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The data source for this analysis was a survey of farmers in 24 municipalities in foggia province of apulia region, south - eastern italy . Based on the list of farmers in the official state census, a stratified sample was designed on the basis of median values of farmland used to grow cereals within each municipality ... |
The cerebral cortex consists of distinct cytoarchitectonic areas, each serving a function ranging from sensory perception and motor control to symbolic thinking and language in humans . In fact, the anatomical observation of discontinuous architectural features of cerebral cortex uncovered very early by ramn y cajal an... |
Foods containing resistant starch (rs) generally give a low glycemic response because rs is not digested in the small intestine . Starch can escape digestion if it is embedded in a matrix that renders the starch inaccessible to enzymes (type 1, rs1). In addition, some untreated starch granules are known to resist diges... |
Today, widespread use of ionizing radiation in different fields such as medicine, industry, agriculture, nuclear weapons testing as well as the radiation arising from nature has made the exposure of human to the radiation inevitable [1 - 3]. It has been reported that apoptosis or cell death through damage of dna by fre... |
Acute appendicitis is defined as inflammation of the vermiform appendix and is a possible differential diagnosis in the large majority of patients who present to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain . Appendicitis is more common in males and around 70% of acute appendicitis presentations occur in those ag... |
Bullous pemphigoid is an immunobullous subepidermal dermatosis characterized by large, tense blisters on a erythematous skin . Mucosal involvement is rare . Among potential triggers, there are drugs (nsaids, ace inhibitors, furosemide, antibiotics), uv radiation and x - rays . Usually occurs in patients older than 60 y... |
It is my pleasure to review progress in numerical relativity based upon characteristic evolution . In the spirit of living reviews in relativity, we are now in an era in which einstein s equations can effectively be considered solved at the local level . Several groups, as reported here and in other living reviews, hav... |
Pheochromocytoma is a catecholamine - secreting tumor that emerges from the chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla, usually manifesting as a benign tumor but occasionally becoming malignant . Because the long - term prognosis of patients with malignant pheochromocytoma is unclear or poor, identification of factors ass... |
The patient is a 53-year - old caucasian male who was referred because of a symptomatic right inguinal hernia . He had no history of prior surgery, and his only past medical history was significant for hypertension, which was adequately controlled with medications . His physical examination was essentially unremarkable... |
Pla2s play key roles in numerous cellular processes in physiological and pathological conditions by regulating the release of arachidonic acid (aa), a precursor of important lipid mediators . Secretory phospholipases a2 (spla2s) constitute a superfamily of enzymes classified into various groups (ib, iia, iic, iid, iie,... |
Chemotherapy with bevacizumab alters the angiogenic environment, and therefore, the growth and spread of metastases . We present a patient with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma to the eye with findings suggestive of retinal vascular co - option . A 57-year - old male, receiving systemic bevacizumab for metastatic lung ad... |
Meningeal melanocytoma is thought to fall at the benign end of a continuous spectrum of neoplastic leptomeningeal melanocyte proliferations that includes primary malignant melanoma at the opposite end from which they differ in behavior and aggressiveness . Although rare, local recurrence or leptomeningeal spread of men... |
The last two decades have seen a steadily increasing number of patients on the waiting list for solid - organ transplantation . In the context of continual donor - organ shortage, as not every patient on the waiting list will be able to have timely organ access, the question of whom to serve first remains acute . When ... |
Cell survival in the central nervous system (cns) has been closely associated with activation of the immune system, a tightly controlled process . The cns parenchyma is separated from the bloodstream by the blood brain barrier (bbb), the integrity of which is maintained by endothelial tight junctions . Under normal con... |
Multiple nucleocytoplasmic proteins, including transcription factors, cytoskeletal proteins, oncogenes, and kinases, are modified with -n - acetylglucosamine residues attached by o--glycosidic linkage (o - glcnac) [13]. O - glcnac is a dynamic and inducible posttranslational modification involved in protein regulation ... |
Human african trypanosomiasis is caused by tsetse fly transmitted parasites of the trypanosoma brucei species complex . Over 50 million people in sub - saharan africa are at risk . In 2009, there were 30 000 cases,(1c) although during epidemics, this level can increase> 10-fold. (1d) chagas disease (or american trypano... |
