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Nowadays, health care has been transformed to a patient - centered model, so that the patient plays a more active role in care . In this model, the patients and their relatives attend caregiving process as the main partners and are involved in health providers decision making, treatment, and administration of procedure... |
Pttm (pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy), synonymously termed microscopic pulmonary tumor embolism, is a rare condition, and cancer - related pulmonary complications characterized by rapidly progression of dyspnea and pulmonary hypertension occasionally cause sudden death 1 . Pttm is observed in 3.3% of autops... |
Laparoscopic pyeloplasty has emerged as the most common and widely accepted minimally invasive surgery for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (upjo). This technique has advantages of a high success rate similar to open pyeloplasty and low morbidity similar to endopyelotomy . Schuessler et al were the first authors to r... |
Joint hypermobility is often described as an extreme variation of joint laxity causing a complex of musculoskeletal symptoms . The most common criteria often used to identify individuals with joint hypermobility is a modification of the original score reported by beighton et al ., which developed based on the primary w... |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) is a progressive disease defined by an airflow limitation that is not fully reversible.1 patients with the disease exhibit pathologic features of emphysema and, to varying degrees, chronic bronchitis . Exacerbations, which can be life - threatening for certain patients, are ... |
Other side effects of chemotherapy are alopecia, stomatitis, immunosuppression, anorexia, nausea, and vomiting which result in a decreased functional capacity and quality of life for cancer patients . 5-fluorouracil (5-fu) is a chemotherapeutic agent used to treat gastrointestinal, breast, pancreatic, and head and neck... |
Previously our work on the l. casei preq1-ii riboswitch identified by breaker and co - workers resulted in crystals with x - ray diffraction limited to 5.6 resolution . In an effort to improve crystal quality, we conducted blastn refseq rna searches starting with the l. casei riboswitch sequence . Our goal was to ident... |
Newly developed miniaturized vision tests have allowed, in a clinically relevant way, to evaluate the influence of magnification and age on the near visual acuity of dentists . The use of optical aids to improve manual precision has long been a tradition in many medical professions . Dentistry seems to be an ideal envi... |
The main aim of pharmacotherapeutics is the attainment of effective drug concentration at the intended site of action for a sufficient period of time to elicit the response . Amongst the various routes of drug delivery, the field of ocular drug delivery is one of the most interesting and challenging endeavors facing th... |
Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer . It is the leading cause of cancer - related deaths in males and the second cause of cancer - related deaths in females worldwide.1 non - small - cell histology comprises ~85% of lung cancers, and 75% of patients are diagnosed at stages iii and iv.2,3 at the advanced s... |
Over one million deaths occur worldwide each year as a result of lung cancer, and approximately 85% of these are from non - small - cell lung cancer (nsclc).1 cytotoxic chemotherapy remains the mainstay of treatment for the majority of patients with advanced disease; however, recent pivotal discoveries have led to mole... |
Mature microrna (mirna) molecules are approximately 22-nucleotide - long single - stranded rnas that generally repress the expression of protein coding genes . Specifically, they preferentially bind to 3 untranslated regions (utrs) of messenger rnas (mrnas) and interfere with their stability and translational efficienc... |
Geographically and time - limited, they aim to build learning and capacity to inform country - wide implementation . Between 2007 and 2011, demonstration projects were the main approach to delivering new vaccines against human papillomavirus (hpv) to prevent cervical cancer in low - income and lower - middle - income c... |
The most common causes of severe mitral regurgitation (mr) in developing countries is rheumatic heart disease . Chronic left ventricular (lv) volume overload as a result of mr leads to compensatory dilatation of the left ventricle . Although this response initially maintains cardiac output, myocardial decompensation ev... |
Warts are mucocutaneous growths (exo- or endophytic) caused by human papilloma virus (hpv). Common therapeutic modalities ablate the growth without the generation of specific immunity against the wart . This often leads to irritation, pain, recurrence, scars, and prolonged morbidity (especially in palmoplantar warts). ... |
A classic dichotomy can illustrate this point: a given duration, say a minute, is not experientially invariant . Specifically, when awaiting for something, or feeling bored or blue, time drags; when entertained or absorbed in skillful performance, time flies (i.e., we are hardly aware of the minutes passing by). The al... |
