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Differentiated thyroid carcinomas originating from the follicular epithelium have a papillary (range, 6588%) and a follicular (range, 923%) histotype . Although follicular thyroid carcinomas (ftcs) are the second most common differentiated thyroid cancers, they are more aggressive than papillary thyroid carcinomas (ptc... |
Bacteria and yeast strains and culture media: eight pathogenic leptospira serovars (l. interrogans serovar hebdomadis strains op84 and akiyami b, l. interrogans serovar batavie strain viet16, l. interrogans serovar manilae strain up - mmc - niid, l. interrogans serovar australis strains akiyami c, l. interrogans serova... |
Vertebral compression fractures occur in up to 20% of patients over the age of 50, mostly due to osteoporosis.1 up to 1.4 million patients suffer from these compression fractures worldwide every year.2 the most common cause of vertebral compression fractures is osteoporosis followed by trauma, tumor, and infection.3 th... |
The majority of patients have the associated condition of primary acquired melanosis (pam) with atypia and are therefore prone to multiple new tumours throughout their lifetime [2, 3]. Therefore, primary conjunctival melanoma is managed by complete excision and double freeze - thaw cryotherapy . Adjuvant therapy is nec... |
The bifunctional nanoparticles were synthesized using a previously reported method (19, 20). Cobalt ferrite magnetic nanoparticles (mnp, cofe2o4) were coated with a silica shell (sio2) of stable and biocompatible material to avoid the potential toxic effects on cells . To acquire additional fluorescent properties, an o... |
Immune cells enter the peripheral nervous system (pns) and central nervous system (cns) in several neurological conditions of infectious or autoimmune origin . These immune invaders interact with the target tissue, which can result in damage of neural cells . The predominant resident target is often used to classify th... |
Rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is an autoimmune disease that results in a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs, but principally attacks flexible (synovial) joints . It can be a disabling and painful condition, which can lead to substantial loss of functioning and mobility if not ad... |
Body weight supported treadmill training therapy can be used for the recovery of walking after neurological damage . In this rehabilitation paradigm, participants walk on a motorized treadmill with a harness system allowing the weakened leg muscles to be freed from the necessity of body weight support and stepping is p... |
The epidermal growth factor receptor (egfr)-dependent signaling pathway plays an indispensable role in the development and progression of non - small cell lung cancer (nsclc) (1). Several large randomized controlled trials (rcts) enrolling patients with egfr mutations have demonstrated that first - line egfr - tyrosine... |
At the present time (2013), 7.78 million jehovah's witnesses are spread throughout 239 countries and regions and among them, blood transfusion refusal is common . We experienced surgical treatment for giant paraganglioma without blood transfusion in a jehovah's witness patient . In february 2011, a retroperitoneal tumo... |
Nodular lymphocyte - predominant hodgkin lymphoma (nlphl) is an uncommon subtype of hodgkin lymphoma (hl) and the majority of cases arise from lymph nodes 1 . Primary nlphl of extranodal origin is rare and may pose a diagnostic problem if its existence is not considered 2 . Here, we reported a case of primary nlphl ari... |
Chronic myeloid leukemia (cml) is a clonal disease of hemopoietic stem cell origin characterized by the t(9;22) chromosomal translocation that generates the bcr / abl oncogene [1, 2]. Imatinib (gleevec or glivec; novartis pharmaceuticals, basel, switzerland), a small - molecule inhibitor of the bcr / abl tyrosine kinas... |
A 33-year - old woman presented to her primary care physician with a chief complaint of low back pain and radiating right leg pain . These complaints had progressively worsened over the course of 1 year . Magnetic resonance imaging (mri) of the lumbar spine revealed degenerative disk disease at l5s1 with bilateral fora... |
Upper airway cough syndrome (uacs), previously referred to as postnasal drip syndrome (pnds), is the leading cause of chronic cough in western countries, with a prevalence of 2452% [24], and is the second leading cause of chronic cough in china, with a prevalence of 2526% . It has been proposed that either mechano- or ... |
In the usa, since 2001 a resurgence in syphilis incidence, especially among males who have sex with men (msm), has been observed . By 2004, more than a half of new cases reported of primary and secondary syphilis were estimated to occur in msm, with a high rate of hiv coinfection [2, 3]. During 2007 - 2008, the increas... |
One of the most serious disabling sequelae after stroke is motor weakness, and over half of stroke patients experience a residual motor deficit (duncan et al ., however, motor weakness - like symptoms can also be accompanied by apraxia, defined as the inability to perform learned skilled movements despite having no mot... |
