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A 66-year - old male visited our hospital with painless gross hematuria with blood clots for the previous 1 month . A cystoscopic examination revealed a huge bladder neck mass and a transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (turbt) was performed . The histology showed an adenocarcinoma of the prostate, with a gleaso...
Immunoglobulin g4-related disease (igg4-rd) has been recognized as a wide spectrum immune - mediated inflammatory disease in past few years . It can involve multiple organs and tissues such as the pancreas (autoimmune pancreatitis), biliary tract, lacrimal gland, salivary gland (sclerosing sialadenitis - mikulicz disea...
Cancer, presence of central venous access, and surgery are recognized risk factors for venous thromboembolism . Cancer patients who have extirpative surgery or reconstructive surgery are commonly prescribed enoxaparin, a low molecular weight heparin, for post - operative vte prophylaxis, . Enoxaparin is typically presc...
Human papillomavirus (hpv) infection is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections worldwide . More than thirty subtypes of hpv can infect the anogenital tract, and specific high - risk types can lead to dysplasia and cancers of the anogenital tract in both men and women [1, 2]. It is well established that ...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of ginger plant on chemotherapy - induced vomiting, since the previous studies were somehow imperfect and have provided controversial results . This randomized double - blind placebo - controlled clinical trial was conducted on 80 women with breast cancer undergoing chem...
Since the 19th century, children showing particular potential, often called gifted, have aroused interest among authors such as lombrosso in the area of the links between genius and madness, or in differential psychology . As early as 1909, alfred binet, the originator of the notion of mental age, noted schoolchildren ...
Infusion of analgesics into the intrathecal (it) space has become more common since its first use for chronic pain management in the 1980s 1 . This invasive therapy, which involves surgical implantation of a pump, is usually reserved for patients with pain refractory to systemic analgesics 1 . The potential for serious...
Fulminant type 1 diabetes is an independent subtype within type 1 diabetes that was discovered and clinically characterized in japan . The following findings are clinical characteristics observed in this subtype: markedly rapid onset of hyperglycemia with ketoacidosis, near normal glycated hemoglobin (hba1c) levels des...
Weaver syndrome (mim 277590) is one of the overgrowth syndromes, which is characterized by excessive growth either of pre- or post - natal onset, craniofacial abnormalities (macrocephaly, round face in infancy, broad forehead, flat occiput, ocular hypertelorism, long prominent philtrum, small dimpled chin, large low se...
Physical activity throughout the lifespan may independently enhance the health by reducing the risk of developing chronic disease and improving overall quality of life . As adopted in 2004 by the world health organization (who), the unique opportunity that exists to formulate and implement an effective strategy for sub...
Most common approaches for dental implant surface modifications involve physically altering the topography or changes in the chemical composition of the surface with the incorporation of inorganic phases . Although topographical changes alone may result in chemistry and physical alterations, it has been suggested that ...
Data for this study derive primarily from baseline examinations of participants in the raced study (15,16) and include incident cvd events during the vadt . (study staff and investigators in the raced study are listed in the online appendix, available at http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/db09-0618/d...
Cerebral arterial air embolism (caae) has been reported as a rare complication of medical intervention . We present a case of a 7-month - old girl who was admitted to our emergency department; post - mortem computed tomography (ct) showed a caae . She was known in our hospital because of prematurity (gestational age, 3...
Adherence to (compliance with) the medication has been described as active involvement of patients in taking medications prescribed to achieve an acceptable therapeutic result (1, 2). This is of so paramount clinical importance that even some experts believe that maximizing adherence is more important in achieving good...
Is there a correlation between the national prevalence of syphilis and herpes simplex virus-2 (hsv-2)? The answer to this question may provide useful information on the determinants of differences in sti prevalence . It has long been argued that sti screening and treatment efficacy (sti - ste) was instrumental in the l...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als) causes progressive muscle weakness and spasticity due to the degeneration of motor neurons . Frontotemporal dementia (ftd) causes changes in personality, language, and behavior due to the degeneration of neurons in frontal and temporal lobes . Multiple lines of evidence indicate that...
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (hnscc) remains a major clinical challenge in oncology and represents the sixth most common neoplasm in the world today . The prognosis of patients with hnscc is not significantly improved in recent years despite the strengthening of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches . This fai...
