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Clinical series of endovascular or surgical management in sca aneurysms were usually limited in the distal segment of sca aneurysms or incorporated in the literatures of basilar artery (ba) or posterior circulation aneurysms.1)4)7)10)13 - 16)18)22)24)25) posterior circulation aneurysms including sca aneurysms were rega... |
Metabolic syndrome refers to a collection of issues including visceral obesity, elevated blood glucose levels, dyslipidemia (elevated fasting triglycerides and low high - density lipoprotein (hdl) cholesterol levels), and hypertension . It leads to an increase in the risk of developing of cardiovascular disease (cvd), ... |
Gastric cancer is the fourth most common malignancy worldwide, and most common malignancy in korea . Although survival time has been lengthened, the life expectancy of advanced disease still remains within one year . For patients with advanced gastric carcinoma or recurrent cancer, the response rate (rr) for first - li... |
Dental erosion is defined as the loss of tooth structure resulted from chemical dissolution, which was produced by non - bacterial produced acid.1 the etiology of dental erosion is multi - factorial in origin . It can be produced by intrinsic or extrinsic acid exposure based upon the patient history . The intrinsic fac... |
To explore the molecular subtypes of leiomyosarcoma (lms), paraffin blocks of 99 lms cases from 1991 to 2012 from nine hospitals (stanford hospital, brigham and women's hospital, mckay - dee hospital center, st . Luke's hospital, baptist health medical center, ingalls hospital, vancouver general hospital, hospital de l... |
A 22-year - old, right - handed, unmarried woman was admitted to the psychiatric unit due to her selective retrograde amnesia that occurred after a severe stressful event . She could remember nothing of the autobiographical events for the preceding four years, that is, her university life period . She was aware only of... |
The great auricular nerve is a cutaneous branch of the cervical plexus originating from the c2 and c3 spinal nerves . It innervates the skin over the external ear, the angle of the mandible and the parotid gland . We present a case of a 41-year - old female with paroxysmal ear pain accompanied by dysautonomia, tingling... |
All known organisms belonging to the trypanosomatidae, a family of protists within the order kinetoplastida, are parasites of vertebrates, invertebrates, or plants . Species of two trypanosomatid genera, trypanosoma and leishmania, are responsible for several serious diseases of humans and domestic animals in the tropi... |
Leiomyoma, a benign smooth muscle tumor, is classified by the world health organization (who) into three types on the basis of histopathology: i) solid leiomyoma, ii) vascular leiomyoma (angiomyoma, angioleimyoma), and iii) epithelioid leiomyoma . Although leiomyoma may occur anywhere in the body, leiomyoma most common... |
Effective management of chronic pain has become a crucial consideration in medical care due to its prevalence and far - ranging effects.1 chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts for at least 3 months and is often associated with diseases such as cancer and diabetes,2 but may occur at any point across a patient s lif... |
One of the inadvertent complications that occur during implant placement in anterior mandible is a neurosensory alteration in the chin and lower lip due to improper identification and protection of the mental foramen and anterior mental loop . On radiograph the mental foramen presents as a single circular or elliptical... |
The collagenous fibroma (cf), is a slow - growing, benign, soft tissue lesion that was first described as recent as 1995 by evans, under the rubric, as the term fibroblastoma may be construed as an immature or potentially malignant neoplasm, nielsen et al proposed the name collagenous fibroma as being not only more des... |
A human oral buccal epithelial cell line ho-1-n-1 was provided by the japanese collection of research bioresources (osaka, japan). Ho-1-n-1 is an immortalized epithelial cell - like cell line that originated from a squamous cell carcinoma located on the buccal mucosa . The epithelial cells were grown in tissue culture ... |
For more than 12 years, scientists have noticed that some individuals with autism also have a chromosomal change involving specific part of chromosome 15 . Trisomy or tetrasomy of the 15q11-q13 region has also been reported in some autistic patients with varying degrees of mental retardation [24]. This report describes... |
Forward head posture (fhp) pushes the center of the head forward and upwards which, in turn, increases the head weight supported by the neck, triggering relative compensatory mechanisms, such as increased cervical lordosis and abnormal and sustained contractions in the suboccipital muscle and muscles in the neck and sh... |
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and the burden is increasing day by day . Though we have a number of anticancer agents now, adequate control of cancer is still lacking . Hence there is a persistent demand to develop newer and more effective anticancer drugs which can help tackle this problem . Th... |
