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We prospectively recruited 147 subjects aged 65.2 0.7 years (mean se). Of these, 71 had type 2 diabetes (40 males, diabetes duration 10.5 1.0 years, 15 treated with insulin, 31 hypertensive, 47 hypercholesterolemic) and 76 were age- and sex - matched nondiabetic control subjects (33 males, 19 hypertensive, 29 hyperchol... |
In the present study, three ascidian species such as styela clava (sc), halocynthia roretzi (hr) and styela plicata (sp), belonging to the class ascidiacea, are the most popular marine products in korea because of their scent, flavor and nourishing value, and koreans consume them plentifully . These ascidians, economic... |
To report a case of choroidal neovascularization secondary to unilateral retinal pigment epithelium dysgenesis (urped), which was resistant to posterior subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide (stta) and intravitreal bevacizumab injection (ivb). An 8-year - old boy was referred to us because of a unilateral uniqu... |
Stroke patients have a two - fold higher risk of falling than other patients of the same age or gender1 . In particular, 30% to 50% of the elderly those over 65 years old, experience falls every year2 . Falls may result in fractures, brain damage, or other secondary complications and may thus lead to decreased physiolo... |
Pneumocystis pneumonia (pcp) is an opportunistic fungal infection caused by pneumocystis jirovecii . It causes life threatening pneumonia among hiv as well as non - hiv immunocompromised patients . Clinical manifestation of pcp found to be different among hiv and non - hiv immunocompromised patients . Since then, sever... |
Aortic atheroma (aa) is an atherosclerotic change in proximal and distal aorta or aortic arch . Aa is regarded as high risk for occurrence and recurrence of ischemic stroke and poor long - term outcomes . Association between aa and cerebral large artery atherosclerosis had been confirmed not only in pathologic studies ... |
Sleeve lobectomy is removal of the part of the main stem bronchus in continuity with the adjacent lobe or bilobe followed by end - to - end bronchial anastomosis . Since the first report by price - thomas, sleeve lobectomy has been widely used to treat patients with lung cancer in close proximity to or involving the ca... |
A review of the literature showed only two reported cases of lower limb infection caused by haemophilus influenzae serotype b, one in an infant and one in an elderly patient with diabetes [3, 11]. We report the case of a healthy 44-year - old man who had h influenzae serotype b necrotizing fasciitis develop after intra... |
Cavernous hemangiomas (chs) are defined as benign vascular structures inserted within the neural tissue, occurring in the central nervous system, and consisting of a dilated vascular bed5). Existence in the epidural space without bone involvement is rare1,10), and only 4% of all chs (0.22/1.000.000) are purely epidural... |
Dermatomyositis (dm) is a rare autoimmune disease which causes an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with cutaneous manifestations . Dm is also a known paraneoplastic syndrome that can complicate a variety of different neoplasms, such as lung, cervical, and breast cancers [1, 2]. The association with hepatocellular carci... |
The present study reports a rare case of primary pleomorphic carcinoma of the gallbladder for which we were able to perform curative surgery and identify long survival . Pleomorphic carcinoma is a rare lesion newly defined in the new world health organization (who) classification of lung tumor . However, according to g... |
Paired end libraries were prepared with a 200 bp insert size using the illumina truseq dna pcr - free sample preparation kit (illumina, inc ., san diego, ca). Matepair libraries with 3 kb, 5 kb, and 10 kb insert sizes were prepared using the illumina nextera mate pair sample preparation kit with some modifications (ill... |
Ehrlichia (e.) canis, which is the primary etiologic agent of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (cme), is a gram - negative obligate intracellular bacterium that replicates in monocytes and macrophages . Cme has been reported throughout the world, with a higher frequency in tropical and subtropical regions . Dogs infected ... |
Out of a global estimate of 7 billion people in 2012, about 2.5 billion people do not have access to improved sanitation and 1 billion people defecate in the open air . In india, 53% of households or 600 million people defecate in open, out of which 69.3% belongs to rural areas and 18.6% belongs to urban areas . Field ... |
Ectopic pancreas is defined as an abnormally located pancreatic tissue with its own ductal system and vascular supply, and lacking vascular, neural, and anatomical continuity with the normal pancreas.1,2 it is believed to be derived from the displacement of the endoderm that will develop into the pancreas during embryo... |
Infective endocarditis (ie) presents with variable symptoms, including systemic or cardiovascular manifestations.1 some of these symptoms are related to either embolic seeding of the organism or an immunological phenomenon associated with it . Although musculoskeletal symptoms are described in the literature, these are... |
