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It plays a functional role in structural, regulatory, and signaling processes and thus is essential for a healthy brain therefore, zinc levels have to be highly regulated during embryogenesis and development of the central nervous system (cns). It is thus not surprising that zinc deficiencies can contribute to the occu... |
Most gynecologists seem to function under the assumption that they practice medicine within the standard of care for their hospital or community . But the average gynecologist probably does not think about the standard of care until he or she is required to define the term on the occasion of a lawsuit . In the legal se... |
Degenerative lumbar scoliosis surgery can lead to development of adjacent segment degeneration (asd) after lumbar or thoracolumbar fusion . Its incidence, risk factors, morbidity and correlation between radiological and clinical symptoms of asd have no consensus . We evaluated the correlation between the occurrence of ... |
Polymerization shrinkage still harms the interfacial quality . When the shrinkage takes place under confinement, due to bonding to cavity walls, stresses on the bonding interface the presence of gaps on the tooth / resin interface is considered as the first sign of restoration failure . Although polymerization shrinkag... |
Post - traumatic epilepsy has been reported in 57% of all hospitalised patients with traumatic brain injury . Post - traumatic epilepsy can be divided into three groups: immediate seizure, occurring within 24 h of injury; early seizure, occurring within 7 days of injury; and late seizure, occurring more than 7 days aft... |
Dandy walker syndrome (dws) is a rare developmental malformation of the brain . Congenital malformations including agenesis of corpus callosum, heterotopias, gyral abnormalities, syringomyelia, and cardiac defects may be commonly associated with dws, however association with gigantic occipital meningocele (omc) is extr... |
Diabetes mellitus (dm), which is estimated that 347 million adults are suffering from, has become an important cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, through both direct clinical sequelae and increased mortality from cardiovascular and kidney diseases . Dm results from body's ineffective use of insulin, which is d... |
In 1995, we started to implant battery - powered, programmable, and gas driven constant infusion rate pumps for long - term delivery of drugs to the intrathecal space in patients with refractory chronic pain and severe spasticity in various neurological conditions . During the first 3 years of pump implantation, we obs... |
Diagnosis of cerebral venous thrombosis (cvt) is commonly overlooked or delayed because of the remarkable diversity of its clinical symptoms, modes of onset, and neuroimaging signs . Hyperhomocysteinemia is an independent risk factor for cvt, increasing the risk four to seven fold . Diffusion - weighted imaging (dwi) a... |
It ranks as the second leading cause of cancer - related death in males and the third leading cause of cancer - related death in females, with a total mortality rate of 26.1 per 100,000 in china . Despite successful local therapies such as surgery or transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, patients with hcc have a hi... |
The symptoms generally improve after conservative treatment2,3), however short - term disability has been known to be improved by surgical treatment6,17). Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (acdf) has the advantages of easier exposure, wider exposure of the disc space, and less patient discomfort18). However it ha... |
We evaluated the current distribution and potential spread of the rat lungworm within areas of the gulf coast region and midwestern united states by sampling rodent populations in regions of louisiana and oklahoma that were predicted by an ecologic niche model to contain suitable and unsuitable habitat (9). We used a q... |
Menopause is the constant cessation of ovarian activity that leads to cease the menstruation of a woman and diagnostic span of this phenomenon is 12 months after the last menses . The mean age of menopause in iranian women is 47 years while, in western countries, it is approximately 51 years . Because of changes of lif... |
Avaliar o impacto de um programa de reabilitao pulmonar na capacidade funcional e na qualidade de vida de pacientes em lista de espera para transplante pulmonar . Pacientes em lista de espera para transplante pulmonar encaminhados a um programa de reabilitao pulmonar de 36 sesses . Os participantes foram avaliados no i... |
Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy that is most often associated with elevated intraocular pressure (iop). Prostaglandin analog (pga) and beta - blockers are typically the initial medications of choice.1 animal and human tissue studies have shown that pathologic changes to the ocular surface, conjunctiva, and trabecular m... |
Pth(1 - 84) and its foreshortened variant, teriparatide (pth(1 - 34)), represent the only available osteoanabolic therapies for osteoporosis . In contrast to antiresorptive therapies, which are the mainstay of osteoporotic treatment, these agents directly stimulate bone formation, and as a result, improve not only bone... |
