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The metabolic syndrome (mets) is a clustering of metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors that have been widely discussed for at least 20 years . Although some have questioned the clinical utility of metabolic syndrome, there are many reasons to believe that this entity is useful . Identification of metabolic syndrome... |
The constructive, or synthetic, biology approach is a fascinating avenue for exploring the boundary between living and nonliving matter . Because the cell is the minimum unit required for life as we currently understand it, various researchers have attempted to construct artificial cells from simple, well - understood ... |
Right sided valvular involvement in infective endocarditis has been well - described, but lesions affecting eustachian valve are distinctly rare . In 1986, edwards et al . First described the entity of eustachian valve endocarditis (eve) in an autopsy study of a patient with overwhelming streptococcal sepsis . In the l... |
X - ray micro computed tomography (mxct) has many applications in various fields including medicine, geology, materials science, dentistry, art and archaeology, among others . The methodology combines a non - destructive and noninvasive analysis with the ability to quantify the geometrical characteristics of irregular ... |
This study was approved by the institutional ethics committee review boards of chang gung memorial hospital linkou medical center and chang gung university . We recruited 123 patients, and all patients gave written informed consent to participate in the study . The screening glucose challenge test for gestational diabe... |
The conventional definitions of pediatric adiposity depend on a measured body mass index (bmi, kg / m) interpreted relative to a reference distribution (bmi normative growth charts) for sex and age [13]. Because it has body weight in its numerator, bmi reflects generalized (total - body) enlargement with a simplified c... |
The bucky shuttle being the combination of nanosize carbon structures fullerene and nanotube, has many possible applications: nanoscale storage cells, devices for directed medicine transfer and containers for effective and safe gas storage [7 - 13]. Nanosize containers and capsules of various shapes that allow reaching... |
It is an unusual " atypical " antipsychotic, as the " atypical " profile of the new antipsychotics clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone has been linked to combined antagonism of serotonin 2 (5-ht2) and dopamine 2 (d2) receptors, whereas amisulpride has negligible affinity for 5 ht2 receptors and is specif... |
Aging leads to senile diseases, including alzheimer disease (ad), which has become a serious medical and socioeconomic problem . Therefore, progress in early diagnosis and effective treatment of ad is necessary, especially in the preliminary or early stages of the disease . Most elderly people experience physiological ... |
Intraocular pressure (iop) is one the most important modifiable risk factors for glaucoma progression.13 iop measurements in the ophthalmology clinic are often limited to office hours, which do not fully represent the nychthemeral iop peaks and fluctuations.4,5 previously, 24-hour iop monitoring studies have reported f... |
Cyclodialysis cleft is a rare clinical finding, but one that can have significant ocular complications, including decreased vision, shallowing of the anterior chamber, corneal edema, hypotony, choroidal effusions, maculopathy, vascular tortuosity, and optic disc edema . While it can be caused by surgical manipulation o... |
Acoh (3.00 mmol) was added to a solution of galactoside 20 or 13 (1.57 mmol) in acetone (3.5 ml) and meoh (4.7 ml) at 0 c . After 8 h, the reaction was quenched by the addition of nahco3 (5.95 mmol) and then filtered . After concentration of the filtrate under reduced pressure, the resulting oil was purified by flash c... |
Ventriculoperitoneal and cystoperitoneal (cp) shunts are commonly used for the treatment of hydrocephalus and symptomatic intracranial cysts . Abdominal complications, including intestinal volvulus, pseudocyst formation and migration into the gastrointestinal tract have been reported, accounting for 25% of shunt - rela... |
We explore, in mice, the possibility of diagnosing an early - melanoma tumor and following its growth by analyzing the changes that occur throughout the pathological process in vocs excreted in urine and feces . We report here total of 29 potential biomarker candidates of melanoma; 25 of these are novel, and 4 have bee... |
Genome - wide association studies (gwass) have emerged as a powerful non - biased technique for identifying pathways related to human diseases with complex genetic architecture . Understanding such complex diseases requires a broad understanding of the relevant functional nodes regulating disease - relevant pathways . ... |
Randomized controlled studies have shown that noninvasive ventilation (niv) reduces short - term mortality, risk of intubation and complication rate when given as an additional treatment to selected patients with an acute exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) complicated by hypercapnic acute resp... |
Takayasu arteritis (ta) is a chronic inflammatory arteritis affecting the aorta and its main branches . The disease has a world - wide distribution, but has a high prevalence in japan . Although there are no population based studies from india, reports have shown than the prevalence may be as high as in japan . Most of... |
