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Burning mouth syndrome is characterized by a painful, intraoral burning sensation that lacks physical or laboratory findings . In the general population, postmenopausal women and the elderly burning mouth syndrome may be more common in parkinson s disease with one study reporting a 24% prevalence in parkinson s disease...
Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (nsf) is a debilitating disorder characterized by oedema, plaques, discoloration and severe thickening of the skin resulting in contractures and immobility . Currently, exposure to gadolinium - based contrast agents (gbca) during low glomerular filtration rate (gfr) states appears to be th...
The idea that neural cells can be the target of autoimmune responses mediated by antibodies is still not well recognized in the medical community . Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (pnss) are rare dysfunctions of the nervous system in patients with cancer, which are not due to a local effect of the tumor or its me...
We are currently in the middle of a worldwide pandemic of obesity . By the latest available estimates (2010), there are 700 million obese people worldwide, and another 2 billion who are overweight, as defined by the who categories based on body mass index (bmi). For the first time in human history, there are more obese...
The study protocol was approved by the ethics board of nihon university school of dentistry at matsudo (ec03 - 011). S. mutans serotype c (jc2, ps14, and jcm5705), e (lm7), f (omz175), and s. sobrinus serotype d (omz176 and b13), and g (gtc278 and 6715) were used as representative prototype strains and were obtained fr...
The impression of open surgery is characteristically that of prolonged painful recuperative periods with long scars . This has been transformed to more acceptable painless, cosmetically satisfying surgery with a short hospital stay due to the advent of operative laparoscopy . Work - related musculoskeletal disorders (w...
In the last few years, interventions to reduce obesity based on changing unhealthy behavior are spreading [13]. Lifestyle modification programs are different from each other but always include nutritional aspect and physical activity as main domains combined, sometimes, with different behavioral and/or psychological st...
Strains - e. faecium tj4031 was isolated in 2012 from a blood culture from an outpatient in our hospital . This isolate was initially identified by gram staining and biochemical reaction as previously described (facklam & collins 1989). Furthermore, the vitek2-compact system (biomrieux, france) was used and enterococcu...
The common carotid artery (cca) gives rise to the external carotid artery (eca) and the internal carotid artery (ica). The ica is a terminal branch which does not give rise to any named branches in the neck . The degree of cerebral ischaemia may vary depending on the collateral circulation from the ipsilateral vertebra...
In addition to destroying crops, the norway rat is also an important reservoir host of many zoonoses (yu and xu 1988, huang et al . Norway rats harbor a suite of ectoparasites including fleas and sucking lice as well as chigger and gamasid mites that act as important vectors for zoonoses and vector - borne diseases . S...
Squamous cell carcinoma (scc) is an aggressive malignant neoplasm.1 malignancies of the nasal septum are considered rare, and squamous cell carcinoma (scc) comprises about 66% of such lesions.2 the treatment of choice for scc depends on the location, size, and depth of penetration of the tumor . Curettement and electro...
Therefore, an institute for quality in the health system was founded to bridge the gap between different interests and to bring forward quality work in the whole health system . One of the first tasks of this institute is the development and implementation of so - called the main aim is the implementation of evidence -...
Our initial target was to have 200 mothers and newborns . However, successful recruitment of mothers who were pregnant or who had just given birth resulted in enrollment of 239 mother / child dyads in the study . Our onsite research team members were all ai and under the guidance of a study director who was a senior de...
It is estimated that as much as 30 - 40% of the world population suffer from allergies . According to current forecasts poland is among countries with a high proportion of patients with allergies, and it is estimated that about 40% of poles are suffering from allergies [15]. For several years now research of probiotic ...
Both obstructive sleep apnea (osa) and asthma are prevalent diseases, and the incidences of them have shown a gradual increase recently . Osa usually involves the upper airways (nasal, oral, and pharyngeal passages), manifested with inspiratory flow limitation and repeated airway collapse during sleep, in combination w...
Nicolaides baraitser syndrome (ncbrs, omim #601358) was first reported as a consolidated syndrome in 2003 after being initially described in 1993 1, 2 . It is defined by developmental delay, sparse hair, seizures, short stature, dysmorphic facies, and prominent interphalangeal joints . Since 2011, nontruncating mutatio...
