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pemphigus foliaceus can have iga pemphigus like clinical picture pemphigus foliaceus is a rare autoimmune blistering disorder characterised histopathologically by subcorneal blisters and immunopathologically by igg antibodies to desmoglein 1 ( dsg-1 ) . immunoglobulin a ( iga ) pemphigus is relatively a newly describ...
a 14-year - old male presented with seven years history of recurrent episodes of fluid filled , itchy and eroded lesions over the body not responding to oral corticosteroids and azathioprine . dermatological examination revealed crusted plaques and erosions in a seborrheic distribution . histopathology of skin lesi...
phytopathogenic organisms are the main agents responsible for significant losses in the common bean ( phaseolus vulgaris l. ) crop , often even making the crop unviable in certain regions . among the diseases that have most limited yield , white mold ( sclerotinia sclerotiorum ) stands out , especially in the irrigated...
the aim of this study was to use multiple dna markers for detection of qtls related to resistance to white mold in an f2 population of common bean evaluated by the straw test method . the dna from 186 f2 plants and from the parents was extracted for genotypic evaluation using ssr , aflp , and srap markers . for pheno...
more specifically , many properties such as nucleic acid stability , for example , seem to depend primarily on the identity of nearest - neighbour nucleotides ( 1 ) . the corresponding nearest - neighbour model is also the basis for rna secondary structure prediction by free - energy minimization ( 2 ) . it is know...
diprodb ( http://diprodb.fli-leibniz.de ) is a database of conformational and thermodynamic dinucleotide properties . it includes datasets both for dna and rna , as well as for single and double strands . the data have been shown to be important for understanding different aspects of nucleic acid structure and func...
one of the most common chronic diseases associated with aging is type 2 diabetes mellitus ( dm-2 ) . the increasing number of older individuals developing dm-2 in north america is an enormous clinical concern , as this disease is associated with excessive mortality from cardiovascular disease ( cvd ) . the increase...
backgroundtype 2 diabetes mellitus ( dm-2 ) is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases of the aged and contributes to a significant amount of cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality . exercise training may be beneficial in attenuating the cardiovascular maladaptations associated with dm-2 . the purpose of...
phosphorus ( p ) is one of the most important macronutrients in the plant lifecycle . it is involved in the synthesis of nucleic acids and phospholipids , in reactions of phosphorylation , and also in energy delivery ( atp ) . lack of phosphate ( inorganic phosphate , pi ) inhibits plant growth , whereas excessive ...
inorganic phosphate ( pi ) is an easily accessible form of phosphorus for plants . plant pi uptake is usually limited however by slow pi diffusion through the soil which strongly adsorps phosphate species . plants have developed mechanisms to increase pi availability . there are also abiotic ( phosphate level ) a...
heterozygous beta thalassemia minor ( hbt ) is a benign blood disorder caused by a hereditary reduction in beta globin synthesis , which often leads to mild anemia and is characterized by hypochromic microcytic erythrocyte indexes . hbt is prevalent in many regions of the world , including the mediterranean countries...
backgroundheterozygous beta thalassemia ( hbt ) has been proposed to increase the risk of developing autoimmune disease . our aim in this study was to examine the prevalence of hbt among multiple sclerosis ( ms ) patients.material/methodshbt frequency was investigated in our ms group ( 243 patients with ms ) . hemo...
chorioamnionitis , an infection and inflammation of the maternal and fetal interface , is arguably the most important cause of preterm birth and infant morbidity . despite advancements in diagnosis and treatment , chorioamnionitis and its complications it has been estimated that about 10 percent of all pregnancies ar...
objective . to characterize trends in chorioamnionitis ( cam ) by maternal race / ethnicity and gestational age . study design . we examined trends in cam from 19952010 among singleton births in all kaiser permanente southern california hospitals ( n = 471,821 ) . data were extracted from perinatal service system...
of the inner disorders that result in vertigo the most common cause is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo ( bppv ) accounting for between 17% and 40% of all vertigo cases presenting in the clinic ( 1 - 3 ) . bppv most commonly affects the posterior canal and the primary symptom is of brief episodes of true rotatory...
benign paroxysmal positional vertigo ( bppv ) is a common disorder caused by the dislocation of otoconia most commonly into the posterior canal . the primary symptoms are brief episodes of head - position related vertigo which may be accompanied by nausea and disequilibrium . bppv is usually managed conservatively ...
glycogen synthase kinase-3 ( gsk3 ) was first reported as a glycogen synthase phosphorylating activity in rabbit skeletal muscle ( the third to be found , hence gsk3 ) . these substrates immediately focused attention on the importance of gsk3 in glucose metabolism and neurodegeneration , and these remain major areas ...
nearly 100 proteins are proposed to be substrates for gsk3 , suggesting that this enzyme is a fundamental regulator of almost every process in the cell , in every tissue in the body . however , it is not certain how many of these proposed substrates are regulated by gsk3 in vivo . clearly , the identification of the ...
inflammatory bowel disease ( ibd ) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine . an estimated 1.36.4% of patients with ibd experience cerebral venous thrombosis ( cvt ) at some point during the course of the disease . cvt tends to occur in young patients , and those who have both cvt and ...
the development of cerebral venous thrombosis ( cvt ) as a secondary complication of crohn 's disease ( cd ) seems to be rare , but it is generally accepted that the disease activity of cd contributes to the establishment of a hypercoagulable state . here , we describe a case of cvt that developed outside the active ph...
liczne opracowania dowiody , e poszerzona przezierno karku wie si ze zwikszonym ryzykiem aberracji chromosomowych , ale znacznie mniej analiz odnosi si do dalszych losw podw z prawidowym kariotypem . celem pracy byo zbadanie ryzyka wystpienia wad serca i innych wad rozwojowych u podw z poszerzon przeziernoci karku i ...
introductionnumerous papers have proven that an increased nuchal translucency is connected with a raised risk of chromosomal aberrations , but few analyses are related to the further state of fetuses with a normal karyotype.the aim of the studythe aim of the study was to estimate the risk of cardiac defects and other d...
coronary artery fistulas ( caf ) are rare cardiac anomalies , the angiographic incidence of which is 0.17 - 0.25%.1 ) the majority of caf originate from the right coronary artery ( rca ) , but they less commonly may originate from the left coronary or from multiple arteries.2 ) multiple caf account for about 10% to 16%...
