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The incidence of hypertension and prehypertension has been reported to be 19 and 62%, respectively among young adult college football players studied between 1999 and 2012 in the us . In india, prehypertension is a prodrome of hypertension, which evolves over many years, is resistant to treatment, and is a costly burde... |
Isreal and ponfick, in 1891, defined the anaerobic nature of actinomycetes and isolated them in man . Of the five species causing infection in man, actinomyces isrealii is the most frequently isolated . The usual sites of infection are head, neck, thorax, abdomen, and pelvis . Primary actinomycosis of skin is rare and ... |
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (mfh) is the most common soft - tissue sarcoma of adults aged> 45 years, involving most commonly the extremities and the retroperitoneum, with a slight male - gender predomination . The inflammatory type of mfh is the rarest of all and is characterized by a predominance of xanthoma cells ... |
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Maintaining good alignment of the body while in the sitting position is important for reducing or preventing pain associated with poor posture1,2,3 . Biomechanical studies have indicated that an incorrect sitting posture (e.g. Sitting in a bent or oblique position, or habitually sitting cross - legged) can cause poster... |
There are multiple options for femoral fixation of a soft tissue graft in anterior cruciate ligament (acl) reconstruction . In particular, suspensory femoral fixation has attracted increasing interest with the popularity of outside - in femoral drilling for better replication of the anatomy of the native acl14). Howeve... |
Orthodontic induced root resorption (oirr) is one of the most prevalent sequelae of the treatment . It has been reported that 95% of adults receiving orthodontic treatment were affected by oirr . Among the immunologic disorders, asthma and allergy the prevalence of allergy has been reported by world allergy organizatio... |
Basal cell carcinoma (bcc) is a tumor derived from the non - keratinized cells which originate from the basal cell layer of the epidermis . It is a slow growing tumor with a low rate of metastasis and mortality approaching 0.1% of incidence . These tumors are the most common type of cancer in europe, australia, and the... |
We obtained samples from 3 sources: national dengue - like surveillance, an encephalitis study, and the outbreak investigation . From surveillance, during 20002011, an average of> 700 paired serum samples were collected annually from patients admitted to sentinel hospitals for dengue - like syndrome (battambang, siem r... |
Various types of sleep disturbances are common among patients with end - stage renal disease (esrd), ranging from 50% to 80% by subjective manner and in up to 50% of the cases as objectively documented with polysomnography . Frequent sleep disorders in patients on hemodialysis (hd) and peritoneal dialysis (pd) include ... |
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.lucille ball, american actress . Andropause has gained widespread attention more recently, especially in the media and supported by those who advocate the use of products such as male hormones to overcome the effects of declining androg... |
The process of procuring the eyelid samples has been previously described.13,19 during dissection, none of the cadavers demonstrated entropion in both the lower and upper eyelids . Full thickness sections of 13 lower eyelids (7 right and 6 left) and 11 upper eyelids (7 right and 4 left) from seven caucasian cadavers (a... |
Guscott and taylor (8) have noted that poor compliance is the principle reason for the discrepancy between efficacy and effectiveness in bipolar patients (8). Non - compliance is a frequent cause of relapse among patients (9, 10). Observed rates of suicide that were 5.2 times greater in nonadherent patients than in pat... |
The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of metabolic and cardiovascular symptoms that are strongly associated with type ii diabetes mellitus . In this kind of diabetes, rather than prolonged high levels of glycemia, there is insulin resistance with secondary hyperinsulinemia, both very frequently associated with, hypertens... |
It is very important to establish and maintain a well - functioning vascular access for hemodialysis patients . Permanent vascular access has three methods, including arteriovenous fistula (avf), grafted vessels fistula, and long - term indwelling central venous catheter (cvc). Vascular access complications induced by ... |
Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder (sccub) is a rare variant of neuroendocrine nonepithelial tumor characterized by aggressive behavior . Its incidence accounts for 0.50.7% of all urinary bladder carcinomas . Due to its low incidence, not many cases have been presented, and those have mostly been individual ca... |
Aspergillus species are rare causes of endocarditis with aspergillus fumigatus being reported most frequently, . However, the role of filamentous fungi in endocarditis may be underestimated because standard blood culture techniques offer unfavorable conditions for growth, and even when a blood culture isolate is obtain... |