Hypertrophic olivary degeneration (hod) is an unusual neuronal degenerative disease involving inferior olivary nuclei with increased t2-weighted signal intensity on magnetic resonance imaging (mri). Oppenheim first described hod in 1887.1,2 however, guillain and mollaret widely described and studied the hod with more d... |
The energy required for the cell survival is produced through the energy metabolism process, during which oxygen and nutrients react . Therefore, the lungs that supply oxygen are important for maintaining and improving health1 . In particular, movement of the thorax causes movement of the pulmonary function because the... |
As molecular genetic testing and electronic healthcare records become increasingly common features of modern medical practice, there is a need to integrate information in genetic databases to establish a detailed understanding of how genome sequence differences impact on human health . To date, there are several deposi... |
/ iran, an increase in prevalence and incidence figures (73.3; 9.1: 2004 - 2005 vs. 43.8; 3.64: 2003 - 2010/1,00,000) was reported . Ms typically has its onset in early adulthood, and affects more women than men . This disease manifests in a wide range of symptoms including muscle weakness, extreme fatigue, imbalance, ... |
It is a paradox that at the same time these drugs are amongst the top 5 drugs all categories causing most serious and fatal events . The major reason is the difficulty to tailor the dose according to the individual dose requirement which varies widely between patients . Few other drugs than warfarin have a broader ther... |
Phaeohyphomycosis is a group of mycotic infections caused by dematiaceous fungi (pigmented) that contain melanin in their cell walls . Melanin is a known virulence factor in these fungi, and it acts by scavenging free radicals produced by phagocytic cells in the oxidative process, which would kill most organisms, and a... |
Data were acquired with the prototype (4 detectors) and a second - generation instrument (nanosims 50l, cameca: 7 detectors). (n - thymidine, c - thymidine) and sigma - aldrich, inc . Full methods and any associated references are available in the online version of the paper at www.nature.com/nature. |
Cortical venous thrombosis (cvt) is any thrombosis that occurs in intracranial veins or sinuses . Cerebral vein and sinus thrombosis is rare compared to arterial stroke and often occurs in young individuals . Worldwide estimated annual incidence is 34 cases/1 million population, about 75% of the adult patients are wome... |
Periodontal disease is a chronic, non - resolving inflammatory lesion that may result in the destruction of the tooth supporting structures . Although bacteria are thought to initiate the inflammatory response, the tissue destruction is believed to be largely mediated by the host response . The host response involves a... |
The pancreas is an important organ in both the digestive system and the endocrine system . Severe acute pancreatitis (sap) has a high mortality rate due to sepsis, necrosis, and multiple organ failure caused by pancreatic or peripancreatic infection . Approximately 80% of deaths caused by sap are related to sepsis, nec... |
Oral contraceptives increase the risk of venous phenomenon due to the hypercoagulable state as a result of their effect on increasing the levels of the circulating coagulation factors . Since their introduction, hormonal contraceptives have always been associated with an increased risk of stroke (cerebrovascular accide... |
In the last 30 years the spanish nhs has evolved from a tightly centralized structure to seventeen autonomous regional health systems . As a result a number of benefits have been obtained but also important side - effects such as unjustified variation in clinical practice and a substantial loss of equity . To deal with... |
Talon cusp is a prominent accessory cusp - like structure projecting from the cingulum area or the cementoenamel junction (cej) of the maxillary or mandibular teeth in both primary and permanent dentition . This accessory cusp, which can vary in size, is formed by enamel and dentin, and may or may not have a projection... |
Recently, neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists have promoted the idea of the existence of a mirror system in our mind and brain . The mirror system simulates the actions we observe by mapping an observed action onto a motoric representation of the same action in the observer (jeannerod, 2003). This modern motor ... |
Veno - arterial extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (va ecmo) is a common clinical aid for cardiopulmonary surgery [14]. Based on the different cannular position, va ecmo is classified as peripheral ecmo (pecmo) and central ecmo (cecmo). For pecmo cannulas in contrast, cecmo usually has an arterial cannula placed into... |
Dystonia, one of the most prevalent forms of movement disorder, is defined as sustained or intermittent muscle contractions usually producing twisting and repetitive movement or abnormal posture (12). Oral medications and botulinum toxin injections have been the mainstays of treatment for a time, but are not sufficient... |
Direct antiviral agent (daa) has been the standard of care for patients with hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection . Twelve weeks of paritaprevir / ritonavir / ombitasvir plus dasabuvir (prod) with or without ribavirin has shown to have a sustained virological response at post - treatment 12 weeks (svr12) rate of> 90% in h... |
