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Attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is one of the most common behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders which is characterized by hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention in children and adolescents . Prevalence of adhd among school - aged children in different studies varies between 5 and 12% [1, 2]... |
The heart is frequently involved in systemic lupus erythematosus (sle), and the prevalence of cardiac involvement in sle has been reported to be higher than 50% . All cardiac structures can be involved, including pericardium, endocardium, myocardium, coronary arteries, and conduction tissue . Myocarditis is an uncommon... |
Diclofenac, a derivative of phenylacetic acid, is a widely used non - steroidal anti - inflammatory drug (nsaid) available in oral, topical and parenteral preparations . Diclofenac produces adverse effects in about 20% of patients, and approximately 2% patients discontinue therapy as a result . Most of the adverse drug... |
Microleakage is defined as seepage of fluids, debris, microorganisms or ions along the interface between a restorative or a filling material and the wall of the tooth . Clinical studies have revealed that apical leakage of root filling materials is one of the main causes of endodontic therapy failures . Through the yea... |
Study criteria have been published previously (7). In brief, all men aged 45 years had a blood sample taken in the morning (between 8:00 a.m. and noon). Blood was analyzed for concentrations of total testosterone, free testosterone, bioavailable testosterone, and shbg . Total testosterone and shbg were determined by ra... |
Although gastroduodenal intussusception is a rare condition itself among gastrointestinal obstructive disease, some documented cases were reported previously. (1 - 8) however, most cases have less typical images of gastroduodenal intussusception with the size less than 5 cm . Herein this article describe the gastroduod... |
Atrial fibrillation (af) is a common sequela of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (hcm). Previous studies have estimated a 20% lifetime risk for development of af in hcm, with prevalence as high as 40% in those older than 70 years . Left ventricular outflow tract (lvot) obstruction portends adverse prognosis and has been ass... |
The term longevity can be used to refer to a long life for an individual or more broadly to life expectancy within a population . In recent years, scientists have devoted much attention to finding ways to increase longevity . To date, much of this work has focused on understanding the biological processes that may cont... |
With the increase in the demand for possessing a beautiful smile and white teeth in recent years, management of discolored teeth has high importance in aesthetic dentistry . Depending on the severity of discoloration, there are several treatment options including vital and nonvital bleaching, micro abrasion, composite ... |
Soft tissue sarcomas (stss) are rare mesenchymal tumors, which originate in non - epithelial connective tissue sources; liposarcomas are the most common sts . Five histopathologic subgroups of liposarcomas have been identified, as follows: well differentiated; myxoid; round cell; dedifferentiated; and pleomorphic varia... |
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (aiha) is a term used for anemias caused by destruction of erythrocytes by antibodies that are directed against membrane antigens of the patients' red blood cells (rbcs). Among all kinds of anemias, aiha is an uncommon form . Even among the groups of hemolytic anemias, aiha is not the most c... |
As access to postsecondary education rises, the demographic profiles of degree - granting institutions are slowly coming to reflect those of the country as a whole . Over the past 35 years, the percentage of enrolled college students who are latino increased from 4 to 15% and the percentage of enrolled college students... |
The extensive utilization of motor vehicles plays a very important role in the motorization process of developing countries . However, traffic accidents have become one of the most severe problems which threaten public safety [24]. According to the latest statistics released by the world health organization approximate... |
H klingemann, terry fox laboratory, bc cancer agency, vancouver, canada) were maintained in myelocult h5100 (stemcell technologies, vancouver, canada) supplemented with 20 u / ml of ril-2 (a gift from hoffmann - la roche, nutley, nj). The nk cell line yt (a gift from dr . J. ortaldo, laboratory of experimental immunolo... |
Consistent evidence from meta - analyses and clinical practice guidelines strongly indicate that exercise therapy should be a key component in the management of fibromyalgia syndrome (fms), a complex chronic pain condition1,2,3,4 . However, the implementation of exercise therapy as a management strategy for fms in prac... |
Eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases are increasingly recognized and diagnosed disorders that include eosinophilic esophagitis (eoe), eosinophilic gastroenteritis and eosinophilic colitis . Among the eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases, eoe has become increasingly prevalent in the united states, switzerland and au... |
