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Over 100 million women around the world use hormonal contraceptive methods . Among them, 93 million use combined oral contraceptives (cocs). Cocs are well tolerated by most women and present high contraceptive efficacy when used properly . These changes may lead to the formation of an obstructive clot in face of an ina... |
Sepsis is multiple organ dysfunction syndromes, a leading cause for morbidity and mortality worldwide . Its basic pathogenesis involves free radicals intervention; these radicals can react with cell component, leading to lipoperoxidation with loss of membrane fluidity creating a state of multiple organ failure [25]. He... |
Elisa multiplex protein - chip technology and imaging techniques, are powerful means of rating a lot of analytical data in the frame of a single experiment . This analytical information is used to understand the nuance of the protein expression profile of a biological system, and in many cases it is the basis of compar... |
An 81-year - old white male was referred to the emergency department by his family doctor for chest pain and shortness of breath for 1 week . Past medical history was significant for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus type 2, gouty arthritis, and hypothyroidism . He was a non - smoker and did not have any ... |
The words mitochondrial genome often evoke the image of a simple, circular molecule with a few dozen neatly arranged genes (boore 1999), but most mitochondrial dnas (mtdnas) are far more complex than this . Since their origin from a bacterial endosymbiont about two billion years ago, mtdnas have adopted almost every sh... |
Pit and fissure sealants has proved to be an effective method in reducing the rate of occlusal caries on permanent posterior teeth by forming a barrier between the tooth surface and the oral environment . Most of the sealant materials used today are resin - based materials that possess high retention rates, but are cli... |
Ginseng leaves were collected from 4 sites (3610'~3707' n, 12747~12811' e) in chuncheongbuk - do during june 2010 . Healthy leaves of fcg were collected from jecheon - si and yeongdong - gun, whereas healthy leaves of mountain - cultivated ginseng (mcg) were gathered from 2 sites in cheongwon - gun . All plants had bee... |
Sleep is a physiological process that has been proposed to have restorative and regulatory properties [1, 2]. Although it remains unknown what its exact function is, sleep has garnered particular interest in recent years due to its potential influence on the immune system . Many studies have demonstrated that total sle... |
Despite recent advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (sle), infection remains the most important cause of death in this disease (1). Patients with sle appear to be predisposed to an increased risk for infection due to immunosuppressive therapies as well as the intrinsic immunologic... |
Insertion of an intercostal drainage tube is a painful experience and needs to be experienced to be believed . When the intercostal tube needs to be kept in place for a longer time than needed, it becomes a difficult situation for the patient and the health care provider . Although this is the oldest and most accepted ... |
Disfigured individuals, either facially or physically, face with problems in their daily life compared to attractive people or those without disfiguration, which is assessed based on two overlapping perspectives . The first perspective is view from the outside such as impacts of appearance from social perceptions and i... |
Lifestyle is a set of goals, plans, values, attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs manifested in the personal and family life of the individual and in her or his social interactions . It is an interdisciplinary concept that involves a health - oriented view of the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of li... |
Heavy metal pollution has become a major global problem, which threatens the environment and human life by its toxicity . And it is becoming more seriously along with urbanization, industrialization, and modern agricultural activities . Heavy metals do not easily degrade or volatilize owing to their stable physical and... |
Several databases exist, whose main purpose is to collect and curate direct experimental evidence about protein protein interactions (14). Other databases take a more generalized perspective on proteins and their associations, by functionally grouping proteins into metabolic, signaling or transcriptional pathways (58).... |
The extracorporeal life support organization (elso) registry reports 64 uses of ecls during the period from 1986 to 2007, including 13 patients from children's healthcare of atlanta at egleston, as presented by hebbar and coworkers in their discussion of extracorporeal life support (ecls) for refractory severe status a... |
Since the need for cosmetic dentistry has increased significantly, rapid progress has been made in adhesive restorative materials that can save the color and features of natural teeth (1, 2). Light - cured composite resins are restorative materials that are used extensively in the restoration of anterior and posterior ... |
Within the group of cranial vascular lesions, brain arteriovenous malformations (bavms) represent an abnormal communication between pial arteries supplying brain tissue and pial veins draining brain tissue . Such abnormal communications can be as simple as to consist of a single fistulous connection, generally denoted ... |
