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Most of the dual infections cause a diagnostic dilemma and require a high degree of suspicion in susceptible individuals . However, dual infections with mucormycosis may follow a fulminant course and may be associated with higher mortality and morbidity . We hereby report coinfection of pulmonary tuberculosis (tb) with... |
Research into tumor cell metabolism has recently entered a new age (cairns et al ., 2011; kroemer and pouyssegur, 2008). Although this field was actively explored in the pre - genomics era, the discovery of tumor suppressor genes and oncogenes dampened interest in metabolism as a potential source of cancer cell specifi... |
It is well known that osa patients have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (cvd) and death [14]. Many factors play a role in pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, such as systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, increased vascular endothelial growth factor, adhesion molecules, and coagulant factors . Recent studies... |
The numbers of children and adolescents under 18 years of age receiving ssi have almost quadrupled from 1989 (275,000) to the current level of approximately 1 million (social security administration, 1996). Along with an income benefit, ssi enrollment brings medicaid insurance in almost all states, even where the recip... |
The incidence of infections due to extended - spectrum -lactamase (esbl)-producing bacteria has increased rapidly in recent years and poses a worldwide threat to health care . The close relationship between esbl production and multidrug resistance leaves only a few treatment options for infections commonly caused by en... |
For 40 years, the use of osseointegrated implants has shown to be a supplementary modality for treating full or partial edentulism . Since the early 1990s, providing shorter treatment periods to patients has become a major focus first via the one - stage surgical technique and then through the immediate loading protoco... |
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (opll), a result of heterotopic ossification, can induce spinal canal stenosis and lead to the development of severe myelopathy . There have been numerous studies of surgical techniques or clinical outcomes for opll of the cervical spine.1 in contrast, there are only ... |
Primary cutaneous apocrine gland carcinoma, a subtype of sweat gland carcinoma, is an extremely rare malignant neoplasm [1, 2, 3]. Most of these neoplasms involve the axilla, but lesions can also occur elsewhere on the skin . Most often, they are indolent and slowly developing, but some are rapidly progressive and extr... |
Research on materials used for hard / soft tissue regeneration has focused on those that are degradable and capable of stimulating new tissue formation . In this context, they can be prepared in different forms: blocks, rods, powder, fibres, or microtubes according to the intended application [14]. For instance, bulk g... |
Latinos constitute the largest and most rapidly growing ethnic group in the us . Currently and over the past twenty years, non - latino adolescent alcohol use has declined, yet alcohol use among latino youth has remained high . The latino population continues to grow and is at a high risk because of the trends in demog... |
Ethics statement - this study was in accordance with the ethical standards of the national ethical clearance committee of brazil as well as with the ethical committee for human research of the oswaldo cruz foundation (cep - fiocruz) and the evandro chagas clinical research institute (cep - ipec / fiocruz) and with the ... |
It has been suggested previously that the malignant potential of prostate cancer correlates strongly with the size of the primary cancer . Reflecting this, numerous studies have also shown that prostate cancer volume correlates with other prognostic indicators and with progression after radical prostatectomy . These ob... |
The whi was designed to address the major causes of morbidity and mortality in postmenopausal women (18), including both multicenter clinical trials and an observational study . Details of the scientific rationale, eligibility requirements, and baseline characteristics of the participants in the whi have previously bee... |
After w. c. von roentgen discovered x - rays in 1896, a german dentist, o. walkhoff, used radiographs for dental diagnosis . At the beginning of the last century, attempts were made to image the whole jaw with intraoral radiography . Panoramic technique developed to image the teeth and jaws became an essential element ... |
Heterotopic pancreas (hp) is pancreatic tissue that develops in areas other than the normal site of the pancreas, having no anatomical or vascular continuity with the normal pancreas [1, 2]. Hp of the small intestine, if enlarged, may be diagnosed due to symptoms such as ileus, bowel intussusception, melena and pancrea... |
Gemcitabine is a chemotherapy agent frequently elected to treat solid tumors, including breast, colonic, ovarian, pancreatic, and non - small cell lung cancers [112]. Metastatic gallbladder cancer is a complex and uncommon event [1417]. In this report, we describe a case of gallbladder metastatic colonic adenocarcinoma... |
Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality are the most widely documented evidence of social disparities in health globally.1 the recognition that health is not only the result of current circumstances, but rather of multiple processes operating across the entire life course, has led scholars to investigate the associatio... |
Cervical radiculopathy is caused by the compression of the cervical nerves or nerve roots1 . A herniated intervertebral disc, the common symptoms of cervical radiculopathy involve pain, muscle weakness spreading into the neck and upper extremities, loss of sensation2, and proprioception deficits3 . Although the symptom... |
To date, safety data of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with an underlying autoimmune disease are scarce . This report provides information of the use of immune checkpoints inhibitors in real - world clinical practice, such in patients with autoimmune disorders . Although our patient presented with a grade 4 i... |
This was a multi - institute, single - group clinical trial conducted at seoul st . Approval was granted by the respective institutional review boards of each institute, and a clinical trial permit was obtained from the ministry of food and drug safety . This study was carried out in accordance with the tenets of the d... |
Pseudotumor cerebri (ptc) is a condition that classically presents with optic disc elevation and edema resulting from increased intracranial pressure in absence of hydrocephalus, space occupying lesion, or any other intracranial disease . Studies show that obese women in their childbearing years are most frequently aff... |
Healthcare - seeking behaviors declined markedly during the ebola epidemic (2), which likely contributed to probable underreporting of measles cases, a fact further substantiated by the lack of fatalities reported to dps . Although there are wide variances in estimates of measles case - fatality rates, a large study ha... |
It also causes damage to deoxyribonucleic acid (dna) and dna - protein cross - links and induces cellular death . There is a direct relationship between the effects of ionizing radiation and the type of tissue receiving the radiation and the absorbed radiation dose . Dental radiology represents the most frequently appl... |
Antituberculosis drug - induced hepatitis is one of the most prevalent drug - induced liver injuries (1). Rifampin (rif), isoniazid (inh), pyrazinamide (pza) and ethambutol (emb) are first line chemotherapeutic agents in treatment of tuberculosis (tb) (2 - 5). Among these drugs, hepatotoxicity of inh can be presented a... |
Enzyme replacement therapy (ert) is currently the major form of treatment for a number of lysosomal storage diseases, although its efficacy varies among the individual disorders . Most of these inherited disorders arise from the lack of activity of a single lysosomal enzyme, which leads to the accumulation of the mater... |
Composite resins are routinely used as restorative materials in anterior and posterior teeth due to the resins' excellent aesthetics,1 their strong mechanical and physical properties,2 and their high resistance to dissolution.3 however, despite improvements in resin composite formulations over the years, polymerization... |
The normal total body iron content of 34 g is the result of a tight balance between iron absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and iron lost in stool, sweat and via shed skin cells . If the iron supply or gastrointestinal tract absorption of dietary iron exceeds the amount needed, there is no mechanism to eliminate ... |
Urinary incontinence (ui) is well - known to profoundly affect the qol (quality of life) of women . Many cases of ui are stress urinary incontinence (sui), and the success of pelvic floor muscle (pfm) exercise in the management of sui has been confirmed by multiple randomized controlled studies . Pfm exercise has been ... |
A total of 118 undergoing craniotomy or stereotactic biopsy in seoul national university bundang hospital from may 2003 to september 2011, and 32 patients received craniotomy or stereotactic biopsy in seoul national university hospital from may 2011 to september 2011 . The mean age of 150 glioblastoma patients was 58.8... |
Cyclic peptides have a number of properties that make them useful for biomedical applications . The constraints of cyclization give them a smaller accessible conformational space than acyclic peptides, which leads to a smaller loss of entropy when they bind to a receptor . They are also very stable because they are not... |
Hospitalized patients, especially those in intensive care units (icus), require specialized care . Their critical health conditions make them more dependent on a multidisciplinary team able to provide ethical, humane, and clinical help, especially in their daily activities . Most of these patients are not able to perfo... |
Colorectal carcinoma (crc) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide . As a major life - threatening malignancy, crc ranks second to lung carcinoma in men, third to breast cancer and lung cancer in women, and overall second to other cancer types in men and women . Approximately 142,820 new cases were diagn... |
It has been described in patients with increased venous pressure and stasis caused by venous insufficiency, congenital / acquired arteriovenous anomalies, arteriovenous shunts and lower limb paralysis or amputation stumps . Different names, like congenital dysplastic angiopathy, pseudo - kaposi sarcoma, and acral capil... |