For the year 2012, in brazil, it is an expected 6,110 new cases of laryngeal cancer are expected, with an estimated risk of 6 cases per 100 000 individuals . The laryngeal cancer is the sixth most frequent in the northeast region (4/100 000). ), seventh in the south region (9/100 000) and north regions (2/100 000), occ... |
Man is presently trying to be positively constructive and conservative, and thus from forest to fuel, all forms of energy are being judiciously utilized, so that the gifts of nature can be conserved . The survival rate of human life has itself increased, thanks to the peak of this realization . Once felt near to imposs... |
The nonmotor symptoms (nms) of parkinson s disease (pd) are recognized as important disability - causing factors . Nms include autonomic dysfunction,1 neuropsychological problems,2 sleep disturbance,3,4 and sensory symptoms.5 these symptoms constitute a burden on the caregiver and the public health system . In the pria... |
Surgical intervention for shoulder instability should be considered in patients who continue to experience debilitating symptoms despite completion of an appropriate rehabilitation regimen [table 1]. Algorithm for instable shoulder surgical management should be individualized to address the anatomic cause of shoulder i... |
An immortalized human meibomian gland epithelial cell line, kindly provided by david sullivan (schepens eye research institute, boston, ma, usa) was used for all of the studies . The cell were maintained in keratinocyte serum - free medium supplemented with 5 ng / ml of epidermal growth factor (egf) and 50 g / ml of bo... |
Monitoring of the glycemic status by the patient and the health care provider is the cornerstone in providing optimum diabetic care . The concept that adequate glycemic control results in reduction in the diabetic complications took a stronghold after the diabetes control and complications trial (dcct) in type 1 diabet... |
Iron deficiency, which is the most frequent and widespread nutritional deficiency in the world, affects approximately one - third of the world's population1), and occurs most frequently in rapidly growing children aged 6 months to 3 years who have an inadequate dietary iron intake2). Iron deficiency is the only micronu... |
Proper inheritance of a full complement of organelles is a characteristic feature of cell division . The inheritance process, known as biogenesis, proceeds in two distinct steps: duplication of the organelle followed by partitioning of the replicated structures . The biogenesis of the secretory pathway is a complex pro... |
Chronic subdural hematoma (csdh) occurs frequently in elderly patients and it is associated with acquired predisposing factors, such as trauma, the use of antiplatelets, and chronic alcohol overuse.28) in contrast, arachnoid cysts (acs) are mostly of congenital origin and develop in pediatric patients . The prevalence ... |
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (ttp) is a life - threatening disorder.1,2 it is recognized that ttp may be induced by an imbalance between unusually large von willebrand factor multimers (ulvwfm) and a disintegrin - like metalloprotease with thrombospondin type 1 motif 13 (adamts13), which often leads to the forma... |
Numerous studies have suggested that exposure to magnetic fields affects various physiological and pathological processes . For instance, magnetic fields have been considered as a " possible risk factor " for childhood leukemia, brain tumor or breast cancer (floderus et al ., 1993; forssn et al ., 2000; on the other ha... |
The trypanosomatidae are a group of unicellular, flagellated, obligate parasites, including many important pathogens of humans and animals . African trypanosomes (trypanosoma brucei, t. congolense and t. vivax) are endemic in rural areas of sub - saharan africa, where they cause sleeping sickness in humans, and wasting... |
Lupus erythematosus (le) and lichen planus (lp) are two distinct and well established dermatoses which occasionally can occur as an overlap syndrome . Overlap syndrome is characterized by mixed clinical and histopathological features of both le and lp . Although le and lp are relatively common diseases, an overlap is c... |
The transformation of carbon dioxide (co2) into more valuable compounds (carbon monoxide, methanol, oxalate, organic acids, methane, hydrocarbons) requires activation by a catalyst . Among ionic liquids, proteins, organic compounds, and semiconductors, transition metals are studied widely as catalysts, due to their rel... |
Percutaneous closure of patent ductus arteriosus (pda) has evolved with development of various surgical and nonsurgical methods . Although surgical ligation of pda is a safe procedure with negligible mortality, it is associated with discomfort, morbidity, longer hospital stay and thoracotomy scar.1 the percutaneous clo... |
Scleromyxedema is a rare disorder of unknown cause, with fewer than 150 reported cases in the literature . Scleromyxedema is a chronic idiopathic disorder characterized by numerous firm papules and areas of induration that are due to dermal mucin deposition in association with an increase in dermal collagen . Majority ... |
