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The photochemistry of ru(ii) complexes plays an important role in fields that include photochemotherapy (pct), molecular devices and switches, and solar energy conversion . Ru(ii)polypyridyl complexes are commonly employed in these schemes due to their relatively strong absorption throughout the ultraviolet and visible... |
The study population was divided into two groups based on preoperative astigmatism; the first group (group 1) had preoperative astigmatism ranging from 0.75 d to 3.00 d, the second group (group 2) had preoperative astigmatism that ranged from 3.25 d to 6.00 d. group 1 included 82 eyes of 67 patients (29 males and 38 fe... |
Status epilepticus (se) is a medical emergency associated with high morbidity and mortality . Increasing number of studies from india and around the world have tried to systematically examine trends in incidence, precipitants and outcome in patients with se with an aim to look at potentially reversible factors . Se is ... |
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (csm) and cervical spondylotic radiculopathy (csr) are classically approached by anterior single or multiple disc space decompression [1, 2], multilevel corpectomy, laminectomy [410], or laminoplasty [1118]. More recently, techniques using lateral multiple oblique corpectomy (moc) and/or... |
Silver metal and its derivative salts have been used in the medical community for many reasons over the past decade . Of these compounds, the one mainly used has been silver nitrate . The most common frequent but benign condition associated with the ingestion of silver salts is argyria, which is a permanent blue - gray... |
This study was approved by the institutional review board (irb) of the georgia regents university, and informed consent was obtained from every subject or his / her legally authorized representative . The sex and age distributions, age of onset for the patients, presence or absence of a first - degree relative with the... |
Nigeria contributes 9% to global hiv burden, and has a seroprevalence of 4.6% with 220,000 children already living with hiv infection as of 2008 [1, 2]. Hiv renal parenchymal disease is varied and may result from direct effect of the virus on renal epithelial cells, immune - complex mediated vasculitis, hyperviscosity ... |
Delirium is an extremely common problem occurring in over 50% of older, hospitalized patients, and is associated with both a decline in functional ability and increased morbidity and mortality . Consequently, it has been referred to as being an independent marker of functional decline. In addition, the development of d... |
Macrolide antibiotics have been the focus of widespread research due to increasing bacterial resistance [1, 2]. There have been significant synthetic and theoretical efforts to generate new core structures to address this challenge . Structure elucidation of a large number of obtained molecules, shows the existence of ... |
Since its introduction, the benefits of 454 sequencing (1) have been exploited for an increasing number of applications, including genomic sequencing (2), cdna sequencing (3) and ultra - deep amplicon sequencing (4). Despite its power in generating a great number of sequences from few samples, 454 sequencing is at pres... |
Prevention trials that include men who have sex with men (msm) have conventionally made trans women eligible for participation . Nontransgender msm and trans women are on a multidimensional gender continuum defined by feminine behavior, use of women's clothing, use of feminizing hormones, gender reassignment surgeries,... |
Blood samples and data from in vitro and in vivo embryo production were collected from 64 young holstein - friesian heifers (914 months old at the beginning), which were housed in a commercial embryo transfer station of a breeding association (masterrind, verden, germany). All heifers were included in a breeding progra... |
Granulocytic sarcoma, originally described as chloroma by rappaport in 1967, is an uncommon, localized tumor resulting from infiltration by the leukemic cells at anatomical sites other than the bone marrow . The world health organization (who) in 2008 renamed it myeloid sarcoma (ms). Ms has been described in myriads of... |
Productivity improvement which subsequently leads to cost reduction is one of the properties of resistive economy that plays an important role in increasing the country s strength in order to move along the frontiers of development; and at the same time reducing its vulnerability against the sanctions . The rapid devel... |
The natural products derived from medicinal plants have proven to be an abundant source of biologically active compounds and some of these extracts are considered to be beneficial to health . Scientific evaluation of plant's properties through potent pharmacological activities, toxicity profiling, and economic viabilit... |
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2 dm) increases the risk of developing peripheral artery disease (pad) as published in our previous studies . Pad, the silent killer in t2 dm denies classical claudication and in countries like ours can culminate into diabetic foot threatening limbs . This requires assessment in preclinical s... |
In this review, we address the following questions: (1) what are the potential mechanisms linking type 1 diabetes with insulin resistance and how is this combination (double diabetes) associated with increased cardiovascular risk? (2) might weight gain associated with intensive insulin regimens be associated with incre... |
