text stringlengths 0 868k |
|---|
Sleep is considered to be a restorative process with beneficial effects on many bodily systems, including the digestive system, the immune system, and the cardiovascular system . Yet in modern industrialized societies, voluntary restriction of sleep is getting increasingly common due to, for instance, increasing work d... |
Congenital infection by vertical transmission of tb is described by transplacental transmission through umbilical veins to the foetal liver and lungs; or aspiration and swallowing of infected amniotic fluid in utero or intrapartum causing primary infection of foetal lungs and gut . Transplacental infection occurs late ... |
The most common and significant neonatal complication clearly associated with gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is macrosomia, and intensified management of the disease can normalize birth weight . However, it is still unknown whether intrauterine exposure to maternal diabetes is a risk factor for the subsequent deve... |
We can observe angiogenesis in neoplasms, during tissue repair after injury and in the placenta . The pathogenesis of preeclampsia is still unclear, but it is known that shallow spiral artery invasion may contribute to preeclampsia development . Shallow spiral artery invasion results in poor placental perfusion and may... |
A 33-year - old male was referred to our hospital with infection of the distal end of the catheter 20 days after the ventriculoperitoneal shunt . He has a past history of head injury in a road traffic accident six months ago . On postoperative day 15, the patient experienced fever with temperature of 39 with increased ... |
Kirschner wires (k - wires) are often used in hand surgery because it is a quick and simple method for stabilization of fractures . Multiple passes, type of k - wire configuration, quality of soft tissues, and accuracy of placement are important issues in k - wire fixation . The drilling technique itself may play an im... |
Molecular data are generally unavailable for members of asterinaceae and the taxonomy of most genera in this family to date relies chiefly on morphological data . Overcoming this limitation will depend on recollecting the taxa described in the past and where appropriate epitypifying these after extracting and sequencin... |
Pharmaceuticals of both human and veterinary origins have been widely detected in various environmental matrices including surface water, groundwater, soils, and sediments (1,2). The use of veterinary antibiotics in concentrated animal feeding operations (cafos) is a growing concern as a significant source of contamina... |
Severe ocular trauma is usually associated with combined anterior and posterior segment damage and is a surgical challenge . Many eyes (about 50%) with perforating injuries have entrance wound in the cornea . Small and thin corneal scars make it possible to perform pars plana vitrectomy (ppv). However, the view of the ... |
The last fifty years have witnessed remarkable improvement in the morbidity and mortality trends of most cardiovascular diseases . However, heart failure (hf) remains a notable exception . In fact, hf is the second most common cause for hospital admissions; the first cause is normal delivery . In the united states, the... |
There are three major ethnic groups: 75% chinese, 13.7% malays, 8.7% indians (south asians who trace their ancestry from the indian subcontinent), and 2.6% others (http://www.singstat.gov.sg). In singapore, it has been seen that indians are at increased risk of developing coronary heart disease (chd) when compared to o... |
In 1882, carl langebuch (1846 - 1901) of germany performed the first cholecystectomy . In 1985 (103 years later), prof dr erich mhe of germany performed the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy (lc). He performed 94 such procedures before another surgeon, phillipe mouret of lyon, france, performed his first laparoscopic ... |
Fetal and neonatal anemias are among the most serious complications of pregnancy and postnatal development . The causes of fetal anemia include immune haemolytic disease, defects in hemoglobin structure and synthesis, fetomaternal or twin - to - twin hemorrhages, and parvovirus b19 infections . Neonatal anemia, on the ... |
Endometrial stromal sarcoma (ess) has been described as the second most common malignant uterine mesenchymal tumor and is said to account for approximately 10 - 15% of all uterine sarcomas . Generally, these are very rare malignant tumors that make up for approximately 3 - 7% of all uterine cancers and only 1% of all f... |
The need for human identification has unfortunately risen in the new millennium owing to the growing challenges of terrorism, natural disasters, and high crime rates . Identification by dental means is made by comparing the antemortem and postmortem records, which include details of dental hard and oral soft tissues . ... |
In spite of much research, hip fractures continue to pose a serious health care problem as far as health policy makers and public health care organizations are concerned . Indeed, despite some evidence of declining hip fracture prevalence rates (e.g., [1, 2]), hip fractures remain a persistent cause of excessive morbid... |
