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Reconstruction of glanular urethra is particularly challenging as it entails not only achieving a functional urethral outlet, but also a cosmetically acceptable external meatus . The presence of lsa and the condition of the urethral plate are important factors influencing the choice of the reconstructive technique . Th... |
Osteochondromas are hamartomas derived from an aberrant subperiosteal germ of the physeal cartilage and grow by normal enchondral ossification . They are the most common benign tumors of bone, accounting approximately for one third of benign lesions of the skeleton . Malignant transformation has been reported as a very... |
Ly2784544 has been identified as a selective inhibitor of jak2-v617f and has undergone clinical trials for the treatment of several myeloproliferative disorders (scheme 1). A significant challenge associated with the formation of the functionalized imidazopyridazine is the introduction of the benzylic morpholine unit .... |
The follow - up survey took place in the same 9 villages (afigya sekyere district, ashanti region, ghana) where the placebo - controlled, double - blind, randomized sp - ipti trial was performed (registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov; nct00206739). Recruitment in the present study was between september and november 2007... |
The present cross - sectional data are based on a substudy of our teenage sample from the kiel ex.press . Study, for which participants were recruited from 6 public schools in kiel, northern germany . We initially invited 645 young subjects, and a total of 532 healthy adolescents aged 12 to 17 years were enrolled (271 ... |
Nasal cytology is of remarkable importance in the study of rhinosinus diseases, especially the vasomotor rhinitis (vmr), as it represents valuable means of differential diagnosis between allergic / nonallergic diseases and bacterial / viral infections . It is a popular and proven method, considering that it dates back ... |
Pemphigus refers to a group of autoimmune, mucocutaneous blistering diseases, in which the keratinocyte antigens are the target of the autoantibodies, leading to acantholysis and blister formation . Pemphigus can be classified into five major groups: pemphigus vulgaris (pv), pemphigus foliaceus, paraneoplastic pemphigu... |
Urothelial carcinomas (ucs) of the upper tract (ut) have an epidemiology similar to those of the bladder . The standard management of high - grade utuc is nephroureterectomy, either open or laparoscopic, with excision of a cuff of the bladder mucosa . Selected patients with small low - grade utuc may be treated with en... |
Early investigations into the distribution of corneal topography patterns in different populations1234 were conducted on healthy individuals to identify the variability of existing corneal patterns . Corneal topography and especially elevation based techniques (i.e. Slit - beam scanning in orbscan, scheimpflug camera i... |
Platinum - based chemotherapy is one of the most widely used classes of cancer therapeutics . Today, there are three platinum chemotherapeutics approved by the us food and drug administration, cisplatin, carboplatin, and oxaliplatin . Together, these drugs are used to treat a wide variety of cancers, including non - sm... |
The structure and chemistry of the estrogen receptor has been of extreme research focus for several years, due to the receptors role as a dna binding transcription factor, which regulates gene expression . Both forms have been linked to cancer of the breast, and are believed to result in human development issues . In f... |
Although total knee arthroplasty (tka) improves patients long - term quality of life, it often results in severe pain immediately after surgery, which is difficult to control solely with oral or intravenous analgesics . Postoperative pain of tka is one of the most serious problems in clinics and is difficult to manage ... |
In a cross - over randomized study, the effect of heat with mechanical lymph drainage was evaluated in the treatment of leg lymphedema . The study, performed in the godoy clinic in so jose do rio preto, brazil, involved seven patients (two males and five females) with leg lymphedema . The patients ages ranged from 18 t... |
The prevalence doubles with each decade of age, reaching almost 9% at the age of 8089 years [1, 2]. This can be an underestimate of the real number as it overlooks the undetected asymptomatic af cases and paroxysmal af . Although atrial fibrillation can be considered an innocuous arrhythmia, it is associated with serio... |
Its analysis has been used for years to detect cns pathology.1 cellularity and molecular characteristics of the fluid, as well as some biomarkers, have been investigated to identify variations in the cns in response to aggression and neuroprotective therapies.2 rats are among the most commonly employed species in neuro... |
Copd is an aggressive disease, acknowledged as the fourth leading cause of death among chronic diseases . It poses a huge public health burden worldwide, even though it is preventable and treatable . Several common clinical complications have been reported to share close associations with the poor outcome in copd patie... |
Nanoparticles (nps) have very specific chemical and physical characteristics in relation to their size, shape and high proportion of surface to volume . These characteristics have made them appropriate for use in multiple medical and biological applications, such as contrast media for magnetic resonance imaging (mri) (... |