On fine - needle aspiration (fna) cytology smears, conventional papillary thyroid carcinoma (ptc) usually presents with enlarged, oval, pale nuclei exhibiting crowding, powdery chromatin, occasional grooves, intranuclear cytoplasmic inclusions (incis) in a background of scanty, stringy, ropy, or bubble gum - like collo... |
Tobacco use is the number one preventable cause of death in the united states . Despite preventive efforts, approximately 46 million people or 19.9% of the us population smokes cigarettes . Among american smokers, up to 33% smoke nondaily or smoke between 1 and 29 days out of every 30 . Nondaily smoking represents a co... |
Paraneoplastic syndromes are a heterogeneous group of clinical disorders that arise due to an underlying neoplasm . By definition, these clinical symptoms are not directly related to physical effects of the neoplasm or its accompanying metastases, but are rather triggered by an alteration of the immune system (crossrea... |
The nak2cl cotransporters (nkccs) belong to the family of solute carriers slc12a which comprise several homologous genes: slc12a1 (nkcc2), slc12a2 (nkcc1), slc12a3 (na - cl cotransporter, ncc), slc12a4 - 7 (k - cl cotransporters, kcc14), and slc12a9 (cip1). Nkccs are bumetanide- (btd-) sensitive ion transporters that a... |
Takayasu arteritis (ta) is a chronic vasculitis that causes inflammation and stenosis of medium- and large - sized arteries . Its incidence is low, estimated to be 1.2 to 2.6 cases per 1,000,000 annually; however, it is more common in asian populations . Ulcerative colitis (uc) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease c... |
Candida species have commonly been considered harmless commensals, and are isolated from the vagina, mouth and gastrointestinal tracts . When the host - fungus interaction becomes unbalanced, usually due to a change in the host immune functions, the yeast is able to initiate infection or disease . In the majority of th... |
Neurosypilis may occur at any stage of syphilis infection, including an early phase of the diseae . Recent study has shown that patients with syphilis and serum rpr => 1:32 are at higher risk of early neurosyphilis . Diagnosis of syphilis is based on clinical presentation and both reactive serum non - treponemal (i.e.,... |
In everyday life we interact with a wide variety of objects . Occasionally the objects are moving and usually we ourselves are moving . This is most evident in team sports such as basketball, where a running player may want to intercept a thrown ball while avoiding several opponents . Since sensory resolution is limite... |
The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00134 - 015 - 3720 - 6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users . Early identification of tissue hypoperfusion and adequate resuscitation are key factors in the management of patients with shock [1, 2]. Although early resuscitation seems t... |
Single - balloon enteroscopy (sbe) has been commercially available since 2007 1 2 . It allows deep enteroscopy and even endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) in patients with altered anatomy 3 . However, due to the slim caliber (9.2 mm) of the commercially available sif - q180 sbe, its working channel i... |
Health systems in all countries faced to some challenges like high costs, lack of sufficient relevant resources . Nowadays the health care environment is more complex because of coordination and communication needs between health care professionals with different skills in a variety of roles, and large amounts of data ... |
Snake bite which is an important cause of death in rural patients in developing countries, is a neglected public health problem . It is a recent inclusion to the list of neglected tropical diseases drawn up by the world health organization, and it could be the most neglected of all tropical diseases in the 21st century... |
A recent study showed that rodents exposed to hypoxia equivalent to 7000 m for 72 hours exhibit an intestinal barrier disruption mediated by an increased translocation of bacteria and increased circulating endotoxin levels; this fact suggests that impaired gastrointestinal functions can contribute to inflammation obser... |
Muscular strength is functionally very important in daily life; therefore, this aspect is usually assessed in rehabilitation . In the assessment of muscular strength, grip strength is often examined because it is easy to measure . Normal values for grip strength, stratified by age and gender, have been reported, 29.737... |
A preceptor serves as an expert in his or her field and provides practical experience and training to a student or novice . The central role nurse preceptors play in supporting the transition of student nurses and new nurses into professional practice is well recognized . Yet, ongoing support for nurse preceptors is to... |
Burning mouth syndrome (bms) is a chronic condition characterized by intraoral burning pain in the absence of identifiable clinical abnormalities, affecting predominantly middle - aged women . Multiple oral sites may be involved and the anterior two - thirds and tip of tongue are most commonly affected . Besides the bu... |
