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The majority of the serious alloimmune hemolysis cases are still due to rhd incompatibility, although abo maternal - fetal incompatibility is a much more commonly seen disorder . A much smaller fraction of the patients with hemolytic disease of the newborn (hdn) are due to sensitization to kell, duffy, kidd and other r... |
We used a longitudinal health insurance database for people with catastrophic illnesses including md and cancer provided by the taiwan health research institute . Patients newly diagnosed with md and free of cancer would be eligible in our cohort (icd-9-cm codes: 359.0 - 359.2). We skipped the first two years' data of ... |
Study duration and animals: a total of 774 dairy cows from five dairy farms within the prefecture of osaka, japan, were studied between 2010 and 2014 . The age of these animals was determined by the birth date associated with the individual identification number assigned to each cow . Wbc and lymphocyte counts: blood s... |
The presence of alveolar bone with sufficient volume and/or density is considered a prerequisite for implant placement, integration and load bearing, and subsequent good outcomes.1 however, bone resorption following tooth extraction or due to pneumatization of the maxillary sinus may cause inadequate bone in the horizo... |
The directives of the medical council sets out the principles and values on which good practice is founded; these principles together describe medical professionalism in action . Principles of good medical practice exhorts practitioners to keep up - to - date in knowledge and skills, familiarize themselves with develop... |
Their class iv lsy phenotype is recessive . Due to its failure to complement what turned out to be a very unusual allele, called ot101, of the zinc (zn)-finger transcription factor che-1, a terminal selector of asel and aser neuron fate (etchberger et al . 2009), we had assumed that ot146 was located on chromosome i, w... |
Atomic force microscope (afm) is considered an important and applicable method for ra assessment . Rough surface of restorations with loss of contour will lead to high friction and results in high surface wear rate . However, no study was found that investigated the capacity of acidic soft drinks to produce microleakag... |
Paraesophageal hernias are uncommon in infants and children, and most of the reported cases are acquired resulting as a complication following nissen's fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux . Acquired paraesophageal hernia is commonly seen in infants under the age of one year, neurologically impaired children, and... |
There were 9 million new tb cases and approximately 2 million deaths from tb in 2004 . More than 80% of all tb patients live in sub - saharan africa and asia . With the advent of hiv, tuberculosis is posing a serious health hazard, even in regions of the world where tuberculosis is not endemic . The sternal and coccyge... |
Apart from its original definition as a regulator of calcium homeostasis, vitamin d (vd) is now known to have a broad spectrum of actions as illustrated by a large number of diseases resulting from an insufficient vd supply or vd metabolism (fig . 1). Interest in the role of epigenetics in vd metabolism is nourished by... |
Peripheral artery disease (pad) was firstly described in 1846 by brodie and is one of the most common manifestations of atherosclerosis . Approximately 27 million individuals in the industrialized countries the presence of pad is an independent predictor of cardiac and cerebral ischemic events [36], and individuals wit... |
Propylthiouracil (ptu), a thiourea derivative, is widely used for the treatment of graves disease . The adverse effects of ptu include rash, arthralgia, fever, and transient leukocytopenia . Although elevated transaminases are usually transient by discontinuing medication, severe liver dysfunction is reported in some c... |
Estimates of heritabilities and genetic correlations are essential population parameters required in animal breeding research and in design and application of practical animal breeding programmes . Genetic parameters are a characteristic of the population in which they were estimated and may change overtime due to sele... |
Despite improvements in diagnosis and therapy over the last few decades, mortality of patients with acute coronary syndrome (acs) is still high . In the recent 10 years, a large percentage of patients post acs continue to experience cardiac events with high long - term mortality rates and overall suboptimal medical man... |
All the experiments were performed after getting the approval from ethical committee of institute (dean/13 - 14/caec/189 dated 09 - 05 - 2013). Experiments were performed on healthy male albino rats (charles - foster strain), weighing between 200 and 300 g. the animals were kept in the 12:12 h light / dark cycle and we... |
Multiple sclerosis (ms) is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes deterioration of the myelin sheath leading to a myriad of neurological symptoms . There is still no understanding of what causes ms or a cure for the disease . Fingolimod is an immunomodulatory drug that has recently been approved for the treatment of ... |
