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Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures are a major cause of morbidity and disability among the elderly . Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a procedure used to treat a painful compression fracture in the absence of a neurologic deficit . Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a relatively safe and effective treatment for ost... |
A 41-year - old woman prompted a visit to an optometrist due to blurred vision in june 2013, and was diagnosed to have retinal hemorrhage . Complete blood count revealed marked leukocytosis (326 k/l), neutrophilia (25%, 64.6 k/l) with a prominent myelocyte peak (27.5% myelocytes), basophilia (4.0%, 12.9 k/l), and mild ... |
This article presents statistics on health care utilization, prices, expenses, employment, and work hours, as well as on national economic activity . Some of these statistics are based on sample surveys conducted monthly or quarterly by government agencies or private organizations and are available 1 to 3 months after ... |
Electrical impedance tomography (eit) [1, 2] reconstructs the spatial distribution of electrical conductivity or resistivity of a closed conducting domain () from the surface potentials developed by a constant current injection through the surface electrodes surrounding the domain to be imaged . Before carrying out the... |
The number of older adults affected by dementia has been rising significantly in japan and a number of other countries1, 2 . Mild cognitive impairment (mci)3,4,5,6 is considered to be a preclinical stage of dementia . Studies have revealed that approximately 10% to 15% of people with mci progressed to dementia annually... |
Ig genes in b lymphocytes undergo three types of genetic alterations during their development, i.e., v(d)j recombination, somatic hypermutation (shm), and class switch recombination (csr). V(d)j recombination takes place in developing b lymphocyte precursors and its biochemical mechanism is well characterized (1). Both... |
In this issue of critical care, kao and colleagues consider whether open lung biopsy (olbx) can assist in the management of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ards). Clinical outcome in ards remains poor despite substantial advances in our understanding of the biology of this syndrome . Although limitin... |
Tuberculosis of oral cavity is a rare entity . Even before antitubercular chemotherapy era, oral lesions occurred less commonly in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis . A 55-year - old labourer was referred to the outpatient department of our centre as a case of suspected gingivobu - ccal carcinoma for further evaluat... |
Malaria has been man's problem since the 14th century (the era of the black death in europe), and now in the 21st century, its effect has again reached an alarming proportion . Malaria remains a major threat to health and economic development of local communities and nations [2, 3]. Almost half of the world's populatio... |
Recent clinical and experimental studies have indicated that the long - term effects of severe inflammatory events often include the suppression of immune system functions . The decrease of th1/th2 ratio is one of the major characteristics of immunosuppression in sepsis . It is reported that membrane adhesive protein a... |
Achaete - scute homolog 1 basic helix - loop - helix chromodomain helicase dna binding protein 7 central nervous system gamma - aminobutyric acid histone acetyl transferase long interspersed nuclear element 1 neuroepithelial precursor nucleosome remodelling and deacetylase oligodendrocyte precursor cell silencing media... |
Hypoplasia is defined as a quantitative defect of enamel visually and is histomorphologically identified as an external defect involving the surface of the enamel and associated with reduced thickness of enamel . The cervical and the incisal borders of the defect have a rounded appearance due to the prisms in the non -... |
Several studies suggest that postoperative atrial fibrillation (poaf) is associated with an increased duration of hospitalization, early and long term morbidity and mortality [2, 3]. Off - pump coronary artery by - pass (cabg) grafting (op - cabg) has been hypothesized to decrease incidence of poaf [4, 5]; however cont... |
From may 1 through july 30, 2007, a total of 29 cases of locally acquired cyclospora infection were reported in british columbia (figure 1; table 1). An initial investigation was conducted around the 6 laboratory - confirmed case - patients reported in the last 2 weeks of may and the first week of june (phase 1). No co... |
One normally needs to maintain postural control while performing one or more other concurrent tasks such as walking while talking . An individual s attention resources and information processing capacity are presumably limited, and must be shared among all the tasks concurrently being performed1 . Therefore, when two t... |
Investigar si la precisin de las mediciones de la presin intraocular (pio), utilizando la tonometra de rebote sobre las lentes de contacto (lc) desechables de hidrogel (etafilcon a), se ve afectada por la potencia positiva de dichas lentes . El grupo experimental incluy a 26 sujetos, (8 varones, 18 mujeres). Se realiz ... |
