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Bullous pemphigoid (bp) is the most frequent autoimmune bullous disorder and is clinically characterized by tense blisters and crusts on erythematous or apparently uninvolved skin . Direct immunofluorescence (if) microscopy of a perilesional skin biopsy that typically reveals linear deposits of complement component 3 (...
Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (pnets) are rare malignant neoplasms which occur predominantly in children and young adults . Pnets belong to the ewing's sarcoma family of tumors and are associated with the same reciprocal chromosomal translocation as the ewing's sarcoma . Pnets usually develop in the cerebellum; howe...
Macrolides, which are primarily antibiotics, belong to the polyketide group of natural products . They derive their name from their characteristic structural features, a macrocyclic lactone ring to which various deoxy sugars, most commonly cladinose and desosamine, are attached . The molecular structure of the 14-membe...
Integrated cares solutions are prominent and even forced by health care policy . But how can we understand the needs of different stakeholders in this system? A closer look, using the structuration theory of anthony giddens, may be helpful . As this is a matter of fact, the health care system was analyzed by the author...
The united states (us) prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (asd) surged from 1 in 150 children in 2007 to 1 in 88 children in 2012 with substantial increase in immigrant minority groups including hispanic and somali children. [1 - 3] asd is characterized by atypical development and pervasive impairment in social int...
The prevalence of vaginal agenesis is 1 in 40005000 live female births, whereas that of cervical agenesis is 1 in 80,00010,0000 live births . Most of these patients have small rudimentary uterus without any endometrial cavity, but very rarely unilateral cornua may present with functioning endometrial cavity, with oppos...
Today, cardiac diseases are the most common causes of mortality worldwide . They would be the main cause of death worldwide in 2020, according to a prediction made by the world health organization (who). In the middle east countries including iran, cardiac diseases are turning into major health and social problems . De...
Vertebrobasilar stroke associated with the anterior approach to the cervical spine is rare and has not been reported in cervical disc arthroplasty surgery . We report the case of a 60-year - old patient who underwent cervical disc arthroplasty at c4 - 5, c5 - 6 and c6 - 7 . Postoperatively, due to symptoms and signs of...
Changes in environmental conditions can have a significant impact on the development and function of the brain . Neural stem cells (nscs) integrate both local and systemic signals to modulate their rate and extent of proliferation to meet the needs of the organism (kokovay et al ., 2008). These quiescent nscs are react...
The impact of auditory sensory deprivation in the life of an individual is enormous because it not only affects one's ability to properly understand auditory information, but also the way people relate to their environment and their culture . In addition, this sensory deprivation causes biological, psychological, and s...
Trabeculectomy as the standard procedure for the surgical management of glaucoma is widely performed in patients with glaucoma to reduce intraocular pressure (iop) since 1968 . It is well known that episcleral fibrosis and subconjunctival scarring are the major causes of failure of trabeculectomy . Thus, inhibition of ...
Common variable immunodeficiency disorders (cvids) are a heterogenous group of immune deficiencies characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia . The diagnostic criteria are: history of recurrent infections, decreased igg levels (less than two standard deviations below the lowest normal level), one more immunoglobulin defici...
D - lactic acidosis has been well documented in ruminants . In humans, however, d - lactic acidosis is very rare and usually only l - lactic acidosis is identified in clinical laboratories . In 1979, oh et al.1) first described the d - lactic acidosis in short bowel syndrome that presented with neurological manifestati...
Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease caused by gram - negative bacteria, namely brucella spp . Humans can be infected by the ingestion of raw dairy products, the consumption of infected meat from sheep, goat, cattle, water buffalo, camel, and pig and close contact with the secretions from infected animals main symptoms in...
Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (pes) is a common age - related fibrillopathy of unknown cause and is the most common clinical precursor of open - angle glaucoma (1). Originally, pseudo - exfoliation material (pem) accumulation was thought to be limited to the anterior segment of the eye; however, accumulation in blood vess...
The management of dental caries is aimed to limit tooth demineralization by modifying the dietary habits, inhibiting or modifying oral microbial growth, altering the salivary ph and buffering capacity . . They can easily colonize the tooth surface and initiate acid production by synthesizing extracellular polysaccharid...