coronary artery fistulas ( cafs ) are one of the most rare cardiac anomalies . some patients with caf may suffer from ischemic chest pain that originates from combined significant coronary artery spasm ( cas ) . spontaneous regression of caf has been reported in a few cases , almost all of which were infants . we...
the authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest .
recent years have seen the emergence of an important new fundamental theory of brain function . this theory brings information - theoretic , bayesian , neuroscientific , and machine learning approaches into a single framework whose overarching principle is the minimization of surprise ( or , equivalently , the maximi...
spinal muscular atrophy ( sma ) is a severe neuromuscular disease characterized by degeneration of the alpha motor neurons of the spinal cord associated with progressive symmetric weakness and atrophy of the limb muscles ( dubowitz , 2009 ) . different phenotypes identified in this disease were usually classified int...
spinal muscular atrophy ( sma ) is a degenerative neuromuscular disease associated with progressive symmetric weakness and atrophy of the limb muscles . in view of the involvement of numerous point mutations and deletions associated with the disease , the application of polymorphic markers flanking the sma critical r...
cancer imposes a global threat to public health . according to the global cancer statistics estimates , there were about 14.1 million new cancer cases and 8.2 million cancer deaths in 2012 . malignancy results from complex interactions among multiple genes , the intracellular environment , and neighboring tissues ....
backgroundthe findings of currently available studies are not consistent with regard to the association between the risk of cancer and ginseng consumption . therefore , we aimed to evaluate this association by conducting a meta - analysis of different studies.methodsto systematically evaluate the effect of ginseng co...
atrophy of the ipsilateral lateral geniculate nucleus ( lgn ) and retinal ganglion cell ( rgc ) in both eyes after occipital lobectomy has been reported in monkeys [ 1 , 2 ] . such atrophy is considered to be mostly due to retrograde degeneration and retinal one , transsynaptic retrograde degeneration . in humans , d...
purpose . to report a reduction in macular ganglion cell layer and inner plexiform layer ( gcl+ipl ) thickness and circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer ( cprnfl ) thickness using spectral - domain optical coherence tomography in patients with homonymous hemianopia due to posterior cerebral artery ( pca ) stroke . ...
rheumatoid arthritis ( ra ) is a chronic , systemic , inflammatory disorder characterized by uncontrolled synovial proliferation in multiple joints . most patients , if left untreated or inadequately treated , suffer from relentless progressive polyarthritis , causing bone erosion , joint destruction and deformity , ...
to evaluate the prevalence of past infection with hepatitis b virus ( hbv ) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis ( ra ) and the incidence of its reactivation under treatment with biological and/or nonbiological disease - modifying antirheumatic drugs ( dmards ) , 239 patients receiving dmard therapy were consecutively...
three new flaps localized on the posterior , anteromedial , and anterolateral surfaces of the thigh were described in 1984 . the latter has gained popularity and was presented in the literature as the workhorse flap in the management of simple as well as complex tissue defects [ 35 ] . progress in the knowledge...
backgroundanterolateral thigh flap ( altf ) has gain popularity as a workhorse flap in the management of simple as well as complex tissue defects . the purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in altf s perforators location in male and female human cadavers.methodsthe study involved 30 fresh human cad...
the contamination of aquatic ecosystems by metals is one of the main environmental issues today . in the last decade , the advance of nanotechnology fueled fast growth of the nanotoxicology research and the need for information on potential hazards of this technology in aquatic environments [ 1 , 2 ] . copper nanop...
copper nanoparticles ( cu - nps ) are components in numerous commercial products , but little is known about their potential hazard in the marine environments . in this study the effects of cu - nps and soluble cu on juvenile epinephelus coioides were investigated . the fish were exposed in triplicate to control , 20...
since the first breakthrough publication of air and moisturestable roomtemperatureliquid salts in the beginning of the 1990s,1 ionic liquids ( or ils , for short ) have attracted tremendous attention from virtually all major fields of chemistry.2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 like all new trendy topics , ils were expected to be ...
abstractwithin the last 25 years ionic liquids have written a tremendous success story , which is documented in a nearly uncountable amount of original research papers , reviews , and numerous applications in research and industry . these days , ionic liquids can be considered as a mature class of compounds for many...
she did not have dyspnea or cyanosis except for a murmur detected on physical examination . preoperative 2d echocardiography showed that the right pulmonary artery was compressed by the dilated ascending aorta . a preoperative heart computed tomography ( ct ) scan revealed very severe focal stenosis in the right pu...
compression of the airway is relatively common in pediatric patients , although it is often an unrecognized complication of congenital cardiac and aortic arch anomalies . aortopexy has been established as a surgical treatment for tracheobronchial obstruction associated with vascular anomaly , aortic arch anomaly , es...
the mushroom environment with its large amount of decaying organic material , mycelium and sporophores is favourable for many small animals . others , mainly predatory mites , can feed on these pests , limiting their populations . studies conducted in mushroom houses in poland in the 1980s showed the occurrence of ...
parasitus bituberosus karg ( acari : parasitidae ) is one of the predatory mite species inhabiting mushroom houses . it is known to accept a wide range of prey , suggesting that it may be a promising candidate for the biological control of key pests of mushroom culture . in our study it did not show any prey prefer...
cd4 t helper ( th ) cells play a critical role in adaptive immune response . after infection or vaccination , naive cd4 t cells differentiate into diverse effector subsets of th cells dependent on distinct cytokines and transcription factors [ 15 ] ( figure 1 ) . these th cell subsets possess respective effector fu...
follicular helper cd4 + t ( tfh ) cells play a fundamental role in humoral immunity deriving from their ability to provide help for germinal center ( gc ) formation , b cell differentiation into plasma cells and memory cells , and antibody production in secondary lymphoid tissues . tfh cells can be identified by a co...
quadricuspid aortic valve accounts for 0.0080.033% of all the cases of congenital heart diseases in autopsy series , and 0.0130.043% in echocardiographic examinations . it was first described by balington ( london medical gazette 1862 ) 1 . in accordance to the classic hurwitz and roberts classification , quadricuspi...
key clinical messagethe authors present the case of an asymptomatic 36-year - old man , affected by down syndrome , with an unexpected quadricuspid aortic valve coupled with the anomalous origin of the left circumflex coronary artery from the proximal right coronary artery . this is the first report of the concomitan...