This condition is thought to be caused by the imbalance between estrogen action relative to androgen action at the breast tissue level . Elevated serum estrogen levels may be a result of estrogen - secreting neoplasms or their precursors (ex . Leydig or sertoli cell tumors, hcg - producing tumors and adrenocortical tum... |
Tight junctions are regulators of the epithelial microenvironment as they are responsible for the formation of paracellular barriers (see figure 1), [1, 2]. Claudin - based tight junctions and their functions have been analyzed in numerous knockout mouse studies . The loss of claudin-1 or -5 is embryonically lethal due... |
Insulin is increasingly used in type 2 diabetes (t2d), in large part because of its rising prevalence worldwide and a focus on intensifying glycaemic control . Unfortunately, even with first - generation basal insulin on the market, less than one third of the people with t2d on basal - bolus therapy reach the ambitious... |
Tuberous sclerosis complex (tsc) is an autosomal dominant disorder that results from mutations in the tsc genes, tsc1 and tsc2 . The heterodimer, which consists of tsc1 and tsc2 and is encoded by tsc1 and tsc2, respectively, is a key upstream regulator of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mtor) pathway . Mutations in ... |
Skillful experienced personnel are mandatory . In order to have a good outcome with minimal risks and maximal success in airway management, should be in collaboration with the anesthesiologist or trauma team leader is must . Hutchinson et al . Addressed six specific situations associated with maxillofacial trauma, whic... |
Autophagy is a catabolic process in eukaryotic cells that delivers cytosolic substrates to the lysosome for degradation . Autophagy consists of several steps: 1) induction and nucleation, 2) elongation of phagophores and sequestration of cytosolic components through autophagosome formation, 3) transport to the lysosome... |
Open transperitoneal adrenalectomy has been the gold standard of treatment for adrenal disease . According to the nationwide inpatient sample, 83% of adrenalectomies from 1998 through 2006 were performed using the open method, despite laparoscopic adrenalectomy shown to be successful in 1992 . As conventional open adre... |
Screening for prostate cancer (pc) using prostate - specific antigen (psa) testing remains controversial . According to the european randomised study of screening for prostate cancer, psa - based screening reduces pc - specific mortality by 21% and yet the findings from this study are insufficient to justify population... |
Total knee arthroplasty (tka) and total hip arthroplasty (tha) are the most commonly performed surgical procedures for the lower limbs with orthopedic disease . The aims of surgery are to alleviate pain, and improve activities of daily living (adl) and physical activity1,2,3 . The purpose of post - operative rehabilita... |
Psoriatic arthritis (psa) and ankylosing spondylitis (as) belong to the group of inflammatory spondyloarthritis (spa), of which the former is characterized by specific association with skin and/or nail psoriasis [2, 3], and both can be associated with other possible systemic features [410]. Spa therapy has been revolut... |
Decompressive craniectomy is a valid neurosurgical strategy now a day as an alternative to control an elevated intracranial pressure (icp) and controlling the risk of uncal and/or subfalcine herniation, in refractory cases to the postural, ventilator, and pharmacological measures to control it . The neurocritical care ... |
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the united states, and patients with diabetes are at a higher risk of cvd deaths and events than the general population1 . African american, hispanic, native american and some asian populations are more likely to die or have a cvd - related event than the white po... |
Craniovertebral junction (cvj) is osteoligamentous membranous complex formed around the transition zone of neuraxis between brain and spinal cord . Layers of muscles, ligaments, and membranes support bony complex of occiput, atlas, and axis from all around which helps in adding mobility as well as stability to this cri... |
Traditionally, the focus of clinical management has been directed toward controlling hyperglycemia and its consequent complications . However, recent data from several studies, primarily surgical, showed that remission from diabetes may occur after significant weight loss [2, 3]. Since weight gain plays a vital role in... |
The m.3243a> g mutation is one of the most common point mutation of the mitochondrial genome (mtdna). Several clinical syndromes have been ascribed to this mutation, including mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke - like episodes (melas), maternally inherited deafness and diabetes and progressive... |
They can make it difficult for individuals after stroke to move about in their home . Community access requires not only the ability to walk but also the ability to manage uneven surfaces, elevations, and curbs . After stroke, sensorimotor impairments including proprioceptive deficits, muscle weakness, spasticity, and ... |
These muscles have many proprioceptors for postural control and therefore play a role in supporting position sense and balance of the head and neck1 . However, chronic neck pain patients undergo relatively abnormal hypertension of the superficial cervical flexor2 and exhibit shortening of the subocciput region due to t... |
