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Vascular dementia is the most common form of dementia second only to alzheimer's dementia (ad). The prevalence of vascular dementia increases linearly with age and varies greatly from country to country, ranging from 1.2% to 4.2% of people over 65-year - old but more so in the asian countries . The incidence of vascula...
Hormone receptor positive breast cancer has commonly been treated with selective estrogen receptor (er) modulators, aromatase inhibitors and estrogen antagonists . However, de novo or secondary resistance to hormonal agents has for long intrigued investigators across the world . Deregulation of the phosphatidylinositol...
The emergence of next generation sequencing (ngs) in recent years has revolutionized genetic researchers' ability to interrogate genomes on an unprecedented scale . The sequencing - by - synthesis ngs technologies are evolving rapidly and throughput capacity is increasing exponentially [1, 2]. The illumina sequencing p...
The incidence of trauma is on the rise and so are the mortality and morbidities associated with it . The aetiology of these injuries vary from road traffic accidents, gunshot injuries, domestic violence, homicidal assault, fall from heights, industrial accidents, and miscellaneous causes, including blast injuries from ...
Ochronosis can occur in tendons, ligaments, sclera, heart valves, the intima of blood vessels, and the skin . The irreversible binding of the homopolymeric oxidation products of hga to collagen causes degenerative changes in the morphologic structure of connective tissue, resulting in fragile complexes . Other sites of...
A 26-year - old female was a driver in a head - on collision at moderate speed in an urban setting . She had no medical problems, except obesity (bmi 34.3), and sustained a displaced, closed, right tibial plateau fracture (schatzker 6) and an open middiaphyseal fracture (gustilo - anderson grade iiia) with a 14 cm tran...
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (mpnst) account for 510% of soft tissue sarcomas and are thought to arise from schwann cells or nearby cells with perineural differentiation . Malignant triton tumor (mtt), a subtype of mpnst presenting rhabdomyoblastic differentiation, takes 2 principal forms: the sporadic form...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, with the world health organization estimating its rise from being the fifth to the third leading cause of death by 2030.1 the overall prevalence of copd in spain is estimated to be 10.2%.2 copd is a slow, progressive di...
Of the four cyclovertical muscles, the inferior oblique (io) muscle is the one which is most frequently the object of a surgical therapy . In general, io muscle surgery is limited to weakening procedures as this muscle is rarely paralyzed or so weakened as to require support procedures as discussed elsewhere [13]. Over...
Anthracyclines, such as doxorubicin (adriamycin), are a class of drugs that have been used in cancer chemotherapy regimens in a large number of tumor types since their discovery in the 1970s . These agents exert anticancer effects by binding topoisomerase - ii (topo2) and intercalating with dna to inhibit macromolecula...
However it is considered to have a high mortality through cardiac tamponade or exsanguination and concomitant chest or abdominal cavity injury . We present a 39-year - old schizophrenic woman who attempted suicide with the aid of a 6.35 mm caliber handgun, after self - discontinuing of antipsychotic treatment . Lower t...
Endovascular aneurysm repair (evar) is an important advance in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm (aaa). Compared with open aaa repair, evar is associated with a significant reduction in perioperative mortality.1 concurrent with the increased use of evar, a decrease in the incidence of ruptured aaa and associat...
The heel raise test is often used in a clinical setting to evaluate the function of the calf muscle . Muscle activities are increased during activities such as walking, running, and jumping . The standing heel raise, called the calf raise, is a commonly prescribed exercise for improving the strength and power of the an...
Clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (nfpas) constitute over one - third of all pituitary adenomas [13]. They are so - called because they do not produce any hormonal hypersecretion syndrome but rather present with symptoms and signs related to the mass effect of the pituitary lesion such as headaches and visua...
One approach for delineating modifiable risk factors is to examine homogeneous groups of people who are definitively known to soon be exposed to a specific mdd - evoking situation . Towards this end mdd during ifn- treatment (ifn - mdd) typically develops within the first 2 or 3 months of administration, and occurs in ...
C. parvum oocysts were isolated from patients in the greater vancouver and fraser valley regional districts of british columbia over a 5-year period from 1995 to 1999 . Cryptosporidium oocysts were identified in stool specimens by standard concentration methods, acid - fast staining, and microscopy by the diagnostic pa...