Working in interprofessional teams has become more established in today s health care.1 therefore, future health care workers need to practice this during their education.25 the faculty of health sciences at linkping university, sweden, has used problem - based learning (pbl) and interprofessional learning1,6 as corner... |
An intra - arterial (ia) mechanical thrombectomy device should be simple, convenient, and not create procedural - related complications . Multiple retrieval attempts during ia thrombectomy can increase the risk of procedural - related complications (vessel dissection or perforation) and downstream emboli . Procedural r... |
Major improvements in neonatal survival have been observed in the last ten years, particularly at low gestational age.1 retinopathy of prematurity (rop) is a proliferative disorder of immature retinal vasculature with multifactorial etiology.2 rop develops in 16% of all premature births, the figure rising to around 60%... |
Low- and high - power lasers have been used in oral surgery, endodontics, periodontics, and restorative dentistry among other specialties . Low - level laser therapy (lllt) is a promising treatment option for open wounds, and it has been examined on a clinical basis for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, pain managemen... |
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (nct) is a treatment option for patients with operable breast cancer, who are candidates for adjuvant chemotherapy . The equivalency of nct and adjuvant chemotherapy with regard to disease - free survival and overall survival (os) was demonstrated in large randomized trials [1 - 3]. Nct has a n... |
Individual patient - level genetic and phenotypic data were extracted from european studies in a prior large - scale genotyping experiment conducted in the breast cancer association consortium (bcac), part of the collaborative oncological gene - environment study (cogs) initiative18 . For this study, we selected women ... |
Familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis (hopp) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by episodic attacks of muscle weakness with concomitant hypokalemia (<3.5 meq / l), which usually involves the four limbs . The age at onset of paralytic crises is usually within the first or second decade . The frequency of ... |
The study was designed to test the hypothesis that a formula with a protein content of 1.65 g/100 kcal and a caloric density of 62.8 kcal/100 ml that contains added probiotics (lactobacillus pr and bifidobacterium lactis) (expl [experimental] formula) leads to slower growth between 3 and 6 months of age than a formula ... |
The metamorphosis of insects is controlled by juvenile hormone (jh). In the presence of jh insect tissues maintain their developmental status quo when exposed to ecdysteroids (the molting hormones), whereas in the absence of jh (or when the jh titer is below a tissue - specific threshold), tissues change their commitme... |
Prodiginines (13, figure 1) are a family of red - pigmented natural products characterized by a 4-methoxy bipyrrole moiety linked to a variety of alkyl - substituted pyrroles . These compounds have been extensively studied for their intriguing biological activities (antimicrobial, immunosuppressive, antitumor, anticanc... |
Parkinson s disease (pd), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, is associated with the presence of intra - neuronal fibrillar aggregates of -synuclein called lewy bodies and the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra (sn) pars compacta . Clinically, patients show a combination of moto... |
Some leishmania species are inherently endowed as pathogens, as they cause diseases collectively known as leishmaniasis . The degree of their pathogenicity, traditionally defined as " virulence ", is manifested as a spectrum of clinical symptoms in human diseases . Those causing a self - healing cutaneous leishmaniasis... |
A 54-year - old man presented to the eye clinic complaining of left eye pain for two days . His symptoms began two weeks prior with foreign body sensation which escalated to severe eye pain that interfered with sleep . His past medical history was significant for uncomplicated clear cornea incision cataract surgery in ... |
Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumour in women, but nowadays there has been a great progress in its early detection and treatment, improving the diagnosis of the disease . In this sense, the practice of the conservative surgery tends to be done, and it contradicts the defending ideas which asserted that we ... |
C), angiotensin i, angiotensin ii, and 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (2,5-dhb) were obtained from sigma - aldrich . Hplc grade water and acetonitrile (acn) were obtained from fisher scientific . For ff - tg ap - maldi, proteins and peptides were dissolved in a 30:70 acn / water solution and premixed with 2,5-dhb, a common ... |
Although superadded bacterial infection can occur in tb patients, the simultaneous occurrence of both infections leads to delayed diagnosis and inadequate treatment . Tubercular - bacterial coinfection needs to be considered, especially if tb occurs in atypical pulmonary or extrapulmonary locations . Diagnosis of extra... |