The problem of an unacceptably high local recurrence after surgery in patients with rectal cancer has led to conduct of many studies exploring the potential benefit of postoperative adjuvant therapy . One of the advantages of postoperative radiation is the ability to provide selective treatment for patients at high ris...
The corneal scar is responsible for 8% of the 1.3 million blind persons in nigeria . Most of these are end - stage scars of persisting, non - clearing, vascularized corneal edema from various forms of keratitis, including, viruses and bacteria like chlamydia, fungus, especially in rural uneducated farming population, a...
Sport participants may experience activity - associated dermatoses . Some of these cutaneous manifestations in athletes are unique to specific sports or the equipment used in these sports or both . A young girl is described who developed targetoid erythema at the locations where the ball contacted her body during a rac...
Cardiovascular disease (cvd) places a significant burden on healthcare providers . Despite improvements in morbidity and mortality statistics in some countries over the past few decades, atherosclerotic cvd remains the leading cause of morbid events and mortality worldwide, with the expectation of an increasing prevale...
Intellectual disability disorders (idds) are complex multifactorial illnesses involving chronic alterations in neural circuit structure and function as well as likely abnormalities in glial cells . Converging evidence indicates that epigenetic control of gene expression is pivotal to learning and memory, as underscored...
Telemonitoring to verify the proper functions of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (icd) with or without cardiac resynchronization therapy (crt - d) is becoming a standard means of ambulatory follow - up . The continuous, wireless monitoring of important clinical variables and device functions, and immediate ther...
Bleaching agents often contain variable concentrations of carbamide peroxide or hydrogen peroxide (hp). Increased microleakage of composite restorations is one side effect of bleaching treatments, which occurs due to the presence of peroxide and free radicals of oxygen . Researchers recommend postponing the composite r...
The gut has a major role in food digestion and absorption as well as in maintaining the general homeostasis . It is estimated that the total bacterial cell count in our body exceeds ten times the total number of human cells, with more than one thousand species hosted in the gastrointestinal tract [1, 2]. The gastrointe...
Pars planitis (pp) is considered as an intermediate form of uveitis, characterized by the aggregation of inflammatory cells and debris on the pars plana (snow banking) or vitreous (snowflakes) in the absence of infection or other associated inflammatory conditions . Pp is present in 2.415.4% of patients having uveitis,...
Familial hypercholesterolemia (fh) is the most important and commonly inherited cause of premature coronary artery disease (cad). Heterozygosity is observed in 1 in every 500 people, and homozygosity is seen in approximately 1 in every 1 million people in japan . A diagnosis of fh can be made clinically (by history, cl...
Binding sites for the transcriptional regulatory factor nuclear factor kappa - b (nf-b) are found in the promoters of many immunoregulatory genes whose expression plays a central role in acute inflammation and critical illness . For example, nf-b is involved in the transcription of genes encoding proinflammatory cytoki...
Drought, shade, and nutrient scarcity limit plant growth worldwide, determine the structure and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, and are fundamental drivers of plant evolution (tilman, 1988; grime, 2001; valladares and niinemets, 2008; craine, 2009; mcdowell et al ., 2011). Understanding the role these stresses p...
The issue of bank robberies, in their different aspects, is an object of attention of the banking sector and its institutions; however, a positive trend in terms of prevention has not emerged in recent years . According to the report on robberies in bank branches in 2012, published by the research centre for anti - cri...
Many physicians believe that global hypoxia secondary to inadequate oxygen delivery (do2) is responsible for organ failure during severe sepsis . Others believe that sepsis is an inflammatory condition in which abnormalities of do2 are uncommon . The relative importance of each of these hypotheses, and indeed whether o...
The germ cell nuclear factor (gcnf, also known as retinoid acid receptor - related testis - associated receptor, neuronal cell nuclear receptor or nr6a1) is an orphan receptor in the nuclear receptor superfamily found in mammals, amphibians and fish . The mouse gcnf gene is expressed in the placenta and the developing ...
Primary cardiac tumors include benign or malignant neoplasm that may arise from any tissue of the heart . Secondary or metastatic cardiac tumors are 30 times more common than the primary neoplasm with an autopsy incidence of 1.714% . The clinical manifestation of cardiac tumor is variable and they are sometimes found o...
Multiple studies have reported that obese men have a larger prostate volume (pv) than do nonobese men [2 - 6], and recently some studies have revealed that a relationship exists between obesity and luts . The suggested pathophysiology was hyperinsulinemia [9 - 11], caused by tissue insulin resistance, which stimulates ...
