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In 1872, menzal described a variant of ossifying fibroma, calling it a cemento - ossifying fibroma (cof). Cof is a well - demarcated and occasionally encapsulated neoplasm that contains fibrous tissue and varying amounts of calcified tissue resembling bone, cementum, or both . This neoplasm occurs in patients of a wide... |
Realizar a traduo e a validao cultural para a lngua portuguesa falada no brasil e determinar a concordncia e a confiabilidade dos instrumentos perme intensive care unit mobility score (designado perme escore) e icu mobility scale (designada escala de mobilidade em uti, emu). Os processos de traduo e adaptao cultural se... |
Nasa's mercury surface, space environment, geochemistry, and ranging (messenger) spacecraft [solomon et al ., 2007] operated at close solar distances (0.3 to 0.4 au) between january 2008 and april 2015 . This close proximity to the sun, and the inclusion of a neutron spectrometer (ns) in the messenger payload, provided... |
It has a horse shoe shaped body which lodges the teeth and a pair of rami which project upwards from the posterior ends of the body and provide attachment to muscles . Each half of the mandible ossifies from only one center which appears at about the 6 week of intrauterine life in the mesenchymal sheath of meckels cart... |
The incision extends along the anterior third of the iliac crest to the anterior superior spine, then curves slightly medially along the lateral border of the sartorius muscle . Immediately inferior to the anterior superior spine one finds the plane of division between the sartorius and the tensor fasciae femoris . The... |
Giardia lamblia, probably the most frequent pathogenic intestinal protozoan infection in man, is an important cause of diarrhoeal disease in children and adults throughout the world . Although giardiasis the disease this protozoan causes is usually perceived as mild and self - limiting, symptoms generally subside withi... |
Bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis is a rare clinical condition due to different entities that can damage the phrenic nerves . Peripheral neuropathy is one of the most common neurological complications of human immunodeficiency virus / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (hiv / aids) disease . The commonest forms of hiv ... |
Dry eye syndrome is a multifactorial disease, which is caused by a vicious cycle: abnormalities of tear film and lacrimal hyposecretion induce the break - up of tear film, and the following inflammation of ocular surface deteriorates the secretion and the composition of tears . Hyperosmolarity is induced by lacrimal hy... |
Readers of this review should consider that many age - related processing speed findings reported in the literature are cross - sectional in nature, including the primary findings reviewed here . This is important because there are developmental (laasonen et al ., 2002; deary et al ., 2010) and sampling factors that co... |
Clinicians and microbiologic laboratories report diagnosed cases to the swedish institute for infectious disease control ., we included all 5,282 ne cases reported to the swedish institute for infectious disease control and registered in the database during january 1, 1997december 31, 2007 . Openepi (www.openepi.com) w... |
Moderate to severe hyponatremia (serum sodium <125 mmol / l), when it occurs, is often an iatrogenic occurrence during hospitalization with significant associated morbidity . Seizures, cerebral edema and death resulting from cerebral edema have been described in some cases of water intoxication . Hyponatremia occurs fr... |
Aggression is defined as behaviors intended to hurt, harm, or injure another person (1). It is rooted in an overall structure which could appear in the forms of anger, violence, physical, verbal, and relational aggression (2, 3). Aggression could be a product of our interactions with individuals in our environment (4) ... |
Children in developing countries bear a heavy burden of respiratory tract diseases and diarrhoeal diseases . Hand washing with soap is one of the principal means of preventing transmission of certain diseases . It is generally acknowledged that using latrines can also interrupt the transmission of diarrhoeal disease . ... |
Increasing age and cancer are well - established risk factors for venous thromboembolism (vte).16 given that older persons bear most of the cancer burden, as the population ages the incidence of cancer - associated vtes will increase as well.7,8 however, the epidemiology of vte in older cancer patients has not been wel... |
Reproductive health programming for female sex workers (fsw) has traditionally emphasized contraception, including condom use for both pregnancy and hiv prevention, and screening and treatment of sexually transmitted infections [14]. While these are critical components of reproductive health programming, fertility is o... |
It refers to upper abdominal pain or discomfort, which is taught to arise from the upper gastrointestinal tract (1). Dyspepsia is a global concern, although most of the published data have arisen from western countries . It is assumed that dyspepsia in populations from developing countries is mostly organic in nature, ... |
Inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) comprises a myriad of different presentations, levels of severity and responses to treatment . It is especially known that pediatric ibd represents more extensive inflammation with a predilection for colitis . It is an immune - mediated inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract arising... |