Orbital wall reconstruction by the transconjunctival approach involves reduction of the protruded tissue from the fracture site and insertion of a prosthesis to recover both the functional and anatomical roles of the orbital wall.1 diplopia, enophthalmos, ocular deviation, lower lid retraction, infra - orbital nerve da...
The cockroach, especially the periplaneta americana species, is recognized as a very useful model in neurobiological studies . The field of toxinology owes much to the use of various nervous preparations obtained from this insect . Periplaneta americana represents an excellent model applied in different pharmacological...
Previous epidemiologic studies suggested a relatively higher prevalence of exotropia and a lower prevalence of esotropia in chinese and other asian children compared to that of western children [13]. Data based on the clinical reviews in hong kong and singapore supported the same trend [4, 5]. It is also implied from s...
Follicular lymphoma (fl) is one of the most common types of lymphoma, representing around 25% of adult non - hodgkin lymphomas (nhls) worldwide . Fl evolution is highly variable with differences in clinical presentation, histological appearance, clinical behaviour, and response to therapy . Indeed, while some fl patien...
A 16-yr - old left - handed girl was admitted to our hospital because of menorrhagia and pancytopenia . The patient had been well a month earlier, when she had experienced a prolonged period and heavy menstrual flow . She consulted a clinic because of general fatigue, and was referred to this hospital . She had a tempe...
Its etiology and frequency in a population varies markedly in different geographic areas, which means that chronic viral infections such as hepatitis b and c play a major role in its development . Cirrhosis of the liver, regardless of its etiology, has been recognized as a predisposing condition for several decades, an...
Papillomaviruses are a group of nonenveloped, epitheliotropic dna viruses that infect the skin and mucous membranes of humans and animals . There are over 100 different human papillomaviruses (hpv), which are associated with disease of the skin, mucous membranes, and aerodigestive tract . Hpv infection leads to lesions...
Breast cancer is one of the most prominent types of cancer in women with about 421,000 new cases being diagnosed in the european union each year . It is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide . Thanks to national screening programs, a steady decline in breast cancer ...
Enviroethics or environmental ethics (ee) is a part of environmental philosophy that extends the traditional boundaries of ethics from only including humans to including the non - human world . It has come to exert significant influence over a number of human science disciplines including theology, law, economics, soci...
Visualization of the entire length of gastrointestinal tract through natural orifices is a challenge for endoscopists . Moreover, radiologic techniques are relatively insensitive for diminutive, flat, vascular, or inflammatory lesions of the small bowel . Noticeably, using a videoendoscope, gastroenterologists can perf...
Research in recent years has placed a particular focus on the study of the glucagon - like peptide 1 (glp-1) intestinal hormone, which is synthesized in response to food stimulus and is involved in glycemic control . Dipeptidylpeptidase-4 (dpp-4) was identified as being responsible for the rapid inactivation of glp-1 ....
Cardiovascular disease and cancer, the two leading causes of death in the industrialized world, are closely linked . Overwhelming evidence has indicated that cancer survivors are at higher risk of cardiovascular diseases because chemotherapy tends to be toxic to the cardiovascular system . For example, breast cancer pa...
In the 1970s and 1980s, the aminoglycoside antibiotics were a key antibiotic group in the treatment of serious gram - negative infections . With the introduction of new beta - lactam agents with pronounced gram - negative activity during the 1980s, the use of aminoglycosides waned as the less toxic beta - lactams were ...
Carbon nanotube (cnt) and inorganic composite materials have attracted much attention recently due to their potential application such as in photocatalyst, gas sensors, supercapacitors, and field emission devices . It has been reported that the optical and electrical properties of cnt inorganic composites can be enhanc...
Classic multiple sclerosis (ms) is a chronic degenerative disease and demyelinating condition affecting mainly the central nervous system . Women are more likely than men to contract the disease and it is the most common neurologically disabling disease in young adults . The etiology and pathogenesis of ms are unknown,...
Women with the previous history of gestational diabetes mellitus (pgdm) have a significantly increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the next years after delivery . Very important problem is both gdm and its future consequences are drastically increasing public health and global problem which re...
Thalassemia is a congenital inherited hemolytic disease with different minor to majeure incidences (1). According to global statistics, 5% of people of mediterranean and southeast asia countries are the carriers of thalassemia gene (2). Iran lies inside thalassemia belt (3) so that 10% of people living in caspian sea m...