During 20022004, many sick badgers were seen at the bases of mountains, on village roads, and within residential houses . At the same time, rabies in livestock was reported in the nearby villages . Local residents stated that dead animals were seen everywhere; however, accurate numbers and distribution of affected anim... |
Elucidation of metabolic regulation in plants has been an academic pursuit spanning many decades . Indeed the question of how metabolism is regulated was first raised in the scientific era in which metabolism was first truly defined (buchner, 1907; krebs and henseleit, 1932; plaxton, 1996; kornberg, 2000). Whilst the a... |
A 40year old female non smoker of average build, presented with swelling in the left lumbar region along with dragging pain for 3 months, with no history of dysuria, hematuria, trauma or previous surgery . She was non hypertensive and non diabetic and had no family history of malignancy . Ultrasonography (usg) showed a... |
According to traditional chinese medicine, tongue is the main window into the body (1, 2). A number of authors explain that tongue lesions represent an important part of oral mucosal lesions, with incidence varying among epidemiologic research from different parts of the world (1). Several studies have been working on ... |
Diabetes mellitus (dm) is a condition associated with propensity for thrombosis and increased risk of cardiovascular complications, leading to morbidity and mortality of diabetic patients . Microvascular and large vessel diseases are distinct in regard to pathophysiology, and there is no current evidence to suggest tha... |
T2d is a multifactorial disease characterized by increased blood glucose level due to both a defect in insulin secretion from pancreatic beta - cells and impaired insulin action at the target cells . The disease is estimated to affect more than 350 million people in 2020 worldwide (http://www.idf.org/diabetesatlas/) an... |
Leukocytes migrate across endothelial monolayers to reach sites of inflammation . As a result of many intensive and detailed studies that have been carried out over the last 1015 years, it has become clear that the endothelium that lines the vessel wall is actively involved in supporting leukocyte transendothelial migr... |
A 9-year - old male child presented with decreased vision in the left eye of 3 months duration . Visual acuity was 0.0 and 0.8 logmar in the right and left eye, respectively . General examination revealed multiple cafe - au - lait skin spots over the back and arms [fig . 1]. Fundus examination revealed bilateral mprap ... |
This was a cross - sectional questionnaire - based study approved by the institutional ethics committee and conducted in kolar district from september to november 2015 . All the pharmacists and pharmacy attendants willing to participate in the study were included after obtaining written informed consent . A predesigned... |
The commonest cause of external pancreatic fistulae is pancreatic surgery with an incidence reported between 3 and 30%; 90% of cases are initially treated conservatively although 20% may ultimately require surgery . A 39-year - old type 2 diabetic (fn) presented with a 48-h history of central crampy abdominal pain, rad... |
The epidemiology of ifi has changed over time and is thought to be affected by patient factors, environmental considerations, and antifungal exposure . What was once a disease primarily caused by candida albicans, ifis caused by both c. albicans and invasive molds, predominantly aspergillus species, have been increasin... |
Alzheimer disease (ad) is a progressive central nervous system degeneration, which is characterized by a gradual decline in cognitive abilities and activities of daily living . The most common symptoms of ad are an expanding variety of cognitive disorders, which usually starts with dysfunction of memory, and, as the ad... |
Hypercalcemia is a common problem in clinical practice and can be related to endocrine disorders or malignant disease, especially in elderly patients . Granulomatous inflammation of the skin and lymph nodes induced by intravenous or injectable silicone is a rare condition of hypercalcemia that is usually not within the... |
Type 2 diabetes is associated with an approximately twofold greater risk of dementia among older adults (13), but it is not clear whether risk of dementia for people with diabetes varies across racial / ethnic groups . In the general population, the prevalence of dementia has been reported to be higher among african am... |
Within the last few years, multistate collaboratives or networks have become a more prevalent mode for implementing health care quality improvement initiatives . There are many benefits to states for participating in such collaboratives, but at the center is that they give states the opportunity to learn from each othe... |
Detection of acute conditions of neglected infectious diseases (nids) is hindered by low primary health care utilization as well as low priority and quality of health care services . Chagas disease (cd) is an infection caused by the parasite trypanosoma cruzi and is transmitted to humans, among other ways, by an insect... |