Although rare, uterine prolapse should be managed as an emergency because of the risk of uterine rupture and haemorrhage, even with immediate attempts to reduce the oedema . Palpation and ultrasonographical examination are important to confirm the absence of abdominal contents in the uterus . The treatment for uterine ...
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia results from a defect in the adrenal steroid biosynthetic pathway leading to hypocortisolemia, resultant elevated acth levels and hyperandrogenism . In theory, glucocorticoid replacement should restore normocortisolemia, thus inhibiting excess acth secretion and correcting the hyperandrog...
Satisfaction in major refers to an individual s evaluation of their current major, as compared to a set of criteria for a career or job . A good match between major and career choice, and a school with a good reputation and social awareness have a positive impact on major satisfaction1 . However, current unemployment p...
Malaria is a serious global health problem . In the most recent 2014 world malaria report it was estimated that 3.2 billion people are at risk of infection, with some 584,000 deaths in 2013 (world health organization, 2014). In the absence of a vaccine, malaria control relies primarily on chemotherapy and vector contro...
Upon infection of the mammalian host, malarial parasites complete a phase of development and multiplication in hepatocytes prior to initiating infection of erythrocytes . Given the high availability of nutrients in both of these environments, early investigators postulated that fatty acids required for the generation o...
In recent years, mannanases (1,4--d - mannan mannohydrolase, ec 3.2.1.78) have gained increasing attention because of their various biotechnological applications in the food, feed, coffee extraction, oil drilling, detergent, as well as pulp and paper industries [14]. They can also be used in the production of mannoolig...
Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer among females and the most lethal gynaecologic malignancy with a 1651% five - year survival rate globally . No firm conclusions are established on the etiology of ovarian cancer, while 510% are attributable to genetic predisposition [2, 3]. Microorganisms causing chronic i...
, ventilator - associated pneumonia is the second most common nosocomial infection in the us.1 it is also the deadliest hospital - acquired infection in children and adults, affecting 23% of all patients receiving mechanical ventilation for more than 24 hours (approximately 250,000 annually).2 the staphylococcus aureus...
We describe a case of 38-year - old woman who presented with recurrent abdominal pain . A detailed history suggested recurrent serositis syndrome . Although the patient denied fever, a diagnosis of fmf was considered . A 38-year - old woman presented reporting 2 days of left - sided abdominal pain . Eight years prior t...
This work was supported by the helmholtz association (helmholtz grant vh - ng-716 to j.f .) And by the bmbf in frame of the sysmo2 programme.
Rapamycin, the specific inhibitor of mtor (mammalian target of rapamycin), is a natural product of the soil actinomycete streptomyces hygroscopicus . Rapamycin and its derivatives are widely employed in the rapamycin eluting stent (res) because they successfully prevent in - stent restenosis . However, rapamycin is sus...
Chang and colleagues compared the esthetic outcomes of single implant restoration to those of contralateral natural tooth, and reported that the crowns supported by implants were on the average 1 mm longer than the clinical crown of contralateral natural teeth.3 frhauser et al . Assessed 7 esthetic variables, which wer...
Rotavirus (rv) is worldwide recognized as the leading cause of acute gastro - enteritis (age) in children <5 years of age (<5 yrs). In a recent sentinel surveillance report from 6 regions of world health organization (who) with different economic levels, about 40% of hospitalizations for diarrhea among children <5 yrs ...
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (mpgn) refers to an immune complex glomerulonephritis characterized by diffuse mesangial proliferation and interposition of mesangial cells into glomerular capillary walls, with double - contoured appearance of glomerular basement membranes . Mpgn is not a diagnostic label for o...
Smlm utilises the stochastic photo - switching or modulation of individual fluorophore emission to localise individual fluorophores within the sample . This is typically achieved with a combination of light - induced photoactivation, photobleaching and/or supplementing the sample immersion medium with a switching buffe...
In clinical practice the visual evaluation of pet finding in addition to the semiquantitative parameter (suv) are the main criteria in delineation of tumor focus . Indeed the uptake measured in the static imaging is a consequence of multiple succeeding miniprocesses that may be exposed by the kinetic analysis of dynami...
Sepsis, the host response to infection, involves a series of clinical, haematological, inflammatory and metabolic responses that can ultimately lead to organ failure (1). Insulin resistance generally refers to resistance to the metabolic effects of insulin, including the suppressive effects of insulin on endogenous glu...