There are three common types of protein glycosylation that modify large numbers of protein substrates in mammalian cells . Proteins localized to the secretory pathway and the cell surface or secreted into the extracellular space can be modified by oligosaccharide structures, such as n - linked glycosylation (linked thr... |
Regular physical activity (pa) has many physical and mental health benefits for older adults including lowering the risk of early death, improving bone health, increasing cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, decreasing levels of body fat, and reducing anxiety and depression . To achieve these benefits, the 2008 phys... |
In a number of clinical situations, concomitant use of two or more drugs is imperative . In particular in chronic disease treatment course, patients must take more than one drug for an extended period of time . In this course, many drug interactions have received a great deal of attention to avoid any side effects to t... |
The neurovascular unit is comprised of the endothelial cells which make up the vessels as well as several other associated cell - types including astrocytes and perivascular cells such as pericytes and smooth muscle cells . Pericytes wrap around vessels and are in direct contact with endothelial cells via gap junctions... |
It is defined by the national institutes of health (nih) by having at least three of the following conditions: central obesity, elevated triglycerides, low high - density lipoprotein cholesterol, hypertension or elevated fasting plasma glucose . Although it is widely accepted that lifestyle factors such as obesity, hig... |
Brazil boasts the greatest plant diversity on the world (approximately 55,000 species of higher plants). Brazilian plants represent a large source of potentially therapeutic compounds, a variety of which have been used in attempts to treat several infectious and/or inflammatory conditions . Esenbeckia species, such as ... |
Acne vulgaris is a common inflammatory disease of the pilosebaceous unit, which affects up to 87% adolescence and 54% of adults with varying degrees of severity . Left untreated or inadequately treated, acne vulgaris can lead to psychological and physical scarring . Treatment improves the qol of patients with acne and ... |
Choledochal cysts are congenitally malformed thin walled, dilated, intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts . These cysts offer a major challenge for diagnosis and treatment during pregnancy because of the altered physiology associated with it . There has to be fine balance between the benefits as well as the risks asso... |
The introduction of osseointegration and the use of endosseous implants provide alternative treatment options to clinicians for all indications of edentulism.1 implant - supported, fixed restorations are usually classified as screw- or cement - retained.2,3 the advantage of screw - retained restorations is the combinat... |
The cerebral abscess is a common central nervous system infection that can result from trauma, hematogenous spread, or spread from an adjacent infection such as otitis media or sinusitis . Despite exhaustive searches, 15 to 30% of abscesses are termed cryptogenic when no source of infection is identified20). A distant ... |
In the field of dentistry, gingival hypertrophy (gh) is a common presenting complaint, especially among patients belonging to pediatric age group . Gingivitis is a commonly occurring phenomenon since the oral cavity is a potential site for active infection as it is constantly exposed to pathogenic microorganisms . The ... |
Interferon - alfa (ifn-) monotherapy has been found with normalization of alanine aminotransferase (alt) levels in a few patients diagnosed as non - a, non - b hepatitis even before hepatitis c virus (hcv) was identified as the chief etiologic agent in this diagnosis . In 1989, the first cases of successful treatment o... |
Twelve adult beagle dogs, 110 years old and weighing 9.515.8 kg, were used in this study . Dogs were divided into a conscious group (n=6) and a sedated group (n=6). All dogs were healthy based on physical examination and normal cbc and serum biochemistry including alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, a... |
In the century of spectacular medical therapies, there is still a lack of substance that may protect the brain cells against neurodegeneration . Since the discovery of neurosteroids, scientists have made a great effort to evaluate their function, including possible neuroprotective properties . According to most commonl... |
Streptococcus pneumoniae otherwise call pneumococcus has remained an extremely important human bacterial pathogen since its initial recognition in the late 1800s and remained an important public health concern throughout the world . Globally it is the most common cause of community - acquired pneumonia (cap), sporadic ... |
During malignant transformation, cells undergo stages of gene expression reprogramming and mutagenesis that alter their metabolic phenotype(s) [15]. Initial stimuli (not all known) dysregulate information signaling and activate oncogenes and/or cancer stem cells, resulting in a partial glycolytic warburg phenotype [15]... |
Panel of samples - in this study, we included 34 samples from long - term residents of an endemic amazon rural community, colniza, state of mato grosso (mt); subclinical malaria infections were characterised in this area during a detailed descriptive epidemiology study carried out between 2003 - 2009 (maciel 2011). In ... |