For pituitary down - regulation, depot gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist (gnrha) protocol is more convenient to use while daily low - dose protocol allows more rapid recovery of pituitary response after withdrawal and confers greater flexibility . Dosages of gnrha range from 1.88 (half - dose) to 3.75 mg (full dos...
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (nms) is a potentially life - threatening adverse reaction to antipsychotic drugs . Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is uncommon with the use of atypical antipsychotics like olanzapine . In the past few years there has been increased use of atypical antipsychotic drugs . A case of nms relat...
The interface between nanomaterials and biomolecules initiates comprehension of a new science concerned with the innocuous use of nanotechnology and nanomaterials for nano bio applications . The dynamic forces and molecular components modeling these interactions must be understood for better study of these intricate in...
We used an updated version of the hiv synthesis transmission model, an individual - based stochastic model of hiv transmission and infection progression and treatment among heterosexuals that has been previously described [1113]. The model includes an age structure, and sexual risk behavior is modeled as the number of ...
Traumatic brain injuries (tbi) occur when sudden trauma damages the brain and disrupts its normal function . It can cause significant disability and mortality and represents a public health concern in both developed and developing countries . Besides the physical effects, tbi can also have profound and lasting psycholo...
A couple that is unable to get pregnant after one year of unprotected intercourse, usually ends up at the gynaecology department of a hospital . Therefore the man has to collect his semen in a special container and deliver it within one hour of collection to the hospital . The parameters usually determined with a semen...
Acetabular fractures after high - energy trauma are serious and uncommon orthopedic injuries that can have late complications, such as posttraumatic arthritis and avascular necrosis of the femoral head . Total hip arthroplasty (tha) is an effective surgical option to relieve pain and restore function after failed treat...
Substance abuse and dependence, especially opioid dependence, contribute significantly to the global burden of disease in greece . According to the greek documentation and monitoring centre for drugs (ektepn) a rising trend in the use of all illegal drugs was observed during the last 30 years in greece among 1519-year ...
It has been generally accepted that chronic inflammation may increase the risk of cancer by providing bioactive molecules from the tumor microenvironment, including cytokines and growth factors that promote continuous cell proliferation and malignant transformation . Interleukin-6 (il-6) is a member of the il-6-type cy...
With the worldwide distribution of gamma knife units and linac surgery systems, considerable amounts of clinical data on single - fraction radiosurgery are now available [1, 2]. On the other hand, hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy is attracting more attention owing to its efficacy and lower toxicity [2, 3]. Th...
Mdscs are immature myeloid cells that fail to terminally differentiate into granulocytes, macrophages or dendritic cells (dcs) upon chronic inflammatory conditions and exhibit immunosuppressive functions by multiple mechanisms 1 - 4 . These cells are very heterogeneous and therefore their phenotypical characteristics a...
About 95% of patients with tuberculosis (tb) and 70% of patients with diabetes mellitus (dm) live in the low and middle income countries . The epidemic growth of dm has occurred in developing countries where tb is highly endemic . As a result, dm and tb are increasingly present together, and this calls for renewed inte...
It is caused by the obligate intracellular parasite toxoplasma gondii.1 the typical presentation of ocular toxoplasmosis is characterized by focal retinochoroiditis adjacent to pigmented chorioretinal scar and vitreous inflammation.2 in addition to the typical presentation of this disease, atypical forms of ocular toxo...
Giant cell arteritis (gca), also known as temporal arteritis or horton s arteritis, is an inflammation t - lymphocyte mediated inflammation affecting the internal elastic lamina and external arteries of large and medium size.1 it is a medical emergency that can result in severe systemic and ocular complications . Among...
Ureteropelvic junction (upj) obstruction is a condition where urine flow and transport from the kidney to the upper ureter is impaired, due to a variety of causes (intrinsic obstruction several management options are available for this problem, including open surgery (op), antegrade and retrograde endourologic techniqu...
Body - mass index (bmi), an important indicator of obesity prevalence in large populations, generally reflects degree of fatness among individuals . Accurate determination of obesity has become exceedingly important because of major health threats posed by excess adiposity . Obesity is associated with increased inciden...
The responsibility of physicians is outstanding in proportion to the respect and honour paid to them by the society . In other words, when a person proudly wears the white coat, the society sees itself bound to treat him / her with great respect and he / she, too, sees her / himself bound to observe specific dignities ...