Currently, liver transplantation is the only definitive treatment for the end stage liver diseases . However, its widely used was limited by the expensive costs, shortage of donor organs and invasive procedure (1). Hepatocyte transplantation has emerged as a feasible alternative to liver transplantation in some liver d... |
Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (wm) is the result of a clonal proliferation of lymphocytes that produce monoclonal immunoglobulin m (igm). It is now considered to correspond to lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma as defined by the world health organization classification system (1, 2). Many central nervous system (cns) compli... |
The increasing prevalence of childhood obesity, especially in preschool aged children [1, 2], has stimulated research targeting critical periods of growth . According to freinkel's hypothesis of fuel - mediated teratogenesis, the intrauterine environment can influence changes in gene expression and affect the developme... |
Phylogenetic networks represent the evolutionary relationships of taxa, including sequences, genes, chromosomes, genomes, or species . There are different types of phylogenetic networks, but here, we are interested in reticulate networks, which provide an explicit representation of evolutionary history, meaning that in... |
We recently demonstrated that diabetes directly induced dental caries in rats and mice, although a direct association between the 2 was less evident and conflicting in humans [14]. We demonstrated that dental caries were produced using noncariogenic diets with a low concentration of sugar in diabetic rodent models [57]... |
Encapsulation of biological macromolecules within lipid vesicles is important for biophysical research and for a variety of applications such as pharmaceuticals, foods, and cosmetics . Although attractive interactions between solutes and the lipids used to encapsulate them can lead to high encapsulation efficiencies, s... |
We collected all possible literature from the year 1972 (when kfd was first described) to the present day conducting a medical search on kikuchi fujimoto disease (kfd) in english language . We included publications in authorized medical journals including original and review articles / theses, editorials, case reports ... |
Does it have any bearing on outcome in the icu or during the post - icu period? Although not evidence based in any prospective, controlled, randomized clinical trials, it is unlikely that anyone would dispute that under - feeding eventually leads to death . This parallels the lack of controlled studies on the use of pa... |
Recently, apparent expression of foxp3 in the majority of thymic epithelial cells was observed in experiments using flow cytometry while a subset of thymic cortical epithelial cells was found positive for foxp3 by immunofluorescence (16). Because epithelial cells are notorious for a high degree of nonspecific antibody ... |
Human parvovirus (hpv) b19, being first discovered and introduced in 1975, is a non - enveloped single - stranded dna virus from the parvoviridae family . The virus is transmitted by respiratory droplets and the prevalence is estimated to be high since most of the individuals are infected by the age of 15 . The clinica... |
Primary mitochondrial disorders due to impaired oxidative phosphorylation (oxphos) are a well - established cause of severe disability and precocious death in both children and adults (koopman et al ., 2012). No effective therapies are currently available for these conditions, but encouraging results have recently been... |
Irinotecan is commonly used in combination with oxaliplatin as a component of folfirinox chemotherapy for several gastrointestinal malignancies . The purpose of this case report is to describe a patient who developed acute paralysis and aphasia while receiving her initial infusion of irinotecan . A 67-year - old woman ... |
Alcohol dependence is the most prevalent substance use disorder that can lead individuals with the disorder to serious health - related and social problems . According to a report by nutt and colleagues (2007), the level of potential harm and risk of alcohol use and misuse was among the top five with heroin and cocaine... |
Nutrient intakes, health behaviors and quality of life are interrelated and are of particular importance among rural residents . Rural areas exhibit a variety of dietary habits and food - intake patterns (lee et al ., 2002; ministry of health & welfare, 2002) with food intake and food selection being lower, consequentl... |
The treatment of chronic hepatitis c (chc) has evolved in the last 15 years from monotherapy with interferon alpha (ifnalpha) to the combination treatment with pegylated ifn (peg - ifn) plus ribavirin for 24 - 48 weeks . Up to now, several viral, host and drug - related reactions in response to ifnalpha - based therapy... |
Pleomorphic carcinoma is an aggressive tumour initially described in the lung by nash and stout . In the 4th edition of the world health organization (who) classification of tumours of the lung, pleomorphic carcinoma is defined as a poorly differentiated (squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma) or undifferentiated c... |
