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The aim of this study was to confirm the multilineage differentiation ability of dental pulp stem cells (dpscs) from green fluorescent protein (gfp) transgenic mice . Dpscs were harvested from the dental pulp tissue of transgenic nude mice, and then transferred to osteogenic, adipogenic, and chondrogenic media . . More... |
Due to the recent development of technology and various devices, electrical and electronic equipment use in the operating room is growing . Increased use of electrical and electronic equipments may cause a greater risk of burns to operating room workers as well as patients despite the use of improved safety devices . T... |
For example, elevated intraocular pressure (iop) has been used to screen for poag, but> 50% of poag patients have an iop that is <21 mmhg.6 screening using automated perimetry for glaucomatous visual field defects lacks the resolution to detect early poag, as> 35% of the retinal ganglion cells can be lost before any vi... |
Periodontal therapy has historically been directed primarily at the elimination of disease and the maintenance of a functional, healthy dentition and supporting tissues . Accordingly, the world workshop in periodontics 1989 has recommended the goals of periodontal therapy as immediate, ideal, pragmatic, and ultimate, m... |
Pure red cell aplasia (prca) is an acquired anemia that may be primary or secondary to a variety of neoplastic, autoimmune, or infectious diseases or to exposure to various drugs; most cases of prca are considered to be autoimmune - mediated . Autoimmune hepatitis is a chronic liver inflammation that generally affects ... |
Developing countries including many asian countries catch up rapidly in the prevalence of obesity with higher health risks at a lower body mass index (bmi). The latest report from malaysian non - communicable diseases (ncd) surveillance in 2007 demonstrated that among the adult males, 30.9% were overweight and 13.9% we... |
Nosocomial pneumonia is the most commonly acquired infection in hospitalized patients, particularly those on mechanical ventilators in the intensive care unit . The impact of this infection is dramatic, increasing mortality, length of stay, and utilization of resources such as mechanical ventilation and antibiotic ther... |
Assessment of glucose concentration changes in the blood by a continuous blood glucose monitoring is important for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes . Several methods that have been developed for continuous blood glucose monitoring by other labs include using a near infrared spectroscopy, microdialysis, enzyme el... |
Search for strategies to avoid the wear it produces in our brain machinery, is undoubtedly distressing; considering that every second corresponds to a second that does not return . In the early history of humankind the average life was reduced due to its fragility in the face of diseases and especially of the strongest... |
In most countries, vaccines against human papilloma virus (hpv) are recommended only for girls in order to prevent cervical cancer caused by persistent hpv infection . However, there is increased evidence that hpv causes other forms of cancer, including throat, penileand anal cancer, supporting the push of public healt... |
The post - transcriptional control of gene expression is attracting more and more attention at the present time, being seen as a part of the whole process of protein synthesis where both fast and fine tuning of the expression of particular mrna and control of the overall level of protein synthesis are possible . The in... |
Situs inversus totalis (sit) is a relatively rare condition found in 1 per 10,000 to 50,000 persons . Sit is an autosomal recessive congenital defect in which the position of abdominal and/or thoracic organs is a " mirror image " of the normal one, in the sagittal plane . The surgical procedure for a patient with sit w... |
We report a case of congenital unilateral absence of the vas deferens found incidentally during vasectomy in a patient with known unilateral renal agenesis . Following successful right vasectomy, several attempts to locate the left vas deferens were unsuccessful . As vasectomies are increasingly performed in outpatient... |
Oxygen therapy is essential in clinical states of respiratory failure such as pneumonia, severe asthma, chronic bronchitis, myocardial infarction, and postoperative states. [13] unnoticed hypoxia has been reported in admitted patients in many studies. [13] in various rural hospitals in the papua new guinea, 10% to 40% ... |
In spite of defects, such as poor sealing ability and lack of providing additional strength, it is more than 100 years that gutta - percha in combination with a root canal sealer has been the most commonly used root canal filling material . Resilon (pentron clinical technologies, wallingford, ct) is a synthetic thermop... |
Behcet s disease is a multisystemic vasculitis of unknown cause characterized by the triad of genital ulceration, oral ulceration and uveitis and has a relapsing - remitting course,,,,,, . Ocular involvement occurs in 80% of cases, generally after oral ulceration; clinically, it presents itself as an intraocular inflam... |