The early diagnosis of the acute abdomen is a major goal in surgical practice . Despite the introduction of novel imaging modalities, acute abdominal conditions are still a challenging problem . To date, many inflammatory markers have been used for the diagnosis of acute surgical conditions, including acute appendiciti...
Endodontically treated teeth are generally weakened as a result of structure loss due to decay, previous restorative procedures and endodontic access preparation . To prevent further destruction of these teeth, a protective restoration is necessary to create retention and resistance.1 a widely used method for treatment...
The risk for populational diseases differs markedly between geographic regions and countries, as, for example, the reported greater rate of cardiovascular mortality in estonia compared to austria . The latest age standardised ischemic heart disease (ihd) mortality data per 100 000 population are for austria 80,68, whil...
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide and is the most common cancer in women from low - income countries, where an estimated 80% of cases occur . 16,000 cases of cervical cancer are newly detected every year in mexico, resulting in a high incidence rate (50 cases per 100,000 women) [3, 4]....
Highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (hopg, grade spi-2) substrates were obtained from spi supplies, inc . Au nanoparticles (40 nm) were deposited using an aerosol technique, which gives au particles in random positions but with a homogeneous density (1 particle per m). The nws were grown in a low - pressure (100 mbar) me...
Double tooth presents as one of the rare anomalies affecting shape of the tooth, which denotes embryological conditions like gemination and fusion . Gemination arises from an attempt at division of a single tooth germ by an invagination, with resultant incomplete formation of two teeth . The structure is usually one wi...
Demands for care services are growing as the ageing population becomes an obvious phenomenon . Nowadays, one witnesses the highest participation of seniors in modern societies in history . In europe, joyce and loe searched worldwide for countries with the highest proportion of citizens over 65 . Population will be over...
X - linked retinoschisis (xlrs) is a bilateral progressive disease of the retina that is likely present at birth and progresses as the child ages . It is associated with a mutation of the xlrs1 gene located on the short arm of the x chromosome, xp22,1 and is clinically characterized by cystoid changes of the fovea arra...
Pelvic organ prolapse (pop) is the descent of adjacent organs to the vaginal vault through the vagina due to damage to the supportive and suspensory elements of the pelvic floor and endopelvic fascia . The terms cystocele, cystouretherocele, uterine prolapse, rectocele, and enterocele are used to define the place of ex...
Kayaking originated from the indigenous inuit tribe . The male members of the tribe utilised the skills of kayaking for hunting on rough seas (heath & arima, 2004; mattos, 2009; petersen, 1985; winning, 2002). In britain, john macgregor, also known as rob roy, was the man who can be credited for making the sport more p...
Pharmacological treatment with psychotropic drugs (i.e. Antipsychotics, anxiolytics, hypnotics, and antidepressants) is usually standard treatment and provision of psychotherapy is scarce in this age group (alvidrez and arean 2002). In addition to treatment of mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and in...
Non - alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is one of the most common liver diseases in the western hemisphere, affecting 20% to 30% of the adult population . Approximately 10% to 25% patients with nafld can progress to non - alcoholic steatohepatitis (nash) and 10% to 15% patients with nash develop hepatocellular carc...
Methotrexate (mtx), an antifolate drug is one of the most important agents used in the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all). Though all children under treatment for all receive mtx in one form or the other, a high - risk subset of these children receive higher doses of mtx (> 1000 mg / m) during tr...
Development and growth during the early life period are influenced by maternal health and diet composition . Evidence from both epidemiological and animal model studies indicates that maternal diet influences metabolic status and plays a crucial role in the development of metabolic functions in offspring and their susc...
Lipoleiomyoma is a rare variant of uterine leiomyoma composed of an admixture of smooth muscle cells, lobules of adipocytes and fibrous tissue . A 65-year - old postmenopausal, obese woman presented with history of pain abdomen and vomiting since 10 days . There was no history of postmenopausal bleeding, discharge per ...
Triptans act as 5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-ht1b and 5-ht1d, receptors agonists, and in some cases also activate 5-ht1f receptors . Zolmitriptan is a 5-ht1b/1d receptor agonist, which has actions at the peripheral and central ends of the trigeminovascular system [35]. Zolmitriptan is an effective and well - tolerated acute ...