Primary tumor samples were collected from 60 patients (n=60) who had been diagnosed with colorectal adenocarcinoma at kosin university gospel hospital in busan, korea . The patients had undergone a colectomy between january 2006 and december 2010, where cases were identified retrospectively from clinicopathologic data ... |
Calcifications within primary tumors can be seen in thyroid, breast, and ovarian neoplasms . They are also described within benign lesions of the gastrointestinal tract, such as leiomyomas and angiomas, or in metastases from colonic carcinoma . However, calcifications within primary gastric cancer are a rare finding (1... |
Acute diarrhea is responsible for nearly 1.9 million deaths per year in under-5 children (1). Disease caused by the virus varies from very mild disease with watery diarrhea to severe diarrhea with the loss of body water and electrolytes along with shock and death . During the first 5 years of life, each person may be i... |
The early steps in a modern drug discovery project typically include identifying a biological macromolecule that plays a key role in a disease process, and seeking a low - molecular weight compound that inactivates this macromolecular target by binding it with high affinity . Ligand discovery involves a substantial com... |
Metastatic malignant spinal cord compression is one of the major causes of morbidity and significantly compromises the quality of life in patients with cancer . Although true incidence of spinal cord compression in cancer patients is unknown, between 5% and 10% of cancer patients will develop metastatic spinal cord com... |
Embolic complications occur in 12 - 40%, or even as many as 21 - 50% of infective endocarditis (ie) cases [1, 2]. 75% of them occur before the introduction of appropriate antibiotic therapy . During the course of antibiotic treatment, the risk of complications is reduced significantly; it is estimated at 6 - 21% and re... |
Hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection may lead to a wide spectrum of liver diseases ranging from an asymptomatic carrier state to severe chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc). Hbv is a member of the hepadnaviridae family and has a relaxed - circular, partially double stranded dna genome of approx... |
Professions related to health care delivery now accept as axiomatic that good communication with patients and clients moderates or mediates positive health outcomes . Unfortunately, there is little consensus across the professions regarding what constitutes good communication and how it should be assessed . Each hospit... |
Since balfour and stewart first reported cavernous transformation of the portal vein (ctpv) or portal cavernoma in 1869, the incidence of ctpv has increased rapidly; however, the disease was not quite common in adults, mostly identified for acute upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding, obstructive jaundice, ascites and ... |
A school - based cross - sectional survey of 2,640 teenagers (1,323 boys and 1,317 girls) aged 1219 years from 16 schools in chennai, india, was done (15). Approximately 200 subjects of the cohort were selected for this analysis, which had an equal number of boys and girls of normal weight and overweight, with a fair r... |
Patients - genomic dnas from 238 hiv-1 positive children (all within 6 and 14 years of age; 126 females - 53% and 112 males - 47%) were obtained . The sample consisted of 78 brazilian children (40 females and 38 males) from the state of pernambuco, northeast region of brazil, collected at the prof fernando figueira int... |
Staphylococcus (s.) aureus is recognized worldwide as a major pathogen that causes food poisoning and various infections in animals and humans . The primary habitat of s. aureus is the nasal passage of humans, and on the skin and hair of warm - blooded animals . Hence, the sources of this organism found on food are mos... |
Vascular complications occur in approximately a quarter of patients of pancreatitis, adding to the associated morbidity and mortality . These include splanchnic vein thrombosis (svt) and hemorrhage from direct arterial wall erosion or pseudoaneurysm formation . However, cerebral infarction from arterial thrombosis is a... |
Consequently, the wine is one of the liquid products that are subjected to falsification or adulteration regarding the variety, vintage, and geographical region . The wine origin has been considered to be a quality indicator and wine consumers often require information on the provenance . In the literature, various cla... |
Variation in arterial system in extremities is a challenging clinical question in vascular and reconstructive surgeries and radiographic evaluation of angiographic studies . Superficial ulnar artery is an uncommon variation in which the ulnar artery is having its course superficial to the flexors of the forearm and may... |
We studied a consecutive series of 63 knees in 61 patients that underwent revision tka for various problems after tka at our institution (sun general hospital, daejeon, korea) between december 2004 and december 2010 . The procedures were performed by a single surgeon (iss) and all cases were performed at the same insti... |
This study is part of the japan diabetes complications study (jdcs), an open - labeled randomized trial originally designed to evaluate the efficacy of a long - term therapeutic intervention mainly focused on lifestyle education . The original primary end points were chd, stroke, diabetic retinopathy, and overt nephrop... |