Precise measurement of central corneal thickness (cct) is important when planning excimer laser surgery and diagnosing glaucoma and other corneal diseases [1, 2]. An overestimation of cct and the thinnest corneal thickness (tct) before corneal refractive surgery could lead to corneal stroma overablation, especially in ...
Bipolar i disorder is a chronic, recurrent illness with a lifetime prevalence of approximately 1%.1 the treatment of recurrent depressive episodes, which predominate over manic episodes in the majority of patients,2, 3 is an unmet need in the longterm treatment of bipolar disorder . Antidepressant efficacy has not been...
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (cah) is caused by defects in various enzymes necessary for cortisol synthesis . 90 - 95% of cah cases are caused by 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-ohd). In patients with 21-ohd, some of these precursors are shunted into the androgen synthetic pathway, causing signs and symptoms of androge...
Self - evaluation of general health status has been associated with actual health in that what people report about their health has been shown to predict mortality . Self - rated health (srh) as a single survey question developed by the world health organization (who) has been validated as a tool to predict mortality i...
Early data on the natural history of early childhood wheezing was mostly obtained by retrospectively reviewing medical records or by using questionnaires, and thus, these data were at inherent risk of being biased . Moreover, the issue of reverse causality, as well as a recall or selection bias, was hard to avoid . To ...
Obesity is a highly heritable complex disorder defined by the world health organization (who) as a body mass index (bmi) 30 kg / m . It is also one of the greatest public health challenges of modern times, given its increasing prevalence to epidemic proportions worldwide . The major concern of the obesity epidemic is t...
Several types of cancer are associated with severe pain, which markedly reduces the quality of life in patients . Molecular mechanisms underlying cancer pain remain poorly understood . Despite close proximity between sensory nerves and blood vessels in tumor - affected tissues, neither mutual interactions nor angiogeni...
A variety of renal diseases are associated with tumor or its treatment with chemotherapeutic drugs or radiation . Tumors, being an important source of antigens, may induce the production of specific antibodies which form immune complexes, which subsequently deposit in the kidneys . Another postulation is that, antigens...
A 49-year - old man presented with recurrent central colicky abdominal pain, which had commenced 2 weeks earlier . Abdominopelvic computed tomography (ct) showed a mass - like lesion at the left upper abdominal region (fig . Intraoperatively, the obstructed portion was conglomerated and adhered to other segments of the...
Epidemiological and pathological data show that diabetes is a major risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality [1, 2]. Ischemic coronary artery disease is responsible for three - quarters of diabetes - related death . Approximately 50% of diabetic patients die 5 years after a myocardial infarction, double the rate...
The negative effects of burnout on the cost and level of quality in the provided health care have been widely documented in research and in theoretical level as well . Despite of his nature, burnout prevails as a costly problem, there has been little research devoted to the presentation and especially in the evaluation...
The " bean - shaped foot " is a term used to describe a clinical deformity of forefoot adduction and midfoot supination . There is no consensus on the management of such deformities persisting as a result of a failed treatment of an idiopathic clubfoot in patients who have not reached skeletal maturity . The crucial pr...
The study comprised 39 patients with mcc (5093 years of age, mean 76.9 years; sex ratio 0.95 [19 men, 20 women]). Formalin - fixed and paraffin - embedded (ffpe) tissue specimens from 27 patients and frozen resection specimens from 12 other patients were investigated for mcpyv . In addition, frozen tissue from 8 patien...
Apoptosis is a normal physiological process that plays an important role in various phases of life, for example, in embryonic development.1 defects in apoptosis are common phenomena in many types of cancer . Modulation of apoptotic pathways and selective induction of apoptosis by chemical agents have been shown to be a...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and results in an economic and social burden that is both substantial and increasing.1,2 it was reported that the overall lifetime risk of physician - diagnosed copd at 80 years of age was 27.6% in a longitudinal cohort...
The lifetime prevalence of low back pain is estimated to range from 60% to 80%4). Chronic low back pain (clbp), or low back pain that persists for 3 months or more is reported to have a lifetime prevalence of 4% to 10%8), and is associated with substantial health care costs10). Identifying the source of clbp and select...
Actinomycosis is a rare granulomatous disease caused by filamentous gram - positive anaerobic bacteria actinomyces . Infection of the abdomen or abdominal actinomycosis (aa) often presents with nonspecific symptoms, which can mimic inflammatory bowel disease, diverticulitis and even carcinoma [1, 2]. We report two adul...
