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Plasmonic nanoparticle networks (pnn) were synthesized by the method reported in references . Briefly, au nanoparticles were freshly prepared by the citrate reduction method at a citrate: [aucl4] molar ratio of 5.2: 1 and diluted to the required concentration with 18 m.cm deionized water . The assembly of the pnn was p... |
For rna and dna extraction, 150 to 200 cells were collected from undifferentiated colonies by mechanical fragmentation using a stemproezpassage disposable stem cell passaging tool (invitrogen, cat #23181 - 010). For amplified cdna, a customized version of the macs superamp kit (miltenyi biotec) and for wga dna the repl... |
A total of 301 patients with hbv - related hcc were included in this study . Hcc and non - tumourous tissues were obtained from surgical resections from december 2005 to december 2008 . Diagnosis of hcc was based on the criteria from european association for the study of the liver 20 . According to the barcelona clinic... |
Coronary artery disease complicated by severe left ventricular (lv) dysfunction is associated with high morbidity and mortality with increased risk of sudden death, ventricular arrythmias and worsening heart failure and the choice of optimal treatment strategy in such patients is often challenging . Acute myocardial is... |
Adjacent segment degeneration (asd) is a common complication of the adjacent motion segment after lumbar interbody fusion . It generally refers to the abnormal alteration that occurs in the segment adjacent to the fused segment . It has been reported that the incidences of asd in radiography and symptomatology are 8100... |
Self - microemulsifying formulations (smfs) consisting of oil, surfactant, and/or cosurfactant (cosolvent) provide a good solvent system for poorly water - soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients and a large oil / water (o / w) interface area, thereby incorporating active pharmaceutical ingredients into oil droplets.... |
With an estimated incidence of 1 per 3000 live births cystic fibrosis (cf) is the most common inherited respiratory disease in the western world [1, 2]. Cf is caused by dysfunction of the cf transmembrane conductance regulator (cftr), a chloride channel present on epithelial cells . Thus, cftr mutations affect the resp... |
Child labor is prevalent worldwide [1, 2]. Schoolchildren who work are particularly vulnerable because their roles within various institutional structures are often subject to dramatic developmental shifts and normative crises . Family, school, and work subject adolescents to differing and sometimes contradictory degre... |
In recent years, several anesthetics that have anti - inflammatory and anti - infective effects apart from their uses for pain relief and muscle relaxation been found, which may yield new options for adjunctive treatment of acute inflammation . For example, lidocaine, ketamine, isoflurane, and pentobarbital can prevent... |
Reports from annual surveys of bladder cancer (bc) estimate that about 380,000 patients worldwide are newly diagnosed with bc each year, and that there are about 150,000 bc - related deaths each year, which verifies that bc is one of the top 10 cancers worldwide (12). Between 25% and 30% of newly diagnosed patients hav... |
Primary brain tumours are tumours that arise within the brain tissue and the environs while secondary tumours originate from elsewhere in the body and spread to the brain . The main functional cell of the brain is called the neuron, while glial cells make up the supporting structures . These glial cells are of differen... |
Systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) is a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disease capable of damaging multiple organs . Although the etiology of sle has not been fully elucidated, certain genetic factors have been implicated in its pathogenesis, clinical expression, and production of its characteristic autoantibodies . ... |
Voluntary breath regulation may involve changes in depth and rate of breathing, the nostril breathed through, and a period of breath holding, among other factors . The breath rate is increased in a specific practice called high - frequency yoga breathing (hfyb) or kapalabhati (kapala means forehead and bhati means shin... |
Histological grading of breast carcinoma using the nottingham method described by elston and ellis (also called elston's modified bloom and richardson method) is a widely accepted tumor grading system and has been found to have good prognostic correlations . In recent years, fine needle aspiration (fna) attempts have b... |
Adenomatoid tumor (at) in the male genital tract is a relatively rare, benign tumor arising from mesothelial cells . Fine needle aspiration cytology (fnac) plays a very important role in preoperative diagnosis of adenomatoid tumors . It is a more rapid, reliable, conclusive tool that helps to plan the surgical approach... |
Over the past decade the ability to engineer and produce materials at the nano- or near - atomic scale has triggered rapid product development due to their new interesting properties that were not previously seen at scales above the micrometer . Industrial applications using nanoparticles have resulted in an almost exp... |