Periodontitis like many other common diseases (e.g., crohn's disease, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes) is considered to be a complex multifactorial disease . Typical for complex human diseases is that they mostly have a relatively mild phenotype and are slowly progressing and chronic in nature . Furthermore, these di... |
The study area was selected because, although most bovines in zambzia province are vaccinated, no vaccination of small ruminants had been performed and the local veterinary service had identified this province as a potential high - risk area for rvfv . The farms were selected based on willingness of farmers and overlap... |
Non - melanoma skin cancers (nmscs) constitute more than one - third of all cancers in usa with an estimated incidence of over 600,000 cases per year . The nmscs are the most common malignancies occurring in the white population (3). The incidence of melanoma is much lower than that of nmscs; but it is the most rapidly... |
Atrial fibrillation (af) is the most frequently occurring cardiac arrhythmia associated with a substantial morbidity and mortality . Incidence of af is considerably high increasing with age and leading to significant complications, such as thrombo - embolism, heart failure, and disturbances in cognitive function . The ... |
Of these, 11 patients were diagnosed as having bo after bmt (five men and six women). Bmt was performed in cases of chronic myelocytic leukemia (n=7), acute lymphocytic leukemia (n=2), acute myelocytic leukemia (n=1), and severe aplastic anemia (n=1). Ten of the 11 patients with bo experienced chronic graft versus host... |
It is now suggested that in response to stimuli or endothelial damage, some specific vasoactive mediators such as endothelin-1 and nitric oxide may be secreted from endothelial cells that are responsible for appearing or deteriorating the migraine headache . The assessment of raising of these mediators has been recomme... |
Decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate (gfr) seems to be a potent predictor of cardiovascular complications and mortality . In addition, worsening heart failure or acute decompensated heart failure (adhf) can accelerate worsening of renal function, that is what we call cardiorenal syndrome (crs). The most commo... |
Odontogenic infection comprises a high percentage of maxillofacial infections, if not controlled, can spread to adjacent head and neck fascial spaces . Fascial space infections may occasionally cause morbidity and thus use of advanced imaging in detection of space infections is helpful for the clinician for better mana... |
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1)-seropositive patients are at a high risk for the development of a variety of acute and chronic renal diseases . Most patients with hivan are of african descent, presenting late in the course of their hiv-1 infection . The only reliable test to establish or rule out the presen... |
In the era of changing healthcare environment, fast technological development and increased patient consciousness about their health, clinical laboratories face major challenges to look outside the laboratory and pay more attention to activities which optimize the clinical outcomes of laboratory testing . These new cha... |
Type one (t1) copper proteins are a highly studied group of metal - containing et active sites one reason being their adaptability, which allows them to carry out et in a broad range of biological functions and environments . T1 active sites are built from a conserved equatorial trigonal ligand field, which is constitu... |
Rift valley fever virus (rvfv) is an arthropod - borne phlebovirus in the family bunyaviridae, with widespread epidemiology throughout sub - saharan african regions first reported in the early 1900s by a veterinary surgeon in kenya . The virus is maintained and transmitted by mosquitoes, mainly aedes and culex species,... |
In 1917, thomas hunt morgan first described the notch gene following the observation of notches on the wings of fruit flies (drosophila melanogaster) caused by partial loss of function of the notch gene 1 . Notch signaling was an evolutionarily conserved pathway from drosophila to humans and played an important role in... |
It affects predominantly male babies and is accompanied by severe oligohydramnios, polycystic kidney, bilateral renal agenesis, and obstructive uropathy during middle gestational weeks . Other characteristic features include premature birth, breech presentation, atypical facial appearance, and limb malformations ., we ... |
The study population is the dynamic cohort of 300 000 us full - time male career firefighters employed between january 1, 1998, and december 31, 2012 . The cps, conducted by the us census bureau for the bureau of labor statistics, is the primary source of labor statistics in the united states . The cps uses a complex s... |
Top quark pairs (\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$t\bar {t}$\end{document}) are produced in abundance at the large hadron co... |
Recently, temporary anchorage devices (tads) were developed to achieve maximum anchorage using a simple method . Unlike general implants, tads can be loaded immediately and have the advantages of low cost, short chair time and small size . Important factors that affect site selection are stability and safety.1,2 stable... |