Management of suspected scaphoid fractures with normal x - rays at emergency department (ed) presentation is a common clinical challenge . There has long been concern that failure to identify and immobilise a scaphoid fracture might result in avascular necrosis or non - union with significant functional impact for the ... |
Women's reproductive health is a major area of concern, especially in developing countries . Maternal complications and poor perinatal outcome are highly associated with nonutilization of antenatal and delivery care services and poor socioeconomic conditions of the patient . More than half a million women die annually ... |
Phytoestrogens, naturally occurring hormone - like compounds with a unique diphenolic structure found in several plants, have received much attention as dietary components as they are known to promote better health . Phytoestrogens have been also associated with reduced incidence of various cancers, cardiovascular dise... |
Acute appendicitis, one of the commonest surgical emergencies, affects nearly 7% of the world's population and accounts for about 1% of all surgical operations . Faecoliths formed by mineral deposits layered with faecal debris and lodged in the appendix are called appendicoliths . The prevalence of faecoliths in the ge... |
It is commonly treated with conservative surgery; prognosis is rapidly improved by performing concomitant chemotherapy after the initial surgery.1,2 gliomatosis peritonei is the metastatic implantation of mature glial tissue within the peritoneal cavity of patients with ovarian teratomas.3 as second - look or secondary... |
Cesarean delivery rates have been increasing in a fast manner throughout the world within past few decades (1). Although reasonable cesarean rates have been proposed as 510% by who, cesarean delivery rates across the world varies between 0.4% and 41% (2). While cesarean birth rates had reached 28% in usa, 21% in canada... |
Las fracturas por fragilidad asociadas a la osteoporosis suponen un gran coste econmico y personal para la sociedad . La ingesta de calcio farmacutico o diettico es necesaria para aumentar la densidad mineral y prevenir fracturas por fragilidad . Aunque los productos lcteos son una buena fuente de calcio, los pacientes... |
The ultrastructural localization of a molecule requires that a certain degree of electron - density, resulting in adequate electron scattering, be present in sufficient amount . Binding of heavy atoms can be accomplished easily with regards to proteins, nucleic acids and other cellular components, in some cases with a ... |
Nearly, 90% of metastatic tumors occur in jaw bones, especially premolar - molar region of the mandible, whereas metastases to soft tissues are extraordinarily rare and account for 0.1% of all oral malignancies . Most metastatic tumors to the orofacial region are seen in patients aged between 40 and 70 years . Metastas... |
The study population was all the 6 to 9 year- old students from the districts of one and two in yazd, an old and big city located in the center of iran . For the study group, 56 students were selected from imam hussein counseling center (counseling center of educational organization of yazd province) who were referred ... |
The visual environment provides a vast assortment of information to the sighted individual during the acts of daily living . For the visually - impaired individual, a need exists to compensate for the lack of this information, which has motivated the introduction of a wide variety of devices that transfer at least some... |
It negatively influences the child's quality of life and is an important cause of absence from school and also a significant factor in health - related costs among children and adolescents . Its prevalence varies greatly from 5.9 to 82%, depending on the definition criteria and the age of the patients . The internation... |
A total of 30 mabs that were either developed or in - licensed by companies are currently undergoing evaluation in late - stage studies (tables 1 and 2). Five of these (brodalumab, mabp1, moxetumomab pasudotox, tildrakizumab, rilotumumab) transitioned into phase 3 studies during the period from late 2012 to april 2013 ... |
They may be seen in midline or para - axial location, from the brain to the sacral area . They display a particular tendency to locate in the sacrococcygeal and pre - sacral regions . Reported incidence of tumors at these sites the oropharyngeal cavity is exceedingly rare for teratomas, 2% of all teratomas, present as ... |
The rationale underlying treatment recommendations based on esthetic impairment come from the social science researches, which indicate that unacceptable dental appearance may stigmatize, impede career advancement and peer group acceptance, encourage negative stereotyping, and have a negative effect on self - concept .... |
In order to proliferate, cells must accurately transmit their chromosomes from one generation to the next . In eukaryotes, the chromosomes are confined to the nucleus, the perimeter of which is defined by the nuclear envelope . The nuclear envelope is made of a double membrane; the outer nuclear membrane is continuous ... |
Fibro - osseous lesions (fol) are a poorly defined group of lesions affecting the jaws and craniofacial bones . All are characterized by the replacement of bone by cellular fibrous tissue containing foci of mineralization that vary in amount and appearance . Recent world health organization classification (2005) for fi... |