The main challenge in cancer treatment using rt is the application of high doses to the tumor volume without harming of the healthy tissue . Nowadays irrespective of the used technique, accurate dosimetry of the radiation fields prior to the treatment of a patient is required from radiation protection view point . One ... |
Bacterial strains, plasmids, and culture conditions bacterial strains used in this study are described in the supplemental table s1 . B. bronchiseptica was grown on bordet - gengou agar (difco) supplemented with 10% defibrinated horse blood (tcs cellworks ltd). Escherichia coli was cultured in luria - bertani (lb) brot... |
Ultrasound phacoemulsification with implantation of a foldable intraocular lens (iol) has become the method of choice today in cataract surgery (leaming 2004). The introduction of ophthalmic visco - surgical devices (ovds) was a significant improvement, and ovds are important tools in modern phacoemulsification surgery... |
Permanent tooth crown fracture is one of the common traumatic problems among different age groups and both genders . Several techniques have been proposed for restoring fractured crowns, including stainless steel crowns, orthodontic bonds, pin retained resin restorations, basket crowns, composite resins with acid etch ... |
The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11605 - 014 - 2485 - 5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users . While peptic ulcer disease has decreased in incidence over the past decades, the epidemiological pattern of the complications, including haemorrhage and perforation, have ch... |
Infectious diseases, especially those that can mimic vasculitis, are of particular importance in the differential diagnosis of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (anca)-associated vasculitis (aav) because the misdiagnosis of an infectious disease as aav, and the administration of immunosuppressive therapy could promot... |
Oral invasive procedures like surgical removal of the impacted third molars can give nightmares to the patients . It involves severe laceration and tissue trauma to soft and hard tissues surrounding it.1 - 3 this causes pain, swelling and limited mouth opening to the patients . Although inflammatory response is good fo... |
Normally colonized candida species in digestive tract may grow abnormally and cause plaques or ulcers at mucosa under various conditions (i.e., diabetes, administration of steroids, antibiotics or anti - cancer drugs, malignancy, gastric resection).1,2 most of candida infection in the stomach is presented as ulceration... |
From a chemical standpoint, seawater is an aqueous solution of salts . On average, ocean water salinity equals approximately 3.5% (williams et al . 2010). Empirical dependence, which states that salinity equals 1.80655 [cl], is used . In practice, conductivity measurements are performed . A variety of salts compose oce... |
Pulmonary lymphangiectasia (pl) is a rare disease characterized by dilated but otherwise normal lymphatics typical of infancy and early childhood . The postneonatal form of pl has a better prognosis,1 2 but it can be misdiagnosed with other respiratory diseases . We report a rare case of pl presenting in a 7-year - old... |
Idiopathic hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitis (ihsp) is a chronic progressive and diffuse inflammatory fibrosis of the spinal dura mater . The disease entity of ihsp was first reported by charcot and joffroy5) in 1869, and naffziger et al.14) described a case of idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis (ihcp). ... |
Worldwide, acute lower respiratory tract infection (alrti) is a leading cause of mortality in children less than 5 years old [1, 2] the management of alrti includes intravenous antibiotics, oxygen, or assisted ventilation (in severe cases). Besides these, nutritional supplementations such as zinc and vitamin a suppleme... |
Melanoma is a malignant neoplasm of melanocytic origin that arises from a benign melanocytic lesion or de novo from melanocytes within otherwise normal skin or mucosa . These melanocytes are derived from neural crest cells and produce the melanin pigment of the basal layer of epithelium.123 oral malignant melanoma (omm... |
Most lesions are found incidentally or because patients seek medical attention due to the aspect of the lesion . These dermal neoplasms do not carry any risks for the patient, but it is useful to be familiarized with the dermoscopic features for an expeditious identification . Rare variants of dermatofibroma such as an... |
The most commonly reported injury is fracture, yet this is often a post - mortem finding, with an incidence of between 17 - 76% (1) in victims of strangulation and hanging . In survivors it is more often associated with a trauma other than manual strangulation . We describe the first case of delayed presentation of an ... |
This work was conducted on a commercial common bean farm with a red yellow argisoil located in coimbra, minas gerais, brazil (20 51 24 s, 42 48 10 w, 648 m a.s.l . ). The farm occupied a total area of 3.20 ha, and the experimental parcels on 1.00 ha of this total . A commercial mixture of herbicides (fomesafen + fluazi... |