The adverse impact of oral antihyperglycemic agent on the cardiovascular system came into focus as early as 1971 with ugdp program . However, with the advent of second - generation sulfonylureas and nonusage of first - generation ones this controversy was put to rest (without proper investigation). In early 2000 it was... |
It is mainly transmitted from person to person through direct contact with exudates from early skin lesions of infected people . Yaws is considered a disease of poverty occurring in tropical regions throughout the world with heavy rainfall and high humidity . It is more common in rural and isolated populations where ac... |
Patients with type 1 diabetes were recruited and characterized by the finnish diabetic nephropathy (finndiane) study . The finndiane study is a nationwide multicenter survey, initiated in 1997 to elucidate risk factors for diabetic kidney disease in finnish patients with type 1 diabetes . The study protocol is in accor... |
Amino acid tandem repeats, as one of the most prevalent patterns in protein sequences, have inspired the interests of researchers for many years in terms of their pathological, functional and evolutionary roles . According to the patterns of units, repeats in proteins can be generally classified into several categories... |
Congenital hemophilia (ch) is a rare disease resulting from a deficiency of coagulation factor viii in patients with hemophilia a (cha) or of factor ix in patients with hemophilia b (chb). Approximately 18,000 individuals in the united states have been diagnosed with ch.1 the standard treatment is replacement of the de... |
. Approximately 1% of pheochromocytomas are intrathoracic in origin, and cases of multiple pheochromocytomas containing both adrenal and extraadrenal tissue are even rarer . Pheochromocytoma crisis is a life - threatening emergency with a high mortality despite aggressive treatment, mostly due to cardiovascular failure... |
Action observation training is based on mirror neurons that fire when one performs movements or observes the movements of others; it is a cognitive intervention method applied to improve motor skills and learning in athletes, ordinary people, and patients with motor disorders1, 2 . Sensory motor disorders in post - str... |
India accounts for 77% of the total malaria in south - east asia with plasmodium vivax being responsible for more than 50% of the cases . Although earlier regarded as causing a benign infection, there is increasing evidence that the overall burden, economic impact, and severity of p. vivax have been underestimated . Th... |
The increasing use of motorcycles in commercial transportation in developing countries has led to explosion of their number in many countries [13]. In nigeria, travelled, motorcycle riders have a 34-fold higher risk of death in a crash than people driving other vehicles and are 8 times more likely to be injured . We st... |
Cystoisospora belli is an obligate homoxenous intracellular protozoan in phylum apicomplexa which is located in epithelium of upper small intestine of human and causes diarrheal diseases . Since human is the only known natural host of the disease, transmission of c. belli oocysts seems to be confined to the anthroponot... |
Hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is a leading cause of chronic liver disease and a primary indication for liver transplant (lt) in europe and the united states 1, 2, 3 . Recurrence of hcv infection is nearly universal among lt recipients with detectable hcv rna at transplant and often leads to accelerated disease prog... |
The patients included in this study were seen for refractory voiding dysfunction at the division of urology at toronto western hospital (toronto, on, canada). The study design was provided to the research ethics board and they decided that formal approval was not necessary . The application for institutional authorizat... |
Cavitation gas bubbles are an expected phenomenon during femtosecond laser flap creation for laser - assisted in situ keratomileusis (lasik) [1, 2]. An opaque bubble layer (obl) is a well - known intraoperative finding on various femtosecond laser platforms [3, 4]. In rare instances, the obl may temporarily preclude pu... |
Post - translational histone modifications are essential cellular processes that regulate the accessibility of dna to the cell s transcriptional apparatus . One such modification is acetylation of lysine side - chains that renders these neutral in charge and thereby alters the electrostatic interactions between, for ex... |
The probability of any animal surviving famine is based on its energy stores (mainly as fat). Adipocytes uptake and store free fatty acids (ffa) as triglycerides (tg). In periods of low energy intake or fasting, high ffa levels reduce the insulin - stimulated uptake and use of glucose by tissues, preserving the glucose... |
A 37-year - old woman visited the division of cardiology, department of internal medicine with an incidental finding of cardiomegaly during a routine screening test at her workplace . The vital signs were stable with a heart rate of 80/min, systolic blood pressure of 100 mmhg, respiratory rate of 18/min, body temperatu... |