Lipoprotein(a) [lp(a)] consists of a low - density lipoprotein molecule that is covalently connected to the high - molecular - weight glycoprotein apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)]. Plasma concentrations of lp(a) are determined to a large extent by the size of the apo(a) isoforms, which are expressed by a copy number variatio... |
Diabetic nephropathy (dn) is a progressive kidney disease caused by angiopathy of capillaries in glomeruli secondary to longstanding diabetes . It is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus (t2 dm). Diabetic foot infections (dfi) dfi are a serious complication of diabetes, w... |
Redundant nerve roots (rnrs) of the cauda equine were first reported by verbiest20) in 1954 and named by cressman and pawl1) in 1968 . Although many reports of rnrs have been published since then, the mechanism of rnrs is still unclear . It is described by a tortuosity of elongated and enlarged nerve roots in the subar... |
A 32-year - old male with profound intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder presented to us from a psychiatric unit following seizures in the context of a new fever . However, in the last 4 months, he required institutionalized psychiatric care due to new behavioral changes, including aggression, shouting f... |
Convulsive syncope and epileptic seizures can both cause transient loss of consciousness (loc), but these two conditions are often difficult to distinguish . Epileptic seizure is the result of an abnormal, excessive and hypersynchronous neuronal in the brain [1 - 5]. The distinct pathophysiology underlying syncope and ... |
Human posture is determined and maintained by muscle coordination, proprioception, equilibrioception, and the position and function of the joints1 . The ankle strategy that is applied to the ankle joints is an important2 component of maintaining postural adjustment and includes the proper use of hip joint muscles attac... |
The widespread use of genetic and non - genetic biomarkers as surrogate endpoints is a goal that scientists have long been pursuing, aiming to describe risks, exposures, intermediate effects of treatments, and biologic mechanisms . Biomarkers are measurements that indicate biological processes, and can be used in clini... |
Secondary cardiac tumors are 20 to 40 times more frequent than primary cardiac malignancies.1) the most common secondary tumors of the heart originate from leukemia, melanoma, lung cancer, breast cancer, and lymphoma.2) cardiac involvement may arise from hematogenous metastases, direct invasion from the mediastinum, or... |
Secondary sclerosing cholangitis (ssc) is a rare form of sclerosing cholangitis with similar clinical features to that of primary sclerosing cholangitis (psc). Unlike psc the diagnosis of ssc is conducted via three analytical pathways: serologic testing, radiological imaging and histological analysis . While there are ... |
Temporary drainage of the upper urinary tract is a routine procedure to ensure renal function and to treat pain caused by ureteral obstruction . Internal ureteral stents offer a simple and effective method of ureteral drainage and avoid external devices . Irritative voiding symptoms were reported in 78% of patients and... |
The o - vinyl benzylzinc reagent 8, the a - ring precursor, was derived from the benzyl bromide 14, which was prepared in amounts up to 47-g by the four - step sequence shown in figure 3 (via intermediates 1013). Direct insertion of zinc25 into the carbon - bromine bond of the benzyl bromide 14 was attempted only once,... |
Major histocompatibility complex (mhc) restriction of t lymphocytes was first reported by doherty and zinkernagel (1975). They provided experimental proof that t cells can only respond to peptide antigens when they are presented in complex with host - derived mhc molecules, existing in a class i and class ii variant . ... |
Postoperative pain is very difficult to treat because it comprises different types of pain, including pain with a neuropathic component . The mechanisms of neuropathic pain are still not well understood, so treatment for this type of pain remains difficult . Chemical modulators of pain are released in the spinal cord a... |
In most developed nations, the rate of paediatric cochlear implantation (ci) has increased to the point where it is now the predominant response to profound and, increasingly, severe childhood deafness . The majority of published studies investigating ci in children have focused on children's audition, speech productio... |
Accurate and reproducible prostate ultrasound volume acquisition, precise implantation of the needle and placing seeds guided by an optimized plan are essential requirements to perform high quality prostate implants . Pre - planning ultrasound studies have value in that anatomic variation such as pubic arch interferenc... |
In the preceding paper in this issue, the mechanism of palladium - catalyzed cross - coupling of alkenylsilanolates with aryl halides was investigated . From a combination of kinetic analysis of catalytic reactions, x - ray structure determination of stable complexes bearing phosphine ligands, and stoichiometric reacti... |