Attentional problems are among the most consistently reported cognitive impairments related to prematurity (aarnoudse - moens et al ., 2009; anderson, 2014; bhutta et al ., 2002; hack et al ., 2009; jaekel et al ., 2013b; mulder et al ., 2009; wilson - ching et al ., 2013), this is supported by many behavioral studies ... |
Migraine originated from a greece term meaning hemicraine or half of the head (1), usually associated with episodes of strong unilateral pulsating headache (2). Migraine disorder shows a high - related relevancy; approximately 50% of migraine cases have a first - degree related as a migraine sufferer (3). Familial clus... |
It can be classified into two broad categories: acute - onset and delayed - onset . According to endophthalmitis vitrectomy study, infection occurring within 6 weeks after cataract surgery was defined as acute - onset and after 6 weeks as delayed - onset.1 these two categories differ in their microbiological spectrum.2... |
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (enos) is a crucial enzyme for vascular physiology; its reduced activity during ageing is associated with increased susceptibility to cardio- and cerebro - vascular diseases . Moreover, in mice lacking enos, caloric restriction does not exert its positive effects in delaying ageing and... |
Intraocular pressure (iop) is a major risk factor for the development of glaucoma . It is generally believed that postural changes have a greater effect on the iop in glaucomatous eyes than in normal eyes [3, 68]. In addition to the supine position being an important contributor to the iop elevation observed at night, ... |
Cervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer in women in the world, comprising about 10% of all human cancers . A current summary report from who indicates that there are about 500 thousand women diagnosed with cervical cancer, of whom about 270 thousand women die from the disease every year . In china, a total o... |
Stroke is the most common cerebrovascular disease and the most frequent cause of death as a single disease despite advancements in modern medical technology and increased awareness . Activities of daily living are limited by the disability in sensory, motor, and cognitive and emotional control functions seen following ... |
Disease registries are important tools for tracking disease trends or treatment outcomes.123 the health / disease registry could be hospital / clinic - based or population based . The former is used for a specific disease irrespective of the location of the case . Alternately, a population based registry is used to com... |
The synthesis of high - quality colloidal core shell quantum dots (qds) is usually performed in organic solvents . From these solvents, they can be processed and used in numerous applications in optoelectronics and photovoltaics . Alternatively, the qds can be subsequently transferred into aqueous solutions in order to... |
A 51-year - old male patient with diabetes was admitted to the division of pulmonology with the chief complaints of fever and hemoptysis . A chest computed tomography scan was performed for the evaluation of persistent fever and recurrent pleural effusion, and it showed pulmonary embolism at bilateral multiple segmenta... |
Child abuse is a serious social health problem all over the world with important adverse effects . This is an issue concerning millions of children and families which influence significantly children of any ethnicity, color, social status and religion and encompasses all ages (before birth, in infancy, childhood, adole... |
Subcuteneous swelling as metastases are an uncommon presenting feature for primary solid tumors like lung cancer usually in the range of 1.52.6% . It is important to distinguish such metastases from a soft - tissue mass as they may represent the first clinical sign of an occult tumor . In this report, we describe an un... |
The overall death rate has been significantly reduced in the last decades, but depending on subtype and stage, still a significant portion of patients will suffer from relapse or even die of the disease [1, 2]. While up to 70% of patients with breast cancer can be cured nowadays, a significant proportion of these patie... |
Species of the genus leishmania are the causative agents of various parasitic infections which manifest itself in a variety of clinical forms depending upon the species of leishmania and the immunological status of the host . Leishmania donovani is the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) or kala - azar, whic... |
Currently, the ptx used clinically is in a vehicle composed of cremophor el and ethanol at a 50:50 (v / v) ratio . However, this solvent causes severe hypersensitive reactions and cytotoxicity and is incompatible with polyvinyl chloride, which is commonly used in injection systems.2,5 in addition, ptx can cause serious... |
Type 1 diabetes (t1d) can cause significant stress in the affected children, due to its chronic nature and multipronged management; involving multiple daily injections, blood glucose monitoring, dietary restrictions, and risk of complications . In developing countries, financial constraints, suboptimal health infrastru... |
Nasopharyngeal angiofibromas are relatively rare tumors that represent 0.5% of all head and neck neoplasms and they predominantly occur in adolescent males (1). This type of tumor originates from the region of the sphenopalatine foramen . In most cases, imaging studies will demonstrate a widening of the pterygopalatine... |