Gangliogliomas are usually low - grade, slow growing neoplasms of the central nervous system that have biphasic histological features of neoplastic neural and glial elements . Comprising approximately 0.4% of all central nervous system tumors and less than 2% of all intracranial tumors, they are mostly supratentorial w... |
Triemthylaminuria, a rare genetic disorder also known as fish odor syndrome is a disorder of amino acid metabolism, caused by the deficiency of enzyme flavin containing monooxygenase (fmo). It is an uncurable condition and is characterized by a foul putrid smell emanating from the body, which can be socially repulsive ... |
A 59-year - old postmenopausal woman presented with an illdefined, hard mass in her left breast for a year . Radiologic evaluations demonstrated a hypo - echoic mass (14 mm) with a speculated margin in ultrasonography and a focal asymmetric density in the upper medial portion by mammography . Fine needle aspiration fol... |
The rapid global increase of multidrug - resistant (mdr) and extensively drug - resistant (xdr) tuberculosis (tb) cases makes new drugs with new mechanisms of action an urgent need . Bedaquiline (bdq) is the new silver lining on the horizon for mdr and xdr tb patients . This fda - approved drug specifically inhibits th... |
A 76-year - old woman with a 15-year history of pd who was being treated with levodopa presented to the emergency department with severe generalized dyskinesia of 3 days duration . She had begun to show bradykinesia and rigidity at age 61 and levodopa treatment had improved her parkinsonian symptoms . For the past 2 ye... |
Tinnitus is an auditory phantom sensation, a perception of a sound which results exclusively from activity within the nervous system without any corresponding mechanical, vibratory activity within the cochlea with high prevalence rates in western societies [17]. Epidemiological studies showed that about one third of th... |
We thank all the members of the hormone signaling and cancer laboratory for their help, discussions, and critical reading of the original manuscript . We also thank the rseau d'histologie exprimentale de montpellier (rhem) for histology facilities and all the people who shared materials and reagents used in the study .... |
Development of inhalation technology for drug delivery has contributed immensely in treating various intrapulmonary and extrapulmonary diseases . This is supported by the lungs' unique geometry such as large surface area, thin alveolar epithelial lining, high vascularization, and avoidance of first - pass metabolism . ... |
An accepted management of displaced scaphoid waist fractures is operative screw fixation to decrease the likelihood of mal- or nonunion . Even for non - displaced scaphoid waist fractures a trend towards operative treatment is occurring . In undisplaced scaphoid fractures, however, current evidence does not show long -... |
Sellar region lesions are deeply seated and are in close proximity to neurovascular structures of the anterior skull base, such as the optic nerve, optic chiasm, pituitary stalk, and hypothalamus . Mass effect and compression of these structures can lead to a wide variety of clinical symptoms, including visual defects,... |
Gists are the most common nonepithelial tumors of the gastrointestinal tract.1 surgery is the primary therapy of choice and for a long time has been the only effective therapy for gist with an overall five - years survival rate of 45%55%.2 uncertainty remains whether an individual tumor is benign or has the potential f... |
A 56-year - old man who had a 2-month history of shortness of breath was presented to a local clinic with a sudden onset of chest pain . He was transferred to the local hospital and was tested . Physical examination revealed tachycardia and mild tachypnea . The next day, a chest computed tomography (ct) was performed a... |
Abuse of opium and its natural and synthetic derivatives is still a sizeable health care problem in the middle east region (1) which is rooted in many socioeconomic factors (2). Agonist maintenance therapy with methadone is amongst the preferred remedies for treating opioid dependence (3, 4) and is increasingly support... |
Patient satisfaction has been increasingly considered as an important factor in evaluating the success of a total knee arthoplasty (tka) for degenerative osteoarthritis1). Accordingly, anterior knee pain relief has become one of the primary goals of tka2,3). Anterior knee pain that is attributed to the patellofemoral j... |
In recent years, diseases caused by food - borne pathogens such as escherichia coli o157:h7 are serious concerns for economic and public health . E. coli o157:h7 is the most important member of a group of pathogenic e. coli strains that variously are enterohaemorrhagic, verocytotoxin, or shiga - toxin - producing organ... |
Since 2005, the amantadine / rimantadine - insensitive s31n mutation has become prevalent globally, abrogating clinical usefulness of amantadine 1 and rimantadine 2(3) and possibly previously developed m2 blocking compounds . If the replacement of ser31 with the larger asn in m2 s31n splays the helix bundle at the drug... |
Bilateral infarction of the superior cerebellar arteries (scas) with sparing of the rest of the posterior circulation, particularly the posterior cerebral arteries, is an uncommon finding in neurological practice . Typically, an embolism large enough to occlude both scas at the top of the basilar artery would also infa... |