The insulin - like growth factor i (igf - i) system is essential for normal growth and development . Igf - i is known to modulate control by insulin of normal carbohydrate and lipid metabolism . In addition, igf - i has been reported to play a role in several pathological conditions . Interaction with the igf binding p... |
Infectious hepatitis is a major problem for patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis and for staff caring for these patients . Before 1970, hepatitis b was the major cause of hepatitis in dialysis units . In 1967, blumberg et al . Discovered the australia antigen which was found to be related to viral hepatitis . L... |
Consistent with ra, a cyclic nature of chronic periodontitis has been identified (12, 13). The subgingival biofilm may be in flux and constantly respond to nutritional and other challenges . Data suggest that the subgingival microbiological profile is also dependent on gene clusters, and it is not necessarily the perio... |
We report a case illustrating how the hazardous cognitive effects of chronic phenytoin administration (in the form of scholastic deterioration) transformed into mood and behavioral changes and even suicidality . A 28 year unmarried hindu male of middle socioeconomic status presented with complaints of initial scholasti... |
Nanocrystaline semiconductors exhibit unique size - tunable electronic and optical properties distinct from their bulk counterparts . Taking advantages of this nanoscale tunability on a macroscopic length scale could provide new classes of materials for scientific research and technological applications [1 - 5]. Owning... |
Visuomotor tracking tasks have been used to investigate the underlying mechanisms of perception - action that support the coordination of a movement to an environmental event when tracking a moving object based on visual information1, 2 . In visuomotor tracking tasks examining the nature of such perception - action coo... |
Hospital readmissions identify patients at increased risk of adverse outcomes in many disease processes.1 avoiding 30day readmissions has been adopted as a metric by the centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms) by which quality of care is judged.2 however, there are limited data on the causes of readmission for... |
Natural products (nps) form the basis for many widely used drugs . This utility was recently recognized on a larger stage, as the discoverer of artemisinin shared the nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 2015 with the discoverers of the anthelmintic avermectin family of nps . Artemisinin, a np discovered from a tra... |
Periodontitis a common, often underdiagnosed dental disease has been epidemiologically linked with cardiovascular diseases.1 - 3 c - reactive protein (crp), a prototypic marker of inflammation has also been shown to predict cardiovascular events.4,5 in this context, several studies have shown elevated crp levels in per... |
Recently, the role of corneal biomechanics, including corneal hysteresis (ch) and corneal resistance factor (crf), in glaucoma pathogenesis has been identified . This knowledge has helped us to improve our understanding of the mechanisms of glaucomatous damage and hence our capability to manage the disease . Ch describ... |
S. pneumoniae were identified to the species level by their colony morphology, optochin sensitivity, and the bile solubility tests . Serotyping was performed by the quellung reaction (quellung antisera, staten seruminstitut, copenhagen). Mics of the antibiotics and criteria of susceptibility and resistance, otherwise n... |
Carbohydrate antigen 125 (cancer antigen 125, ca-125) is a high molecular weight glycoprotein that is a serum biomarker or tumor antigen . Ca-125 is elevated in the blood of some patients with specific types of cancers and is increased in some women with early stage ovarian cancer (1, 2). Therefore, it is used globally... |
Andersen - tawil syndrome (ats) is a long qt syndrome (lqts) type 7, which is characterized by a triad of periodic paralysis, ventricular dysrhythmias, and dysmorphic features.1) it is caused by mutations in the gene kcnj2, located on chromosome 17q23, which encodes kir2.1, the inward rectifying potassium channel.2)3) ... |
The use of laparoscopic gastrectomy has recently increased, and its indications have expanded to proximal and total gastrectomy . However, laparoscopic gastrointestinal anastomosis involves a high degree of difficulty and complexity . In gastrointestinal surgery, careful intestinal anastomosis particularly in cases of ... |
Traditionally, the common model of oral health needs assessment depends almost entirely on professional opinions . Normative need assessment refers to the impairments and diseases which expert, administrator or scientist defines as need . In spite of the usefulness of this concept in the estimation of people, procedure... |
The association of cardiometabolic risk factors known to date as metabolic syndrome (mets) was described in the past years by several authors . It has been called also syndrome x or deadly quartet visceral fat syndrome to attribute to the clustering (arterial hypertension and metabolic risk factors) the role of a clini... |