A 59-year - old, right - handed man suddenly developed lightheadedness, shimmering visual disturbance in his right visual field, nausea and vomiting with subsequent ataxia, dysarthria, left facial weakness and left upper limb numbness . He had no respiratory or cardiac symptoms and was transferred to our hospital for u... |
Mammals have five ucp homologs, of which ucp1-ucp3 are closely related, while ucp4 and bmcp1 are more divergent (see figure 1). Ucp1 genes have been assigned to mouse chromosome 8, rat chromosome 19 and human chromosome 4 . The human and mouse ucp2 genes are located 7 - 20 kilobases (kb) downstream of the ucp3 stop cod... |
Gait disturbance occurs in children with spastic cerebral palsy when increased spasticity reduces lower extremity control1, 2 . A certain level of lower extremity muscle strength is required for their gait ability2 . Previous studies have showed that lower extremity muscle strength is closely related to gait ability in... |
Social isolation (si) has been shown to induce an increase in emotionality and hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal axis reactivity in mice [1, 2]. Long - term individual housing has been used as a chronic stress model in the study of psychiatric disorders [35] and, to a lesser extent, metabolic disorders . Given the ass... |
Virtual library screening and molecular modeling have been used widely in the drug discovery process and have yielded experimentally confirmed hits for various protein targets . Different virtual screening (vs) approaches have been used, including structure - based docking and ligand - based mapping . For example, reli... |
Chronic viral hepatitis, especially chronic hepatitis b is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in se asia . Although most chronic hepatitis b carriers do not develop complications, approximately 15 to 40% develop complications that include the development of liver fibrosis and eventually cirrhosis, with a pr... |
There is persuasive evidence that obesity increases, whilst regular physical activity reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease . However, contradictory findings from previous studies has led to debate about the relative importance of weight and physical activity with respect to risk of future adverse health outcomes ... |
The antioxidant system is a mechanism which protects the body s cells against endogenous and exogenous free radicals, and establishes an equilibrium that allows endogenous radicals to perform necessary cell functions, while preventing damaging effects by exogenous radicals . This results in a decrease of toxic radical ... |
We report a 30-year - old woman who presented with severe group c streptococcal pharyngitis . She presented with a 9-day history of progressive symptoms, including fever, sore throat, neck swelling, and recent onset of hoarseness . In the 9 days before the emergency room (er) presentation, the patient had visited the e... |
A major challenge in human genetics is to identify novel disease genes to understand the mechanisms underlying genetic conditions and, in the long term, elaborate novel treatments for these disorders . Genetic studies, such as association studies and linkage analyses, identify chromosomal regions involved in a disease ... |
For a long time, to survive, the human body has adapted to lack of nutrition including energy, salt, and water . With excess nutrition, the burden of obesity is a growing problem worldwide although malnutrition still remains unsolved in undeveloped areas . The problem is the imbalance between energy intake and expendit... |
The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma is strongly associated with that of gastro - esophageal reflux disease (gerd). However, bile acid and pancreatic juice without gastric acid can induce barrett's esophagus, and a few reports have described barrett's adenocarcinoma in patients who had undergone total gastrectomy... |
We investigated bacteria from a region considered to be one of the last outposts of wilderness, the arctic, with the belief that in this region human influence on the ecology of antimicrobial resistance would be minimal . Coli isolated on site from fecal or cloacal swabs of arctic birds was studied . During the beringi... |
Proper axonal elongation and path finding are critical for neurons to reach their destination and form accurate neuronal circuits . Extracellular developmental guidance stimulators, such as growth factors, cell adhesion molecules, and other cues, are responsible for navigating the growth cones of an extending axon thro... |
The prevalence of amd is 15.5% among adults aged 50 years or above and is estimated to increase with the arrival of aging society in china . While amd is still incurable so far, the fundamental approach to reduce the risk of development of amd and avoid related irreversible vision loss is to be early aware of this cond... |
Streptococcus pneumonae is a gram - positive, anaerobic, catalase - negative bacterium . It produces a polysaccharide capsule, that is used for serotyping; more than 90 immunologically distinct serotypes have been identified . They form 46 serogroups from which fewer than 20 serotypes account for most of cases of the d... |