Chemicals and reagents: py, methanol (hplc grade), sulfuric acid and acetonitrile (hplc grade) were purchased from kanto chemical co., inc . Pyoh, sulfatase (from limpet type v; 34 u / mg), -glucuronidase (from bovine liver, type b-1; 1,240 u / mg), -glucosidase (from almond; 3.4 u / mg) and bovine serum albumin were o... |
Systemic administration of cytotoxic drugs, accompanied by their severe dose limiting toxicities, is standard practice in oncology . The expansive search for new drugs through natural product discovery and rationally designed chemical libraries have identified an abundance of therapeutic agents with new mechanisms of a... |
A 58 year - old woman entered our hospital, with symptoms of constipation, excessive urine secretion (over 2 liter / day polyouria) and severe muscle fatigue . She had a negative medical history and she had nt used alcohol or drugs of any type . She complained of persistent dry cough and anorexia her body weight had de... |
Atrial septal defect (asd) is a common congenital cardiac lesion with an incidence of 6 to 10%1). Natural history of isolated secundum asd in infancy and early childhood is generally benign, and presentation of symptoms or pulmonary arterial hypertension (pah) is unusual at this age . Elective closure of isolated secun... |
Cannabinoid cb1 and cb2 receptors are g - protein - coupled receptors (gpcrs) and are key components of the endocannabinoid system . The cb1 receptor is one of the most highly expressed gpcrs in the central nervous system (cns) and plays a role in retrograde neuronal signaling and attenuation of neurotransmitter releas... |
Leukemia is the most prevalent childhood malignancy and represents 30% of all cancers in children (1, 2). Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) is the most common type of childhood leukemia (3). Lymphoma is the third most common cancer in children living in america, and includes two important groups: hodgkin lymphoma (hl)... |
Normal fetal growth is determined by the genetically predetermined growth potential and further modulated by maternal, fetal, placental, and environmental factors . Fetal growth restriction (fgr), also known as intrauterine growth restriction (iugr), is a failure of the fetus to reach its full growth potential for gest... |
Membranous nephropathy is an immune - mediated glomerular disease that is the most common form of nephrotic syndrome in adults . Membranous nephropathy has the potential to progress to end - stage renal failure; however, it also spontaneously resolves in about 30% of patients.1 its onset is insidious, with edema being ... |
Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common metabolic disorders and noninfectious diseases in the world . In diabetic individuals world health organization reports state that more than 246 million people are affected by noninsulin - dependent diabetes mellitus and this could go up to 438 million by 2030 . In iran, one ... |
Currently, 16% of the entire european population are 65 years of age or older . From a demographic point of view, the european population is twice as old as the world population, whose proportion of senior citizens is 7% . According to forecasts, the proportion of senior citizens will reach 28% in 2050 . Ageing from 75... |
Cardiovascular disease (cvd) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (sle). Many studies have indicated that sle patients have higher risks of endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis compared with the general population . Numerous cohort studies have reported that the risk of myo... |
The study was conducted within the most affected seven villages of the state of west bengal, india where more than 90% of all the deep - water wells had been contaminated naturally with arsenic for the last twenty years . The range of arsenic concentration in drinking water was 25 to 900 ppb (4). Arsenicosis case was i... |
The jhs recruited 5,301 african americans from the jackson, ms, metropolitan area between september 2000 and march 2004 . The cohort was composed of four components: 1) 31% of the cohort members were participants from the atherosclerosis risk in communities (aric) study recruited to the jhs; 2) 30% were representative ... |
Osteoporosis (op) is a disease, which causes bone loss and fractures, leading to severe pain, deformities, and in certain cases, secondary complications that result in death (1). Synthetic gcs have been widely used for many decades as treatment for various autoimmune, pulmonary, periodontal, and gastrointestinal disord... |
Esophageal ph monitoring is an essential investigation in patients with suspected gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) with refractory symptoms and in patients who are considered for antireflux surgery in the absence of endoscopic changes of gerd.1 it is also utilized for evaluation of patients with extraesophageal m... |
Inflammatory pseudotumor (ipt) of the kidney is a rare benign condition with unknown etiology that can mimic malignancy . Ipt may develop at several anatomic sites including air passages, gastrointestinal tissues, soft tissues, orbit, spleen, liver, lymph nodes, and kidneys, but ipt occuring at the renal site is extrem... |
Chronic subdural hematoma (csdh) is broadly thought to be a disease of the elderly and is well recognized and managed in the aged population . Whereas unspecific symptoms and insidious onset in juveniles and young adults, as a result of its relative low morbidity, csdh is usually neglected even undertreated in that pop... |