Although the infection is acquired through inhalation of airborne propagules, most pulmonary infections are clinically silent and the disease usually manifests when it disseminate to extrapulmonary sites, most notably to central nervous system (cns). We report here a case of disseminated cryptococcosis presenting as lu... |
For a small cylindrical pore in an insulating membrane separating two electrolyte solutions, application of potential across the membrane produces an electric field profile away from the pore mouth (r> 0), which varies as v(r)=d28lrv, where r is the distance from the pore mouth, d is the pore diameter, l its length, an... |
Ticks are considered to be second worldwide to mosquitoes as vectors of human diseases, while in livestock industry, ticks and tick - borne diseases (tandtbds) and emanating secondary infections adversely impede its development particularly in sub - saharan africa, latin america and asia . However, the extend of the se... |
The differential diagnosis of generalized pustular eruptions with acute onset includes pustulosis acuta generalisata (pag), acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (agep), and generalized pustular psoriasis (gpp). Pag is characterized by scattered pustules with a red halo on normal skin with initial involvement of a... |
Increasingly, oncologists and pathologists are using next - generation sequencing assays to identify potential therapeutic targets that may help successfully treat malignancy . Multiple oncology trials to assess the utility of next - generation sequencing (ngs) assays are underway . Although ngs assays are intended to ... |
, the national institutes of health (nih) has recognized the field of nanomedicine in its roadmap for medical research.1 in 2007, the strategic plan of the us national nanotechnology initiative identified training of a workforce skilled in the application of nanotechnology for public benefit as a primary goal.2 in 2009... |
Standards of f2-ip (5[r]-ipf2-vi, 5[s]-ipf2-vi, 5-ipf2-vi - d11, 8-iso-15[s]-pgf2, 8-iso-15[r]-pgf2, 8-iso-15[s]-pgf2-d4, and 15[r]-pgf2), 15(s)-pgf2 (hereafter referred to as pgf2), 20:4, and 20:4-d8 were from cayman chemicals (ann arbor, mi). Methanol (fisher scientific inc . ), hexane, and ethyl acetate (lab scan) w... |
Compounds containing the glitazone / thiazolidinedione moiety have been synthesized and screened for binding to diverse molecular targets . As can be seen from the following list, some of this targets are protein kinases and phosphatases . In terms of in vitro analytical pharmacology, this implies that kinetics of ppar... |
The derivation cohort is the lothian birth cohort 1936 (lbc1936), community - dwelling older subjects born in 1936, now being studied to determine lifetime influences on aging . The replication cohort is a prospective study of patients with recent nondisabling ischemic stroke, the mild stroke study (mss). The lbc1936 s... |
Diabetic retinopathy (drp) is one of the main reasons of blindness [1, 2]. Microvascular and macrovascular damage developing in consequence of chronic hyperglycemia has a negative effect on the retina . One of the pathologic changes in drp is retinal ischemia and oxidative stress - related neovascularization [35]. Isch... |
Transradial approach (tra) for intravascular intervention is featured by less frequent hemorrhage at access site, improved patients comfort and shorter hospital stay . Radial artery (ra) occlusion (rao) in patients undergoing coronary intervention via tra (trci), is reported to be around 5%-10%, a complication raising ... |
The neuropeptide which is most well known in the group is substance p (sp). Sp has pronounced pro - inflammatory effects, including the promotion of extravasation and accumulation of leukocytes at sites of injury . Sp is also involved in the so - called neurogenic inflammation, wound healing, and angiogenesis . Sp has ... |
Samples from 8 provinces (24 farms) in thailand from december 2007 through march 2008 were submitted to the veterinary diagnostic laboratories of kasetsart university and chulalongkorn university . A total of 33 porcine samples were confirmed as positive for pedv by reverse transcription pcr (rt - pcr) (4) before virus... |
Obstructive sleep apnea (osa) affects approximately 10% of the adult population, and is characterized by repetitive upper - airway collapses during sleep with concomitant loss of airflow.1 the autonomic, physiologic, and neurophysiological consequences of osa are severe, and mandate understanding of mechanisms underlyi... |
Free oxygen radicals are neutralized by the antioxidant system and a balance is maintained . When this balance is impaired, however it is known that increasing free oxygen radicals in newborns damages the cell membrane by way of lipid peroxidation, and this damage may be associated with various pathologies recorded in ... |
The il-6 -174g> c functional gene variant has previously been studied in relation to the risk of coronary heart disease (chd), juvenile onset chronic arthritis and primary sjogren's syndrome . The promoter region of this gene contains many functional sites including a multiple response element (-173 to -145), which is ... |