Interacting with other human beings is a basic element of daily life, yet not a trivial challenge . Many joint actions between adults are highly sophisticated, but are performed with apparent ease (knoblich and jordan 2003; sebanz et al . 2006). Cooking a meal with friends, lifting a heavy bag together, or dancing with... |
To report an unusual case of multifocal bacterial keratitis that despite success - ful treatment caused chronic ocular hypertension . A 67-year - old woman with unilateral multifocal keratitis and no previous ocular pathology was admitted to our hospital . Corneal scrapings and conjunctival samples were obtained for cu... |
Due to their bioactive properties, some vegetables or their extracts have been applied to a large number of human activities (e.g. Food preservation) since ancient times (medina et al ., 2006). In particular, a wide range of plant extracts showed certain levels of inhibition against bacterial growth . In most cases, th... |
Pemphigus vulgaris (pv), the most prevalent type of pemphigus, is a life - threatening autoimmune bullous disease characterized by an autoantibody predominant target epitopes to desmoglein 3 (dsg3), a desmosomal cell adhesion glycoprotein [14]. It can be considered as a chronic organ - specific disorder because the aut... |
Dendritic cells (dcs) have been identified as a key component in manipulating and stimulating the immune system . Activated dcs are potent antigen presenting cells that express both major histocompatibility complex (mhc) class i and ii molecules (signal 1) and costimulatory molecules (signal 2) and secrete immune modul... |
Marks (2015) review and analysis significantly advances the understanding of the obesity epidemic by (a) identifying the factors that could be at the origin of weight gain and clarifying how they contribute to the obesity epidemic; (b) highlighting the distinction between factors that contribute to initial weight gain,... |
A 55-year - old man was admitted to the general ward at a gyeongsang national university hospital with an obstructive hydrocephalus visualized by brain magnetic resonance imaging . A ventriculoperitoneal shunt had been placed 2 years earlier due to an obstructive hydrocephalus, but the physical examination was within t... |
Stevens johnson syndrome (sjs) is thought to be a hypersensitivity complex affecting the skin and the mucous membranes . A new anticonvulsant, oxcarbazepine, which is structurally related to carbamazepine (cbz), was introduced for use in patients with epilepsy . Drug hypersensitivity reactions can occur with most drugs... |
This sticky, greenish - brown product has different compositions depending on the location of the bees and what trees and flowers they have access to . Propolis from turkey or egypt will not have the same chemical properties as propolis from europe or brazil . This is because it is very difficult for researchers to com... |
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (lch) refers to a clonal, neoplastic expansion of langerhans cells . Stimulation by tumor necrosis factor and granulocyte - monocyte colony - stimulating factor has been implicated in the pathogenesis (as has human herpesvirus 6). It most commonly affects children between the age of 1 and ... |
Congenital heart disease (chd) is one of the most common birth defects, with an incidence of nine out of every 1,000 live births.1,2 critical chd (cchd) is defined as cardiac lesions that require surgery or cardiac catheterization within the first month (or within the first year by different definitions) of life to pre... |
In the last decade we have witnessed a dramatic increase both in the proportion and absolute number of bacterial pathogens presenting multidrug resistance to antibacterial agents . Organizations such as the us centers for disease control and prevention (cdc), the european centre for disease prevention and control (ecdc... |
The world health organization (who) considers lymphatic filariasis (lf) the second leading cause of physical disability worldwide [1, 2]. Of the 1.4 billion people who lives in filaria endemic areas in the 73 endemic countries, 120 million people are currently infected . Globally, there are 15 million people with lymph... |
With technological advances in the field of implant dentistry novel treatment modalities and more efficient options became available . The custom 3d printed root analogue implant (rai) as defined by anssari moin et al . [1, 2] and figliuzzi et al . Is a futuristic treatment option for immediate implantation and immedia... |
Children participating in this study were taking part in a larger project investigating family management of diabetes, which required them to complete surveys programmed on pda computers several times each day . Although later phases of the larger project involved interventions, including blood glucose awareness traini... |
While there is a large body of evidence in favor of a clustering of representations of body effectors in the posterior parietal cortex, recent advances have revealed a hierarchical organization beyond a flat intentional map composed of functionally distinct subdivisions operating in parallel at same level . In particul... |
Nsclc is the most common type of lung cancer and the most common malignant neoplasm worldwide (1). During past decades, various studies have attempted to identify molecular biomarkers to predict the prognosis of nsclc (2, 3). Numerous promising biomarkers have been evaluated but none of these have been effective for cl... |