to date hme has emerged as a novel processing technology in developing molecular dispersions of active pharmaceutical ingredients ( apis ) into various polymer or / and lipid matrices which has led this technique to demonstrate time controlled , modified , extended , and targeted drug delivery [ 14 ] . hme has now pr...
over the last three decades industrial adaptability has allowed hot - melt extrusion ( hme ) to gain wide acceptance and has already established its place in the broad spectrum of manufacturing operations and pharmaceutical research developments . hme has already been demonstrated as a robust , novel technique to mak...
deregulation of this process leads to chronic inflammation , generating a pathological response that favors destruction of the tissue involved . inflammation is the common denominator of several pathological conditions , including type 1 and type 2 diabetes . a plethora of proinflammatory mediators has been associa...
nonspecific inflammation in the transplant microenvironment results in -cell dysfunction and death influencing negatively graft outcome . microrna ( mirna ) expression and gene target regulation in transplanted islets are not yet well characterized . we evaluated the impact of inflammation on mirna expression in tr...
osteoarthritis ( oa ) is the most common form of degenerative joint disease and a leading cause of pain and chronic physical disability in elderly people1 . oa presents a multifactorial etiology , and can be considered the product of interactions between systemic , mechanical , and local factors within a joint1...
[ purpose ] this study was performed to evaluate the long - term histopathological changes in knee - joint components including synovial membrane and joint capsule in a rat model of osteoarthritis ( oa ) induced by monosodium iodoacetate ( mia ) . [ subjects and methods ] fifty male rats were used . oa was in...
the term psychosis is often used rather broadly to encompass a group of symptoms , none of which is specific to any disorder as such , and which can manifest in anyone given certain stimuli , such as exposure to dopaminergic agonists . schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterised by psychotic symptoms : prag...
converging lines of evidence suggest that cannabinoids can produce a full range of transient schizophrenia - like positive , negative and cognitive symptoms . cannabinoids also produce some psychophysiological deficits also known to be present in schizophrenia . it is also clear that , in individuals with an establ...
the online version of this article ( doi:10.1007/s00894 - 011 - 1044 - 1 ) contains supplementary material , which is available to authorized users . it undergoes a variety of chemical reactions , very often being a key precursor for new compounds exhibiting diverse molecular structures and properties [ 13 ] . it i...
two intramolecular interactions , i.e. , ( 1 ) hydrogen bond and ( 2 ) substituent effect , were analyzed and compared . for this purpose , the geometry of 4- and 5-x - substituted salicylaldehyde derivatives ( x = no2 , h or oh ) was optimized by means of b3lyp/6 - 311 + g(d , p ) and mp2/aug - cc - pvdz methods...
the 3d human primary cell culture of oral keratinocytes ( tissues ) and media ( containing specially prepared phenol red , 5 g / ml gentamicin , and 0.25 g / ml amphotericin b ) were purchased from mattek corporation ( ashland , ma ) . the oral ( buccal ) keratinocytes were grown in millipore millicell tissue - ...
cancer patients who receive radiation are often afflicted by oral mucositis , a debilitating disease , characterized by mouth sores and difficulty in swallowing . oftentimes , cancer patients afflicted with mucositis must stop life - saving therapies . thus it is very important to prevent mucositis before it develo...
prescription medicines constitute a significant proportion of total healthcare expenditure in many countries of the world.12 report from many european countries shows that prescription medicines account for between 10.4% and 27.6% of the total healthcare expenditure.34 nonrational prescribing by healthcare providers co...
introduction : prescription medicines constitute a significant proportion of total healthcare expenditure in many countries of the world . nonrational prescribing by healthcare providers contributes significantly to this relatively high proportion . in many developing countries of the world , a significant proporti...
microglia are distributed throughout the cns as a network of resting immunocompetent cells derived from the monocyte / macrophage lineage . alterations in the cns homeostasis alert microglia and they become rapidly activated in response to injury or the presence of pathogens . although microglial activation is necess...
previous studies have shown that glial cell line - derived neurotrophic factor ( gdnf ) family ligands ( gfl ) are potent survival factors for dopaminergic neurons and motoneurons with therapeutic potential for parkinson 's disease . however , little is known about direct influences of the gfl on microglia function ,...
type-2 diabetes ( t2d ) , characterized by insulin resistance of target tissues and insufficient insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells , is a prevalence disease that happened all around the world in high frequency . it can not be explained by genetics alone , as the environmental factors and the adult - lifest...
type 2 diabetes ( t2d ) is a prevalent disease that happens around the world and usually happens with insulin resistance . micrornas ( mirnas ) represented important roles in the suppression of gene expression and were proven to be related to human diseases . in this study , we used cynomolgus monkey fed with normal ...
localized alveolar ridge defects are frequently found in partially edentulous patients that impair proper aesthetic , phonetic , and oral hygiene . these defects are associated with deficit in volume of bone and soft tissues within the alveolar process resulting from traumatic tooth extraction , advanced periodontal ...
background : localized alveolar ridge defect may create physiological and pathological problems . developments in surgical techniques have made it simpler to change the configuration of a ridge to create a more aesthetic and more easily cleansable shape . the purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of alv...
infections may play an important role in prematurity . after establishing that ascending genitourinary infections are associated to 50% of preterm birth , other infections remote from fetal - placental unity were regarded as a potential role for preterm birth as well . recently , periodontal disease was assoc...
objectivesthe aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of non - surgical treatment of periodontal disease during the second trimester of gestation on adverse pregnancy outcomes.material and methodspregnant patients during the 1st and 2nd trimesters at antenatal care in a public health center were divided int...
the traditional cellblock is an essential cytology preparation , which offers benefits over cytologic smears by preservation of cell architecture and the performance of immunohistochemical studies . in the current era of minimally invasive techniques for obtaining tissue samples for diagnostic and prognostic markers , ...
background : methanol fixed and paraffin embedded ( mfpe ) cellblocks are an essential cytology preparation . however , mfpe cellblocks often contain limited material and their relatively small size has caused them to be overlooked in biomarker discovery . advances in the field of molecular biotechnology have made ...
local reaction to allergen - specific immunotherapy ( sit ) usually appears within 30 minutes . however , allergens can induce not only an immediate hypersensitivity reaction , but also allergic inflammation or other long - term sequelae that cause episodic symptoms precipitated by nonspecific stimuli . rotne repor...