Brown norway (bn) and bb rats were propagated as described (5,6). Before euthanization, animals were fasted for 16 h, and those possessing blood glucose levels> 130 mg / dl were disqualified from studies of pre - diabetes . Human recombinant il-1ra (hil-1ra) (350 g / kg / day) or vehicle (saline) was delivered to drlyp... |
The expected life span of patients diagnosed with malignant spinal metastasis varies from several months to years depending on the aggressiveness of the primary tumor and the visceral involvement4). For these reasons, the surgical goal for spinal metastasis is pain relief and restoration of physical function during sur... |
Infectious spondylodiscitis is common inflammatory disorder and serious condition that can occur spontaneously or postoperatively at vertebral body, intervertebral disc, spinal canal and paravertebral soft tissue4,16). Infectious spondylodiscitis is characterized clinically by relatively non - specific symptoms such as... |
Atypical deglutition111 is a pathological phenomenon affecting an increasing number of people in the general population.12 ad is characterized by the persistence in adults of swallowing typical in infants . Several studies have investigated the etiology1320 and treatment21 24 of the condition . Despite few relevant ref... |
Note the microbubbles appearing first in the right atrium, immediately after in the diverticulum and right ventricle. |
Hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is one of the major epidemics afflicting young adults . In some countries the effective management of the new cases is critically important because, without treatment, patients will develop chronic hcv infection, hcv - related cirrhosis, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma . Th... |
Many infectious agents and immunological mechanisms may play a role in pathogenesis of guillain - barre syndrome (gbs). It is possible to identify the four most common subtypes: the acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (aidp), the acute motor axonal neuropathy (aman), the acute motor and sensory axon... |
Bisphosphonates are the first line of treatment for metastatic bone cancer, osteoporosis, and paget's disease . In the late 2003, cases of bisphosphonate - related osteonecrosis of the jaw (bronj) were first reported . Since then, many studies have been performed in order to provide early diagnosis and better treatment... |
For the past 20 years, video - assisted thoracoscopic surgery (vats) has become the major method for invasive diagnosing or resecting pulmonary and mediastinal diseases, because vats offers lower postoperative pain, and better cosmetics and recovery for patients . The pursuit for ultimate minimal invasiveness keeps dri... |
Thioglycosides are widely used as glycosyl donors in the synthesis of complex oligosaccharides because their stability, ease of activation, and flexibility in the tuning of glycosyl coupling conditions . Numerous thioglycosyl donors have been developed, resulting in both technological advances and mechanistic insights ... |
The term fibromatosis (fm) was originally proposed by stout for mesenchymal tumors characterized by the presence of proliferating fibroblasts, myofibroblasts, and marked collagen . It includes a broad group of myofibroblastic lesions with intermediate biologic behavior between benign fibrous lesions and fibrosarcoma . ... |
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (t1 dm) is one of the most common pediatric endocrine illnesses . Of these, over half are living in developing nations, with india being home to an estimated 97,700 children with t1 dm . Data were collected from hospital - based studies in 1990 from india suggest that young diabetics (onset of ... |
The development of the human dentition is regulated by tissue interactions and genetic networks similar to those of other ectodermal organs and involves iterative and self - organizing mechanisms crucial for the serial organization of teeth and their shape and renewal.13 various types of developmental aberrations are c... |
Caveolae were described first in 1953 by palade as flask - or omega - shaped plasma membrane invaginations, with a diameter of 50100 nm . These characteristic membrane invaginations are abundantly present in many but not all eukaryotic cell membrane . Biochemical studies revealed that caveolae are detergent resistant, ... |
Existence of microorganisms, their products, or necrotic pulp tissue can cause pathologic changes, several lesions, and bone resorption in the periradicular tissues . Therefore, one of the most important goals of dentistry treatment is elimination of microorganisms . In a root canal therapy attempts should be made to e... |
Though grouped in the mood disorders section of dsm, primary depressive disorder (unipolar depression, up) and bipolar disorder (bp) show clearly distinctive features, most strikingly because patients share the possibility of experiencing major depression but differ in the susceptibility for mania . Genetic studies con... |
The circle of willis is an arterial polygon and is a vascular ring composed of branches of arteria (a) carotis interna and a. basilaris . This circle is composed of bilateral a1 segments of anterior cerebral arteries (acas), anterior communicating artery (acoma) that links these 2 arteries, bilateral p1 segments of pos... |