We had data of sufficient resolution to estimate historical effective population sizes (ne) using the pairwise sequentially markovian coalescent (psmc) approach for 38 bird species (table s1) over a range from 110 million years ago (mya) up until about 10 thousand years ago (kya). This implied that we could follow popu... |
The long - term care insurance report (interim report) issued by the ministry of health, labour and welfare (mhlw) in january 2016 reported that 6,046,800 people who are 65 years old or over now have certification of long - term care need1, and the figure is expected to continue to increase . According to the mhlw repo... |
Nail polishes and nail polish removers may contain a variety of hydrocarbon - based solvents, while nail adhesives usually contain various acrylic ester monomers . The chemical n, n - dimethyl - p - toluidine is a chemical commonly found in artificial fingernail solutions . Its oxidation metabolite phenyl hydroxylamine... |
Maffucci's syndrome is a rare, congenital, nonhereditary mesodermal dysplasia which consists of hemangiomas of the soft tissue and multiple enchondromas. [13] it was first described by maffucci in 1881 . Approximately 170 cases have been reported in the literature. [35] maffucci's syndrome is known to be associated wit... |
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (crt) is a well accepted therapy for patients with heart failure (hf), left ventricular (lv) systolic dysfunction and qrs prolongation . Previously, prospective, randomized trials demonstrated that crt improves quality of life (qol), exercise capacity, lv systolic function, and decreas... |
Privatization of public services has been mentioned as a way to solve public sector s traditional problems such as inefficiency and lack of motives among its staff (13). Hence, preference of private over public units has been raised by many theories such as agency, property - right as well as public choice (47), althou... |
Cholesterol gallstone disease (cgd) is one of the most common digestive disease conditions in both industrialized and developing western countries . Worldwide cgd prevalence ranges between 5% and 20%, being more common in women than men in every population that has been studied . It is particularly prevalent in some sp... |
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll) is the most frequent leukemia in adults in the western society and is characterized by accumulation of clonal mature b cells [13]. In most patients, cll is preceded by a monoclonal b cell lymphocytosis (mbl), characterized by less than 5000 monoclonal b cells/l in the peripheral blood... |
Health seeking behavior (hsb) denotes visiting the health - care facility, which includes privately owned hospitals, public hospital, clinic, ayurvedic hospitals, nursing homes or home medicine . The desired hsb has been related to visiting official channels in a formally recognized health - care. (1) however, public h... |
Paragangliomas of the adrenal medulla, the most common site of paragangliomas, are known as pheochromocytomas, whereas those located outside the adrenal gland as extra - adrenal paragangliomas (eaps). The diagnosis of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas provide a potentially correctable cause of hypertension, and thei... |
The reported incidence of acute postoperative spinal infections ranges from less than 1% to 13% . . Infection rate of lumbar open discectomies without fusion is known to be 1 - 2%, microdiscectomy 5%, instrumented posterior lumbar fusions 2 - 6%, respectively5,13). C - reactive protein (crp) and erythrocyte sedimentati... |
The institutional review board at the university of california, irvine, approved this retrospective study . Medical records were reviewed from patients suspected of having amyloid polyneuropathy seen in the neuromuscular clinic at the university of california, irvine, between 2010 and 2015 . Both patients in this study... |
We examined a 33-year - old male with progressive painless decrease in vision and nystagmus since childhood and no history of night blindness . His best corrected visual acuity was 20/80 with 0.00 diopter sphere (d sph) / -4.00 diopter cylinder (d cyl) x 10 in the right eye and 20/60 with 0.00 d sph / -3.50 d cyl x 170... |
Tremendous advances have been made in health care delivery; however, poverty still has a profound impact upon the health of many patients [14]. Poverty is recognized as one of the most significant determinants of health, both as an independent risk factor and a predictor of morbidity for many chronic conditions [1, 2, ... |
A 47-year - old woman was a dmitted to o ur clinic for persistent purulent discharge from the left eye for a duration of six months . She had been diagnosed with chronic conjunctivitis at a private eye clinic . Despite conservative treatment, the symptom was persistent, leading to referral of this patient to our clinic... |
Leishmaniasis is a worldwide disease which is endemic in 98 countries and territories with more than 350 million people at risk . Over 12 million patients have been reported and about 0.7 to 1.2 million new cutaneous cases of the disease occur annually in the world (1, 2). Cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is highly endemic... |
Atrial fibrillation (af) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and it increases in prevalence with age, ranging from 0.1% among persons <55 years to 9.0% in adults aged 80 years.1,2 it is estimated that the current prevalence of af in the us is 2.3 million, with 75% aged> 65 years and 45% aged 75 years.3 according to ... |