Model organisms such as fruit flies, zebrafish, and mice have provided great insights into gene function in humans because they are easy to grow and genetically manipulate in the laboratory setting . By evaluating different mutations in these organisms, one can identify candidate genes that lead to disease in humans an... |
Children with type 1 diabetes of at least 1 year duration, attending diabetes clinics at children s hospital new orleans, were invited to participate . Data regarding duration of diabetes, height, weight, date of birth, race, and sex were collected at the time of visit, and additional data regarding prior hba1c and mbg... |
Therapeutic hypothermia has been shown to provide neuroprotection against ischemic injury after cardiac arrest in in vitro and in vivo models . In the previous issue of critical care, meybohm and colleagues demonstrate that cardiac arrest triggers the release of cerebral inflammatory cytokines in pigs' cerebral cortex ... |
A 72-year - old patient who had undergone bilateral uneventful cataract surgery 6 years ago, presented with visual loss in her left eye . Patient had a medical history of multiple intravitreal and periocular steroid injections for the treatment of recalcitrant uveitis that was diagnosed 21 years ago . Her visual acuity... |
A 53-year - old woman presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of abdominal distention and constipation . She had a previous history of having undergone a myomectomy 15 years ago and has been under thyroid hormone replacement therapy for 10 years . Seven years ago, she had visited our hospital due to... |
Neurologists are central to the provision of quality, patient - centered care for individuals with ms . The substantial majority of ms patients depend on neurologists for high quality treatment and education about their condition [1, 2]; for example, ms patients receiving care from neurologists are more likely to recei... |
All bacterial strains recovered from blood were identified from available microbiology department records of all 13 hospitals in san francisco county from january 1, 1996, to march 31, 1999 . For three hospitals (4,5,9), data from 1996 had been purged and were no longer available . For each isolate, information was als... |
The difficulty with evaluating an intervention once it has become part of established practice is that, like servicing a car in motion, the method is inconvenient and the results unreliable . Moreover, the intervention is likely to have acquired both adherents and detractors, thereby ensuring maximal uncertainty while ... |
Bronchial asthma is a chronic disorder characterized by airway inflammation, remodeling of the airways, and their hyperresponsiveness to environmental stimuli . It is accompanied by thickening of the bronchial walls, epithelial damage, subepithelial fibrosis, and the increased deposition of extracellular matrix protein... |
This study was approved by the institutional review board of loma linda university and was conducted in the center for implant dentistry, loma linda university school of dentistry . To be included in this study, the patients must: (i) be at least 18 years of age with good oral hygiene, (ii) possess one or more missing ... |
.different factors can influence curing degree such as filler particle size, filler loading, polymerization initiator concentration, monomer type, amount of monomer, silane coupling agent, the shade and translucency of the material, intensity and distance of the incident light, wavelength of the light, irradiationtimes... |
Formulations were prepared using different polymers kollidone sr, cellulose acetate, acrycoat s 100, methocel k4 m, methocel k15 m, methocel k100 m . Drug and polymer in proportion 1:2, (drug: polymer) were dissolved in organic solvent (ethanol and acetone). This clear solution was poured slowly as a thin stream in oil... |
Tumor necrosis factor (tnf) is a pleiotropic cytokine that plays an important role in mediating various immune functions including inflammation [1, 2], the regulation of apoptosis and necrosis, and induction of cytotoxicity . Tnf is capable of eliciting a variety of different immune responses by signalling via two type... |
Intrusive thoughts are characteristic of a number of neuropsychiatric disorders, such as obsessive - compulsive disorder (ocd), posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd), depression, schizophrenia, body dysmorphic disorder, eating disorders, and drug addiction . Such thoughts are involuntary images, ideas, or thoughts that ... |
In western countries, breast cancer is a major concern and its incidence and mortality rates have been recently influenced by new therapeutic strategies . Our knowledge on cancer precursors, risk biomarkers, and cancer genetics has considerably increased, and prevention strategies are being successfully explored . Unfo... |
Carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is the most common entrapment neuropathy1,2,3, caused by compression and traction of the median nerve at the level of the carpal tunnel, which is a cylindrical, inelastic cavity, delimitated by the carpal bones and transverse carpal ligament4, 5.the compression results in impaired nerve con... |
The oral environment is particularly favorable to metal biodegradation due to its chemical, thermal, microbiological and enzymatic conditions . When in contact with saliva and acid / basic foods at different temperatures, the metal components of orthodontic appliances may undergo corrosion . In addition, the orthodonti... |