Tgf- is a multi - functional cytokine and its signaling pathway contributes to a wide range of immunological and biological effects on various cell types and several diseases . Tgf- has regulatory functions in cell proliferation, differentiation, migration, and survival that affect multiple biological processes such as... |
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (adem) is an immune - mediated, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system . In 50 to 75% of all cases, the clinical onset of disease is preceded by viral or bacterial infections, mostly nonspecific upper respiratory tract infections . In children who are diagnosed with ade... |
A 56-year - old caucasian male with polycythemia vera controlled with interferon alpha treatment for 2 years presented to our institution with decreased vision, greater on the right than left, scintillating scotomata, and floaters . Intraocular pressures were 14 mmhg in the right eye (od) and 12 mmhg in the left eye (o... |
Worldwide meningitis was estimated to cause 1, 73, 000 deaths in 2002, most of them were children from the developing world (1). In the high - mortality countries of the eastern mediterranean region bacterial meningitis accounted for 23,000 (2.5%) of the 0.96 million deaths caused by infectious diseases in the region a... |
Crohn's disease (cd) and ulcerative colitis (uc) are two types of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) of unknown aetiology that result in significant morbidity and health expenditure . Recent data suggests that the prevalence of ibd in general practice in the uk has exponentially increased to around 400 per 100,000 . The ... |
The piriformis muscle (pm) is located posterior to the hip joint and passes out of the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, dividing it into two topographic areas of utmost clinical importance: suprapiriform and infra - piriform foramina . Due to the fact that a large number of invasive medical procedures are pe... |
A 60-year - old male was referred to the asan medical center for a nodule in the left lower lobe (lll). The nodule was incidentally detected during the preoperative evaluation of gallstone, for which he underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy at an outside hospital three months prior to his presentation to us . On his v... |
W klinice, w ktrej pracuj autorzy, rdoperacyjne badanie ultrasonograficzne jest wykonywane w codziennej praktyce . Badania rdoperacyjne przeprowadzane byy przez chirurga, ktry dokonywa oceny przed zabiegiem, co pozwolio na weryfikacj rozpozna . Przytoczony materia dotyczy 145 procedur ious wykonywanych podczas laparoto... |
This process requires insulin, a peptide hormone that lowers glycemia by triggering the uptake of glucose into cells . As the exclusive source of insulin, pancreatic cells play an essential role in glucose homeostasis . They are responsible for the production, storage and release of insulin in a manner that is strictly... |
Chronic otitis media is characterized by a defect to the tympanic membrane, conductive hearing loss (or mixed hearing loss where the concurrent sensorineural component is involved), and permanent or periodical discharge from the ear . Depending on the character of lesions to the middle ear mucous, different types of th... |
Hypertension is associated with increased peripheral resistance, resulting predominantly from functional, structural, and mechanical alterations at the level of small - resistance arteries . Functional alterations, which include an impaired endothelial function, are mainly assessed as an impaired acetylcholine - induce... |
The income, prestige, and authority of doctors in most western countries reflects their omnipotence amongst health care professionals and their power within our society . However, concurrent with the increasing number of women entering medicine, there has been a recent decrease in that power . For example, a significan... |
The data sources for this study include the u.s . Census bureau (6) and the search study (2,3,711). Population by ages (0, 1, 2,,19 years), race / ethnicity (nhw, non - hispanic black [nhb], hispanic, asian and pacific islander [api], american indian / alaska native [aian]), and sex, as well as projection estimates of ... |
Myelodysplastic syndromes (mds) describe a heterogeneous group of malignant hematopoietic stem cell disorders which characterized by dysplastic and ineffective blood cell production and a variable risk of transformation to acute leukemia . Because of a variable reduction in production of normal blood cells, a variety o... |
A 4-year - old neutered male labrador retriever presented to the washington state university veterinary teaching hospital neurology service following an acute worsening of thoracolumbar pain . The dog had previously been diagnosed with diskospondylitis via radiography by a referring veterinarian and had not responded t... |
Salivary gland tumors occurring in the sublingual gland are rare as compared to other locations, such as the parotid and submandibular glands . Among malignant salivary gland tumors, the most frequent type is adenoid cystic carcinoma, followed by adenocarcinoma and carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma . The malignant compo... |