Glucokinase (gk) (ec 2.7.1.1) is expressed in glucosensitive cells of the pancreas, liver, hypothalamus, anterior pituitary gland, and enteroendocrine k and l cells [13]. Gk has a prominent role as a glucose sensor because of its specific kinetic properties, including an affinity for glucose that is within the physiolo... |
Schizophrenia is a continuous, life time major psychiatric disorder that may affect children, adolescents and adults . Depression is episodic, recurrent in nature, characterized by low mood, decreased psychomotor activity and depressive cognitions . Caring role is not an easy task and that may impact on their personal ... |
Physical activity is an important clinical parameter related to morbidity and mortality in many chronic diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd).1 physical activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure beyond resting energy expenditure... |
Porcelains are highly esthetic materials extensively used in dentistry to construct various types of restorations and prostheses such as porcelain fused to metal crowns, veneers, inlays, onlays and all ceramic restorations . They fulfill the esthetic and functional demands of the patients by their superior properties w... |
Water plays a fundamental role in a wide range of fields of study, including geology, atmospheric sciences, chemistry, biology, and physics . Because of its relevance and ubiquity, water is the most common solvent in experimental and computational studies of biological systems . The hydrophobic effect, the segregation ... |
Typhoid fever is a common infection that has continued to be a public health problem in many developing countries, particularly in areas with poor sanitation and limited availability of clean, potable water . The world health organization (who) conservatively puts the annual global incidence of typhoid fever at 21 mill... |
The shortened dental arch (sda) concept aims at maintaining a functional dentition for middle - aged and elderly patients by concentrating treatment efforts at preservation and restoration of the strategically important parts of the dentition, that is, the anterior and premolar teeth, and avoiding extensive restorative... |
Malaria in pregnancy is an important cause of anaemia, miscarriages, intrauterine growth restriction, low birth weight, still birth and other pregnancy - related complications.1 several studies have reported that 125 million women worldwide and 25 - 50 million african women who get pregnant annually are at risk of mala... |
Left ventricular hypertrophy (lvh) and diastolic dysfunction are the early manifestations of cardiac damage in patients with arterial hypertension characterizing hypertensive heart disease.1 in response to a variety of mechanical, hemodynamic, hormonal and pathologic stimuli, the heart adapts to increased demands for c... |
The most common causes of lymphoma - related neuropathy are local infiltration of lymphoma and proliferation of the lymphoma inside of peripheral nerve tissue (1). Other causes of lymphoma - related neuropathy are loss of dorsal root ganglion cells, (2) the neurotoxic effects of drugs such as vincristine, (3) and viral... |
Among the various sources for the development of new drugs, compounds from living organisms, so called natural products, are of particular significance . Approximately one third of today s best selling drugs are either natural products or have been developed based on lead structures provided by nature . Recent examples... |
Retinal degenerative diseases remain an important cause of blindness in current years . In those conditions retinal cells suffer progressive damage, which cannot be avoided or replaced by modern therapeutic approaches . Cell - based therapies including neural and stem cells represent an excellent perspective for therap... |
In recent years the economy of energy markets has been interested by deep transformations due to political as well as technological changes all over the world . Such innovations have been often characterized by procedures of liberalisation which have often led to the creation of completely new markets as in the case of... |
The multifactorial model of the cause of delirium, as a fluctuating disorder of attention and cognition, recognizes a complex interplay between predisposing and precipitating factors . Cognitive impairment of different degrees of severity, including clinically manifest dementia, is recognized as one of the most importa... |
Docking simulations and virtual screening are being routinely used in drug design, enabling rapid identification of hits and lead compounds [1 - 3]. The goal of docking simulations is to determine the binding mode (bound conformation) and the strength of binding (binding affinity) between a ligand, which is typically a... |
A 56-year - old female presented to her primary care physician with sharp left upper quadrant pain of 2 weeks duration . Work - up including a ct scan of her chest, abdomen and pelvis revealed cervical, axillary, retroperitoneal, mesenteric, periceliac and porta hepatis lymphadenopathy, and marked splenomegaly . Left a... |