Robotic dispensing machines have been available for more than 10 years as an alternative storage system to conventional pull - out drawers in community pharmacies . This system is an electronically controlled automated storage system that offers the capacity of a distinctly larger, conventional storage, while taking up... |
Symptoms of cardiac involvement of tumor result from the location and impingement on adjacent structures . Conduction disturbances due to several kinds of cardiac tumor such as primary rhabdomyosarcoma,1) malignant melanoma with cardiac metastasis,2) cardiac hemangioma3) and metastatic adenocarcinoma of lung4) were rep... |
Streptococcus agalactiae (group b streptococcus (gbs)) is one of the most common bacterial causes of life - threatening infection in newborns [1, 2]. Gbs was first reported as a human pathogen in 1938, but it was not until the 1970s that gbs was described as a major pathogen responsible for neonatal sepsis, pneumonia, ... |
Triploidy is a chromosomal anomaly that is seen in 12% of all conceptions and up to 10% of spontaneous abortions 1 . It is classified as diandry when the extra set of chromosomes is from the father and digyny when the extra set of chromosomes is of maternal origin . Most cases of diandry occur as a result of dispermy a... |
Reverse shoulder replacement surgery is increasing in prevalence due to the advent of better performing, longer lasting implant designs . Even with these improvements, the burden of revision surgery is inevitable, as implants become infected, loosen, or wear . Day et al . Have previously described the growth in upper e... |
Push - up exercise (pue) is a representative closed kinetic chain exercise (ckce) that can strengthen shoulder and truncus muscles in daily living1,2,3,4,5 . Ckce is performed by applying resistance to the proximal and distal parts of limbs simultaneously while the distal is kept immobile6 . It is frequently used in ex... |
Census regions are presented for selected calendar years (1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, and 1987) to reflect regional variations in short - stay hospital (ssh) inpatient discharges and discharge rates (total and surgical) for aged medicare beneficiaries (table 1). For the 25 leading surgical procedures for aged enrollees, we... |
Hepatic stem - like (hsl) cells have a potential of self - renewal and an ability to differentiate to hepatocytes and biliary duct cells (nagai et al . (2005) described that hsl cells converted to pancreatic neuroendocrine cells when incubated with sodium butyrate (nab) and betacellulin . While many tissue stem cells a... |
Pancreatic cancer carries a challenging prognosis since it is most often diagnosed at an advanced stage of disease [1, 2]. At the time of diagnosis, 35% of patients have locally advanced pancreatic cancer (lapc)/stage iii disease with abutment or encasement of the celiac axis and/or the superior mesenteric artery (sma)... |
The colonization of land by plants was a major event in plant evolution, transforming the environment on land.1,2 knowledge of the origin of land plants is a prerequisite for understanding the transition from the aquatic to the terrestrial habitat of plants . The green algae are basically divided into charophyte and ch... |
This cross - sectional descriptive study was conducted in the divisions of pediatric metabolism, ankara children s hospital, ankara, dokuz eylul university, izmir, krkkale university, krkkale and erzurum local research hospital, erzurum, turkey between january and july 2014 . Among 65 eligible families, 4 parents refus... |
Implant placement in posterior maxillary jaw is more complicated because of lack available bone compared to mandible jaw bone . Success of implant in the posterior maxillary bone is complex because of type iii and iv bone . After the extraction of the tooth residual ridge resorption occur in buccolingual and occlusoapi... |
The prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms (luts) in men has been clearly shown to increase with age . Although the etiologies of luts in aged men are well understood, relatively little research effort has been devoted to studying luts in adolescents and young men . Obtaining a clinical diagnosis on the basis of th... |
The immune response in metastatic melanoma is not well known and this makes it difficult to use therapeutic approaches to stimulate the response against the tumor very hard . This case is of importance because it shows a spontaneous immune response in situ around the tumor that can give some insights to try to improve ... |
Is important during orthodontic treatment planning, which will ultimately affect patients satisfaction of treatment results . The desire to improve facial esthetics is one of the main reasons people seek treatment by an orthodontist or maxillofacial / plastic surgeon . Adolescents and young adults are major part of ort... |
Occipital neuralgia (on) is a rare neurological disorder characterized by paroxysmal shooting or stabbing pain in the dermatomes of the greater occipital nerve (gon) or lesser occipital nerve (lon)5). Clinical presentation and a temporary improvement with local anesthetic diagnostic block of the gon or lon confirm the ... |