local reaction to allergen - specific immunotherapy ( sit ) usually appears within 30 minutes , but cases with exercise - induced urticaria at the sit site 23 weeks after the last allergen injection have been reported . a 28-year - old man was treated with house dust mite - sit for 5 years , due to asthma when he was...
the knowledge on inter - atomic distances in proteins is a valuable source of information for protein structural analysis and structure determination . the protein inter - atomic distances may be detected by using physical experiments such as nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ( nmr ) ( 1 ) , or estimated with t...
protein inter - atomic distance distributions ( pidd ) is a dedicated database and structural bio - informatics system for distance based protein modeling . the database is developed to host and analyze the statistical data for protein inter - atomic distances based on their distributions in databases of known protei...
breast cancer is the most common type of malignancy diagnosed in women1 with more than 180,000 estimated new cases in usa in 2008 . almost one third ( 32% ) of all cancers diagnosed in women are breast cancer.1 in the metastatic setting this disease is as yet incurable , and the main objectives are the palliative pro...
breast cancer is the most common type of malignancy diagnosed in women . in the metastatic setting this disease is still uncurable . taxanes represent an important class of antitumor agents which have proven to be fundamental in the treatment of advanced and early - stage breast cancer , but the clinical advances o...
the case of patient with aortic stenosis due to ochronosis is presented . a 63yearold man with known history of alkaptonuria presented with critical aortic stenosis . his medical history included a prosthetic total hip replacement and cervical spondylosis due to degenerative arthritis ( fig . physical examination s...
key clinical messagea 63yearold man bearing most signs and symptoms ( facial pigmentation , degenerative arthritis , and dark urine ) pertinent to his known history of alkaptonuria underwent aortic valve replacement for critical aortic stenosis . although rare , aortic stenosis is the most common cardiac manifestation ...
muscle preparations and tension measurement : urinary bladders from adult pigs of either sex were obtained from a local abattoir . the adjacent connective and fatty tissues were carefully removed , and strips were dissected out from the bladder dome . the muscle strips ( 45 mm wide and about 15 mm in long ) wer...
to elucidate the dependence of aerobic energy metabolism and utilization of glucose in contraction of urinary bladder smooth muscle , we investigated the changes in the reduced pyridine nucleotide ( pnred ) fluorescence , representing glycolysis activity , and determined the phosphocreatine ( pcr ) and atp conten...
the origin of the problem in reality lies with global production issues of molybdenum-99 , the mother radionuclide of technetium-99 m , and the consequent impact on nuclear medicine both in the uk and around the globe . the origins of nuclear medicine began when the radioactive tracer principle was first established ...
nuclear medicine developed when it was realised that a radioisotopic substitution of iodine-131 for the stable iodine-127 would follow the same metabolic pathway in the body enabling the thyroid to be imaged and the thyroid uptake measured . the iodine could be complexed with pharmaceutical substrates to enable other...
the applicability of mitochondrial nad6 sequences to studies of dna and population variability in lepidoptera was tested in four species of economically important moths and one of wild butterflies . the genetic information so obtained was compared to that of cox1 sequences for two species of lepidoptera . nad6 prim...
pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma ( asc ) is an enigmatic and aggressive tumor that has a worse prognosis and higher metastatic potential than its adenocarcinoma counterpart . here we report that asc tumors frequently harbor somatically acquired mutations in the upf1 gene , which encodes the core component of the no...
most exercise protocols designed to induce fat loss have focused on regular steady state exercise such as walking and jogging at a moderate intensity . disappointingly , these kinds of protocols have led to negligible weight loss [ 1 , 2 ] . thus , exercise protocols that can be carried out by overweight , inactive i...
the effect of regular aerobic exercise on body fat is negligible ; however , other forms of exercise may have a greater impact on body composition . for example , emerging research examining high - intensity intermittent exercise ( hiie ) indicates that it may be more effective at reducing subcutaneous and abdominal ...
the study protocol and informed consent approved by the institutional medical research ethics committee ( 2011/1516 ) , university of bergen , norway , followed the helsinki declaration of 1975 , version 2008 . participating subjects first , the intraexaminer ( dfb ) reproducibility was tested by measuring pd and cli...
abstractaimto evaluate the effect of cigarette smoking on periodontal health at patient , tooth , and site levels following supportive therapy.materials and methodseighty chronic periodontitis patients , 40 smokers and 40 nonsmokers , were recruited to a singlearm clinical trial . periodontal examinations were perfor...
in may 1987 , the health care financing administration ( hcfa ) published a proposal to incorporate capital - related costs into the medicare prospective payment system ( federal register , 1987a ) . included in the proposal was an index to adjust the proposed fixed capital ( construction cost ) reimbursement system ...
in 1987 , the health care financing administration proposed adding capital cost reimbursement to the prospective payment system . a data base was developed from which an index was calculated to adjust for geographic variation in construction cost . findings from the data base , along with a description of trends in...
much of plasma heating in the terrestrial magnetosphere takes place in the magnetotail , where the magnetic energy brought with the solar wind is first accumulated and then suddenly released following magnetic reconnection [ e.g. , mcpherron et al . , 1973 ] . magnetic energy is transferred to kinetic energy of parti...
[ 1 ] transport and acceleration of ions in the magnetotail largely occurs in the form of discrete impulsive events associated with a steep increase of the tail magnetic field normal to the neutral plane ( bz ) , which are referred to as dipolarization fronts . the goal of this paper is to investigate how protons ini...
although the incidences of gunshot wounds to the face[13 ] as well as penetrating spinal injuries[47 ] have increased during the past decades , craniofacial injuries caused by missiles are not generally as common as they are in other areas.[810 ] the association of gunshot traumas to the face with cervical spine injuri...
an unusual case of facial gunshot injury with the missile lodged in the cervical spine region , but without any neurological impairment , is reported . the extent of tissue damage and missile track termination in a male patient who sustained gunshot trauma to the face was assessed by plain radiography and by computed...
this prospective study involved 53 patients with a palpable breast lump coming to fine needle aspiration cytology ( fnac ) clinic of department of cytopathology or surgery , postgraduate institute of medical education & research , chandigarh , a tertiary care hospital between may 2009 and march 2011 . the work was ca...
background & objectives : gamma h2ax , a marker of dna double stranded breaks ( dsb ) has been found to be over expressed in various tumours . the objective of the present work was to study the expression of h2ax in infiltrating ductal carcinoma ( idc ) and fibroadenoma ( fa ) cases and to associate the expression in...