Green tea, unfermented and made from the leaves of the camellia sinensis plant, is one of the most popular beverages consumed across the world [13]. The property and chemical components of green teas are influenced by many factors, such as tea species, harvest season, climate, geographical locations, and processing . I... |
Aging is associated with changes in various body systems including in the neuromuscular structures, which lead to a reduction in important components of physical fitness.1 the preservation of fitness - related components such as muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility are essential to the performance of daily act... |
Bovine eyes (from 3-year - old animals) were obtained from a local slaughterhouse within 3 hours of death . The eye globe was dissected from its anterior aspect, the cornea and iris were removed, and the front face of the ciliary processes was exposed . The lens, zonule, and ciliary body were released from the eye and ... |
Identification of specific subtypes of circulating tumor cells in the peripheral blood of cancer patients can provide important prognostic information, but to be effective, the method used must recognize all tumor cell types . The subtype of 19 well - characterized breast cancer cell lines was obtained by use of gene e... |
Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) is polymorphic disease with various clinical manifestations (1, 2). Leishmaniasis, a group of parasitic infections, has a worldwide distribution (3); the world health organization estimates a prevalence of approximately 12 million cases, with an annual mortality rate of 60,000 and... |
It is a multisystem disorder affecting the gastrointestinal, respiratory, hepatobiliary, and reproductive systems, as well as the sweat glands (1 - 6). Cf is caused by a mutation in the cystictransmembrane conductance regulator (cftr) gene, leading to defective ion transport of the cftr protein (7 - 10). Although numer... |
The original technique of staining the anterior capsule with trypan blue (tb) in eyes with no red reflex involves the injection of the dye with a cannula after filling the anterior chamber with an air bubble.1 the stability of the anterior chamber can be compromised by air escaping when the cannula is introduced and th... |
High resolution transmission electron microscopy and high angle annular dark - field scanning transmission electron microscopy were employed to investigate the microstructure and the epitaxial growth of the structures . Room temperature ferroelectric and ferrimagnetic domains of the heterostructures were imaged by piez... |
Malnutrition is a common and serious problem among geriatric patients, particularly for those who are diagnosed with lung cancer caused by declined functional reserve of visceral organs, decreased stability of the internal environment, and effects of acute or chronic diseases . Malnutrition can lead to increased risk o... |
Population aging can be considered as the most evident and dynamic aspect of modern demography, influencing the economy and public health in a significant way . The world has experienced a modest increase in the population above 60 years of age over the last six decades from 8% to 10% . However, there were 204 million ... |
We measured the differences in stiffness between extrafloral nectaries of v. faba and the tissue that surrounds them . We mounted 20 stipules from 20, 18-day - old plants on adhesive tape that was attached (sticky side up) to the surface of a piece of flat styrofoam . We did a penetrometer test to measure the initial m... |
Health systems based on primary health care (phc) distribute health care more equitably, are more cost effective and have better overall health outcomes and impact than health systems based on specialist care (1). This is the foundation of the health for all concept of alma - ata, adopted by the world health organizati... |
Of those deaths, an estimated 7.3 million were due to coronary heart disease and 6.2 million due to stroke . A disproportionate amount of those deaths, over 80%, take place in low- and middle - income countries and occur at similar rates among men and women . Not surprisingly, elevated blood pressure levels are a major... |
The associated edema which may develop within an hour is the leading cause of potential life - threatening airway compromise . The disease may show variation in terms of its presentation and clinical course, which needs to be addressed carefully before making any airway management plan . Literature is convincing both f... |
A 15-year - old boy had complained of motility limitation in the right eye since a young age . His visual acuity was 20/20 in each eye, although an ocular motility examination revealed markedly limited abduction and mildly limited adduction in his right eye (fig . 1). On attempted adduction of the right eye, globe retr... |
Lumbar spine instability has been reported to be the leading cause of chronic back pain1 . An a abnormal vertebral joint creates mechanical lesions and pains in the lumbar spine, decreasing stability and increasing the range of motion, resulting in functional degeneration2 . These negative patterns have a variety of fo... |
This article presents statistics on health care utilization, prices, expenses, employment, and work hours, as well as on national economic activity . Some of these statistics are based on sample surveys conducted monthly or quarterly by government agencies or private organizations, and are available 1 to 3 months after... |