Ciona intestinalis adults were obtained, in vitro fertilized, and electroporated for transient transgenesis as described . For each electroporation the tissue was then cleared in a series of washes of 0.01% triton - x in pbs . Differential interference contrast microscopy was used to obtain transmitted light micrograph... |
A 56-year - old man with hepatic steatosis secondary to excessive alcohol consumption was diagnosed with a low - grade invasive rectosigmoid adenocarcinoma stage 2b (pt4pn0m0). A laparoscopically assisted anterior rectum resection with partial cystectomy was performed to remove the tumor that had infiltrated the bladde... |
Respiratory system sequelae are the most important long - term complications in patients exposed to sulfur mustard . Thousands of iranian civilians and veterans are still suffering from delayed respiratory difficulties caused by inhalation of this toxic gas during the iraq conflict with iran more than 25 years ago.1,2 ... |
Approximately, a third of patients presenting for cataract surgery are likely to have clinically significant levels of corneal astigmatism.1 toric intraocular lenses (iols) have been shown to be a safe and effective method of reducing astigmatism at the time of cataract surgery.2 however, after toric iol implantation, ... |
Incidental adrenal masses are often discovered during investigative studies for unrelated abdominal or thoracic pathology . Surgical intervention for adrenal masses is always warranted in the setting of functional tumors or when the likelihood of malignancy is high . Calcified adrenal masses are usually secondary to in... |
Active ageing (aa) is the global goal of present ageing world for meeting the challenges of older persons and for improving their quality of life . Active ageing can be explained as a concept and walker (2002) has defined aa as profound strategy to maximize participation and wellbeing as people grow older . World healt... |
Progeria is a rare premature aging syndrome characterized by retarded physical development, abnormal facies, skeletal abnormalities and early onset of scleroderma . It was first described in 1886 by jonathan hutchinson and was also described independently in 1897 by hastings gilford . Affected children are normal at bi... |
Two populations were studied . A family - based study included four patients with adulthood developing - onset diabetes, who were relatives of a child with ndm because of a previously identified abcc8 mutation (2,11), and one adult patient and his two children who carry the same abcc8 mutation (7) (table 1). From an ad... |
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (dic) is characterised by intravascular fibrin formation and disturbance of the microvasculature . It is a complex disorder with multiple interactions involving hemostasis, fibrinolysis, and inflammation . The international society for thrombosis and haemostasis proposed a definit... |
Traumatic posterior fossa subdural hematomas (sdhs) in the adult population are a rarity, with a reported incidence <1%.1 its incidence with concurrent cervical spine injury is still unknown . Cases have been reported with lumbago and headaches secondary to chronic sdh collections in the lumbar spine associated with se... |
Neck pain is a frequently experienced symptom that most people have at least once in their lifetime; chronic neck pain is a general musculoskeletal disorder1,2,3, and is associated with compensatory hypertension in superficial muscles, such as the sternocleidomastoid, and atrophy of the deep cervical flexors, such as t... |
Diabetes is the major cause of kidney failure, blindness, and nontraumatic leg amputations in u.s . Health care dollars (2), and is a critical public health problem in other countries as well (3). Moreover, national health and nutrition examination surveys (nhanes) from 20032006 and 20072010 show that while there were ... |
Polyphenol composition of clpr was quantified by hplc and liquid chromatography ms, as detailed previously . Glucose was measured using a commercially available kit (labassay glucose wako kit, wako pure chemical industries, ltd). The radiolabelled glucose analogue 2- [h]deoxy - d - glucose was purchased from american r... |
Approximately 1015% of couples of reproductive age are unable to conceive within twelve consecutive months of unprotected intercourse and therefore they are characterised as infertile . A male factor has been implicated in almost 50% of the cases, either solely (20%) or in combination with the female factor (3040%) (1,... |
Vision impairment and metamorphopsia are major symptoms of patients with an idiopathic macular hole (mh). Mh surgery has been improved since kelly and wendel first reported successful closure of mhs by use of pars plana vitrectomy with gas - fluid exchange . A technique of internal limiting membrane (ilm) peeling impro... |
Root canal therapy is aimed to completely eradicate microbes and three dimensionally seal the endodontic system . Chemo - mechanical debridement of the root canal system is the most accepted method to achieve complete disinfection . Mechanical preparation inadvertently forms an amorphous layer termed as smear layer ove... |
The most common soft tissue tumour of the abdominal wall is the desmoid tumour while the least frequent is the dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans . Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (dfsp) is a rare, indolent, low - grade sarcoma recognised for its progressive locally infiltrative nature . A painless, long - standing, slow ... |