Despite all the advances in the care of premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome (rds), including the use of antenatal steroids and early management with surfactant, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (bpd) continues to be a major cause of chronic morbidity among this population . There are large variations in the ... |
Anterior cervical fusion (acf) is a commonly performed surgical procedure to treat degenerative disorders of the cervical spine9). Although the use of tricortical iliac crest bone graft in acfs is associated with the excellent outcomes, the risk of donor site related complications have always incited the spine surgeon ... |
The aim of this study was to measure the level of oncostatin m (osm) a gp130 cytokine in the gingival crevicular fluid (gcf) and serum of chronic periodontitis patients and to find any correlation between them before and after periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing, srp). 60 subjects (age 2550 years) were enroll... |
Basal cell carcinoma (bcc) is a common skin tumor that constitutes 75% of non - melanocytic skin tumors . More than 80% of bcc cases are localized in areas exposed to the sun, such as the head and neck . The most important etiological factor is exposure to ultraviolet light, while other risk factors include advanced ag... |
A 74-year - old female patient underwent a roux - en - y cystjejunostomy for pancreatic pseudocyst developed several melena episodes and she was surgically reappraised . A 12 8.0 5.0 cm retro - gastric lesion was resected and pathology report indicated an unsuspected gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist). The report ai... |
Acute acalculous cholecystitis (aac) is an acute necroinflammatory disease of the gallbladder without gallstones that is typically seen in critically ill patients (1,2). The pathology includes endothelial injury, gall bladder ischemia, and stasis and these conditions may cause a concentration of bile salts and gallblad... |
Four randomized trials have been reported in three specific clinical settings that clearly document both the biological and clinical impact of bevacizumab, a human recombinant monoclonal antibody directed against vascular endothelial growth factor (table 1) [1 - 4]. However, while there has been a documented improvemen... |
Injection lipolysis is a rapidly growing technique for dissolving fat for non - surgical body contouring . A case of solitary lipoma, treated with phosphatidylcholine / sodium deoxycholate without any recurrence even after 9 months is hereby presented . A review of literature regarding this controversial technique is a... |
Resin cements are now widely used in clinical dentistry and improved or new versions are constantly being introduced which are claimed to offer advantages over their predecessors.1,2 the ability of luting multiple structures together, high resistance, less solubility in mouth liquids and colour options makes resin ceme... |
There is evidence that sufficient and restoring sleep is associated with a wide variety of increased cognitive performance1,2 and emotional processing,3,4 and also with personality traits5 such as optimism6 and mental toughness.7,8 in contrast, dysfunctional cognitive emotional processes such as symptoms of depression,... |
Our understanding of the mechanisms that regulate the organization of developing tissues is based on the idea that cells gain information determining their fates by monitoring the levels of morphogens released by discrete signaling centers, or organizers, in their vicinity (rogers and schier, 2011). One possibility is ... |
We performed the first comprehensive, population - based brachytherapy (bt) patterns of care study (pocs) in the australian setting by performing a bt pocs for new south wales (nsw). In comparison with our model of optimal bt utilization, gynaecological bt was underutilized in nsw, as well as in the usa and western eur... |
Increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2 dm) has stimulated research focused on the pathogenesis and treatment of t2 dm and its complications . Initial studies examining fracture as a possible complication of t2 dm indicated that type 2 diabetics were not at risk of fracture based on bone mineral density (... |
Appropriate management of farm waste such as manure is critical in controlling the spread of pathogens such as e. coli o157:h7 to vegetable crops . In most management schemes, fumigants are used for the control of plant pathogens, nematodes, and weeds before high - value cash crops such as strawberry and tomato are pla... |
Whole blood samples collected during the 20082009 dengue epidemic were tested for denv igm by elisa (dengue igm capture elisa; panbio, brisbane, qld, australia). All reactive samples were tested with a second elisa (anti - dengue igm elisa; standard diagnostics inc ., giheung - gu, south korea) and by the public health... |
Based on our rodent studies on mixed chimerism, we initially developed a clinically relevant non - myeloablative preparative regimen that permits the induction of mixed chimerism and renal allograft tolerance when combined with simultaneous donor bone marrow transplantation (dbmt) in mhc fully - mismatched cynomolgus m... |
The dna in eukaryotic cells is wrapped around histones which can be post - translationally modified to regulate transcription . Large genomes, such as the mouse and human genomes, are replete with repetitive sequences including tandem repeats at centromeres and telomeres, and interspersed repeats (e.g. Lines, sines, al... |