in many cases of hematological malignancies the classical chemotherapy did not show the expected effects . for this reason the scientists have been trying to find a new , more selective therapy , which would target only neoplastic cells . in 1997 , for the very first time , a novel treatment was introduced . it was...
apart from radio- and chemotherapy , monoclonal antibodies ( moabs ) represent a new , more selective tool in the treatment of hematological malignancies . moabs bind with the specific antigens of the tumors . this interaction is a basis for targeted therapies which exhibit few side effects and significant antitumo...
pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in men and women in the united states and has the lowest survival rate for any solid cancer . over 42,000 individuals are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the united states each year and over 35,000 will die of the disease . similar mortality ...
pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the united states . recent reports , including genome - wide association studies and self - reported blood serotype studies , have shown that individuals of european ancestry who carry non - o blood group are at an increased risk of developing p...
orthopaedic surgeons frequently encounter patients with ankylosing spondylitis who would benefit from various types of lower limb operations ; however , some of these patients present challenges for anesthesiologists . we report the case of a 65-year - old patient with a fractured femoral component 30 years after a ...
backgroundorthopaedic surgeons frequently encounter patients with ankylosing spondylitis who would benefit from various types of lower limb operations ; however , some of these patients present challenges for anesthesiologists.case descriptionwe report the case of a 65-year - old patient with a fractured femoral compon...
the aim of this case report is to describe an uncommon etiology of back pain caused by purely epidural spinal cavernous hemangioma , to review the literature and to highlight the diagnostic challenges associated with this lesion . the differential diagnosis of extra - axial soft tissue lesions of the spine has been b...
a 61-year - old female patient presented with diffuse pain in the dorsal region of the back of 3 months duration . the magnetic resonance imaging showed an extramedullary , extradural space occupative lesion on the right side of the spinal canal from d5 to d7 vertebral levels . the mass was well marginated and ther...
alkaptonuria is a rare metabolic disorder with an incidence of 1 in 250,000 to 10,00,000 of general population . deficiency in homogentisic acid oxidase ( homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase ) , leads to deposition of oxidized homogentisic acid in the fibrous and cartilaginous tissues ( ochronosis ) , excretion of large am...
alkaptonuria is a rare tyrosine metabolic disorder . a deficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase leads to accumulation of homogentisic acid in the body . dark - colored urine , cutaneous pigmentations and musculoskeletal deformities are characteristic features . storage and voiding lower urinary tract symptoms due to...
scoliosis surgery performed to correct the abnormal curvature of the spine was traditionally performed in adolescents and involved doing a permanent fusion of the vertebral column with insertion of instruments ( rods in hooks or pedicle screws ) to help maintain the re - alignment post - surgery . advances in scolios...
background : advances in scoliosis surgery have now made it possible for younger patients to be taken up for scoliosis correction.objectives:to ascertain the patient profile , perioperative complications and need for intensive care management in children undergoing posterior fusion and instrumentation ( pf ) , anterior...
metastatic tumors are the most common ( 97% ) tumors of the spine5 ) . on the other hand , metastatic involvement of the vertebral column can occur in 50% of patients diagnosed with cancer1126 ) and can lead to unfavorable neurological sequelae in 514 of cancer patients1216 ) . spine tumor incidence is recently inc...
introductionperioperative irradiation is often combined with spine tumor surgery . radiation is known to be detrimental to healing process of bone fusion . we tried to investigate bone fusion rate in spine tumor surgery cases with perioperative radiation therapy ( rt ) and to analyze significant factors affecting s...
lupus erythematosus panniculitis ( lep ) , also called lupus erythematosus profundus , is a rare variant of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus ( ccle ) . lep commonly presents in the third - to - sixth decades of life , with female predilection . the most frequent cutaneous manifestations are indurated plaques o...
abstractlupus erythematosus panniculitis ( lep ) is a variant of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus ( ccle ) . reported cases of lep lesions before the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus ( sle ) were very rare ; only 9 cases have been reported , to the best of our knowledge . we now describe the case of a...
the use of the peritoneum for cerebrospinal fluid ( csf ) shunting was first introduced in 1905 , and since then , ventriculo - peritoneal ( vp ) shunting has become a standard of treatment for hydrocephalus ( 1 ) . many complications of this procedure have been reported ( 2 ) , with the most common complications bei...
distal ventriculo - peritoneal shunt migration and extra - peritoneal csf pseudocyst formation are unusual complications of shunt placement . we present a 65-year - old - female who received a subgaleal - peritoneal shunt to decompress a post - surgical subgaleal fluid collection . eight weeks later , shunt series ...
prostate cancer is a common condition amongst men and its prevalence has been increasing because of the aging population worldwide . even when present , it is only seen as a late complication in patients with widespread distant metastases in various organs . here p.h . is a 56-year - old male patient with a backgro...
cerebral metastasis secondary to prostatic adenocarcinoma is rare and it is usually a late complication in patients with widespread distant metastases . here , we report two unusual cases of such a rare condition . our first case presented with a large frontal contrast - enhancing lesion - associated calcification ...
there are few modern series of diabetic neuropathy confirmed by nerve tissue obtained at biopsy or postmortem examination available to allow clinicopathological correlation of the different neuropathic syndromes . in 1996 , younger et al . reported clinicopathological and immunohistochemical findings in 20 patien...
one hundred seven patients were retrospectively studied from 1992 to 2002 with diabetic neuropathy that underwent peripheral nerve biopsy . nerve biopsy revealed the underlying histopathology , including cell and humoral - mediated immunological lesions in the majority of patients . when combined with clinical and ...
physiologically based pharmacokinetic ( pbpk ) modeling was used to assess the low - dose exposure of patients to the carcinogen 2 , 4-toluenediamine ( 2,4-tda ) released from the degradation of the polyester urethane foam ( pu ) used in meme silicone breast implants . the tissues are represented as five compartments...
many epidemiological studies link a greater intake of wholegrain ( wg ) cereals to a decreased risk of many diet - related diseases including cardiovascular disease , obesity , type 2 diabetes , and some types of cancer [ 14 ] . in nutritional epidemiology , collecting valid dietary intake data , especially with food f...
alkylresorcinols ( ars ) were first proposed as potential biomarkers of wholegrain wheat and rye intake a decade ago . since then there has been a considerable body of research which suggests that ars do meet most criteria of a biomarker of these foods . results from human studies on plasma ar and their plasma and ur...