Kartagener's syndrome (ks) is a subset of a larger group of ciliary motility disorders called primary ciliary dyskinesias (pcds). It is a genetic condition with an autosomal recessive inheritance, comprising a triad of situs inversus, bronchiectasis and sinusitis . Although siewart first described this condition in 190... |
Regular assessment of hematological profile during pregnancy is an essential practice in antenatal care clinics . Physiologically, activation of renin - angiotensin - aldosterone system during pregnancy increases extracellular fluid and consequently plasma volume . The hematocrit (hct), plateletcrit (pct), counts of re... |
Success in endodontic treatment is best defined by the contemporary endodontic triad of diagnosis, anatomy, and debridement . In the learning curve of endodontics, the incisor tooth forms the basics due to its simple morphology of one root - one canal . The common developmental anomalies in a maxillary lateral incisor ... |
Systemic and topical corticosteroids are popularly used treatment methods in cutaneous sarcoidosis but are a poor long - term management strategy given the range of side effects . Treatment with biologic agents has recently been proposed as another treatment option for cutaneous sarcoidosis [25]. In the past decade, a ... |
Early passage dpscs (p1p2) isolated from deciduous teeth have been obtained from dr . Songtao shi (univ . Of southern california) and cultured in alpha - mem supplemented with 20% fetal bovine serum (v / v), 2 mm l - glutamine, 100 m l - ascorbate-2-phosphate, 50 u / ml penicillin and 50 g / ml streptomycin . Exponenti... |
The retina is susceptible to a variety of degenerative diseases, including age - related macular degeneration (amd), retinitis pigmentosa (rp) and other inherited photoreceptor degenerations, photoreceptor loss following retinal detachment, ganglion cell loss in glaucoma and optic neuropathies, as well as the loss of r... |
As the fourth most abundant cation in the body, magnesium fulfils an important role in multiple physiological processes . Over 300 enzymes require the presence of magnesium for their catalytic action, including many enzymes utilising or synthesising atp, or those that use other nucleotides to synthesise dna and rna . W... |
Cervical cancer is the third most common female cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide . It is the sixth most common female cancer and the seventh leading cause of cancer death in korea . At present, radical hysterectomy (rh) followed by tailored adjuvant therapy and primary chemoradiati... |
The mango is a commercial crop in many countries of the southeast asia, namely, india, pakistan, the philippines, indonesia, malaysia, thailand, burma, sri lanka, and bangladesh . Mango ranks third among the tropical fruits grown in the world with a total production of 23.87 million tons, to which bangladesh contribute... |
According to alzheimer s disease international, the worldwide costs of dementia ($604 billion in us dollars) amounted to more than 1% of the global gross domestic product in 2010 . Furthermore, dementia patients have increased healthcare utilization rates compared with patients with other major diseases . Previous rese... |
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph) is a pathological term with no universally accepted epidemiologic definition . Lower urinary tract symptoms (luts) due to bph are a common problem, particularly in older men . The prevalence of luts / bph increases with age, affecting more than 70% of men older than 70 years . The soc... |
The purpose of bone scintigraphy is to portray areas of new bone formation within the skeleton . This is useful in imaging reaction of bone to tumor, fracture, and infection . Since approximately half of the administered radioisotope is excreted through renal filtration, abnormalities of the urinary system are also fre... |
In most teleost fishes head kidney, pronephros plays an important role as main hematopoietic organ and blood cell reservoir (fange 1994; houston et al . 1996; fijan 2002a, b; romano et al . 2004; rombout et al . 2005; gangopadhyay and homechaudhuri 2011). According to wendelaar bonga (1997) and weyts et al . (1999), pr... |
Functional metabolic imaging of the brain using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (fdg) positron emission tomography (pet) is one of the most useful tools in distinguishing the patient's symptoms from the various types of dementia by elucidating global and regional deficits in cerebral glucose metabolism . Magnetic resona... |
Atherosclerosis and its vascular damage are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with diabetes . Recently, several studies have shown that cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of premature death among individuals with type 1 diabetes, demonstrating that although there have been substantial im... |
Posterior capsular opacification (pco) is the most common long - term complication following modern cataract surgery . It occurs in between <5% and 50% of uncomplicated senile cataracts during the first 2 years following cataract surgery [24]. Pco develops over a clear posterior capsule from a few months to a few years... |
In our model, each particle consists of a core sphere with four tetrahedrally oriented arms (see fig . The central sphere and the arms are modeled as interpenetrating hard spheres with diameter, with the centre of each arm located a distance l from the centre of the core . On the surface of each arm the patch is modele... |