A biloma has been reported to occur as a result of biliary surgery, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) procedures, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, trauma, and occasionally spontaneously.12 the amount of bile leakage from small ducts on the raw cut surface of a liver is usually small and the site of the... |
Age - related macular degeneration (amd) was first described in the medical literature well over a century ago1,2 and yet it was not until the 1970s that an intervention was proposed . It took another 30 years for treatments to be developed that would actually arrest the progress of the disease, and in some cases, rest... |
Gpcrs are a diverse family of seven transmembrane - spanning receptors that activate intracellular signalling pathways by coupling to heterotrimeric g - proteins . They represent one of the largest families of cell - surface receptors with ~1000 encoded by the mammalian genome and are targets for a large number of curr... |
A total of 31 patients were diagnosed with lumbar and lumbosacral tuberculosis from august 2012 to august 2013 based upon radiological findings (mri) and histopathology reports (sample obtained by computed tomography [ct] guided biopsy). Of these, 13 patients developed progressive neurological deterioration or increasi... |
Bladder outlet obstruction is a relatively common urological problem that occurs as the result of congenital anomalies such as posterior urethral valve, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and urethral stricture . Infravesical obstruction results in numerous changes in the upper and lower urinary tract, eventually leading to... |
Patient safety is a fundamental requirement in healthcare delivery (14). To improve patient safety systematically, we must identify the causes of patient safety incidents, devise solutions, and measure their impact . Improving patient safety is obviously the next logical step after analysis of safety problems, assuming... |
Human papillomavirus (hpv), a small dna virus, is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world . Hpv prevalence in africa is disproportionably high, ranging from 22.1% to 46.0% among women [13]. More than 100 hpv genotypes have been identified, of which about 40 infect the mucosal epithelium . High - ris... |
Idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ierm) is an avascular proliferative fibroblastic membrane with an unknown etiology that forms between the vitreous and internal limiting membrane . The prevalence of ierm reportedly ranges from 1.02% to 18.5% and it occurs more frequently in individuals under 50 years of age . Although t... |
We conducted a systematic literature review of clinical trials comparing ona to abo for therapeutic uses in any of the medical fields in which these toxins have been examined . The primary aim was to examine dosing practices, dosing conversions, and related outcomes from selected studies in order to produce the tightes... |
Tuberculosis (tb) still remains a public health challenge especially in the african region where 28% of the estimated 9.6 million cases were reported in 2014 . South africa is one of the countries with the highest incidence of tb (834 cases per population of 100 000 in 2014). The case load for the free state province, ... |
Leptin is primarily synthesized and secreted by white adipose tissue and acts in the brain and several peripheral tissues . Leptin plays important roles in the regulation of food intake, energy expenditure, metabolism, neuroendocrine axis, and immune function . The binding of leptin to its specific receptor in the brai... |
One of the most imperative developments in modern dentistry is the ability to replace missing teeth using titanium implants placed directly into the jaw . From one tooth to a whole arch or simply to stabilise a moving denture, implant dentistry can offer a successful alternative to many restorative problems . The major... |
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (acdf) is the most frequently performed surgical treatment for several cervical spinal diseases, including herniated disc, compressive myelopathy, trauma and degenerative disease815). This procedure is used to decompress the spinal cord and nerve root, and to stabilize the affect... |
We would like to thank all members of the dai laboratory for their assistance and discussions . This work was in part supported by the jackson laboratory cancer center support grant 3p30ca034196, and grants from nih 1dp2od007070 and the ellison medical foundation as - ns-0599 - 09 to cd. |
A 44-year - old woman with a history of an isolated biopsy - proven autoimmune pancreatitis type 2 (aip - ii) presented to our department with sharp left - sided occipital headache refractory to medical therapies . She reported nocturnal headache attacks with a duration of 12 hours and an intensity of 10/10 on the visu... |
Image - guided breast biopsy via core needle biopsy (igcnb) is an accurate and cost - efficient technique for sampling nonpalpable breast lesions detected mammographically . Image - guided core needle biopsy has replaced needle localization breast biopsy (nlbb) as our procedure of choice in sampling these suspicious, n... |
Transposons use a cutandpaste process to relocate in genomic dna, whereas retrotransposons mobilize through an rna intermediate in a copyandpaste mechanism termed retrotransposition . Me sequences account for at least 45% of human dna 1, with some estimates ranging as high as 66% 2, mainly due to the activity of the lo... |