The introduction of high sensitivity cardiac troponin (hstn) assays provide an unprecedented opportunity for earlier and more accurate diagnosis of myocardial infarction; improved diagnosis of myocardial injury from non - coronary etiologies and guidance for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease . ... |
Tissue expander and implant reconstruction comprise the majority of postmastectomy breast reconstructions in the united states today . This may be difficult to achieve because of the surgical loss of local breast tissue following mastectomy and in patients with insufficient local tissue availability . Allograft techniq... |
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (ssris) are the first - line antidepressants used in primary care and psychiatric practices . Paroxetine, one of the most potent ssris, is widely used in the treatment of depression and is a strong selective cyp2d6 inhibitor . Metoclopramide is a drug with a highly potent antieme... |
Magnesium valproate is an anticonvulsant used in the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder, as well as other psychiatric conditions requiring the administration of a mood stabilizer [16]. Chemical structures of magnesium valproate and four of its process related impurities are given in figure 1 . To our knowledge,... |
Chronic heart failure (chf) is a condition characterized by the inability of the heart to ensure proper supply of oxygen to the body tissues.1 one of the most innovative and latest therapies is the treatment with stem cells to restore cardiac tissue, but lack sufficient data to be able to follow this line of care.2 whe... |
Imaging plays a central role in the management of cancer patients and appropriate treatment decisions depend on accurate, detailed and comprehensive radiology reporting to optimize patient outcome . Most radiologists report radiology studies using free - style dictations, which are variable and may or may not address i... |
L - glutamic acid (l - glu) has been widely investigated due to its greatly beneficial properties in the food and pharmaceutical industries where its polymorphism and crystalline shape have received considerable attention [1, 2]. It should be noted that the transformation between the metastable form of l - glu and its ... |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) is the end result of a genetically susceptible individual being exposed to sufficient environmental stimulus, invariably cigarette smoke in the developed world . The natural history of progressive, accelerated decline in lung function results in worsening symptoms and functi... |
The accessory atlantoaxial ligament (all), also referred to as accessory atlantoepistrophic capsule, lateral extension of the tectorial membrane or accessory atlantoaxial occipital ligament is a 2.53.2 cm long and 5.06.0 mm wide band that runs from the back of the lateral mass of the atlas downward and medially to the ... |
Although many cancers show familial clustering, identification of the predisposing germline genes is challenging . Mutations in genes such as p53, brca1, cdkn2 and hnpcc causing high risk of tumors (often at an early age) were discovered from studies of rare families with striking tumor clusters . However, these mutati... |
Because long - acting reversible contraception (larc) methods have very high efficacy and low burden to users after their initiation, the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists recommends that women be offered larc as first - line contraceptive methods . These methods, which include intrauterine devices (i... |
Cancer research in both solid and hematologic malignancies until recently predominantly focused on the identification of genetic changes which are intimately associated with the induction and progression of tumors and metastasis . A variety of multistep tumor models with accumulating somatic mutations has been proposed... |
Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of both community and hospital - acquired infection in the united states . Among s. aureus isolates observed in the united states, between 40% and 50% are methicillin - resistant (mrsa), greatly reducing therapeutic options . Mrsa are responsible for several serious infections... |
Case records from the ocular pathology laboratory of 19 patients who presented between october 2004 and june 2006 were retrospectively analyzed . All the cases were biopsy and immunohistochemically proven . Following a diagnosis of lymphoma, all patients were evaluated by a medical oncologist for systemic involvement .... |
Foreign bodies inserted through the urethra are often found in the urinary bladder, and various cases have been reported up to date (1 - 8). We presently describe a case of hydronephrosis and hydroureter caused by silicon introduced into the urinary bladder by the patient 2 yr prior to presentation . A 42-yr - old man ... |
Characteristic clinical manifestations of hyperthyroidism are those resulting from the effects of thyroid hormone on the cardiovascular system [1, 2]. Common cardiovascular signs of hyperthyroidism include sinus tachycardia, atrial arrhythmias, increased cardiac output, widened pulse pressure and elevated pulmonary art... |
Cutaneous metastases of internal malignancies occur infrequently and the zosteriform spread of the skin lesions represents a rare entity with only a few cases reported in the literature . Skin metastases are more frequently seen as papules or nodules overlaying the skin that can show ulceration in later stages . The zo... |
