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Atrial fibrillation (af) is commonly associated with congestive heart failure and strokes secondary to atrial thromboemboli.13 lone atrial fibrillation is a subtype that usually occurs in the younger population and represents af without pre - existing cardiovascular diseases . Episodes are often preceded by exercise or...
In early november 2001, a 57-year - old female laboratory worker (laboratory worker 1) began experiencing nonspecific symptoms of malaise, vomiting, headache, lower leg cramping, anorexia, and fever . One week after onset of symptoms, she was evaluated for severe headaches at a local emergency room, where cerebrospinal...
A number of studies have examined the role of psychological stress in the development of masticatory muscle disorders (mmd). War - related psychological stress, the performance of mental arithmetic, and the solving of five - letter anagrams can increase masticatory muscle activity and are believed to be associated with...
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by variable airflow obstruction and bronchial hyperreactivity associated with airway remodelling . Although this narrowing is multifactorial in origin, abnormalities of airway smooth muscle (asm) structure and function have been identified as one of the main causes...
Renal cell carcinoma (rcc) is the most common primary malignant neoplasm of the kidney and accounts for about 3% of all adult neoplasms . The incidence of rcc has been increasing during the past two decades in all age groups . The greatest increase has been in patients with localized tumors as a result of incidental de...
Ainsi, les inhalothrapeutes (it) devraient tre des consommateurs, des utilisateurs et des producteurs efficaces de recherche scientifique portant sur la technologie en inhalothrapie et en physiologie respiratoire . Cependant, on ne sait pas grand - chose de lavis et des attitudes des it envers la recherche . De plus le...
When our hominid species evolved from several millions of years ago, ancient man was a hunter - gatherer, and survival required covering long distances . As well as stamina, homosapiens had to have sufficient strength to kill large animals for food . Ancient man would have sustained muscle injuries during hunting and t...
The principal risk factors are tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption, and the association of both factors is highly synergistic . Genetic factors, dietary habits, human papillomavirus (hpv) infection, consumption of hot mate (traditional south american infused drink), and poor oral health are also risk factors [35]. ...
Palatal rugae are irregular, asymmetric ridges of mucous membrane extending laterally from the incisive papilla and the anterior part of the median palatal raphe . These structures have been used as internal cast reference points for quantification of tooth migration . A few investigators have shown the medial rugae re...
The trial was conducted according to the declaration of helsinki, and was approved by the research & ethics council of the faculty of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences . After full explanation of the study protocol, the whole program was offered free of charge . We have previously reported the results of...
Almost 30 years after its first description, hiv still remains a global pandemic, particularly affecting the countries of sub - saharan africa, southeast asia, and latin america . Hiv is an rna retrovirus which compromises the immune system, and renders the infected person susceptible to opportunistic infections and ma...
Median arcuate ligament syndrome (mals, also called celiac axis compression syndrome or dunbar syndrome) is known to be caused by compression of celiac artery (ca) by a fibrous arch that originates from the diaphragmatic crura on either side of the aortic hiatus and passes superior to the origin of the celiac axis . Th...
Cyclodextrins (cds) are well - known objects of supramolecular chemistry and glycoscience (dodziuk 2006; philp and stoddart 1996; szejti and osa 1996; wenz 1994). They are products of amylopectin enzymatic destruction by the action of extracellular enzymes, cyclodextrin glycosyltransferases (cgtase, e.c . The more abun...
From 2000 through 2005, the french national reference centre for salmonella at the institut pasteur in paris reported 829 newport isolates among 69,759 salmonella clinical isolates . During this period and depending on the year, serotype newport ranked between 6th and 10th in prevalence among human serotyped isolates ....
We conducted a retrospective cohort study of individuals with diabetes who were treated in general medical practices that participate with the health information network (thin) data system . Thin was created in 2002 and includes data from 300 physician practices in england and wales . Population and are similar in age,...
Hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) is the most common primary malignant tumor of the liver and the second leading cause of cancer - related death in the world . Almost 80% of hcc cases are associated with cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis b or c virus infection . However, hccs that are very large in size and mass mostly d...
Developmental hip dysplasia (ddh) presents considerable technical challenges to the primary arthroplasty surgeon . Harris first described the technique of bulk autogenous grafting to achieve superolateral bone coverage in 1977, and while early - to - midterm results were promising, longer term outcomes have been mixed ...