An osteoid osteoma is a solitary, benign bone tumour, most commonly seen in the long bones of the lower extremities of patients in the second and third decade . Patients often present with increasing pain, pain at night with pain relief by use of nonsteroidal anti - inflammatory drugs (nsaids). When an osteoid osteoma ... |
It is rare complication of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (ivf - et). This is the first reported case of successful term delivery following s. aureus bacteremia with vertebral osteomyelitis after ivf - et . A 30-year - old, 16-week primipara woman visited an obstetric department with complaints of pain in t... |
In this study, we sequenced the genomes of all available invasive emm59 gas strains (m = 40) collected during 20002009 by the active bacterial core surveillance (abcs), a core component of the centers for disease control and prevention emerging infections programs network . Abcs, an active, laboratory- and population -... |
Visual impairment (vi) is a devastating disability worldwide [17] and has been reported to be linked with functional limitations, falls, depression, cognitive function, and mortality [12, 13]. The health burden associated with vi has been estimated to be heavier than hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and hyperlipidemia ... |
All samples were obtained from patients undergoing laparotomy for ovarian carcinoma between 2007 and 2012 . For histologic examination, formalin - fixed and paraffin - embedded (ffpe) tumor sections obtained from resected specimens, including serous carcinoma (n=44), mucinous carcinoma (n=19), endometrioid carcinoma (n... |
Neutron activation analysis (naa) is often characterized as a mature technique . Nucleonics in the analytical chemistry journal: in writing our first review four years ago, we started our intention to restrict ourselves to we continue to use this guideline, but in a period marked by considerable disenchantment with har... |
Diabetes mellitus (dm) refers to a group of metabolic disorders characterized by hyperglycemia with disturbances in carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism due to defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both . Type 2 dm is the more prevalent variety of dm caused by resistance to insulin action and inadequat... |
Intravesical administration of bacillus calmette - guerin (bcg) has been used in the treatment of non - muscle invasive bladder cancer for nearly 40 years and is one of the most successful immunotherapies for this condition (1). However, since it contains a live attenuated strain of mycobacterium bovis and is based on ... |
Although a common and growing clinical problem, there is a lack of data on the exact prevalence of resistant hypertension, which is commonly defined as blood pressure (bp) above target levels despite the use of at least three antihypertensive agents in adequate doses from different classes, typically including a diuret... |
A 30-year - old male, living in baswada, rajasthan, india, presented to the maxillofacial surgery department of the dental college with a complaint of reduced mouth opening since the last one month . He had suffered from traumatic facial injury following a road traffic accident in his village where he was hit by a bike... |
The ocular surface system (oss) is defined as the wet - surfaced epithelia of the cornea, conjunctiva, lacrimal gland, accessory lacrimal glands, nasolacrimal duct, meibomian gland, and their apical and basal matrices, linked as a functional system by both continuity of epithelia, by innervation, and the endocrine and ... |
In our study, neither insect sex nor induction level of plants played a role in feeding trials . As discussed above, concentration of cyanogenic precursors was the only detected factor that significantly affected feeding choice and overruled long - distance decision making . However, there are multiple factors we did n... |
Intraperitoneal bladder perforation is a rare injury in children, which can occur as a result of compression by seat (lap) belt compression appears to have been reported as early as 1983 . We report two cases of traumatic intraperitoneal rupture of the urinary bladder which were managed using laparoscopic techniques an... |
Cranberry (vaccinium macrocarpon), the native north american fruit has recently come into limelight owing to its numerous beneficial effects on health . Widely grown in the peat bogs of the cooler north eastern part of north america, it is one of the three original fruits of the country, which grows as a vine or low tr... |
After approval from the mayo institutional review board, 88 healthy, nondiabetic subjects gave informed written consent to participate (online appendix, available at http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/dc10-0200/dc1). After an overnight fast, at 0700 (0 min) a primed (0.1 g / kg over 4 min), continuous in... |
Urinary tract infection (uti) is one of the most important and serious infections in children . It occurs in 35% of girls and 1% of boys up to 5 years, and peaks during infancy and toilet training period[1, 2]. Uti may lead to renal scarring, impaired glomerular function, early hypertension, and end stage renal disease... |
Optic nerve diseases, including glaucoma and other neurological pathologies, need and objective, quantitative, and sensitive method to assess retinal nerve fiber layer (rnfl) thickness both for diagnosing and monitoring their progression . The importance of rnfl thickness determination in the early diagnosis of glaucom... |