Pyridoxal - phosphate dependent epilepsy (plp - de) is caused by mutations in the pnpo gene leading to a deficiency of pyridox(am)ine-5-phosphate oxidase (pnpo), which converts pyridoxine-5-phosphate and pyridoxamine-5-phosphate into pyridoxal-5-phosphate (plp), the active form of vitamin b6 (fig . 1). The majority of ... |
Although joint replacements, such as total knee (tka) and hip (tha) arthroplasties, are most common among older people, a finnish study reported that 45% of prosthetic implant surgeries are performed on people under the age of 65 . Two older studies reported that two - thirds of patients with hip prostheses try to rema... |
Non invasive assessment of the cardiac function is of major interest for the diagnosis and the treatment of cardiovascular pathologies . Whereas classical cardiac mri only enables radiologists to measure anatomical and functional parameters of the myocardium (mass, volume, etc . ), tagged cardiac mri makes it possible ... |
In spite of improved understanding of the multifactorial etiology of peptic ulcer disease (pud),13 life - threatening complications including acute hemorrhage or perforation occur in a considerable proportion of patients . The mortality rate ranges from 1040% among patients with perforation,46 and immediate surgery is ... |
A tooth is considered impacted when it does not erupt within its expected physiological time or if it has not completed erupting until six months after the homologous has been positioned in the dental arch, with a complete radicular formation . Canine impaction is a relatively common condition, affecting about 1 - 2% o... |
Skeletal muscle mass is regulated by a balance of protein synthesis and degradation . Increased muscle activity by exercise or weight training induces activation of mammalian target of rapamycin (mtor), which promotes protein synthesis and subsequent muscle hypertrophy . Insulin - like growth factor-1 (igf-1) activates... |
The xyloglucans (xygs) comprise a family of plant polysaccharides that are abundant in the primary cell walls of dicotyledons and nongraminaceous monocotyledons. (1) the basic structure of xygs is a linear -(14)-d - glucan chain, which is regularly branched with -d - xylopyranosyl-(16) units . Both the density of xylos... |
Unenhanced transverse ct scan of the abdomen revealed an ill defined, lobulated mass that measured about 13 12 7 cm in size and it appeared as a heterogeneously low attenuated mass with numerous areas of coarse calcification . It was located in the left side of the retroperitoneal space and involved the body and tail o... |
Current medical research (research connected with the monitoring of the concentration of metabolites in body fluids, tissue or breathing, as well as research looking for markers necessary in correct diagnosing and interference of many diseases) would be impossible without modern instrument techniques, especially those ... |
The success of orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances depends on several factors, including adequate bracket bonding and the longevity of these accessories on the teeth . In fixed orthodontic therapy, the direct bonding of brackets to the teeth is considered one of the most significant developments in recent decad... |
Sperm quality control is critical for efficient reproduction . In germ cells, apoptosis involves different processes and whether it triggers the induction of cell death in germ cells is still unclear . Fatty - acids composition of germ cells changes dynamically during spermatogenesis and fatty acid - binding protein (f... |
Anomalous origin of the left circumflex (cx) coronary artery from the right sinus of valsalva is a well - known coronary anomaly which is thought to be of no clinical significance per se . However, the recognition and adequate visualization of the anomaly is essential for proper patient management . Recently, these ano... |
Female stress urinary incontinence (sui) is a disease that negatively affects personal life style and health - related quality of life . It has been reported to have a prevalence of 21.0%-22.9% in korean middle - aged women . Mixed urinary incontinence (mui) is a disease accompanying urgency urinary incontinence (uui) ... |
Myopia is one of the most common ocular disorders worldwide, and the myopic population in southeast asia has grown significantly in recent years . The costs of examinations and surgical correction of myopia are significant, and this disorder has been associated with other pathological eye conditions, such as macular an... |
The interstitial nucleus of cajal (inc) is thought to be the neural center for torsional / vertical eye position and head posture . We experienced 3 cases that had disturbance of ocular movement and disorder of ambulation caused by thalamic infarction that included the region of the inc . We tried to improve their bala... |
During the past few years, the ethics sections of european, canadian and american critical care societies have issued position statements and proposed a variety of position papers and policies describing the appropriate use of critical care services [1 - 3]. All of these policies describe the goals of intensive care un... |
Despite being regarded as highly preventable, injuries account for an increasing share of childhood mortality in the world [1, 2]. The most common causes of child mortality and morbidity by injury are road traffic crash, drowning, poisoning, burns, and falls . These injuries are unevenly distributed between countries [... |