Level ii, therapeutic study . See guidelines for authors for a complete description of levels of evidence . Previous studies [1, 3, 11, 12, 18, 19, 23, 24] using radiographic analyses showed contradictory findings regarding whether posterior condylar offset has an effect on knee flexion after tka . Some studies reporte... |
One of the most common problems faced in laparoscopic treatment of hydatid cysts is the difficulty in evacuating the particulate contents (daughter cysts and laminated membrane). Although various instruments and laparoscopic techniques have been described to evacuate the contents of hydatid cysts, most are not availabl... |
Midfacial degloving is a proven surgical technique for accessing deeper areas of the midface, whose soft tissue coverage, a large skin flap, is cranially transposed . This technique was first described by portmann in 1927, but the modern technique is based on the work of casson and dates from 1974 . In 1979, conley and... |
Pseudohypoparathyroidism (php) is a rare heterogeneous genetic disease characterized by clinical and laboratory findings of hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia, with high plasmatic levels of parathyroid hormone (pth) due to target tissue resistance, that activate cyclic adenosine monophosphate - dependent pathways via t... |
Dental caries is a multifactorial disease caused by an ecological imbalance of the dental biofilm . For a carious lesion to be developed, it is mandatory the presence of a metabolically active bacterial biofilm and fermentable sugars which come mainly from the diet . The disaccharide sucrose, formed by glucose and fruc... |
On may 20, 2015, the us food and drug administration (fda) approved the superion interspinous spacer (iss) (superion) for commercial distribution in the united states . Not requiring concomitant surgical decompression, this is the second stand - alone interspinous device approved by the fda . This pivotal regulatory de... |
The study population included 44 staff members and 39 children who were residing in the orphanage on the day the bacteriologic samples were taken . Informed consent for the children was obtained from their legal representative, the director of the orphanage . We examined clinical data from charts as well as lifestyle h... |
Schwannoma and neurofibroma are two tumors of the peripheral nerves originating in the nerve sheaths . Schwannoma account for just over 1% of benign tumors reported in oral cavity and the tongue is unanimously considered the most frequent site . We report the airway management of a patient with swelling on the base of ... |
Cardiovascular events are the most important cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis . Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ra) have a two to five times increased risk of developing premature cardiovascular disease that shortens life expectancy by 510 years . Thus, in patients with active ... |
The deep cerebellar nuclei (dcn) consist of three nuclei: the fastigial (medial) nucleus, the interposed nucleus and the dentate (lateral) nucleus . The total number of dcn neurons has been estimated at about 50100,000 (heidary, 1972; beitz and chan - palay, 1979; green et al ., 2006). The neurons can be divided into t... |
The number of people who inject drugs (pwid) in 2007 worldwide was estimated to be 15.9 million, and approximately 3 million of them were infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv).1 injecting drug use is also estimated to account for 30% of all new hiv infections outside sub - saharan africa.2 apart from hiv, pw... |
Nodular fasciitis is a benign lesion that develops due to proliferation of fibroblastic and myofibroblastic cells within subcutaneous tissue (1 - 3), commonly found in soft tissues (4). The lesion is seen more frequently in the upper limbs and trunk of young to middle - aged individuals, so development in the breast ar... |
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Blood - derived antimicrobial proteins and peptides being part of innate immunity target the microbial membranes leading to growth arrest and, in some instants, neutralization of proinflammatory surface components like lipopolysaccharides . Different inflammatory response blood cells like neutrophils, eosinophils, macr... |
Although the pandemic influenza viruses of 1957, 1968, and 2009 are all descended, via different pathways, from the 1918 virus, only the 2009 pandemic virus expresses an antigenically similar hemagglutinin (ha) (11). All influenza a viruses (iav), including the 1918 virus, possess a segmented single - stranded rna geno... |
The incidence of cholelithiasis has been reported to be 5% in the general population, while it is significantly increased in obese population reaching 45% [13]. After bariatric surgery, weight loss of more than 25% of the original weight is considered to be the only predictive factor to postoperative gallstone formatio... |
Lewis - sumner syndrome (lss), first reported by lewis et al ., is characterized by sensorimotor deficits starting in distal upper limb and demyelinating mononeuropathy multiplex with persistent conduction blocks involving both motor and sensory nerves (1). Lss has many synonyms, such as multifocal motor and sensory de... |