2003], are nuclear receptor coactivators that lack histone acetyltransferase (hat) or methyltransferase activity . These proteins are members of the group iii lim domain containing family of proteins, which are characterized by their localization to both focal adhesions and within the nucleus [dawid et al ., along with...
This article emerges from a research project entitled an investigation of postoperative analgesic efficacy following shoulder surgery and its relationship to hospital length of stay which took place in 2010 in victoria, australia . The methods used were an in - person survey questionnaire, semistructured interviews, an...
Diabetic nephropathy is a life - threatening complication that occurs in 2040% of patients suffering from diabetes and is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease . There are many factors influencing the development of diabetic nephropathy, including genetic, environmental, hemodynamic, and metabolic factors . Devel...
Perinatal asphyxia is defined as the interference of gas exchange or blood flow to and from the fetus in the perinatal age.1 this interruption could be extended to partial asphyxia and sudden subtotal asphyxia because of a sentry experience or a combination of both.2 hypoxic - ischemic injuries to the brain might be th...
Preservatives are deliberately added to food products in order to stop or delay unwanted microbiological, enzymatic or chemical changes within the extension of the product shelf life . Sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate and natamycin are generally used to control mold, inhibit yeast growth and some bacteria (1). Sodium...
Dextrocardia is a rare condition that is usually found incidentally and in association with other congenital abnormalities . The incidence of dextrocardia has been reported to be less than 1% and a recent study found the incidence to be only 0.22% . Patients with diaphragmatic hernia have variant symptoms and signs rel...
Hair and wool fibres typically consist of three major structural components: the cuticle, the cortex and the central medulla . Approximately 90% of the cortical cells contain longitudinally arrayed keratin intermediate filaments (ifs), consisting of keratin (k) proteins . These filaments have a matrix surrounding them,...
A 45year old male patient with recurrent symptomatic documented supraventricular tachycardia for the last 8 years was referred to our department for an electrophysiological (ep) study . The ecg during the symptoms showed a narrow qrs complex tachycardia at 180 beats / min (bpm). An arterial hypertension and a diabetes ...
Knowledge and use of plants as herbal medicines has occurred in various populations throughout human evolution, beginning when man was learning to select plants for food, and to relieve ailments and diseases.1 however, during the second half of the twentieth century, especially in the western world, herbal medicines we...
The university of pittsburgh institutional review board approved in advance both receipt of, and work with, human islets . The cyclin d family includes three d - cyclins, shown schematically in supplementary fig . 3 (available in an online appendix), mrna encoding each of the three d - cyclins is present in human islet...
Faun tail nevus is a posterior midline cutaneous marker for underlying spinal abnormalities like spinal dysraphism . Failure of the caudal neuropore to close at the end of fourth week of intrauterine life results in neural tube defects like spinal dysraphism which may also involve tissues overlying the spinal cord . Ab...
The effective use of library plays an important role in users ability in identification, retrieval and accessing of information . Therefore today libraries are considered the foundation of education, research and development and effective use of academic libraries can greatly affect the quality of education and researc...
Over the past decades type-2 diabetes mellitus (dm) has become a major public health concern . The world health organization estimates that worldwide 220 million people have diabetes, a number that may double by the year 2030 . Diabetic patients have a higher prevalence of coronary heart disease and are more likely to ...
Previous studies have shown that low - load, low - intensity, restricted blood flow, resistance (kaatsu) exercises increase muscle strength and induce muscle hypertrophy at relatively small, 20% - 30% of the 1-repetition maximum (1-rm), loads in subjects in healthy sedentary subjects and athletes, as well as in those u...
Curvularia species are dematiaceous fungi known to cause nondermatophytic onychomycosis, phaeohyphomycosis, and disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients . Diagnosed by culture and microscopy in repeated sessions . Curvularia can be microscopically distinguished from other dematiaceous fungi due to the pres...
In recent years, the emergence of drug - resistant pathogens has led to treatment failures for many infectious diseases, such as malaria . Resistance to current antimalarials is a major problem, e.g., chloroquine, sulfadoxine - pyrimethamine, and in some areas, mefloquine . To reduce the spread of resistance, the world...
