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Pain control is a primary concern across all care settings . Though a universal care concern, pain is frequently viewed in the elderly as a normal process of aging.1 it is estimated that 49%83% of the 1.8 million residents in long - term care have acute or chronic pain, yet the recognition and treatment of pain still p... |
Peritoneal inclusion cyst (pic) is defined as an aggregate mass of variable sized, fluid - filled mesothelial - lined cysts of the pelvis, upper abdomen and retroperitoneum 1 . Benign (multi) cystic peritoneal mesothliomas, inflammatory cysts of the peritoneum, and postoperative peritoneal cysts, 1 . The pathogenesis i... |
Obesity is currently considered to be one of the major public health problems worldwide; consequently, the number of obese women who become pregnant increases each year . This condition is related with several diseases, such as hypertension, type-2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular dis... |
Extracellular superoxide dismutase (sod3) is an enzyme known to catalyze dismutation of the highly reactive, superoxide anion into longer - lived and more stable hydrogen peroxide . The consequences of sod3 action in the cells reach beyond the antioxidative functions, as it has been shown to downregulate inflammation, ... |
Traumatic arterial occlusion following major or minor blunt trauma, especially in the absence of any other bony injury, is a rare phenomenon . Motor - scooter handlebar syndrome is one such type of arterial occlusion affecting vascular structures following direct blow by a handlebar of a motorbike or bicycle to the gro... |
The advent of antihypertensive therapy has substantially reduced the occurrence of cardiovascular events . However, antihypertensive therapy failed to achieve blood pressure control in all patients, with hypertension control rates remaining in general disappointingly low . Blood pressure goals are not attained in some ... |
The use of transradial coronary angiography and intervention (tri) is increasing because of its low rates of major vascular access - related complications and the potential for early mobilization.1)2) a large - bore guiding catheter (gc) with a large - bore introducer sheath is needed in patients with complex lesions, ... |
As most of the human genes with multiple exons express more than one transcript, alternative splicing is considered to be a major mechanism for producing a complex proteome from a limited number of genes (1). The different transcripts of one gene can be translated into functionally different protein isoforms (2) or can... |
Congenital heart defects / diseases contribute substantially to morbidity and mortality in childhood, especially in the third - world countries where facilities for management are often deficient.1 about 35,000 infants (1 out of every 125) are born with heart defects every year in the united states.2 the incidence in t... |
Colorectal cancer (crc) is the second leading cause of cancer related death worldwide, making it a fine and attractive area for oncologists to study (1, 2). In numerous cancers including crc, it has been documented that aberration of the growth factor signaling pathways specifically transforming growth factor- (tgf-) p... |
Nanotechnology deals with the production and stabilization of various types of nanoparticles (1). Plants or natural resources have been found to be a good alternative method for nanoparticles synthesis, since this method does not use any toxic chemicals and does not require the use of high pressure, energy, and tempera... |
Registration details of all 2,431 horses registered with the british palomino society were collected for the period 19832007 inclusive . Of these animals, a further 207 animals were removed from the analysis as the true coat colour described for one or more parents was impossible to identify from the colour supplied . ... |
Vascular complications are the most frequent adverse outcomes associated with percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) via the femoral artery . They contribute to in - hospital morbidity, mortality, and costs; and furthermore, are associated with increased long - term risk of myocardial infarction and death . Vascular ... |
For the invasive treatment of symptomatic aortic stenosis several attractive options became available beyond conventional cardiosurgical implantation of stented bioprostheses or mechanical valves . Besides stentless prostheses, in particular transcatheter procedures are of growing importance . Nevertheless the number o... |
If you can measure the problem than half of the problem is solved . The psychological dependence is seen in cases of use of illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco . The use of tobacco in india has witnessed varied patterns, which include smoking, chewing, applying, sucking and gargling, and so on . Each of these patterns o... |
While decreases in both breast cancer incidence and mortality have been apparent in recent years, the societal and economic impact of this malignancy continues to be enormous . Positive associations between environmental and individual factors and increased risk of breast cancer development have been alleged for at lea... |
We included 3,615 french men and women, aged 3065 years, with baseline fasting glycemia (fg) <6.1 mmol / l, who participated in the 9-year follow - up d.e.s.i.r . Participants provided written informed consent, and the protocol was approved by the ethics committee of bictre hospital, kremlin - bictre, france . Incident... |