Icu = intensive care unit; ifn = interferon; il = interleukin; lps = lipopolysaccharide; pcr = polymerase chain reaction; tlr = toll - like receptor; tnf = tumour necrosis factor . Hg, te, and sf planned, drafted, read, and approved the final manuscript . This article is part of a review series on infection, edited by ... |
Impaired insulin sensitivity (is) plays a crucial role in the development of type 2 diabetes (t2d), but its relevance for the occurrence of ischemic stroke still remains unclear . In that context, some studies suggested that decreased is, for example, insulin resistance, is an established risk factor for ischemic strok... |
Worry is conventionally studied within the anxiety disorders, but it has recently been given prominence in a theoretical account of persecutory delusions (freeman, 2007). Worry brings more implausible paranoid ideas to mind, keeps them there, and escalates the distress . There is increasing evidence to support this vie... |
Discontinuation of antidepressants has been attributed to lack of clinical response, adverse effects, pharmacophobia in panic disorder (pd),1 and depression.2 genetic polymorphism, which is related to adverse effects induced by the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (ssris), has not been linked to antidepressant d... |
In endodontics, we sometimes encounter complexities in the treatment of traumatized immature permanent teeth, particularly when the vital pulp exposure occurs in cases with incomplete root formation . Traumatic injuries are the most common threats to the vitality and integrity of developing teeth since trauma may jeopa... |
The assembly of the human genome from whole - genome - shotgun sequence reads was once deemed impossible, and the probable outcome was dubbed the' mad magazine version of the human genome' . This may have referred to mad's fold - in back cover, where a drawing and the caption under it are folded twice to reveal a new p... |
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (cidp) is an uncommon progressive or relapsing paralyzing disease caused by inflammation of the peripheral nerves . Cidp is characterized by the occurrence of symmetrical weakness in both proximal and distal muscles, which progressively increases for more than 2... |
One of the reasons for this could be the risks in delivery system, and sometime lawsuits could be held between obstetrician and pregnant women . It is debatable whether this shortage can be attributed to the decrease in the absolute number of obstetricians or a maldistribution . A theory proposed by newhouse jp insiste... |
It maintains the plasma calcium level by reabsorbing calcium from the bones and kidney and promoting the production of active vitamin d1). After thyroid surgery is a common cause of hypoparathyroidism, a congenital disorder is the most common cause in childhood2). Digeorge syndrome, which is associated with deletion of... |
Ethical approval was obtained from the university college london institute of child health / great ormond street hospital for children joint research ethics committee, and written consent was obtained from patients and/or parents . Dna was extracted from 2 patients with hypopituitarism and features of charge and their ... |
Surgical site infections (ssis), a significant postoperative complication, can lead to considerable patient morbidity and mortality . Preventing ssis is an essential factor in improving the results of surgical procedures . Various factors may be associated with frequency of ssis in laparoscopic cholecystectomies [lc] l... |
When human participants are not engaged in any specific task a set of brain regions can be observed to be active (shulman et al ., 1997). Collectively this set of regions is now commonly referred to as the default mode network (dmn; raichle et al ., 2001; buckner et al ., 2008). Regions of the dmn often show a deactiva... |
Muscle contraction produces force and change in the muscle s length, i.e., velocity . Skeletal muscles are primarily classified into parallel muscles and pennate muscles, based on the muscle s form and structure . In parallel muscles, the shortening velocity is faster and the range of motion is larger because the muscl... |
Von hippel lindau (vhl) disease is a rare inherited condition affecting 1 in 36 000 births and is associated with the development of various multi - system tumours, including haemangioblastomas, phaeochromocytomas, renal cell carcinomas, endolymphatic sac tumours and papillary cystadenomas of the epididymis (in men) an... |
Anterior cruciate ligament (acl) reconstruction improves stability and function of the knee and reduces the risk of chondral and meniscal injuries . However, it does not seem to protect the knee from degenerative arthritic changes in all patients1). Hence, the techniques in acl reconstruction continue to evolve and man... |
Targets of treatment in patients with st - elevation myocardial infarction (stemi) are alleviating the ischemic symptoms, preventing the complications, and restoring the coronary blood flow . Fibrinolysis and primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) are the reperfusion therapies in stemi . Primary pci is a safe... |
A 77yearold man complained of slight shortness of breath, and was referred to our hospital due to enlarging mediastinal / hilar lymphadenopathy with calcification and right pleural effusion on computed tomography (ct) (fig . Chest ct on parenchymal (a) and mediastinal (b) window settings showed right pleural effusion a... |