Post treatment apical periodontitis or endodontic failure is associated with persistence of microbial infection in the root canal system and/or the periradicular area . Microorganisms present in untouched areas such as missed canals, isthmuses, and irregularities may remain unaffected by endodontic disinfection procedu... |
During scrub typhus season (september december) in 2013, we collected serum samples from 74 patients at samsung changwon hospital (sungkyunkwan university, changwon - si, south korea) who had fever and a history of bug bites . At the time of patient admission, we tested for antibodies against o. tsutsugamushi by using ... |
Acute otitis media (aom) is a common infection during early childhood, often caused by bacteria . Antibiotic treatment is, however, associated with antimicrobial resistance which in many countries is increasing among bacterial pathogens causing aom . Denmark has a low use of antibiotics compared with other countries, a... |
Over the past decades, the introduction of screening, new drugs and more personalised multi - modality treatments have led to impressive increases in survival rates of patients with cancer . This success in treating cancer has resulted in a large and rapidly increasing number of cancer survivors . Currently, there are ... |
The term cell adhesion encompasses a number of mechanisms that are conserved from unicellular eukaryotes to higher mammals . Multicellular organisms use cell adhesion to move, communicate, differentiate, or self - assemble to form epithelia and organs . Cell adhesion can dictate the fate of a given population of cells ... |
The increasing use of more intensive chemotherapeutic regimens to achieve maximal antitumour activity has produced severe and prolonged neutropenia in many patients . Life - threatening infection is a significant complication in patients undergoing intensive myelosuppressive therapy for treatment of malignancy . Neutro... |
An enormous amount of literature exists that describes an array of cellular and molecular functions for diaphanous - related formins mostly involving actin - based membrane protrusions, migration, contractility, adhesion, cytokinesis, and microtubule regulation (reviewed in refs . 1, 2). In addition, a few studies sugg... |
We report here the case of a 32 years old woman with no past medical history who was admitted for a sporadic intra - abdominal tumor . The patient was a 32-year - old female with no medical past history outside a normal delivery history (58 kg, 172 cm, bmi 19.6). An abdominal echography showed a hypoechoic and heteroge... |
A surprisingly high co2-selectivity (9599.6%) of single - phase zno in methanol and formaldehyde steam reforming, which helps in gaining enhanced understanding of the catalytic performance of the unsupported and supported intermetallic compound znpd, has been observed . A beneficial role of zno in oxidizing formyl - co... |
The term wood dust refers to various airborne wood dusts created during the cutting and shaping of softwood, hardwood, hardboard, chipboard, and such other composite materials . Woodworkers in joinery workshops are exposed to wood dust during daily routine work . When workers are working with dust however, there is usu... |
This double - blind, parallel - group, randomized study, conducted at 21 u.s . Centers, directly compared efficacy and safety of 12 weeks of prandial treatment with technosphere insulin or technosphere powder added to oads . The study complied with the declaration of helsinki for participation in human research and rec... |
Controversies about the nature and causes of psychological outcome in individuals with disorders of sex development (dsds) have focused on gender identity, sexuality (especially related to surgery), and quality of life [13]. There has been less attention paid to intelligence, although there has been a concern that inte... |
Among the rare earth elements (the 15 lanthanides, along with scandium and yttrium), cerium is the most abundant element, at 66.5 ppm in the earth s crust compared with copper (60 ppm) or tin (2.3 ppm).1,2 as a highly abundant material, ceria (or cerium oxide [ceo2]) is technologically important due to its wide range o... |
Fhua was transformed with plasmid pmld237, which encodes colicin m (cma gene) with an n - terminal his6 tag (generous gift of d. mengin - lecreulx, universit paris - sud, orsay, france). Bacteria were grown in 800 ml of lb medium (10 g of tryptone, 5 g of yeast extract, 5 g of nacl per liter) to an a578 nm of 0.5 . Tra... |
Inflammation, sepsis, and particularly septic shock are associated with global and local hypo - perfusion, ischemia - reperfusion events, endothelial injury with an associated procoagulant state, and monocyte macrophage system activation . All these processes contribute to the production and release of different cytoki... |
Parathyroid glands secrete parathyroid hormone (pth) involved in regulating the metabolism of calcium and phosphorus . Pth plays an important role in tooth development and bone mineralization and increases bone resorption . Excessive secretion of pth is termed as hyperparathyroidism (hpt) which is an endocrine conditio... |
Aorto - esophageal fistula (aef) is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleed which can be rapidly fatal . More than half of the cases are secondary to aortic aneurysm, other relatively common causes being foreign bodies and esophageal carcinoma . Aef secondary to penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer is extremely rare,... |