Urosepsis is defined as sepsis caused by infection of the urogenital tract and is a systemic response to infection . Frequent causes for urosepsis are obstructive diseases of the urinary tract, such as ureteral stones, anomalies, stenosis, or tumor . It can also occur after interventions in the urogenital tract, such a... |
Adult t - cell leukemia - lymphoma (atl) was first described in 1977 by uchiyama et al . As a distinct clinico - pathological entity with a suspected viral etiology because of the clustering of the disease in the southwest region of japan . Subsequently, a novel rna retrovirus, human t - cell leukemia / lymphotropic vi... |
Nanoscale materials seems to offer great opportunities for biomedical applications such as therapeutic and diagnostic tools.19 biomedical applications under development include drug delivery systems targeted to the brain and cancer tissues, gene transfection, and intravascular nanosensor and nanorobotic devices for ima... |
Leishmaniasis is a debilitating disease that is prevalent across the globe with 350 million people in 88 countries at risk of acquiring leishmaniasis . A recent effort by the world health organization to provide a current estimate of the incidence of leishmaniasis concluded that between 0.2 and 0.4 million cases of vis... |
7 m acetone - fixed frozen sections from spleen or kidney were air - dried and stained with various antibodies for 30 min at room temperature in a moist chamber . For the identification of germinal centers, sections were labeled with pe conjugated anti - b220 antibodies (bd, ra3 - 6b2) and fitc conjugated anti - gl-7 (... |
Nursing burnout is the main characteristic of job stress that is a delayed reaction to chronic stressful situations in the workplace which could affect nurses who do not have sufficient emotional energy to cope and communicate with different types of patients . There is also sometimes this belief that they do not have ... |
Consultation, initial magnetic resonance imaging (mri) showed 10.1 mm 12.3 mm talar osteochondral lesion (fig . The patient underwent distal tibia drilling using 1.6 mm kirschner (k)-wire with surgical time lasting for 62 minutes . At 8 months postoperative follow - up, repeated mri revealed the tract traversed by bone... |
There are many materials successfully employed for soft tissue augmentation, such as autologous fat, collagen, and hyaluronic acid, among others . Each substance has its own characteristics that, case by case, make it the best choice, or not, indicated for the treatment of a certain individual . These techniques may be... |
Orchidectomy (also spelled orchiectomy) is a surgical procedure to remove testes and thought to be the oldest method of castration . In urological field, this procedure extensively used if testis cancer and prostate cancer were suspected (moul, 2007; damber, 2005). More recently, chemical castration which eliminates an... |
There are 2 billion people (> 30% of the world's population) suffering from anemia . Iron deficiency (i d) is the major cause of anemia and both anemia and iron deficiency in infants and young children are associated with adverse effects on neural development . Inadequate diet due to low iron intake and/or bioavailabil... |
Huntington s disease (hd) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease characterized by a triad of progressive motor dysfunction, cognitive decline and psychiatric disturbances.13) the genetic mutation underlying this disorder has been localized to the short arm of chromosome 4, which results in an expansion and ... |
It is not uncommon to find children with grossly carious primary teeth . In most of the cases, the only treatment possible is extraction of the decayed teeth, resulting in an increased number of children who require prosthetic rehabilitation with either partial or complete dentures . Prosthetic rehabilitation at this s... |
Hyperkalemia affects the myocardial tissue producing electrocardiographic abnormalities, such as prolongation of p - r interval, tall peaked t waves, a reduction in the amplitude and an increase in the duration of p wave, and atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, including variable degree heart blocks . A 97-year - old f... |
Various ligaments surround the vertebral column, including the anterior longitudinal ligament, posterior longitudinal ligament, ligamentum flavum, posterior ligament complex, and the nuchal ligament . These paravertebral ligaments may become ossified; conditions such as ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (... |
Afferent loop obstruction (alo) is a rare complication of pancreaticoduodenectomy (pd), with a reported incidence varying from 1.2 to 13% . Pannala et al ., in their retrospective cohort study, reported 24 (13%) patients who developed alo among 186 pancreatic cancer patients treated with pd; in 9 (38%) patients, obstru... |
The integrity and feasibility of all clinical trials should be assured through scientific review of proposals or protocols by a panel of subject experts . Such a review includes assessment of particular features relevant to the research proposal, the team, and environment associated with the proposed research, project ... |
The hallmark of systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) is its autoimmunity and protean clinical manifestations that can affect virtually every organ and can vary perilously living up to its name as the disease with thousand faces . The extent of cns manifestations can vary broadly, from less severe subclinical abnormalitie... |