Urinary retention and voiding dysfunction (vd) symptoms (hesitancy, straining to void, difficulty in starting micturition, diminished stream, and sensations of incomplete emptying of the bladder) are common and problematic features occurring after surgery for stress urinary incontinence (sui), especially following a mi... |
Scurvy is a disease that played an important role in history and used to be the number one killer of sailors . It is still diagnosed in third - world countries because of malnutrition and in epidemic form in refugee camps . A 35-year - old patient was seen at the emergency department of a level 1 trauma centre with spo... |
Human movement can be classified into walking and running, the latter of which easily fatigues the lower limb muscles1,2,3,4 . During running, the lower limbs must cope with the repeated transient impact of vertical ground reaction force (grf), which is an abrupt collision force equal to about 1.5- to 3-fold the body w... |
The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13300 - 015 - 0133-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users . Chronic kidney disease (ckd) is a common condition in patients with type 2 diabetes (t2 dm). An estimated 2035% of patients with t2 dm have moderate to severe renal impairment... |
The use of the kuntscher nail has been the most important advancement in trauma surgery . He had an acetabulum fracture and a femoral shaft fracture treated 30 years ago with a reamed kuntscher femoral nail . Lateral hip approach was performed and after attempting to remove the nail with the specific tools being unsucc... |
The anticancer agent 5-fluoro-2-deoxyuridine (floxuridine) has been shown to be clinically effective in the treatment of colon carcinoma and colorectal cancer that has metastasized to the liver . However, the adverse effects associated with chemotherapeutics are still unresolved, and many efforts have been made to mini... |
The mammalian order primate that includes humans, apes, and monkeys in addition to several other organisms can be traced to the late cretaceous period . The rhesus macaque is in many ways an ideal model organism, being closely related to humans (sharing a common ancestor about 25 million years ago) and also sharing sim... |
The prevalence of ulcerative colitis (uc) has increased each year for the past several decades . A large - scale population - based cohort study shows that the flare - up rate in women is 1.2 times higher than that in men . Accordingly, female gender appears to be a risk factor for frequent uc flare - up . Female patie... |
Only a few cases of pulmonary vascular tumors diagnosed using endobronchial ultrasound - guided transbronchial needle aspiration (ebus - tbna) have been reported in the literature . They frequently present as filling defects in the pulmonary vasculature on computed tomography (ct) making it challenging to distinguish b... |
Transitional cell carcinoma (tcc) of the urinary bladder can present as a non - muscle invasive or as a muscle - invasive lesion . The majority of patients (approximately 75%) present with non - muscle invasive tumors, which are limited to the mucosa (ta) or the lamina propria (t1) (1). . However, cis tends to behave m... |
Endobronchial tuberculosis (ebtb) is a form of tuberculous infection that involves mainly the trachea and/or bronchi . The disease is often mistaken for more common lung diseases like pneumonia, asthma, lung cancer and other lung diseases . Endobronchial stenosis is a common complication of ebtb despite the use of anti... |
The patients were subjected to specialists opinion (e.g., ophthalmologist, ent or medical specialist) and relevant investigations (e.g., fundus, x - ray skull, c.t . The cases suffering from organic mental disorders, chronic psychiatric disorders, epilepsy or drug dependence were excluded from the study . Out of 3245 p... |
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (mtc) is a rare neuroendocrine cancer that originates from thyroid parafollicular calcitonin-(ct-) producing cells . Mtc accounts for approximately 4% of all thyroid malignancies; approximately 75% of these cases occur in the sporadic form, and 25% occur in the hereditary form [13]. Mtc usua... |
All of the effects of antimicrobial agents against microbes, including the delineation of microbial resistance, are based upon the results of in vitro susceptibility testing . Most of these susceptibility tests only measure bacteriostatic activity even though the agent being tested may have bactericidal activity . Thes... |
Sponges play an important role in the benthic - pelagic coupling on coral reefs (lesser 2006). The sponge community sequesters and processes organic matter and as such conserve energy and nutrients for the reef ecosystem . It is generally assumed that sponges on the fore - reef slope mainly trap allochthonous organic m... |
The asialoglycoprotein receptor (asgpr) (also known as the ashwell receptor) mediates the capture and endocytosis of galactose- (gal) and n - acetylgalactosamine- (galnac) terminating glycoproteins . The relevance of this function has been the subject of much debate; the primary role may be the removal of potentially h... |
