%-10%) in those with...
Lymphatic filariasis is common in tropical countries and is endemic in india with most infections caused by wuchereria bancrofti . The microfilaria are not just confined to the lymphatic system, but also associated with other organs, subcutaneous tissues, and serous cavities like pleura and pericardium . Demonstration ...
Myanmar is one of the countries hardest hit by the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) epidemic in asia . The first case of hiv was detected in myanmar in 19881 and of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in 1991.2 the adult hiv prevalence reached a peak at 0.9% in 2000,3 followed by a downward trend reaching 0.6% ...
The largest and most conspicuous exocrine system in the acariform mite suborders oribatida and astigmata is the paired opisthonotal glands (syn . Oil glands). These glands, according to a current and widely accepted hypothesis, evolved only once within ancient oribatida (after the near - basal oribatid groups, palaeoso...
Trypanosoma brucei, trypanosoma cruzi and leishmania major are unicellular protozoa of considerable medical importance since they are the etiologic agents of sleeping sickness (african trypanosomiasis), chagas disease (american trypanosomiasis) and leishmaniasis, respectively . The geographic range of these parasites i...
Cardiovascular disease (cvd) is the most prevalent cause of death in developed nations and it is increasing in prevalence in developing countries . While many factors contribute to the development of this disease in adults, such as, smoking, male gender, blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, diabetes, and renal failure...
A 13-year - old, castrated male, domestic cat that lived indoors in a single - cat household was brought to the iowa state university lloyd veterinary medical center because of depression, inappetance, and respiratory signs of 4 days duration . The family members noted that the cat was reluctant to lie in lateral recum...
Methods for the study to assess hepatitis c risk have been summarized (7). In brief, during march 2009june 2010, persons 1840 years of age who were residents of san diego county, california, and who had injected drugs in the previous 6 months were recruited to participate in this study . Eligibility screening and acqui...
Heavy metal contamination in the environment is a major concern worldwide because of the toxicity of these metals and their potential threat to human health . Currently, quantification of heavy metals relies upon collection of liquid discrete samples for subsequent laboratory analysis using techniques such as icp - ms,...
Spirituality and medical ethics has recently emerged as an important topic in the health care provision and there exists a heated debate surrounding the issue . Medical ethics is in the curricula of virtually all medical schools all around the world . On the other hand, spirituality and religion therefore, one could su...
Ever since humans began to walk upright, some of their muscles have always been activated to maintain the balance of the body on narrow support surfaces . If these posture - maintaining muscles lose their function, low back pain will be induced due to the maintenance of unstable postures1 . Compared to healthy persons,...
A great variety of animal viruses encode for proteases that accomplish crucial functions during the biological cycle of the virus . Usually, the main function of these proteases is to proteolyze viral polypeptide precursors to render mature viral proteins that form part of viral capsids or participate in virus vegetati...
Developmental age is an indicator of the stage of development of a child as a proportion of chronological age . Various biological ages, such as skeletal age and morphological age, secondary sexual characteristics, as well as dental age have been proposed for determining developmental age . These criteria can be applie...
This is due to the fact that any alteration in the biological system as a result of mechanical loading results in strain within the biological system . This in turn, leads to release of various neurotransmitters resulting in remodeling and adaptation of the biological system to the newer environment . As a result of th...
Restrictive fluid strategy contributes to better outcomes in major surgeries while goal - directed therapy targeting volume have shown improved results also . Excessive fluid restriction with hypovolemia may cause organ dysfunction, increased postoperative morbidity, and death . Central venous pressure (cvp) as a stati...
Cessation of tobacco use undoubtedly benefits health . However, many studies have reported that smoking cessation may implicate some hazard effects on health . It may sometimes cause weight gain and result in obesity [613], the second important preventable risk for premature death . It may also increase diabetes mellit...
Image registration is used to find the spatial correspondence between two images and plays an important role in pulmonary image analysis . In a sequence of pulmonary scans, the computed correspondences describe the motion of the lung between a pair of images at the voxel level . Registration of lung volumes across time...
Bilateral common iliac artery (cia) aneurysm (ciaa) is a rare entity . In the past decade, different endovascular approaches have been adopted for patients with several comorbidities or unfit for open repair (or). Recently, the use of iliac branch stent graft has been proposed, resulting in satisfactory patency rates a...