M.s . Is an employee of genentech, a member of the roche group, and a shareholder of roche . P.v . Is an employee and shareholder of pfizer . As an associate editor for cpt: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology, p.v. |
Hypomagnesaemia is one of the well - known and common side effects of cisplatin that was first reported in cancer patients about three decades ago (1, 2). Magnesium (mg) is the second most abundant intracellular cation in the human body . It is an essential co - factor for many enzymes involved in cellular metabolic pa... |
Between january 2011 and december 2011, 330 non - duplicate enterobacteriaceae isolates were consecutively collected from patients at el iman hospital, riyadh: e. coli, k. pneumoniae, c. freundii, and enterobactor spp (e. aerogenes and e. cloacae). The strains were obtained mostly from urine (72%) and blood (11%), but ... |
Low fitness levels and poor cardiovascular disease risks are highly prevalent among stroke survivors1,2,3.low fitness levels are closely related with vascular disease morbidity and mortality4,5,6 . Aerobic training plays a significant role in improving fitness levels and cardiovascular risks among stroke survivors7,8,9... |
Angiotensin converting enzyme (ace), also known as kininase ii, is a bivalent dipeptidyl carboxyl metallopeptidase present both as a membrane - bound form in epithelial, neuroepithelial, and endothelial cells, including the vascular ones, and as a soluble form in different body fluid, including blood . Due to its abili... |
Urolithiasis is a common disease, and the prevalence of this disease is increasing everyday . Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (pcnl) is an effective and common treatment technique for especially large and complex renal calculi . Although pcnl is a common procedure, it can be associated with some mortal or morbid complicat... |
Cationic -helical antimicrobial peptides (amps) are essential components of the innate immune system and have garnered much interest in the search for novel antimicrobial agents due to their direct antimicrobial effects, broad - spectrum activity, rapid eradication of their targets, potency against drug - resistant bac... |
Pancreatic endocrine tumors are uncommon, with an annual incidence of 1 - 2 cases/100,000, but their frequency is on the rise (1). In younger individuals, hereditary cancer syndromes such as multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (men-1) may contribute to these cases . Pancreatic endocrine tumors are classified as functio... |
There are three types of interferon: alpha, beta and gamma (1). Rebif is a type of protein that is called beta interferon (inf beta). Rebif (inf beta-1a) is produced as a purified 166 amino acid glycoprotein with a molecular weight of approximately 22,500 daltons . It is generated by recombinant dna technology using ge... |
Biased, or adverse, selection undermines the functioning of insurance markets for mental health and substance abuse care (together known as behavioral health care). This was true when the main device for cost control was consumer copayments and remains true today in the era of managed care . Adverse selection is one of... |
The case described illustrates the correlation between copd and peptic ulcer disease . In a patient receiving corticosteroids for an acute exacerbation of copd, clinicians need to consider the complications of peptic ulcer disease, paying close attention to subtle changes in abdominal examination (1). There have been r... |
Taiwan s computer - based system for reporting cases of tb disease was established in 1996 . In this system, even suspected cases of tb must be reported and registered . A diagnosis or confirmation of tb is made on the basis of clinical or laboratory findings (1). If no tb is confirmed or another diagnosis is made late... |
Adjacent segment degeneration (asd) is not a rare condition nowadays due to the fact that spinal surgery is more widely performed . This condition is defined as the recurrence of symptoms associated with the degeneration at the free segment above a fusion after symptom - free period . The incidence of symptomatic asd i... |
A number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) have been reported to be associated with obesity . Nevertheless, all body mass index- (bmi-) associated snps in combination fall short of accounting for the heritability of bmi . Copy number variants (cnvs) may explain additional heritability of bmi . By definition, cn... |
Appendageal tumors (ats) are neoplasms which differentiate toward or arise from pilosebaceous apparatus, apocrine gland or eccrine sweat gland . Head neck region is unique because of its rich distribution of pilosebaceous apparatus, apocrine as well as eccrine sweat glands . Clinical diagnosis of different entity is of... |
Top - down methods such as photo- and electron - beam lithography provide a tool for etching surfaces giving rise to structures at the nanometer scale . Bottom - up approach using the techniques of organic and inorganic synthesis furnishes a mean of fabricating molecular systems such as devices and sensors that are on ... |