Environmental stress due to salinity is one of the most serious factors limiting the productivity of agricultural crops, most of which are sensitive to the presence of high concentrations of salts in the soil . There are two main components to salinity stress in plants; an initial osmotic stress and a subsequent accumu...
, skilled observers cannot consistently detect hypoxemia until theoxygen (o2) saturation is below 80% . Thedifficulty that physicians have in detecting hypoxemia was recently exemplifiedin a study of over 14000 patients being evaluated at the ucla emergencydepartment . Patients were monitored by oximetry butrecordings ...
A 38-year - old woman was admitted to our outpatient clinic with accelerating back pain and fatigue following a kick to her back by her husband two days previously . On her physical examination, an ecchymotic area on her back between the scapulae was observed . She had pallor, her blood pressure was 80/60 mmhg in both ...
A fit and healthy 25-year - old male presented with palpitations from a regular broad complex tachycardia (bct) of left bundle branch block (lbbb)-like morphology, 330-ms cycle length, and no discernible p waves . Intravenous adenosine terminated the bct, resting electrocardiogram (ecg) was not pre - excited, and echoc...
We included only first strokes between 2005 and 2007 in persons with a period free from stroke of at least 1 year . Strokes (cerebral ischemia, intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and stroke of uncertain cause, but no transient ischemic attacks) were defined following the world health organization defini...
In late february 2006, a 27-year - old pregnant woman, at 6 weeks gestation, was referred to grenoble university hospital, grenoble, france, for investigation of persistent left cervical lymphadenopathy with fever . The lymphadenopathy occurred 3 weeks earlier, along with a sore throat, and persisted despite 10 days tr...
The phlebotomine sand fly phlebotomus sergenti s.l . Parrot, 1917 originally described from algeria in 1917, has a broad range of distribution which covers areas of the southern mediterranean (morocco, algeria, tunisia), the western mediterranean (portugal, spain, sicily), middle east, arabia, iran, afghanistan, pakist...
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide . Colorectal cancer (crc) ranks fourth in the most common cause of death due to cancers worldwide . In usa, crc is the second leading cause of cancer - related deaths in cancers affecting both male and female . According to the saudi cancer registry, crc ranks second in the ...
Messenger rna (mrna) has achieved great success in an increasing number of biological applications . Apropos, the notion of nonviral genetic vaccination is also increasingly associated with mrna instead of dna . Given a mature drug and gene delivery field, mrna nanoparticle delivery science is often deferred or closely...
Rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is one of the most common and severe autoimmune diseases affecting the joints . This chronic inflammatory disease, in which the immune system attacks healthy tissue lining the joints, leads to functional disability and reduced quality of life, as a result of bone and cartilage destruction, joi...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) is a progressive disease with a significant burden to the individual and society . Management of the condition is complex, but one important aim is to promote physical activity and minimize the impact on day - to - day functioning . Management can include smoking cessation, ...
The authors report the case of a 17-week intact abdominal pregnancy diagnosed in the course of an investigation of lower abdominal pain . Subsequent angiography was performed to occlude the supportive artery of the pregnancy by selective embolization . The placenta was left in the abdominal cavity because of the high r...
Asthma is a chronic syndrome characterized by reversible airway obstruction, airway inflammation, and airway hyperresponsiveness; estimates have indicated that 8% (18.7 million) of adults in the united states currently have asthma, and more than 300 million people are affected by asthma worldwide . Moreover, its preval...
Cutaneous amyloidosis were classified into primary cutaneous amyloidosis (pca), secondary cutaneous amyloidosis, and systemic cutaneous amyloidosis . Pca is a rare, chronic progressive skin disease, defined as deposition of amyloid in previously apparent normal skin without systemic involvement . Its prevalence were ra...
Eccentric exercise was shown to provoke skeletal muscle damage leading to delayed onset of muscle soreness (doms)1,2,3 . Acute muscle damage can cause discomfort at the site of injury, inflammation, oxidative stress, edema, and loss of muscular function and strength4, 5 . Many researchers have attempted to ameliorate s...
A 74 year old woman visited our clinic, who had been suffering from pain in the low back and right lower limbs and right calf hypertrophy . Six years ago, the patient had experienced low back pain and right 5 lumbar (l5) radiating pain . At that time, the patient had been diagnosed as spinal stenosis between the 4 lumb...