The prevalence of obesity in the united states has increased over the past several decades . According to the national health and nutrition examination survey (nhanes) results, between the years of 1988 and 1994, 22.9% of adults aged 20 years and older exceeded the criteria for adult obesity [body mass index (bmi) 30 k... |
Brown tumor is a non - neoplastic giant cell lesion characterized by increased circulating levels of parathyroid hormone (pth). It is usually an uncommon lesion occurring with the frequency of 4.5% in primary hyperparathyroidism (hpt) and 1.5 - 1.7% in cases of secondary hpt, with overall incidence of 0.1% . Hpt can be... |
During april october 2009, bird bandings were conducted in the protected area of finca ribavellosa in la rioja, spain (4214n, 254w). Ticks were collected from birds and classified through taxonomic keys (7) and molecular methods (8). Dna was individually extracted by using 2 incubations of 20 minutes each with ammonium... |
Korea became an aging society in 2000, and in 2008, the prevalence of individuals aged 65 years or older was 10.3% . In 2018, korea will become an aged society when 14.4% of its population comprise the elderly, and a super - aged society by 2026 [1, 2]. To overcome this situation, the korean government introduced a new... |
In patients with chronic hepatitis and in those with liver cirrhosis, detection of increasing incidences of hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) requires careful monitoring every 36 months using ultrasound sonography (us), computed tomography (ct), magnetic resonance imaging (mri), and frequent blood tests . Once hcc is dete... |
In this and the next issue of critical care, john haddad presents a comprehensive review on the contributions of transcription factors to lung injury . The topic is large and ever changing, and the complete coverage of nuclear factor-b (nf-b) and hypoxia - inducible factor (hif)-1 is spread over two issues . In critica... |
We enrolled 13 consecutive patients between march 2005 and march 2009 and who met the following inclusion criteria: 1) they were diagnosed with acral lentiginous melanoma by punch biopsy; 2) their skin lesion confined to the foot; 3) there was no skin or soft tissue disease on the ipsilateral lower leg . We routinely c... |
Techniques and equipment to accomplish endotracheal (et) intubation were the precursor to modern day invasive mechanical ventilation . In recent years, however, the popularity of the et tube has waned . Clinically, the et tube is seen as an impediment to spontaneous breathing, a transit route for bacteria to the lower ... |
Bed rest, heart failure, depletion of intravascular volume, and aging often induce hypotension when the body or trunk is upright.15 generally, a tachycardic response occurs due to vagal withdrawal according to the downward blood shift that occurs under orthostatic stress in healthy humans,6 although orthostatic hypoten... |
Alzheimer's disease (ad) is a progressive, neurodegenerative brain disorder which affects over 37 million people worldwide with an estimated global cost of over $600 billion in 2010 [1, 2]. Ad is a growing socioeconomic and financial burden due to its strong correlation with ageing; around 1 in 3 people aged over 80 ye... |
In dentistry, the concept of aesthetics is extremely subjective and is related to beauty, harmony and the needs of the patient . The interactions between new restorative materials and techniques allow the reproduction of dental structures, restoring form and function in such a way that restorative procedures become imp... |
Gastrointestinal lipomas are rare, mostly small and detected incidentally during endoscopic examination (1). These tumours are benign proliferations of mature fatty tissue arising in the submucosa and predominately arise in the large intestine (51 - 70%) preferentially on the right side . The majority of symptomatic le... |
Pekinensis) is a diploid (2n = 2x = 20) dicot with a genomic size of 550 mb (http://www.brassica.info/resource/). The species originated in china and now has become one of the most important and widely cultivated leaf vegetables in asia . The tight leafy head is the main edible part . After a long history of domesticat... |
Much of the current success in clinical positron emission tomography (pet) can be attributed to the development of 2-(f) fluoro-2-deoxy - d - glucose (f18-fdg). It is the most commonly used radiopharmaceutical in the pet, with a half - life of 110 min . Before the release of f18-fdg for human use, the quality control t... |
Prostate cancer becomes one of the most common cancers in developed and developing countries [13]. It is because life expectancy rised; age is one of the prostate cancer risk factors . Moreover there is wide availability of prostate - specific antigen (psa) serum test, which makes possible to diagnose clinically silent... |
Only 2030% of patients with group a beta hemolytic streptococcus (gabhs) pharyngitis presents with classical symptoms of the disease . Reliance on clinical judgment alone has a poor predictive value and results in 80% to 95% overestimation of disease [2, 3]. Diagnostic strategies for acute gabhs pharyngitis are thus ba... |
Myofascial pain syndrome (mps) can be caused by frequent muscle or fascial stiffness as a result of prolonged tension and muscle fatigue due to repetitive stress of muscles or overuse of particular muscles1, 2 . Mps activates trigger points in 54% of women and 45% of men, and is regarded as the most common cause of pai... |
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