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Neurosurgery is characterized by the delicate balance between surgical success and potential for devastating side effects . Thanks to multiple technological improvements, the morbidity of neurosurgical interventions has substantially decreased over the last decades, allowing for the resection of previously inoperable l... |
The contribution to human health of the specific fatty acid (fa) composition of the diet has received considerable attention in the literature . Fatty acids are key nutrients that affect early growth and development as well as the prevention of chronic disease in later life.1 among the fas, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatt... |
Sexual development in males is a multistep process, implying a delicate network of molecular events that directs the bipotential gonad to differentiate into testis (sex determination) and consequent differentiation of internal and external genitalia in the presence of testicular hormones (sex differentiation). Alterati... |
Urinary tract infection (uti) is a frequent cause of morbidity both in the community and in the hospital setting . The causative pathogen can vary greatly geographically, and so it is prudent to identify those with resistant strains and have current data on the appropriate empirical therapy within a region . The most f... |
Acquired angioedema (aae), an acquired deficiency of c1esterase inhibitor, is a medically treatable condition which can cause severe abdominal pain mimicking an acute surgical abdomen . This disorder is strongly associated with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll) and other indolent lymphoplasmacytic disorders . We descr... |
Distal clavicle fractures associated with partial and complete coracoclavicular ligament disruption are potentially unstable, and non - operative treatment of these fractures is associated with a high non - union rate. [13] partial ligament disruptions (conoid or trapezoid) retain some inherent stability, and should be... |
A 68-year - old woman visited the clinic with the chief complaints of pain, swelling, and a warm sensation in her left thigh for over 2 days prior to her visit . The patient also complained about a warm sensation during the nighttime but body temperature was normal when measured in the clinic . She had undergone a left... |
Brachial plexus surgery using the da vinci surgical robot is a new procedure . To evaluate the advantages and the restrictions of the technique, a cadaveric study of supraclavicular and axillary approaches was conducted . We found that the axillary approach was useful and advantageous for lower roots, particularly for ... |
Older people have particular spiritual needs that are distinct from those of others, particularly in times of ill health and death and dying . It has been reported that spirituality has a positive effect on health outcomes and welfare of the elderly . Nowadays, aging phenomenon and relevant problems with its complexiti... |
According to the national regulations regarding diagnostic criteria of brain death (bd), instrumental confirmatory tests should be used in certain clinical situations, such as intoxications, infratentorial processes, extensive facial damage, children younger than 2 years of age, or any case in which clinical examinatio... |
Gastric cancer is the second most frequent neoplasm of the alimentary tract after the large intestine . 5,103 people in poland were affected by it in 2008 . The case - to - death ratio of around 1 indicates unfavourable prognosis as to recovery from this disease [1, 2]. This poor result is determined by the fact that i... |
Eosinophilic gastritis is an extremely rare disease that is characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the various layers of the gastrointestinal tract in the absence of any definite causes of eosinophilia . Patients with eosinophilic gastritis have diverse symptoms, including abdominal pain, emesis, abdominal diste... |
The skin is the largest organ of the body and protects the organism against external physical, chemical, and biological insults such as wounding, uvb radiation, and microorganisms . This major barrier resides in the upper layers of the epidermis (for review see segre, 2006). The epidermis is the upper part of the skin ... |
Gossypiboma (retained surgical sponge) describes a mass of cotton or sponge that is left behind in the body cavity during a surgical operation . These foreign bodies can often mimic tumors or abscesses when detected clinically or with radiation . In fact, surgical sponges without opaque markers are the leading cause fo... |
To demonstrate the usefulness of enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (edi - oct) in investigating choroidal lesions inaccessible to ultrasound sonography . In a 60-year - old woman with an asymptomatic choroidal nevus, normal oct was used to observe the macula and edi - oct to image the choroidal nevus ... |
Kelch - like ech - associated protein 1 (keap1)-nuclear factor e2-related factor 2 (nrf2) is a major cellular pathway that protect normal cells against oxidative and xenobiotic damage.1 nrf2 is an essential transcription factor for antioxidant and detoxification genes and is crucial for the chemopreventive effect of va... |
A 3-year - old male, known to have isolated speech delay, presented to the emergency department with severe body aches and inability to walk . Few days prior to his presentation, the child started to have flu - like symptoms in the form of rhinorrhea and low - grade fever . This was followed by irritableness, hypoactiv... |