Chronic biting of oral mucosa or morsicato mucosae oris is a form of factitial / unintentional injury that is observed commonly on the buccal and labial mucosa and lateral surface of tongue . Habitual lip or cheek biting usually occurs as an unconscious psychogenic habit caused by a wide range of emotions . This mild f...
The health of a community depends extensively on the health of mothers and children . In this regards, non - complicated pregnancies play an important role in the birth of a healthy infant . It has been shown that the number of women addicted to opiates is on the rise and this issue is increasingly alarming in pregnant...
Plants which more than 100 000 low molecular secondary metabolites have been discovered, with the estimated total number in plants exceeding 500 000 . Plant metabolites not only are used for food purposes but also serve as an important historical source of medicines . Plant cell - based bioprocessing is the use of the ...
Infection with hepatitis b virus (hbv) persists as a worldwide public health problem, with vertical transmission of hbv being responsible for approximately one third of all new cases of hepatitis b. childhood hepatitis b immunisation has significantly reduced the incidence and prevalence of hbv infection, and currently...
The acetylation of lysine residues is an important secondary modification that regulates protein function and is controlled by the action of acetylase and deacetylase enzymes . Class i histone deacetylases (hdacs) are recruited to, and activated by, cognate corepressor proteins that target hdac activity to particular c...
While the determinants of health outcomes are complex and diverse, much of the morbidity and mortality burden associated with such diseases are preventable; tobacco smoking is one of the most important contributors to mortality and morbidity in several diseases (1). As the life expectancy improves in developing countri...
This was a retrospective study . Among 412 patients who underwent surgical cuff repair for full - thickness rotator cuff tears confirmed by arthroscopic findings at the authors' institution between january 2005 and july 2008, 191 patients who underwent both preoperative mri and postoperative mdct at least one year afte...
Melting points were determined in open capillary tubes on a boetius melting point apparatus and are uncorrected . The h, c nmr, cosy, noesy, hsqc, hmbc spectra were recorded on a bruker ascend 600 spectrometer at 600 mhz in deuteriochloroform with tetramethylsilane as the internal standard . Electron impact mass spectr...
Self - expandable metal stents (sems) for the treatment of biliary obstruction have been developed by many investigators and medical device companies for several decades since the biliary sems were introduced in 1989 . Consequently, many different sems with good performance have now become available in the clinical set...
Nanopores have emerged to become an important tool in biophysics and single molecule sensing . The simple detection principle of nanopore sensing is that an analyte modulates the ionic current as it binds or translocates an isolated nanopore . In this paper biological pores used for nanopore sensing have typical diamet...
The american cancer society estimates that 76,100 new cases of melanoma will be diagnosed in the usa and 9710 people are expected to die of metastatic disease . Malignant melanoma (mm) has various risk factors; historically, recurrent severe sun exposure, however environmental and genetic influences also affect the inc...
Emerging data suggest that type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of cancer (13). Several studies found an inverse association of serum hdl cholesterol (hdl - c) with cancer risk in the general population (49), but few assessed this association among patients with type 2 diabetes, although diabetic patien...
Bacterial strains and dna samples: a total of 296 brucella strains were included: 22 brucella reference strains; 110 mongolian isolates (16 b. abortus and 94 b. melitensis); 156 korean isolates (84 b. abortus and 72 b. canis); and 8 non - brucella strains reported to be serologically cross - reactive or phylogeneticall...
Chloramphenicol is a broad spectrum antibiotic that gained popularity in the late 1940s for ophthalmic and systemic infections including upper respiratory infections, acne, and bronchitis . Beginning in the 1950s, landmark case reports demonstrated a possible relationship between chloramphenicol and aplastic anemia, bo...
1) general methods, 2) preparation, 3) monitoring of the ldopatodopamine conversion and subsequent dopamine oxidation, and 4) phantom mrs are included in the supporting information . As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors . Such materials are peer r...
Il succo rappresenta il principale prodotto della trasformazione industriale delle mele (pompei, 2005). Alimento ricco di antiossidanti, ferro e vitamina c, povero di sodio e grasso apprezzato e consumato da persone di tutte le et (lee et al ., 2003; leontowicz et al ., secondo dati riportati da mark up, mensile de il ...
Glufosinate ammonium is one of the most widely used herbicides, which acts by inhibiting the synthesis of glutamine in plants (1). Given the differences in biochemical pathways and metabolism between plants and mammals, glufosinate ammonium formulations have been regarded as minimally toxic to humans and as safe produc...