Inactivation of the mismatch repair (mmr) genes mlh1, msh2, msh6 and pms2 causes lynch syndrome (ls), an autosomal dominant predisposition for colorectal and endometrial cancer . Inactivation of the mismatch repair pathway can also occur sporadically, through somatic mlh1 hypermethylation or by acquired biallelic somat...
Heat stroke is defined clinically as a core body temperature above 40c and accompanied by central nervous system (cns) abnormalities such as delirium, convulsions, or coma . Heat stroke, the extreme form of hri is associated with significant mortality and morbidity, mortality in these patients range between 10% to 50% ...
There are several observations indicating that podocyte injury is at the center of the development of fsgs . First, podocyte injury is the earliest morphologic feature of fsgs . In recurrent fsgs in the allograft kidney, podocyte injury is detected by electron microscopy prior to the development of overt sclerosis [14 ...
The spinal cord injury (sci) often leads to serious neurological sequelae and various complications such as neurogenic bladder, lower extremities muscle atrophy, etc . Electrostimulation on sacral nerve roots is currently being tried with some promising results as a treatment for a wide spectrum of voiding dysfunctions...
A 9-month - old, 10-kg girl without any relevant medical history was presented at our emergency room because she had aspirated a peanut 5 hours previously . Chest computed tomography showed a foreign body at the carina and the proximal right main bronchus, and emphysema in both lung fields (fig . Anesthesia was induced...
The ludwigshafen risk and cardiovascular health (luric) study is an ongoing prospective study of currently more than 3000 individuals of german ancestry in whom the cardiovascular and metabolic phenotypes cad, myocardial infarction (mi), dyslipidemia, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes mellitus have been de...
Data on tree canopy and impervious cover provide important information on the extent and variation of these characteristics across a region . Measurements of tree canopy cover provide basic structural data used to model tree services, such as air pollution mitigation and carbon dioxide sequestration (nowak and crane 20...
Sheldon - hall syndrome (shs, mim #601680), or distal arthrogryposis (da) type 2b, is a rare autosomal dominant, inherited arthrogryposis syndrome characterized by congenital contractures of two or more different body areas, with no primary neurological disease . The common clinical features of shs include contractures...
A 45-year - old man presented to our outpatient department with painless progressive diminution of vision both eyes for the past 10 days . Medical history included xdr - tb on treatment with linezolid (600 mg / day), ethambutol (800 mg / day), moxifloxacin (400 mg / day), cycloserine (500 mg / day), ethionamide (500 mg...
Atrial fibrillation (af), the most common clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia, has an estimated diagnosed prevalence of about 1.4% in the uk and is rising.1 2 patients with af have a fivefold increased risk of stroke compared with those in sinus rhythm.3 stroke events result in substantial management and follow -...
Parkinson's disease (pd) is an age - related chronic neurodegenerative disorder with an estimated prevalence of 160 per 100,000 affecting 2 - 3% of people aged 55 and above [1, 2]. The clinical diagnosis is based on the presence of the motor symptoms bradykinesia, resting tremor, rigidity, and postural instability, whi...
The community health environmental scan survey (chess) is an empirical tool developed by the cih evaluation team to systematically document, map (via gps), and assess the environments in which people, shop, live, work, and play as they relate to diet, physical activity, and tobacco use . The main objective of chess is ...
Clinical practice gives students the opportunity to make decisions, apply theories, prioritize those decisions, learn time management, and provides them with a chance to practice their clinical skills (2, 3). In a supportive learning environment, clinical teachers encourage students to be independent in their learning ...
Nonsteroidal anti - inflammatory drugs (nsaids) are the most commonly used medications during the dental treatment for their creditable efficacy in reducing pain and inflammation.1,2 however, the burden of their unwanted side effects is high particularly with traditional nsaids.1,2 this is more likely due to chronic us...
As an uncommon injury, laryngeal trauma accounts for less than 1% of blunt trauma in adult patients . Possible sequelae of laryngeal trauma include soft - tissue edema, ruptures of ligaments, fractures of laryngeal cartilage, and dislocation of arytenoid cartilage . Dislocation of the arytenoid cartilage results in red...
The reverse shoulder arthroplasty was approved by the fda in 2004 and has proven a very effective prosthesis for treatment of cuff tear arthropathy and other shoulder conditions requiring arthroplasty in the setting of a deficient rotator cuff . However, in some series, the overall revision rate for the reverse shoulde...
The metabolic syndrome (mes) is defined as a cluster of interrelated metabolic abnormalities that doubles the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease (cvd). The major features of mes are insulin resistance, central obesity, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia . This condition is often associated with su...