Approximately 225,000 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed worldwide, and ~140,200 women die of the disease each year.1 when compared to other solid tumors, ovarian cancer has a strong proclivity for early peritoneal dissemination and a disproportionately high percentage of women present with advanced stage diseas... |
It belongs to the dibenzothiazepine chemical class and was introduced in a few european countries since 1970 . It is characterized by high incidence of extrapyramidal side effects, but some authors underlie its efficacy in treating resistant schizophrenic patients . Its chemical structure is similar to that of clozapin... |
Since the resolution of the plague of athens in 426 b.c ., it has been understood that exposure to microorganisms that cause disease is protective against reinfection . This concept of immunity through exposure to pathogens provided the foundation for early vaccine development, which has led to the control of several m... |
Quantitative sensory testing (qst) to determine experimental pain sensitivity for healthy participants and participants with pain conditions appears to be gaining in popularity.1 recent reports have suggested standardized qst protocols for the assessment of individuals with chronic pain conditions.24 most qst clinical ... |
Two of these disorders, autism spectrum disorders (asds) and schizophrenia (sczd), combine to affect nearly 2% of the global population . Asds are complex neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by severe impairments in social interactions, communication and behavior (kanner, 1943; american psychiatric association, ... |
Hearing loss (hl) can be defined as complete or partial loss of the ability to hear and understand information, which limits or restricts an individual's ability to perform hearing - related activities . The hearing handicap also affects non - auditory skills; such individuals are less able to perform normal everyday a... |
Education is a series of purposeful activities planned by the educators, in the form of interaction between them and the learners (1, 2). Education is one of the most important ways of ensuring the success of plans in all dimensions of the society . In addition, learning includes all the skills and knowledge gained by ... |
Persistent injurious stimuli derived from hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection can lead to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma . Therapeutic strategies for hcv infections include a combination of pegylated interferon (ifn) and ribavirin . However, several adverse effects associated with the use of pegylated ifn alpha-2... |
Children differ considerably from each other, even within the same family, with regard to growth factors, skeletofacial patterns, and spacing of teeth . Occlusion of growing child is regarded as dynamic rather than static relation between facial structures . Characteristic occlusal features of primary dentition consist... |
Sometimes depression during pregnancy disturbs daily activities, acceptance of new roles, pregnant womans life responsibilities and pregnancy consequences . The goal of this study was to investigate the association between depression during pregnancy and preterm labor consequences and some personal characteristics . Th... |
Systems biology is ubiquitous: computational modeling of molecular systems and the integrative interpretation of ever larger postgenomic datasets are accepted as useful, and perhaps even necessary, components of biological research (serrano, 2007; westerhoff et al ., 2009), being applied in a wide variety of fields (de... |
However, one group of researchers in tennessee, usa illustrated this palmar carcinoma in a black patient . Another american group of surgical researchers was specific about their 20-year experience of hand carcinoma as follows: dorsum 33, fingers 12, thumb 8, wrist 4, web 3, and unspecified 4 . Then, they concluded thu... |
It is a severe complication of intraocular surgeries like penetrating keratoplasty (pk) or cataract surgery where the risk of bacterial or fungal infection increases with transplantation of a contaminated cornea [1, 2]. It has been shown that the microorganisms responsible for the postoperative endophthalmitis are usua... |
Sinonasal tumors are a rare entity [1, 2]. These tumors are usually not included in major head and neck cancer studies addressing questions regarding local management or systemic treatment [36]. Multiple small retrospective series have been published and certain facts are clear from these studies: the subclassification... |
Humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (hhm) is one of the mechanisms of hypercalcemia in malignancy, in which calcium liberation from the skeleton occurs due to a humoral mediator . The most frequently found mediator of hhm is parathyroid hormone - related peptide (pthrp). Hhm due to elevation of pthrp is rare in hematol... |
A 35-year - old male patient reported to department of prosthodontics and maxillofacial prosthetics for the restoration of missing the right eye . His past medical history revealed that he has been undergone for enucleation of the right eye to treat septicemia resulting from a shrapnel injury [fig . 1]. Patient was wea... |
The first part began with a discussion of the historical roots of science in greek philosophy and medieval science . Three distinct philosophical traditions were identified with different biases (perspectives) and assumptions (axioms) leading to different predictions (hypotheses) see table 2 . Case studies 1 and 2 were... |