Ataxia - telangiectasia mutated (atm) is the gene that underlies the rare condition after which it was named . Ataxia - telangiectasia (a - t) is a neurodegenerative, autosomal recessive disorder characterized by cerebellar ataxia, telangiectases (damaged small blood vessels) in the conjunctiva and skin, immunological ...
There is often a large barrier to the formation of an ordered three - dimensional lattice from an isotropic state . The initial stage of crystallization, nucleation, can be accelerated if a surface is present to facilitate the organization of molecules by heteronucleation . Among the various methods utilized for hetero...
Cutaneous larva migrans (clm) also known as creeping eruptions and epidermatitis linearis migrans is caused by hookworm, most commonly ancylostoma braziliense and ancylostoma caninum . This acquired dermatosis is caused by infective larval form of the dog or cat hookworm which may accidentally penetrate the intact skin...
The standard surgical protocol for guided implant placement comprises a diagnostic step, (clinical and radiographic examination), a planning step, and a surgical step, where the surgeon implements what was planned . The growing interest in minimally invasive surgery, together with the possibility of fitting prostheses ...
Kaposi's sarcoma (ks) is a well - known multifocal vascular tumor first described by hungarian pathologist moritz kaposi in 1872, involving skin and other organs . A 40-year - old married male presented with a 2-year history of multiple asymptomatic skin eruptions . Lesions first appeared over lower limbs and then grad...
The fact is that modern thoracic surgery is no longer restricted to conventional general thoracic surgery . It also involves the fields of cardiac, vascular, orthopedic, even plastic and reconstructive surgery, prof . Philippe dartevelle (ccml) said in his opening speech . This point of view represents one trend in the...
Heme oxygenase (ho) oxidatively catalyzes heme to biliverdin, carbon monoxide, and free iron using nadph - cytochrome p450 reductase as an electron donor [13]. A number of studies suggest a potential protective function of this enzyme against oxidative stress under various conditions with transcriptional activation of ...
Upper urinary tract (uut) urothelial carcinoma (uutuc) arises from the urothelial lining of the urinary tract between the renal calyces and the ureteral orifice . The incidence of these tumors has been increasing over the past 2 decades; at present, they account for approximately 5% to 10% of all renal tumors and 5% of...
This is an open access article under the terms of the creative commons attribution - noncommercial - noderivs license, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non - commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made . Magic bullets, ehrlich's conce...
In patients with cervical cord injuries, the ability to cough is diminished due to paralysis of abdominal wall muscles, which are the expiratory muscles required for forced breathing . An impaired ability to cough results in difficulty clearing secretions from the lungs, thereby increasing the risks of atelectasis, pne...
In the neocortex, the barrages of synaptic input driven by ongoing neuronal activity affect neuronal responsiveness by modulating the state of the local network (petersen et al ., 2003; the latter is indeed determined by factors such as preceding stimuli (higley and contreras, 2005), attention (e.g., lakatos et al ., 2...
An understanding of the complex biology of the effects of electromagnetic fields (emfs) on human / higher animal biology inevitably must be derived from an understanding of the target or targets of such fields in the impacted cells and tissues . Despite this, no understanding has been forthcoming on what those targets ...
Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the pathogenic bacteria responsible for major cause of nosocomial infection . In this study, k. pneumoniae strain t2 - 1 - 1 was isolated from human oral cavity as described in yin et al . . This bacterium was purified using kg medium and maintained on luria - bertani medium at 37 c . To...
Physical inactivity is a leading preventable cause of all - cause mortality and has been identified as one of the most important public health problems of the 21st century . Physical inactivity has traditionally been considered the absence of physical activity at the moderate - to - vigorous intensity level which mista...
Globally, lrtis, including cap, are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in adults in developed countries, leading to high hospitalizations rates, especially in the elderly [1 - 4]. According to recent estimates, lrtis are the fourth most common cause of death, exceeded only by ischaemic heart disease, strokes and ...
There are conflicting evidences for the value of their supplementation in the management of cardiovascular diseases . The role of vitamin e in the prevention of cardiovascular events coming from multiple observational and real world studies done on thousands of volunteers like the harvard nurses health study and the he...