The advance medial pivot knee (wright medical technology inc ., memphis, tn, usa) was designed to reproduce the kinematics of the medial pivot motion in the normal knee1,2,3,4,5). The medial compartment of the prosthesis has ball - in - socket geometry to improve joint congruity for stability and the lateral compartmen...
In the last decade, the parathyroid hormone (pth) has become more important as a possible alternative for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis . Most of the studies with pth have focused mainly on the dose - dependent effects of this hormone or its combination with other drugs [14]. Since researchers found that...
Ischemic heart disease is one of the major leading causes of death for both men and women . Depriving the organ from its blood supply has long been documented as a critical factor in the clinical outcome of stroke, hemorrhagic shock, myocardial infarction, and organ transplantation . Although the restoration of blood f...
Healthcare has been described as a complex adaptive system (cas) that involves multiple, interdependent entities and organizational levels [13]. Such complexity poses a challenge for transformative change as relationships within a cas are nonlinear and unpredictable [4, 5]. This challenge is echoed by leaders in the fi...
Hospitalizations for mental illness and alcohol and drug addiction represent a substantial cost to the united states health care system . One recent estimate indicates that roughly two - thirds of the $29.8 billion spent by mental health organizations in this country in 1992 were expenditures for hospitalization (redic...
Maxillofacial injuries have the potential to cause airway compromise and are associated with pain and swelling causing difficulty in mouth opening, chewing and deglutition . It helps in intraoperative pain relief and also helps in early post operative rehabilitation of maxilla facial trauma patients mandibular nerve bl...
Elevated serum uric acid levels are associated with a variety of adverse health outcomes, including gout, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular diseases . Several genome - wide association studies (gwass) have identified genes that may be causally associated with uric acid levels, incl...
Anatomists have observed that the length of the esophagus, i.e. The distance from the incisors to the esophagogastric junction, varies in different individuals from 32 to 50 cm . By endoscopy, the usual length of on adult essphagus is measured as 40 cm from the incisor to the point where mucosal change occurs, but the ...
Lead (pb) exposures have decreased with the removal of pb from gasoline . However, pb exposure and toxicity remains an important public health issue . Certain populations in the usa as well as in many developing countries still experience high exposures . An inverse association between blood pb level and cognitive abil...
Currently, gonadotropin - releasing hormone (gnrh) agonist is commonly used for various sex - hormone - related diseases (uterine myoma, endometriosis, precocious puberty, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, assisted reproductive technology, etc . ). The main mechanism of action is the change in the secretion of gonadotrop...
Psoriasis is a chronic, recurrent, inflammatory cutaneous disease that affects 1%3% of the general population . It is characterized by an abnormal cycle of epidermal development, with epidermal hyperproliferation, altered maturation of skin cells, vascular changes, and marked inflammation . Histologically, there is mar...
In an attempt to address some of the problems associated with the lack of tumor selectivity and stability of conventional cytostatic drugs, a variety of novel drug delivery systems has been developed . Of these, liposomal drug carrier systems represent a mature and versatile technology, and several liposomal formulatio...
Diabetes, especially poorly controlled (glycated hemoglobin or hba1c> 8%) one, is a metabolic disease associated with a variety of micro- and macrovascular complications . Elevation of postprandial plasma glucose and insulin stimulation following ingestion of high carbohydrate diet are suggested to increase severity of...
Hypertensive patients have impaired cognitive and cns function, and some of these changes may precede development of frank essential hypertension . Subtle cognitive changes in younger persons at risk for hypertension may become more readily apparent during the systemic stress of sleep deprivation . We hypothesize that ...
Vision 2020 is a joint initiative by the world health organization (who) and the international agency for the prevention of blindness, that aims to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020 . The vision 2020 strategy depends on the development of district level plans for the prevention of avoidable blindness. [26]...
Advances in intensive care medicine have enormously improved treatment of seriously ill patients . However, intensive treatment and prolongation of life is not always in the patient s best interest . Thus, difficult decisions frequently need to be made about limitation of life - sustaining treatments (lst). Approximate...
Recurrent shunt malfunction is a known complication after ventriculoperitoneal (vp) shunt surgeries . In chronic meningitis with hydrocephalus, we present an interesting case of chronic meningitis with shunt malfunction, presenting with expanding central canal syrinx and quadriparesis . This case was investigated with ...