Mean age was 51 years of age and mean bmi was 34.0 kg / m (3). Sixty - eight percent were women, and forty - five percent were members of minority groups (3). The goals for participants randomized to lifestyle were to achieve and maintain a weight reduction of at least 7% of initial body weight through diet and physica... |
The authors have designed a dual - sided electrosurgery handpiece where a cylindrical electrode used for cutting and a spherical electrode used for coagulation are combined at the opposite ends of the same handpiece allowing alternative use of the two electrodes with a simple handpiece flip . The device could be a simp... |
Chronic complications are the major outcome of type 2 dm (t2 dm) progress, which reduces the quality of life of patients, incurs heavy burdens to the healthcare system, and increases diabetic mortality . After adjusting for age, the death rate of people with t2 dm is about twice as high as their non - diabetic peers . ... |
Heart failure (hf) is a common medical problem, in which the heart fails to meet the peripheral tissue demands at a normal filling pressure . The global prevalence of hf is estimated to be 2.33.9% per annum. [24] around 25 million people around the world are suffering from hf, and each year 2 million new cases of hf ar... |
Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (notes) is on the forefront of surgical technique and is pushing the perceptions and boundaries of abdominal surgery, as laparoscopy did when first introduced . However, in spite of enthusiasm on behalf of researchers for the technical aspects of notes, what will truly le... |
The supraspinatus is one of the rotator cuff muscles; it is positioned at the supraspinous fossa and under the trapezius and it abducts the shoulder joints to rotate externally1, 2 . The rotator cuff muscles are highly important for dynamic stability of the shoulders, but it is the supraspinatus that plays an important... |
Caspases coordinate, in a proteolytic cascade and with the help of other proteases, the rapid and efficient elimination of a cell by apoptosis . They are classified into monomeric initiator caspases (caspase-8 and -9) with long prodomains (death effector domain [ded], and caspase recruitment domain [card]), which are a... |
The world health organization estimated that worldwide, 10 million people were diagnosed with cancer in 2000, and that the cancer incidence rate would increase by 50% to 15 million by 2020 . Furthermore, as treatment outcomes improve and cancer patients have an increased survival21), the incidence and prevalence of spi... |
Despite existing initiatives to integrate health services in the americas health care fragmentation remains a significant challenge . Excessive fragmentation leads to difficulties in access to services, delivery of services of poor technical quality, inefficient use of resources, increases in production costs, and low ... |
Crohn s disease is a chronic granulomatous inflammatory disease that may involve any part of the alimentary tract, although the ileum is the most frequent location . The presenting symptoms are variable and include abdominal pain, growth failure, and, less commonly, diarrhea . In the early stages, crohn s disease cause... |
Preterm birth, as one of the pregnancy problems, is the leading cause of neonatal mortality and the second cause of child deaths under the age of 5 . It is defined as birth before 37 weeks of gestation, which affects 518% of the pregnancies . For the families and health - care systems, short- and long - term morbidity ... |
Interventional radiology is a clinically - oriented specialty that employs image guidance in order to perform minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.1 technological developments of imaging equipment coupled with the advanced engineering of pinhole therapeutic applicators and minuscule endovascular ins... |
This cross - sectional study was carried out in a university hospital in shiraz, iran . This hospital was selected because of the availability and the subsequent enthusiasm of its nursing managers . This hospital admits patients from southern iran, and nurses who work in this hospital play a vital role in providing hea... |
A great number of patients with major injuries [13] suffer from accidental hypothermia ranging from 12 to 66% [4, 5]. In the current literature, an increase of mortality has been demonstrated below a core temperature of 34c in patients with multiple injuries, this temperature threshold seems to be critical in trauma pa... |
After birth, the neonate must transition to the gastrointestinal system as the primary source of nutrition . In premature newborns, the gastrointestinal system and other organ systems in the body are underdeveloped . This is a challenge because the neonatologist must assess the function of the intestine for management ... |
Spigelian hernia (sh) is a ventral hernia that occurs through slit - like defects in the anterior abdominal wall adjacent to the semilunar line . Adriaan van der spiegel is credited as the first to describe the semilunar line in 1645 . However, in 1764 klinkosch1 described a spontaneous lateral ventral hernia specifica... |
Studies on asthmatic patients and animal models of allergy have demonstrated that th2 cells produce cytokines il-4, il-5, and il-13 and thus contribute to development of asthma characterized by airway inflammation, mucus hypersecretion, and airway hyperresponsiveness . However, the mechanisms through which nave t cells... |