The study was approved by the institutional ethics committee, and informed consent was obtained from all patients in accordance with the tenets of the declaration of helsinki . The donors were selected based on these inclusion criteria: myopic spherical refractive error ranging from 0.5 d to 10.00 d with no astigmatism... |
Sepsis is the major cause of death in the intensive care unit . Despite improvement of antibiotics treatment and supportive techniques, the mortality of septic shock increases to approximately 60% ., it not only helps doctors to make an early diagnosis of sepsis, but also predicts outcomes . There have been some biomar... |
Nine male competitive cyclists participated in this study . Their mean sd age, height, and body mass were 33.3 7.5 yr, 184 4 cm, and 77.3 7.0 kg, respectively . They had a maximal oxygen consumption (vo2max) of 4.8 0.2 lmin (oxycon pro; viasys healthcare, germany) with a peak power output of 418 16 w (protocol, 25-w in... |
Worksites in glass and metal works, foundries, rolling mills, in the vicinity of hardening furnaces, rotary kilns in the cement industry, high - temperature laboratory furnaces, as well as firefighting, are associated, in addition to common mechanical hazards (e.g., due to splashes of molten metals and slag), sparks an... |
This retrospective observational study was conducted using electronic medical records from the south central veterans affairs health care network (visn 16), one of the largest of the 23 visns in the veterans health administration (vha). The vha is a national integrated health care system providing a set of comprehensiv... |
Endotracheal intubation is one of the most important skills for anesthesiologists in securing the airway during general anesthesia and resuscitation . Failure to secure the airway can cause anesthesia - related life - threatening morbidity and mortality . However, the difficult laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation rate... |
Badana grupa skadaa si z 96 pacjentw (77 mczyzn i 19 kobiet) w wieku rednio 58,1 9,8 roku . Pacjenci zostali losowo przydzieleni do jednej z trzech grup: grupy pacjentw poddanych perikardiotomii tylnej (grupa i, n = 30), grupy kontrolnej (grupa ii, n = 33) oraz pacjentw, u ktrych zastosowano tylny drena osierdziowy, kt... |
Cancer places a huge burden on society and has been identified as the leading cause of death in both more and less economically developed countries . Projections based on the globocan 2012 estimates predict a substantive increase to 19.3 million new cancer cases per year by 2025, due to growth and ageing of the global ... |
The synthetic modification of proteins enables the construction of biomolecular hybrids that can be used to study protein function, deliver potent therapeutics to cellular targets, and build new materials . The synthesis of these constructs requires a suite of chemoselective bioconjugation reactions that proceed under ... |
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (aws) is characterized by varied symptoms that range from mild to severe intensity depending on several factors including the quantity, frequency and duration of alcohol intake, and the number of prior withdrawal episodes, as well as individual differences in the vulnerability [14]. Symptoms... |
This included only workers who had worked more than 50% of each day's working period and had worked for at least 10 days of the follow - up period . Information regarding the amount of liquid intake expressed (in litres, l) and daily productivity output (in tons) were recorded . The rehydration strategies were re - str... |
Choroid plexus papilloma (cpp) is a rare benign tumor accounting for 0.5% of all intracranial tumors that is more common in childhood, consisting of 1.5 to 6.4% of pediatric intracranial tumors.1 2 the majority of cpps occur during the first 2 years of life, with 12.5 to 20% (10 to 12%) reported in infants under 1 year... |
Multipath signals occur in numerous microwave and rf applications when an unwanted portion of the original transmission propagates along any alternate path and ultimately couples to the receiver distorting the amplitude and phase of the desired signal [14]. If the amplitude of the multipath signal is sufficiently large... |
Enucleation generally induces bone regeneration within a cystic lesion less than 3 cm in diameter and eliminates the lesion; however, it is difficult to postoperatively predict lesion recurrence and bone regeneration in cases of larger cysts . For this reason, a surgeon can choose between conservative and aggressive tr... |
For the first time, the presented data suggest that a variant in the retn gene plays a significant role in acne pathogenesis . We also demonstrate an excess transmission of mutant allele g at retn-420 from 130 trio families using tdt analysis . Therefore, we suggest that inherited variation in retn at -420 appears to b... |
Many studies over the past 15 years have focused on discovering solvents that help promote efficient cc bond formation under benign reaction conditions . New solvents in dielsalder(2) and barbier reactions have been sought to help streamline the one - pot transformations further, reducing synthetic steps and organic wa... |