Worldwide, the metabolic syndrome (mets) is a major health problem associated with increased morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease (cvd). Mets is a conglomerate of various risk factors which is known to increase the risk for development of cvd . Various terms which have been ascribed for this constellatio... |
Many studies have investigated the association between end - stage renal disease or hemodialysis (hd) and depression.17 a review of the literature shows that 25%50% of hd patients exhibit depressive symptoms.1,2,8 although some single - center studies reported rates of depression or major depressive disorder in hd pati... |
Renin - angiotensin - aldosterone system (raas) plays a pivotal role in blood pressure regulation . Renin, the key enzyme of the renin - angiotensin - aldosterone cascade, plays a crucial role in the regulation of blood pressure, and ren may be a candidate gene for hypertension [1, 2]. Previous study showed that the pr... |
In this retrospective study, we reviewed the records of 73 consecutive patients with symptomatic degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis who underwent single or two - level instrumented posterolateral lumbar fusion at our hospital between january 2008 and january 2011 . Complete data were available for 44 cases (60.1%; 14 ... |
Chloroplasts and mitochondria are thought to have arisen from endosymbiosis and as a consequence of mass gene relocation events lost most of their own dna during evolution . To sustain their various functions both chloroplasts and mitochondria depend on a large number of cytosolic proteins it was thus far believed that... |
Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt - pa) has been used for a long time in the therapy of acute ischemic insult . The application of intravenous thrombolysis for ischemic stroke has already been established as a standard treatment throughout the world . For various reasons, however, only a small proportion of ... |
An 84-year - old asian woman with 1 year history of type 2 diabetes on metformin presented to diabetes clinic with deranged serum glucose [fasting: 140(70110 mg / dl) and 2-hour postprandial: 147(<140 mg / dl)]. She complained of extreme weakness, fatigue, forgetfulness, somnolence, and a weight loss of 10 kg (22 lbs) ... |
A bladder cancer composed of three different histological components: transitional cell carcinoma (tcc), squamous cell carcinoma (scc) and adenocarcinoma, is very rare . In addition, a sole inguinal lymph node metastasis from a urinary bladder carcinoma is an uncommon event . To the best of our knowledge, four cases of... |
Atrial fibrillation (af) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with 5fold increased risk of ischemic stroke in patients with versus without af.1 afrelated stroke is more likely to be fatal, is frequently recurrent, and causes more severe functional disabilities than non afrelated stroke.2 the risk of ... |
Intrauterine constriction band syndrome has an incidence estimated to occur between 1:10,000 and 1:15,000 live births . The condition encompasses a spectrum of terminology including streeter s syndrome / dysplasia, annular band / grove / defect, amniotic band syndrome, ring constriction syndrome, fetal amputation, and ... |
Our understanding of the function of osteocytes has expanded dramatically over the last decade primarily due to the identification of osteocytes specific markers, such as dentin matrix protein 1 (dmp1) and sost / sclerostin, that has allowed, for the first time a closer look at the biology of these cells . Osteocytes, ... |
As the critical care community enters the new millennium, it will continue to encounter ethical challenges with regard to allocation, application, and use of newly emerging therapeutics . Critical care forum accepts this challenge and, in the coming months, will feature regular articles on ethical issues specific to th... |
Cardiac remodeling may be defined as changes in the size, geometry, shape, composition, and function of the heart [14]. After acute myocardial infarction (mi), this process is clinically characterized by an increase in the ventricular cavity . In the acute phase, ventricular dilation is a result of the infarction expan... |
It is also the basis of vaccination, which was first attempted in india over a thousand years ago when smallpox inoculation to healthy people resulted in a milder epidemic, while protection lasted many years, particularly in the absence of reexposure to the antigen . Molecular immunology has now unravelled the early st... |
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) in acute st - segment elevation myocardial infarction (stemi) patients is a primary treatment because it has been shown to reduce the rate of death and major adverse cardiac events (mace). Some researchers have suggested that multivessel coronary artery disease occurs in... |
Dodecanethiol - capped gold (au) nanocrystals serve as useful models to study superlattice assembly and behavior . Recently, we observed a series of ordered structure changes when superlattices of 2-nm - diameter dodecanethiol - capped au nanocrystals were heated . As the temperature is increased, the superlattice prog... |
Brachial plexus block used for upper limb surgery avoids the use of general anesthetics, provides excellent analgesia, and facilitates ambulatory surgery . Phrenic nerve palsy is a common complication after both interscalene and supraclavicular brachial plexus blocks,[13] but is more common with the interscalene approa... |