Although patients who undergo dialysis suffer from a complex illness, there are compelling reasons to believe that the inadequate removal of organic waste is an important contributing factor to the illness itself . Nevertheless, randomized trials examining the impact of increased clearance of traditional uraemic solute... |
The genes doublesex in drosophila and mab-3 in caenorhabditie elegans were first identified as transcription factors containing a conserved zinc finger - like dna binding domain (dm domain), which plays a key role in sexual development 1 - 3 . Many organisms have multiple dmrt (doublesex and mab-3 related transcription... |
Primary retroperitoneal germ cell tumors account for approximately 30% of extragonadal germ cell tumors (egcts) and for about 10% of all primary malignant retroperitoneal tumors . Many studies have demonstrated an association between diffuse bilateral testicular microlithiasis (tm) and gonadal germ cell tumors and egct... |
Central nervous system (cns) lymphoma can present as either secondary, representing 1 to 7% of lymphomas, or primary, representing 0.2 to 2% of lymphomas.1 secondary cns lymphoma (scnsl)is currently defined as lymphoma not originating from within the cns, and may be an isolated recurrence within the cns or may be part ... |
The cellular thiol - disulfide redox environment is defined by protein thiols (psh) and disulfides (psox) as well as low molecular weight thiols and disulfides . In mammalian cells, by far the most abundant low molecular weight sulfhydryl molecule is glutathione (gsh). Together with its disulfide (gssg), this pair is o... |
Cutaneous horn (synonyms; cornu cutaneum: cornu humanum) is a conical, hyperkeratotic protrusion that often resembles an animal horn . The term cutaneous horn is a morphologic designation referring to unusually cohesive keratinized material and not a true pathologic diagnosis . The earliest documented case of cutaneous... |
The turnover rate (employee separations) of healthcare workers has created a cycle of exhaustion and discontent . High turnover affects the institution's ability to consistently provide high - quality care and increases institutional costs related to the recruitment, orientation, and lower productivity of newly hired s... |
Whenever lesions in the ascending aorta and aortic arch have from direct aortic cannulation, arterial cannulation via the femoral artery has been used for a long time . However, because retrograde aortic dissection and nonperfusion into the true lumen are possible, the technique of selective antegrade perfusion under d... |
The risk revolution is one of the most significant advances that have occurred in medicine over the past decades . In the current state of incomplete knowledge of most human diseases, the probabilistic approach allows us to make accurate predictions for a group of individuals presenting with specific attributes or expo... |
Despite significant advances in our understanding of paediatric pain and the publication of pain management guidelines by several leading paediatric bodies in recent years, multiple studies and reviews show that pain in children continues to be poorly managed . As maclean et al . (2007) note, there remains a gap betwee... |
H. pylori infection is reported to include pathologic changes of the stomach, including edema and congestive surface epithelium . A characteristic event in gastritis is the infiltration of the subepithelial gastric lamina propria by phagocytes, mainly neutrophils and macrophages, that produce large amounts of reactive ... |
Fungal infections represent today a serious and notyetsolved health problem even in industrialized countries (sternberg, 1994; edmond et al ., 1999; zaoutis et al ., 2005; pfaller and diekema et al ., 2007) not only hiv infection, but lifeprolonging technologies invasive technologies, therapy prior to organ transplanta... |
Mutations in psen1 and psen2 genes, which encode polytopic proteins termed presenilin 1 (ps1) and presenilin 2 (ps2), respectively, cause autosomal dominant early - onset familial alzheimer's disease (fad). Both ps1 and ps2 proteins (ps) share about 63% homology with the highest similarity in the transmembrane domains ... |
Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (fhh) is a heterogenic, autosomal dominantly inherited disorder characterized by hypercalcemia with (relative) hyperparathyroidism, and hypocalciuria 1 . Classically, fhh is caused by inactivating mutations in the gene encoding the calciumsensing receptor (casr) on chromosome 3q13, ... |
In a network querying problem, one is given a small network, corresponding to a known pathway or a complex of interest . The goal is to identify similar instances in a large network, where similarity is measured in terms of sequence or interaction patterns . Previous approaches to the query problem required precise inf... |
Cutaneous metastases are defined as dermal or hypodermal neoplastic tissue that has no contiguity with the primary tumor . Skin metastases from internal neoplasms are an uncommon clinical finding with an overall incidence of 5.3% and the most common cause is breast cancer with an incidence of 23.9%.1 in general, skin m... |