Translational education takes up the notion of integrating basic research and practice out of a cross - disciplinary perspective given that disciplinary knowledge will no longer be sufficient to account for the complexity of the encountered problem fields . Persons trained in translational education will thus be able t... |
In an anesthetized rat model, elevating core temperature from 36c to 42c reduced splanchnic blood flow by 40% and promoted circulatory and intestinal barrier dysfunction . In addition, systemic inflammation, activated coagulation, and renal, hepatic, and brain dysfunctions were noted . Clinically, according to a recent... |
Model members can be too noisy and not potential realizations of the real worldpredictability may be underestimated by idealized experiments and skill measurescan achieve skilful and reliable forecasts using large ensembles to reduce noise model members can be too noisy and not potential realizations of the real world ... |
The treatment of severely proclined anterior teeth, usually, requires a reduction in tooth material in the form of extraction of first premolars to achieve a normal interincisal angle thereby reducing lip incompetency . However, the situation gets complicated when one of the maxillary central incisor is traumatized wit... |
Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma is a rare subtype of lung cancer which accounts for 0.3 - 1.3% of all lung cancers (1). It is defined as poorly differentiated non - small cell lung carcinoma that contains a component of sarcoma or sarcoma - like differentiation (1). According to the 4th edition of who classification of... |
Endometriosis is a common gynecologic condition which is characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue implants composed of endometriotic glands and stroma outside the uterus . Endometriosis is considered to be a precancerous disease, and approximately 2.5% of women with endometriosis develop an endometriosis - a... |
The apicomplexan parasite cryptosporidium is a global causative agent of severe and chronic diarrheal disease in humans and other animals . As no reliable chemo- or immuno - therapy is currently available, infections can be life threatening for people with a compromised immune system, such as aids patients . The pathog... |
Eight - week - old female c3h / hen mice were obtained from a specific pathogen - free colony at oriental inc . The institutional animal care and use committee at chonnam national university approved the protocols used in this study (cnu iacuc - yb-2010 - 11), and the animals were cared for in accordance with the guide... |
Intracranial hemorrhage (ich) is an infrequent, but serious, complication subsequent to acute myocardial infarction (ami), which is associated both with great disability and a high risk of death.1, 2, 3 it has a high risk of recurrence and it is therefore important to be able to accurately assess hemorrhageassociated r... |
Atherosclerosis is the primary cause of coronary heart disease (chd) and of peripheral arterial occlusive disease (paod), being one of the most common causes for disease and death throughout the world . It has been found that the adipose tissue is connected with the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis as a result of a secr... |
Modern tooth bleaching agents are based primarily on hydrogen peroxide (hp; h2o2) and carbamide peroxide (cp; ch6n2o3). Both bleaching agents effectively remove chromogens deposited on the enamel and dentin of teeth, thereby whitening the tooth . High - concentration peroxides are used for in - office bleaching, and lo... |
We monitored trachoma prevalence in a village in western nepal for 3 years, using both clinical grading system and nucleic acid amplification tests . Three annual azithromycin (20 mg / kg) treatments were distributed to all children ages 110 years in the village (figure). All children were examined biannually, and the ... |
The adverse health outcome of shs exposure is well accepted since the first study published in 1981 showed an association between lung cancer development and shs exposure (2). Thus far, shs exposure has been linked to a broad array of diseases, with the bulk of research focusing on the association between shs exposure ... |
Regular and appropriate physical activity (pa) is a major component in preventing the growing global burden of chronic and noncommunicable diseases (ncds).1 according to who, recommended level of sufficient pa for adults aged 1864 years is at least 150 min of moderate - intensity aerobic pa throughout the week, or at l... |
The endocannabinoid system (ecs) comprises several components, among which are specific seven transmembrane - domain receptors (i.e., cb1 and cb2 cannabinoid receptors), their exogenous (e.g., -thc) and endogenous ligands (e.g., aea and 2-ag), and a number of biosynthetic and degradative enzymes (for a review, see). Cb... |
A 72-year - old male with a recent diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (aml) had been commenced on chemotherapy daunorubicin and cytarabine . He was also on ciprofloxacin, posaconazole and acyclovir for antimicrobial prophylaxis . Within forty - eight hours of starting chemotherapy, he developed fever of 40c and was co... |