Research of the last decade has concluded that obesity is closely linked to systemic inflammation through proinflammatory cytokines such as tnf - alfa, il-6, as they are being secreted by the adipo - cells . When referring to insulin resistance it has already been stated that these cytokines contribute to the developme... |
This study was supported by the research fund (tua) of vsterbotten county, sweden; the swedish dental society; the danish dental association; and the ingeborg and leo dannins foundation. |
. It can be either localized or generalized, localized forms tending toward chronicity and generalized forms varying between acute, sub - acute or life - threatening course . Generalized pustular psoriasis is an uncommon variant where the eruption has sterile pustules as its central feature . Its relationship with psor... |
This is a report of a chronic renal failure patient who had sustained bilateral intra - capsular displaced fracture neck of femur following an episode of convulsion and the difficulties encountered in early diagnosis and treatment . The pathophysiology of renal osteodystrophy and the treatment of hip fractures in patie... |
Laparoscopy has proved to be the best available procedure for diagnosis and management of impalpable undescended testes . Since june 1992, every patient referred to us with impalpable undescended testis this is an ongoing study and the present study is based on the analysis of cases treated over 20 years . From june 19... |
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist) is a mesenchymal tumor of the digestive tract showing lineage differentiation similar to the interstitial cell of cajal (icc) and accounts for about 2% of all gi tract neoplasms (1). So, various kind of diagnosing methods including immunohistochemical stains and electron microscopy... |
Sequestration of plastids has been described in several sacoglossan sea slugs (opisthobranchia, gastropoda, mollusca) (kawaguti and yamasu 1965; trench et al . 1969; waugh and clark 1986; marn and ros 1989; rumpho et al . 2007), but only four species are known to perform long - term maintenance of acquired plastids . T... |
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) is a chronic disorder that can potentially have a negative impact on quality of life (qol) and increase the risk of esophageal damage [13]. While a large proportion of individuals report occasional or monthly heartburn, approximately 20% of the us adult population experience reflu... |
Although the incidence of tracheoinnominate artery fistula (tif) has decreased, it is still one of the most dangerous complications after tracheostomy . Almost 75% of patients die from a tif, even after surgical repair has been performed . Therefore, it is doubtful whether surgical repair is an effective method for tre... |
Mixed dyslipidemia, characterized by elevated levels of triglycerides (tg), low levels of high - density lipoprotein cholesterol (hdl - c), elevated low - density lipoprotein cholesterol (ldl - c), and a preponderance of small dense particles is associated with additional coronary heart disease (chd) risk, compared wit... |
His family noticed sudden inward deviation of his left eye 9 months ago, and as time passed, this deviation became increasingly noticeable . On first presentation, the angle of esodeviation was 50 prism diopters (pd) at distant and near fixation . The patient's visual acuity and sensory status were not checked, but he ... |
Laparoscopic surgery has become the gold standard for common surgical procedures such as cholecystectomies and appendectomies (bennett, birch, menzes, vizhul, & karmali, 2011; richardson, carter, fuhrman, bolton, & bowen, 2000), and is associated with less surgical trauma, faster postoperative recovery, shorter hospita... |
Cefepime is a fourth - generation cephalosporin with broad spectrum coverage of gram - positive and negative bacterial strains . As cefepime is excreted via kidney predominantly (85%), renal dysfunction may lead to reduction in clearance of cefepime and accumulation in blood flow and cerebrospinal fluid . If the concen... |
A 25-year - old indian woman was referred to our hospital for an antenatal anomaly scan at 28 weeks of pregnancy . A previous scan done at the 26th week of this pregnancy had revealed a diamniotic, dichorionic twin pregnancy with gross polyhydramnios in one of the sacs . There was no history of radiation exposure or an... |
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest . Phloem exudate from 6-week - old arabidopsis plants using the edta - facilitated method described in guelette et al ., leaves were cut at the base... |
Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture (tdr) is known to occur as a consequence of blunt trauma in an rta . Tdr often go undetected in the acute phase, especially when it occurs on the right side, due to the management of other life threatening injuries . We are reporting a case of diaphragmatic rupture on right side precipit... |
The most common cause of early - onset idiopathic generalized dystonia, previously known as primary idiopathic generalized dystonia, is dyt1 dystonia, caused by a 3 base pair deletion in the tor1a gene2). Dyt1 dystonia typically presents in childhood and usually starts in a limb, gradually progressing to a generalized ... |