Fractures related to osteoporosis are a major health issue and produce a significant economic and social burden in asian countries, as well as in western countries . Hip fractures result in higher cost, disability, and mortality than do other osteoporotic fractures, showing 11.3 - 17.1% of one - year mortality rate in ... |
Standard water flooding oil recovery from geological reservoirs is a complex multiscale process with a rather low overall efficiency, typically leaving between half and two - thirds of the oil in the ground by the end of the economic lifetime of a reservoir . This poor macroscopic efficiency is caused to an important e... |
Graphene, a monolayer of sp2 hybridized carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice, has gained tremendous attention among researchers due to its unique mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties, as well as due to its high surface to volume ratio . Various technological applications have been reported for graphen... |
. Scars with loss or damage of tissue can be classified into icepick, rolling and boxcar scars . Surgical management can be done using punch excision, elliptical excision, punch elevation, skin grafting and subcision depending on the type of scar . Procedural management includes microdermabrasion, chemical peels, percu... |
Primary energy sources are classified as fossil and renewable energy sources and nuclear fuels . Globally, most energy is provided from the fossil energy sources whereas nuclear power plants contribute to only a very small percentage . Therefore, the dependence of the global economy on fossil - derived fuels, coupled w... |
Addiction is a biological, mental and social illness viewed as one of the four prominent social damages interlinking poverty, unemployment and divorce (1). Because of its progressive nature through all aspects of life, addiction endangers people s health, and its adverse effects on mental, physical, social, emotional, ... |
Based on reports regarding the mean diameter of the ciliary sulcus,9,10 the scale of the vernier calipers was adjusted to 11.0 mm . We selected point a and point b on the iol as suture placement sites (fig . 1). Point a is a classical suture placement site because it is on the longest diameter of the haptic spread (12 ... |
Lyme disease, the most frequently reported tick - borne infectious disease in the united states and europe [1, 2], is increasingly being reported from mexico [3, 4], where disease cases are more prevalent during warm - weather months when ticks are active . The etiologic agent, borrelia burgdorferi, enters the skin at ... |
This study was conducted retrospectively on 114 patients who underwent anterior cervical surgery from april 2004 to june 2012, for one of several reasons: radiculopathy caused by cervical disc hernation or degenerative spondylosis; myelopathy caused by cervical disc herniation or ossification of posterior longitudinal ... |
Three surveys on the overall prevalence of infertility published in the new millennium (2004, 2007, and 2012) have very different results: reporting prevalences between 48.5 million and 186 million . Secondary infertility or lack of conception after a previous pregnancy is the most common form of female infertility aro... |
Since the introduction of the classic intrafascial supracervical hysterectomy (cish), known as the cish technique, by laparoscopy innovator kurt semm from kiel, germany, in 1991, this technique has been performed worldwide as previously described; however, the adoption of this operative technique and remarkable success... |
The overexpression of epidermal growth factor receptors (egfrs) plays an important role in carcinogenic cellular processes in several tumor types . However, purpuric lesions are rarely seen as an adverse cutaneous reaction . In this report, we described a patient with purpuric papular eruption secondarily infected with... |
The natural polyether ionophorous antibiotics produced by streptomyces spp . Are used for the treatment of coccidiosis in poultry (chickens, turkeys and quail) and ruminants (cattle, sheep and goats). They are agents controlling ketosis and bloat in cattle and are applied as growth promoter feed additives in cattle and... |
A congenital peribronchial myofibroblastic tumor (cpmt) is a rare benign lung tumor, and was originally described as an unusual hamartoma by jones in 1949 . In 1993 congenital peribronchial myofibroblastic tumor is usually detected by prenatal imaging or in the immediate postnatal period because of associated symptoms,... |
Approximately 1520% of percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) are performed to treat coronary bifurcations lesions . Coronary bifurcation lesions are one of the most challenging subsets in interventional cardiology, and the treatment is still the subject of substantial debate . Several randomized clinical trials have... |
There are theoretical advantages to approaching multilevel diseased cervical segments anteriorly with a single acdfp rather than performing anterior posterior or multiple setting surgeries . However, no large or homogeneous studies exist to support or refute whether multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion wi... |