Cerebral palsy (cp) is a non - progressive disease of the central nervous system caused by immature brain damage before, during, or after birth; it results in both motor and cognitive impairment1 . The prevalence of cp in usa was reported 2.7 per 1,000 persons in 2007, and it has a gradually increasing trend . The esti... |
Repeated major hepatobiliary surgery can carry unusual unexpected complications, which may not happen at the first - time surgery.123 the jejunal loop limb is the primary resource for biliary and pancreatic reconstruction.4 after roux - en - y hepaticojejunostomy or classical reconstruction following pancreaticoduodene... |
Their frequency varies with the type of cancer and is especially high in patients with malignant brain tumors; germ cell tumors; and adenocarcinomas of the ovary, pancreas, colon, stomach, lung, and prostate [1, 2]. In most cases, the thrombi are associated with surgery, central venous catheter insertion, or the use of... |
Cleaning tasks such as washing cookware entail high workloads involving repetitive hand and wrist movements1 . Typically, many dishes are washed in a large, deep sink . During a busy work shift, dishwashers bend the trunk at an angle of 1045 from an upright position and maintain this fixed posture for long periods with... |
In recent years, polymers those are derived from plant origin have evoked tremendous interest because of their diverse pharmaceutical applications such as diluent, binder, disintegrant in tablets, thickeners in oral liquids, protective colloids in suspensions, gelling agents in gels, and bases in suppository . They are... |
In practice, pesticides are usually applied simultaneously or one after another for crop protection, and this type of pesticide application often leads to a combined contamination of pesticide residues in the soil environment . Many interactions are possible, including those related to changes in the size or species co... |
Method a: a glass vial (10 ml) equipped with a magnetic stirring bar was charged with 1 a (154.6 mg, 0.5 mmol), 2 (86 mg, 0.5 mmol), 3 a (66 mg, 0.5 mmol), and catalyst a (81.5 mg, 0.25 mmol). After adding chcl3 (4 ml), the reaction tube was purged by using an argon flow for 1 min, then covered with a teflon - coated s... |
Visualization of near - transparent tissues during vitreoretinal surgery is greatly enhanced with endoillumination . However, the trade - off to maximizing visualization during macular surgery is the potential for macular phototoxicity if the intensity or duration of exposure is past a certain threshold . First, the ad... |
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (npc) is scarcely reported in children,13 more often of undifferentiated type, while combined chemoradiotherapy constitutes the treatment of choice for this malignancy with promising results.35 overall survival between 50% and 77% is reported.24 however, the high radiation doses needed to be ef... |
The model eukaryote saccharomyces cerevisiae, with the genome sequence available since 1996 (1), plays an essential role in our efforts to understand the complex biological networks that control life processes . Since the release of the complete genome sequence of the yeast s.cerevisiae, a number of computational metho... |
An institution - based cross - sectional study was conducted from october 1 to december 31, 2013 at gurh, which is located in gondar town in the amhara national region state in north - western part of ethiopia . All the four pharmacies in the hospital and all active pharmacy professionals working the pharmacies were in... |
Chronic myeloid leukemia (cml) is characterized by the t(9;22)(q34;q11) translocation, in which the bcr gene at 22q11 is fused to the abl gene at 9q34 . The bcr / abl fusion gene is thought to play a role in the leukemogenesis of cml and is a target of tyrosine kinase inhibitors, such as imatinib mesylate . About 510% ... |
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (pgd) has lately become a very useful tool in human as well as veterinary medicine, enabling the very early diagnosis of various genetic disorders and allowing the selection of desired embryos for further transplantation . Pgd also includes embryo sexing, a biotechnology that has latel... |
Chronic heart failure (chf) has a high prevalence and results in increased morbidity and mortality in the western countries . Due to its enormous costs resulting from treatment with expensive drugs and devices, chf is characterized by the interaction of diverse inflammatory mediators which are considered to contribute ... |
A 75-year - old woman presented with a 9-day history of general malaise, anorexia and vomiting . She had consumed only lemonade and occasional soft diet for several weeks and became drowsy 24 h prior to admission . She had been admitted to hospital 2 years previously with similar symptoms but had seizure activity as we... |
Asymptomatic hematuria (ah) is a common kidney disease with insidious onset and high incidence . Previously, pathological changes were considered minor and the prognosis would be satisfactory; however, follow - up studies have shown that the isolated microscopic hematuria is closely related to early chronic kidney dise... |
The correct functioning of the immune system, the development of the embryo and the process of wound healing all rely on cell migration . Furthermore, aberrant cell motility is a hallmark of many pathological conditions, including cancer metastasis and atherosclerosis . In order to move, once an external signal is dete... |