The public health system in india despite growing investments in every national 5-year plan (1.1% of gdp in 2012) and even after over 65 years of its functioning, has not yet delivered universal primary healthcare to the citizens of india . Around 70% of the indian population spend money for primary healthcare services... |
In rural australia, undersupply and uneven geographic distribution of the specialist medical workforce has produced an apparent gap between service demand and the availability of radiologists.1 as a result, the responsibility for interpreting radiographic images often falls provisionally to the referring doctor, common... |
The dental industry has a long history in the development of dental prostheses to recover a patient's tooth function.1 as a substitute for teeth, a dental prosthesis must show stable durability, aesthetic value, precise function, and convenient use, as well as biocompatibility in order to perform the desired function p... |
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (npc) is a nonlymphomatous squamous cell carcinoma that occurs in the epithelial lining of the nasopharynx . This neoplasm shows varying degrees of differentiation and is frequently seen in the pharyngeal recess (rosenmller's fossa), posteromedial to the medial crura of the eustachian tube open... |
Resin - based composites are used worldwide in dentistry, mainly because of their aesthetic quality and good physical properties . Since resin composites were first developed, many efforts have been made to improve the clinical behaviour of this restorative material . Several studies have demonstrated that the degree o... |
Congenital epulis is a rare lesion of the newborn, presenting as mass in the oral cavity which can interfere with respiration and feeding . It should be distinguished from other lesions which can occur in newborns, both clinically and histopathologically . Here, we report a case of congenital epulis in a newborn female... |
The standard management for muscle - invasive transitional cell carcinoma (tcc) and non - muscle - invasive tcc of bladder with a high risk of progression is radical cystectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection . Orthotopic neobladder (onb) substitution is an accepted form of urinary diversion after radical cystectomy ... |
Workers with occupational contact dermatitis (ocd) may have adverse outcomes . Not only may they continue to have disease and their overall quality of life may be impacted, but they may also have significant work disruption . A number of studies have provided disease outcome information and more recently there have bee... |
Acute heart failure (ahf) is one of the leading causes of unscheduled hospitalization in patients older than 65 years and is associated with frequent readmissions and substantial mortality.1 in recent years, several factors that may contribute to exacerbation of heart failure have been identified . Among these, acute c... |
The advancing age is associated with profound changes in body composition, including increased fat mass, decreased fat - free mass (particularly muscle), decreased total body water and decreased bone density (1). Bone itself presents an organ of particular interest in both medical and pharmacological sciences . In medi... |
This short communication is a consensus opinion - based review highlighting the discussions of an advisory board of renowned experts in the field of overactive bladder (oab). These professionals, who are all specialists in urogynecology or obstetrics and gynecology, were assembled to provide their perspectives on the i... |
Since the 1990s, the average length of postnatal hospital stay has declined, both in denmark and internationally . The most prominent reasons are a renewed focus on the fact that giving birth is not a disease and the general need for cost savings in the healthcare system [14]. In denmark, the average length of postnata... |
Phakic intraocular lens (piol) provides internal compensation of the dysfunctional refractive condition of the phakic eye and reduces or eliminates the dependence on glasses or contact lens . An implantable lens consisting of a biocompatible collagen copolymer (visian implantable collamer lens [icl]; staar surgical, ni... |
The number of men and women worldwide who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (lgb) has increased in recent years . According to a survey undertaken in 2011 by the williams institute at the ucla school of law, approximately 9 million people (3.5% of adults) in the united states identify as lgb and an additional 0.3% ... |
Hamstring injuries are common in sports that involve sudden bursts of running, and can be frustrating for both athletes and physicians due to the unpredictability and wide variability of return to play in any given athlete . Of all muscle injuries, hamstring strains have one of the highest recurrence rates . Biomechani... |
As a consequence of the availability of whole - genome expression methodologies, regulation of gene expression is at the core of current post - genomic studies . Once a set of genes is clustered on the basis of similar expression profiles, a logical next step is that of searching their upstream regions for potential bi... |