Chronic administration of glucocorticoid, especially at supraphysiological doses, leads to elevated systolic blood pressure, in man and animals . Dexamethasone- (dex-) induced hypertension is associated with decreased antioxidant levels, enhanced oxidative stress and reduced nitric oxide (no) level [3, 4]. Overproducti...
Since the introduction of endoscopy for transsphenoidal pituitary surgery in 1992, endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach (eetsa) for sellar and parasellar regions has been considerably advanced13). Eetsa is a minimally invasive technique that is considered to be safe and effective for treatment of pituitary ade...
Technological feasibility determining hardware and software components and communication development capability and/or available technologies of the organization are defined to achieve functional objectives of a system (1, 2). This type of feasibility study is commonly used to evaluate available system function or an o...
Systemic arterial supply to the lungs may be congenital or acquired . One of the reported congenital forms of systemic arterial supply to lungs is isolated systemic arterial supply to normal lung (issnl), characterised by abrupt tapering of the left lower lobar pulmonary artery distal to the origin of the superior segm...
Extensive research has been taking place in generating bioactive restorative materials with a potential for remineralization . Bioactivity refers to apatite - forming ability while biomineralization is the ability to get anchored to the underlying dentin by the formation of a mineral - rich interfacial layer and a tag ...
The presence of obesity is associated with increased risk of death, especially from cardiovascular causes and cancer . Body mass index (bmi; weight in kg / height in m) is a strong predictor of obesity - associated mortality . Life expectancy in obese patients is reduced such that patients with a bmi of 30 - 35 kg / m ...
Despite a modest, but encouraging, reduction in cardiovascular disease (cvd) in the past decade, cvd persists as a topmost cause of mortality in the us (~30%). Novel multifaceted interventions are necessary, as a number of risk factors for cvd are common in the population . Predictably, the percentage of deaths attribu...
This retrospective study was approved by the review board / ethics committee of our hospital . The present study included 128 eyes of 120 patients from may 2008 to may 2009 . Patients were treated with intravitreal bevacizumab injection or intravitreal bevacizumab injection plus macular laser for dme . The macular edem...
Lymphocytoma cutis (lc) is one of the most common types of cutaneous b cell pseudolymphoma.borrelial lc occurs commonly in areas endemic for ixodes ricinus tick in europe and north america . Lymphocytoma cutis (lc) is one of the most common types of cutaneous b cell pseudolymphoma . Borrelial lc occurs commonly in area...
During 19691972, married women living in a 12-km area of delhi (n = 20,755) were followed up (12,13). There were 9,169 pregnancies and 8,181 live births . Trained personnel recorded the babies weight and length within 72 h of birth and every 6 months until age 1421 years . Gaps in funding interrupted measurements in 19...
Sciatic neuropathy (sn) is probably underappreciated in childhood and likely to represent nearly one quarter of childhood mononeuropathies . We present a 7-year - old girl who presented with painful right lower limb and abnormal gait . Detailed investigation revealed transient eosinophilia, abnormal neurophysiology, an...
Mild cognitive impairment (mci) often refers to the clinical condition between normal cognition and probable alzheimer's disease (ad). However, persons diagnosed with mci may progress to non - ad forms of dementia, remain mci until death, and in some instances recover to a normal cognitive state [13]. There has been co...
According to the age of onset, depression is usually classified as early - onset depression (eod) and late - onset depression (lod), with a cut - off age 40 - 65 years old, which varied a lot in different studies 1,2 . The etiology of depression is not clear yet and there are different hypothesizes, which mainly involv...
Escherichia coli (e. coli) is a frequent pathogen in pediatric bacterial meningitis 1, but is rare in adult forms of the disease 2, 3, 4 . In general, acute bacterial meningitis the differential diagnosis includes several diseases that must be ruled out; however, when the symptoms of acute bacterial meningitis are atyp...
South africa has 0.7% of the world s population, and 28% of the world s population of hiv and tb co - infected individuals (1). It has been estimated that there is approximately 60% of people with tb who are co - infected with hiv (2). Co - infected patients have almost double the chances of getting mdr - tb as well as...
German psychiatrist emil kraepelin wrote about the uncontrolled shopping and spending behavior called oniomania (buying mania). He was later quoted by swiss psychiatrist eugen bleuler in his lehrbuch der psychiatrie: as a last category, kraepelin mentions the buying maniacs (oniomaniacs) in whom even buying is compulsi...