Parasitic diseases caused by helminths and protozoa are the major causes of human and animal health problems in most underdeveloped countries including ethiopia . The high prevalence of parasitic infections is closely correlated with poverty, poor environmental hygiene, and impoverished health services . Malaria is the... |
In patients with intrathoracic malignancies, low forced expiratory volume (fev1) can preclude surgical treatment . However, benign extrapulmonary masses that cause atelectasis may be removable in toto with modest post - operative complications . Here, we present a case of a giant solitary fibroma of the pleura (sftp) s... |
The success of radiation therapy of cervical cancer requires the delivery of high radiation dose directly to the tumor while sparing, to some degree, the surrounding healthy tissues . The curative potential of radiation therapy in the management of cervical cancer is greatly enhanced by the use of intracavitary brachyt... |
The inflammatory process is consecutive and well - regulated mechanisms which respond to the stimulation and activation of the defense systems . The target cells such as macrophages have been stimulated by physical, chemical, microbial, and immunological reaction which produce inflammatory responses . The occurrence of... |
A retrospective study was carried out to review 191 cases of eus - fnac of pancreatic lesions between january 2010 and december 2012 in seoul national university hospital . This study was approved by the seoul national university hospital institutional review board (irb study no . H-1408 - 022 - 601). The data from 579... |
Since the first implants of heterologous tissue valve prostheses in the 1960s, improvements in tissue valve design and manufacturing have been implemented . Tissue valves have central flow and a high freedom from thrombus formation and usually do not need anticoagulation treatment . However, most tissue valves originat... |
This prospective interventional case series included patients with senile cataracts scheduled for phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (iol) implantation . For cataract grading, we matched the color and opalescence of the patients lens on the slit - lamp examination with the standard photographs of lens opacities c... |
Gingival recession (gr) has been defined as the condition in which the gingival margin is located apical to the cementoenamel junction and the root is exposed to the oral environment, resulting in problems such as root caries, dental hypersensitivity, and esthetic problem, probably one of the most esthetic concerns ass... |
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2d) represents a growing threat to human health given the explosion of its incidence in the last few years . According to the international diabetes federation (idf), 8.3% of the world's adults (382 million people) have diabetes, and the number is set to rise beyond 592 million within the nex... |
In split skin grafting, donor site pain is severe and prolonged compared to grafted site . Regional nerve blocks efficaciously provide primary anaesthesia and prolonged post - operative analgesia . For lower - limb skin grafts, a combined femoral nerve (fn) and lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (lfcn) levobupivacaine and... |
Intravenous iron can be a useful treatment for iron - deficiency anaemia in several clinical situations, including in patients who are intolerant to or unresponsive to oral iron, patients undergoing elective surgery, and in patients in whom the severity of the anaemia requires rapid correction . Iron deficiency is the ... |
Tryptophan biosynthesis is absent in mammals but is a general metabolic capability of prokaryotes, eukaryotic microorganisms and higher plants . It has been a classic system for elucidation of gene - enzyme relationships and regulation, thanks largely to the lifelong efforts of charles yanofsky . The clustered organiza... |
Storiform collagenoma or sclerotic fibroma is a rare benign skin tumor that usually affects young adults and middle - age individuals of both sexes . It is well - circumscribed, pink, whitish or skin color, painless and of slow - growing . This tumor is often found in face and limbs, but it can also appears in the ches... |
Mechanical ventilation is an important supportive therapy in the intensive care (icu) to assist the critically ill patients with respiratory failure . However, longer ventilation time has been proven to contribute to the lung injury as a pro - inflammatory response and so - called ventilator - induced lung injury (vili... |
The adherence to the arvo statement for the use of animals in ophthalmic and vision research was confirmed . Two rabbits were enucleated at first day after methotrexate injection, 2 rabbits at second day, and 2 rabbits at third day, bilaterally . To investigate the long - term effects of serial intravitreal methotrexat... |
The term literacy refers to a group of complicated abilities to understand and use a symbolic system of a culture for personal evolution and social development . It is usually manifested as various sets of skills that an adult needs to act and behave properly in the society . It includes the use of a set of skills to p... |
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