This study was approved by institutional review boards at baylor college of medicine (houston, tx, usa), the gulf coast regional blood center (houston), and the south texas tissue and blood center (san antonio, tx, usa). Blood donors residing in the greater san antonio, texas, area who had t. cruzi antibodies detected ... |
In most sexually reproducing species, anisogamy presents a dichotomy in reproductive investments, where smaller and more numerous male gametes must typically compete for the fewer and larger female gametes . Males therefore typically compete for additional mating whereas females typically allocate their resources into ... |
Molybdenum (mo) was discovered by swedish chemist peter jacob hjelm in 1781, and its radioactive isotopes are made using light - particle reactions, fusion - evaporation reactions, neutron- and charged particle - induced fission, and projectile fragmentation or fission (advameg 2015; parker and thoennessen 2012). Typic... |
Hibernoma is a rare, benign, slow - growing tumor of brown fat origin the majority occurring in the extremities and the neck . The presacral location is rare, although a few cases in the retroperitoneum have been described in the literature. [25] we describe a case of presacral hibernoma with radiologic - pathologic co... |
Cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of death worldwide, with more than 2150 deaths each day . Many studies have found a direct relationship between levels of low - density lipoprotein (ldl) cholesterol (or total cholesterol) and the rate of new - onset coronary heart disease (chd) in men and women who ... |
Recurrent lateral dislocation of the patella is difficult to treat because of many complex contributing factors such as generalized ligamentous laxity, inadequate medial retinacular tissue, insufficient trochlear groove restraint, patellar tendon length abnormalities, limb alignment torsional abnormalities, and others ... |
The development of inexpensive and efficient photovoltaic devices is still a topic of high scientific importance . The vast majority of today s commercially available photovoltaic elements are based on inorganic semiconductors . The impressive advancements in the field of organic semiconductors within the last two deca... |
All experimental procedures were in accordance with the guidelines of the institutional animal ethical committee . Animal maintenance and handling were in accordance with the indian national institute of nutrition guidelines . All diets were formulated according to american institute of nutrition (ain)-93 g standards, ... |
The concept of mental health is a state of health in which a person knows his abilities, can deal with normal life pressures, can be fruitful to the community, and can also have the power of decision - making and participation . Self - esteem means the acceptance and a value that a person feels in him . Psychologists a... |
This study was initiated in july 2000 as a prospective survey of patients with type 2 diabetes who were in long - term follow - up in a single diabetes clinic at austin health, melbourne, australia . Austin health is a major university teaching hospital and a tertiary referral center, serving a population of approximat... |
Proteomics - grade porcine trypsin, ethanol, high - performance liquid chromatography (hplc)-grade acetonitrile, formic acid, urea, phosphate buffered saline (pbs), sodium hydroxide, tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (tris), and xylenes were purchased from sigma - aldrich corp . (st . Louis, mo, usa). Acetic acid, ammoni... |
Antitumor necrosis factor - alpha (tnf-) agents are widely used for effective treatment of autoimmune rheumatic and dermatological diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (ra), ankylosing spondylitis (sa), psoriasis (ps), or psoriatic arthritis (psa). Nevertheless, anti - tnf- agents have been associated with growing num... |
There have been multiple reported cases of bilateral quadriceps tendon ruptures (qtr) in the literature . These injuries frequently associated with delayed diagnosis, which results in delayed surgical treatment . In very unusual cases, bilateral qtrs can be associated with other simultaneous tendon ruptures . We presen... |
The oral administration of red ginseng root (p. ginseng) extracts has long been used to treat various diseases, including liver and kidney dysfunction, hypertension, non - insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus, and postmenopausal disorders, in china, korea, and japan . Topical applications have also been used for atopi... |
In the absence of a vaccine and in lieu of a cure, antiretroviral combination therapy has been the main form of treatment for individuals infected with hiv . As is the case with treatment of most rapidly evolving viruses / diseases, drug resistance decreases the effectiveness of treatment . The high replicative capacit... |
In the past few decades, there has been a growing interest in the development of artificial nano - materials . One class of material such as this is photonic crystals (pcs), which are periodic dielectric or semiconductor structures that display a photonic band gap (pbg) in their electromagnetic wave transmission charac... |