Patients with copd or asthma frequently experience exacerbations of their illness . Studies from norway and the uk have shown that each year ~50% of copd patients experience an exacerbation that leads to a visit to a general practitioner (gp), in - hospital treatment, or self - administered treatment with antibiotics o... |
Diagnostic lumbar puncture (dlp) is a frequent procedure used in the diagnosis of neural system disorders . Post - lumbar puncture syndrome is a common complication of dlp occurring in about 340% of patients [14]. Post - lumbar puncture headache (plph) is the predominant symptom of this syndrome, probably resulting fro... |
The mammalian transcriptome and proteome is far more diverse than expected from one geneone mrnaone protein paradigm (1). This diversity arises due to the generation of multiple transcripts from a gene using alternative transcriptional and splicing events . Alternative transcriptional events that involve use of multipl... |
Many potential therapies for severe and/or chronic wounds fail as a result of poor vasculature . Hence, strategies to improve blood vessel supply into a wound bed are thought to promote wound healing . Transplantations of mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) have shown great potential as a therapeutic agent for the treatment ... |
Due to the fact that the majority of pancreatic cancers are unresectable upon diagnosis, curative intent is rarely a goal of treatment, rather increasing survival, time to progression, and quality of life are more realistic goals . Without treatment, median survival for patients with an advanced stage of disease ranges... |
Primary peritonitis constitutes less than 1% of peritonitis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis usually occurs in patients with comorbid conditions . In absence of comorbid conditions, including liver cirrhosis, immunosuppression, or nephrotic syndrome, primary peritonitis is rare, particularly in cases of healthy yo... |
Carbon monoxide (co) is a colorless, odorless, and nonirritant gas that is lighter than air, and it is a product of incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons.1) accidental, suicidal or homicidal intoxications with co have a long history . Acute co poisoning is an important clinical problem and may lead large proportion of ... |
Kindler syndrome (ks) is a rare autosomal recessive genodermatosis, which was first described in a 14-year - old girl in 1954 by kindler and later by forman et al . In 1989 . More than 120 cases have been reported since the original report by kindler; the largest series being a cluster of 26 patients identified within ... |
Central serous chorioretinopathy (cscr) is a chronic idiopathic condition affecting young to middle - aged patients with men affected more commonly than women . It is characterized by serous detachment of the neurosensory retina, with focal or multifocal areas of leakage of the retinal pigment epithelium (rpe) affectin... |
One of the most common anomalies in newborn infants is cleft lip and/or cleft palate (cl / p). Cdc recently estimated that each year in the united states (us), about 2,650 babies are born with a cp and 4440 babies are born with a cl with or without a cp . Isolated orofacial clefts or clefts that occur with no other maj... |
Cardiovascular diseases (cvds) account for about 30 percent of all deaths worldwide, and hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and smoking are well known as the three major risk factors of the mortality rates of cvds . Regarding the advances in the study and understanding of the mechanisms involved in the positive and negative... |
Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis (mrh) is a rare multisystem syndrome characterized by polyarthritis and papulonodular skin lesions with typical dermal infiltration of histiocytes and multinucleated giant cells . The disease may involve the skin, tendon sheath, synovium, bone, liver, salivary gland, kidney, lymph nod... |
- 0194), 23 patients from the department of pathology, gangnam severance hospital, were enrolled in this study . The patients ranged in age from 35 to 59 years old, with a mean age of 47 . Fresh surgical samples of ptc with (13 cases) or without (10 cases) lt were collected from the records in the department of patholo... |
An 83-year - old woman presented with sudden visual loss that had developed in both eyes (oculus uterque, ou) the previous day . She did not complain of any associated headache, scalp tenderness, jaw claudication or constitutional symptoms such as weight loss, fever, malaise or sweats . Her visual acuities included per... |
The largest uncertainty in the influence of aerosol particles and clouds on the climate system is caused by aerosol cloud microphysics determine cloud albedo in the visible and infrared (ir) spectral ranges, cloud lifetime, and precipitation properties . Cloud radiative properties are strongly linked to the microphysic... |
Sixty - three fecal samples were collected from laboratory ferrets (mustela putorius furo) at the national institute of infectious diseases, tokyo, japan, on may 24, 2013 . These ferrets had been imported from a farm in the united states for influenza research 7 days before sample collection . Fecal specimens were dilu... |
Radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rswt) generates pressure waves through the collision of solid bodies1 . There are a few recent reports regarding the effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (eswt) on neurogenic heterotopic ossification (ho) in the lower extremity, but to our knowledge, the use of es... |