There have been many attempts over the past decades for automating cancer grading in tissue, most notably in breast and prostate tissue, where the standard scoring systems in use are the elston and gleason grading systems, respectively . More recently, high classification rates were obtained for the simple case of disc... |
Such tumors are divided into two main types: 1) intrajugular schwannomas located at the jugular foramen, which comprise the majority of cases, and 2) intracisternal schwannomas, which occupy the cisterna magna13,31). Although the clinical manifestations of these tumors vary depending on the tumor's location and the ext... |
The ethics review board of xijing hospital (no: xjyyll-2015075) approved the study . Tissue samples were prospectively collected from patients undergoing operation at the department of hepatobiliary surgery at the xijing hospital . Tumor and adjacent normal pancreatic tissue samples were snap - frozen in liquid nitroge... |
Among diverse acupuncture treatments in korea, pharmacopuncture is a new and unique treatment method that combines acupuncture based on the meridian theory and herbal medicine based on qi and flavor theory . Oil - based pharmacopuncture is administrated to disorders caused by deficient body lubrication, and carthami - ... |
Complete agenesis of the dorsal pancreas (adp) is an extremely rare entity, compatible with life into adulthood . Adp is usually asymptomatic in majority of persons but differs with clinical manifestations such as epigastric pain, pancreatitis, hyperglycemia, and diabetes mellitus in a minority group . Ultrasonographic... |
Recombinant human growth hormone (rhgh) is used for the treatment of a variety of growth disorders in childhood / adolescence, which include growth hormone (gh) deficiency, turner syndrome, short children born small for gestational age, chronic renal insufficiency, and prader - willi syndrome.1 adherence to the recomme... |
The control of severe bronchial asthma, such as corticosteroid - resistant asthma, is difficult . It has also been suggested that immunosuppressive agents suppressing t cells would be effective for the treatment of bronchial asthma . This case report describes a patient suffering from severe bronchial asthma, associate... |
The idea of resource scarcity permeates health ethics and health policy analysis, whether the context is the micro - level of selecting interventions in a clinical setting, the meso - level of allocating resources within a regional organization, or the macro - level of choosing among options for reducing the global bur... |
Primary membranous nephropathy (pmn) is a common cause of nephritic syndrome in adults . Although pmn has been known as an immunological disease for more than 50 years, beck et al . First identified m - type phospholipase a2 receptor (pla2r) as the major antigen in 2009 . It has been demonstrated that anti - pla2r anti... |
The antimalarial drugs, chloroquine (cq) and hydroxychloroquine (hcq), have been used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with the potential risk of developing retinopathy as a serious ocular complication [1, 2]. Both antimalarial drugs cause retinopathy but differ in therapeutic and dose ranges, with hydroxychlor... |
Invasive carcinomas of the breast are largely adenocarcinomas characterized by invasion of adjacent tissues and propensity to metastasize . The discovery of strategies to halt or prevent invasion and metastasis are needed to improve clinical outcome . Invasive carcinomas are embedded in a desmoplastic stroma containing... |
Fascioliasis is caused by trematodes belonging to the genus fasciola (f. hepatica and f. gigantica). The metacercariae exist in the small intestine, and move through the intestinal wall and peritoneal cavity to the liver where adults mature in the biliary ducts of the liver . Clinical symptoms are related to hemorrhage... |
Introduction of elastomeric impression materials into restorative dentistry has brought about a revelation in the field of restorative dentistry . The reproduction of detail and dimensional accuracy obtained by these materials has made their use a prerequisite for most of the fixed and removable dental prosthesis . Hig... |
Pituitary apoplexy characterized by sudden onset of headache, nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, ophthalmoplegia and decreased level of consciousness was described for the first time by bailey1) in 1898 and then by bleibtreu4) in 1905 . However, the term' pituitary apoplexy' was coined by brougham et al.5) later, i... |
Ber is initiated by lesion - specific glycosylases, which recognize and excise damaged bases, leaving an apurinic / apyrimidinic (ap) site, which is then further processed and replaced by an undamaged base . Such lesions arise from four primary sources of damage: alkylating agents, ros, reactive nitrogen species, and d... |
Type 2 diabetes is a worldwide epidemic associated with obesity and a sedentary lifestyle.1 the estimated lifetime risk of developing diabetes for a person born in the united states in 2000 is 32.8% for males and 38.5% for females.2 diabetes increases morbidity and mortality due to heart disease, stroke, blindness, kid... |
Based on clinical picture and profile of circulating pemphigus antibodies, two distinct forms of the disease are distinguished: pemphigus vulgaris (pv) and pemphigus foliaceus (pf). Transmembrane desmosomal proteins: desmoglein 1 (dsg1) and desmoglein 3 (dsg3) are pemphigus target antigens . In serum of pf patients, an... |
