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Intracellular metabolic reactions provide a cell with basic biochemical building blocks, energy, and a thermodynamically favorable environment to sustain its life . Because of the large connectivity inherent to metabolic networks via metabolites participating in multiple metabolic reactions, determination of system - l... |
Seventy - one individuals were enrolled and were divided into four groups based on their clinical diagnoses: fragile x with autism (fx+a), fragile x without autism (fxa), idiopathic autism (ia), or typically developing control (c). Study enrollment and final group demographics can be seen in fig . 1 and table 1, respec... |
In certain regions of east africa, such as those bordering the maasai mara game reserve, the laikipia district in central kenya and lake mburo national park in uganda, cattle graze in areas that are also frequented by african cape buffalo (syncerus caffer). African buffalo are hosts of at least five species of theileri... |
Osteoid osteoma (oo) accounts for 10% of all benign bone - forming tumor . It appears most often in the second and third decades of life, more commonly in men . The most frequent location is in the cortical region of the diaphysis of long bones . It is not generally seen in the foot and even less frequently in the phal... |
The incidence of renal cell carcinoma (rcc) in the united states in 2013 is expected to be 65,150, accounting for 3 - 5% of adult malignancies . Approximately 20 - 30% of patients with renal cell carcinoma (rcc) present with metastatic disease . Established prognostic features for patients with metastatic renal cell ca... |
Existing theories of public involvement embody certain assumptions and hypotheses about what public involvement interventions are made of (their principal components) and how they are expected to work (their internal dynamic explaining outcomes).3640 three main theoretical constructs have been proposed to explain the p... |
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality among women, behind lung cancer . Moreover, it is the most commonly diagnosed cancer after non - melanoma skin cancer . According to the american cancer society, approximately 1.3 million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer annually, and more th... |
Graves ophthalmopathy (go), or thyroid ophthalmopathy, is an autoimmune condition that primarily affects extraocular muscles and occurs in more than 90% of patients with graves disease . Despite this prevalence, just 3 to 4% of these patients evolve to visual damage.13 this ophthalmopathy is currently recognized as the... |
Polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) are industrial chemicals that have persisted in the environment despite widespread international bans beginning in the 1970s . There are a total of 209 possible pcb congeners, and many of these co - occur in the environment based on the composition of commercially produced pcb mixtures ... |
Nk cells are innate lymphoid cells (ilcs) that play a crucial role in the defense against viruses and in the surveillance of tumor insurgence [15]. In view of their possible exploitation in cancer (but also in viral infections), these cells have been intensively studied, so that the molecular mechanisms regulating thei... |
Sudden cardiac death (scd) occurs when an apparently healthy person unexpected dies, which occurs within a very short time interval usually 1 h after symptom onset . Although sudden death in infants, children, and young adults is relatively rare with an incidence of one to five cases per 100,000 population per year, up... |
Advances in therapy for young adult cancers have led to an increase in the relative 5-year survival rate from 71% in 1975 to 87% in 2007 . Presently more than 150,000 canadians are survivors of a young adult cancer diagnosed since 1980 . Long - term survivors of young adult cancer may face serious health risks includin... |
Intrauterine devices (iud s) are long - term contraceptive devices commonly used in prevention of pregnancy . It is also used as an emergency contraceptive and in the treatment of ashermans syndrome in setting such as ours where hyteroscopic adhesiolysis is not commonly done . Studies in two regions in nigeria shows th... |
In 1987, harris et al proposed that the combination of clinical features, including both venous and arterial occlusive events, recurrent spontaneous abortions and thrombocytopenia with antiphospholipid antibodies (apl), should be termed the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (aps). Here, we describe a case of secondary... |
Crispr - cas systems have been characterized as a small rna - based immune system of bacteria and archaea [1 - 4]. The crispr locus harbors an array of short repetitive sequences (3040 base pairs) separated by equally short spacer sequences . Crispr function was initially inferred from the observation that spacer seque... |
Despite improvements in diagnosis and management of urothelial bladder cancer (bc), the risk of tumour progression and recurrence remains a relevant problem . Patients with primary bc initially present mostly with non - muscle invasive bladder cancer (nmibc) with either papillary non - invasive (pta) or early invasive ... |