A 67-year - old woman presented with a 10-day history of localized zoster in the right occipital area . Skin rash developed on the right occipital area of the second and third cervical dermatome . Three days after the appearance of the rash, she was diagnosed with hz by a dermatologist and was prescribed 5 mg of oxycon... |
Metabolic syndrome (ms) is a recently coined term for the designation of an aggregation of risk factors including visceral obesity, arterial hypertension, hyperglycemia, and dyslipidemia which in conjunction augment the probabilities of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (dm2) and cardiovascular disease (cvd). Place t... |
Health - related quality of life (hrqol) is generally conceptualized as a multidimensional construct encompassing domains including the psychological, mental, social, and spiritual areas of life (1 - 3). This conceptualization is in line with the world health organization definition of health as the state of complete p... |
Cycloadditions are an important class of reactions for site - specific labeling with applications in super - resolution microscopy of cellular components. [15] key properties of these reactions are their bioorthogonality and high selectivity . By exploiting the concept of mutual orthogonality between several click - ty... |
As people are living longer due to advances in health care and lifestyles, spine surgeons will be faced with a greater number of surgical problems in the aged population and with that comes an expected increase in perioperative medical complications . Another substantial challenge is advanced osteoporosis, which is fou... |
Public health is an important subject which requires the application of the discipline of health economics to facilitatte the identification of cost effective interventions to improve public health . Without this targeting public health investment all countries have to make difficult choices about how to allocate scarc... |
It has been established for a long time that psychological interventions can markedly alter patients' thinking patterns, beliefs, attitudes, emotional states, and behaviors . The neural mechanisms mediating such alterations were poorly understood before the advent of functional neuroimaging techniques (eg, single - pho... |
A 47-year - old man was admitted to hospital with worsening malaise, fatigue, drenching night sweats, anorexia and a 15 kg weight loss . Four months previously, he developed dyspnea, orthopnea, exertional chest heaviness and a single episode of hemoptysis, for which he had been empirically treated with two 10-day cours... |
Diabetes prevention is critical for women with gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm), which affects 714% of pregnancies (5), as women with gdm are seven times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than parous women without gdm (6). Postpartum weight retention increases diabetes risk (7), and postpartum weight management... |
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (ttp) is a microangiopathic hemolytic disorder that is induced by marked reduction in the level of von willebrand factorcleaving protease, adamts13 . It is characterized by development of microthrombi in small blood vessels leading to consumptive thrombocytopenia and hemolytic anemia... |
Bedwetting or nocturnal enuresis (ne) is the most common childhood urologic complaint and the most common issue reported at school examinations . Ne affects 10% to 15% of those aged 5 years, 5% of those aged 10 years, and 1% of those aged 15 years . It can have a significant effect on the child or young person's behavi... |
Thalassemia epitomizes disorders of hemoglobin synthesis, characterized by reduced synthesis of either the alpha - globin or -globin chains of the hemoglobin molecule . -thalassemia encompasses a group of monogenic diseases that have in common defective synthesis of -globin resulting from a variety of molecular defects... |
In the previous issue of critical care, protti and colleagues presented a series of patients with severe hyperlactatemia secondary to biguanide intoxication . Traditionally, hyperlactatemia in critically ill patients - and particularly those in shock - was normally interpreted as a marker of secondary anaerobic metabol... |
In 2004, two eblv-2 cases were identified in daubenton's bats (table 1). A diagnosis of eblv-2 infection was confirmed on brain samples with a fluorescent - antibody test, the mouse inoculation test, and a rapid taqman assay (8). Attempts to culture eblv-2 from organs in both cases failed because of cytotoxicity of the... |
Antiviral therapy for hepatitis c virus (hcv)-related chronic hepatitis results in a post - treatment sustained viral response (svr) in 50 - 90% of patients (1). Virus genotype was reported to be the most important predictor of svr (2). In particular, genotype 1 patients are considered to be' difficult - to - treat', w... |
Non - small cell lung carcinoma (nsclc) accounts for 80 - 85% of all lung carcinomas, and adenocarcinoma is the predominant histologic type . The prognosis of these patients remains poor, with an overall 5-year survival rate of less than 15% despite the advanced therapeutic options available . Recent studies suggest th... |
Optical approaches to compensate for presbyopia include reading glasses, monovision, multifocal contact lenses, multifocal intraocular lenses (miols), and accommodating iols . None of these can restore accommodation, but all are compromises that establish a fair quality of near vision at the expense of good far vision ... |