Sepsis is the systemic inflammation caused by infection with bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, or toxic products, and has become one of the leading causes of mortality in children . In developed countries, the mortality rate of pediatric sepsis is about 210% and is as high as 50% in developing countries . Pediatric ... |
The main cause of treatment failure and death in cancer patients is metastasis the formation of secondary tumors in organs distant from the original neoplastic cell tissue . Adjuvant therapy of proven efficacy is not currently available for cancer patients; therefore, the search for new targets of therapeutic reagents ... |
Malaligned implants often complicate the clinical laboratory procedures employed for fabrication of superstructures . Due to improper load distribution, a stent is an appliance used for radiographic evaluation of height and width of the available bone during treatment planning for implant placement or during surgical p... |
Type 1 diabetes (t1d) is characterized by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic -cells, primarily mediated by t lymphocytes, resulting in insulin deficiency and lifelong exogenous insulin dependence (1). Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (lada) is a subtype of autoimmune diabetes, but the progression of autoimmune -c... |
Human papillomavirus (hpv), a virus from the papillomavirus family, is capable of infecting humans . About 200 different strains of hpv identified, based on dna homology, have been found to be etiologically linked to cervical, vaginal, vulvar, penile, anal, oral, and plantar infectious lesions and cancers, as well [1, ... |
According to numerous estimations, 15% to 29% of patients with cataract have 1.5 diopters (d) of refractive astigmatism.1,2 cataract surgeons usually prefer to treat cataract and correct refractive (spherical and astigmatic) disorders at the time of the surgery . Corneal incision (astigmatic keratotomy) and peripheral ... |
Song is a complex, learned motor skill that involves the precise coordination of vocal and respiratory musculature in order to produce highly stereotyped renditions of a memorized song model . Two pathways contributed to this behavior are identified in the songbird forebrain: the motor pathway that is required througho... |
First described by veterinarians, pythiosis is a serious life- and limb - threatening infection endemic to thailand, but rarely seen in the western hemisphere . Known to infect immunocompetent horses, dogs, and other large animals,2, 3 pythium infection was first reported in humans in 1989 in association with thalassem... |
Tissue culture methods and irradiation procedure have been described in . The three dimensional tissue culture model (3d epioral) and media were purchased from mattek corporation (ashland, ma). The 3d epioral tissue is a co - culture organotypic model and consisted of human fibroblasts on the bottom and human oral kera... |
Adolescents in sub - saharan africa face high exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection . Despite all efforts to prevent the disease, prevalence estimates in sub - saharan unaids (i.e., the joint united nations programme on hiv and aids) priority countries range from 1.3 to 15.6% among young women and 0.... |
Stroke is rare in children, however, a common cause of neurological disease, and it is a major cause of death ranks in the top ten in pediatric period11,15). Documented incidence has been reported as 2.5 - 8/100000 children / year12,13). Medical treatment includes maintaining cerebral perfusion pressure with hyperventi... |
This was a double - blind, randomized, crossover trial in accordance with the declaration of helsinki and good clinical practice . The primary objective was to assess albuminuria during different treatments compared with that with placebo; secondary objectives were to assess effect on 24-h blood pressure, glomerular fi... |
Nanobiomaterials are characterized by constituent particles and/or surface features less than 100 nm in at least one dimension . Starting with photolithography and dry etching in the 1980's to high - resolution electron beam lithography and other technologies in the 1990's, nanotechnology allows for making surface stru... |
Six a17 bac and one fosmid library were used to create mt3.5 (table s1). Most were processed by sanger paired - end sequencing of 3 - 6 kb shotgun libraries . Sequences were downloaded in february / march 2009 with scaffolding performed by aligning all bac and fosmid ends against contigs and then anchored and ordered p... |
Surgical treatment of avascular necrosis (avn) of head of femur include core decompression, osteotomies, nonvascularized bone grafting, free vascularized fibular grafts, hip resurfacing, bipolar hip arthroplasty (bha) and total hip arthroplasty (tha).123 tha is indicated in the young individual in avn with acetabular i... |
The success of valproic acid (vpa, 2-propylpentanoic acid), a short branched chain fatty acid, for the therapy of absence seizures, partial seizures, tonic - clonic seizures, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, social phobias, neuropathic pain and for the prophylaxis and treatment of migraine headaches has spur... |
Intramammary infection (mastitis) is the most common reason for the use of antimicrobials in dairy cows . Antimicrobials have been used to treat mastitis for more than fifty years, but consensus about the most efficient, safe, and economical treatment is still lacking . The concept of evidence - based medicine has been... |