Multi - ascospore isolates of o. heteropoda specimens cri c-11247, cri c-12565, and cri c-12567, which were preserved at the cordyceps research institute (cri), mushtech, korea, were used . The isolates were grown on sabouraud dextrose agar plus yeast extract (sday; dextrose 40 g, yeast extract 10 g, peptone 10 g, and ...
Gene duplications are traditionally considered to be a major evolutionary source of new protein functions . The conventional view, pioneered by susumu ohno, holds that a gene duplication produces two functionally redundant, paralogous genes and thereby frees one of them from selective constraints . This unconstrained p...
Many reports have confirmed that grapefruit juice (gfj) alters the bioavailability of lipophilic drugs due to its inhibitory effect on cyp3a4 or on the efflux transporter p - glycoprotein [1, 2]. However, there are few reports on the effects of other types of juice on the pharmacokinetics of hydrophilic drugs . Pravast...
The advisory committee on immunization practices (acip) recommended rotateq for routine vaccination of us infants with a nominal vaccination schedule of 3 doses, administered orally at the ages 2, 4, and 6 months . The acip also stated that rotateq could be given with other vaccines . A previous tetravalent rhesus - ba...
Palliative care is designed to relieve suffering and improve the quality of life of patients with life - threatening illnesses and their caregivers . In 2014, the world health organization (who) declared strengthening palliative care as a component of integrated treatment throughout the life course . Palliative care te...
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (gists) are currently defined as specific mesenchymal neoplasms of the digestive tract containing spindle cells and showing kit (cd117) positivity . Although a gist may arise anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract, stomach (60 to 70% of cases) and small intestine (30%) are the most commo...
This study provides class iii evidence that csf pcr can accurately identify patients with extraparenchymal nc . We evaluated a pcr assay in a multicenter, prospective case - control study, adhering to the standards for reporting of diagnostic accuracy criteria (stard-statement.org). The ethics committee at the universi...
While genetic risk is certainly a reasonable clue to follow to search for the developmental biomarkers of schizophrenia, there are inherent difficulties in this strategy . Although the heritability for schizophrenia is estimated to be as high as 70%, the illness clearly does not have a pattern of inheritance in any pop...
Today, journals play an important role in accumulating and disseminating knowledge and evidence and influencing our practice worldwide . The ideas reflected or advocated in prestigious peer reviewed international journals are more likely to be adopted, implemented, duplicated or modified elsewhere . In contrast, even b...
Ten multiparous holstein - friesian dairy cows (parity = 2 to 4) were fed at the hiroshima university farm under the guidelines for animal experimentation, hiroshima university, japan . The amount of feed supplied (energy, protein and minerals) met the requirements for dairy cows . All cows were inseminated with holste...
Our study took place at the tafuna clinic (tc) of the as community health centers, department of health, as government . Tc was the first federally qualified community health center in as and provides primary care and health promotion activities . We used cluster randomization by village of residence within the clinic ...
Obesity, resulting from inactivity and poor nutrition, is second only to tobacco use as a risk factor for cancer . Obesity is associated with increased mortality for all cancers combined, as well as for cancers of specific sites, including colon / rectum, prostate, breast, and cervix [2, 3]. Race and gender are also as...
It is now recognized that both acute aerobic and anaerobic exercise can cause to production of free radicals that lead to acute oxidative stress, which can result in oxidative damage and induce inflammation . Recent studies have demonstrated that there is a link between plasma concentration of inflammatory mediators an...
The term hypoglycemia refers to a reduction in the glucose concentration of circulating blood . It is almost 100 years since hypoglycemia was first described in children and over 50 years since it was recognized in newborn and older infants . It is recognized that 2350% of infants admitted to neonatal intensive care un...
The influence of duration of storage of red blood cells (rbcs) on clinical outcomes is currently unknown . Multiple retrospective and observational studies suggest that transfusion of older rbcs, particularly in trauma patients, is associated with increased morbidity including multiple organ failure and nosocomial infe...
Neither dietary deficiency (calcium, vitamin d) nor lack of gastric acid is the main reason for bone loss [26]. One hypothesis is that a hypothetical hormone (dubbed gastrocalcin) causes bone loss and is produced by ecl cells (enterochromaffin - like cells, the predominant endocrine cell population in the oxyntic mucos...
Lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide, it is highly aggressive and has a high rate of distant metastasis (1). Subcutaneous metastasis from lung cancer has been well described (2); however, reports of subcutaneous metastasis of lung cancer after three surgeries for recurrent brain metastasis ar...