Coronary artery diseases (cads), which have been consistently ranked among the most common cardiovascular diseases (cvds), are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in both developed and developing countries . Cads account for 21% of mortality and morbidity worldwide in both men and women . In iran, also, cad is...
Perianal paget's disease (ppd) is a variant of extramammary paget's disease (empd) and represents a rare intraepidermal adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of typical paget's cells, appearing as large rounded vacuolated cells . Underlying associated colorectal adenocarcinoma is a frequent comorbidity, and appr...
The study was reviewed and determined to be exempt from further review by the university of north carolina at chapel hill institutional review board . The study protocol was registered in the european network of centres for pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacovigilance (encepp) electronic register of studies (http://www.e...
Since the appearance of the first cases of contamination by the hiv virus, in the 1980s, there has been a continuous and progressive increase in the number of infected patients . Currently, much is known about the etiology and pathogenesis of this infection, which allows increasingly accurate diagnoses in early stages ...
The first month of life is a critical period in an infant's life as its major adaptation to extrauterine life occurs . Prevalence of premature births has increased by 21% from 1990 in developed countries . In iran, a cross - sectional study in yasouj estimated the incidence of prematurity and low birth weight as 4 - 8%...
Proximal surface of the upper end of tibia, tibial plateau, bears a slope directed posteriorly and inferiorly relative to the long axis of the middle of the shaft . The slope varies widely.123 it may vary with age,4 squatting habit,5 between sexes,26 or there may be no sexual dimorphism.78 slope of medial and lateral p...
We extracted all available records of gih events in persons who were> 65 years of age and resided in milwaukee county, wisconsin, from the hcfa database for the 480-day period from january 1, 1992, through april 24, 1993 . The dataset included age, zip code, type of admission, and international classification of diseas...
There is no known etiological or genetic basis for this association, and this association has not been reported before . The severity of constipation increased with age, and he was started on daily enema and rectal washes 6 months back . He was also diagnosed to have rickets for which the treatment was initiated by the...
Approximately hh st25 11 of chick development the densely packed mesenchymal cells of the pre - chondrogenic y - shaped aggregate begin to differentiate and give rise to chondrocytes, the functional unit of cartilage . Type ii collagen immunolocalization in the newly differentiating y - shaped aggregate confirms that t...
A cirurgia torcica vdeo - assistida (ctva) tem sido uma interveno de escolha para o tratamento de pneumotrax espontneo (ps) com bolha pulmonar . Nosso objetivo foi apresentar uma abordagem de ctva uniportal unilateral para bulectomia bilateral e avaliar sua eficcia teraputica . Entre maio de 2011 e janeiro de 2012, cin...
S2 cells were cultured according to standard protocols in schneider's media supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum and 0.1 mg / ml penicillin / streptomycin (lonza), transfected using effectene reagent (qiagen) and incubated for 2 d at 25 c . Pbi - uas - nwk - f - bar - egfp, peb1:eb1-gfp, and pmt - mcherry - tubulin...
With technological advances in phacoemulsification instruments, emulsification and aspiration of the crystalline lens through even smaller incisions are now possible [16]. Information such as the amount of ultrasound generated by the instrument and the vacuum level achieved can be presented on the intraoperative video ...
The importance of the intestinal mucosa in the inflammatory and metabolic responses to sepsis, trauma, and other critical illnesses is increasingly recognized . Major trauma and shock may initiate a cascade of intestinal events such as intestinal cytokine overproduction, increased intestinal permeability, and transloca...
Spondylo costal dysostosis (scd) is a rare genetic skeletal disorder characterized clinically by short trunk dwarfism, chest wall deformity and scoliosis, and radiographically by multiple segmentation defects of the vertebrae and asymmetric rib malformation (rib fusion, misalignment and/or abnormal rib number). Split c...
The nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, first delineated by gorlin goltz (1960) is characterized by bcc, odontogenic keratocysts (okc), palmar, plantar pits, ectopic calcification of falx cerebri . 75% of patients affected by nbccs show multiple bilateral keratocysts . Mainly located in premolar area, may displace te...