Microbial (or type - i) rhodopsins are a family of heptahelical light - activable membrane proteins found in a broad phylogenetic range of microbial life . They facilitate various light - driven functions in their hosts via the active transport of ions (e.g., proton, sodium, potassium, or chloride pumps) or sensory sig...
Cardiac myxoma is reported in the literature as the most common primary cardiac tumor, and the left atrium (la) is the most common tumor location . Clinical pathologic studies have identified two specific types of cardiac myxoma, type 1 and type 2 . A soft and villous like outer surface characterizes type 1 and is most...
Avascularity and immunologic privilege of the cornea allow greater success rates of corneal transplants in comparison with other organ transplants.1 after zirm performed the first successful penetrating keratoplasty (pkp) in 1905, advancements in sutures, antibiotics, corticosteroids, operating microscopes, and eye ban...
In this descriptive - cross sectional study, 257 patients with chronic psychotic disorders hospitalized in psychiatry hospitals whose disease has been confirmed by a psychiatrist underwent ppd test from january 2010 to january 2011 in rasht . Chronic psychotic disorder was defined as psychotic disorders such as schizop...
For the effective treatment of manic depressive disorders, administration of lithium salts was approved by the us food and drug administration in 1970 and they have been used widely since then . Contrary to the low lithium concentration in normal sera, lithium is toxic in high concentrations and yet is ineffective for ...
Primary hyperparathyroidism is characterized by hypercalcemia and hypophosphatemia caused by increased secretion of pth . This disease is rare in children . In japan, from 1980 through 1989, primary hyperparathyroidism was diagnosed in 1241 patients, of whom 3% were younger than 10 yr (1). To our knowledge, the younges...
For more than a decade, women have comprised half of all people living with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) an estimated 15.9 million women worldwide in 2009 . One - third of all hiv - infected persons in central and south america live in brazil, 240,000 of whom are women...
Incidence of infective endocarditis (ie) has remained somewhat constant since the past era despite improvement in the diagnosis and treatment . Acute ie by staphylococcus aureus (including infrequently reported community - acquired methicillin - resistant staphylococcus aureus [mrsa]) has a rising trend and may present...
Central pain, which is caused by head trauma, spinal cord injury, stroke, tumor, and so on, is ascribed to an injury or malfunction of the central nervous system and presents the characteristics of neuropathic pain . Regarding traumatic brain injury (tbi), it has been reported that approximately 48% to 68% of patients ...
Childhood physical inactivity and obesity have been increasing over the past decades and are among the most challenging public health concerns of the 21st century [1, 2]. Being overweight or obese in childhood is associated with both systemic and mental adverse consequences [3, 4]. In addition, because obese children o...
Atrial natriuretic peptide (anp), brain natriuretic peptide (bnp), c - type natriuretic peptide, and dendroaspis natriuretic peptide form the natriuretic peptide system . They have an important role in regulation of fluid homeostasis, blood pressure / vascular tone, and cardiomyocyte growth . This system functions to r...
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (csm) is one of the most prevailing and increasingly observed spinal cord disorders in the geriatric population14). Posterior approaches to decompress the cervical spine include laminectomy, laminoplasty, and laminectomy with fusion . Although cervical laminectomy used to have been widel...
Emulsifiable concentrate (ec) formulations, which are the blend of active ingredient, organic solvent, and surfactants, are the major pesticide formulations currently used in many developing countries . Compared to other formulations, advantages of ec include higher concentration of active ingredient and being simple t...
Air medical transportation has evolved from balloons used during the first world war to the massive evacuation exercise undertaken by the indian forces in uttarakhand and kashmir in recent times . Many more patients are transported daily in need of advanced medical attention to higher centers worldwide . Most individua...
Late seizure recurrences following temporal lobectomy for intractable epilepsy occur in 1830% of operated - on patients [14]. It has been suggested that these late relapses are due to maturation of proepileptic tissue having defied initial resection and being located usually at the vicinity of it . The term proepilepti...
Science and technology play important roles in the nature and quality of our lives, so it is not surprising that as a society, we are increasingly challenged by problems that have a scientific component . Individual decisions about vaccines, regional choices about water availability, or global agreements about climate ...
A rare complication of hemodialysis catheter insertion is migration of a guide wire into the circulation during the insertion by the operator . Intravascular migration of a broken guide wire has the potential for inducing vascular / tissue damage, thromboses, embolism, and dysrythmias . However, a complete guide wire m...