Thrombocytopenia - associated multiple organ failure (tamof) is a thrombotic microangiopathic syndrome that includes thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (ttp), secondary thrombotic microangiopathy (tma) and disseminated intravascular coagulation (dic). This condition develops in patients with immunodeficient conditions... |
A 29-year - old black woman presented with a complaint of a photo - distributed dermatitis that had erupted each spring or summer for many years . An initial physical examination revealed several dark brown patches bilaterally on her forearms with interspersed 1- to 2-mm monomorphic lichenoid papules . A punch biopsy s... |
It has long been established that visual information is initially processed in scale - selective channels (n. graham, 1989). As early as the retina, neurons are only sensitive to signals that fall within a limited spatial frequency (sf) bandwidth . In striate cortex, neurons also become selective for stimulus orientati... |
Although local anesthetics are highly effective in producing anesthesia in normal tissues, they commonly fail in patients with inflamed tissues . For instance, the inferior alveolar nerve block is associated with a failure rate of 15% in patients with normal tissue and 4481% with irreversible pulpitis and 30% failure i... |
People with diabetes (dm) are at high risk of heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure [1, 2]. According to the international diabetes federation, there are 387 million people with diabetes worldwide in 2014, meaning that one in 12 people have diabetes (8.3%). Among them a cross - sectional national study in 1980 repo... |
After removal of the primary, isolated metastases of neuroendocrine tumors to the liver can be curatively approached by surgical resection with achievable disease - free survival of 42 to 46 months depending on the extent of metastases . However, only 10% of metastatic liver disease cases are resectable . Also, signifi... |
Von willebrand factor (vwf) plays an important role in hemostasis and thrombosis, both as a cofactor in platelet adhesion and aggregation and as the circulating carrier protein for coagulation factor viii . Meta - analyses of prospective studies have suggested that increasing circulating vwf levels are associated with ... |
We report an unusual case of normotensive pheochromocytoma detected incidentally, presenting a pre - operative management problem . A 40-year - old lady with vague abdominal symptoms was initially discovered with a left adrenal incidentaloma by ultrasound abdomen, which was also revealed in computed tomography (ct). Af... |
Isolated vasculitis of the central nervous system (cns) is an uncommon clinicopathological entity, which is characterized by vasculitis and is restricted to the vessels of the cns, without any other apparent systemic lesion . Arterioles are the most common target of degenerative processes, with mononuclear cell infiltr... |
The incidence of oesophageal cancer is high in france and particularly in brittany . Alcohol and smoking are the main etiological factors of squamous - cell carcinoma, the most frequent type of oesophageal cancer in our region . This alcohol - smoking combination also predisposes to cirrhosis, with alcoholic cirrhosis ... |
The vertebrate retina receives efferent inputs from different parts of the central nervous system but we still do not understand how these regulate visual processing (ramon y cajal, 1894; reprant et al ., 1989). In teleosts, the main source of retinopetal fibers is the terminal nerve (tn), which receives dense afferent... |
Injuries around the elbow are common in pediatric population . Amongst them, most common is fractures of the supracondylar part of humerus, followed by condylar fractures . Fractures of the neck of the radius account for five - ten percent of the total injuries . Open reduction and fixation is indicated when closed red... |
Growing teratoma syndrome (gts) is a rare entity characterized by accelerated growth of masses in the retroperitoneum or other locations during or after systemic chemotherapy for treatment of a nonseminomatous germ cell tumor (nsgct). Three criteria define this syndrome: enlarging metastatic masses, normalized serum ma... |
Malnutrition during childhood can also affect growth potential and the risk of morbidity and mortality in later years of life . In developing courtiers like india,, malnourishment is a burden on a considerable proportion of population, the most vulnerable being the youngest of the country . It is well known that undern... |
Hardware requirements: two phantom desktop robots by sensable technologies, inc.2 parallel cards.minimum system requirements: intel or amd - based pcs; windows 2000/xp, 250 mb of disc space . Two phantom desktop robots by sensable technologies, inc . Minimum system requirements: intel or amd - based pcs; windows 2000/x... |
Health disparities for intellectual and developmental disabilities (i / dd) often exist, including poorer health, unmet health needs, and problematic access to primary and preventive health services [16] including preventive oral health services and severe oral health disparities . The safety net to offset these dispar... |
Alexander et al proposed that the basal ganglia and thalamus participate in five parallel segregated circuits with selected cortical areas in the frontal lobe . Two of these circuits are related to motor function, and influence skeletomotor and oculomotor areas of cortex . The remaining three loops are connected with n... |