Mites of the genus demodex are commonly found in the hair follicles and sebaceous glands of most mammals . In general, demodex are considered to be host - species specific and some hosts can be infested with two or more distinct species (e.g., d. canis, d. injai, an undescribed short form demodex sp . In dogs, d. brevi... |
The cooccurrence of hiv and unintended pregnancy has prompted a relatively recent body of work on dual protection, the simultaneous protection against hiv and unintended pregnancy . Dual protection can be achieved through single method use (condoms) or dual method use (condoms + another contraceptive method). Most stud... |
A 70-year - old male was diagnosed with non - st - elevation myocardial infarction (nstemi) without signs of haemodynamic compromise and intermediate grace risk scores (fig . Initial cardiac biomarkers were elevated with a creatine kinase of 1236 u / l and positive high sensitive troponin of 787 ng / l . He was schedul... |
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is integrated into the treatment of several cancers, including head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (hnscc). In a phase iii study by licitra and vermorken, rates of mandibular resection were significantly lower in hnscc patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy, thus demonstrating the abilit... |
Despite extensive study, timing of repair for macula - off rhegmatogenous retinal detachments remains controversial . It has been suggested that visual recovery is correlated with the height of a bullous macula - off detachment.1 it has also been reported that shorter duration of macular detachment is associated with b... |
Extensive global evidence highlights a lack of communication skills in doctors that leads to dysfunctional consultations . It has also been seen that doctors lack skills required for patient - centered consultations . Literature confirms that communication skills can be learned and taught and indicates that patient cen... |
The first approach of using lipid microparticles was described by eldem et al ., reporting the production by high - speed stirring of a melted lipid phase in a hot surfactant solution obtaining an emulsion . Solid microparticles are formed when this emulsion is cooled to room temperature, and the lipid recrystallizes .... |
Pilonidal sinus is a disease which is very common, especially in men and usually located in sacrococcygeal area . However, the disease can be also seen in rare localizations such as umblicus, forehead, scalp, clitoris, interdigital area and axilla . In the etiology of pilonidal sinus, acquired theory is accepted by mos... |
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the greater omentum is a rare pathologic entity, and the literature includes only 27 cases including this one (table 1). The pre - operative diagnosis of these tumors is difficult and the diagnosis is usually made post operatively . We report a case of a 55 year old woman with clinical symptom... |
Aging is associated with reductions in skeletal muscle mass and strength (sarcopenia), which may lead to impaired mobility in older individuals . Despite a litany of research on sarcopenia, comprehensive reviews of the potential mechanisms behind sarcopenia are available (e.g., ryall et al . 2008). In brief, declines i... |
Despite current advances in cancer screening, diagnosis, and therapeutics, pancreatic cancer remains a highly malignant disease with a dismal 5-year survival rate of <5% . In 2012, approximately 44,000 people in the united states will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer with more than 37,000 expected to die from this d... |
A previously healthy 22-year - old woman initially presented with right hemiparesis and episodes of right - sided sensory abnormalities, both of which had begun one year earlier . She also had a one - year history of intermittent loss of consciousness unrelated to these symptoms . Routine electroencephalography (eeg) d... |
Several factors contribute to the heightened recent interest in understanding the role of home health care in the continuum of services for medicare beneficiaries . First, medicare home health agencies (hhas) command growing importance in the medicare budget, almost doubling expenditures from $1.6 billion in fiscal yea... |
A 21-year - old woman visited our department complaining of a large painless swelling in the left submandibular region . On palpation, the swelling revealed a soft, painless, and fluid - containing mass . The patient had no traumatic or surgical history, and the swelling did not cause difficulty in swallowing or speaki... |
Childhood disintegrative disorder (cdd), also known as heller's syndrome and disintegrative psychosis, is a rare condition characterized by late onset (> 3 years of age) of developmental delays in language, social function, and motor skills . It is a complex disorder that affects many different areas of the child's dev... |
Anal fissure is one of the most common and painful proctologic diseases that is effectively treated and prevented with conservative measures in its acute form, whereas chronic fissures may require medical or surgical therapy . Because of the disability associated with surgery for anal fissure and the risk of incontinen... |