Coronary artery disease (cad) and stroke are projected to be the first and second leading causes of death in the world, and most of these events occur in underdeveloped or developing nations . Steps to better treat vascular disease and prevent these important events will have significant public health implications as w...
The presenilin 1 (ps1) gene on human chromosome 14 (14q24.3) was initially discovered by genetic analysis of a subset of pedigrees in which the alzheimer's disease is transmitted as a pure autosomal dominant trait . The closely related ps2 gene on chromosome 1 (1q42.2) was identified subsequently by sequence homology ....
Antisense oligonucleotides (aons) are short chemically modified rna molecules that can be used to modulate splicing . Splice modulation is currently in development as a potential treatment for multiple rare diseases, including duchenne muscular dystrophy (dmd). Dmd patients lack dystrophin due to frame - shifting or no...
Patient age and sex, date of sample collection, and source laboratory information were available (3). Samples were grouped according to collection date: pre first wave (before april 2009 [1,403 samples]) and post first wave (august october 2009 [3,091 samples]); post second wave (january april 2010 [2,225 samples]); an...
Wellness and illness of an individual is influenced by the biological process of sleep; impaired sleep is a potential health problem, with bio - psycho - social health issues in patients as response related to sleep loss . Obstructive sleep apnea (osa) is recognized as a potentially life threatening disorder characteri...
Childhood - onset bipolar disorder (bd) has been shown to be associated with shorter periods of euthymia, higher rates of psychosis, more recurrences, and greater likelihood of suicide attempts and violence than adult - onset bd.1,2 a follow - up study involving 24-year olds noted that pediatric bd (pbd) patients or su...
Gosheger et al.1, in their study of 703 golfers, reported muscle damage due to overtraining in 82.5%, and external injury in 17.4% . In elite golfers, the most frequently affected areas were, in descending order, the back, wrist, and shoulder . In amateur golfers, the order was the elbow, back, and shoulder . Mchardy e...
Colorectal cancer (crc) is the third common cancer and the fourth cause of mortality throughout the world . Accumulating evidence shows that crc can metastasise to many organs and crc patients die mainly from metastatic disease . However, 2050% of crc patients with no detectable metastasis at the time of resection of t...
Cigarette smoking is a growing problem in developing countries and about 80% of deaths attributable to tobacco are expected to occur in this region by 2030 . According to the world health organization world mental health survey (2002 to 2003), 16.8% of nigerians use tobacco (cigarettes, cigars or pipe), however the pre...
Adolescent obesity has become a serious public health problem and social issue throughout the world . According to the results of the 20072008 national health and nutrition examination survey conducted by the us centers for disease control and prevention, approximately 17% (12.5 million) of us children and those aged 2...
The term role modeling was raised for the first time by sociologist merton in 1950 in a research about socializing medical students; he stated that people compare themselves with a reference group . Role modeling mainly relies on imitation and observation, which is one of the basic contents of social learning theory of...
Tooth decay is still one of the most prevalent chronic conditions of childhood despite advances in preventive dentistry, and restoration of carious primary teeth following pulp treatment in particular is a challenge to dentists . Common options for use in pediatric dentistry include amalgam, prefabricated crowns, and t...
Almost 10% patients with advanced disease suffer from swelling of the lower limbs, which is difficult to manage . In many of these cases the cause of swelling of legs is due to deep venous thrombosis of great vessels . The present study was carried out from june 2009 to march 2010, to find out an effective solution for...
A 43 year - old female patient with american society of anesthesiologists (asa) physical status i was diagnosed with uterine myoma and was scheduled to undergo total laparoscopic hysterectomy . The patient was 160 cm tall and weighed 63 kg with no unusual medical history, and in the preoperative laboratory tests, her m...
Aquaculture is the fastest - growing sector of the animal food production industry, and in the last five decades, aquaculture production has grown considerably and production reached 62 million tons in 2011 . However, world aquaculture production is vulnerable, and culture intensification could result in partial or tot...
While classic radical prostatectomy results in impotence and decreased quality of life, nerve sparing radical prostatectomy, which was introduced in 1983, is a milestone for improving treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer and maintaining adequate cancer control (1). However, methods to select the patients f...