dcry amino acids 1539 was cloned into pfastbac - hta ( invitrogen ) for sf9 insect cell expression . virus was selected and expanded ( kemp biotechnologies inc ) and protein was at 27 c for 72 hours post infection . the 6xhis tagged protein was purified from 2l dcry cultures via ni - nta ( qiagen ) affinity chromat...
the cryptochrome / photolyase ( cry / pl ) family of photoreceptors mediates adaptive responses to uv and blue light exposure in all kingdoms of life 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 . whereas pls function predominantly in dna repair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers ( cpds)and 6 - 4 photolesions caused by uv radiation , crys transd...
the production of goods and provision of services 24 hours a day , seven days a week , have risen dramatically over the last decade . this phenomenon has been largely attributed to rapid technological development , demographic characteristics , and globalization . an estimated 20% of the economically active populat...
the objective of this review was to investigate the impact of shift and night work on metabolic processes and the role of alterations in the sleep - wake cycle and feeding times and environmental changes in the occurrence of metabolic disorders . the literature review was performed by searching three electronic datab...
anabolic androgenic steroids ( aas ) are testosterone - like synthetic hormones , which have anabolic and androgenic properties ( 1 ) . the anabolic effect is more prominent and causes nitrogen retention , increased muscle mass and bone density , decreased body fat , stimulation of erythropoiesis , and cardiac hypert...
objectivethe aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anabolic androgenic steroid ( aas ) use among athletes and examine the extent of their knowledge on the effects of aas in riyadh , saudi arabia.methodsthis cross - sectional study was conducted at gyms in riyadh , saudi arabia , during 2015 . in total ...
stainless steel crowns ( sscs ) are most commonly used for full coverage restoration of posterior primary teeth [ 13 ] . given the nature of primary enamel , the need for a full coverage restoration in children is all the more important . for children who presented with large , multisurface carious lesions of the pri...
aim . the aim of this study is to evaluate the shear bond strength of nanocomposite to stainless steel crowns using a new universal bonding system . material and methods . eighty ( 80 ) stainless steel crowns ( sscs ) were divided into four groups ( 20 each ) . packable nanocomposite was bonded to the lingual s...
briefly , 1.5 10 hepg2 cells were infected with 150 pfu of vaccinia virus strain lister elstree . a 15-minute centrifugation step at 1,000 g increased the efficacy of infection by a factor of 10 compared with regular infection at 37c ( data not shown ) . virus - containing supernatant was removed , and virus was al...
to enable rapid and reliable detection of poxviruses in clinical and environmental specimens , a diagnostic approach was developed to detect <3 pfu of infectious poxvirus particles in < 5 hours . this approach involved virus culture combined with real - time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction detection ...
arterial platelet - rich thrombosis differs from venous fibrin - rich thrombosis in terms of pathogenesis and prevention strategy , but both have considerable medical impact 1 , 2 . myocardial infarction or stroke is often caused by arterial thrombosis , and venous thrombosis accounts for considerable mortality from ...
objective : adverse event reports ( aers ) submitted to the us food and drug administration ( fda ) were reviewed to assess the bleeding complications induced by the administration of antiplatelets and to attempt to determine the rank - order of the association.methods : after a deletion of duplicated submissions and t...
involvement of the spinal column in either monostotic or polyostotic form is rare , with fewer than thirty - five cases discussed in the literature . most of the cases of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia of spine have involvement of the appendicular skeleton . we report a case of a 74-year - old irish man with a two m...
introduction : involvement of the spinal column in either monostotic or polyostotic form is rare , with fewer than thirty - five cases discussed in the literature . most of the cases of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia of spine have involvement of the appendicular skeleton.case report : we report a case of a 74-year - o...
the natural history of graves ' disease is altered during pregnancy due to the patient 's immunologic changes . amelioration of the disease 's symptoms in the second half of pregnancy with aggravation during the postpartum period is common1 ) . therefore , an outbreak and relapse of graves ' disease in the second t...
relapse and exacerbation of graves ' disease during pregnancy is rare , and thionamide induced agranulocytosis is an uncommon side effect . we report a case of a pregnant woman in her 24th week of gestation that experienced a relapse of graves ' disease that was complicated by propylthiouracil induced agranulocytosis...
a 56-year - old indian male , hypertensive , with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus presented with blurring of vision in both eyes for 1 week . on examination , his best - corrected visual acuity ( bcva ) was 20/60 , 20/200 for near in the right eye and 20/30 , 20/20 for near in the left eye . anterior segment was nor...
active serpiginous choroiditis ( sc ) is a vision - threatening condition which requires intensive treatment using corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressives , especially if the lesions are involving or encroaching on the macula . use of oral and intravenous high - dose steroids are contraindicated in uncontrolled dia...
a vascular malformation is a congenital lesion that occurs frequently in the oral cavity , in the head , and in the neck , and vascular malformations are bluish , compressible , and non - pulsatile1 . because vascular malformations do not have clinically specific symptoms and do not resolve independently , they must be...
vascular malformations are the most common congenital and neonatal vascular anomalies in the head and neck region . the demand for simple and esthetic vascular malformation treatments have increased more recently . in this study , two patients that were diagnosed with venous malformations were treated with sodium tet...
the biotransformation of metals and metalloids into their volatile methylated derivatives raises ecological and health concerns , since this process increases the toxicity and distribution of the respective elements in our environment ( e.g. , as , sb , te , and bi ) [ 17 ] . microorganisms , in particular methanoarc...
the biotransformation of metals and metalloids into their volatile methylated derivatives by microbes growing under anaerobic conditions ( e.g. , the mammalian intestinal microbiota ) plays an important role in spreading these compounds in the environment . in this paper , we could show that the presence of an intact...
one - dimensional semiconductor nanowires and nanotubes have stimulated increasing attention in the last few years and are expected to lead to novel device application due to their intriguing properties and potential applications in constructing nanoscaled electronic and optoelectronic devices [ 1 - 12 ] . among semico...
sno2nanowire arrays were synthesized by fast heating a mixture of sno2and the carbon nanotubes waste soot by high - frequency induction heating . the resultant sno2nanowires possess diameters from 50 to 100 nm and lengths up to tens of mircrometers . the field - effect transistors based on single sno2nanowire exhib...