Chest pain is the second most common cause for visits to emergency departments (1, 2), and it is a common manifestation of coronary heart disease (chd), as either acute coronary syndrome (acs) or exertional angina (3). In iran, it has been reported that approximately 46% of all deaths result from chd (4). Acs is an imp... |
Xanthelasma palpebrarum, a form of plane xanthoma, is the most common of the xanthomas . Clinically, it is characterised by flat, yellowish lesions over and around eyelids, but most commonly over the medial canthus . Although the presence of xanthelasma warrants investigation for hyperlipidaemia, the latter is present ... |
Bladder stones currently account for 5% of all urinary stone diseases and approximately 1.5% of urologic hospital admissions in industrialized western nations . There are several established treatment modalities for bladder stones, for example, transurethral lithotripsy, percutaneous lithotripsy, and open surgery . To ... |
This is a case of a young male who developed severe airflow obstruction as a consequence of adverse genetic, host, and environmental factors combining in early life . By the age of 19, this combination of factors led to swyer james macleod syndrome (sjms), bilateral hyperinflation, and severe airflow obstruction . Sjms... |
Rnai enables efficient target gene silencing by cleaving mrna or repressing mrna translation . Through these processes it has not only become a powerful experimental tool for basic research but also provides a new approach to drug discovery and development.1, 2 over 20 small interfering rna (sirna)-based therapeutics a... |
Colorectal cancer is the third most occurring cancer with an incidence of 80.0 per 100.000 in the year 2011 in netherlands . Although the prognosis of colon carcinoma has improved significantly over the past years, the mortality rate was still 30.5 per 100.000 deaths in 2011, which makes up for 11.8% of total cancer de... |
Dynamic nuclear polarization (dnp) of c - labeled cell substrates, which enhances their sensitivity to detection in vivo by over 10,000-fold, has shown considerable promise for metabolic imaging in vivo, particularly in the field of cancer . The most widely used substrate to date has been hyperpolarized [1-c]pyruvate, ... |
Traditionally, most educational program design and evaluation have not been considered part of the research enterprise . Clinicians or researchers would spend time teaching, but this was considered wholly separate from their other academic pursuits . The work of glassick5 in the late 1990s provided a taxonomy and frame... |
Gastric carcinoma rarely presents with perforation . The reported incidence of perforation of gastric cancer is less than 5%.1 - 5 amongst these patients, the majority have advanced disease, with 64% to 88% presenting with stage iii / iv disease.2,3 conversely, a significant proportion of gastric perforations-10~16%, a... |
Although one group assessed risk and outcome of bowel resection in patients with incarcerated groin hernias, and another examined the predictive factors of bowel ischemia in patients with femoral hernias, there are no existing grading standards for the degree of clinical and bowel morphological changes . On the basis o... |
All animal protocols were approved by the harvard medical area standing committee on animals . Dissected skeletal elements were fixed overnight at 4c in 4% paraformaldehyde and then carried through a graded series of ethanol dehydration washes before transition through xylenes and into paraffin wax . Average maximum ce... |
Silica - based nanoparticles (sinps) have attracted increasing interest in various biomedical and industrial fields because they can be prepared by a simple synthetic process and with unique properties, such as easy surface modification, tunable particle size, and specific surface area.13 as the use of sinps increased ... |
Because hematologic diseases that develop as side effects of drugs have the risk causing abrupt deterioration leading to death, sufficient caution is needed when receiving drugs . Leukopenia accounts for the majority of cases of hematologic diseases, and the frequency of granulocytopenia, an acute condition characteriz... |
We retrospectively determined the mic of vancomycin for the first mssa blood culture isolate from a cohort of 99 adult patients with catheter - related bacteremia . These patients were consecutively evaluated from january 2002 through december 2004 (mean follow - up 3 years) in university hospital 12 de octubre in madr... |
In 1957, simpson described the association of maternal smoking with foetal growth restraint (1). Since then a series of studies have demonstrated a consistent effect of maternal smoking on foetal growth with reductions in birth weight (bw), length and head circumference . Moderate - to - heavy maternal smoking is respo... |
Intracavitary brachytherapy (icbt) is an integral part of the treatment of cervical cancer . To ensure uniformity in reporting icbt, international commission on radiation units and measurement (icru) in its report 38 proposed some parameters adequate for reporting a procedure instead of only the dose prescription at po... |