There is a specific group, called the white dot syndromes, which presents with multiple white dots in the fundus . The characteristic inflammatory changes of the choroid and retina are typically yellow - white foci beneath or in the deep retina and include birdshot chorioretinopathy (bcr), acute posterior multifocal pl... |
Eight patients with type 1 diabetes, treated by an implanted pump using intraperitoneal delivery (model mmt-2007d; medtronic diabetes, northridge, ca) and infusing u-400 regular insulin (insuplant; sanofi - aventis, paris, france) for at least 3 months, were enrolled . Inclusion criteria were the following: age 1870 ye... |
Although definitions (and therefore estimates of prevalence) vary, it is widely recognised as a common condition among older adults, and one that is associated with huge personal and financial costs [1, 2]. Declining muscle mass and strength are expected components of ageing . However, the rate of decline differs acros... |
Cyclin d1 is a useful marker for distinguishing mantle cell lymphoma from other types of small b - cell lymphoma . Overexpression of cyclin d1 in mantle cell lymphoma is due to the t(11;14)(q13;q32)/ccnd1-igh translocation / fusion . However, it is also found to be overexpressed in other hematopoietic and lymphoid tumo... |
The nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses - including the maxillary, ethmoid, sphenoid, and frontal sinuses are collectively referred to as the sinonasal tract . Although the sinonasal tract and nasopharynx have identical - appearing ciliated respiratory epithelium, the epithelium of the sinonasal tract is ectodermally de... |
High - risk groups include patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection, leukemia, autoimmune diseases, and organ - transplant patients on pharmacological immunosuppression (1, 2). According to previous observations in cases of extrapulmonary spread, prognosis of fungal thyroiditis was poor and treatment was in... |
The american migraine study revealed that nearly 4 million individuals are meeting international headache society s (ihs) migraine criteria and 14% of all migraine sufferers in the united states are diagnosed with sinus or tension - type headaches, but not with migraines . The high frequency of sinus headache, which sp... |
Located in the inner mitochondrial membrane in eukaryotes or alternatively in the periplasmic membrane in aerobic bacteria, cytochrome c oxidase (cco) is the terminal enzyme in the respiratory chain that reduces o2 to h2o and pumps protons across the membrane . The catalytic site of cco, which binds and reduces o2, con... |
We performed a systematic literature review of published articles and unpublished abstracts, which compared survival outcome between patients receiving chemotherapy only and those receiving combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy for usc . We searched pubmed, web of science, embase, and the cochrane library from incepti... |
Cosmetic procedures utilising dermal filler injections are increasingly common . Indeed, in the us, more than 5 million dermal filler procedures were carried out in the year 2008 alone (1). Hyaluronic acid is widely considered to be the gold standard of dermal fillers because of its biodegradable nature and high safety... |
Imaging techniques are very important in the treatment of dental problems . Concurrent with improvement of dentistry science, there is demand for the techniques providing more information about patient's status . For e.g., with the development of implantology as a routine part of dentistry, the cross - sectional images... |
During the past several decades, caries incidence in pediatric and adolescent groups has dramatically decreased, especially with respect to smooth surface lesions . However, despite this improvement, dental caries are particularly common on the surfaces with pits and fissures . To overcome this problem sealant a materi... |
With the implementation of bowel cancer screening programmes, more and more colonic polyps are detected, requiring hot biopsies or resections with an attendant risk of perforation . Laparoscopy is increasingly performed for assessing colonoscopic perforations, usually repaired by stitching or stapling, which is associa... |
Circle hairs (ch) represent a body hair growth disorder characterized by asymptomatic presence of hairs with typical circular or spiraliform arrangement, not associated with follicular or inflammatory abnormalities; they are almost exclusively seen on the trunk and upper legs of male overweight patients, where they are... |
Structured neuronal activity spanning subcortical and cortical regions supports the integration and organization of recently learned information into stable, consolidated memory during sleep (see diekelmann and born, 2010). The extent to which distinct sleep stages and neurophysiological features differentially contrib... |
Motor neuron disease (mnd) also referred to as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als) is a fatal neurodegenerative condition with an annual incidence of about 1.5 per 100,000 and a united kingdom (uk) prevalence of 46/100,000 . There is a slight male preponderance with a male to female ratio of 3: 2 . It could occur at an... |