Natural menopause is defined as the cessation of menstrual cycles for 12 consecutive months, resulting from a lack of ovarian follicular activity . It is a biological process occurring between approximately 40 and 60 years of age, with a mean value at approximately 51 years . In recent decades firstly, in most western ... |
. Many outbreaks of methanol poisoning have been reported from india. [13] being cheap and potent, it is the first adulterant of illicit liquors . The outbreak of methanol poisoning described in this paper occurred in ahmedabad, gujarat, india in july 2009 . Most patients were received in three municipal corporation ru... |
Semiconducting metal oxide sensors are one of the most studied groups of the chemical sensors which have been designed to react with gases . Different materials such as sno2, wo3, zno, moo3, tio2, inox, and mixed oxides have been studied and showed promising applications for detecting gases such as nox, o3, nh3, co, co... |
This infection is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality- in critically ill patients in developing countries . Respiratory tract infections (rtis), which involve the upper or lower respiratory tract, frequently occurs after birth . Rtis, such as sore thoat, earache, laryngitis, common cold, otitis media, sinusiti... |
High malaria morbidity and mortality have persisted because of failed transactions between those at risk of malaria infection and available effective antimalarial drugs and preventive measures . Artemisinin - based combination therapies (acts), the most effective drugs to treat plasmodium falciparum, malaria were recom... |
Thrombocytopenia is a well known complication in intensive care unit (icu) patients . The incidence of thrombocytopenia of less than 100 10platelets / l in icu patients has been reported to vary from 23 to 41%, but lower frequencies (1017%) have been reported for counts lower than 50 10 platelets / l . Mortality rates ... |
Most almond (prunus amygdalus batsch) cultivars are self - incompatible (si; socias i company, 1990). Si in the prunus species shows the gametophytic self - incompatibility (gsi) system, controlled by a single polymorphic locus containing at least two linked genes, one specifically expressed in the pistil and the other... |
The ras association domain family 1 gene (rassf1) was identified on chromosome 3p21.3, a region frequently deleted in cancer . There are two major transcripts of rassf1, termed rassf1a and rassf1c, which are transcribed from different cpg island promoters . The promoter of rassf1a is often hypermethylated in cancer, wh... |
Ureteral rupture is a urological emergency usually presenting with acute pain and requiring urgent surgical intervention . We report an unusual case where this condition was discovered incidentally on imaging, in the absence of any specific symptoms, to investigate chronic urinary retention caused by massive prostatic ... |
Chronic pelvic pain is a common complaint among women of reproductive age often due to infection, endometriosis, or adhesive disease . However, parasitic infection with resultant pain is usually not considered in the differential diagnosis . We report a case of chronic right lower quadrant abdominal and pelvic pain ass... |
Parkinson disease (pd), which is the most common neurodegenerative parkinsonian syndrome, is characterized by the degeneration of both dopaminergic and nondopaminergic neurons with neuronal intracytoplasmic inclusions known as lewy bodies 1 . Although the clinical diagnosis of pd is often straightforward and robust in ... |
Nitric oxide (no) is an essential radical molecule that is involved in various physiological processes, ranging from signalling processes to cytotoxic activities . In mammals it is produced by a class of enzymes, the no synthases (noss), through a two - step reaction . In the first step, l - arginine is oxidised to n -... |
A 13-year - old girl had a history of partial atrioventricular septal defect (pavsd) total correction at the age of 4 years . However, a right ventricular assist device was applied at the operation because of the akinetic right ventricle (rv). Two years later, based on our echocardiography results, the patient was tran... |
While superficial non - ampullary duodenal tumors are relatively rare, the frequency of their detection has recently increased due to the widespread use of endoscopy and continual improvements in endoscopic techniques (1,2). Although there are no established indications or treatments for superficial non - ampullary duo... |
The aim of this review of the literature is to ignite the discussion related to the oral care practices of nurses for older acute medical hospitalised patients . This paper explores the literature related to oral health care for older patients admitted to acute medical wards . Caring for older patients with complex med... |
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph) is a histologic diagnosis that refers to the proliferation of smooth muscle and epithelial cells within the prostatic transition zone, for which dihydrotestosterone (dht) is the primary androgen responsible in elderly men . As the initial treatment for symptomatic bph, pharmacotherapy... |
