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Fever in returning travelers is a common problem and usually the diagnosis is made within a few days or the traveler recovers, . We report here two travelers who presented with fever two weeks after returning from a six week vacation in south america . Over the following 18 months they presented with short attacks of f... |
Hirsutism is an abnormal growth of terminal hairs in areas dependent on androgen in women and is referred as an increase of unwanted hairs more than what is acceptable in a race or society . Hirsutism is a cultural attitude and what is considered hirsutism in one culture may be considered typical in another . For examp... |
Breast cancer (bc) is the most common malignant tumor among women in the world and is the second cause of death in women between the ages of 3555 in developed countries . Bc can be divided based on molecular criteria into distinct phenotypes: the molecular subtypes are classified by (1) expression of estrogen receptors... |
To study the short - term effects of waterborne depleted uranium (du), atlantic salmon parr (n = 6) were exposed for 48 h to 0, 0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 mg / l uranyl acetate (uo2(ch3coo)22h2o, purity 98.0%, specific activity 1.459 10 bq / g, fluka, sigma - aldrich, buchs, switzerland) dissolved in lake water collected from l... |
The global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease (gold) strategy document recommends that the pharmacological therapy of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) should be predicated according to the individual patient s level of symptoms, airflow limitation, and history of exacerbations.1 the preferred o... |
Clubbing of digits, periosteal new bone formation along the shafts of the tubular bones of the extremities and synovial effusions characterize hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (hoa). Primary hoa is a rare syndrome, not associated with other systemic diseases, and usually occurs in childhood, whereas secondary hoa is assoc... |
17-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17-hsd) enzymes are involved in the interconversion of inactive and active sex - steroid hormones, thereby playing an essential role in the intracrine regulation of estrogen-, androgen-, and progesterone - dependent physiological functions . 17-hsd1 is responsible for the conversion of ... |
The use of an indelible ink mark on the fingernail is a practice during the elections in india . As the fingernail grows, the level of the mark shifts distally . According to the election commission of india, 540 million people voted with 23 million belonging to the age group 1819 years, making the 2014 general electio... |
An ophthalmological evaluation is mandatory to get a correct diagnosis in a case of acute acquired onset of concomitant esotropia (aace) with diplopia . We describe a complex case of a child of 8 years affected by a short duration of diplopia and esodeviation (from 2 to 4 h), so that signs are not directly recognized b... |
Hunter syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis type ii or mps ii) is an x - linked metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency in the lysosomal enzyme iduronate-2-sulfatase (i2s) [1, 12]. I2s catalyzes a step in the degradation of dermatan sulfate and heparan sulfate, and in affected patients, these enzyme substrates accumulate ... |
Correct positioning of the upper first molar (u1 m) on the arch and its proper relationship to the opposing arch is one of the foundations of successful orthodontic treatment . The rotation of the u1 m can mean a greater need for space in the arch, due to its trapezoidal shape . As a result, failure in interarch engage... |
Primary lymphoma of the parotid gland is an uncommon entity . Predominantly (84 - 97%) parotid lymphomas are non - hodgkin lymphomas (nhl) and most of them are of b - cell origin . There may be coexisting lymphadenopathy of the cervical region . However, to categorize them as a primary from the parotid, the first clini... |
Sexuality is an important aspect of health, which can impact the overall wellbeing of men and women . Disorders of sexual functioning are common among men and women of all ages, ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds . Despite their apparent prevalence there is a deficit of data on the prevalence of sexual disorders fro... |
A modified radical mastectomy is a procedure in which the entire breast is removed; including the skin, areola, nipple, and level i and level ii axillary lymph nodes, but the pectoralis major muscle is spared . In breast cancer cases with pectoral muscle involvement a radical mastectomy may need to be done if there is ... |
Mii oocytes were collected from superovulated 45-week - old c57bl/6babr mice, under a stereomicroscope, by mouth pipetting, and stored at 80c . Prior to scbs - seq, 2 oocyte lysis buffer (10 mm tris - cl ph7.4, 2% sds) and 0.5l proteinase k were added (final volume 12l) followed by incubation at 37c for 1h . E14 escs w... |
For decades metal ceramic restorations have been considered the gold standard treatment for the fabrication of prosthetic crowns and fixed partial dentures (fpds). Ceramic materials with different processing routes were developed to play this role without the inherent disadvantage of a metal framework . At first, the m... |