It is important to understand the effects of protein binding on dna conformation in the context of dna transcription and replication . The role of sequence non - specific dna - binding proteins such as hmgb in these processes (14) and more generally in gene expression (4) is under intense investigation . Like escherich... |
Sudden cardiac events account for approximately 45% of firefighter duty - related deaths in the us each year . This is the highest occupational cardiovascular disease (cvd) proportionate mortality of any occupational group . The reasons for this have been shown to be multifactorial, but early detection and treatment ma... |
Surgery for obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd) is reserved for patients with the most severe cases of the disease, when pharmacological and psychotherapeutic alternatives have been exhausted . The main inclusion criteria for surgery include a minimum trial by three drugs, 20 sessions of cognitive and behavioral therap... |
Asian diabetes study (ukads) was a cluster randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the benefits of an enhanced diabetes care package for people of south asian ethnicity with type 2 diabetes in coventry and birmingham, u.k . (11,12). The current study was a substudy of ukads, comprising a cross - sectional prev... |
Glycerol is an interfering factor in the determination of triglycerides, giving rise to (pseudo)hypertriglyceridaemia . Under physiological circumstances, plasma glycerol concentration is not sufficiently high (<1 mg / dl) to introduce a significant error . Glycerol, a by - product of alcohol fermentation, is a non - t... |
The increasing concern about global warming and environmental degradation has highlighted the importance of environmentally sustainable transport.1 since cycling has great potential in reducing carbon emissions and noise levels when compared with travelling by car, it is widely considered as one of the most environment... |
The majority of reported psychogenic nonepileptic paroxysmal episodes (pnepes) consist of individuals with conversion disorder, . Psychogenic nonepileptic paroxysmal episodes due to factitious disorder may be underrecognized and can be even more difficult to differentiate from epilepsy than conversion disorder . This i... |
Rathke's cleft cyst (rcc) is a benign, epithelium - lined intrasellar cyst . It is believed to originate from remnants of rathke's pouch, and its initial site is located in the middle lobe of the pituitary gland . The clinical manifestations of rcc are characterized by headache, hypopituitarism, visual disorder, and di... |
The blood oxygenation level - dependent (bold) effect - based technique has for years been the most significant and valuable technique used during the examination of cerebral center activity . As for every technique, however, it has some limitation [14]. The t2 * -weighted echo planar (epi) sequences, being the basis f... |
Trans-4-hydroxynonenal (1, hne) is produced from the metabolism of membrane lipids,(1) and it is the major in vivo peroxidation product of -6 polyunsaturated fatty acids . Several routes for the formation of hne from -6 polyunsaturated fatty acids have been described . Hne exhibits a range of biological effects, from a... |
Tibial bony defect is commonly encountered during total knee replacement arthroplasty (tkra) for osteoarthritis . Therefore, augmentation of bony defects is crucial to the maintenance of implant stability and alignment and longevity of tkra1,2). Tibial bony defect has been managed with bone cementing, insertion of a th... |
The nhanes 20052008 protocol was reviewed and approved by the national center for health statistics research ethics review board . Expert grading of disc photos was reviewed and approved by the johns hopkins university school of medicine institutional review board . The national health and nutrition examination survey ... |
Hinchey et al . In 1996 described clinico - radiological entity called posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (pres), characterized by symptoms of headache, disturbance of consciousness, altered mental status, seizures, and visual disturbance . Its global incidence is unknown due to rarity, mean age ranging acros... |
Continuous renal replacement therapy (crrt) frequently requires anticoagulation to prevent clotting of the extracorporeal circuits . In recent years regional citrate anticoagulation (rca) has become a favourable alternative to heparin in patients at risk from excessive bleeding . Its use in liver failure patients, howe... |
Diabetic retinopathy (dr) is one of the most common microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus (dm) and a leading cause of adult blindness worldwide [1, 2]. Although long duration of diabetes and poor control of glycemia have been considered as the major risk factors for the development of dr, accumulated evidenc... |
Children are naturally playful . However, recent surveys of children s health in 2008 and 2009 indicated that only 33.7% of thai children aged 1014 years did sufficient physical activity, ie, 60 minutes at least five times per week . Almost 60% of the children watched television more than 3 hours per day during weekend... |
Micrographs obtained from optical and scanning electron microscopes are presented to show the material microstructure and quality . Displacement data obtained for all specimens tested under three - point bending conditions is presented . Images obtained through a digital camera during three - point bending of the sandw... |