the main objective of endodontic treatment is to provide hermetic obturation of the root canal system with an inert , biocompatible , and dimensionally stable filling material . according to a satisfactory obturation of the root canal , the filling material and the endodontic instruments should be limited to the root...
complications may occur during and after endodontic treatment , which may be due to negligence of the operator . the surgical treatment of a case presenting pain and persistent pus discharge and swelling due to the extrusion of the root canal filling to the base of the nasal floor between left maxillary lateral and c...
resistive breathing ( breathing through increased airway resistance ) is the hallmark of the most prevalent pulmonary diseases , copd , and asthma . during severe exacerbations , these diseases often culminate in respiratory failure with increased morbidity and mortality . in copd , inflammation of the airways resu...
in obstructive lung diseases , airway inflammation leads to bronchospasm and thus resistive breathing , especially during exacerbations . this commentary discusses experimental evidence that resistive breathing per se ( the mechanical stimulus ) in the absence of underlying airway inflammation leads to lung injury an...
a 55-year - old female patient with a height of 151 cm and a weight of 55 kg was referred from the hematooncology clinic for left buttock pain caused by right infiltrative ductal breast cancer with left pelvic bone metastasis . the degree of pain on the 1 - 10 numeric rating scale ( nrs ) was 8 , and it was character...
more than 80% of cancer patients experience cancer pain . among them , more than 50% experience moderate to severe pain . to control cancer pain , a variety of methods have been used , including medications and nerve blocks . in some patients , however , it is impossible to perform nerve blocks due to caner metasta...
the intraosseous ( io ) route for vascular access was initially described in 1922 and was used commonly during world war ii . although the intravascular route is the standard for venous access in medical practice , io administration of fluids and medications can be an alternative option when the conventional method o...
backgroundintraosseous ( io ) access is an alternative to conventional intravenous access.aimswe evaluate the use of the ez - io as an alternative vascular access for patients in the emergency department.methodsa non - randomized , prospective , observational study was performed in adults using the ez - io powered dril...
relationships between mind and body have gradually become accepted . since ader and cohen coined the term psychoneuroimmunology , the neuroendocrine system is considered to be the link between the immune system and the psyche . yoga has been known as a spiritual exercise to improve the mental state , inducing physi...
context : relationships between mind and body have gradually become accepted . yogic practices cause modulation of the immune system . transcendental meditation ( tm ) is a specific form of mantra meditation . we reported previously different plasma levels of catecholamines and pituitary hormones in tm practition...
it aids the visualisation of lesions and directs biopsy from lesions that are thus visualised.1 biopsy specimens can be obtained using biopsy forceps , or brushings or transbronchial needle.1 for accurate biopsy , the lesions should be visualised through the bronchial tree ; hence , centrifugal lesions may not be acces...
aim : our study was done to evaluate our bronchoscopic techniques , sizes and diagnostic yield.materials and methods : this was a retrospective study comprising all cases of bronchial biopsies done in the university of benin teaching hospital from 2007 to 2011 . all patients who had flexible bronchoscopy under genera...
from 1985 through 2009 , the microbial diseases laboratory of the california department of public health serotyped 1,342 isolates of salmonella from individual patients ; the isolates belonged to subspecies ii iv and encompassed 126 different serotypes . serotypes of subspecies ii were the most rare , with a total o...
to garner information regarding site of infection and age and sex of persons infected with salmonella enterica subspecies ii iv , we retrospectively analyzed data on salmonella spp . infections in california , usa , 19852009 . these subspecies were found to cause significantly more frequent invasive disease ( e.g. ,...
scarring is the most important long - term complication of burn injuries or trauma on the skin . treatment options for managing such scars are limited to surgical correction , dermabrasion or laser resurfacing techniques . laser resurfacing is supposed to work by stimulating collagen production in the dermis and...
background : fractional photothermolysis is one of the most effective treatment options used to resurface scars of different aetiologies.aim:to assess the efficacy and safety of fractional co2 laser resurfacing treatment in the management of non - hypertrophic traumatic and burn scars.materials and methods : twenty - f...
today , in addition to modern medicine , traditional complementary or alternative medicine methods offer a holistic perspective . alternative medicine continues to attract the attention of patients , physicians , policymakers , and administrators . according to national health statistical reports , complementary ...
objectives : this study aimed to determine the knowledge levels and attitudes of school of health and vocational school of health students toward complementary and alternative medicine ( cam).methods : three hundred thirty - three ( 333 ) students studying at the mehmet akif ersoy university school of health and the go...
medical robotics encompasses manipulators and robots used in surgery , therapy , prosthetics , and rehabilitation . the goal of implementing surgical robots is to increase the effectiveness and reproducibility ( standardization ) of surgical procedures as well as to reduce their invasiveness . robots are used for t...
medical robots offer new standards and opportunities for treatment . this paper presents a review of the literature and market information on the current situation and future perspectives for the applications of robots in cardiac surgery . currently in the united states , only 10% of thoracic surgical procedures ar...
allergic bronchial asthma is a multifaceted disorder , where various immunologic mechanisms can participate [ 18 ] . the causal role of immediate hypersensitivity including ige antibodies , mast cells , eosinophils , and th2 lymphocytes , in this disorder has been established [ 111 ] . knowledge of the role of othe...
background . bronchial asthma patients can develop various asthmatic response types following bronchial allergen challenge , such as immediate ( iar ) , late ( lar ) , dual late ( dlar ) , or delayed ( dyar ) , due to different immunologic mechanisms . the dyar , recorded in 24 patients , beginning between 26 and 32 ...
since the 1990s , there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people affected by morbid obesity . unfortunately , even when supported with conscientious and diligent medically controlled dietary methods , many people are unable to maintain a healthy body weight . nonsurgical therapy leads to modest and tran...
background and objectives : laparoscopic greater curve plication is emerging as a weight loss procedure that avoids many of the complications of other surgeries that require gastrointestinal division , amputation , or use of a foreign body . cost savings and affordability have also been promoted , as plication does not...
recently , considerable efforts are being made to design new noncentrosymmetric crystal structures by combining amino acids with various interesting organic and inorganic matrices to produce compounds for nonlinear optical ( nlo ) applications . a number of l - histidine compounds exhibiting the nlo behaviour , namel...
a new nonlinear optical organic compound , namely , l - histidinium 2-nitrobenzoate ( abbreviated as lh2nb ( i ) ; ( [ c6h10n3o2]+ [ c7h4no4] ) ) , was synthesized . the molecular structure of lh2nb ( i ) was elucidated using single crystal x - ray diffraction technique . the second harmonic generation ( shg ) effici...