Oral submucous fibrosis (osf) is a chronic condition almost exclusively occurring among indians and to a lesser extent in the other asiatic people . However, with the increase in immigration of people from the indian subcontinent, dental professionals in many developed countries will encounter this disease in the near ... |
Professionals athlete must exercise at high intensity with restricted rest times between attempts; thus recovery methods in sport can aid athletes to improve performance in competitions . In order to enhancement function, a kind of post - exercise recovery interventions are frequently utilized to improve recovery from ... |
Nephrectomy is a common operation that is performed for neoplasms, trauma, living organ donation, and other disease conditions that make retention of the organ undesirable . In 2013, estimates of 45,610 unilateral total nephrectomies and 19,610 partial nephrectomies were performed in the united states . The outcomes of... |
The cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments of eukaryotic cells are separated by the nuclear envelope (ne). The double membrane of the ne is perforated by nuclear pore complexes (npcs), which are large multiprotein complexes that support passive diffusion of small molecules, and facilitate receptor - mediated translocatio... |
Colorectal cancer (crc) is a common malignancy and a leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and the incidence of crc is increasing rapidly in eastern countries including korea as a result of recent changes in diet and lifestyle . The primary treatment of crc is a complete resection in stage i - iii patients followed ... |
Resistance to insulin is characteristic of metabolic syndrome (mets), which is defined as a cluster of the following cardiovascular risk factors: central obesity, impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension . Mets constitutes a major health problem, as it is strongly associated with type 2 diabetes melli... |
Host genetic factors are major determinants of susceptibility to infectious disease in humans (1). Htlv - i is a persistent virus, infecting 10 - 20 million people worldwide . Most infected people remain healthy, but 1 - 2% develops a progressive paralytic myelopathy (htlv - i - associated myelopathy; ham / tsp) and a ... |
It is characterized by acute inflammatory response which causes coronary plaque rupture with subsequent thrombosis . Accumulating evidence showed that inflammation and immune cell activation play a key role in collagen loss in the fibrous cap which is a prelude to fibrous cap rupture [3, 4]. The extent of cardiac damag... |
Cilj ove multicentrine studije bio je da se rezultati sedam automatizovanih komercijalnih imunoeseja uporede sa referentnom tehnikom hplc . Je, podeljeno u alikvote, smrznuto i poslato laboratorijama koje su uestvovale u istraivanju . Je pomou referentnog sistema hplc i pomou sedam automatizovanih komercijalnih imunoes... |
Activation of the cellular arm of the immune system is seen as the first biological event after administration of immunotherapy, and consequently, measurement of such a response (mostly t - cell response) is of great interest . A variety of bioassays exist for immune monitoring, including the enzyme - linked immunosorb... |
Newly synthesized proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (er), are transported via a series of membrane - bound shuttles or vesicles to and between the golgi apparatus, where their content proteins undergo various post - translational modifications such as glycosylation, to mature . Specialized transport vesicles contai... |
The quality and commercial value of american cranberry fruit (vaccinium macrocarpon ait) are determined by their color . Anthocyanins have important therapeutic values, including antitumor [2, 3], antiulcer, antioxidant, and anti - inflammatory activities . Six anthocyanins have been reported in cranberries based on th... |
Soft tissue infection often occurs after injuries, which, if not treated appropriately, could slow wound healing and further deteriorate the patient s condition [13]. Thus, prevention and treatment of infection remains a major challenge for clinical surgeons . Vacuum sealing drainage (vsd) has been increasingly recogni... |
Computed tomography (ct) and magnetic resonance imaging (mri) are excellent modalities for the localization of mediastinal masses and there are often features that may allow the correct diagnosis to be made . However, ct and mr cannot usually assess the aggressiveness of masses or identify viable tumour in residual mas... |
The term is a misnomer as the lesion does not contain pus nor it is granulomatous . It is considered as a capillary haemangioma of lobular subtype as suggested by mills, cooper, and fechner, which is the reason they are often quite prone to bleeding . The most common intraoral site is marginal gingiva, but lesions have... |
Pd-1 was shown to deliver a negative signal after binding to either of its two ligands, pd - l1 (b7-h1) or pd - l2 (b7-dc) in immune responses [14]. Meanwhile, pd-1 and its ligands have been reported to play an important role in the etiopathogenesis of murine autoimmune diseases . Spontaneous autoimmune diseases includ... |
In the past, mothers and clinicians spent the 9 months of pregnancy in more or less blissful ignorance of what was happening inside the womb . Ultrasound was first used in obstetrics in the late 1950s, and it quickly became apparent that it could be used to track an entire pregnancy . There was an upsurge in the use of... |