Venous thromboembolic events (vte) are common following traumatic insults. [16] without appropriate intervention, deep venous thrombosis (dvt) may result in pulmonary emboli (pe) and death . Previous investigations have demonstrated independent associations between traumatic brain injury (tbi) and vte in victims of mul... |
The urinary system is a relatively uncommon site of tuberculosis, accounting for 1 - 12% of all of the extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases in europe and 1.9% in japan (1,2). Ureteral stricture is a major complication of urinary tuberculosis, occurring in more than 50% of these patients (3). The guidelines of the european... |
Myelodysplastic syndrome (mds) is a stem - cell disorder characterized by progressive impairment in the differentiation of hematopoietic cells, resulting in a wide range of hematologic and clinical features . Refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia (rcmd) is one of the subtypes of mds, according to the world h... |
Plasma cell gingivitis is a rare benign condition of the gingiva characterized by sharply demarcated erythematous and edematous gingivitis often extending to the mucogingival junction . Other terminologies previously used for this unusual type of conditioned enlargement were atypical gingivitis, allergic gingivitis, pl... |
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by a low platelet count and mucocutaneous bleeding (1). The incidences of atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction in patients with congenital coagulation disorders and chronic thrombocytopenia are very low (2). Even though thrombotic ev... |
It has been reported in literature that it may be caused by longer anesthetic duration, massive bleeding, hypotension, hypothermia, coagulation disorders, direct trauma, embolism, long - term external ocular pressure, and anemia . These risk factors are thought to lead to an increase in the venous pressure, resulting i... |
Binge drinking, defined as consuming five or more drinks on one occasion, is a common occurrence among many teen patients of family practitioners . Despite the fact that these teens are under the legal age for purchasing alcohol, many adolescents engage in underage drinking, in general, and binge drinking, in particula... |
Reflux, or pathologic retrograde flow, caused by an incompetent venous valve has been reported as one of the most important etiologic factors of varicose veins (vv) in the lower extremities . Furthermore, venous hypertension followed by reflux can cause changes in the physical properties of the venous walls by increase... |
Opn is an acidic glycoprotein that, depending on its intracellular (iopn) or extracellular (opn) localization, is involved in inflammation by inducing cell adhesion and migration, regulating the differentiation of proinflammatory lymphocytes, and inhibiting the apoptosis of inflammatory cells . It was initially describ... |
Association of dyslipidemia with the development of cardiovascular disease (cvd) is well established and guidelines for management of the condition have already been issued [15]. Serum total cholesterol other than its subtypes is usually used as a measure for monitoring at the population level, especially in developing... |
Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer among males in iran (1). More than 60000 new cases are recorded each year, leading to approximately 13000 deaths (2). More than 70% of bladder cancers present as moderate - to - well - differentiated non - muscle - invasive papillary bladder cancer (nmibc), and are treate... |
The widespread use of nonstick microbipolar forceps for vascular coagulation and tissue dissection has led to a decrease in operating time and blood loss, thereby improving neurosurgical procedural outcomes . Further improvements can be made because the current range of available microbipolar forceps does not adequatel... |
Trigger finger is caused by a disproportion between the tendon and its sheath, specifically in the a1 pulley . The most common form of the trigger finger is the primary type, which is far more common in the middle aged women than men (1, 2). Secondary type of trigger finger is often encountered in patients with chronic... |
Intrinsically disordered proteins (idps) are a group of macromolecules with peculiar structure, dynamics and interactions (dyson and wright 2001; tompa et al . 2006) that allow them to play a number of important biological functions (ward et al . 2004; dyson and wright 2005; tompa 2010). Solution state nmr spectroscopi... |
Hypereosinophilic syndrome (he s) is a systemic disease characterized by eosinophilia and multi - organ damage . Systems involved include the hematologic, cardiovascular, cutaneous, neurologic, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, splenic, hepatic, and ocular systems . A previously healthy 13-year - old african american boy de... |
. A few cases of giant ovarian cysts have been sporadically reported in the literature . The patient is a 38-year - old iranian married and multiparous female who presented at our surgical department with a gradually increasing abdominal swelling first noticed 1 year ago . There was no history of colicky pain, fainting... |
A 57-year - old woman presented with an asymptomatic genital eroded mucosal lesion that she had noticed two years earlier (figure 1). Physical examination showed a papillomatous lesion of 2.21.5 cm, located on the mucosal surface of the left labium majus . Differential diagnosis was to be made between pemphigus vegetan... |