Lower urinary tract symptoms (luts) are common, especially in older men, and are most often caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph) which results in benign prostatic enlargement (bpe) and bladder outlet obstruction (boo). Patients with severe luts unresponsive to pharmacological management, and those with bph comp... |
Cellular allograft rejection is one of the commonest causes of graft dysfunction in the early as well as late posttransplant period . Chemokines induce migration of lymphocytes bearing specific chemokine receptors, which is central to allograft rejection, as has been emphasized in many experimental and human studies. [... |
Mucormycosis is a rare but serious infection due to filamentous fungi of the division of mucorales, the class zygomycetes . They occur most often in immunocompromised patients with diabeties or haematological malignancies with prolonged neutropenia they represent the third cause of fungal infection in these patients af... |
Generation of 3-mb - pp13-mb - pp1 was synthesized using a previously described route with slightly modified conditions (18). P116, a zap-70-deficient jurkat - derived t cell line, was obtained from r. abraham (the burnham institute, la jolla, ca). 293 cells, a kidney epithelial cell line, were obtained from the americ... |
He was known to suffer from pxf and had undergone standard uneventful phacoemulsification with in - the - bag implantation of monofocal iol in both eyes . In the right eye, a single piece poly (methyl methacrylate) (pmma) iol (+ 19 d) and in the left eye, a single piece acrylic foldable iol (+ 19 d) were implanted . Th... |
Pseudoaneurysm of the mitral - aortic fibrosa (pmaf) or intervalvular fibrosa is an uncommon condition, consisting of a pulsatile cavity in the mitral - aortic junction communicating with the left ventricular outflow tract (lvot). When intervalvular fibrosa pseudoaneurysm communicates to both the left ventricle (lv) an... |
Mental, emotional, and autonomic functions of the brain arise from interactions between the nearly 100 billion neurons that comprise this organ in humans . On average, synapses are asymmetric, complex, and highly dynamic [1, 2]. The plasticity of synapses and dendritic spines, the morphological structures that are the ... |
Cancer is a huge burden of our societies with an overall worldwide incidence of 182,3 cases per 100.000 inhabitants and an overall mortality of 102,4/100.000 according to the international agency for research on cancer of the world health organization (estimated age - standardized incidence and mortality rates (asr) fo... |
In 2013, approximately 9% of americans aged 12 years and older had used one or more illicit drugs in the past month, and 23% reported binge drinking in the past month . Much of this behavior may fall outside of diagnostic guidelines for dependent or disordered use, instead qualifying as risky or harmful use, which may ... |
Hepatitis b virus (hbv) is a public health problem and a major cause of mortality and morbidity (1). Almost 30% of the world population is infected with hbv, and more than 600,000 people die each year from acute disease or chronic sequelae secondary to hbv infection . Hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) is the earliest... |
The most common debilitating disorders affecting society at large are pain and depression, which are the most prevalent among neurological and psychiatric disorders . Depression and pain co - exist in almost 80% of patients (1) and are associated with impaired health - related quality of life, often contributing to hig... |
Obesity has been declared a global epidemic by world health organization (who) which has not only crossed geographical boundaries but has spread across all ages . Rising prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents and the fact that two - third of childhood obesity persists into adulthood, is increasingly contr... |
Scattering data were acquired using the pump probe method at the biocars 14-id - b beamline at the advanced photon source (aps) while the storage ring was operated in the standard top - up mode . Aqueous solution samples of wild - type sperm whale mbco were prepared at a 8 mm concentration in 0.1 m sodium phosphate buf... |
The combination therapy with pegylated interferon (peg - ifn) and ribavirin (rbv) has come to be established as the standard treatment for chronic hepatitis c. a sustained virological response (svr) has been reported with this treatment in 30%50% of patients with hcv genotype 1b infection, which accounts for 70% of all... |
Increases in the concentration of intracellular ca ([ca]i) control diverse functions in virtually all cell types . These ca signals differ spatially, temporally and in magnitude and are mediated by numerous channels, transporters and ca - sensing proteins . Opening of ca channels in either the plasma membrane or the me... |
Acidic foods are consumed globally [1, 2] but universally assumed to be innocent as to their effects on the mouth . Acidic food and beverages can affect natural teeth, and chronic exposure often leads to the development of dental frangibles (attrition, erosion, abrasion, and decay). Not only is acid derived directly fr... |
Uncorrected presbyopia impacts negatively on visual function (vf) and quality of life (qol) of affected persons.1 the symptoms of uncorrected presbyopia such as difficulty performing near work, fatigue, headache, and eyestrain, may adversely affect the qol of affected persons in varying degree depending on their occupa... |