Metagenomics is defined as the study of genomic content of microbial communities in their natural environments, bypassing the need for isolation and laboratory cultivation of individual species . Its importance arises from the fact that over 99% of the species yet to be discovered are resistant to cultivation . This li... |
Over the last few years use of short message services (sms) and smartphone - based communication applications in health care has shown its wide application and potential to improve access to health care; enhance efficiency of service delivery; improve diagnosis, facilitate timely treatment and support public health pro... |
They are a congenital disturbance of the position of the eyelashes, which are usually on the lateral quadrant of the upper eyelid or conjunctival surface of the eyelid . The origin of these abnormally placed cilia is not clear, but a previous theory of meibomian gland substitution has been refuted and an embryologic or... |
Arteriovenous malformation (avm) probably occurrs from loss of the regulatory sphincteric function of the arteriolarcapillary junction which results in overflow of the arterial blood into the capillaries and venules, producing an arteriovenous shunt.1 pancreatic avm is a rare disease which can be complicated with abdom... |
Migrated tooth is defined as the movement of teeth into altered positions in relation to the basal bone of the alveolar process and the adjoining and opposing teeth due to loss of approximating or opposing teeth, occlusal interferences, habits, or inflammatory and dystrophic disease of the attaching and supporting stru... |
Percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) for chronic total occlusion (cto) has a lower success rate than pci for non - cto lesions . A cto lesion was defined as an obstruction of a coronary artery with thrombolysis in myocardial infarction or a flow grade of 0, with an estimated duration of at least 3 months prior to t... |
The retina is a complex multilayered structure composed of two components, a photosensitive layer made of rods and cones and the neural connections, and the other part being the retinal pigment epithelium (rpe) and its basal lamina called bruch's membrane, which helps to maintain the integrity of the barrier between th... |
Rnrs of the cauda equina were first described by verbiest14) in 1954, and subsequently named by cressman and paul1) in 1968 . Rnrs is characterized by a tortuous, serpentine, large and elongated nerve root of the cauda equina10). It has been reported that rnrs develop as a response to lumbar spinal stenosis3,7,10). To ... |
Whereas varicocele before puberty is rare, the prevalence of this disease in adolescence is equivalent to that in the general male population: 12.4 to 16.2%, with an average of 15% . In addition, the incidence of varicocele in male patients investigated for infertility is approximately 40% . Varicocele can negatively a... |
The bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology (tbsrtc) was introduced in 2007 in an attempt to standardize international terminology and to categorize morphological criteria in fine - needle aspirations (fnas) from patients with thyroid nodules . Fna is currently the preferred screening test for guiding the d... |
Since many years, a great number of studies have been discussing the role of keratinized gingiva (kg) in marginal periodontal behavior, either accepting that a minimum of 2.0 mm of kg width is required to maintain marginal periodontal health [16] or suggesting that kg width is negligible if excellent oral hygiene is pe... |
Resorption is defined as a condition associated with either a physiologic or a pathologic process resulting in loss of dentin, cementum or bone . Andreasen has classified tooth resorption as internal (inflammatory, replacement) and external (surface, inflammatory and replacement). Internal root resorption is the progre... |
Human ether - a - go - go - related gene (herg) encodes the herg ion channel, which is a member of the voltage - dependent potassium channel (kv) family . Herg mutations reduce the outward flow of potassium during repolarization and elongate the qt interval leading to polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, cardiac syncop... |
Prevalence estimates range from 4% to 29% for hazardous drinking and from <1% to 10% for harmful drinking globally . Similar rates of hazardous or harmful alcohol use in health care settings have been reported from different african countries . Recent estimates suggest that about 2.5 million deaths each year are direct... |
The endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp)-related perforation are rare but sometimes carries 16% to 18% of death rate.1 the incidence of perforation has been reported from 0.3% to 2.2%.2 - 5 ercp - related perforation is classified into three or four types based on anatomical location and the mechanism ... |
The mayer- rokitansky - kuster - hauser (mrkh) syndrome is a rare anomaly characterized by congenital aplasia of the uterus and vagina in women showing normal development of secondary sexual characters and normal 44 xx karyotype . The uterine and vaginal agenesis in these karyotypic females may be accompanied by urogen... |
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