Tulips are the most economically important bulbous ornamental plants and have been among the top species produced for cut flowers and bedding for many years (taghi et al.2007). Traditionally propagated plants have a long juvenile period of 45 yr (eijk et al.1991; rees 1992; custers et al.1997), a low reproduction rate,... |
Obesity is a major cause of common pathologies, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease . Recent advances in genomics technology have uncovered candidates for more than 40 genes associated with obesity, including fat mass and obesity - associated (fto), transmembrane protein 18 (tmem18), mcr, glucosamine-6-p... |
Cantrell haller ravitch syndrome (cantrell's pentalogy) was first described in 1958 1 . The origin of this rare syndrome is developmental failure of the ventral mesoderm that usually occurs between days 14 and 18 of embryonic development 1 . A defect of the cephalic fold results in a wide range of cardiac, thoracic, an... |
The incidence of primary tumors of the heart is 0.0017% at autopsy, of which 28% are malignant1 - 3). Tumors involving the aorta, pulmonary vessels, inferior vena cava are quite rare, appearing in the literature mainly in case reports or in a small retrospective case series . These tumors were diagnosed by a thromboemb... |
A 52-year - old man presented to our hospital with complaint of painless, progressive decrease in vision in both eyes for 6 months . There was no history of trauma, recurrent redness or any ocular surgery . The patient was born with a bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate, for which surgical repair was done in childhood... |
The number of the intensive care unit (icu) beds has been increasing all over the world, but it seems that demands for them exceed the supply (1 - 3). On the other hand, as the icu technology becomes more advanced, its costs rise, as well (4 - 6). Since sources are limited, it is crucial to design a model for icu admis... |
Obesity is a well - known risk factor for cardiovascular disease, based on the findings of large - scale epidemiological studies . Genetic factors, a sedentary lifestyle, high salt intake, and excessive alcohol consumption are also known risk factors . Researchers have therefore recommended weight reduction, low salt i... |
It develops as a branching hyphal form in the soil and assumes a yeast form in the host tissue . The organism is commonly found in warm, humid environment that contains bird and bat excreta . Histoplasmosis is endemic in the central eastern united states, especially the ohio and mississippi river valleys, in central an... |
Mobius syndrome is a rare syndrome with undefined incidence in the united states . In 2003, paul mobius described the first case series, mobius syndrome has been the subject of continued medical research; a great deal of progress has been made . Clubfoot has been identified as the most common orthopedic association of ... |
Schwannomas arise from the myelin sheath of peripheral nerves and account for 810% of all intracranial tumors . Most commonly encountered in extra - axial locations, intra - axial schwannomas are rare and arouse significant histological curiosity . They account for only 12% of intracranial schwannomas and have been rep... |
Physiological functioning of the body systems is highly influenced by intrauterine conditions in which the mammalian fetus develops . Suboptimal maternal environment, such as insufficient availability of nutrients, oxygen, and hormones can change the developmental regulatory planning of fetal tissue, lead to diseases, ... |
Hand injuries and iatrogenic soft tissue defects are disturbing for the patient either from a functional or from an esthetic point of view . They should not be neglected and must be treated in time, as soon as possible . When functions such as feeling, holding or grasping are affected, flaps offer a helpful option on t... |
Abnormalities of posture, muscle tone, and motor control of voluntary movement, and reduced participation of trunk muscles, can affect motor abilities and respiratory muscle activities1 . Stroke resulting in weakness of these muscles can lead to cardiopulmonary volume adjustments and lack of oxygen, which can disrupt c... |
Long - lived individuals are an important antiatherogenic control group for the evaluation of genetic markers in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis . The longevity genetic markers in the lithuanian population were found to be the low level of apolipoproteine b (apob) and the apolipoproteine e (apoe), the low apob / ap... |
The insulin - secreting cell line min6b1 and ins-1e were cultured as described (17,18). Transfections of min6 and ins-1e cells were performed with lipofectamine 2000 (invitrogen, carlsbad, ca) using 60 pmol oligonucleotides . Human pancreatic islets were provided by the cell isolation and transplantation center (univer... |
Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (ihps) is a common condition affecting young infants; despite its frequency, ihps has been recognized as a condition for only a little over a century and its etiology remains unknown . Among the approaches used for pyloromyotomy several factors can affect the outcomes of surgical... |