To obtain data on arboviruses circulating in 2015, we attempted to isolate viruses on bhk-21 and hmlu-1 cells inoculated with blood samples obtained from 60 sentinel cattle maintained on 30 farms and from pools of culicoides biting midges collected by using suction light traps on 2 cattle farms in kagoshima prefecture ... |
Advanced pancreatic cancer has a dismal prognosis 1, 2 and the current chemotherapeutic regimens have not significantly improved survival 3 . With the current rise in incidence of pancreatic cancer it is anticipated that this malignancy will surpass colon and breast cancer in the next decade to become the second leadin... |
Subgaleo - peritoneal (sp) shunt is an alternative treatment for cranial pseudomeningocele5). The distal catheter of a sp shunt is placed using the same surgical procedures as in a ventriculoperitoneal (vp) shunt . A very rare complication of sp shunts is the migration and coiling of the peritoneal catheter under the s... |
Cell viability assay: a human endothelial cell line, ea.hy926 cells (atcc, manassas, va, u.s.a . ), was grown in dulbecco s modified eagle s medium (sigma - aldrich, st . Louis, mo, u.s.a .) Containing 10% fetal bovine serum at 37c in a humidified atmosphere with 5% co2 . To evaluate mehg cytotoxicity, cell viability w... |
Vascular air embolism during or after contrast - enhanced computed tomography (cect) scan is being progressively reported as a nonfatal event with increase in the use of ct as a diagnostic modality . Patients with known risk factors such as right - to - left intracardiac shunt or pulmonary arteriovenous malformation, a... |
Gallen international breast cancer conference (2011) expert panel adopted a new approach towards classifying patients for therapeutic purposes based on the recognition of intrinsic biological subtypes within the breast cancer spectrum . For practical purposes, these subtypes may be approximated using clinicopathologica... |
This type of hernia involves herniation of a viscus between the median and medial umbilical ligament . Computed tomography (ct) scan may suggest the diagnosis but often the findings are not specific and the diagnosis is only made in theatre . A 35 year old male presented with a one week history of abdominal pain . The ... |
The squamous cell carcinoma of the stomach is a very uncommon entity, with worldwide incidence of 0.04% to 0.07% of all gastric cancers, with fewer than 100 cases reported in the literature to date . It occurs mostly in men, and the male to female ratio is 5 to 1 . It is more prevalent in the sixth decade of life, and ... |
The current study was approved by the institutional review board (irb) of the catholic university of korea, seoul st . Data were collected in all the cases, but four cases, for which the hpv analysis of the specimens of tonsillar sqcc was performed as a part of routine clinical and laboratory tests during a period rang... |
Vitamin d (vtd) deficiency is a worldwide problem [1, 2]. If all experts agree now to rely on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin d (25(oh)d) levels to estimate the vtd status, the 25(oh)d concentration defining vtd sufficiency is still a matter of debate, with recommendations that can significantly differ according to the experts... |
The emergence of multidrug - resistant human pathogens is considered as a major concern worldwide . Bacterial pathogens become resistant to the current therapies and transfer the resistance elements to each other via sophisticated systems (1)., they produce some family of secondary metabolites, reactive oxygen species,... |
Several m - mode studies have noted abnormal septal motion in patients with constrictive pericarditis . In 1978, candell - riera et al.1) suggested that the " most outstanding echocardiographic sign of constriction was the recording of a brisk early diastolic movement of the interventricular septum (ivs), consisting of... |
For infants and children, urinary tract infections (utis) are regarded as one of the most prevalent infections (1). Utis are prevalent in children, afflicting 3.35.3% of infants who have a fever (2, 3). Utis are particularly prevalent in caucasian girls, and they are usually not accompanied by a fever (3). The non - pa... |
Red spotted grouper, epinephelus akaara, is a popular aquaculture species in tropical and sub - tropical areas . This species is known to be a protogynous hermaphrodite that first differentiates into female and changes to male later (tanaka et al ., 1990; okumura, 2001; li et al ., 2006; li et al ., 2007; kim et al ., ... |
Mullerian adenosarcomas (mas) are malignant mixed mullerian tumors with benign epithelial and malignant stromal components that most often originate in the endometrium (71%), ovary (15%), or pelvis (12%), and less frequently develop in the cervix (2%) (clement and scully, 1974, 1990; verschraegen et al ., 1998). Mas be... |
Postoperative portomesenteric venous thrombosis (pmvt) is a potentially devastating morbidity, occurring after gastrointestinal and laparoscopic surgeries . The procoagulant obese state, laparoscopy, and manipulation of the portomesenteric venous system (pmvs) probably contribute to pmvt . Often nonspecific in presenta... |
Factor vii (fvii) is a vitamin k - dependent clotting factor that is part of the extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation . Congenital fvii deficiency is a rare bleeding disorder . In patients with congenital fvii deficiency, bleeding manifestations and clinical findings vary widely, ranging from asymptomatic subjects to... |