Tubular duplication of esophagus is a rare occurrence and is much less common than cystic duplication of the foregut . Esophageal duplication may lie centrally or more usually lie to one side and have been reported to occur twice as commonly on the right as on the left . We report a case of incidental finding on comput... |
The first physiological insight into blood pressure (bp) regulation was the isolation of kidney renin by tigerstedt and bergman in 1897 . This initial work led to a description of renovascular hypertension in animals and humans by goldblatt and colleagues . . In 1940, braun - menendez and coworkers isolated a vasoconst... |
However, this procedure can result in extensive and unnecessary tissue removal, which may necessitate secondary reconstruction using a costochondral graft or a total temporomandibular joint (tmj) replacement25 . Wolford et al.26 reported successful outcomes using conservative condylar resection, which involves resectio... |
Alopecia areata (aa) is a common inflammatory disorder characterized by a sudden loss of hair without scarring . Although the exact pathogenesis remains speculative, emerging evidence regards aa as an organ - specific autoimmune disease mediated by either cd4 or cd8 t cells . Many reports have described the presence of... |
Morphologic data from the distal femoral surfaces for 356 knees in 236 women who underwent primary tka were collected between november 2007 and august 2008 and were analyzed retrospectively . The study was approved by the institutional review board and a consent form was signed by each patient . The mean age of the pat... |
This article presents statistics on health care utilization, prices, expenses, employment, and work hours as well as on national economic activity . Some of these statistics are based on sample surveys conducted monthly or quarterly by government agencies or private organizations, and are available 1 to 3 months after ... |
Implantable cardioverter - defibrillators (icds) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (crt - d) have been shown to be cost - effective therapeutic options, and have become standard treatment for the prevention of sudden cardiac death and the management of selected heart failure patients . Patients who r... |
Ciprofloxacin (cip) is a fluoroquinolone, a synthetic antibiotic of the quinolone drug class . Synthesized in 1981, it is a second - generation antibacterial and recently was pointed out as the most consumed antibacterial agent worldwide and the 5th most commonly prescribed generic antibacterial in the usa [2, 3]. This... |
Over the years, microfluidic reactor (mr) processes have gained much attention in the preparation of specific materials due to its in situ spatial and temporal control of reaction kinetics, in addition to efficient mass and heat transfer [1 - 5]. Recently, application of microfluidic reactors has been expanded from the... |
Adenosine - stress cardiac magnetic resonance (cmr) imaging is increasingly proposed for non - invasive assessment of relevant coronary artery disease (cad). Its high diagnostic sensitivity for the detection of significant cad has been demonstrated in multiple studies [15]. Likewise, in patients with suspected cad, nor... |
This condition is characterized by variable clinical manifestations and surgical appearance and often there is poor correlation between the two . Although there are many diagnostic tests available like imaging studies and blood tests like ca-125, none of them are confirmatory . The gold standard diagnostic test is dire... |
Kaczmarz (in) introduced an iterative algorithm for solving a consistent linear system of equations a x = b with a . This method projects the estimate x onto a subspace normal to the row a i at step j + 1 cyclically with i = j(modm) + 1 . The block kaczmarz algorithm first groups the rows into matrices a 1, a 2,, a k a... |
The dayside polar cap boundary regions, including cusp and lowlatitude boundary layer (llbl), are special regions in the magnetosphere through which plasma, momentum, and energy from the solar wind can have direct access to the upper atmosphere . Typically, a significant amount of poynting flux and soft particle precip... |
We used the aggregation of labeled k18 tau as our in vitro test model for the characterization of the lifetime sensor . K18 tau monomer samples labeled with atto 532 or alexa fluor 488 at different labeling ratios (defined as the percentage of monomer peptides that were labeled with the fluorescent dyes) were prepared,... |
Traumatic intracranial internal carotid artery dissection is a rare but significant cause of stroke in patients in their forties, leading to high morbidity and mortality . The internal carotid artery dissection (icad), as a cause of stroke, is infrequent yet significant, being responsible for 20% of ischemic strokes in... |
Patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (adpkd) may have intracranial aneurysm, hypertensive intracerebral haemorrhage or cervicocephalic arterial dissection . Although arachnoid cysts have been associated with adpkd [15] with a prevalence rate of 8% (10 times higher than in the general population), ... |
Medulloblastoma is a common childhood tumor of the posterior fossa, which accounts for 21.8% of all pediatric primary malignant central nervous system tumors in iran (1). However, this malignancy is quite rare in the adult population with the incidence rate of 0.4% to 1% among all primary adult brain tumors (2). Most o... |