, fructus corni has a role in nourishing the liver and kidney, which provides the pharmacological basis for its wide use in many herbal prescriptions . In particular, wine - prepared fructus corni, the major processed product of crude fructus corni, is frequently used in traditional medicine . Modern researches have sh... |
Transient global amnesia (tga) is a frequent disorder defined by a sudden onset of retrograde and anterograde amnesia lasting less than 24 h, with episodes typically lasting between 2 and 12 h . Its physiopathology remains unclear, and several mechanisms have been postulated, such as focal ischemia, epileptic phenomeno... |
The c - kit proto - oncogene (cd117) is a type iii transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase, encoded by the c - kit gene that is located on the human chromosome segment 4q11 . The loss of function mutations have demonstrated the crucial role of c - kit in normal growth and/or differentiation of several cell types . C - k... |
Despite overwhelming evidence of the medical risks, tobacco smoking is still a major health problem . It is simply very hard to quit smoking . Over 20% of the adult u.s . Population continues to smoke and most smokers who attempt to quit relapse within the first month . Unfortunately, there are few available treatments... |
Abrikossof's tumor is relatively rare, more commonly occurring in the head and neck regionsit usually presents as a papulo nodule . Abrikossof's tumor is relatively rare, more commonly occurring in the head and neck regions it usually presents as a papulo nodule . Abrikossoff's tumor or granular cell tumor (gct) is usu... |
Primary biliary cirrhosis (pbc) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease characterized by an autoimmune - mediated inflammatory destruction of biliary epithelial cells [14] of the small intrahepatic small bile ducts . The standard care in pbc consists of the oral administration of ursodeoxycholic acid (udca). Udca has be... |
Data were derived from the longitudinal cohort portion of the multicenter search for diabetes in youth study and additional data were collected by the search nutrition ancillary study (snas), which was designed to test hypotheses related to potential nutritional determinants of sustained -cell function among youth with... |
In the overview of systematic reviews, outcome measures of the effectiveness of communication skills programs were patients satisfaction, their obedience to the medical decisions, and physicians self - confidence and self - efficacy . Moreover, the findings of some studies have revealed the relationship between the doc... |
It is mainly driven by peer pressure, homelessness, drug addiction, and poverty just to mention a few of the driving forces . In zimbabwe like most african countries, prostitution although not legal, it is still common among the poverty stricken communities . A lot of zimbabwean women are turning into prostitution in b... |
This prospective self - controlled trial study was conducted from march 2006 to september 2006 at department of gastroenterology, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran . Inclusion criteria contained confirmed chronic hepatitis c (hcv ab (+), hcv - rna [with pcr] (+)), normal or increased liver enzymes (... |
A 67-year - old male patient presented to the hospital with a right lower lobe nodule and a paraesophageal cystic mass, which were discovered by regular chest computed tomography (ct). The 4-cm paraesophageal cystic mass was located on the left side of the esophagus (fig . The right lower lobe nodule was proven to be a... |
Hypertension is a major independent risk factor for coronary artery disease, stroke, and renal failure . Reducing blood pressure (bp) below the target goal is important to prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events.1 various kinds of antihypertensive drugs such as diuretics, calcium channel blockers, beta blocke... |
Although ovarian cancer usually spreads along the peritoneum and throughout the pelvic and abdominal cavities, gastrointestinal involvement is uncommon.1 metastatic gastric cancer from ovarian cancer is extremely rare.2 in korea, only 2 instances of gastric metastasis from ovarian adenocarcinoma have been described.2,3... |
The overriding purpose of endometrial cyclicity is the preparation for embryo implantation . Interactions between prostaglandins (pg) and ovarian steroids play a crucial role in diverse complex processes in several species . The 17- estradiol (e2) regulates sexual behavior, enhances uterine motility, and promotes secre... |
Branch retinal vein occlusion (brvo) is the second most frequent major retinal vascular disease after diabetic retinopathy . Previous population - based studies have reported prevalence rates for brvo ranging from 0.3% to 1.1% . Brvo most commonly occurs at sites where arterioles cross over veins, and pathologic findin... |
The core of a learning health system is continuous knowledge development, improvement, and application.1 the first recommendation of the institute of medicine for developing a learning health system is to improve the digital infrastructure and the capacity to capture clinical, care delivery, and financial data.1 howeve... |