Maxillofacial and mandibular fracture patients are common in the emergency department of a referral hospital . Appropriate airway management is a major concern in these cases for both the anaesthesiologist and the surgeon . The standard oral / nasal route for tracheal intubation may not be suitable for le - fort ii / i... |
Goodpasture syndrome (gps) was first identified in 1959 by drs stanton and tange, with the description of nine patients with renal failure and pulmonary hemorrhage, all of whom eventually died . Subsequently, the molecular basis of this disease was found to be auto - antibodies formed against the 3 and 5 domains within... |
Carious lesion of the oral cavity is one of the most common disease among the primary, mixed dentition and adult age groups . Cariogenesis itself is the outcome of multifactorial events that includes plaque microflora, susceptibility of host immune system, dietary habits, and most importantly maintenance of oral hygien... |
The cost of treating metastatic colorectal cancer has increased significantly after the introduction of targeted antivascular therapies . We report the unusual case of a patient with colorectal cancer with several large liver metastases at diagnosis, who was cured after removal of the primary tumor and treatment with 5... |
A 53-year - old caucasian male was evaluated for bright red blood per rectum with colonoscopy . The patient's past medical history was significant for end - stage liver disease due to hepatitis c and hepatitis b, asthma, and erythropoietic porphyria . The patient had prior episodes of hematemesis which required multipl... |
Preparation of primary goat testis cells: one two - week old lamb (nubian breed) was sacrificed, and tissue including his testis and ears was removed . The use and experimental protocols were approved by the committee on the ethics of animal experiments of national chung hsing university (approval numbers: 101 - 40). T... |
Necrotising fasciitis (nf) is a serious soft tissue and life threatening infection, primarily involving the skin and superficial fascia, characterised by a rapid and extensive necrosis of the subcutaneous tissue . Most patients have associated comorbidities, such as diabetes, hiv infection or treatment with immunosuppr... |
A custom nimblegen 12x135k microarray designed from d. serrata expressed sequence tags (ests) (frentiu et al . 2009) was used to measure expression of 11,631 ests (supplementary file s3, supplementary material online). A panel of 43 wild - derived inbred lines of d. serrata from a single population (st lucia, brisbane,... |
Betanodaviruses (family nodaviridae) are the causative agents of viral nervous necrosis (vnn) or viral encephalopathy and retinopathy (ver) in a variety of cultured marine fishes worldwide . Necrosis and the vacuolation of central nervous tissues (brain and spinal cord) and eye retina are the most characteristic lesion... |
Surgical procedures performed on the aged account for a high percentage of all surgeries in the united states . A national center for health statistics (nchs) report (pokras, 1983) estimates that in 1979 more than 20 percent of all procedures were for patients 65 years of age or over . The rate of all listed procedures... |
Twin and family studies are an important counterpart to the genomic revolution that has taken place since the sequencing of the human genome . Although molecular genetic techniques, such as genome - wide association and sequencing, have the advantage of allowing us to identify individual genetic variants that are impor... |
Intrauterine infection by bacteria is well established as a pathway leading to spontaneous abortion and spontaneous preterm birth [1, 2]. Other pathways, however, may be equally important including decidual hemorrhage, cervical disorders, genetic components, and environmental exposures like smoking . Much less human pa... |
Twenty - eight post mortem lower eyelids (14 right, 14 left) from 16 japanese cadavers were examined and divided into 2 groups . One group of 14 lower eyelids of 7 cadavers (7 right, 7 left; 3 males, 4 females) with an average age at death of 80.4 years (range: 73~97), were sagittally incised from the lower lacrimal pu... |
Diabetes is a metabolic disease clinically expressed by chronic hyperglycemia that has been extensively reported to be linked to several micro- and macrovascular diseases that significantly impair the quality of life . Among diabetic vascular complications, foot ulcers represent the first cause of hospitalization in di... |
Osteoarthritis (oa) reflects the degradation and erosion of the extracellular matrix (ecm) and the subsequent narrowing of space in joints . The changes in ecm structure are due to the activation of enzymatic systems, that is, matrix metalloproteinase (mmps) and aggrecanase in chondrocytes and synoviocytes [1, 2]. The ... |
Typical tunisian dietary foods were chosen with reference to a number of epidemiologic studies (2224). The aim was to include a wide range of foods that require some aid to assess portion sizes in a questionnaire and to span the selected visual appearance which is likely to influence perception of amounts from photos .... |
Isolated nccm was first described in 1984, but it only regained recognition in the last decade . Now, it increasingly attracts scientific attention, especially because the condition has not been fully understood so far and is thus a subject of ongoing investigations on its pathology, development, clinical course, and t... |