As a cell divides, it undergoes massive shape changes, culminating in the formation of a small structure, the midbody, where cleavage between daughter cells occurs (eggert et al ., 2006b). Traditionally, cell division research has focused primarily on the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons as determinants of cell shap... |
The oculo - auricular - vertebral spectrum (oavs) was first described by maurice goldenhar in 19521, which is why it is also known as goldenhar syndrome, or hemifacial microsomia . It is a rare condition,2 characterized by alterations involving mainly the face, eyes, ears, and spine.3 oavs is related to a blastogenesis... |
Chromoblastomycosis is a tropical and subtropical skin disease caused by environmental accidental inoculation of pathogenic fungi . For instance, this disease often affects farmers, and it is believed that the fungus penetrates the skin through injuries caused by contaminated environmental debris, . Chromoblastomycosis... |
In the palestinian territories, west bank, the epidemiology of ipd is not well defined . Our study characterized the serotypes and antimicrobial drug resistance patterns of 120 consecutive s. pneumoniae isolates collected from blood cultures of patients admitted to caritas baby hospital (n = 113) during january 2001apr... |
Necrotizing sialometaplasia (ns) was initially defined by abrams et al . (1) in 1973 as a reactive necrotizing inflammatory process involving the mucous salivary glands on the hard palate . It can be found at any site that contains salivary gland tissue, from the paranasal sinuses to the lung, but most of the cases hav... |
The clinical protocol for the treatment of the generalized anxiety disorder (gad) is programmed simultaneously inside and outside the therapist's office . Relaxation program is a combination of " progressive muscle relaxation training " (pmrt), the classic procedure described by jacobsen, that involves tensing and rela... |
A 27-year - old previously healthy woman was referred from local obstetric clinic to our hospital at 22th week gestational age with persistent uncontrolled high blood pressure (bp). Her bp was 170/100 mmhg, and she complained of intermittent headache and epigastric pain at admission . Pregnancy - induced hypertension (... |
In the past, teaching medical courses was commonly performed via scientific and theoretical classes via teaching aids including textbooks and journals (1). However, today changing health care and medical curriculum has made computer - assisted learning more valuable than before (2). In fact, currently the increasing av... |
The order crocodylia includes 23 living species and three families are recognized, crocodylidae, gavialidae, and alligatoridae . Only alligatoridae occurs in south america and is composed of six species, paleosuchus palpebrosus, p. trigonatus, melanosuchus niger, caiman yacare, c. latirostris, and c. crocodilus . The s... |
A 25-year - old male was airlifted to our institution following a high - speed, head - on motor vehicle collision . He had open left patella and lateral femoral condyle fractures [figure 1a] with a normal motor and sensory exam, but his foot was cool with sluggish capillary refill (> 3 s) and no palpable pulses . Angio... |
, there are several groups of influenza viruses, which are proved to be the causes of respiratory tract infections in human beings as well as in other animals . In human beings, the influenza virus infection can be seen worldwide with a wide range of epidemic areas ., the possible mutation can be expected, and any sens... |
Long - term care assessment and assignment is a process in which individual's needs are mapped and is examined to what extent for those needs appropriate care is available . Care assignment is successful, when the assigned and provided care fits the needs of the individual and contributes to the individual's quality of... |
Diffuse large b - cell lymphoma (dlbcl) is a subtype of non - hodgkin's lymphoma (nhl) characterized by diffuse proliferation of large neoplastic b - lymphoid cells with nuclear size equal to or exceeding normal macrophage nuclei or more than twice the size of a normal lymphocyte (> 20 m). Affected patients are usually... |
The accessibility and utilization of health services requires resources and facilities which first, are produced in sufficient levels and second, are distributed among sections of the society in an equitable way (1, 2). Today, the idea that health is a merit good that everyone should have access to it, is approved by a... |
Microglia comprise a unique subset of glial cells as the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (cns). Although their developmental origin has been debated for several decades, the general contemporary consensus is that microglia originate from two sources to populate the cns: an early source in the embryon... |
Cholangiocarcinoma (cca), tumor that arises from the epithelial cells of the bile duct, is a relatively rare cancer worldwide; however, its incidence is extremely high in asia . Over the past three decades, the incidence of cca appears to be increasing, and accounts for approximately 3% of all gastrointestinal carcinom... |
The pig was most likely one of the first animals to be domesticated over 9,000 years ago . Pork is an important food source now representing forty - three percent of red meat consumed in the world 1 and is a valuable resource economically in many parts of the world . There are over 250' non - extinct' breeds of swine 2... |