Macular edema (me) is a complication of branch retinal vein occlusion (brvo) with serious adverse effects on vision.1,2 increased intravascular pressure and reduced blood flow in the macular capillaries lead to dysfunction of the endothelial blood retinal barrier and to increased vascular permeability, resulting in me....
Overweight and obesity are chronic health illnesses affecting many children and adults in the united states [1, 2]. The health consequences of overweight and obesity are enormous, particularly the risk of developing chronic diseases such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2 dm), and cardiovascular disease (cvd...
Its prevalence varies among ethnic groups, but it affects approximately 13% of the population in industrialised countries . Its clinical course can vary greatly in terms of morphology, distribution, and severity of the disease . In its commonest subtype it is characterised by the formation of discrete, pink, scaly plaq...
Patients with signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (tmds) are commonly treated with occlusal splint therapy . Occlusal appliances are commonly used in the treatment of patients with tmds and their effectiveness in reducing symptoms has been reported to vary between 70% and 90% . On the other hand, investig...
Synchronous primary lung cancers are uncommon and the occurrence of synchronous non small cell lung carcinomas (nsclc) with different histological morphologies within the same lobe is rare . The aim of this report is to discuss surgical and oncological management of this entity together with a review of the current lit...
This historical cohort study included 12,589 patients at two department of veterans affairs (va) medical centers who had at least one hba1c test <6.5% between 1 january 2000 through 31 december 2001 (baseline hba1c). Patient records were evaluated for 12 months before the baseline hba1c to assure that they had at least...
The patient was a 5-year - old japanese female who was the second child of healthy parents . The patient had no familial history of movement disorder, but the patient s mother experienced transient hyperthyroidism during pregnancy, the patient s aunt had hyperthyroidism, and the patient s grandmother had hypothyroidism...
The current study was nested in an ongoing community - based cohort study that investigated associations between glucose dysregulation and cardiovascular complications . The study design and protocol of baseline data collection of the cohort study were described previously (15). Briefly, all the permanent residents age...
Physical inactivity is one of the main risk factors for chronic diseases, which are responsible for 5.3 million deaths annually worldwide (1). In 2009, the global prevalence of inactivity was 17% (2), with more than 30% of the world population not meeting the minimum recommendations for physical activity (3). In iran, ...
In a book titled doing psychiatry wrong the author (a psychiatrist) describes several cases treated with medications, mostly inappropriately (e.g., patient with borderline personality treated as bipolar disorder, multi drug abuser treated as schizophrenia), without much gain . Another author (a sociologist) argues that...
A surgically resectable tumor in an anatomically or functionally solitary kidney is an absolute indication for nephron - sparing surgery (nss). The aim of nss is to maximize local tumor extirpation with optimal preservation of renal function to prevent the development of end - stage renal disease . Partial nephrectomy ...
Dr clark is the director of the centre for gambling research at ubc, which is supported by funding from the province of british columbia and the british columbia lottery corporation (bclc). Dr clark has provided paid consultancy to cambridge cognition ltd . On issues relating to neurocognitive assessment . Dr clark has...
Persistence of virulent microorganisms and their byproducts in the root canal system, or the surrounding tissues, following initial endodontic treatment, is the main cause for treatment failure . It has been reported that failing root canal treatments associated with periradicular pathosis frequently demonstrated fungi...
Primary stability of implants is commonly considered as a key factor for achieving successful osteointegration . Micro - motions higher than the threshold of 50 to 100 m can lead to formation of fibrous tissue at the bone - to - implant interface . Hence, when immediate loading of the dental implant is preferred as the...
Glutathione (gsh) is a ubiquitous tripeptide (l - y - glutamyl - l - cysteinylglycine) known to function in many aspects of cellular activity including protein and dna synthesis, transport, detoxification of xenobiotics and carcinogens, metabolism, and defense against free radicals and oxidative stress . It is synthesi...
Thyroid incidentalomas are newly detected thyroid nodules, discovered during a computed tomography (ct), magnetic resonance imaging (mri), ultrasound (us), or positron emission tomography (pet) exam for nonthyroid diseases . Focal type is defined as an area of uptake of 2-fluorodeoxyglucose (fdg) in less than one lobe,...
Mapping nucleobases in dna or rna modified by alkylation or oxidation often relies on the ability to specifically cleave the oligonucleotide at the site of modification, followed by gel electrophoresis to develop the map . A method established by maxam and gilbert utilizes base - specific alkylation followed by hot pip...