Primary headaches, migraine and tension - type headaches are some of the most frequent conditions in young age . Recurrent headaches are common in children and adolescents affecting their quality of life negatively, at school and social activities . Even before pharmacological treatment, it is mainly useful in these pa... |
Conservative and medical therapy for male lower urinary tract symptoms (luts) secondary to benign prostatic hypertrophy (bph) is now well established . Management is largely established in terms of alpha - blocker and 5-alpha reductase inhibitor treatment . This article highlights the alternative procedures available i... |
By the moment new immature neurons are generated from terminally dividing dg stem and progenitor cells, they undergo a sequence of morpho - functional changes culminating in the acquisition of features virtually undistinguishable from dg granule neurons generated during early developmental stages . During this stepwise... |
Chronic subdural hematoma (csdh) is a common form of intracranial hemorrhage that correlate significantly with morbidity.11,18,33) management of csdh is non - surgical or surgical . Neurosurgeons have performed various surgical techniques, such as burr - hole craniotomy with or without continuous closed - system draina... |
Knee osteoarthritis (oa) is a highly prevalent disease among the elderly and increases from middle age1, 2 . Medial knee oa with varus deformity is 10 times more common than lateral knee oa3, and females are more predisposed to it than males1, 2 . The prevalence rate of knee oa among females increases from around the a... |
Human tolerance to deceleration depends upon a number of factors including the duration, magnitude and direction of the internal forces . Age, gender, level of physical fitness and many other personal variables are important components, which usually define the nature of the individual's reaction to this phenomenon . I... |
During the last two decades, contact lenses (cls) have gained widespread acceptance . The age of cl users is on average 31 years and about two - thirds of users are female.1 the function and optical performance of the corneal tissue after cl wear is currently receiving much attention . The structural integrity of the f... |
The potential health benefits of screening and early treatment for type 2 diabetes have been debated . Clinical trials of screening and early intervention versus screening and delayed intervention could address this question but have not been undertaken because of the ethics of not informing individuals when they are f... |
Human rotavirus is the major agent causing acute diarrhea among children younger than 5 years old (1). Rotavirus infections are frequent with high rates of morbidity in developed countries and mortality in developing countries (2). Rotavirus causes 125 million cases of diarrhea and more than 600,000 children death annu... |
An e. coli codon - optimized version of the hztransib transposase gene was synthesized by dna2.0 and cloned into the ncoi - ecori sites of the pbad myc / his (invitrogen) vector and expressed in top10 cells . One liter of cells was grown in lb + 100 ug / ml carbenecillin until about od600 0.7, arabinose was added to 0.... |
Use of presurgical nasoalveolar molding (nam) and similar orthopedics in the management of cleft deformities has been a subject of occasional controversy [1, 2]. Mastuo and hirose recognized the moldability of nasal cartilages in the early months of an infant's life and attributed this to high levels of estrogen and in... |
Republic of china, the incidence of aortic dissection, which poses a tremendous threat to people s health, tends to rise yearly.1 traditionally, aortic dissection was treated with aortic artificial vascular graft under thoracotomy, which is more invasive and prone to more severe postoperative complications . Since its ... |
Cardiogenic unilateral pulmonary edema (upe) is a rare clinical entity that presents diagnostic challenges and is associated with an independent increased risk of mortality . Most cases of upe reported in the literature occur on the upper right side and are caused by severe mitral regurgitation (mr) (2). Here we descri... |
Milk - alkali syndrome (mas) is a case characterized with hypercalcemia, acute kidney failure, metabolic alkalosis and it is one of the rare reasons of hypercalcemia . This syndrome is classically described after overdose using anti - acides . However, this syndrome had been decreasing with the development of modern ul... |
This study demonstrates natural independent spillover events of h1n1pdm influenza viruses from humans to swine . Viruses appear to be spread by multiple, discrete introductions to swine, after which clonal expansion occurs within the swine . The spread of such virus lineages across multiple farms is consistent with vir... |
Difficulty in securing an airway is often experienced in the management of complex maxillofacial trauma . Modern techniques for surgical treatment of midfacial and panfacial fractures in maxillofacial trauma pose special problems for airway management . According to a recent review, submental intubation is a useful alt... |