hypertension affects 29% of male and 25% of female adults worldwide . its impact on mortality mortality gaps in hypertensive versus nonhypertensive patients persist due to its occurrence with other appendages of the metabolic syndrome , thus treatment advances . as treatment has expanded , so has its intensity . re...
background . a paradoxical increase in cardiovascular events has been reported with intensively lowering diastolic blood pressure ( dbp ) . this j - curve phenomenon has challenged the aggressive lowering of blood pressure , especially in patients with coronary artery disease . objective . our objective was to stud...
current advances in molecular imaging techniques , such as single - photon emission computerized tomography ( spect ) and positron emission tomography ( pet ) , have allowed the functional assessment of the nigrostriatal pathway using specific dopamine radiotracers . studies on pd have revealed that the degeneration ...
backgroundalthough the decrease in striatal dopamine transporter ( dat ) density has been described in north american , european , and asian parkinson s disease ( pd ) patients , studies on this issue are required in the rest of the world . this study examined the diagnostic utility of dat imaging in brazilian pd pat...
numerous strategies have been developed for the effective delivery of anticancer drugs to tumor tissue to improve their selectivity and , consequently , to reduce drug side effects . by using passive and active targeting strategies , cancer nanotherapeutics , based on polymers ( polymeric nanoparticles , mice...
following our strategy of coupling cyclin - dependent kinase ( cdk ) inhibitors with organometallic moieties to improve their physicochemical properties and bioavailability , five organoruthenium complexes ( 1c5c ) of the general formula [ rucl(6-arene)(l)]cl have been synthesized in which the arene is 4-formyl...
acute type a aortic dissection ( ad ) is a life - threatening disorder that occurs in approximately 1 in 10,000 emergency department patients . according to reports in the literature , the mortality of ad is 40% on presentation , with a 1-year mortality of 90% , and aortic rupture was identified as the common cause o...
abstractthe purpose of this study was to preoperatively evaluate the value of aortic arch lesions by multidetector computed tomography ( mdct ) angiography in type a aortic dissection ( ad).from january 2013 to december 2015 , we enrolled 42 patients with type a ad who underwent mdct angiography in our hospital . the...
restless leg syndrome ( rls ) is a sensory motor disorder characterized by intense , unpleasant , disagreeable sensations ( paresthesia and dysesthesia ) in the extremities ( mostly in legs ) , which begin or worsen in the evening or at night during the periods of rest and which are relieved by movement.1 it affects a...
backgroundendocan is a recently introduced marker of endothelial dysfunction . the objective of this study was to compare serum endocan levels in patients with restless legs syndrome ( rls ) and control subjects in order to elucidate whether rls is associated with endothelial dysfunction.methodsa total of 31 drug nav...
juvenile idiopathic arthritis ( jia ) is the most common chronic rheumatic diseases in the pediatric population . worldwide prevalence of jia varies between 16 and 150 per 100,000 ; frequency of different subtypes vary with location and ethnicity . it is divided into seven categories by international league of asso...
juvenile idiopathic arthritis ( jia ) is the most chronic musculoskeletal disease of pediatric population . the chronic course of disease has a great impact on oral health . temporomandibular joint is involved in jia causing limited mouth opening with progressive open bite , retrognathia , microgenia and bird like ...
angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare disease accounting for 0.04% of malignant neoplasms of the breast . the tumor is composed of complex anastomosing vascular channels which lack a true epithelial component , with the most common histologic appearance described as a vasoformative pattern of growth . primary angios...
angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare and potentially life - threatening disease . it can present as a palpable mass or subtle erythematous lesion , depending on the predisposing clinical factors . erythematous skin lesions may be confused for a benign process , which may lead to a delay in diagnosis . we present ...
ultrasonography has become a standard part of prenatal care . around one percent of the scan whenever such an anomaly is diagnosed it is the duty of the caregiver to provide accurate information about the findings as quickly as possible . although prenatal diagnosis of urinary tract anomalies is relatively easy ( d...
objective : to determine the prognosis of antenatally detected renal anomalies by sonographic evaluation.materials and methods : this was a follow - up study of all antenatally detected renal anomalies from january 2008 to dec 2009 referred to fetal medicine clinic . prenatal evaluation was done and cases were divided ...
on july 3 , 2015 , the provincial public health laboratory ( laboratoire de sant publique du qubec [ lspq ] , sainte - anne - de - bellevue , quebec , canada ) , informed the regional public health authority ( centre intgr de sant et de services sociaux de la montrgie - centre , longueuil , quebec ) about a case of l. ...
two patients with no exposure to gardening compost had related legionella longbeachae infections in quebec , canada . epidemiologic investigation and laboratory results from patient and soil samples identified the patients workplace , a metal recycling plant , as the likely source of infection , indicating a need to ...
bridging exercises ( be ) are commonly used therapeutically for lumbopelvic stabilization1 . doing be on a plinth lowers the center of gravity of the patient , which reduces fear and the instability of weight - bearing during gait , and allows exercise in a secure posture on the plinth2 . lumbar spinal stenos...
[ purpose ] this study investigated the efficacy on postural control of a bridging exercise in order to suggest a pertinent procedure for the bridging exercise . [ subject ] one poststroke hemiplegic patient who had received surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis participated in this study [ methods ] a reverse abab ...
protruding ears may be a source of psychological distress in either sex and at any age . children though brought by parents for correction , are highly motivated and cooperative . a truly gratifying psychological response to a well - performed otoplasty is the rule . adults who have appreciable auricular prominence...
otoplasty has a long history starting from 1948 , when dieffenbach described it first . multiple technical modifications have been reported since . we propose a technique of scoring the helical cartilage without a visible incision on the lateral aspect of pinna for easier remolding of cartilage through posterior ap...
the characterization of medical applications , in terms of occupational exposures , is sometimes done by reporting an average annual individual dose for all exposed and/or measurably exposed workers . in practical radiation protection , this approach is , however , meaningless , as individual doses in the medical field...
introduction : radiation exposure poses hazards for health - care providers as well as patients in health - care facilities ( hcfs ) . radiographic imaging is extremely valuable as a diagnostic tool in medicine , but ionizing radiation and computed tomography ( ct ) scan carry well - known potential risks . personnel...