The fourth diabetes atlas, published by the international diabetes federation (idf), revealed that there were an estimated 50.8 million cases of diabetes in india in 2010 . Data on hypertension, available from several regional studies, indicate an increase of about 30 times among urban indians and 10 times among rural ... |
Asthma control is characterised by the management of symptoms and reduction of predicted future risk, particularly exacerbations . Some asthma exacerbations can be caused by a range of risk factors and irritants, including exercise, allergens, pollutants and occupational exposures, viral infections, medications and oth... |
This study is an experimental designed pre - test - post - test, with a control group . The population of the study included 98 mentally retarded male students in the third grade at guidance schools in tehran province 2009 - 2010 school year . Students' selection was done through a multistage cluster; a sample of 30 me... |
Gastrointestinal manifestations of brucellosis in humans are relatively uncommon and may manifest as anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or constipation, but systemic symptoms, such as artharlgia and myalgia, are more common than localized gastrointestinal symptoms . This report presents a case with g... |
The genitourinary syndrome of menopause (gsm) is the new definition for the variety of menopausal symptoms associated with physical changes of the vulva, vagina, and lower urinary tract, related with estrogen deficiency . Gsm is chronic and is likely to worsen over time, affecting up to 50% of postmenopausal women . Th... |
Blood samples: peripheral blood samples were obtained from several farmers and veterinarians for diagnosis of blv infection at the hokkaido university veterinary teaching hospital . Informed consent was obtained from each owner, and approval for all procedures was obtained from the institutional animal care and use com... |
Drh rats were established by the selective mating of donryu rat progeny that exhibited resistance to hepatocarcinogenesis induced by the feeding of a 3-methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene (3-me - dab) diet [1, 2]. Drh rats exhibit hepatocarcinogenesis resistance to 3-me - dab as well as other hepatocarcinogens . In drh ra... |
Patients presenting a carotid stenosis and contralateral occlusion (co) have been historically considered at high risk for carotid endarterectomy (cea), since results from randomized controlled trials (rcts) on carotid surgery have reported morbidity and mortality rates significantly higher than in the general populati... |
Malaria is a parasitic disease of global importance, with more than 3000 million people in over 100 malaria endemic countries being at risk, and is responsible for the death of approximately a million people annually . Over 90% of yearly deaths resulting from malaria drugs such as chloroquine and sulphadoxine - pyrimet... |
Protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, which states that any act, conduct, omission and commission that harms or injures or has a potential to harm or injure will be considered as domestic violence by the law. (2) data from national health family survey suggest that approximately 37% of the married women... |
Spasticity is defined as a velocity - dependent increase in muscle tone that is usually caused by damage to the central nervous system, which controls voluntary movement . Disease conditions that cause spasticity include cerebral palsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, and so on . Continuous spastici... |
Currently, there are no recommendations for the management of a second local recurrence of prostate adenocarcinoma except for the introduction of palliative androgen deprivation therapy (adt). Improved diagnostic techniques including functional magnetic resonance imaging (mri) and positron emission tomography imaging (... |
At present, low back pain (lbp) is a great social and economic problem because the ongoing prevalence of this condition is between 6085%, and its incidence has been increasing in developed countries since the second half of the last century1 . The highest incidence of lbp is observed in patients between 3035 years of a... |
The registration system and the active vaccination since 1962 have continuously declined the incidence of tuberculosis (tb) in korea . Despite of these efforts, the incidence of tb in korea is high among the organization for economic cooperation and development countries . In 2009, in korea, the reported tb cases per 1... |
Population growth has increased the demand for food; rising prosperity has increased the demand for quality food . At the same time, consumers demand convenience foods, since they are becoming increasingly health conscious; therefore, there is a need to diversify food products . Wheat is being used as a staple food for... |
As indicated by otto warburg many years ago and now accepted as a hallmark of cellular transformation, cancer cells entirely reprogram their metabolism to sustain hyperproliferation and growth also in particular environmental conditions . In particular, differently from normal cells, cancer cells rely mostly on glycoly... |