Decrease in lean mass can occur in patients with chronic advanced diseases and has been described in chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (ra), where it may result in profound weight loss . These changes are linked to the effects of cytokines such as tnf- and interleukins and also the level of dis... |
Cefixime trihydrate, microcrystalline cellulose were purchased from kapl ., bengaluru, india, hpmc k5 m, ec and sodium cmc were purchased from colorcon asia pvt . The fourier transform infrared (ftir) spectra of samples were obtained using ftir spectrophotometer (perkin elmer). About 2 - 3 mg of sample was mixed with d... |
Verbal information is better retained when it is self - generated rather than received passively (backman and mantyla, 1988; basso et al ., 1994; craik, 2002; kanfer and schefft, 1988; mcdaniel et al ., 1988; olofsson and nilsson, 1992; schefft and biederman, 1990; slamecka and graf, 1978). Specifically, self - generat... |
Tamoxifen, a selective estrogen receptor modulator (serm) is widely used in hormonal therapy for estrogen receptor - positive breast cancer . The side effects of tamoxifen usage include nausea, vomiting, hot flushes, skin rashes, alopecia and rarely thromboembolism . However, there are very few reports of acute pancrea... |
Supernumerary nipples is listed as a rare disease by the office of rare diseases (ord) of the national institutes of health (nih). This means that supernumerary nipples, or a subtype of supernumerary nipples, affect less than 200 000 people in the us population . The prevalence is 0.22% in a hungarian population,1.63% ... |
A 4-month - old cat had bilateral swellings of the mandible, maxilla, humerus and femur, and angular deviations in the axial and appendicular skeleton . The biochemical profile indicated hypercalcemia, hyperphosphatemia and increased parathyroid hormone levels . Because of the poor prognosis, the cat was euthanized . A... |
A crossover study with randomization to receive a daily dose of 75 or 320 mg aspirin (trombyl; pfizer) was designed . A total of 24 patients (12 women) with good glycemic control (hba1c <7.4%) and 24 patients (12 women) with poor glycemic control (hba1c> 8.4%) were recruited from the division of medicine, danderyd hosp... |
Otitis media is one of the most common childhood diseases and is the most frequent reason for visits to a physician.1) at least four - fifths of children will have experienced one or more episodes of otitis media by the age of 3 years.2) in addition, otitis media affects not only the child, but also the caregiver of th... |
Japanese encephalitis (je) is a vector - borne disease of the tropics spread by culex mosquitoes and maintained in the environment by amplifier hosts . Although very few cases are symptomatic, it causes serious neuroinvasive disease leading to either mortality or neurological sequelae in survivors . Here, we describe a... |
The novel plate (tdm, seoul, korea) is a t - shaped precontoured locking plate . The plate has 8 (or 9) holes, each of which has a thread to lock the screw to the plate . Proximal 4 holes are for metaphyseal fixation, distal 3 (or 4) holes are for diaphyseal fixation, and one hole in the middle is for assembling a meta... |
Locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the trunk and extremities has a poor prognosis . Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cscc) has a high incidence worldwide particularly in the sun exposed skin of caucasians [15]. The majority of cases are readily treatable by simple excision or radiotherapy with a go... |
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) enhances the immune state of immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infected patients, by suppressing the replication of hiv . This enhancement in the immune state reduces the risk of opportunistic infections, and thus haart has improved the survival and quality of life of aids patien... |
Second - generation (atypical) antipsychotics are first - line treatment for schizophrenia in the clinical setting at present because they are better tolerated than first - generation (typical) antipsychotics and are subjectively preferred by patients.1,2 treatment effectiveness has become a key concept for evaluating ... |
Any new drug labeled for an indication, dose and route of administration by drug approval authorities is on - label . Use of a drug outside the terms of its official labeling is referred to as off - label (1). Off - label prescription is common in medical practice, especially in oncology where drugs are often prescribe... |
Orthodontic mini - implant anchorage is a valuable alternative to extraoral anchorage and has eliminated most patient - compliance issues encountered during treatment.1 mini - implants are simple, easy to use, cost - effective, and convenient for achieving absolute skeletal anchorage with an estimated success rate of 8... |
Conjugate vaccines against haemophilus influentiae type b, streptococcus pneumoniae and meningococcus c have dramatically reduced cases of bacterial meningitis in the industrialised nations . However, meningitis type b continues to be a threat to children and adolescents worldwide . Unlike other serogroups, neisseria m... |
Copd is characterized by progressive and partially reversible airflow limitation, and it is among the leading causes of death worldwide.1 the disease is complicated by exacerbation, which is associated with a poor prognosis,2,3 and places a considerable economic burden on health services and society.4,5 it has also bee... |