Folic acid belongs to the vitamin b complex . It is vital for red blood cells and for many other cells in the body . Folic acid is also known as folate, folacin, vitamin b9, vitamin m, folvite, acifolic, folcidin, and scientifically as pteroylglutamic acid . The form of folic acid occurring naturally in food is called ... |
Clinical professions are often concerned not only with knowledge acquisition, but also with achievement of skills and their application . In clinical dentistry, the ultimate goal is to acquire the essential skills, so students must become familiar with the pattern of clinical skills and an appropriate condition should ... |
As a country develops, the types of diseases that affect its population shift from primarily infectious, such as diarrhea and pneumonia, to primarily noncommunicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease (cvd), obesity, and cancer.1 the global burden of cvd has increased, mostly in wealthy countries . However, many ... |
Pelvic organ prolapse (pop) is a major health issue for women, affecting quality - of - life and requiring costly surgery.1,2 pop is an age - related disorder, and the prevalence increases as a population ages . Women who attain the age of 80 years have a greater than 10% risk of requiring surgery to treat pop.3 treatm... |
Sex has long been a popular topic of research among evolutionary biologists . Our personal fascination with the subject is related to the variation that is seen in sexual behavior . This includes the different roles that make up mating rituals, such as courtship traits or preference for the traits, and the variation of... |
Tumor lysis syndrome (tls) occurs in malignancies that have high proliferative potential and high tumor burden, such as lymphomas and leukemias . It is characterized by rapid release of intracellular metabolites from lysed malignant cells into the blood stream . The resulting metabolic derangements are hyperuricemia, h... |
The availability or utilization of health services does not always guarantee better health outcomes and it requires safe delivery of quality health services . Unsafe care is a global challenge, which often leads to adverse events and poor treatment outcomes . The limited data from low- and middle - income countries rep... |
Is cancelled because it emphasized on loading learner s accumulator minds and interrogating in tests as jean piaget said the main goal of education must be training of innovators who could think not to repeat . It is training of investigators and researchers not those who adopt whatever is said (1). Obviously, it is no... |
Lung cancer risk prediction models provide an estimate of individual's risk of developing lung cancer such that at - risk subjects can be targeted for preventive and treatment interventions (1). Risk models hold promise for improving patient care by aiding the clinicians decision making process regarding choice of inte... |
Decompressive craniectomy is a critical treatment modality for the control of highly increased intracranial pressure10,18,21). Nonetheless, it can lead to large cranial defect that requires subsequent cranioplasty for neural tissue protection, successful cosmetic outcome and improvement of cerebral function4,20). An au... |
While there has been little attention paid to kidney disease on a public health level, the reality is that many countries hardly bear the costs of providing end - stage renal disease care through renal replacement therapy . According to the latest usrds report, while the prevalence of diabetes has clearly increased and... |
Primary pulmonary angiosarcoma (ppa) is a rare neoplasm originating from endothelial cells of small vessels of the lung . The highest incidence of the disease occurs in the fifth and sixth decade of life . Chest computed tomography (ct) demonstrates solitary or multifocal lesions occasionally accompanied by ground - gl... |
Voltage - gated k channels (vkcs) constitute a structurally related family of intrinsic membrane proteins that respond to changes in transmembrane potential by opening and closing an ion - selective permeation pathway for k ions (1). The sensitivity to the membrane potential and the kinetics of the response to changes ... |
Gale et al . Studied a group of 16 patients who received class ii restorations at two different sessions . During one session a dentist interacted positively with the patient . During another session, patients ratings indicated that both dentists were perceived as equally competent but that the dentist who interacted w... |
Innate immunity is the first line of defense of the body, present throughout evolution from lower (invertebrate) to more complex organisms (vertebrate) (1). In order to rapidly protect the host against infectious or stressful events, the innate immune cells initiate triggers an inflammatory response . When not properly... |
Cardiac perforation is a dreaded complication of transvenous pacemaker, cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (crt - d), and implantable cardioverter - defibrillator (icd) lead placement because of the potential for critical morbidity and mortality . We report the case of a 45-year - old woman affected by sev... |
Heterologous expression involves identification of genes and transfer of the corresponding dna fragments to hosts other than the original source for synthesis of the encoded proteins . Protein isolation, especially from plant sources, can be costly, cumbersome and lengthy, and heterologous expression provides a conveni... |