The main goal of a successful transplant is to promote immune tolerance of the transplanted organ or tissue, allowing the reestablishment of normal physiological functions, without generating damage to the recipient or to the transplanted tissue . The concept of tolerance in transplantation is understood as a state in ...
Cisplatin (cis - diammine - dichlorido - platinum(ii)) was established as drug against diverse tumor types including testicular, ovarian, head and neck, bladder, esophageal, and small cell lung cancer (sclc) [1, 2]. However, cisplatin exhibits only limited activity against tumors like colon and breast cancer and causes...
The identification of the genes, their corresponding proteins and the concomitant protein networks mediating successfully between two species and resulting in either disease or symbiosis remains critical to contemporary research (14). While genome - wide expression - profiling approaches have been applied to successful...
Insect symbionts have been broadly categorized into two main types: primary (p) and secondary (s) symbionts . P symbionts are mostly found within specialized structures called bacteriomes that contain bacteriocytes (or mycetocytes) cells within which the symbiotic bacteria are enclosed . Bacteriomes are located within ...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) has long been characterized as a disease associated with the overexpression of proinflammatory cytokines . The early studies focused on proinflammatory genes and identified increased serum levels of tnf, il-6, ifn, and il-10 [16]. When cells have been examined directly, either by flow...
Happy mapping, the analysis of approximately haploid dna samples using the polymerase chain reaction, is a genome mapping method based on random dna breakage and determination of linkage 1 - 2 . This approach is essentially analogous to classical linkage mapping, but the chromosome breakage and segregation are generate...
In order to determine the optimal working distance between the magnet and the cell culture for the improvement of transfection efficiency in nci - h292 cells, magnet arrays were rearranged in the following format: in column 1, magnet discs were positioned 3 mm beneath the cell surface of the 96-well plate . Following, ...
About four decades ago, when hla - typed population samples from different geographic locations started to be available for comparative analyses, both allele frequencies and linkage disequilibrium measures revealed extensive geographic variation (e.g., [14] for europe). These patterns were interpreted as explicit signa...
A 57-year - old woman came to iizuka hospital on march 12, 2005, with malaise and anorexia . Although she was a healthy hepatitis b virus carrier and negative for serologic markers of hepatitis a and c, testing upon admission showed elevated levels of liver enzymes (alanine aminotranferase 752 iu / l, aspartate aminotr...
Cell - cell communication in bacteria is accomplished through the exchange of chemical signaling molecules called autoinducers (also called cell - density regulates factors). This process, termed quorum sensing (qs; especially the n - acyl homoserine lactone, ahl), allows bacterial populations to coordinate gene expres...
Oral health has a great impact on our overall health including both physical and psychological . The who defines quality of life as individual's perception of their position in life in the context of culture value system, in which they live and in relation to their goal, standards, and concerns . A comprehensive nation...
To assess this question, we defined active hbv infection as the presence in serum of hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) and defined hcv seropositivity as the presence of hcv antibodies . Then we described the prevalence of hcv seropositivity and active hbv infection in hiv - positive patients from the cohort of the sp...
Necrosis and tissue degradation are the basic microscopic signs of acute necrotizing pancreatitis (anp). We believe that the microcirculation disorder is one of the strongest factors in the pathogenesis and morphogenesis of anp besides free radicals and of enzymatic origin . This study is dedicated to investigation and...
Advances in intensive care units as well as synchrony in multidisciplinary approaches allowed for expansion of possibilities in this field, such as conservative treatment . Indications for surgical management in blunt solid abdominal organ injuries have diminished in recent years . By definition renal trauma grade iv a...
Given that it has more complications than diaper application in incontinence, it should be avoided in patients to the extent possible . However, for reasons relating to convenience in patient management, ignorance of the risks associated with catheterization, and medical inevitability, it is commonly performed . Even w...
The ring - tailed lemur (lemur catta l.) has a very thin epidermis apart from a few glabrous portions (1). The nose skin was not included in the investigation but it belongs to the areas with a thick epidermis . We observed an unusual pattern of vascular smooth muscle cells in the lemur nose . The morphology of smooth ...
Sensory integration therapy is frequently performed by occupational therapists and pediatric practitioners as a service in schools . In the united states, the proportion of children who typically develop sensory integration dysfunction is 5%10%.1,2 a study in taiwan revealed that around 21%28% of preschool children hav...