Cells derived from the brains of twelve 60-day old sheep fetuses were obtained from local abbatoirs when pregnant sheep were slaughtered . The period of gestation was established measuring fetal crown - rump length, following the tables reported by mcgeady et al . One fragment from each brain was suspended in ice - col... |
Minimally invasive approaches to diseases of the colon and rectum were developed because of the high rates of septic complications associated with invasive bowel procedures . Throughout the 20th century, surgeons searched for surgical procedures that are less invasive, have a lower risk, are less costly, and allow quic... |
Plasma cell - rich acute rejection (pcar) is a morphologic type of acute rejection with prominence of plasma cells in the interstitial infiltrate . There are few studies on patients with pcar in the available literature. [14] the clinical significance and distinction of pcar from acute cellular rejection (acr) has been... |
Ever since antiquity the values linked to the practice of the medical professionalism (mp) have been stated and defined by various professional oaths, starting with the well - known hippocratic oath . Over the centuries and with the evolution of the mp in modern and postmodern society, the ethical values underpinning t... |
Approaches to determine the frequency of antigen - specific b cells were developed several decades ago and were based on the ability of ig receptors of a clone of nave b cells to bind labelled antigens or to score b cells producing specific antibodies in jerne plaque forming assay . Such approaches were useless for stu... |
Apnea of prematurity (aop), defined as the cessation of breathing for more than 20 seconds, is commonly seen in preterm infants . Caffeine and other methylxanthines have been used to treat aop for the past 40 years [1, 2]. However, the effectiveness and safety of caffeine therapy were first investigated rigorously late... |
Neurolytic celiac plexus block (ncpb) is the chemical neurolysis of the visceral afferent fibers that transmit pain from the upper abdominal viscera . For decades, ncpb has been used for alleviation of malignant upper abdominal pain and is also recommended for the same by the who cancer pain relief program . It helps t... |
In a review of the past 50 years of hodgkin lymphoma (hl) discovery, evaluation, management, and therapy, canellos et al concluded that [] despite large - scale clinical trials [] in early - stage disease, the question of the relative benefits of radiation therapy alone versus known - to - be - effective drug treatment... |
Computed tomography (ct), magnetic resonance (mr), or other biomedical imaging modalities are frequently used for inspecting of the inner surfaces of hollow structures such as colon and stomach . For those purposes, many visualization techniques were developed, some of which have been adopted in clinical applications [... |
The massive global burden of heart disease in children, and the fact that it affects predominantly children from developing countries, requires a concerted collaborative effort . A spark of light in this effort was kindled recently by the cooperation of five organisations to provide life - saving intervention for an 8-... |
It has a rather insidious onset and shows poor progression and results.1 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a lateral curving of the spine occurring in children aged 10 years and older . It has been shown that 2%3% of children under 16 years of age suffer from greater than 10 of lateral deviation of the spine; however,... |
The basic requirement of radiotherapy treatment is to deliver maximum dose to the target volume (tumor) and as low as possible to the surrounding normal tissue . This requirement could be easily fulfilled if the separation between tumor control probability (tcp) and normal tissue complication probability (ntcp) plot wo... |
Shoulder pain is one of the major symptoms of upper extremity.1 the most frequent cause of shoulder pain is subacromial impingement syndrome (sais).2 it is associated with repetitive overuse and caused by compression of supraspinatus tendon between humerus and coracoacromial arc during elevation of arm or overhead acti... |
Osteoclasts (ocs) are multinucleated myeloid lineage cells that form by cytoplasmic fusion of precursors that are formed in the bone marrow from myeloid lineage cells and circulate in the bloodstream . These osteoclast precursors (ocps) are attracted to sites on bone surfaces destined for degradation (resorption) in re... |
Distal renal tubular acidosis (drta) is characterized by an inability to secrete h in -intercalated cells . The clinical manifestations of the disease consist of hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis, hypokalemia, hypercalciuria, hypocitraturia, urinary concentrating ability defect, recurrent urinary stone formation, nephr... |
The study included 193 subjects with type 2 diabetes, followed for a median of 9.5 years (interquartile range 7.111.6 years). During follow - up, 62 (32%) of the participants developed esrd and 25 (13%) died from natural causes other than diabetic kidney disease without progressing to esrd ., 127 subjects (65.8%) were ... |
The results of recent investigations from japan, america, and europe have suggested that the old hypothesis of dysplasia - carcinoma sequence in liver needs to be qualified . The identification of this precancerous lesion may aid in prevention and timely management of such patients . Future studies must show whether an... |