Gastric volvulus, an entity seen in both pediatric and adult patients, occurs when the stomach twists upon itself . This event may be transient, producing few if any symptoms, or may lead to obstruction or even ischemia and necrosis . Pare described the first case of gastric volvulus in 1579 in a patient with diaphragm...
Neuroblastoma (nb) is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children, with an incidence of 1 case per 100.000 children per year, and causes 15% of cancer deaths in pediatric age . Nb originates from the sympathetic nervous system, most frequently in the adrenal medulla or the paraspinal ganglia . The causes are u...
We adopt a simple cvd process, the salient stages of which are outlined in figure 1: (1) the preannealing stage, during which the samples are gradually heated in h2 or nh3, (2) the vacuum stage preceding borazine exposure, (3) the borazine exposure period, and (4) the vacuum cooling stage . Figure 2 compares the morpho...
Cardiovascular disease (cvd) affects the heart and blood vessels and is the principal cause of death worldwide . Considered the primary risk factor for cvd, high blood pressure, or hypertension, consists of a sustained increase in blood pressure levels . In 2000,> 25% of the population worldwide (approximately 1 billio...
Septicemia in neonates refers to generalized bacterial infection documented by positive blood culture in the first four weeks of life and is one of the four leading causes of neonatal mortality and morbidity in india . Neonatal septicemia continues to be a major problem for neonates in neonatal intensive care units aro...
In the last 30 years the number of people in the world aged 60 or above has doubled from 378 million in 1980 to 759 million in 2010 . It is projected to more than double again in the next 40 years, rising to two billion by 2050 . In addition, the older population is itself ageing; currently, the oldest old, those aged ...
Imidazole / benzimidazole and their derivatives are important class of organic compounds in coordination chemistry, photophysics, photochemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, and bioorganic chemistry [17]. 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl) benzimidazole (hpbm) is an important benzimidazole - derived n, o - donor ligand . Hydroxyl benzimi...
Klippel trenaunay syndrome (kts) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by venous and lymphatic abnormalities, cutaneous capillary malformations, and hypertrophy of soft tissue and bone . Kts is usually isolated to one extremity; however any part of the body may be affected . Deep venous thrombosis (dvt) with a pul...
Dilatation of various lengths and severity of the common bile duct (cbd), entitled choledochal cyst, has been detected in utero and usually presents with icterus in infancy, clinically mimicking biliary atresia and neonatal hepatitis1). Younger children and occasionally infants tend to present with painless jaundice, a...
Approximately 6% of patients undergoing dialysis have malignancies, and the number of these patients undergoing chemotherapy continues to increase . Chemotherapy in dialysis patients is challenging because excretion of the drug differs between dialysis and non - dialysis patients . Drugs that are excreted by dialysis m...
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (pcd) is a rare genetic disorder of ciliary function and affects ~1/20,000 live births (1/12,5001/30,000) (1). Cilia serve critical roles throughout the human body and at all stages of life, including during left - right patterning of embryonic organs, the clearing of mucus and dirt from the ...
The key point of hyperbaric treatment is the elevated po2 level both in the plasma and tissues . Normal alveolar po2 level is reached at 1 ata (ata = 760 mmhg, which is the normal atmosphere pressure at the sea level), while higher atmosphere pressures cause an increase of the level of oxygen dissolved in the plasma . ...
Among 57 patients with spinal vascular malformations that were documented in a neurointerventional database that contained data that were prospectively collected since 1992, recent 16 patients underwent three - dimensional digital subtraction rotational angiography using the axiom artis dba system (siemens medical solu...
Bilateral shoulder dislocation are most commonly posterior type . These are most commonly due to seizure disorder and electrocution . To best of our knowledge there are only few cases of similar kind are reported in literature . We hereby report a interesting case of posttraumatic, bilateral anterior dislocation of sho...
Dna lesions can be mutagenic and have been implicated in a variety diseases, most notably cancer, as well as aging . Quantifying nucleic acid damage is a valuable exercise as modified nucleosides, nucleobases, and sugar fragments are potential biomarkers . 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodguo) is a well - stud...
Maculopapular exanthema (mpe) is the most frequent clinical manifestation of nonimmediate allergic reactions due to drugs and t helper 1 (th1) cytokines and cd4 (+) t cells have been shown to play an important role in its pathogenesis . Pyrazinamide is used in the management of tuberculosis (tb) in combination with oth...