Motor neuron diseases (mnd) are a heterogeneous group of disorders which result in death of motor neurons amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als) is the most common form of mnd in adults, affecting both anterior horn cells and corticospinal tracts . Amyotrophic refers to the muscle atrophy, weakness, and fasciculation that... |
Scar endometriosis is a rare entity reported in the gynecological literature, and is present in women who have undergone an abdominal or pelvic operation . The diagnosis of endometriosis is usually established by a biopsy . Because endometriotic lesions can be present as a mass lesion, it seems feasible to investigate ... |
Congenital absence of the lumbosacral articular facet joint is an uncommon anomaly [112]; it is usually asymptomatic and sometimes presents with a concomitant nerve root anomaly . To our knowledge, only three cases of congenital absence of the lumbosacral articular facet joint and a concomitant conjoined nerve root hav... |
Long - term studies of healthy kidney donors have shown that living kidney donation is safe and rarely affects the individual's health . However, some studies have reported decreased renal function during short to intermediate follow - up periods after living - donor nephrectomy . Although controversy over the impact o... |
Additionally, the obturating materials seal within the canal system any irritants that are not removed during chemomechanical preparation . Gutta - percha has been considered as the gold standard filling material and for many years has been used as a core material with zinc oxide eugenolbased or ca(oh)2 based sealers .... |
Clinical competency is a combination of morality, values, and their reflection on knowledge and skills . Honesty, care, communication skills, and adaptability are recognized as individual competency factors . Nurses constitute about 70% of health care teams which are the greatest health care providers and play a crucia... |
Measuring instruments have gone through several stages in their development: analog meter, discrete component parts (dcp) instruments, digital instruments, intelligent instruments, and have now reached the stage of the virtual instrument (vi). Vi is the result of the close combination of modern electronics, transducers... |
More than 20 years have passed since stents began to be used for treating unresectable bile duct stricture in patients with obstructive jaundice . Previously, percutaneous transhepatic cholangial drainage (ptcd); also known as percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (ptbd) was employed for patients with this disease... |
In 2001, end stage liver failure (eslf) accounted for about 800,000 deaths worldwide . Liver transplantation is currently the only available treatment that can reverse, albeit temporarily, the deteriorating trajectory of events leading to death, thereby significantly increasing patient's life - expectancy . The psychia... |
The world's population is aging . In 2009, 14% of canada's 32 million people were aged 65 years or older . This proportion is expected to rise to between 23 and 25% by 2036; effectively doubling the number of seniors observed in 2009, placing increased demand on the health care system and the nation's workforce . With ... |
Whilst patients presenting with symptomatic carotid occlusion constitute a relatively small proportion of stroke admissions, they have a higher risk of recurrent inhospital stroke and early death compared with otherwise undifferentiated acute ischaemic stroke (ais) or transient ischaemic attack (tia) patients . An anal... |
Superficial thrombophlebitis (st) refers to an inflammatory alteration or infection in the wall of the superficial vein and is characterized by a progressive blood clot formation . The symptoms of st are severe pain, skin erythema, hot flush, local edema, thickening, and painful tendon cords along the invaded vein1, 2 ... |
Radiation - induced pharyngo - oesophageal strictures (pes) are relatively frequent complications in head and neck cancer patients . Complete pes is rarer and has been associated with several risk factors such as higher radiation exposure (over 5060 gy), radiation site (hypopharynx, pharyngeal constrictors and oesophag... |
A 29-year - old female was treated in our clinic in 2012 because of an acl rupture . On preoperative physical examination, her lachman test score was 3 + and a kneelax examination (monitored rehab systems bv, haarlem, netherlands), in which a 134 n force was applied, revealed a 2-mm slippage of the affected knee compar... |
Kimura's disease was first described in 1937 by kim and szeto in the chinese literature and later by kimura et al . In 1948 . Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (alhe) is a rare vasoproliferative disease with a benign nature . A 32-year - old female presented with a history of multiple itchy nodules in the axi... |
Familial mediterranean fever (fmf) is a hereditary periodic fever syndrome characterized by acute episodes of fever and painful manifestations (1,2). Pulmonary paragonimiasis is a food - born parasitic disease characterized by cough, sputum, hemoptysis, and chest pain (3). The coexistence of fmf and rheumatoid arthriti... |