Differentiated thyroid cancer accounts for approximately 90% of all types of thyroid cancers and has relatively positive treatment outcomes . Treatment includes radioiodine therapy after total thyroidectomy, and posttherapy evaluation includes iodine whole - body scanning, thyroglobulin serum measurement, and neck ultr... |
Highly eusocial bees vary greatly in their social structure, with some species typically consisting of one single - mated mother queen and her worker offspring (peters et al ., 1999; strassmann, 2001). In this case, the queen lays most of the eggs and the sterile workers increase their overall fitness by helping to rea... |
Human t - cell leukemia virus type 1 (htlv-1) is a complex retrovirus that infects approximately 10 to 20 million people worldwide . In the late 1970s, adult t - cell leukemia (atl) was identified as a distinct clinical entity based on its clinical and geographical features, suggesting an association with unknown infec... |
Endometrial cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors of women, and has a favorable prognosis if it is detected in the early stage (1). However, about one - fourth of patients with early endometrial cancer will eventually develop recurrences (2). The patients with a recurrence can be salvaged by radiotherapy or... |
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (hht) or osler s disease is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder afflicting approximately one in five thousand individuals . The pathogenetic basis of the disease is development of vascular malformations in different tissues and organs of the body . The vascular malformations lea... |
Renal cell carcinoma (rcc) is a highly malignant cancer with an unpredictable behavior of metastatic spread to various sites.1 2 about 15% of the rcc metastasis is located in the head and neck with thyroid gland and the sinonasal region being the most commonly affected sites.3 4 5 6 metastatic tumors involving the skul... |
Polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is one of the most common hormonal disorders in women in reproductive age, with a prevalence of 510% . According to the rotterdam criteria pcos is associated not only with alteration in sex hormones but also with metabolic disturbances such as abdominal obesity, insulin resistance (ir),... |
Radical maxillectomy frequently leads to extended defects in hard and soft tissues that result in a connection between the oral and nasal cavities.13 maxillary defects, such as those created after extended tumor ablation, trauma or created by congenital malformation,4 may result in severe facial disfigurement and compr... |
Myopia is a worldwide common ocular disorder and the prevalence rate of myopia was reported to be 26.7% and 26.2% in the handan eye study and the beaver dam study, respectively [13]. During the past decades, laser in situ keratomileusis (lasik) has been developed as one of the most important techniques of refractive co... |
Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease of unclear etiology, characterized by the formation of noncaseating granulomas . It most commonly affects individuals between 20 and 40 years of age.1 a distinct second peak in incidence is seen in women aged> 50 years.2,3 patients with sarcoidosis frequently present with bilateral hil... |
Whole exome sequencing (wes) is a powerful tool that can be utilized for the identification of pathogenic mutations . However it can also identify variants unrelated to phenotype . Here, we present a patient identified to have multiple mutations by wes that more effectively describe their complex phenotype than a singl... |
Bardet - biedl syndrome (bbs) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, first described by bardet and biedl in the 1920 . This rare syndrome manifests differently among affected persons and within the members of the same family . Initially, there is problem with night vision, which becomes obvious by middle of childhood ... |
A corneal tunnel of about 56 mm is made either nasally in the left eye or temporally in the right eye, and the anterior chamber (ac) is entered along its entire width, after making a continuous curvilinear capsulorrhexis . With hydrodissection and/or hydrodelineation, after the injection of methylcellulose in the ac to... |
A 6-year - old male domestic shorthair cat presented with frequent food regurgitation and dysphagia . Plain thoracic radiographs revealed a calcified mass overlying the topography of the mediastinum, as well as dilation of the cervical portion of the esophagus due to an accumulation of food . Surgery and a gastric tube... |
Triage at emergency department is performed to identify patients who are relatively more serious and require immediate attention and treatment . Despite current methods of triage, trauma continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality . At most medical institutions, this triage is usually based on the age of... |
Aquatic therapy has been suggested as an effective approach for improving trunk activity in stroke patients1,2,3,4 . Typically, stoke patients suffer from deficits in their functional ambulation capacities, balance, walking velocities, cadences, stride lengths, and temporal - gait and muscular - activity patterns5,6,7,... |
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