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease that can manifest in three forms: 1) mucosal, 2) cutaneous, and 3) visceral (who 2010, maroli et al . 2013). Visceral leishmaniasis (vl) is the most severe form caused by the protozoan flagellate, leishmania donovani (east africa and indian subcontinent) and l. infantum (also known ...
Inflammation is a protective attempt by the organism to remove the injurious stimuli and to initiate the healing process . Also, it has been reported to be associated with the onset of various cancers . Acute inflammation is the exudation of plasma proteins and fluids and the emigration of leukocytes . Chronic inflamma...
Neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgical resection has been attempted to improve the survival of patients with locally - advanced non - small cell lung cancer (nsclc). Proven strategies to select patients who would obtain a survival benefit from surgery after neoadjuvant therapy have not been established, except for th...
Provisional crown and fixed partial prosthesis today represent an important element of fixed prosthetic treatment.1,2 these prosthesis are made with the aim of supporting the teeth for which preparation is being made, observing prognosis, and giving the patient function, phonation, aesthetic appearance and tissue compa...
The hunt for highly potent new drug molecules, often targeting receptors with lipophilic molecular requirements, has resulted in a general trend of increasing number of highly lipophilic, poorly water - soluble drugs . Between 75 and 90% of all new drug molecules have a solubility which is too low to allow complete dis...
Our understanding of chronic pain has changed dramatically in the past decade or so, but researchers have yet, with the exception of triptans, to use new scientific approaches to successfully develop effective medications . The ideal analgesic for chronic pain should surpass other treatments efficacy, have few side eff...
Rna interference (rnai), the inactivation of gene expression by double - stranded (ds) rna, has become a major method of gene inactivation in the past ten years . The fact that the trigger for rnai is composed of dsrna was discovered in the nematode worm caenorhabditis elegans . This gene - inactivation method is far f...
The incidence of tuberculosis is decreasing with proper medication and the improved economic and environmental status of the republic of korea . Skeletal tuberculosis is not frequent and chest wall tuberculosis is very rare . The incidence of extrathoracic tuberculosis is about 15% to 20% of all tuberculosis, and in bo...
Diabetes represents a major worldwide epidemic that poses a great social, economic, and medical burden on both developed and underdeveloped countries . An analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological data involving 2.7 million participants performed in 2011 by danaei et al . Showed that the number of peop...
Non - hodgkin s lymphomas are neoplastic diseases of the lymphatic system, usually involving the lymph nodes, but almost 2540% of the cases have extranodal onset . Orbital lymphomas represent about 2% of all lymphomas, 5- 15% of extranodal lymphomas and approximately 50% of all primary malignant tumors of the orbit . A...
Several risk factors such as tobacco, human papilloma virus, areca nut, alcohol have been described in the literature as causative agents for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (hnscc). In recent years, areca nut consumption has been linked to oral cancer in studies from south east asian countries. [15] betel nut ha...
All procedures were reviewed and approved by the institutional animal care and use committee of the school of veterinary medicine, rakuno gakuen university (japan). Fifteen eastern grey kangaroos (macropus giganteus) with ljd aged (mean sd) 3.5 2.2 years old and with a body weight of 15.5 6.3 kg were examined in this s...
Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and accompanying images . A copy of the written consent is available for review by the editor - in - chief of this journal on request . Spencer r. anderson: responsible for research, organization, and composition of this case rep...
Administration of antiepileptic drugs (aed) in the setting of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (asah) has become routine in the hope of achieving better outcomes for patients . Previous studies have reported a high incidence of seizures in the setting of asah (12.5 - 22%).4)23) aed use is standard practice for preven...
A 20 year old boy presented to our department with decreased vision, redness and watering of both eyes following electrocution with overhead transmission wires six days ago . He had multiple eschars on the back, scalp and arms along with facial erythema [fig his best - corrected visual acuity was light perception in th...
Graphene electrochemistry has gained paramount interest owing to its unique role in energy conversion and storage devices such as fuel cells, water splitting cells, and supercapacitors . One of the most extensively studied electrocatalytic applications of graphene is the oxygen reduction reaction (orr) occurring at the...
Advances in modern imaging technology and the widespread implementation of conventional imaging modalities, such as ultrasonography (usg), computed tomography (ct), and magnetic resonance imaging (mri), have led to an increase in the detection of incidental renal neoplasms (1, 2). Consequently, the incidence of benign ...