The widely accepted theory suggests that these tumors arise from primordial germ cells misplaced during their migration to the gonads [16]. Extragonadal germ cell tumors are more common in children under 15 years old and primarily men between the second and fourth decade of life . The majority of extragonadal germ cell... |
Contemporary incidence of stone disease and risk of recurrence are known since antiquity with the earliest report in an egyptian mummy and a reference to stone disease in the hippocratic oath . First - time renal stone former has natural cumulative recurrence rate of 14%, 35%, and 52% at 1, 5, and 10 years, respectivel... |
Radiotherapy for the treatment of malignancy is a common practice and the continuous optimization of this treatment raises the problem of long - term issues of patients treated and cured by ionizing radiation . Accelerated atherosclerosis secondary to radiation arteritis has been previously described in the literature ... |
Brazilian epidemiologic studies have shown a high prevalence of gingival inflammation, ranging from 74% to 100%, although media individual percent of gingival bleeding vary from 28% to 35%16 . Dental plaque can be visible on dental surfaces after 1 or 2 days if oral hygiene procedures are unsatisfactory . The localizat... |
Congenital extrahepatic portocaval shunt (ceps) is a congenital anomaly observed predominantly in females in which the splanchnic blood bypasses the liver and drains directly into the inferior vena cava (ivc). After the first description of this entity by abernethy in 1793, fewer than 30 cases of ceps have been reporte... |
In daily practice, it is common to experience difficulty in treating decubitus ulcers (pressure ulcers, also known as decubitus ulcers) and stasis dermatitis of the lower limbs . We hereby report that omega-3-acid ethyl esters were remarkably effective when administered to cases of refractory pressure ulcers and stasis... |
Molecular self - assembly is a ubiquitous process in nature, and is also believed to play an essential role in the emergence, maintenance, and advancement of life . While the primary focus of the research on molecular self - assembly centers on the biomacromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, and polysaccharides) or the... |
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (mpnst) of neck region is an extremely rare entity, especially, when presenting as a parotid mass . However, it is of diagnostic importance because it is one of the most aggressive malignant soft - tissue sarcomas and it is also called as neurofibrosarcoma as it arises from the n... |
Human papillomavirus (hpv) is a necessary causative agent for cervical cancer [1, 2], the second most common cancer in women and third overall cause of cancer mortality worldwide . Hpv has also been detected in anal cancer, cancers of the head and neck, particularly the oropharynx and larynx [5, 6], and there is eviden... |
Systemic sclerosis (ssc) is a chronic systemic fibrosing disease associated with autoimmune abnormalities such as antinuclear antibodies (ana). The main manifestations are attributed to 3 features: tissue fibrosis, autoimmune disorder, and microvascular injury . Skin is almost always affected, except in the so - called... |
Studies on polybrominated dibenzo - p - dioxins and dibenzofurans (pbdds and pbdfs) are relatively scarce compared to those on their toxic chlorinated analogs, that is, polychlorinated dibenzo - p - dioxins (pcdds) and dibenzofurans (pcdfs); however, in the past decade, evidence has accumulated on the widespread occurr... |
There is a general agreement about the correlation between tumor size and survival; therefore, a delay in diagnosis may negatively affect the prognosis . Mammography screening has played an important role in the reduction of breast cancer mortality that has been observed in the past two decades, although in a recent re... |
Diet can influence the characteristics of the gastrointestinal tract since the intestinal mucous membrane is directly in contact with food and absorbs the substances produced by digestion . In particular, it has been reported that the diet may affect both small and large intestine in terms of mucosal architecture, vill... |
Carvedilol is a third - generation -blocker indicated in the treatment of congestive heart failure and high blood pressure.13 in addition to its -blocking properties, it has blocking effect at 1-adrenoreceptor, and exhibits low levels of intrinsic sympathomimetic activity (isa).4 the lack of isa reduces side effects an... |
There is only limited knowledge about factors that cause increased serum total immunoglobulin e (ige) in children . Generally, ige has been found to be higher in men than in women [1, 2]. However, some studies found this difference only among smokers [3, 4], whereas others have found that the difference was confined to... |
New genetic evidence indicates that pangolins are the closest living relatives of the carnivora with which they form the clade ferae . Especially rather small groups like the order pholidota with the only family manidae are concerned, that consists of one genus (manis) with eight species and has a special biology . The... |
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