Furthermore anxiety is described as a vague, unpleasant feeling accompanied by the premonition that something undesirable is going to happen . It is a reaction to a perceived danger that is known to the individual . On the other hand, fear is a biological response to a specific threat and is a reaction to a known dange...
The development, differentiation, and evolution of the immune system are dynamic processes evolving throughout the life of an individual . The immune system of a child begins to resemble that of an adult only after puberty under the influence of sex hormones, which promote full maturation of the immune system . Alterat...
In view of the growing need for universal health coverage (uhc), the government of india commissioned a high - level expert group to develop a framework for uhc, which proposed a national health package that consists of a list of health services that will be made available free of cost to all . The children under five ...
According to the latest who malaria report, there were in 2014 about 197 million malaria cases worldwide and an estimated 584 000 deaths, mostly among african children . Unfortunately, although active implementation of malaria control strategies including global deployment of artemisinin - based combination therapies (...
Neuroinflammation is a pathological hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases including alzheimer's disease (ad), parkinson's disease (pd), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als). It is characterized by the activation and proliferation of microglia (microgliosis) and the accumulation of infiltrating t lymphocytes at...
Opioids can induce long - lasting alterations in the nervous system . On the other hand, restless legs syndrome (rls) the prevalence of rls is estimated at 5 - 15% of adults, with a relatively linear increase with age and a roughly 50% excess in women . Rls is a clinical diagnosis and is based on the following four ess...
Renal cell carcinoma (rcc) is the third most diagnosed urological malignancy, with 75% of cases being the clear cell rcc histological subtype . Rcc arises in the proximal tubule of the nephron within the kidney; its symptoms present late, often preventing diagnosis early enough to lead to a favorable prognosis . The am...
(family: lamiaceae) has a very long history of use in many traditional herbal medicines, with special reference to ayurveda . It is considered to possess antianaphylactic, antiobesity, amebicidal, gastroprotective, bronchodilating, antiaging, antioxidant, anti - inflammatory, and anticancer activities . It is being use...
The hiv-1 retrovirus is found in the cerebrospinal fluid (csf) of most hiv - infected individuals at all stages of hiv infection, including primary infection and the asymptomatic and symptomatic phases . The central nervous system (cns) is considered a sanctuary site for the replication of hiv-1, as it acts as an anato...
Plant trichomes exhibit number of biologically important roles including protection against biotic and abiotic factors, water absorption, secretion, alluring mechanisms, and more importantly, seed dispersal . While the majority of plant trichomes are multicellular, cotton (gossypium spp .) Produces unicellular seed tri...
Cancer is a severe health problem with high mortality rate unless diagnosed and treated at early phases . Cancer constitutes 25% of the mortality and ranks second after the ischemic heart disease, particularly in the developed countries . Cancer is not personal experience; rather, it is a concomitant health process car...
Posttransplant obliterative bronchiolitis (ob) is the major cause of lung allograft dysfunction and late mortality among lung allograft recipients . The registry data indicates that, 5 years after transplantation, 45% of recipients had developed ob . Ob is a manifestation of chronic allograft rejection with histopathol...
After disease was discovered among muscovy ducks on a farm in south australia, 5 ducks with signs of infection were submitted for investigation to gribbles veterinary pathology (glenside, sa, australia); 2 ducks died during transit . The 3 remaining ducks were euthanized, and postmortem examination showed severe necrot...
Primary optic nerve sheath meningioma (ponsm) is a proliferation of meningothelial cells within the nerve sheath of the orbital or intracanalicular portion of the optic nerve . The classic diagnostic triad includes slowly progressive, painless monocular visual loss, optic atrophy, and optociliary shunt vessels . Althou...
The monoamine oxidase inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants (tcas) comprise the first - generation antidepressants . Whereas, antidepressants such as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (ssri), for example, fluoxetine, and sertraline; serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors such as desvenlafaxine and dul...
Malaria remains an enormous public health problem in much of sub - saharan africa . In the past, malaria transmission was most notably associated with rural environments, as a result of the mosquito's affinity for clean, sunlit, temporary pools of water, which dominate rural landscapes in africa . Moreover, robert et a...
Current blood vessel replacement concepts, which use either prosthetic or biological grafts, achieve excellent mid - term results . Biological conduits (e.g., autologous greater saphenous vein) have better hemodynamic characteristics and avoid long - term anticoagulation but are limited in availability . On the long te...