Stairway falls are a leading cause of injury in patients less than 5 years of age [1, 2]. While the majority of these injuries occur when a child steps down the stairs, approximately 3% of injuries will be associated with a caregiver falling while carrying a child . This specific mechanism has been shown to result in i... |
To date, four prostaglandin (pg) derivatives (unoprostone, latanoprost, travoprost and bimatoprost) have been marketed across the world . In addition, in 2008 tafluprost was marketed in some european countries and in japan . Prost - type pg derivatives (that is, pg derivatives other than unoprostone) are now the drugs ... |
Sleep disorders and diurnal sleepiness are frequent in parkinson s disease.1 polysomnography studies have shown rapid - eye - movement (rem) sleep dysregulation with rem sleep onset on diurnal naps2,3 and loss of muscle atonia,4 which is defined as excessive amount of sustained or intermittent elevation of submental el... |
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (tens) is the application of an electric current through the skin to stimulate the nervous system . This type of electrical stimulation activates spinal afferent pathways that connect to spinal gray matter of the dorsal horn modulating sensory afferent traffic . The electric ... |
Tetralogy of fallot (tof) is the most common form of cyanotic congenital heart disease . Impairment in exercise tolerance after total repair of tetralogy of fallot has been frequently reported and speculated to be due to variable causes including residual right ventricular outflow tract (rvot) obstruction, branch pulmo... |
Since its original description by mc burney in 1894, appendectomy has been one of the most common surgical procedures performed by surgeons . In the last decades, laparoscopic appendectomy was an increasingly accepted treatment method for acute appendicitis, particularly for obese or female patients . Natural orifice t... |
Breast cancer screening programmes are now an established part of the health care service of many countries . The continuous evaluation of this practice is based on observational studies, leading to the possibility of confounding and self - selection bias . To assess the effect of screening, breast cancer mortality in ... |
Cough is one of the most distressing symptoms in cancer patients with lung or mediastinal metastasis or due to complications of cancer treatment . Twenty to 42% of cough do not respond to conventional medications and are referred to as refractory cough and these are often a medical challenge . It shows features such as... |
Dipeptidyl peptidase4 (dpp4) inhibitors improve glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes by preventing degradation of two incretin hormones, glucagonlike peptide1 (glp1) and glucosedependent insulinotropic polypeptide (gip), that are secreted from the intestine on ingestion of various nutrients . Recent studie... |
For patients with non - small cell lung cancer (nsclc), physicians have long been puzzled by the task of identifying candidates who may suffer major postoperative cardiopulmonary complications if they were to undergo lung resection surgery . Among the few available tests, the cardiopulmonary exercise test (cpet) is a s... |
Total joint replacement usually represents the final route for treatment of degenerative disease of the knee . Joint replacements are more and more frequent and routine these days thanks to, for example, the consequent aging of the general population, increased functional requirements, and the development and use of ne... |
This may be spontaneous or secondary to mechanical factors like vigorous scratching or combing the hair . A 19-year - old female patient presented with short, rough, and unruly hair on the scalp since childhood . Patient gave a history of knots getting caught in fine - toothed comb whenever the scalp was combed with br... |
Neural plasticity is the brain's ability to change in response to normal developmental processes, experience, and injury . The mechanisms involved in plasticity in the nervous system are thought to support cognition, meaning that brain function is improved . There is evidence from neuroimaging that subjects achieving h... |
Obesity is a major public health problem with over two - thirds of americans overweight and greater than one - third obese . While new data have suggested a leveling off of the prevalence of childhood obesity, 12.4% of kindergarteners are obese and overweight five - year olds are four times as likely as normal weight f... |
Prostate cancer is a common malignancy and a main cause of cancer - related death in men . In 2014 in the united states, an estimated 233 000 new cases will be diagnosed and 29 480 men will die of the disease . In recent years, with the widely adopted prostate - specific antigen (psa)-based screening and biopsy program... |
Madelung's disease is characterised by multiple disfiguring abnormal fat masses in the head, the neck, and the radix of upper limbs; in 90% of cases it's associated with alcohol abuse . The local injections of phosphatidylcholine / deoxycholate solution have been gaining an increasing consensus as a non - invasive meth... |
Unawareness, lack of insight, or anosognosia refers to impaired awareness in persons with dementia [17]. Awareness is multifactorial and likely modular [4, 810], with each domain separable and potentially unique . Most of the literature on awareness in persons with dementia describes the clinical correlates of one awar... |