One of the aims of immunophenotyping of flow cytometry is to determine the type of lymphocytes in samples submerged in liquid according to light scattering capabilities and expression of surface markers . This method allows for quick quantitative and qualitative evaluation of population of hematopoietic cells, etc . In... |
Alzheimer s disease (ad) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that primarily affects the regions of the brain that are associated with high functioning . Ad is characterized by progressive dementia that begins with mood changes, memory loss, and reduced cognition . The primary pathogenic process in ad is the acc... |
The adaptive immune system (also called the acquired immune system) is composed of specialized cells and actions that are involved in the elimination or prevention of pathogenic challenges . The adaptive immune response provides the immune system with the ability to recognize and remember specific pathogens and to moun... |
Breast cancer is the most prevalent malignancy and the causal agents of 19% of cancer - related death among women worldwide . The incidence rate of breast cancer has been dramatically increasing since the last decade, and with the age - standardized incidence rate of 28.25% in 100,000 women, it is now the most frequent... |
Solar activity predictions has acquired in recent decades a more prominent status within the scientific community because of its large impact to human technological activity (spacecraft, power grids, human activity in space, etc .) And in certain way living organisms and climate . This interest covers different scales,... |
Thin films of conjugated organic molecules are essential building blocks in organic and hybrid optoelectronics . Planar or bulk heterojunctions are realized either by different organic molecules or by combination with inorganic semiconductors or metal oxides such as zno and tio2 . The energetic alignment of the ground ... |
Growth hormone (gh) is secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and plays an important role in maintaining body composition, well - being, physical performance, and cardiovascular health in adults as well as children . These features have led to its misuse by professional sportsmen and women who wish to improve their a... |
This technique eliminated the need for two separate surgical sites, both requiring local anesthetic and post - operative management . Because no hospitalization or specialized instruments were required, this procedure was described as cost effective . Despite the results of his study supporting these statements, a lite... |
Surgical resection remains the standard treatment for patients with stage i nonsmall cell lung cancer (nsclc). Even in patients who undergo surgical resection at an early stage of nsclc, recurrent disease often impairs the clinical outcome . The postoperative 5-year survival rate for stage ia and ib nsclc was reported ... |
Metabolic syndrome (mets) is an aberrance of metabolic functions resulting in abnormalities that are major risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease (cvd) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2 dm). Studies have indicated that there has been a significant increase in the frequency of mets over the past 50 ye... |
When we first conceived international seminars in surgical oncology (isso), we held the strong belief that all those involved in the care of the cancer patient were entitled to a permanently available online resource with these characteristics . With our publishers biomed central, we believe that the internet has alrea... |
Rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is a chronic inflammatory disease of polyarticular arthritis affecting approximately 1% of adults worldwide [1, 2]. It typically leads to deformity and destruction of the joints and systemic disorders throughout the body as well . Although the etiology and pathogenesis of ra remain unknown, im... |
Although these lesions represent a heterogeneous group of disorders, they can have similar clinical manifestations . The differential diagnosis of complex cystic liver lesions can be grouped into neoplastic, infectious or inflammatory, and miscellaneous pathologic entities . Clinicians should remember to consider mucin... |
A relatively symmetric poly(acrylic acid)-polybutadiene copolymer denoted ab1 (mn = 10,050 g / mol, with hydrophilic fraction, f 0.50) yields polymersomes and micelles as a function of ph and salt, whereas the non - ionic poly(ethylene oxide)-polybutadiene denoted ob18 (mn = 10,400 g / mol, f ~ 0.35) yields coexisting ... |
We studied 33 patients with type 1 diabetes who were consuming a gluten - containing diet at the time of biopsy (median age 11 years, range 322 years). All diabetic patients presented with normal jejunal architecture (stage t0/t1 according to the marsh classification modified by oberhuber et al . [(16)]) and were divid... |
The prevalence of overweight and obese in the u.s . Has been thoroughly documented (5,6,15,18), along with its associated health risks, including cardiovascular disease, premature mortality, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and abnormal cholesterol (3,10,15,23,25). Current projections indicate obesity prevalence may be a... |