Cumulative dissipated energy (cde) is a built - in measurement of the alcon infiniti vision system (alcon labs, hnenberg, switzerland), a phacoemulsification unit which is specifically designed for surgeons to monitor the energy delivered during phacoemulsification . There are many different phaco machines using differ... |
Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder characterized by low bone mass and low bone quality which leads to compromised bone strength and an increased risk of fracture . The prevalence of osteoporosis in the united states and canada is high, with 10 million americans and 2 million canadians affected with this disease . Seve... |
A 49-year - old korean woman presented intermittent swallowing difficulty, especially when eating solid foods, for the duration of 3 years . Other complaints were palpitation and chest discomfort for a year before admission . Physical examination revealed that the vital signs were stable except the body temperature whi... |
St segment elevation myocardial infarction (stemi) is still an important cause of cardiovascular mortality, and morbidity . Without doubt moreover, higher thrombotic burden in infarct related artery (ira) is related to stent thrombosis, distal embolization, no - reflow phenomenon, and long - term mortality [14]. No - r... |
The debate on the safety of genetically modified organisms (gmos) used for food and feed is still very lively throughout the world, more than 15 years after their first commercial release 3 - 5 . Unfortunately, although some stakeholders claim that a history of safe use of gmos can be upheld, there are no human or anim... |
Tissue engineering (te) provides a therapeutic alternative to organ transplantation, bypassing issues of immunosuppression and organ shortage . Te has recently had successful applications in the clinic, with replacement of organs such as the bladder, urethra and trachea, both in adults and children . Building a tissue ... |
Medicines availability and distributions have improved over the years in many developing countries, especially with the introduction of essential drug programmes . However, the availability of information about rational handling and the use of these medicines is inadequate in many developing countries . Medicines in ho... |
A retrospective chart review was conducted for all consecutive cases of tao - associated exophthalmos surgically treated by a single surgeon (jkl) at chung - ang university hospital between january 1, 2011 and december 31, 2013 . The study protocol was approved by the institutional review board of chung - ang universit... |
Chorea - acanthocytosis (chac) is a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by generalized chorea, orofaciolingual dyskinesia with dysphagia and dysarthria, muscle wasting, hyporeflexia, and behavioral disturbance6). Chac can be diagnosed by western blot identification of chorein or sequencing... |
Cell culture and cytokine exposure; viability and western blot assay; nitric oxide and chemokine (cc - motif) ligand (ccl) 5 measurement; sample preparation for array analysis; real - time rt - pcr and normal pcr; immunofluorescence; promoter in silico analysis and promoter reporter assay are available at the online ap... |
Nearly all children born with a myelomeningocele will have radiographic evidence of chiari ii malformation (ciim) [2, 5], though only 2030% will have symptoms related to lower cranial nerve and brainstem dysfunction . In these children, these symptoms are the major determinant of quality of life and are the major cause... |
Bronchial artery aneurysm (baa) is seen in less than 1% of cases of selective bronchial arteriography . It is a potentially life - threatening condition, often requiring immediate therapy following diagnosis . Most patients are asymptomatic, however, massive hemoptysis and mediastinal hematomas are potentially devastat... |
C - reactive protein (crp) is a marker of inflammation that is extensively used in clinical practice . Recently, several prospective clinical studies have shown that modest elevations in baseline crp levels predict future cardiovascular events [14]. This brought up the idea of crp to be not only a systemic marker of in... |
The treatment of radiation - induced hemorrhagic cystitis can be especially frustrating for the practicing urologist . This potentially severe condition can appear more than 10 years after pelvic radiotherapy (1). Among patients treated with external beam pelvic radiotherapy or brachytherapy, 2.1% to 8.2% will have sym... |
The practice of reusing vegetable oils several times for deep frying before disposing them is quite common among malaysians . Deep fried foods have been becoming more popular in daily diet, especially in this modern fast - paced lifestyle . Heating the vegetable oils to a high level of temperature, that is, approximate... |
Regeneration of injured or unhealthy axons holds great therapeutic promise for neurological disorders including acute trauma to the brain or spinal cord, stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases . The phosphatase and tensin homolog (pten) gene has emerged as an important regulator of axon regeneration, and recent finding... |
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