A cross - sectional design was employed and written informed consent was obtained from all the subjects taken up for the study . All asymptomatic hiv patients who were admitted to the hospital at the time of evaluation were included in the study . Staging of hiv seropositive cases was carried out as per centers for dis... |
High - frequency ultrasound is a noninvasive diagnostic method with several applications in the field of internal medicine and, recently, clinical dermatology as well as dermatooncology and dermatocosmetics.1,2 it can represent a noninvasive histological tool for the quantification of the cutaneous structure or of the ... |
Patellofemoral pain (pfp) accounts for approximately 25% of knee injuries in athletes (taunton et al ., 2002). Pfp patients are often not able to perform exercises like running, as increased patellofemoral joint compression forces (pfjcf) may aggravate pfp pathology . Overloading of the patellofemoral joint in pfp pati... |
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (ddh) denotes a wide spectrum of pathologic conditions, ranging from subtle acetabular dysplasia to irreducible hip dislocation.1 it is a very common to suspect and diagnose hip dysplasia when the children start walking in india due to lack of screening programme . The principles of t... |
The use of electronic health records (ehrs) and other electronic clinical systems that capture data about clinical encounters and patient s care continue to grow rapidly.1,2 linking clinically derived data from these different systems can greatly facilitate clinical research and operational and quality initiatives.1 th... |
Conventional glass ionomer cements (gics) that undergo setting through an acid - base reaction between an ion - leachable glass and aqueous polyacid.1 they have been widely used in restorative dentistry because of their advantageous properties including biocompatibility,2 adhesion to tooth structure,3 and fluoride rele... |
Skin tumors present in a variety of clinical forms as a result of which they enter into the differential diagnoses of a number of conditions presenting as swellings in the skin and subcutaneous tissue . The cutaneous adnexal neoplasms, in themselves, constitute a wide spectrum because they can differentiate along one o... |
Globally the total incidence of envenoming is as high as 1,841,000 resulting in 94,000 deaths . India has a high share of this estimated burden of annual envenoming of 81,000 and deaths 11,000 . An indian study suggested a gross underestimation of snake bite - related deaths in india, which could be three times higher ... |
The majority of gabaergic inhibitory neurons are parvalbumin - positive basket cells, which form perisomatic synapses on excitatory neurons to exert powerful regulation of neuronal firing [2, 3]. In visual cortex, the maturation of inhibition, especially perisomatic inhibition, is regulated by visual experience [4, 5].... |
Eighteen male new zealand white rabbits weighing 3.4 0.3 kg (mean standard deviation [sd]) were housed in individual cages in a temperature - controlled room (20c22c) and on a 12-hour light the animals were fed a diet consisting of regular feed with added 1% cholesterol (w / w) for 60 days . On day 30, animals were sep... |
Ovarian cancer (oc) is characterized by malignant transformation of ovarian epithelial, stromal, or germ line cells . It affects approximately 1 in 70 women and has a poor prognosis (<50%, 5-year survival rate). Early - stage oc presents no obvious symptoms in the majority of patients, and no effective screening method... |
Patients taking lithium usually require to take the drug on a long - term basis, which makes the issue of long - term toxicity an important one . Among the various side effects recognized, one of the major side effects is the development of various types of thyroid abnormalities . Both the mechanism of its therapeutic ... |
Medical professionalism is not a new concept and has always been present throughout the history of medicine in the form of a hippocratic oath taken by physicians . Patient relationship and a successful diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases is the patient's trust on the physician . This trust is that the main... |
Peptides are small (low molecular weight, lmw) proteins, built up of amino acids connected by peptide bonds . The shortest peptide is two amino acids long, and with increasing length of the amino acid chain, the name changes from peptide over polypeptide to protein, with a fuzzy border between them . Also the internati... |
Multiplex pcr (esensor respiratory viral panel; genmark dx, carlsbad, ca, usa) for patients seen at a major teaching hospital in alachua county indicated that> 95% of illnesses were caused by h3n2 strains . Influenza a(h3n2) virus ha, neuraminidase (na), and matrix (m) gene sequences from 5 specimens collected from pat... |
Hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide, especially in asian countries . Although the mainstay of therapy is surgical resection, the majority of patients are not treated by surgery because of the tumor extent or underlying liver dysfunction . Instead of surgical resection, severa... |
Our diet is composed of a variety of dietary macronutrients carbohydrates, proteins, fats and fibres . Changes in those nutritional components can act as priming triggers for autoimmunity, whereas the overconsumption of others can lead to cell damage and inflammation . For instance, the amount of fibre and fat in the d... |
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