This study compared travel histories of c. gattii infected case - patients with travel patterns of the general public to validate and refine these risk areas on vi . We also examined spatial progression of these areas over time to assess whether c. gattii spread from a single focal point since its emergence in 1999 . C... |
Cutaneous manifestations of crohn s disease (cd) typically present as lesions that are contiguous with the gastrointestinal tract, such as peri - oral and peri - anal lesions [1, 2]. Vulval involvement, mostly due to distant spread of granulomata (metastatic cd), is rare, especially in children [2, 3]. Here, a 10-year ... |
Despite advances in diagnostic techniques, fever of unknown origin (fuo) remains a formidable challenge, with the cause of fever not being identified in 7%38% of patients.1 oren - gedoku - to (ogt) has been used traditionally to remove heat and poison from the body.2 on the basis of this theory in oriental medicine, it... |
Nutritional therapy in critically ill - patients improves wound healing, reduces rates of certain complications and mortality seems to reduce . Enteral nutrition is recommended as the first option for most patients in light of the evidence of significant benefits while parenteral nutrition does not seem to add benefit ... |
Micrornas (mirnas) are small non - coding rnas of approximately 19 to 25 nucleotides that post - transcriptionally regulate gene expression . They bind to the 3'-untranslated region (utr) of their target messenger rnas (mrnas) through complementary recognition, which then leads to mrna degradation or repression of prot... |
Down syndrome is popularly known as trisomy 21, because it is a genetic disorder caused by a presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21, patterson . Globally, as of 2010, down syndrome occurs in about 1 per 1000 live births and results in about 17,000 deaths . Most of the hospitals in bangladesh do not ha... |
A team from oxford outcomes, inc ., in collaboration with the american academy of orthopedic surgeons (aaos), developed a survey of orthopedic practices to determine if the orthopedic practice had onsite mri capacity, and if so the type of mri capacity (extremity or full body), the date of acquisition for the mri equip... |
The presence of an indwelling urinary catheter (iuc) is the principal risk factor for catheter - associated urinary tract infection (cauti) development . Despite the risk of prolonged catheter placement, few hospitals actively track catheterized patients, and providers are often not aware of the presence of catheters i... |
Most teratomas are immature in nature, and solid lesions having few focii of cystic degeneration, only 2 - 4% of lesions are predominantly cystic (the more mature and well differentiated) in nature whatever the case might be, these lesions usually present with signs and symptoms attributable to mass effect . On rare oc... |
Anterior post - traumatic dislocation of the shoulder is the most common type of dislocation and is caused by excessive external rotation and hyperextension of the arm in the overhead direction . As the humeral head is levered out of the glenoid, the anterior post - traumatic dislocation of the shoulder can be associat... |
Over the past several decades, researchers understanding of the causes and treatment of diseases has grown exponentially . Apart from the financial issues, lack of access to providers, and cultural factors which are most often cited, literacy is one of the prime social determinants . Literacy has recently emerged as a ... |
Dna in all eukaryotic organisms is bound by nucleosomes, forming a physiological chromatin context in which all molecular processes involving dna operate . The integrity of the chromatin template is constantly compromised by fundamental biological processes, such as dna replication, repair, and transcription, following... |
A 73 year - old patient with mild hemophilia b (factor ix clotting activity 12%) was referred to our department due to a left renal tumor incidentally discovered during ultrasonography performed as follow - up two years after prostate cancer brachytherapy . On admission abdominal and pelvic ct scans revealed a multiloc... |
Viruses are major pathogens in all kingdoms of life . Single - stranded (ss)rna viruses make up a significant fraction of these pathogens with detrimental impacts on human health . Their control via vaccination will only ever be possible for a limited subset of examples, so innovative routes to antiviral therapy are ur... |
Junn virus (junv) is a south american arenavirus, the etiological agent of a severe endemo - epidemic disease called argentine hemorrhagic fever (ahf). Arenaviridae is a family composed of a growing number of enveloped viruses with a bipartite single stranded rna genome . Members of the arenaviridae family were subdivi... |
In critical care, as in other areas of health care, clinicians are faced with rising health care costs and aging and increasingly complex patients . Furthermore, the rate of research knowledge production is outstripping our ability to incorporate this information into patient care . These factors, as well as the increa... |
Stroke patients are characterized by an asymmetric posture due to decreased movement, and this asymmetric posture makes balance control in a standing posture difficult, as a result of the center of pressure moving toward the lower limb of the unaffected side, triggering problems with postural control ability1 . Loss of... |
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