Follicular thyroid carcinoma (ftc) account for 1020% of all thyroid malignancies, and it tends to occur more frequently in patients over 40 years of age . The lung is the most common metastatic site for thyroid carcinoma followed by bone . Metastatic tumors to the skull are most often from lung, breast, and prostate ma... |
Contemporary diagnosis of primary open - angle glaucoma is based on evaluation of the optic disc, the neuroretinal rim, and the retinal nerve fiber layers with indirect stereoscopic examination of a dilated pupil using a slit - lamp and volk lens . Currently, methods such as hrt laser scanning ophthalmoscopy, gdxvcc la... |
The 1-year survival of patients with metastatic melanoma is 25%, with a median survival of around 79 months.13 chemotherapy has been widely used to treat patients with unresectable disease, but most of the time the disease fails to respond.4 non - specific immunotherapy has induced durable responses in very few patient... |
Stress distribution at the dental implant - cortical bone interface has been a major concern for researchers since the inception of dental implants . A lot research have been done in trying to reduce or redistribute the stress on the cortical bone and achieve stress pattern as close to natural tooth as possible . Kirsc... |
Lemierre's syndrome (necrobacillosis or postanginal septicaemia) was first reported in 1900 by courmont and cade and later described by andre lemierre in 1936 in a review of 20 cases . It is characterized by oropharyngeal infection, thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein (ijv) and metastatic abscesses . It is cl... |
Eleven healthy volunteers (9 female, 2 male, mean age = 29.1 years, standard deviation [sd] = 8.9), recruited by public advertisement, were invited to participate . All volunteers gave written informed consent to participate in the study, which was approved by the medical ethics committee of the academic medical center... |
The sacculated forestomachs of kangaroos and wallabies (family macropodidae) commonly contain large numbers of nematodes belonging to the strongylid sub - family cloacininae . For example, vendl and beveridge (2014) reported means and ranges in numbers of cloacinine nematodes in the stomachs of the red - necked wallaby... |
Alzheimer's disease (ad) is a neurodegenerative disease pathologically characterized by the deposition of the amyloid beta (a) fragments derived from amyloid precursor protein (app) in senile plaques and the accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles composed of tau protein [1, 2]. Increasing evidence suggests that accumu... |
Of these, 14,000 were not attributed to combat or hostile action . Of the noncombat, non hostile action deaths, 121 (0.9%) were caused by confirmed primary infections, including community acquired acute respiratory infections, meningitis, and chronic viral infections, such as hepatitis . Of these, 8 were attributed to ... |
According to annual reports of unaids 35.3 million (32.2 - 38.8) people were living with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection at the end of 2012.1 although the prevalence of hiv infection is decreasing in a number of countries, the general trend is increasing all over the world . According to world health organ... |
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (ohss) is a life - threatening condition consequent to ovulation induction in assisted reproductive technology (art) cycles . Although the majority of ohss cases are iatrogenic, spontaneous ohss (sohss), a very rare event, has also been reported . Although sohss almost always occurs in... |
A 65 year old male patient (174.5 cm in height, 77 kg in weight) with american society of anesthesiologists physical status classification ii was scheduled for left lung upper lobe wedge resection under the left olv with a dlt . Mouth opening was 3.5 cm and the mallampati score was assessed as class 2 in the patient wi... |
The national university of health sciences began publishing the journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics in 1978; and since that time, this peer - reviewed journal has provided the chiropractic profession with much needed scientific articles relating to the science of chiropractic medicine . However, afte... |
A previously healthy 59-year - old woman presented with abdominal pain in the lower left quadrant that had persisted for 3 months . Additionally, a whole - body positron emission tomography scan showed abnormal hyperuptake lesions in the left 10th rib and 10th vertebral body, suggesting metastasis (fig . Laboratory tes... |
Poloxamer 407 (pluronic f-127, sigma, usa; f127) and poloxamer 188 (pluronic f-68, sigma, usa; f68), polyvinyl maleic acid copolymer - pvm / ma copolymer (gantrez s-97 bf; s-97) was a gift from isp chem, germany . Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (methocel k100 prm lv, dow chemical company, germany; k100lv), polyethylene ... |
Cardiac muscle contractility and its efficiency depend on myosin heavy chain (myhc) isoforms being present . Mammalian heart muscle cells express two myhc gene products, myh6 and myh7, which correspond to the and isoforms respectively . The molecular masses of the rat and isoforms are both about 223 kda (rat gene datab... |