Every year, cervical cancer is diagnosed in about 500,000 women globally and is responsible for more than 280,000 deaths . While most cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed in developing countries, the usa national institute of health estimated that in the usa during 2010, 12,200 new cases of cervical cancer would be d...
Human parechoviruses (hpevs) are newly recognized single - stranded rna viruses that were formerly classified in the enterovirus genus1). Among 16 hpev serotypes, since hpev-3 was first isolated in japan in 19991), the hpev serotype has been increasingly identified as an important pathogen of sepsis - like illness and ...
Use of cavosurface bevels traditionally has been recommended to enhance the retention of anterior composite restorations . However, recent studies have suggested that due to improvements in materials and techniques it is possible to overcome problems related to retention without placing a bevel . Long - term success of...
The routine use of drainage after thyroidectomy arises from the past in order to decrease the risk of acute airway obstruction caused by hemorrhage or postoperative hematoma or seroma [1, 2]. However, many problems have been reported by the use of drainages without any significant proving of its advantages . As a resul...
Revision of the acetabular component in total hip arthroplasty occurs for reasons such as polyethylene wear and osteolysis, recurrent dislocation, and mechanical failure . Contrary, the removal of a well - fixed cemented acetabular can cause bone fractures, excessive bleeding, as well as extended bone loss, namely in o...
Macbeth offered three classifications for the causes of osteomyelitis occurring in the maxilla: traumatic, rhinogenic, and odontogenic1 . Osteomyelitis tends to occur more frequently in the mandible than in the maxilla, because the maxilla has an extensive blood supply, thin cortical bones, and bone marrow with struts3...
Recovery of renal function in end - stage renal disease in patients receiving renal replacement therapy has been described as occurring in 0.3%8% [13]. A recent study from australia revealed that recovery occurred in 1% of the dialysis population and there was no difference between pd or hd . In the literature the case...
Leukemia is a kind of white blood cell cancer . It may be categorized based on the characteristics of the disease (acute or chronic). A patient with acute leukemia usually dies within several months, while a patient with chronic leukemia may live for years . The diagnosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia (cml) is usuall...
Glucocorticoid (gc) therapy remains one of the first - line therapies in the treatment of a variety of leukemias, including acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all). Synthetic gcs, such as dexamethasone and prednisone, are effective in treating all due to their ability to induce cell cycle arrest and apoptosis . The microsom...
During much of the 20th century the structural biology community has focused attention on the study of proteins, leading to a protein - centric view of molecular and cellular biology, as manifest in various protein databases and tools: protein sequence databases such as swissprot (1), pir (2), protein structure databas...
Search is a multicenter population - based ascertainment of youth with diabetes beginning in 2001 and continuing through the present . Search sought to identify all cases of nongestational diabetes in youth <20 years of age in 2001 and all newly diagnosed cases of nongestational diabetes in youth <20 years of age in su...
Hip arthroscopy is an emerging minimally invasive technique used to treat a variety of hip conditions, including labral tears, chondral lesions, loose bodies, synovitis and bony morphologic alterations . Arthroscopic treatment of both intra- and extra - articular hip conditions continues to expand through advancements ...
Anaphylaxis is a rapid, life - threatening allergic reaction often triggered by food, drugs, insect venoms, latex, or allergen immunotherapy [15]. Mast cells express as one of their surface receptors the high affinity receptor for immunoglobulin e, ige (fcri) and play a central role in the inflammatory and immediate - ...
Obstructive sleep apnea (osa) is a condition that threatens health, which is characterized by complete or partial upper airway collapse occurring repeatedly during sleep . Osa is a common health problem affecting 10% of men and 3% of women in the general population, with a considerably high prevalence (~40%) among morb...
At 3.32 a.m., april 6, 2009, central italy was struck by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, followed by about 20,000 aftershocks . The earthquake caused serious damage to the 13th century s town of laquila in the abruzzo region and close medieval villages in the surrounding areas, killing 309 residents, injuring over 1,600 re...
Vegetable granuloma (vg) or pulse granuloma (pg) is so called as it is caused due to entrapment of vegetable or plant material.1 pulse, (old french, pouls = porridge) refers to the seeds of a leguminous pod such as peas and beans.2 various terminologies designate this lesion since its inception in 1971 namely chronic p...
The unique structural and electronic properties allow them to catalyze complex chemical transformations that are difficult to accomplish using other compounds . Therefore, transition - metal ions are involved in many enzymes and dictate the specific activities of these enzymes . Since metal - catalyzed reactions often ...