Approximately 40 million people are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) worldwide (unaids 2006). Infections by this lentivirus from the family retroviridae are characterized by a long asymptomatic period after host immune defenses control the initial infection . During this subsequent chronic phase of ... |
In the normal kidney, immunohistochemical expression of contractile protein alpha - smooth muscle actin (asma) is limited to the vascular smooth muscle cells . In pathological conditions, the expression of asma the first experimental publication on this subject, by johnson et al, involved a series of clinical studies o... |
Chondroblastoma accounts for <1% of all primary bone tumors . Usually occurring in young adolescents, however, unusual sites of presentation such as patella, talocalcaneal, and temporomandibular joint has been reported . Since last decade, fine needle aspiration cytology (fnac) has evolved as a simple, safe, and noninv... |
Suicide is a grave public health issue with a global mortality rate of 16 per 100,000 individuals.1 suicide is one of the top three leading causes of death, particularly among individuals aged 1544 years, which is a productive age group.1 suicide is a complex event that is influenced by biological, cultural, psychologi... |
Copd is characterized by persistent airway obstruction, usually of a progressive nature and associated with an enhanced chronic inflammatory response in airways to noxious particles or gases.1 copd is associated with increased mortality and reduced life expectancy.2 of the 3.8 million mortalities caused by chronic resp... |
Amphotericin b (amb), an amphoteric polyene macrolide, has been considered one of the main options of antifungal therapy for serious and life - threatening mycotic infections for over 50 years despite the introduction of newer antifungal medications such as the azoles (e.g., voriconazole) and echinocandins (e.g., caspo... |
O - glycans have been found to play an important role in protein stability and tertiary structure, stabilize protein conformation, modulate the activity of enzymes (e.g. By reversible attachment of o - linked glcnac to cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins) and signaling molecules, are essential for a number of recognition ... |
Adiponectin (arcp 30, adipoq, apm1 or gbp28), secreted by adipose tissue, is a 247-amino acid peptide which was discovered in 1995 (1, 2). The amounts of adiponectin account for 0.01% of total plasma protein . The concentration of adiponectin circulating in plasma is very high (2 to 20 g / ml) (3). Plasma levels of adi... |
Neurofibromatosis (nf) is an autosomal dominant disease, discovered in 1882, by the german pathologist friedrich daniel von recklinghausen, characterized by disordered growth of ectodermal tissues, and is part of a group of disorders called phakomatoses (neurocutaneous syndrome). Neurofibromatosis type - i (nf-1), also... |
The zygomaticomaxillary complex is an important functional and aesthetic landmark of the midface, and it provides prominent cheek structure . However, unfortunately it is very vulnerable to injury because of its intrinsically prominent convexity . There are four bony attachments between zygoma and other facial bones: a... |
The gram - negative coccobacillus pasteurella multocida is normally found in the oral cavity of dogs and cats . It is a recognised cause of wound infection as a result of bites, licking or scratching . Bacteraemia and endocarditis are uncommon complications and, from literature reviews, are found to be associated with ... |
Patient aged 64 was admitted to the county hospital urology ward in september 2010 and diagnosed with tumor of the left kidney . Ultrasonographic exam revealed the structure with a diameter of 45 mm in the central field of the left kidney . Ct showed a solid focal lesion of the left kidney (30 x 40 x 32 mm) located bel... |
Assessment of myocardial viability in patients with coronary artery disease is of great clinical importance, as dysfunctional but viable myocardium has the ability to regain contractility after coronary revascularization with subsequent improvements in cardiac function and prognosis . The perfusable tissue index (pti) ... |
While advances in free trade and globalization increase the movement and accelerate the accumulation of invasive species (lockwood et al . 2005), it is still unclear how introduced populations can successfully establish . As elton (1958) pointed out, for every successful invasion that occurs, there are enormously more ... |
Genital infection due to chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infections (stis). According to the who estimates, globally 92 million new cases of c. trachomatis infection occur each year and about two - thirds of these cases occur in the developing world, where diagnostic an... |
Multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy (mcsm) is a serious disease which can lead to spinal cord dysfunction and a substantial decrease in quality of life . In addition, mcsm requiring multilevel cervical spine surgery can be accompanied by extensive blood loss . As spinal surgery has become increasingly complex, s... |
Hip fracture is a moderate musculoskeletal trauma that mainly affects the older population with comorbid conditions . The number will increase markedly in coming years due to the ageing of the population . Comorbidity and the double trauma may dispose them to serious postoperative adverse outcomes and a high mortality ... |