Fabry's disease is an x - linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutation of the gene that encodes an enzyme alpha - galactosidase a, a mutation inducing accumulation of glycosphingolipids in lysosome, especially in vascular endothelial and smooth - muscle cells1 - 17). Patients with the disease commonly have a ce... |
Mild cognitive impairment (mci) is considered to be a transitional period between normal aging and alzheimer's disease (ad), which is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by cognitive decline greater than expected for one's age and educational level yet not fulfilling the criteria of ad . Amnestic mci... |
Ultrasound (usg) is a useful investigation in obstetrics . In feto - maternal medicine, the identification of fetal anomaly in utero is an important theme and can be performed based on usg . Its mean indications include screening for fetal anomaly, especially for down's syndrome and other genetic trisomy . The prenatal... |
Recent progress in vector - mediated gene therapy shows promise in the treatment of duchenne muscular dystrophy (dmd). However, as in the case of many genetic diseases, a protein is mutated or altogether absent, preventing the establishment of immunological tolerance to its wild - type form . Thus, gene therapies that ... |
Samples consisted of those who attempted suicide and were referred to the accidents and emergency section of all the 4 existing centers (boo - ali hospital . Shahid zarea hospital, loghman hospital and imam khomeini hospital) located in the city of sari over a one year period . Data collection through interviews was do... |
Driveways and parking lots are common features of cities, suburbs, and small towns . Most single - family residences in the u.s . Have paved driveways, and we encounter parking lots at multifamily residences, schools, offices, and commercial businesses . Most people in developed countries, when outdoors, probably spend... |
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. |
Metastatic bone disease is a common manifestation of advanced cancers with autopsy studies indicating a prevalence of 3040% in thyroid, lung and renal cancers . There is a greater prevalence of bony metastases in breast and prostate cancers (more than 70%). Osteolytic disease in particular causes pain, impairs mobility... |
The initial diagnosis of thrombotic thrombo - cytopenic purpura (ttp) may be uncertain because other disorders that can cause microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia, the principal diagnostic criteria, may not be initially apparent . Disseminated malignancy is an important consideration in the differenti... |
The current global obesity epidemic is associated with a cluster of diseases including type 2 diabetes (t2d), cardiovascular disease and cancer . Obesity is often accompanied by insulin resistance and enhanced insulin secretion from pancreatic -cells . If gsis remains tightly coupled to insulin resistance, normal glyca... |
Pregnant women were observed to be at high risk of complications such as pneumonia and death during the influenza pandemics of 1918, 1957, and 2009 . In the 1918 pandemic, harris described an overall mortality of 27% among pregnant females who developed influenza - associated pneumonia which exceeded 50% in the third t... |
Oral health (i.e. Health of mouth and teeth) of school children represents a significant social and economic value of the modern world . Retrospective research data show that there is a difference in attitudes of examined children regarding the regular control of oral health, which is in correlation with social and edu... |
Two prostheses are predominantly used in clinical practice: the balloon - expandable sapien xt bioprosthesis (edwards lifesciences, irvine, usa), and the self - expandable corevalve bioprosthesis (medtronic, minneapolis, usa). Newer developments focus on overcoming certain drawbacks of the sapien xt and corevalve prost... |
Obturator hernias (oh) account for a rare presentation to the surgeon and their incidence is 0.073%, usually diagnosed as a cause of bowel obstruction or perforation . The incidence is higher in females with a ratio of 6: 1, usually in the elderly group of age higher than 70 years; henceforth, the nickname tiny old lad... |
Phacomatosis cesioflammea, earlier called as phacomatosis pigmentovasularis (ppv) type ii is a rare condition characterized by the coexistence of dermal melanocytosis (mongolion spot or nevus of ota) and nevus flammeus . Klippel trenaunay syndrome (kts) manifests as asymmetric overgrowth of a limb and soft tissue assoc... |
Drug efflux transporters of the atp - binding cassette (abc) family of proteins mediate active transport of molecules across cell membranes and physiological barriers, and they have a major impact on the pharmacological behavior of most of the drugs in use today . Abc transporters have complementary substrate scope and... |
A granular cell tumor (gct) is an uncommon tumor with an incidence of 0.017 - 0.029% in general surgical specimen. [14] it was first described in 1926 as granular cell myoblastoma by abrikossoff. [48] though the most common site of involvement is the tongue, it can occur anywhere in the body. [359] a gct usually presen... |
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