Long - term dialysis patients occasionally exhibit radiographic findings showing reticular opacity of the lung of unknown cause . These patients typically have mild respiratory symptoms, such as exertional breathlessness and coughing, but they usually do not undergo a bronchoscopy . One report has shown that the most c... |
Golestan province in northeast iran is an area with high incidence of esophageal cancer with age - adjusted rates reported to be over 100 per 100,000 per year in 1970, although recent reports suggest that these rates have declined as the socioeconomic status of the population has improved . To investigate the etiology ... |
Endoscopy is the most accurate and beneficial way for the diagnosis of dyspepsia, peptic ulcers, and malignancies . Sedative drugs are used for both patient and physician satisfaction during the procedure; type of endoscopy, duration, degree of difficulty, and patients physical status are the criteria which determine t... |
Hydroxyapatite (ha) coating has been advocated to improve osteointegration due to its osteoconductive potential and to achieve early stability between the prosthesis and the bone 12). It has been reported that total hip arthroplasty (tha) using ha - coated prosthesis shows excellent clinical and radiological results in... |
Non - use osteoporosis is well known in the literature; it is caused by a decrease in osteoblastic activity arising from an absence of weight bearing and motion . Chemotherapy in patients who have undergone bone tumor surgery causes osteoblast inhibition and consequently a decrease in bone apposition and body mass dens... |
The increasing prevalence of child and adolescent obesity is a significant public health concern [1, 2]. Approximately 34% of the population between the ages of 12 and 19 years is at risk of overweight and 17% is currently overweight . Children who are overweight or obese are more likely to stay overweight or obese int... |
The subfamily of the gelatinases, consisting of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (mmp-2, gelatinase a, 72 kda type iv collagenase) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (mmp-9, gelatinase b, 92 kda type iv collagenase), is the most extensively studied subfamily of matrix metalloproteinases (mmps). In the central nervous system (cns... |
The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00114 - 010 - 0751 - 2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users . A central goal in evolutionary biology is answering the question about the origin of phenotypic divergence and the influence of environment on shaping phenotypes (e.g., via ... |
The addictive potential of nurofen plus due to its codeine component has been a topic of considerable debate in recent years with regard to justifying its availability as a non - prescription medication . We report an example of life - threatening analgesic toxicity with rare complications as a consequence of nurofen p... |
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease characterized by a chronic inflammation of the synovial membrane that leads to joint destruction . The inflammatory and resident cells present in the synovial tissue play a major role in the pathogenesis of the disease through the production of a wide range of proinflammato... |
For many decades the self / nonself - discrimination by the immune system was assumed to be a consequence of clonal selection of effector t cells . Compelling evidence has, however, imposed a revised view of self / nonself - discrimination: dominant regulatory mechanisms, where regulatory t (treg) cells play a central ... |
Almost three decades ago, dr gerald reaven identified a cluster of physiologic and metabolic characteristics that seek the company of one another . Originally known as syndrome x, the cluster has also been termed pluri - metabolic syndrome (ms), or reaven's syndrome . These characteristics, when found in the same perso... |
The cyst of anterior cruciate ligament (acl) is a known clinical entity, but its association with knee synovitis and melon or rice bodies is not documented . We report a rare case of ganglionic cyst of of the knee in association with diffuse synovitis and multiple melon or rice bodies in a 36 year old male . The case w... |
Small melanomas (diameter <4 mm) present diagnostic difficulties, as the clinical and dermatoscopic characteristics of such lesions have been reported only rarely . Another recent case report by pellizzari et al suggests that in very small lesions chaos (asymmetry of structure or color) may not be unequivocally present... |
Gynoid lipodystrophy (cellulite) has been cited as a very common dermatological occurrence in post - pubertal women.14 the skin acquires a padded look or an orange peel aspect on the affected areas.1 approximately 85% of women in this age group have cellulite,1,5 which can be considered a normal aspect in mature women,... |
Primary care practice contributes to lower mortality.1 one of the important roles of primary care practice is the early management of new health problems.2 in addition, the registration of primary care - based morbidity is essential for the surveillance of disease, clinical research, and general practice teaching and c... |