Malignant mesothelioma (mm) is an aggressive asbestos - induced cancer affecting the mesothelial cells lining the serosal cavities of the body including the pleura and peritoneum . The study of mm - specific biomarkers is being undertaken in order to improve diagnosis, assessment of disease progression, and response to... |
Various clinical and epidemiological evidence have been documented regarding the adverse effects of tobacco on oral health . The adverse effects of cigarette smoking and other forms of tobacco are numerous, use of tobacco has been associated with oral mucosa, gingival diseases and dental alterations . Saliva is a compl... |
They well understood that hyperglycemia was just a common feature for a group of distinct disorders with different pathophysiology . First, they learned to distinguish the 2 most prevalent diabetic phenotypes type 1 diabetes mellitus (t1 dm), and type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2 dm) [1, 2]. As soon as in the 1960s and 1970... |
We examined 55 patients with fulminant type 1 diabetes (49% female, median age at onset 35.0 years), 91 patients with classic type 1a diabetes (57% female, median age at onset 17.0 years), and 369 healthy control subjects . The criteria for the recruitment of type 1a diabetic patients were presence of diabetic ketosis ... |
These injuries do not occur as random events, and there is evidence that some individuals are at increased risk because of exposure to hazards and/or inability to avoid or detect hazards.1 some individuals are at increased risk of eye injury as a result of their occupation . Small - scale and large - scale industrial w... |
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (gists) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract . Terminology used to describe gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumors has been variable . Traditionally, these tumors have been called leiomyomas, cellular leiomyomas, or leiomyosarcomas, depending on the degree of... |
The genus corynebacterium belongs to the class of actinobacteria (high g+c gram - positive bacteria) and comprises a collection of morphologically similar, irregular- or club - shaped nonsporulating (mico)aerobic microorganisms [1, 2]. To date, 88 species were taxonomically classified . More than half of these, that is... |
Deregulated proliferation and differentiation of melanocytes lead to the formation of melanoma . Although not as common as the other skin basal cell skin cancer or skin squamous cell cancer, melanoma is far more dangerous . However, once it has metastasized beyond the local lymph nodes, it is eventually fatal [24]. Che... |
Astragalus membranaceus (fisch) bunge, known as huang - qi in chinese or radix astragali in latin, is one of the most popular herbal medicines worldwide, and it has been widely used as a qi - tonifying medicine in the people s republic of china, mongolia, and korea for a long time.1,2 pharmacological studies have shown... |
Laparoscopy is now widely used in urology for both upper and lower urinary tract surgery . Laparoscopic prostatectomy has been accepted as an appropriate treatment for prostate cancer at some institutions because of the shorter hospital stay and quicker recovery . Pneumoperitoneum is a necessity in laparoscopy, and it ... |
Adult - onset still's disease (aosd) is a systemic inflammatory disorder that presents daily spiking fevers, leukocytosis, evanescent rash and arthritis . It is a rare disease of unknown etiology, and few studies have reported on the association of myocarditis with aosd . However, few studies report on using emb during... |
They enclose and protect all living cells and compartmentalize all eukaryotes into many specific organelles (such as nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, golgi apparatus, etc .) The biological functions of phospholipid bilayers depend strongly on their structural and mechanical properties, and a great deal has been learned ... |
Congenital anomalies of the urogenital tract are the most common anomalies found in the foetus, neonates and infants, but anterior urethral valves and diverticula are rare . Here, we present a case with congenital anterior urethral diverticulum . What is peculiar with this case is that the same patient had two more con... |
The number of aged people has been one of the main challenges for the health care system in the past two decades . Responses of different communities to the global phenomenon of geriatric population growth focus on the concept of dynamic aging . Today, providing and promoting the health of aged people the world health ... |
Systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) is a chronic autoimmune systemic disease with a range of clinical manifestations . It is characterised by the production of antinuclear autoantibodies and occurs most commonly in young women . Survival in new onset sle has improved greatly with more effective management options . Prio... |
Alzheimer disease (ad) is the most common progressive neurodegenerative disease among the elderly . The available treatments have a minimal or no effect on the course of the disease . Even in high - income countries, only 20% to 50% of dementia cases are recognized and documented in primary care . Currently, the worldw... |
Pneumomediastinum is commonly caused by iatrogenic injury such as surgery on the cervical planes and chest or by tracheostomy . It is also well known that emphysema may occur after dental treatments using an air turbine drill, but there have been few cases of emphysema which extended to the mediastinum . A 16-year - ol... |