Cancer now affects as many as 24 million people worldwide, and results in over six million deaths each year . In the united states, men and women have a 43% and 38% chance, respectively, of being diagnosed with any type of cancer during their lifetime . Despite advances in the early detection of cancer, most malignanci... |
Patient expect for improved esthetics has driven the advancement of ceramic for use with fixed partial prostheses.1 many clinical studies demonstrate excellent long - term success of ceramic restorations . In recent year, strong ceramic cores unioning esthetic veneering porcelains have become popular as all ceramic res... |
An ultrasound - guided transrectal prostate biopsy has become one of the most common urological procedures . Thus, with the increased incidence of prostate biopsy, there has been a concomitant increase in complications of infection . Clinically significant infectious complications include urinary tract infection (uti),... |
Toxocarisis is a parasitic disease common with human and animals such as dog and cat . People are affected by ingestion of the infected eggs of ascaris of cat and dog named toxocara cati and t. canis . Larva in the human body migrate to different organs through blood and make syndrome of visceral larva migrans and then... |
Delirium is the most common neuropsychological complication following cardiac surgery, with most recent estimates of prevalence ranging from 25 to 50% . Post - operative delirium remains a clinical challenge to manage, and in and of itself is associated with increased mortality, hospital length of stay, costs, and othe... |
The efficacy of statins in the secondary prevention of acute myocardial infarction (mi) have been well established and statin therapy has been regarded as essential part of medical therapy in all patients with acute mi.1)2)3) the benefit of statin was demonstrated, irrespective of plasma level of low density lipoprotei... |
Postlaparoscopic hysterectomy vaginal cuff complications, such as dehiscence, bleeding, infection, and adhesions, are infrequent but can potentially lead to more serious problems including acute anemia, evisceration, bowel injury, peritonitis, sepsis, and reoperation . A recent review of 57 cohort studies of one type o... |
The neck swellings can be solid, cystic and pulsatile on clinical examination . The differential diagnosis of a cystic neck mass that becomes prominent on coughing, straining, breath holding, or valsalva maneuver includes superior mediastinal tumors or cysts, external laryngeal diverticula and laryngocele, inflation of... |
In the previous issue of critical care, martin and co - workers, report the results of a survey examining changes in sedation management in german intensive care units (icus). This review of 214 icus is made more informative by their use of the same questionnaire used by this group in 2002, allowing changes in practice... |
The nervous system is a large and complex tissue that controls many bodily functions such as sight, smell, sound, feel, taste, voluntary and involuntary muscle movements, autonomic functions, and our ability to reason . It has been estimated that hundreds of different types of neurons are precisely wired together and s... |
Both transfusion and contact with infected blood and its products, intravenous drug abuse, contamination during medical procedures and lack of attention to health precautions are different risk factors of hcv (6, 7). Between 130 and 170 million people are infected with hcv worldwide and the global prevalence of this in... |
The world health organization's world health report 2000 underlined that human resources are " the most important of the health system's inputs " . The health sector is a major employer, and human resources account for a high proportion of national budgets assigned to health . In most countries, wage costs (salaries, b... |
A 10-year - old female patient was referred to our dermoscopy ambulatory because of a new pigmented lesion noted 6 months before . In clinical examination, the patient presented pseudosyndactily and sparse exulcerations in the areas of previous bullae . In the submandibular area, an irregular pigmented mole of about 2 ... |
Due to their improved physicochemical properties, resin - based cements are widely used to lute metal and ceramic indirect restorations . In general, these materials are constituted of a polymeric matrix based on dimethacrylate monomers, filler particles, pigments, and chemical substances to start their polymerization ... |
Placement of a self - expandable metallic stent (sems) for malignant rectal obstruction within 5 cm of the anal verge is still controversial, and the evidence for its use is not solid because anal pain and foreign body sensation may develop after insertion [1, 2]. Sems placement is useful for palliation in patients pre... |
Kp - j and dh are supported by the national institute for health research great ormond street hospital ucl biomedical research centre award . Dr hargrave has acted as an advisor for astra - zeneca, boehringer - ingelheim, glaxosmithkline, merck, pfizer and roche - genentech. |
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