Proponents of the procedure have claimed that it offers several advantages over the traditional open appendectomy through a right lower quadrant muscle splitting incision . However, the data concerning any superiority of the laparoscopic technique have not been entirely clear . To further evaluate this procedure, we ex... |
The discovery of somatotropin - release inhibitory factor, or somatostatin (sst), in hypothalamic extract in the early 1970s, led to important advancements in the comprehension of the regulation of growth hormone (gh) secretion and offered the opportunity to develop drugs mimicking the actions of sst . The synthesis of... |
The review and meta - analysis focusing on optimal glycemic control in neurocritical care (ncc) patients by kramer and colleagues in this issue of critical care provide a contemporary and comprehensive overview of randomized controlled trials (rcts) that apply different glycemic control strategies in this challenging i... |
The pelvis is an important body part that connects the trunk and the lower limbs, transferring the movement of the lower limbs to the trunk1 . The pelvis tilts anteriorly and posteriorly under the action of muscles during flexion and extension of the hip joint2 . Two major muscles that cause anterior and posterior tilt... |
Oral submucous fibrosis (osmf) is a chronic debilitating disease and a potentially malignant disorder of the oral cavity . The incidence of oral squamous cell carcinoma has been estimated to be 7.6% in osmf patients after a follow up period of 17 years . Areca - associated oral squamous cell carcinoma (oscc) is the 3 m... |
Immunoglobulin a (iga) nephropathy is characterized by mesangial iga deposits and expansion of glomerular mesangial matrix with proliferation of mesangial cells . Its clinical manifestation is extremely variable, ranging from asymptomatic microscopic hematuria to rapidly progressive renal failure . It is considered as ... |
Cancer cachexia is a condition of progressive muscle wasting that develops as a secondary condition in response to tumour growth . While cachexia develops in a wide range of pathologies including anorexia nervosa, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, congestive heart failure and various ma... |
Pig - keeping and pork consumption in eastern and southern africa (esa) are rising rapidly as demand for pork increases and rural and peri - urban families discover pig farming to be profitable and cost effective . In uganda, the establishment of piggeries and increased pig production by rural farmers is encouraged by ... |
Many patients with bipolar disorder experience hypomania for periods less than the minimum episode length criterion of 4 days in the dsm - iv [14]. There is a need to increase focus on this brief hypomania since even subsyndromal symptoms may impair functioning and diminish the quality of life [57]. Additionally, some ... |
India currently has surpassed china as having the largest number of suicides in the world, a situation made even more alarming by the unusually large proportion of youth - including young women - that complete suicide in the country . Suicide patterns in rural central india have been described in some studies; however,... |
Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (lrp) and retropubic radical prostatectomy (rrp) are well - established procedures for the management of localized prostate cancer . Recently, cancer treatment strategies have focused more on patient quality of life after surgery, thus requiring minimally invasive techniques . In 2002... |
Internal nasal valve incompetence (invi) is an often overlooked cause of nasal obstruction which in turn can mistakenly be attributed to other anatomical variations such as septal deviation and turbinate hypertrophy . It is characterised by the collapse during inspiration of the upper lateral cartilages; a narrowing of... |
Osteopetrosis is a rare bone disease, with an estimated prevalence of 1 case in every 20,000 people (1). This disease, caused by metabolic imbalances resulting from genetic mutations, was first reported in 1904 by the german radiologist heinrich albers - schnberg, as reviewed by bollerslev (2) and garca et al (3). With... |
Hepatic injury of various etiologies, such as chronic viral infections (mainly hcv and hbv), excessive alcohol consumption, metabolic disorders, or autoimmune insults, leads to the development of liver fibrosis . Fibrosis is a prolonged and exorbitant wound healing response causing the accumulation of redundant extrace... |
Two 30-year - old male patients visited the dental clinic for disabled at seoul national university dental hospital . They went through a routine dental check - up and radiographs were taken as aids to examine their oral health . On panoramic radiographs, both of the patients were presented with mesially impacted mandi... |
Targeted drug delivery guided by molecular imaging approaches is a burgeoning area of clinical research, particularly for the treatment of cancer . This approach involves an optimized delivery of a therapeutic molecule and an imaging probe to the disease site, thereby using selective diagnosis and effective pharmacothe... |
Dementia is a chronic condition characterized by a progressive cognitive impairment that leads to functional disability.1 in 2015, it was estimated that approximately 47 million people worldwide were affected by dementia, and this number is expected to increase, reaching 131.5 million by 2050.2 as such, it represents a... |
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