A young man was referred with a chief complaint of blurred vision and pain of the left eye 1 month after herpetic encephalitis in the left frontotemporal lobe . The patient had multiple foci of retinitis in the retinal periphery associated with vitritis, blot retinal hemorrhage and retinal arteriolitis . The impression... |
Inspection of the database of clusters of orthologous groups of proteins (cogs) revealed only one family of such proteins that is represented in most of the sequenced bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic genomes . The prototype of this family is the rhomboid (rho) protein from drosophila melanogaster, a developmental reg... |
An infliction in the life expectancy figure of patients with sickle cell disease (scd) occurred around the middle of the 1970s (fig . This minimal increase in life expectancy coincided with my appointment at thomas jefferson university as the associate director of the newly created adult sickle cell center . The number... |
The potential of rnai to silence any gene has made it an attractive therapeutic modality . However, the main obstacle to rnai in the clinic is delivery . To be effective, sirnas must be transported through the body, bind, and be taken up by target cells where they must traverse the plasma membrane and gain access to th... |
Sevoflurane does not sensitise the myocardium to arrhythmogenic effects of catecholamines and has the least effect on cardiac conduction system . Despite all the research demonstrating its safety, adverse cardiac arrhythmias such as nodal rhythm with bradycardia, prolongation of qtc interval, precipitation of torsade d... |
According to the mca, only a compromised ability to make a decision in accordance with certain procedural norms, loosely defined with reference to the ability to understand, retain and use or weigh relevant information, or an inability to communicate a decision, properly grounds judgments of incapacity (s. 3(1)). In ad... |
Type iii dysbetalipoproteinaemia is a kind of lipid metabolism disorders, caused by apo - e deficiency, which leads to accumulation of chylomicrons and very low density lipoprotein remnants in the plasma.123 lipid metabolism disorders are mostly manifested by xanthomas, which are known as yellowish cholesterol - rich m... |
Exacerbation is an important life - threatening event for patients with copd, and can lead to hospitalization and death.14 patients who suffer frequent and repeated exacerbations within 1 year have a poor prognosis,5 characterized by worsening of health - related quality of life (hrqol),6,7 a rapid decline in lung func... |
Lipoma is a rare tumor but can be found at various sites in the abdominal cavity (fig . 2). If it is of a large size, it can compress adjacent tissues or organs and become heterogeneous . In such cases, imaging is incapable of distinguishing it from liposarcoma.lipoblastoma is a type of a benign tumor with embryonic fa... |
The national cancer institute (nci) of the united states of america has proposed a reporting system for thyroid fine needle aspiration (fna) cytology, so - called bethesda system, which became an international standard of thyroid cytology [1, 2]. Following this recommendation, the uk royal college of pathologists (the ... |
It is not uncommon to see bleeding symptoms in patients in outpatient or hospital - based practice . Postpartum hemorrhage complicates pregnancy and accounts for significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in underdeveloped countries.1,2 menorrhagia is a common clinical challenge and is often associated with seco... |
Plant cells need to maintain the functional integrity of their walls during cell morphogenesis and exposure to biotic / abiotic stress . The available evidence suggests that a dedicated plant cell wall integrity (cwi) maintenance mechanism exists (wolf et al ., 2011). While our understanding of the mechanisms regulatin... |
Genomic dna hypomethylation has been observed in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of leukemia patients and in tumor cells of patients with b - cell lymphoproliferative diseases (1). Dna methylation may affect karyotypic stability, may influence euchromatin - heterochromatin interactions, and has been correlated w... |
Acute patellar dislocation is a common injury usually associated with a significant traumatic mechanism resulting in lateral displacement . Vertical axis rotation following dislocation is a rare variant of this type of injury and can prevent closed reduction in the acute setting . A 32-year old gentleman presented with... |
Graphene oxide (go) solution was synthesized from natural graphite powder by a modification of hummers method.45 cu2o / rgo composites were fabricated by a microwave - assisted hydrothermal reaction . Firstly, cu(no3)2 was added to a mixture of ethanol and water in the ratio of 64:36 . Then, a calculated amount of go s... |
In recent years, the concept of minimal intervention (mi) has prevailed in dentistry . Therefore, the importance of diagnosing caries at an early stage has increased . In conventional procedures, the diagnosis of caries has mainly consisted of visual inspection and tactile assessment with probing . However, lussi repor... |