Previous studies reported a high sensitivity in transgenic mice overexpressing bovine prp (tgbov) for the detection of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent . To demonstrate that tgbov also displays a high sensitivity to vcjd infection, we titrated to endpoint a vcjd isolate (10% brain homogenate) by intracerebral...
In this issue of critical care, martin and colleagues describe that, in 29 patients with sepsis, extravascular thermal volume, a measure of extravascular lung water (evlw) and edema in the lungs, assessed by transpulmonary thermal dilution [2 - 4], is elevated in many patients even in the absence of criteria for acute ...
The c - myc protein, which is encoded by c - myc gene, is a nuclear phosphoprotein . This protein belongs to the helix - loop - helix / leucine zipper (hlh / lz) family of transcription factors (including c - myc, n - myc, l - myc, s- and b - myc) and recognizes e - box sequences that contain a central cac(g / a)tg seq...
First, incidence and mortality rates for prostate cancer are higher in african - american (aa) men than in other racial / ethnic groups.1 second, patients from specific race and ethnic groups, including aa patients, may preferentially seek care from pcps of their own race.24 finally, some aa pcps have relatively large ...
Nanoparticles serve as the building block in an increasing amount of advanced materials and devices . Therefore, they are used in processes such as fluidization, coating, or mixing to be implemented in products like gas sensors, batteries, or drug delivery systems . In order to achieve best performance, it is crucial t...
In this study, respondents completed four different measurements including: sociodemographic questionnaire, dsm - iv pmdd / pms criteria questionnaire, the daily symptom rating (dsr), and the symptom checklist-90-revised (scl-90-r). Sociodemographic questionnaire consisted of information on age, menarche age, history o...
Remote cerebellar hemorrhage (rch) is defined as bleeding in the cerebellum as a complication of surgery performed at a location distant from the site of bleeding . It is extremely rare after spinal surgery and has been reported more frequent after supratentorial surgery (0.2 - 4.9%)1,4). Although the precise mechanism...
Mirnas are a class of small (18 - 24 nt) non - coding regulatory rnas that are involved in regulating gene expression at the post - transcriptional level . According to mirbase release 18 (november 2011) these rna molecules regulate numerous biological processes 3 4, potentially up to one third of all protein - coding ...
Diabetic macular edema (dme), a complex disease of multifactorial origin, is the leading cause of blindness in the diabetic population . Clinically significant macular edema, as defined by the early treatment diabetic retinopathy study (etdrs), includes any one of the following lesions: retinal thickening at or within ...
Note, however, that this method has many disadvantages, including insufficient bone volume, donor site morbidity, bone resorption, and discomfort . Still, recent studies based on multipotent stem cells have shown new possibilities for the treatment of bony defects . Hematopoietic stem cells (hscs) have been reported to...
The mechanisms by which closed intensive care units (icus), defined as units in which patient care is directed by board certified intensivists, improve patient outcomes are unclear . Increased use of low tidal volume ventilation (ltvv) has been hypothesized as a mechanism underlying the lower hospital mortality observe...
Ideally, the acetabular component should be placed at the natural hip center as close as possible . However, bone defect in those patients with development dysplasia of hip, acetabular migration superiorly followed by cup loosening, or severe periacetabular osteolysis, may prevent surgeon from placing the cup in a true...
In july 2013, a 48-year - old man presented to the hospital emergency department with fatigue . Clinical examination revealed fever and sinus tachycardia . Basic laboratory testing revealed thrombocytosis and marked elevation of c - reactive protein (249 mg / l; reference, <7.5 mg / l); chest x - ray demonstrated the p...
Bragadottir and colleagues found utilization of glomerular filtration rate (gfr) estimating equations of limited value, no value or perhaps even negative value in intensive care unit (icu) acute kidney injury (aki) patients . They confirmed the limited, inaccurate and highly variable data obtained from urinary creatini...
Neuronal degeneration, i.e., neuronal cell death, underlies the pathology and malfunction of many different neurological diseases occurring in both animals and human beings . Progressive and selective neuronal cell death in the central nervous system (cns) and/or the peripheral nerve network has been profoundly implica...
Identified by asahara in 1997, endothelial progenitor cells (epcs) are defined as circulating cd34 cells that differentiate ex vivo into endothelial cells and incorporate into sites of active angiogenesis . To date, great progress has been made in understanding the significance of epcs for vascular regenerative medicin...