Severe skin and soft tissue infections of the head and neck are rare conditions that may emerge secondarily to oropharyngeal infections . Anaerobic bacteria are often involved and may contribute to extensive inflammation, necrosis, and abscess formation . Secondary focal complications as bacterial invasion of vasculatu... |
The binding of il-6 to its receptor induces the activation of multiple signal transduction pathways such as jak / stats (janus tyrosine kinase / signal transducers and activators of transcription) pathway, ras / erk (extracellular signal - regulated kinase) pathway, and pi 3-k (phosphotidylinositol 3-kinase)/akt pathwa... |
Endoscopic ultrasound (eus)-guided tissue acquisition is the diagnostic procedure of choice in many diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and adjacent structures . This procedure is well known for its high accuracy and low complication rate; however, its outcome closely relies on several factors . The location and cha... |
In this review, pubmed and sciencedirect databases were used to identify relevant articles published until the 3rd of april 2013 (date of search). The search was conducted using the electronic library of king saud bin abdul aziz university for health sciences, riyadh, saudi arabia . Pubmed search identified 3 groups of... |
As the cervical spine degenerates with age, there is increased risk of undesirable conditions such as displacement or degeneration of intervertebral disc, slackness of annulus fibrosis, osteophytosis of vertebral body and instability . Degenerative cervical disc may cause posterior neck pain, radiating pain on arm or s... |
The main attributes of biological identity are sex, age, stature, and ethnic background of the individual, which are also called the big four in forensic context . Human identification is of paramount importance, for both legal as well as humanitarian purpose . Albeit there have been tremendous advancements in forensic... |
It is a relatively rare odontogenic lesion which exists either as a cystic or a solid variant and is characterised by varied clinical, radiographical and biological features . The central ccot appears as a unilocular or multilocular destructive radiolucent lesion containing irregular calcifications . Various terminolog... |
An adrenal incidentaloma is an adrenal mass, larger than 1 cm in diameter, detected on imaging studies performed for other indications than adrenal disease [1, 2]. The increasing use of computed tomography (ct) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (mri) causes a marked increase in incidence of adrenal incidentalomas . ... |
Top down mass spectrometry describes an analytical process for the identification and characterization of whole proteins . The canonical top down experiment consists of a precursor scan to obtain the intact mass of the proteoform(s) under study and a tandem mass spectrum (ms / ms) obtained using ion fragmentation techn... |
Chest physiotherapy is routinely employed as a prophylactic measure prior to major surgery and postoperatively to prevent respiratory complications such as atelectasis and pneumonia.1 at present, only limited evidence is available for some of the physiotherapeutic techniques used in patients with copd.2,3 physiotherapy... |
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (gists) are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract, with a mean annual incidence of 1015 cases per million people, affecting mainly older individuals at a median age of 5565 years [14]. Radical surgery is the treatment of choice in primary resectable gists, b... |
While the physical disability aspect of multiple sclerosis (ms), the most common demyelinating disease of the central nervous system in young adults, is of great importance, it is now well recognized that it does not reflect all of the facets that patients consider important in their life . Fatigue, depression, and phy... |
Obestatin is a 23-amino acid peptide derived from proghrelin, a common prohormone for ghrelin and obestatin . Obestatin, like ghrelin, was originally extracted from rat stomach, and the stomach seems to be a major source of circulating obestatin . Secretion of obestatin is pulsatile, and plasma obestatin level exhibits... |
This report describes the design, implementation, and feasibility of the interstitial cystitis: elucidation of psychophysiologic and autonomic characteristics (icepac) study . Interstitial cystitis / bladder pain syndrome (ic / bps) causes severe bladder pain and afflicts about 2.5% of the population.1 the authors hypo... |
Noise in schools deserves special attention, as appropriate learning situations depend on good acoustic conditions . Established by the brazilian association of technical standards (abnt), the standard nbr 10152 recommends that noise levels in schools should not exceed 50 db sound pressure level (spl) and remain below ... |
Chronic periodontitis is an inflammatory disease initiated by microbial pathogens that elicit a host immune response with subsequent loss of connective tissue attachment and supporting alveolar bone . Although bacteria are the causal agents of periodontitis, individual susceptibility to disease may be influenced by sys... |