Craniofacial defects are rare, disfiguring facial anomalies, with an incidence of about 1.4 to 4.9 cases per 100,000 live births . Craniofacial clefts may be caused by failure of the maxillary processes to fuse, external pressure, amniotic bands, oligohydramnios, central disorganization of the neural crest, and hematom... |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important gram - negative opportunistic pathogen that has the capability to create variable clinical infections, including, but not limited to, wound infections, urinary tract infections (utis), and blood stream infections (bsi), particularly in hospitalized and immunocompromised patients (... |
Polyarginine peptides are known as one of the widely used classes of cell - penetrating peptides (cpps) and cellular delivery tools . It has been reported that the presence of the guanidine group in the side chain of arginine plays a key role for improved ability of arginine - rich peptides to cross the cell membrane .... |
As of 2014, the worldwide prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2 dm) was estimated to be 9% among adults aged 18 years with great impact on mortality, particularly in low- and middle - income countries (lmic) [1, 2]. Moreover, globally, approximately 25% to 75% of diabetes cases remain undiagnosed [3, 4], until fur... |
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and accounted for 7.6 million cases (13% of all deaths) in 2008; in 2013 in the united states there are 12,340 estimated new cases and 4,030 deaths by cervical cancer [american cancer society: cancer facts and figures 2013]. Meanwhile in romania, based on statistic... |
Atherosclerosis is a coronary heart disease (chd), and is the most common cause of death in the industrialized world . High blood pressure (bp), hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus (dm) and smoking are considered as the major risk factors for the development of atherosclerosis . In addition, increasing age, male se... |
Confrontation with the consequences of diabetes causes a crisis in physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions . Sometimes the spiritual crisis can be tremendous . Since spiritual health coordinates different aspects of human life, this study aimed to identify the spiritual health of patients with defects caused by diab... |
Vitamin d deficiency was once thought to exclusively affect bone metabolism, but now there is ample evidence of its role in many other conditions including metabolic syndrome, autoimmune diseases, and cancer . Vitamin d receptors are recognized to be in numerous extraskeletal tissues, such as pancreas and muscle . A sy... |
A 21-year - old man (height = 180 cm, weight = 95 kg, body mass index = 29.3 kg / m) presented to the outpatient department with a long history of frequent and severe snoring . On physical exam, after a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea was made, a bilateral tonsillectomy and uvulopalatopharyngoplasty was planned fo... |
Infertility has been recognized as a public health issue worldwide (1) leading to an increasing need to the use of assisted reproductive technologies (art), including in vitro fertilization (ivf). After the first reported case of ivf in 1978(2) art enabled millions of people to have their own children in cases when pre... |
This study is part of a larger project examining the possible health effects of lifetime exposure to marine food and pollutants . The faroe islands constitute a unique setting at northern latitude in which the residents have an increased exposure to methylmercury and persistent organic pollutants, including polychlorin... |
Leaf senescence is the last phase of plant development and a highly coordinated process regulated by a large number of senescence associated genes (sags) (12). Leaf senescence can either be naturally induced during development stages, or stimulated by environmental factors including darkness, nutritional deficiency and... |
Female study participants were recruited from participants in a cross - sectional study assessing bmd in young women with type 1 diabetes and age - matched community control subjects (7). Cases for the cross - sectional study (baseline) were recruited from a regional tertiary hospital pediatric diabetes center and from... |
Many studies have shown that bracket debonding can cause enamel loss, particularly when the fracture occurs at the enamel - adhesive interface . Enamel damage may be in the form of enamel cracks, which may propagate during debonding [13]. Acid - etching, rinsing, drying and applying resin and bonding agents are the rou... |
Sensitive skin syndrome is a common and challenging condition, yet little is known about its underlying pathophysiology . Sensitive skin is a common term used by patients and clinicians, as well as the cosmetic industry, and represents a complex clinical challenge faced by dermatologists and other skin care professiona... |
Spontaneous pneumothorax (sp) comprises the largest group and is classified into primary spontaneous (psp) and secondary spontaneous pneumothorax . Psp usually occurs in young, tall, thin men, especially smokers, in the absence of an underlying lung disease . Although, sp is a relatively common condition, bilateral pri... |
Familial adenomatous polyposis account for 1% of colorectal cancers, and provides a model of apc inactivation as an early genetic event for the approximately 80%85% of cancers that develop from sporadic polyps . Colorectal cancers arising in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis can be largely prevented by polyp... |
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