The success of root canal therapy is dependent on understanding the anatomy of root and root canal morphology.1,2 awareness and understanding of the presence of unusual external and internal root canal morphology largely contributes to the successful outcome of the root canal treatment . In literature, description of t... |
The left atrium (la) plays a major role in left ventricle performance; hence, la mechanical function is a surrogate marker of left ventricular (lv) dysfunction . The components of la function are divided into: reservoir, conduit, and contractile phase . Reservoir corresponds to the difference between maximal and minimu... |
Breast cancer is the most prevalent malignancy in women and affects about 1 in 8 women around the world (1). Therefore, investigation of early biomarkers and molecular aspects is valuable for improvement of breast cancer therapy and outcome . Cancer - testis antigens (cta) are proteins with physiological expression res... |
Various techniques of fixation have been described and used successfully in treatment of patients with atlantoaxial instability4678101618). Although posterior wiring techniques have been used in stabilization of the atlantoaxial joint, these simple procedures have been associated with high fusion failure rates due to t... |
Do people maintain exercise? . Indeed, the majority of elderly subjects in germany or the us fall far short of the exercise doses recommended for consistently impacting bone mineral density [46]. A novel training technology, called whole - body electromyostimulation (wb - ems), may increase effects of moderate exercise... |
Quantitative changes in longitudinal (t1) and transverse (t2) relaxation times in discrete brain regions have been described in a host of different pathologies 1 . However, reproducibility for quantitative mri measurements has proved a challenge and requires lengthy scan times to obtain parameters sequentially . Conseq... |
Hypertension is considered as the first leading risk factor for the global burden of disease . Epidemiological observations have led to the hypothesis that the risk of developing some chronic noncommunicable diseases (ncds) in adulthood is influenced not only by genetic and adult lifestyle factors but also by environme... |
Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (dress) syndrome was first described by bocquet et al . In 1996 . However, the most frequent causes are anticonvulsants, sulfonamides, dapsone, allopurinol, minocycline, and gold salts [13]. In addition to hematologic, hepatic, cardiac, neurological, gastrointestinal, a... |
In february 2010, a 39-year - old man fractured both bones of the forearm after his arm was caught in a conveyor belt; he underwent a surgery at another hospital . An intramedullary forearm rod (acumed, hillsboro, or, usa) nineteen months after surgery, an attempt was made to remove the implant; it failed because the t... |
Auditory neuropathy / dyssynchrony (an / ad) is a hearing disorder characterized by an absent or atypical auditory brainstem response (abr), with preservation of the cochlear microphonics (cm) and/or otoacoustic emissions (oaes).1 2 in 1996, starr et al first described this rare entity, drawing on their observations in... |
Confident peptide identification through tandem mass spectrometry (ms) is one of the most important components in ms - based proteomics . For this reason, a great amount of effort has been invested to develop automated data analysis tools to identify peptides through tandem ms (ms) spectra . Among available because eac... |
Human lagochilascariosis is caused by lagochilascaris minor, an infection that has been reported in individuals of both sexes . Lagochilascariosis is considered an emerging helminthosis described in the american continents and its diagnosis is underestimated . The main clinical symptoms in humans are chronic lesions wi... |
In an experimental study, fifty male weaning wistar rats (pasture institute, iran), 21 days of age on arrival were housed individually in wire bar - floor cages . The animals (weight: 35.59 0.39) were allowed 1 week of acclimatization in a standard environment at 22c, 50% humidity and 12-h light / dark cycles with free... |
Antibodies and reagents anti - human gpvi monoclonal antibody (mab) 204 - 11 has been described previously (25). Anti - syk polyclonal ab (pab) (26) was kindly provided by j. b. bolen (dnax, ca). Anti - phospho - syk (tyr) pab and anti - myc mab were purchased from cell signaling technology (new england biolabs uk ltd ... |
All animal procedures were performed in accordance with recommendations in the arvo statement for the use of animals in ophthalmic and vision research, in the guide for the care and use of laboratory animals by the national institutes of health, and under an approved protocol from the institutional animal care and use ... |
Bow hunter's syndrome (bhs) is caused by the compression of the dominant vertebral artery (va) against a fibrous band or osseous prominence by rotational head movement2,6,10), leading to ischemic insult in the vertebrobasilar territory8,14). Bhs presents as recurrent attacks of paroxysmal vertigo, nystagmus, and ataxia... |
Malignant hematologic disorders (multiple myeloma, myelodysplasia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and hodgkin's and non - hodgkin's lymphoma) and idiopathic aplastic anemia that occur in the population with an incidence of 0.5 - 5/100,000 increase the surgical operative risk due to coagulation defects, changes of blood ... |
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