Organ transplantation is often the last resort for patients with end - stage organ failure . The number of patients waiting for one or more organ(s) is still increasing in the usa and europe [13]. Brain(stem) dead patients provide the major source of solid organs for transplantation [4, 5]. Unfortunately, for potential... |
Glycogen - rich clear cell (grcc) breast carcinoma is a rare neoplasm of the breast, first described by hull et al . In 1981, and characterized by carcinoma cells containing an optically clear cytoplasm and intracytoplasmic glycogen [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]. We present a case of grcc locally advanced breast cancer ... |
Patients with diabetes with the same conventional risk factors as nondiabetic patients have increased incidence of macrovascular disease including coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular disease (1,3,5,9,12). However, the mechanisms by which diabetes accelerates atherosclerosis are not comple... |
Bone is a connective tissue with a mineralized extracellular matrix that provides support to the body and affects calcium (ca)/phosphate (inorganic phosphate; pi) metabolism . Bone formation and resorption, that is, bone metabolism, are regulated by local versus systemic factors . The former includes growth factors and... |
There has been an increased interest in the study of the influence of race / ethnicity on sleep in the last decade . This is fueled in part by epidemiologic evidence showing that individuals of the black race / ethnicity are at increased risk for sleep apnea . An important community - based study involving older black ... |
Alveolar soft part sarcoma (asps) is a relatively rare neoplasm, comprising approximately 1% of all soft tissue sarcomas . A distinct feature of this tumor is its occurrence in adolescents and young adults . In adults, it commonly involves the muscles and deep soft tissue of the extremities, trunk, head and neck, while... |
Dw who were patients in the endocrinology department of linkping university hospital were asked to participate in the study if they met the inclusion and exclusion criteria . Inclusion criteria were as follows: age between 18 and 30 years; duration of diabetes of at least 5 years; and willingness to participate in the ... |
Over the past decade, infections caused by opportunistic filamentous fungi have become increasingly common among patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo - hsct). Trichoderma species are common fungi usually found in humid soil, decaying wood, and water - related sites . They are considered plant sapro... |
The largest of these facilities with 20 part - time and full - time employees was contacted, and they agreed to participate . All current seasonal and full - time workers with regular contact with snow crab irrespective of their job position, as well as a few former workers, were invited to participate . The study was ... |
Over the past 20 years, cell biology has moved from sheer morphological and molecular description to the analysis of causal relationships between components, using genetics, molecular biology, and imaging . Recent technological and conceptual advances have begun to move the field toward the understanding of the dynamic... |
The overall organization over three years leading to md pharmacology in india is primarily knowledge based; be it the teaching - learning components or the assessment . There are 663 postgraduate admissions for md pharmacology per year in 229 medical institutes and 17 admissions for d.m . Clinical pharmacology in seven... |
Bird fancier's lung is a form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis that can progress to irreversible structural lung abnormalities and radiological findings consistent with pulmonary fibrosis, and occasionally emphysema . Pulmonary nocardiosis often develops in patients with chronic pulmonary disorders, such as copd, as wel... |
Baseline and outcome data were combined from 3 trials targeting hospitalized patients with: (1) a range of chronic heart disease states (most presented with acute coronary syndrome) but not chf (n=611) enrolled in the nurse - led intervention for less chronic heart failure (nil - chf) study; (2) chronic af but not chf ... |
Synovial chondromatosis (sc) is a rare monoarticular pathological entity of unknown origin diagnosed on pathological confirmation characterised by synovial proliferation and metaplasia, resulting in multiple intra - articular cartilaginous loose bodies in the synovium of joint producing mechanical symptoms . The diseas... |
Bonfils intubation endoscope is a semi - rigid optical stylet, 40 cm in length, with a fixed anterior curvature of its tip of 40 degrees. [15] the fibreoptic bundle is encased in a stainless steel tube that provides a resolution of 15,000 pixel . The bonfils intubation endoscope is available in three different sizes (2... |
Respiratory manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (ra) include pleural effusion, pleural thickening, pulmonary fibrosis, bronchiolitis obliterans, bronchiectasis, interstitial pneumonitis, pulmonary hypertension, and necrobiotic nodules . Spontaneous pneumothorax can be induced either by pulmonary nodules or by the us... |
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