Infant and childhood mortality is very high in resource - limited countries . According to the 2010 united nations reports, infant mortality rate (imr) ranges from 1.92 (singapore) to 135 (afghanistan) with imr of india at 52.9 deaths per 1000 live births . About 60% of these deaths are neonatal yet many of the remaini... |
The major portion of plant genomes is composed of repetitive dnas, which are organized in families, according to base - pair length, mechanisms of accumulation / reduction, dispersion and their role in genome behavior . The most important site of satdna occurrence is heterochromatin, and the genomes of some plant speci... |
We performed a prospective, nonrandomized, open - label phase 4 study in 35 centers (australia [3 centers], austria [1 center], germany [9 centers], italy [6 centers], spain [1 center], south korea [4 centers], united kingdom [1 center], united states of america [7 centers], and thailand [3 centers]). The enrollment pe... |
The patient was a male aged 7 years and had a body weight of 28 kg . He was admitted to hospital on july 9, 2000 due to right side inguinal hernia . Preoperative blood routine examination was normal and he was given high ligation of hernial sac three days after admission . Only 0.5 h before surgery, 30 mg luminal and 0... |
By 2050, the number of people over the age of 65 is projected to increase from an estimated 524 million to nearly 1.5 billion, representing 16% of the world's population . Many of these individuals and their families will experience challenges as older adults learn how to manage and cope with chronic health problems su... |
Thermal ablation procedures, including radiofrequency ablation (rfa) or laser - induced interstitial thermotherapy (litt), are now well established in the treatment of malignant unresectable hepatic tumors . This includes primary malignant liver tumors such as hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) as well as metastases, espec... |
Meibomian glands play a critical role in the health and well - being of the eye . These tissues, which are relatively large sebaceous glands, secrete a lipid mixture (i.e., meibum) that promotes clear optical surface for the cornea, interferes with bacterial colonization, and retards tear overflow [14]. These secretion... |
An impacted tooth is one that fails to erupt into the dental arch within the expected time . 1 eruption of a tooth may be obstructed by adjacent tooth, dense bone or soft tissue and therefore may also cause impaction . 2 intrusive trauma may cause impaction especially when the periodontal ligaments are extensively dama... |
However, age - appropriate facilities are often not provided to meet the needs of adolescents, which should be incorporated in the wards . This study compares the satisfaction level about physical environment of the wards among adolescents who have been admitted to pediatric and adult wards . In a cross - sectional stu... |
Hemoglobins, hemerythrins, and hemocyanins are three different respiratory proteins present in animals (terwilliger 1998). Hemoglobins have a fe protoporphyrin ring to reversibly bind oxygen and are the most common molecules for oxygen transport and storage in the bilateria (weber and vinogradov 2001). Globin proteins ... |
Incidence is 1 in 40,000 live births; but can be as high as 1 in 300 in certain inbred populations . Greater awareness about this condition among clinicians and radiologists is essential for early diagnosis and prevention of its catastrophic consequences . To the best of our knowledge, mr imaging of different stages of... |
The goals stated in the recent roadmap published by the united states department of energy (us doe) is to accelerate biomass to energy conversion research, helping make biofuels practical and cost competitive by 2012 and offering the potential to displace up to 30% of the nation's current gasoline use by 2030 . A major... |
Rapid advances in gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy have made it necessary for us to continue to equip ourselves with latest endoscopic technologies and techniques in various fields . In 2011, iden took its first step toward sharing the latest researches, skills and technologies on diverse topics of endoscopy in the uppe... |
Baker s cysts are enlargements of gastrocnemius - semimembranosus bursa that lies between these muscles on the medial side of the popliteal fossa, slightly distal to the center crease of the knee . Twenty - six percent of cysts were found in patients 3150 years, whereas 53% were found in ages 5190 years . Most common c... |
Hand burns are major injuries according to the american burn association, although each hand represents <3% of total body surface area (tbsa) hands are involved in more than 80% of extensive burn injuries . Their functions are the most important factors for the independence of humans in daily life activities . Deep han... |
Calcaneus or heel bone or os calcis forms a major component of the skeleton of foot providing posterior pillars for bony arches of the foot . The calcaneum is the strongest, largest, and longest of the seven tarsal bones and forms the prominence of the heel . The plantar or inferior surface is rough, as the calcaneal t... |