In mammals, a small subset of autosomal genes are functionally different between two alleles due to an epigenetic mechanism, termed genomic imprinting [1, 2]. The number of imprinted genes is estimated to be 100 - 200 per mammalian genome . These genes are usually clustered in specific chromosomal regions; thus, severa... |
Cassava (manihot esculenta crantz), an important root crop and major player in the food security of producer nations, provides energy as the staple food of over 500 million people in the tropics and subtropics . It gives the highest yield of starch per hectare of any crop . Over 160 million tons of cassava is produced ... |
In recent years, extensive use of screening mammography (mmg) and women s increased awareness of breast cancer have resulted in an increase in the number of non - palpable breast lesions . The standard method used in the localization of non - palpable lesions is the hook wire localization technique [2 - 5]. The most co... |
They constitute the important components of the metabolic syndrome (ms), as defined by the national cholesterol education program (ncep) guidelines (adult treatment panel iii). In the broader sense, dyslipidemia includes abnormality in ldl - cholesterol, hdl - cholesterol, and triglyceride levels . The term dyslipidemi... |
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women from western countries . In 2009, approximately 190,000 women in the united states were diagnosed with and more than 40,000 died from breast cancer . Progression of malignant breast cancer from localized to systemic disease can lead to impaired organ function, widespread... |
Membranes comprise lateral domains with a distinct lipid and protein composition and varying size and half - life . Small (1200 nm), heterogeneous, highly dynamic, sterol- and sphingolipid - enriched domains that compartmentalize cellular processes. Caveolae are a subgroup of lipid rafts abundant in endothelial cells t... |
Vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) is a 4045 kda dimeric glycoprotein containing a cysteine knot motif . The superfamily of vegf proteins in mammals contains 5 types: vegf - a, vegf - b, vegf - c, vegf - d, and placental growth factor (plgf). The vegf - a is the main component of the vegf family and usually refe... |
Before the arrival of new direct - acting antiviral agents (daas), triple therapy combining pegylated interferon (peg - ifn), ribavirin (rbv), and protease inhibitors (boceprevir or telaprevir) was the standard of care for the treatment of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection (1 - 4). Anemia is commonly observed during rb... |
He developed a bronchopleural fistula (bpf) and underwent an eloesser operation following bpf closure with an omental flap in 1998 . However, in 2015, he was referred to samsung medical center because of increased wound discharge and pain . Chest computed tomography (ct) demonstrated pleural thickening and irregularity... |
The basic mechanism of autophagy is the sequestration of the structure that has to be degraded by large cytoplasmic double - membrane vesicles called autophagosomes . The current model is that autophagosomes are formed by expansion and sealing of a small cistern known as the phagophore or isolation membrane (figure 1) ... |
Endoscopic submucosal dissection (esd) was first performed on superficial gastric lesions and now is widely accepted as a treatment for lesions not only in the stomach, esophagus, and colon but also in the pharynx and even those involving the anal canal 1 . The clinical advantages of rectal esd include the ability to a... |
The type 1 diabetes genetics consortium (t1dgc) has created a resource base of well - characterized families from multiple ethnic groups in order to facilitate the localization and characterization of type 1 diabetes susceptibility genes (http://www.t1dgc.org). The t1dgc has recruited families consisting mainly of nucl... |
Osgood - schlatter disease (osd) has been known as a disease that causes traction apophysitis or stimulatory symptoms due to traction of the patellar tendon acting on the eminence of the tibial tuberosity during childhood and adolescence in which vigorous growth takes place1). Despite that favorable natural progress ha... |
Tuberculosis (tb) is a deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis that typically affects the lungs (pulmonary tb) but may also occur in other organs (extrapulmonary tb), such as the central nervous system, lymphatic system, circulatory system, genitourinary system, bones, joints, and the skin . M. t... |
The olfactory system is essential for the survival of many animal species, providing vital information about food location and influencing social and sexual behaviours . In mammals, odor information is conveyed by olfactory sensory neurons (osns) located in the olfactory epithelium . The axon terminals of osns establis... |
Endodontic sealers should have an antimicrobial activity and the capacity to stimulate the healing of periapical tissue . These properties are related to the release of hydroxyl and calcium ions and the increase of ph . Furthermore, endodontic sealers should have adequate flow, setting time and low solubility . In braz... |