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is a neoplasm with a relatively high incidence and an extraordinarily poor prognosis . In western countries, it is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths and has the lowest 5-year survival rate of any cancer . Despite advances in diagnostic imaging, methods like endoscopic ultrasonography, d... |
F. solani (strain 36031; american type culture collection, manassas, va, usa), a pathogenic strain obtained from a patient with f. solani keratitis that is capable of producing murine keratomycosis, was cultured in sabouraud dextrose (sd) agar (difco, detroit, mi, usa) for 3 days at 30c . A colony of f. solani was inoc... |
There is no precise information on the incidence of infertility in iran, but, it is estimated that about 22% of iranian women experience primary infertility (1). Infertility has been found to yield psychological and social consequences, and the female partner tends to be more adversely affected than her male counterpar... |
Nox enzymes, activated by various growth factors and cytokines, generate h2o2 or o2 for signalling processes such as proliferation, migration and survival . Several other sources of endogenous ros exist such as mitochondria, xanthine oxidase, lipoxygenase and myeloperoxidase . Notably, they fail to show the diverse phy... |
The acute phase protein alpha-1 antitrypsin (aat) is a circulating protease inhibitor belonging to the serpin superfamily with divergent immunomodulatory functions, such as reduced production of proinflammatory cytokines [13], inhibition of neutrophil activation and chemotaxis [46], and suppressed apoptosis of hepatocy... |
Global estimate shows that there are about 219 million cases of malaria in 2010 (with an uncertainty range of 154 million to 289 million) and an estimated 660 000 deaths (with an uncertainty range of 490 000 to 836 000). Malaria mortality rates have fallen by more than 25% globally since 2000 and by 33% in the world he... |
In the previous issue of critical care, jung and colleagues report on the effects of moderate hypercapnia on diaphragmatic function in mechanically ventilated piglets, in the absence of muscle relaxants . Ventilator - induced diaphragmatic dysfunction (vidd) is a recently recognized complication of prolonged controlled... |
They have unique virulence factors, such as fimbriae, pilli, membrane receptors and endotoxins . Lipopolysacharide (lps) is an endotoxin that is present in the outer layers of gram - negative bacteria cell walls, usually detected in root canal infections, eliciting biological responses associated with periapical inflam... |
Hepatitis c virus (hcv) is an rna virus which affects> 180 million people worldwide,1 with global seroprevalence of antibodies to hcv increasing from 2.3% in 1990 to 2.8% in 2005.2 in north america, the overall prevalence of hcv antibody positivity is estimated to be about 11.5%, with 0.17% in 611 year - olds and 0.39%... |
When failed filtration causes elevated intraocular pressure (iop) after trabeculectomy, digital ocular massage1,2 and laser suture lysis2,3 may be performed . If ineffective, the next intervention is a minimally invasive reparative surgery of the filtering bleb by transconjunctival needle revision.1,2,4 finally, if fil... |
Commercial formulations were tested of the following insecticides registered for the use on soybean in the southeastern united states: imidacloprid (admire pro 42wps, bayer cropscience, research triangle park, nc), bifenthrin (brigade 25 ec, fmc corporation, philadelphia, pa), and acephate (orthene 97wt, amvac chemical... |
During september 2011february 2012, our laboratory received liver samples from 9 rabbitries from 3 areas of northeastern spain where acute outbreaks of rhd were occurring in adult rabbits and kits . We analyzed 35 tissue samples from 20 kits (age 1435 days), 9 growers (age 3657 days), and 6 adults . Macroscopic lesions... |
It occurs most commonly on the dorsal side of the wrist (70%), followed by volar side (20%) of wrist and tendon sheath of fingers . Most of the ganglion cysts are asymptomatic besides swelling . Most patients sought advice and treatment because of the cosmetic appearance or treatment options include reassurance, nonsur... |
Once considered a disease of the western world and the affluent, cholelithiasis has increasingly become a major cause of abdominal morbidity, leading to hospital admission in the developing world. (12) its occurrence has been found to be at least 7.4% in the adult population of north india. (3) there has also been a re... |
The american indian study population resided in the phoenix service unit, an ihs administrative unit located in central arizona . Information concerning tribal affiliation is not provided as> 100 tribes are represented, and ihs does not name tribes without their specific consent to honor tribal sovereignty . The servic... |
The number of syphilis infections has re - increased in recent years . As a consequence, atypical presentations of the disease reemerged as well . Otosyphilis represents one of the clinical manifestations of neurosyphilis and may mimic the typical triad of mnire's disease with fluctuation of hearing, tinnitus and acute... |