Carbon nanotubes (cnts) possess a unique structure and properties that have attracted significant interest worldwide . Research in potential cnts application fields including energy storage, molecular electronics, nanoprobes, sensor and composite materials has developed very quickly and shows a promising future . When ... |
Many diseases of the central nervous system are characterized by changes in the structural organization of neuronal networks, developmental abnormalities, or dysregulation of signaling pathways, leading to altered brain plasticity and, ultimately, neurodegeneration . The proline - directed serine / threonine kinase, gl... |
Granular cell tumors (grcts) are soft tissue tumors that are thought to originate from neural tissue based on immunohistochemical features . Grcts can affect any part of the body but are most commonly found in the skin, tongue, ovaries, brain, and breast tissue5,6,9). Spinal intradural extramedullary (idem) grcts are e... |
It is a self - limiting disease of the pilosebaceous unit, which can lead to devastating and frustrating scars and pigmentary alterations . Isotretinoin until today is considered to be the gold standard in the medical management of moderate to severe forms of acne vulgaris . Given at a dose of 0.5 - 2 mg / kg body weig... |
Central control of swallowing is regulated by a central pattern generator positioned in the solitary tract nucleus and neighboring medullary reticular formation . The central pattern generator activates the cranial nerve motor neurons, including the nucleus ambiguus and vagal dorsal motor nucleus, and then innervates t... |
Optimal athletic performance results from a combination of factors including training, body composition, and nutrition . Nutritional needs are higher during adolescence than at any other time in the lifecycle, regardless of the level of activity, because of rapid gain in height and weight . Young athletes have more nut... |
Non - alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is a common cause of chronic hepatitis, which can lead to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (1, 2). This disease is considered to be a representation in the liver of insulin resistance or metabolic syndrome . The prevalence of the disease is increasing, which is mainly d... |
Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (nbte) is a rare manifestation of hypercoagulability in malignancy and very rarely seen in ovarian clear cell carcinoma (occc). Systemic embolization to multiple organs secondary to nbte is common, with embolization to the brain ranging from 1491% . Only 2 case reports have shown th... |
One of the most common challenges faced by the dentist is the restoration of endodontically treated teeth, more so because of its brittleness as compared to vital teeth . The success of endodontically treated teeth is related to the position of the tooth in the dental arch, occlusal contact, proximal contact, structura... |
An extensive involvement of mesenteric fat tissue of the small bowel with chronic non - specific inflammatory disease, first reported by jura et al . In 1924 was described, detailed, and named as mesenteric panniculitis (mp) by ogden et al . In 1960 . Mp is always discussed with pathological findings concerning its eti... |
This community - based cross - sectional study was undertaken in cascavel municipality, a typical semirural municipality 70 km south of fortaleza, the capital of cear state in northeastern brazil . In 2003, cascavel had a population of 57,000 . The main sources of income are fishing, agriculture, tourism, and the cashe... |
Indications for this procedure are as follows: a retro - odontoid mass lesion causing symptomatic myelopathy . Surgery was performed with the patient in the prone position, with the head held using a mayfield skull clamp . The usage of a surgical microscope and intraoperative monitoring using transcranial electrical - ... |
Hepatitis c virus (hcv) is an asymptomatic disease and, as such, is treated mainly at an advanced stage.1 however, the clinical evolution of hcv infection in the medium and long terms may lead to liver compensated and decompensated cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc), liver transplant, and eventually to death . A... |
Pelviureteric junction obstruction (pujo) is defined as an obstruction to the flow of urine from renal pelvis into the ureter . It is the most common cause of hydronephrosis in children, and it becomes difficult for radiologists and urologists to decide which children are going to benefit from the surgery . Pujo can be... |
Human respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) is the leading viral cause of acute lower respiratory tract illnesses in infants and young children worldwide1 and is associated with annual or biannual epidemics.2 rsv isolates can be classified into two genetically and antigenically distinct groups, a and b, within which furthe... |
Hereditary neuropathy to pressure palsy (hnpp), also known as tomaculous neuropathy, is an autosomal dominant disorder with recurrent sensory and motor nerve palsies . Approximately 80% of hnpp cases are caused by a 1.5-mb deletion in chromosome 17p11.212 of the myelin protein 22 gene (pmp22) [1, 2]; the remaining 20% ... |
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