Hyperthermophilic anaerobic bacteria similar to thermotoga species should provide good models for generating new insights into the evolution and adaptation of anaerobes to oxidative conditions . Macromolecule - based [1, 2] and whole - genome - based analyses [3, 4] have indicated that thermotoga maritima belongs to a ... |
Cat scratch disease (csd) is a worldwide zoonosis caused by bartonella henselae or possibly by bartonella clarridgeiae (1 - 3). It is characterized usually a self - limiting regional lymphadenopathy, associated with a cat scratch or bite . Originally considered rare, it is now recognized as a common cause of lymphadeno... |
Sim was obtained as a gift sample from zhejiang hisun pharmaceutical co., ltd ., china . Internal standard sim (national institute for the control of pharmaceutical and biological products, beijing, china), lactose monohydrate (flowlac 100, meggle gmbh, wasserburg, germany), microcrystalline cellulose (mcc, avicel ph 1... |
According to world health organization (who) estimates, 235 million people worldwide currently have asthma . Although patients with severe or difficult - to - treat asthma comprise only a small proportion (<15%) of the total asthma population, they account for substantial asthma morbidity, mortality, and healthcare cos... |
Sara, a 23-year - old woman, was admitted to the transplant service with early - onset idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, neutropenia and anemia . Her mother died several years ago, ventilated in the intensive care unit (icu); a death sara describes as horrible . After witnessing the death of her mother, her brother had a ... |
Transurethral electroresection of the prostate (turp) is the traditional way to remove prostate tissue using minimally invasive surgical techniques . No outside incision is needed so there is less pain, fewer complications, and faster healing . This occurs when there is an excessive resection of the bladder neck and pr... |
A 69-year - old man (height, 170 cm; weight, 80 kg) was scheduled for repeated arthroscopic lavage of the right knee for the treatment of unimproved septic arthritis in spite of the previous procedure that had been carried out 2 weeks previously . At the evaluation done 2 weeks ago, it was found that he had peripheral ... |
Primary hyperparathyroidism (phpt) originating from a parathyroid carcinoma is an infrequent finding in the clinical setting . Clinical manifestations indicative of parathyroid carcinoma include profound hypercalcemia with severe metabolic disease and a palpable mass in the anterior neck region . Histopathological feat... |
Prostanoids, including prostaglandin (pg) e2, pgd2, prostacyclin (pgi2), thromboxane a2 (txa2), and pgf2, are generated through pgh synthase (pghs) known commonly as cyclooxygenase (cox), in response to a wide variety of stimuli acting as paracrine or autocrine manner . Non - steroidal anti - inflammatory drugs (nsaids... |
The contamination of soil and groundwater by potentially toxic metals (e.g., pb, cd, zn, and cu) is a serious problem in areas polluted by the nonferrous industry, even if emissions today are reduced or mining and smelting activities have ceased (e.g., li and thornton 2001; ek et al . The interaction of disseminated me... |
The prevalence of neck pain ranges from 16.7% to 75.1%.1,2 mechanical neck pain is one of the most common neck disorders . The source of pain may arise from many structures within the cervical spine and can develop into chronic pain.3 in the current study, mechanical neck pain was defined as pain in the area between th... |
A 67-year - old male fell accidentally down from an agricultural vehicle a protruding part of which crashed into his right eye . He experienced massive bleeding with a 3- to 5-min period of unconsciousness as the immediate consequence of the trauma . Eight hours later, the patient was brought to the emergency unit of t... |
Pili annulati (pa) is a rare hair shaft abnormality, characterized by shinny beads seen along the hair shaft . These beads reversely correspond to the alternating dark bands among light bands under transmitted light microscopy . Since pa was first described by landois in 1866, only about 50 cases with pa has been publi... |
Malocclusion is defined as the false arrangement of teeth in any three planes of space . Edward hartley angle, father of modern orthodontics, classified malocclusion in the anteroposterior plane based on the dental component and ignoring the skeletal component . A class ii malocclusion may be skeletal or dental or may ... |
A 70-year - old male shipyard worker with exposure to asbestos and lead, and a childhood history of polio, was being followed up for unclassified dermal sarcoma of upper back, which was resected with negative margins . A baseline staging computed tomography (ct) scan was unremarkable . A routine follow - up ct scan aft... |
A planted plane tree is a rooted ordered tree, which means that all successors of a node have a left - to - right order . It is a classical result that the number pn of planted plane trees with n edges equals the catalan number pn=1n+12nn . An embedded tree (with increments 1 or 0 and 1) is a planted plane tree, where ... |
Cells were maintained in dmem (gibco) supplemented with 10% fbs (gibco) at 37c in a humid incubator with 5% co2 and passaged every 34 days . Mda - mb-231 breast cancer cell line was obtained from atcc (htb-26) and maintained in dmem supplemented with 10% heat - inactivated fbs (hyclone), 1% glutamax (gibco), and 0.5% p... |
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