Dental implant - supported prostheses have become one of the significant treatment modalities for replacement of teeth, with reported success rates of over 98.2% . The success of dental implants is highly dependent upon the integration between the implant and the intraoral hard / soft tissues . The long term success or... |
The current study is a post hoc analysis of the combined databases of the reduction of endpoints in non - insulin dependent diabetes mellitus with the angiotensin ii antagonist losartan (renaal) and irbesartan diabetic nephropathy trial (idnt) studies . Both trials investigated the efficacy of angiotensin ii receptor b... |
Transcription factor binding sites (tfbss) play important roles in the regulation of gene expression . Extraction of a common tfbs from a set of dna sequences is a practically important problem . Although a number of algorithms have been released so far to overcome this problem, none of them seem to be perfect (14). Th... |
Generalized vitiligo (gv) is a complex disorder in which acquired, progressive, multifocal loss of pigmentation of skin and hair results from loss of melanocytes from the affected areas (taeb and picardo, 2009; birlea et al ., 2011b). While the striking phenotype of gv has been recognized for thousands of years (nordlu... |
This study was approved by the western institutional review board (olympia, wa, usa). Morphologic data from 92 north american patients were derived from our prior study.14) the patient - reported ethnicities of this group included caucasian (90%), native american (4%), african american (4%), and hispanic (2%). These pa... |
Diabetes is increasing in japan to levels that are comparable with those of other countries, and a recent publication reported that the number of individuals strongly suspected of having diabetes in japan was approximately 8.9 million in 2007 . The increasing rate of diabetes in japan probably reflects a complex interp... |
Dengue fever has emerged as a major public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions across the world . With an increase in the global burden of this arboviral infection, health care services are continuously striving to improve patient management and searching for innovative approaches to control vector trans... |
This study was conducted according to the declaration of helsinki . With approval from the mcgill university health center research ethics board, we included patients scheduled for elective cabg at the royal victoria hospital (between october 2008 and march 2010) in this comparative, prospective, nonrandomized study . ... |
Mimicry of interfacial protein segments has led to new classes of rationally designed inhibitors of protein protein interactions (ppis). The identification and analysis of protein complexes mediated by protein secondary structures provide a platform for these explorations . We have recently examined the full set of pro... |
We studied 3,811 pregnant women of european ancestry (manchester and belfast, u.k ., and newcastle and brisbane, australia) and 1,706 pregnant women of south east asian ancestry (bangkok, thailand). The protocol was approved by the institutional review board at each field center, and all participants gave written, info... |
It is caused by a defect in chromosome 19 and characterized by raised levels of low - density lipoprotein - cholesterol (ldl - c) (bad cholesterol) that is passed down through families . The condition begins at birth and can cause heart attacks at an early age . Clinically, fh is characterized by deposits of cholestero... |
The most common cause of sellar calcification is craniopharyngioma but it can be seen very rarely in pituitary adenomas and rathke's cleft cysts . Incidence of calcification in pituitary adenoma on imaging varies from 0.8 to 8.0%, but usually it is <2% . Pituitary calcification has been reported most commonly in prolac... |
Diabetic neuropathy is one of the most frequent diabetic foot lesions, affecting 2040% of persons with diabetes . Neuropathy increases the risk for diabetic foot ulcers, which precede 84% of lower limb amputations, and is associated with decreased quality of life and a high mortality rate . Currently accepted screening... |
Acral (lentiginous) melanoma (alm) is the most prevalent subtype in the asian and mexican mestizo populations . Acral lentiginous melanoma is most often diagnosed at an advanced stage and associated with a poor outcome [24]. Dermoscopy is a noninvasive diagnostic technique that allows early recognition and increases di... |
Cr(vi) is a human respiratory carcinogen with documented inhalation exposures in numerous occupational groups . Its presence at large toxic waste sites and in many drinking water supplies has also raised concerns about potential adverse health effects of environmental cr(vi). Chromate, the main form of cr(vi) in physio... |
Teratomas in the head and neck account for 29% of all teratomas at birth and teratomas in the oropharynx are extremely rare . Here, we present a case of oropharyngeal teratoma that was diagnosed antenatally . A 25-year - old female (gravida 2 para 1) was seen by a radiologist for evaluation of polyhydraminos . Ultrasou... |
The cell cycle, in which cells replicate their genome and then physically divide into daughter cells, is an essential function in keeping multicellular organisms alive and healthy . However, various environmental factors (such as ionizing radiation or ultraviolet irradiation, and chemotherapy) as well as erroneous phys... |
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