Complete obturation of the root canal system with an inert filling material and creation of a hermetic, apical seal have been proposed as goals for endodontic treatment.1 since the most common cause of endodontic failure has been attributed to incomplete obturation, many different obturation techniques have been develo... |
A 52-year - old man who had postprandial abdominal distension and right upper quadrant abdominal pain visited the gastroenterology department . On the abdominal computed tomography (ct) angiogram, a 4.52.8 cm heterogeneous enhancing mass with intraluminal obstruction was observed in the infrahepatic and the suprarenal ... |
Radiotherapy (rt) is an important part of head and neck cancer treatment, either as the primary modality or as an adjuvant treatment2 . The radiation field for rt of nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal cancers often includes 100% of the parotid gland13 . Rt causes acute or early and late toxicities, the severity of which ... |
In the recent years spectroscopic schemes have made significant progress thanks to new developments in lasers and detection techniques . Today, laser - based sensing of chemical species offers high sensitivity and specificity, large dynamic range, multi - component capability, and lack of pretreatment or preconcentrati... |
Systemic sclerosis (ssc) is a connective tissue disorder characterized by vascular lesion and widespread fibrosis in organs such as skin, gut, lung, heart, and kidneys . Clinically, there is a broad spectrum of symptoms from widespread severe skin thickening (diffuse) to skin thickening limited to distal extremities an... |
Cardiovascular disease (cvd), a leading cause of death in india, leads to premature death, disability, and financial catastrophe due to high out - of - pocket expenditures for acute cardiovascular care . Diabetes has been recognized as an independent risk factor associated with increased mortality during hospitalizatio... |
Respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) is an enveloped, single - stranded, negative - sense rna virus with a genome of 15,200 bases and a member of the genus pneumovirus in the paramyxoviridae family . Based on antigenic and genetic variability, rsv is classified into two groups, a and b (1, 2). Respiratory syncytial virus ... |
Atherosclerosis, long time viewed as a cholesterol storage disease, is today considered to be an inflammatory process involving cytokines and chemokines and the infiltration of monocytes and t - cells into the vessel wall . Fractalkine (cx3cl1) is a chemokine expressed by multiple cells in the body with a cx3c motif . ... |
The frequency of such malocclusions is 4080% in modern societies, 4379% in nordic countries and 89.9% in turkish population . Therefore, changes in facial musculature can give rise to skeletal irregularity . Facial remodeling and growth the majority of brain maturation happens in the first 2 years of life . During this... |
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (aatd) is an autosomal codominant inherited condition characterized by low levels of alpha-1 antitrypsin in serum and tissues . This protein, primarily produced in the liver, is the most prevalent protease inhibitor in serum and its main function is to inhibit neutrophil elastase, a prote... |
Arterial stiffness has emerged as an independent predictor of cardiovascular events and all - cause mortality . Thus, improving arterial stiffness may reduce the risk of cardiovascular events, all - cause mortality and end - organ damage . Methods of assessing arterial stiffness include the measurement of arterial comp... |
For the last couple of decades weight training has become increasingly popular due to its well - documented numerous benefits, such as increasing muscular strength and raising resting metabolism rates1 . According to nelson, in a review article about the physical activity and public health of older adults, some of the ... |
To assess the prevalence of alcohol use among the students entering a public university in alagoas, brazil . This was a cross - sectional study, analytically performed with young college graduates enrolled in all courses at a public university in alagoas, brazil, in 2006 . A closed questionnaire, based on cage, was use... |
A 19-month - old previously healthy boy presented with an 8-month history of watery rhinorrhea and nasal obstruction . Ct scans revealed a 2.7 3.5 cm well - defined, expansile mass in the left nasal cavity, extending to the anterior ethmoid sinus . The mass caused pressure remodeling of the adjacent bones without evide... |
Mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract are mainly spindle cell tumors, which include gastrointestinal stromal tumors (gist), leiomyoma or leiomyosarcoma, and schwannomas . Among these tumors, gastric schwannomas are usually benign but in some cases they are malignant [1, 2]. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (egd) a... |
There were 170 mrsa isolates from clinical and environmental samples collected in the period 20082009 that were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing at the biotechnology research center in tripoli, libya . The samples were collected at three hospitals, referred to herein as hospitals a (n=95), b (n=13), an... |
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