Mucopolysaccharidosis type ii (mps ii or hunter syndrome; omim 309900) is an x - linked recessive disease caused by a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme iduronate-2-sulfatase, which catalyses the degradation of the glycosaminoglycans (gags) dermatan sulfate and heparan sulphate (neufeld and muenzer 2001). This enzyme d...
The official implementation of the concept of primary health care (phc) in saudi arabia,1 involved the development and promotion of existing health centers and the forging of links with hospitals as secondary health care facilities . For many years, many questions have been raised throughout the world about the impact ...
Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignant neoplasms, and it is the only one in which morbidity and mortality are not decreasing . Advances in oncologic immunodiagnostics have not influenced outcomes in patient with gastric cancer . A review of the literature indicates researchers interest in the characteristic...
Giardia lamblia, the causative agent of giardiasis, is one of the commonest intestinal parasitic protozoan infections diagnosed world - wide . The spectrum of this infection may range from asymptomatic shedding of giardial cysts to symptomatic giardiasis, being responsible for abdominal cramps, nausea, acute or chronic...
Urethral stricture is a chronic and common urological problem and difficult to manage fraught with high patient morbidity and stricture recurrence [1, 2]. Since the resurgence in the use of buccal mucosa grafts (bmg) in substitution urethroplasty in the late 1980s, there has been controversy over which surgical techniq...
Prolactin (prl) is a polypeptide hormone primarily secreted by the anterior pituitary gland . The presence of several prl isoforms in serum and other biological fluids has been clearly established . The major circulating isoform of prl is a 23 kda single polypeptide chain (monomeric prl), which comprises up to 80% of t...
The clinician's use of exfoliative cytology as a method of diagnosis was first introduced by papanicolaou in 1943 . It is considered to be an easy, non - invasive procedure carried out even on the slightest suspicion regarding the nature of the lesion . Oral habits such as alcohol consumption and tobacco chewing are co...
Levamisole is an imidazothiazole derivative with immunomodulatory properties used currently in the united states as an antihelminthic drug in veterinary medicine . It was used in the past to treat inflammatory conditions and malignancies, such as rheumatoid arthritis, leukemia, and as an adjuvant therapy to 5-fluoroura...
Samples for bacteria cultures were collected from 18 burmese pythons (python molurus bivittatus) transported from anh thien's farm located in ho chi minh, vietnam to a private zoo in korea on may 17, 2007 . A total of six males and twelve female snakes which had been maintained in a natural state at the farm were caugh...
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1), the causative agent of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids), remains a significant challenge to global health . Since its initial identification in 1983, hiv-1 infection has reached the status of a pandemic . In 2009 alone, there were approximately 2.7 million new infe...
Ankylosing spondylitis (as) is a seronegative spondyloarthropathy primarily affecting the spine and sacroiliac joint . Neurologic sequele of as is usually accompanied by an atlantoaxial subluxation with spinal cord compression or a pathologic fracture of the rigid spine at cervicothoracic or thoracolumbar junctions eve...
Cervical cancer is the only gynecological malignancy that is clinically classified according to the international federation of gynecology and obstetrics (figo) clinical staging system as opposed to the figo surgical pathologic staging system . An evaluation of lymph node (ln) status is not included in the clinical sta...
Sealant therapy is a safe and effective intervention for prevention of dental caries, particularly occlusal caries in the posterior teeth . Occlusal grooves in the posterior teeth are highly susceptible to decay . By the use of sealant materials, a variety of factors play a role in success / failure of sealant therapy ...
More effective genotyping techniques, greater inter - laboratory collaboration (therefore larger pooled sample sizes), and more precise diagnostic / phenotyping strategies, now permit the identification of robust novel candidate genetic loci for vulnerability to common and disabling psychiatric / neurological disorders...
Panax ginseng meyer belongs to the family araliaceae and is a perennial plant in korea and northern china . The chemical constituents of p. ginseng roots, which are commonly used in herbal medicine applications, have been extensively studied and shown to include ginsenoside, polyacetylenes, acid polysaccharides, antiox...
The induction of an experimental chronic myocardial infarction sufficiently expanded to cause a hemodynamic alteration that can be quantified with paraclinical examination and also to be compatible with the experimental animal life is an essential first step in post myocardial infarction ischemic heart disease research...