The establishment of the state of israel problematizes a single definition of jewishness; the state was founded on secular socialist principles, relies on religious jewish law, and was built by waves of diverse jewish immigrants from europe, north africa, and the middle east, with varying levels of jewish religious pra... |
Surgery for inguinal hernias has undergone constant modification in surgeons' quest to achieve a perfect result . The evolution of minimally invasive surgery has instigated a redefinition of the end points of an acceptable hernia repair with a special emphasis on comfort, cost, and cosmesis, in addition to the traditio... |
Since the hybridoma technology was established for preparation and production of monoclonal antibody (mab) in 1975, a large variety and quantity of antibodies have been produced and widely used in biological researches, medical diagnoses, and therapies . The production of mab from ascites by culturing hybridomas in the... |
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide . Globally, each year, smoking kills nearly 6 million people and causes hundreds of billions of dollars of economic losses . A disproportionately higher number of individuals who succumb to the adverse effects of tobacco use reside in low and middle - inco... |
This injury is commonly associated with multiple lesions such as acetabular fractures, nerve palsy and femoral head fractures, due to its high energy trauma mechanism . Bilateral hip dislocation is an extremely rare finding, with very few cases reported in literature [2, 3]. Most are related to acetabular or proximal f... |
Several neuroimaging studies have investigated neural responses to art, aesthetic judgment and beauty (cela - conde et al ., 2004; kawabata and zeki, 2004; vartanian and goel, 2004). On the contrary, little is known about neuronal circuits engaged during observation of implied motion (i m) in a work of art . Recent stu... |
The conventional methods used in clinical practice for guiding contact selection during occlusal adjustment are using articulation paper, impression waxes and shim - stock foil, which are all often combined with the patient's occlusal " feel " feedback . None of these listed static dental materials' methods has demonst... |
Fc gamma receptor iib (fcriib), which is expressed on b cells, as well as other antigen (ag) presenting cells (apc), is the only fc gamma receptor (fcr) known to negatively regulate the immune response and play an important role in b - cell regulation and antibody (ab) production [17]. Ag - specific ab generated in res... |
Without appropriate management, herpes simplex encephalitis (hse) is a potentially fatal disease (1). The mortality and morbidity rates remain high, even when an early diagnosis is made based on the detection of the herpes simplex virus (hsv) in the cerebrospinal fluid (csf) by a polymerase chain reaction (pcr), and de... |
One of the top priorities in therapeutics is pain control and in spite of the recent advances in clinical investigation of new therapeutic agents, pain relief is still a significant challenge . The reasons include difficulties of correctly evaluating pain, underestimation of patients pain, misconceptions about analgesi... |
The radioactive gas radon is a decay product of uranium normally found in rock and soils . The short - lived daughters of radon release ionizing radiation during radioactive decay and alpha particles emitted are capable of damaging dna and increasing the risk of cancer . Studies of underground miners occupationally exp... |
Worldwide, the population with diabetes is currently estimated at 366 million and is expected to exceed half a billion by 2030 . Foot ulcers are the principal cause of severe complications and hospitalization among patients with diabetes, substantially increasing the costs with this disease . In the united states, the ... |
The prevalence of pterygium varies from country to country relative to proximity to the equator . The prevalence of pterygium is 2%7% in the us and 1.1% in australia.1,2 the beijing study showed the prevalence of pterygium to be 3%, while in tehran its prevalence is 1.3%.3,4 it has a prevalence of 19.6% in those aged 4... |
Neurofibromatosis type 2 (nf2) is an autosomal dominant disease consequent to mutation of both alleles of a suppressor tumor gene in the long arm of chromosome 221 2 . Progressive sensorineural hearing loss is almost certain, accompanied or not with dizziness and tinnitus . The first attempt at auditory restoration in ... |
Myocardial infarction (mi) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, resulting in 12.8% of deaths worldwide (1, 2). Many therapeutic options, ranging from pharmaceutical therapeutics to mechanical procedures, are available for acute myocardial infarction (3). Reactive oxygen species (ros) play an important ro... |
Diabetes mellitus (dm) is a group of disorders associated with a quantitative reduction in insulin production or a qualitative reduction in the action of insulin leading to changes in carbohydrate, protein, and lipid metabolism and accumulation of glucose in the bloodstream . The prevalence of type 2 diabetes for all a... |
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer affecting women worldwide (ferlay et al ., 2010). Over 85% of cases and 87% of deaths occur in low - resource countries (siegel et al ., 2015). Central and south america are among the regions with the highest incidence (ferlay et al ., 2010), and access to internationall... |