The most quoted statement regarding the management of hand fractures probably is the following comment by swanson: the treatment of hand fractures is complicated by deformity from no treatment, stiffness from overtreatment and both from poor treatment.1 this simple but eloquent statement points out the problems associa... |
Dermatophyte infection is a common skin disorder ranked amongst the top five diseases seen at dermatology clinics across nigeria . Tinea capitis, the most common dermatophytoses in children is an infection of the scalp and hair shaft . Transmission of tinea capitis is enhanced by poor hygiene, overcrowding, contaminate... |
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value . Few dermatologic problems carry as much emotional overtones as the complaint of hair loss, especially in the female patient . Adding to the patient's worry may be prior frustrating experiences with physicians, who tend to trivialize complaint... |
Myelolipoma is a rare, non - functional, benign neoplasm that predominantly occurs in the adrenal gland and is composed of macroscopic fat and mature hematopoietic tissue, resembling bone marrow ., these tumors were discovered at autopsy, with an incidence ranging from .08% to .4% . Today, with the widespread use of ra... |
Incontinence is a prevalent condition among nursing home (nh) residents.1,2 incontinence causes hygienic problems, skin problems3, and leads to impairment in activities of daily living (adl).4 it also has implications for resident dignity, as well as being a professional challenge for the caregivers involved . A nursin... |
As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors . Such materials are peer reviewed and may be reorganized for online delivery, but are not copyedited or typeset . Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should ... |
Economic evaluation of health technologies (drugs, devices, etc) has become widespread across the world, with government agencies (eg, national institute of clinical excellence (nice) in england and wales) employing these techniques on a routine basis to make decisions about which healthcare to fund.14 but there has be... |
As medical students we were told that mechanical ventilation needs convective gas flow . As residents we learned then that we must normalize gas exchange during mechanical ventilation . We also learned, based on the radford nomogram published in 1954, that there are some' normal' respiratory rates and some' normal' tid... |
The 2009 survey adopted a similar sampling process and similar inclusion and exclusion criteria, except that only those aged 3574 years were eligible . Among 11,844 eligible adults, 7,964 (67.24%) were interviewed . After excluding subjects younger than age 35 years from the 20022003 study and those in both studies wit... |
One of the major problems of the all ceramic restorations is their probable fracture against the occlusal and lateral force . The difference between their color and natural tooth is another problem most of the people prefer tooth colored crowns . The major benefits of all ceramic crowns is their esthetic and bio - comp... |
Rybg subjects were recruited from the center for surgical weight loss at vanderbilt university medical center after approval for surgery . Diet control were matched to the surgery group (table 1) for age (p = 0.37), weight (p = 0.09), diabetes status and duration (p = 0.80), and a1c (p = 0.56). Subjects were studied at... |
Mortality in women has long been a source of concern to health policy makers and health organizations . Greater emphasis is generally on maternal mortality which has been linked to development indices and can be used to assess the level of development of countries . Although the rates of death in many age groups are no... |
Hypoparathyroidism is a rare metabolic bone disease that commonly presents with neurological manifestations and is biochemically characterized by hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and low or low normal parathyroid hormone (pth) level . This situation is almost similar to chronic kidney disease (ckd) (low calcium and hig... |
Migraine is the most common type of headache (1), and it is a prevalent, neurological disorder in young people . It has a significant, detrimental impact on their quality of life (24). Migraine is characterized by unilateral, pulsatile episodes of headache, which is more prominent in the temporal area and lasts from 4 ... |
The pelvic digit or pelvic rib is an unusual congenital anomaly with a finger or rib like bone formation in soft tissues around normal pelvic skeleton . A 57-year - old man presented with a long history of pain and functional limitation in his right hip . On plain radiographs a fusiform bony structure adjacent to the a... |
Leukemia which occurs in the first month of life (congenital leukemia) is a rare event, with an estimated incidence of 1 in 5 million births . Congenital leukemias constitute a subset of infant leukemia where a significant percentage of cases show rearrangements involving the mll (kmt2a) oncogene . These rearrangements... |
The case of h.m is probably the most famous case in neurological history (corkin, 2002). Using the story of h.m . Can facilitate students understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of the case study method . Rather than an instructor or student generated list, it may be beneficial to use this seminal case to ill... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.