Jest przedstawienie nowego modelu anatomicznego struktur miniowo - cignistych i torebkowo - wizadowych o kompleksowej nazwie piercie rotatorw, na podstawie schematw anatomicznych i anatomii diagnostycznej (ultrasonografia i rezonans magnetyczny) piercienia z zastosowaniem koncepcji rdzeni cignistych . Piercie rotatorw ...
Staphylococcus aureus is an important food - borne pathogen involved in a variety of invasive diseases . Of particular relevance is the ability of some s. aureus strains to produce heat stable enterotoxins that cause staphylococcal food poisoning, which ranks as one of the most prevalent worldwide causes of gastroenter...
The appearance of lactescent serum during an attack of acute pancreatitis (ap) was first recognized by speck in 1846 . Hypertriglyceridemia (htg) is a well - established cause of ap, accounting for 14% (as high as 7%) of patients who present with ap . Htg may be primary in origin or secondary to alcohol abuse, uncontro...
The majority of people living in the modern era experience lumbar pain, and although there are numerous ways of reducing the pain, recent focus has been placed on the reinforcement of abdominal muscle strength through exercise therapy . Kim1 compared the contraction ability of the abdominal muscle between lumbar pain p...
They are responsible for most of the neonatal morbidity and mortality and are considered a public health issue [2, 3]. In spite of these characteristics, some countries lack trained personnel able to treat children with chd . The state of paraba is located in the northeast region and, until recently, faced this situati...
Cancer in the modern era is becoming a burden on society, both in economically developed and undeveloped countries . Its incidence is continuously increasing because of the growth and aging of the population, along with the persistence of risk factors such as smoking, overweight, physical inactivity and others . Globoc...
Pediatric dry eye may be associated with several congenital, autoimmune, and inflammatory disorders, but it has not been investigated as well as in adults and its diagnosis is often overlooked . Twenty years ago, researchers from the keio university of tokyo hypothesized an overlap between dry eye and allergic conjunct...
In total, four turkish medical centers were included in this prospective preliminary study conducted from january 2012 to june 2013 . Patients were screened for risk factors known to be associated with lower extremity complications (e.g. Age, sex, duration of diabetes, previous hospitalization, previous amputation, pre...
The medical management of cardiovascular diseases, especially of arrhythmia, has become increasingly reliant upon the use of implanted electronic devices for the treatment of bradycardia or tachycardia (winters et al . The simple pacemakers of the 1970 gave way to the more advanced devices capable of real - time diagno...
The intrathecal drug delivery system (itdds) is known to be an effective tool for the treatment of spasticity, chronic intractable pain, and cancer pain (1 - 3). Since this system allows delivery of drugs directly to the central nervous system (4), it has the advantage of decreasing systemic side effects by reducing th...
Breakdown of chlorophyll (chl) is the visible symptom of leaf senescence and is often also observable in ripening fruit . Identification of the colorless tetrapyrrolic chl - catabolite hv - ncc-1 (figure 1) from the monocot barley (hordeum vulgare) opened up the field of chl - breakdown to further structure - based stu...
Mycosis fungoides, the most common type of cutaneous t - cell lymphoma, can often be a difficult diagnosis that can have a protracted clinical course without definitive identification years after initial presentation . B hairy cell leukemia is a chronic b - cell malignancy characteristically diagnosed by the presence o...
The patient was a 6-year - old boy who had a progressive viral pneumonia that led to acute respiratory distress syndrome and death 17 days after onset of illness . After oseltamivir became available in thailand, he was treated on day 15 of his illness with this agent until he died . He was also treated with methylpredn...
Nineteen patients (14 male and 5 female) with unilateral so palsy and 19 age - matched orthotropic control volunteers (10 male and 9 female) were included in this study . These patients comprised all subjects recruited for an ongoing, prospective study of strabismus between 2002 and 2015 who had unilateral so atrophy i...
Respiratory complications and renal failure are the leading causes for hospitalization . There have been a few studies on acute kidney injury (aki) during the 2009 influenza (h1n1) pandemic . Respiratory failure requiring ventilator support was associated with 50% mortality . Aki requiring renal replacement therapy (rr...
Is the result of a combination of four fundamental humors called blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile . Like any other diseases, acne is the result of humoral imbalance . Acne is a highly prevalent dermatological problem, which has both physical and psychological effects on patients . The aim of this study was to...