The mitral valve is located far from midline sternotomy, but is very close to the interatrial groove . As our experience grew and we learned from embryology, we found that a more cental left atriotomy was advantageous, and possible by interatrial groove dissection using ultrasonic scalpel . Under general anesthesia, mi... |
Potassium (gik), when administered very early during the course of cardiac ischemia, reduces ischemia - induced arrhythmias and myocardial injury . Clinical trials in humans, however, have produced conflicting results [25] which have been postulated to be due to the variable delay in the administration of gik after the... |
Parkinson's disease (pd) is a movement disorder characterized by tremor at rest, rigidity, and bradykinesia and it is the second most common degenerative disorder followed by alzheimer's disease . Other motor symptoms manifested by patients with pd include postural instability, stooped posture, freezing of gait, decrea... |
As a diagnostic fluid, saliva has several advantages over blood [1, 2]. Saliva is inexpensive and easier to collect, and sufficient volume can be obtained to allow performance of a variety of analyses . For patients, particularly children, the noninvasive sample collection reduces anxiety and discomfort and simplifies ... |
Classical understanding of skeleton is that bone functions as the structure scaffold in animals and contains three types of cells: osteoblast, osteocyte, and osteoclast . Osteoblasts come from mesenchymal stem cells and can differentiate to osteocytes, which stay in the bone matrix . Osteoblasts are responsible for bon... |
Participants included in this analysis were from the sacramento area latino study on aging (salsa), a cohort study of community - dwelling older mexican americans in the sacramento area of california designed to evaluate the effects of metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors on dementia in this understudied ethnic gr... |
Over the last ten years, biomass - based liquid transportation fuels, known collectively as biofuels, have increasingly become part of the world s planned energy mix . In the united states, 36 billion gallons of biofuels are slated to be in use by 2022, which will represent approximately 11% of the country s transporta... |
Rhabdomyomas (rms) are rare lesions of striated muscle origin that can be found in cardiac and in extracardiac locations . Of these two, in the head and neck, the adult type is more common . Laryngeal rms are extremely rare, with only 40 cases being reported worldwide.1 adult - type rms show an absolutely benign behavi... |
Keloid is a cutaneous fibrous scar that represents disequilibrium in the dermal wound healing process . Pressure therapy is used in the management of keloids, generally in combination with other therapies . This clinical report presents use of pressure through customized appliances for therapy and prophylaxis of the ea... |
The diabetic subjects were recruited from type 2 diabetic patients who regularly visited the outpatient clinic of the department of medicine, shiga university of medical science, in 20062007 . Patients were clinically diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in accordance with the criteria of the world health organization . Pati... |
Gastric volvulus is characterized by a rotation of the stomach along its axis in variable degrees and may present either acutely or chronically . It may cause a complete gastric outlet obstruction and strangulation, leading to ischemic necrosis and perforation with a mortality rate of 3050% . Primary gastric volvulus r... |
Microsatellites are simple sequence repeats (ssrs) that exhibit complex patterns in their frequency of occurrence, genomic distribution, mutability, function and evolution . Apart from being the source of informative genetic markers, microsatellites per se have attracted a lot of attention with respect to their origin,... |
Sertoliform endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary (sec) is an uncommon variant that bears histologic similarity to sertoli and sertoli - leydig cell tumors (slts). Recognition of this tumor is important as it is a well - differentiated, low - grade malignancy that displays a good prognosis when confined to the ovary . A ... |
Aneuploid strains were generated by sporulation of the above polyploid strains, followed by karyotype stability tests and determination as described in fig . Qpcr assays were designed with primers in non - coding regions on each chromosome arm (supplementary table 1 lists primer sequences). Dna samples were prepared by... |
Antiphospholipid syndrome (aps) may predispose the patient to deep vein thrombosis (dvt), pulmonary thromboembolism (pte), pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary infarction, and occasionally progress to pulmonary cavitations . Corticosteroid and immunosuppressive therapy directed at reducing antibody are not advised rout... |
Both tues and rcn - ube support the community to catalyze change within undergraduate biology education and, in effect, act synergistically . Tues supports change in the way courses are taught, development of new materials (including new assessment materials to support these approaches), and research into undergraduate... |