Pars plana vitrectomy (ppv) is a proven and basically safe procedure with a low incidence of complications [1, 2]. However, serious adverse events can and do occur, the most serious complications being endophthalmitis, hemorrhages and nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (naion), a potentially blinding condi... |
Cigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of mortality all over the world . Also, it is responsible for many non - communicable diseases such as cancers and cardiovascular diseases . Moreover, cigarette smoking is the cause of half of the death of those who smoke for a long time . In the year 2000, abou... |
The etiology and progression of various diseases are not necessarily influenced by biological factors only . For their understanding it is important to consider the complex interaction of physiological, psychological, behavioral, and social factors . The most accepted model of the disease is the biopsychosocial model, ... |
Hyperthyroidism is commonly associated with atrial fibrillation (af), particularly in the elderly . We hereby report a case of patient with primary hypothyroidism presenting with af and pericardial effusion which resolved with levothyroxine therapy . He complained of chest pain which was substernal, nonradiating, and t... |
Graft versus host disease (gvhd) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality post hematopoietic cell transplant (hct). The pathophysiology of acute gvhd involves priming of immune response by pre - transplant conditioning leading to tissue damage and induction of cytokine release, t cell activation and co - stimul... |
Herbal plants have been used as medicines for thousands of years, and; some specific plants have been used for particular ailments . Medicinal plants are sources of raw materials for both traditional systems of medicine and modern medicine . These medicines are also in great demand in the developed world for primary he... |
Pemphigus is an autoimmune blistering disease characterized by blisters and erosions on the skin or mucosal membranes or both . The two main types of pemphigus are pemphigus vulgaris (pv) and pemphigus foliaceus (pf). In most countries, pv accounts for about 70% of all cases of pemphigus, presenting with skin or mucosa... |
Participants were recruited in the dominiek savio institute, a service center for people with physical disabilities in belgium . The dominiek savio institute offers ambulatory, semi - residential, and residential services to children and adults who need support in the domains of living, education, and work . Participan... |
First described in 1910, purtscher s retinopathy is seen in severely traumatized patients and is characterized by sudden visual loss (purtscher 1912). The characteristic ophthalmoscopic findings are multiple areas scattered throughout the posterior pole of superficial retinal whitening, which appear as focal areas of r... |
The study was performed at a farm in bursa, situated in northwest turkey, at 408 north latitude, 298 east longitude and an altitude 149 m above sea level during an 80-day period . This study was approved by the ethical committee at the university of uludag, bursa, turkey . Eighteen saanen goats, ages 34 years, were use... |
Twelve - month remission is defined as time to 365 days of continuous seizure freedom . Second treatment failure is defined as withdrawal of a treatment, or addition of a drug, which may be due to inadequate seizure control, unacceptable adverse events, or both . The methods for the sanad trial have been published else... |
Varicella zoster virus (vzv) disease is one of the most frequent infectious complications after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo - hsct); during the first year, its incidence ranges from 13 to 55% (1). Although cutaneous herpes zoster is the most common clinical form of reactivation, allo - hsct... |
Endothelial dysfunction is an early predictor of cardiovascular disease [13], and might be the causal pathological mechanism of a variety of metabolic diseases, also referred to as the common soil hypothesis . Endothelial function has been shown to be impaired in patients with coronary artery disease, type ii diabetes ... |
The clustering of cardiovascular risk factors that includes central adiposity, hypertension, hyperglycemia, and high triglycerides (tg) with low high density lipoprotein cholesterol (hdl - c) levels is termed the metabolic syndrome (ms). Ms is known to strongly predict the long - term risk of diabetes and cardiovascula... |
In india, 23.9 lakh people were living with hiv / aids (plha) in 2009 and children under 15 years accounted for 3.5% of all infections . According to who / unaids estimates, 450,000 children were receiving antiretroviral therapy (art) and more than 2 million children still needed art in 2010 . Zidovudine (azt), being a... |
Several chemoprotective properties of lycopene on prostate cancer have been proposed, including potent antioxidant properties, decreased lipid oxidation, inhibition of cancerous cell proliferation at the g0-g1 cell cycle transition, and protection of lipoproteins and dna [1, 2]. These mechanistic studies have stimulate... |
Common causes of bronchopleural fistula (bpf) are lung resection, thoracic surgery, thoracic trauma, pulmonary koch's, rupture of lung abscess and rupture of emphysematous bullae, as was seen in this case . Bpf is an important cause of morbidity and mortality and its management depends on various factors like size of f... |
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