A fragment corresponding to the extracellular domain (20160 amino acids) of human trii was cloned into pbtm116 . A total of 10 10 independent colonies were screened as previously described (colland et al ., 2004). The prey fragments of the positive clones were pcr amplified and sequenced . The human embryonic kidney ce... |
Associations among progressive cardiac failure, eosinophilia, and multi - organ dysfunction were first described by loeffler in 1936 . It was then described as hypereosinophilic syndrome, and diagnostic criteria were proposed as prolonged (> 6 months) and unexplained peripheral blood eosinophilia (> 1,500 cells / mm) w... |
It is increasing over time mainly due to an increasing number of diabetic patients, and with nearly 30% of the 170 million diabetic patients eventually developing diabetic nephropathy . Worldwide, most patients with end - stage kidney disease (eskd) who can access renal replacement therapy are receiving hemodialysis (h... |
Abnormal uterine bleeding (aub) is the most common presenting symptom of endometrial hyperplasia (eh).12 eh is clinically important as it can progress to endometrial carcinoma or occur concurrently with it.345 eh is typically diagnosed by endometrial biopsy or curettage during normal evaluations for aub in premenopause... |
Renal cell carcinoma (rcc) accounts for 2 - 3% of all adult malignant neoplasms, and is the most lethal of the common urologic cancers . Traditionally, 30 - 40% of patients with rcc die of their cancer, in contrast to the 20% mortality rates associated with prostate and bladder carcinomas . Approximately 54,000 new dia... |
Diaphragmatic hernias (dhs) are divided into congenital and acquired hernias, most of which are congenital . Among acquired dhs, up to 80% are left - sided, only a few iatrogenic dhs have been reported, and bilateral hernias are extremely rare . For diagnostic reasons, many dhs are overlooked by ultrasonography or x - ... |
Tight glycemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus (t1 dm) patients is not possible because of hypoglycemia . Diabetic patients are forced to change their lifestyle to adjust to the disease condition and survive it . The best way to manage diabetes would be to develop a therapy, which could adjust to the patient's cond... |
Cardiac catheterization with coronary angiography demonstrated anomalous origin of single coronary artery from right sinus of valsalva and dividing into left main and right coronary artery . After getting origin, lmca had long retroaortic course with significant discrete stenosis in the mid - stem of it, dividing final... |
13 there are a few different tips in patients with this clinical state that are considered in part due to the anatomical malposition of the heart . 2, 3 usually, these cases go for an on - pump technique and there are very few cases of off - pump coronary artery bypass grafting with mid - term follow - up . 47 in this ... |
Fluconazole (flz), diflucan, chemically known as -(2,4)-difluorophenyl)--(1h-1,2, 4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)-1h-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol (figure 1), used to treat variety of fungal pathogens that cause systemic mycoses . It is an orally active bistriazole antifungal agent, well absorbed and has been found to be safe and eff... |
Study area - jaciara, which is located 145 km from the state capital of cuiab, is situated in the southern region of the state at the coordinates 155755 s 545806w at an altitude of 367 m above sea level . Its estimated population in 2012 was 25,927, with inhabitants living in an area of 1,654 kmin size . This municipal... |
Monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies carry a 9%15% risk of developing twin - to - twin transfusion syndrome (ttts) [1, 2]. The pathophysiology of this disease is not fully understood, but the presence of vascular anastomoses connecting both fetal circulations at the level of the placenta is mandatory for its devel... |
Cerebrospinal fluid (csf) shunts are a definite treatment for hydrocephalus . As increasing numbers of women have csf shunts placed to treat hydrocephalus, more shunt - dependent women are becoming pregnant (1, 2). Although the maternal and fetal outcome in patients with ventriculoperitoneal (vp) shunts is uniformly ex... |
We recently reported the discovery of the marneral cluster, a functional gene cluster for the biosynthesis of previously unknown triterpene derivatives, in the model plant arabidopsis thaliana . Our study is one of the latest of a growing number of reports on the identification of functional gene clusters in plants . I... |
. The global rate of cs is 10%.1 it is estimated that 13 million caesarean sections are performed each year which is equivalent to 24 procedures each minute.1 patients worldwide are vulnerable to pain in the postoperative period . A study from nigeria reported that 95% of patients experienced some degree of pain in the... |
A 78-year - old male with a history of ozurdex implantation 2 weeks prior for resistant diabetic macular edema came to us for a second opinion . His corrected distance visual acuity (cdva) was 20/20 in the right eye and 20/40 in the left eye . The ozurdex implant was seen lodged inside the posterior cortex of the lens ... |
Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (lpd) is a condition characterized by numerous leiomyomas throughout the peritoneal cavity which appears grossly malignant but histologically benign.1 it is a very rare gynecological condition.2 the patient was a 48-year - old woman who was referred to the gynecology clinic of a ... |
Post - traumatic cardiac pseudoaneurysm (psa) is a rare, potentially life - threatening complication following penetrating cardiac injury . . However, in small and stable postinfarct psa selective non - operative management (snom) has been practiced . A 38-year - old hispanic male was admitted to los angeles county + u... |
A 17-year - old right - handed woman underwent intracranial eeg prior to epilepsy surgery . Seizures were a single type of highly stereotyped episode in which she stared, shook both hands and arms briefly, then returned to normal after brief postictal disorientation . Seizure frequency was 56 per month, and her longest... |
Subjects aged 18 years or older who attended a hospital sleep laboratory for diagnostic polysomnography during a 1-month period were recruited consecutively . A diagnosis of osahs was made if apnea - hypopnea index (ahi) score was 5 or more, according to aasm criteria (8). Those who met the diagnostic criteria for osah... |
In the past century, research in cell biology uncovered an amazing and complex intracellular world . Fundamental discoveries were made in organisms throughout the tree of life, shedding light on and providing insights into cellular mechanisms . Early advances in cell biology stemmed from the ability to image tissues us... |
According to some studies, dentists often overestimate the functional consequences of edentulous areas . In 1974, levin described the " 28 teeth syndrome ", which led to systematically replacing any missing teeth . Subsequently, studies tended to emphasize the shortened arch concept, which corresponds to a denture comp... |
It is well known that the gastrointestinal (gi) tract is unique with respect to the arrangement of its innervation . The regulation of the stomach and gut is controlled by the enteric nervous system (ens) which is distributed in the intramural ganglia (brown and timmermans 2004). The ens is capable of acting almost ind... |
All family practitioners who listed obstetrics as a secondary specialty and a 20% random sample of the remaining licensed family practitioners were surveyed . In 1998, surveys were mailed to a random sample of 50% of obstetricians and 25% of family practitioners who indicated on their licensure application that they pr... |
Moderate dental class iii malocclusion is commonly associated with a high mandibular plane, anterior open bite, and mesially tipped molars.1 - 3 the molars may be over - erupted, whereas the mandibular anteriors may be under - erupted . Ideally, the treatment goals would include uprighting the molars without propping o... |
Gunshot wounds (gsw) to the abdomen carry a high morbidity and mortality rate . However, there are few cases that report indirect injury as a result of the pressure wave effect created by the bullet . Even fewer cases exist for which indirect pressure wave injury resulted in the need of open surgery . A 17 year old boy... |
The building blocks for hydrocarbon stapling are,-disubstituted non - natural amino acids bearing terminal olefin tethers of varying length . For single turn stapling, we typically employ s - pentenylalanine at i, i + 4 positions, and for double turn stapling, we use a combination of either r - octenylalanine / s - pen... |
A desmoid tumour, also called aggressive fibromatosis, is a benign tumour originating from musculoaponeurotic structures throughout the body . The tumour can behave aggressively and infiltrate adjacent soft tissue structures or recur locally (1). Surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy have been used to treat extr... |
More than 150,000 adults and children in the united states undergo cardiac pacemaker placement each year . Pacemakers are liable to partial or total malfunction, which might be temporary or permanent . Electromagnetic interference (emi) is one cause of malfunction, which can occur with the use of surgical electrocauter... |
Evidence from several large, randomized, controlled trials has demonstrated that the decrease in the serum cholesterol concentration produced by the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitors (statins) reduces the mortality of subjects with coronary artery disease (cad).1,2 previous studies have confirm... |
Bardet - biedl syndrome (bbs) is a rare autosomal recessively inherited disease with prevalence rates of 1:140,0001:160,000 . Higher incidence have been found in isolated populations of newfoundland and kuwait (1:1700). This syndrome is characterized by cardinal features, namely central obesity, mental retardation, pos... |
Excessive sweating is a medical condition in which a person sweats much more than needed . The medical name of this disorder is hyperhidrosis known as a common dermal problem that affects people of all ages and leads to negative impact on the quality of life . During the last decades, several studies have shown that in... |
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