It occurs, most often, in patients receiving anticoagulation therapy or in patients with either inherited or acquired clotting disorders11). It has also been reported to occur following trauma, harvesting an anterior iliac crest bone graft and hip arthroplasy4,8,14). It can occur even in a healthy patient who is not un... |
Intimate partner violence (ipv) is an entrenched public health and social problem across both developed and developing nations . Behaviour within an intimate relationship that causes physical, sexual or psychological harm, including acts of physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behav... |
Many rnas function as folded, structured molecules rather than as protein - encoding messengers . In fact, highly conserved, structured non - coding rnas (ncrnas) essential to basic cellular processes represent the majority of a cell's rna . Such ncrnas are responsible for translation, pre - mrna splicing, histone mrna... |
The chromosome number in the donkey (equus asinus) is 2n= 62, but 2n= 64 in the horse (equus caballus). In fact, a certain level of bidirectional sex genome compatibility does exist: when a male donkey and a female horse mate, they produce a mule, and when a stallion mates with a female donkey, a hinny is produced . Bo... |
The concept of burnout syndrome (bs) was first described in 1970 as a reaction to interpersonal stressors at the workplace (1). Many professions are in constant uncertainty due to the global economic crisis, fear for their jobs, frustrations and pressures at work by business owners or supervisors, because of increased ... |
Its morphological features resemble undifferentiated neoplasm . Due to severe metastasis development and to the rapid fatal course radiotherapy and chemotherapy are also not very effective . It has been suggested that those standard therapies are ineffective because they are not able to efficiently target a subpopulati... |
The anterior vaginal repair was the most popular primary procedure for stress incontinence till the 1970s, but over the last 20 years the operation has been criticised for high recurrence rates . The pubo - vaginal sling procedure was first described by von giordano in 1907 using the gracilis muscle to encircle the ure... |
Mitral valve disease with pulmonary arterial hypertension (pah) is characterized by a progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance leading to right ventricular (rv) failure and mortality . The goal of long - term therapy is to reduce pulmonary vasoconstriction, cause regression of vascular remodeling, and prev... |
An 81-year - old diabetic male came to our hospital to seek medical attention for 2 weeks of productive cough, fever and chills, and a 10 kg weight loss . Physical examination revealed a fatigued - looking man with mild respiratory distress . Except for bilateral crackles in both lungs, more on the right side; the rema... |
Cluster headache (ch) is a primary headache syndrome that often does not respond satisfactorily to pharmacological treatment . Theories of ch pathophysiology posit activation of a positive feedback system involving a reflex arc with the trigeminal system as the afferent limb and parasympathetic nerves, mainly via the s... |
Natural selection solidifies the most favorable alterations in our replicative processes to create brilliantly functional biochemical and cellular pathways . Hence, it is axiomatic that rare diseases, in addition to being coruscating curiosities, also serve as windows to the world s normal order . Among the women and m... |
Neurotrophins are a family of secreted proteins, including brain - derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf), nerve growth factor (ngf), neurotrophin-3, and neurotrophin-4, which have been recognized as important regulators of synaptic plasticity.14 these molecules have been shown to control the generation, survival, differen... |
A number of investigators have proposed an association between periodontitis and psychosocial stress and the majority of studies in a systematic review found a positive relationship between stress / psychological factors and periodontal disease . However, the relationship between periodontitis and stress - related horm... |
The present study is a retrospective cohort study, undertaken as part of the ongoing finndiane study (finnish diabetic nephropathy study), which has since 1997 collected comprehensive data from patients with type 1 diabetes at 92 centers throughout finland, including primary care as well as secondary and tertiary care ... |
Qualitative and quantitative disturbances in the function of salivary glands are detrimental to the oral environment, adversely influencing patients quality of life.1, 2 three pairs of salivary glands, namely parotid, sublingual and submandibular glands, secrete saliva into the oral cavity through specific ducts . Sali... |
Avibactam is a non--lactam--lactamase inhibitor with activity against class c enzymes, most class a enzymes (including kpcs), and some class d (oxa) carbapenemases . When ceftazidime is combined with avibactam, the spectrum of activity is expanded to include organisms producing these -lactamases [24]. This combination ... |
Systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that is characterized by involvement in multiple organs and the overproduction of autoantibodies . The serological symbol of sle is the redundant production of autoantibodies against the antigens that locate within the nucleus of cells, suc... |
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