Knowledge of water movement in plants is critical to plant growth, land atmosphere exchanges and management of forest watersheds (wullschleger et al ., 1998, wilson et al ., 2006). In the natural world, water transport from the soil into plants and from plants into the atmosphere is largely dependent on five environmen... |
Antiproliferative agents should for the time being not be used off - label in pulmonary arterial hypertension.the risk / benefit ratio of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in arterial hypertension remains to be established . Antiproliferative agents should for the time being not be used off - label in pulmonary arterial hyper... |
Three - dimensional (3d) imaging techniques are becoming increasingly popular and have opened new possibilities for orthodontic diagnosis and treatment assessment.1 in particular, maxillofacial 3d images can be obtained easily with the introduction of cone - beam computed tomography (cbct) scanners.2 although cbct scan... |
However, the snps identified from typical genetic mapping studies often are not the causal snps but may tag the true causal mutation if they are in linkage disequilibrium with each other (ardlie et al ., 2002; gabriel et al ., 2002; ke et al ., 2004). To increase heterozygosity, genetic information, and statistical pow... |
Umbilical hernias occur more frequently in women, and obesity and repeated pregnancies are common precursors . They have received little attention in comparison with other types of hernias of the abdominal wall . The technique described by mayo in 1901 is the classic method for umbilical hernia repair, consisting of ve... |
Passiflora l. is the largest genus of the passifloraceae family, and encompasses more than 500 wild species distributed especially in the neotropical region (ulmer and macdougal, 2004). The majority of these are herbaceous, but there are also shrubs and trees among them . Killip (1938) and macdougal (1994) asserted tha... |
Contrast - induced nephropathy (cin) has been recognized as a serious complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (pci), and associated with increased short - term and long - term morbidity or mortality.1 - 4) although many risk factors associated with the development of cin have been reported,5 - 7) decreased r... |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd), which includes both chronic bronchitis and emphysema, is characterized by airflow obstruction, and may be accompanied by airway hyperreactivity, chronic cough, sputum production, shortness of breath (sob), wheezing, exercise intolerance, and poor quality of life.1,2 for 50 ... |
A 23-year - old male (height: 184 cm, weight: 64 kg) was referred for general anesthesia and surgical repair of multiple fractures, including closed reduction of the nasal bone and open reduction and internal fixation of the right clavicle, right olecranon, and right femur shaft 1 week after a traffic accident . In add... |
. With longer survival of patients and enhanced imaging techniques, the reported incidence of extrahepatic metastases in hcc is increasing . Dual - tracer positron emission tomography / computed tomography (pet / ct) scans using fluorodeoxyglucose (fdg) and c - acetate have been extensively undertaken owing to their co... |
Deep venous thrombosis (dvt) of the lower limb is a common and life - threatening condition . The incidence in the united states is estimated at 70100 000 new cases / year with as many as 200 000 hospitalizations / year . It carries a risk of pulmonary embolism (pe) and the development of post - thrombotic syndrome . T... |
Bacterial vaginosis (bv) is the most common infection of the female reproductive tract . Bv refers to clinical syndromes resulting from replacement for normal lactobacilli vaginal flora with anaerobic bacteria including prevotella sp . Reactive arthritis (rea) occurs worldwide in 1 - 4% of patients a few days to six we... |
Temporal lobe epilepsy (tle) is the most common drug resistant epilepsy in adults . The majority of seizures in tle are associated with hippocampal sclerosis (hs) or other temporal lobe abnormalities, which can reliably be detected in vivo by mri [2, 3]. Patients with resection for tle generally do not report comprehen... |
Acrylic teeth and denture base materials are widely used in the restoration of missing teeth . One of the principal benefit of acrylic teeth is their property to bond to the denture base resins . Zuckerman reported the high incidence of damage to dentures caused by tooth debonding . Clashing results with the use of mon... |
Large hemispheric infarction is a devastating type of stroke accounting for up to 10% of all supratentorial ischemic strokes and has mortality rates of up to 80% . The severe mass effect produced by progressive swelling of the infarcted brain tissue and the subsequent inevitable elevation of intracranial pressure typic... |
Cigarette smoking has declined over the last years in modern countries, in contrast to smoking the waterpipe . It is becoming rapidly more popular in western society, including the netherlands, especially among young people in waterpipe bars . However, neither waterpipe smokers nor health professionals are well informe... |
Cerebral palsy is a heterogeneous group of conditions that results in permanent, non - progressive motor disability . It may be due to perinatal hypoxic insults, developmental brain abnormalities, genetic conditions, traumatic or infectious causes . The insults may occur at any time during gestation resulting in variat... |
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