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sequestration occurs because parasite - derived adhesins expressed on the surface of mature - ies bind to receptors on human cells . 2 ) : ( 1 ) cytoadherence to endothelial cells ( often referred to simply as cytoadherence or cytoadhesion ) ( ref . 12 ) ; and ( 3 ) interactions with platelets that can lead t...
severe malaria has a high mortality rate ( 1520% ) despite treatment with effective antimalarial drugs . adjunctive therapies for severe malaria that target the underlying disease process are therefore urgently required . adhesion of erythrocytes infected with plasmodium falciparum to human cells has a key ro...
meckel 's diverticulum occurs in 13% of the population and is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract . it is a remnant of the omphalomesenteric duct , which connects the primitive gut to the yolk sac in early development and is normally obliterated by the 7th- to 8th week of gestation . me...
meckel 's diverticulum is a remnant of the omphalomesenteric duct and is the most common congenital anomalies of the gastrointestinal tract . it has been known to mimic different disease states making its diagnosis difficult . common complications consist of bleeding , intestinal obstruction and inflammation . th...
cancer is a major public health concern in the united states with approximately 25% of total deaths attributed to cancer . the projected number of cancer deaths in 2010 alone was 1500 deaths per day , corresponding to a total of over 560,000 deaths . therefore , investigations into modifiable risk factors that may ...
longitudinal associations between leisure - time physical activity ( ltpa ) and overall cancer mortality were evaluated within the third national health and nutrition examination survey ( nhanes iii ; 19882006 ; n = 15,535 ) . mortality status was ascertained using the national death index . self - reported ltpa wa...
endocrine tumors of the pancreas ( epts ) are rare tumors with an incidence of approximately 4 - 12 per million in a given population . the functional pancreatic tumors are usually small and present with clinical symptoms of hormonal excess coupled with biochemical evidence of the same . in contrast , the non - funct...
neuroendocrine tumors of pancreas are relatively rare neoplasms and are classified as either functioning or non - functioning tumors . a 55-year - old female diagnosed with a large , well - differentiated , non - functional neuroendocrine carcinoma of pancreas , presented with abdominal pain of increasing severity . ...
convergence spasm ( cs ) is characterized by intermittent episodes of convergence , miosis and accommodation associated with disconjugate gaze mimicking abducens palsy . the organic causes are : encephalitis , aromatic l - amino acid decarboxylase deficiency , tabes dorsalis , post - myelography , thyroid disease , p...
convergence spasm ( cs ) means intermittent episodes of convergence , miosis and accommodation with disconjugate gaze mimicking abducens palsy . the organic causes range from metabolic to host of neurological and ophthalmic diseases that we describe . it was first described as a presentation of psychogenic disorder...
about two to three million cases of non - melanoma cancer and 132,000 melanoma cancers are reported annually worldwide . a staggering mortality rate of 75% is reported in the us alone due to skin cancer melanoma when compared to non - melanoma skin cancers , . an average increase of 2.6% deaths caused due t...
melanoma mortality rates are the highest amongst skin cancer patients . melanoma is life threating when it grows beyond the dermis of the skin . hence , depth is an important factor to diagnose melanoma . this paper introduces a non - invasive computerized dermoscopy system that considers the estimated depth ...
simple bone cysts ( sbcs ) are benign bone tumors that traditionally present in the first 2 decades of life . the cysts have a predilection to occur in males more frequently than in females ( 3:1 ) . the most common site of sbcs is the humerus ( 59% ) , followed by the femur ( 25% ) and the calcaneus ( 6% ) . alt...
abstractsimple bone cysts ( sbcs ) are benign bone tumors . however , the treatment of sbcs remains controversial because of their healing rate and the invasiveness of surgery . the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the treatment of sbcs using a cannulated hydroxyapatite ( ha ) pin.a total of 43 patients...
fractures with no displacement of the zygomatico - orbital complex are often treated conservatively with oral antibiotics . this case report describes a patient who initially presented with what was suspected of being this type of fracture . subsequent abscess formation led to further investigation and diagnosis of...
radicular cysts arise from non - vital teeth . they are inflammatory in nature and are the most common cystic lesion found in the jaw . we present a case of a massive maxillary radicular cyst in a 20 year - old man , diagnosed following an alleged assault and facial fracture . subsequent abscess formation was ini...
collagenous colitis ( cc ) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease presenting mainly with non - bloody , watery diarrhea and few or no endoscopic abnormalities . the diagnosis is based on clinical presentation and histopathological findings typically inflammation of the lamina propria with an increase in intraepith...
backgroundin most cases , collagenous colitis can be treated effectively with budesonide . however , some patients develop side effects or have chronic symptoms refractory to budesonide . this paper reports an open case series of patients intolerant or refractory to budesonide who were treated with methotrexate ( m...
all reactions were performed under an atmosphere of dry n2 using oven - dried glassware . unless otherwise stated , trifluoromethylation reactions were performed in resealable 15 ml test tubes with ptfe septa . reactions were monitored by thin - layer chromatography ( tlc ) , visualizing by quenching of flu...
the ability to convert simple and common substrates into fluoroalkyl derivatives under mild conditions remains an important goal for medicinal and agricultural chemists . one representative example of a desirable transformation involves the conversion of aromatic and heteroaromatic ketones and aldehydes int...
chemistry - 4 or 5-nitroimidazoles with different substituents at the 2 position ( 11 - 19 ) were synthesised following the method described by skupin et al . stock solutions of the compounds were prepared in dimethyl sulfoxide ( dmso ) and in all subsequent assays control sets with the highest required solvent...
nitroimidazoles exhibit high microbicidal activity , but mutagenic , genotoxic and cytotoxic properties have been attributed to the presence of the nitro group . however , we synthesised nitroimidazoles with activity against the trypomastigotes of trypanosoma cruzi , but that were not genotoxic . herein , nit...
after notification of the boy s infection from the ministry of health , we performed active public health surveillance to locate the origin of the infection . a total of 60 nasal swab specimens were collected from pigs at the patient s family farm and a local slaughterhouse . each swab was placed in 2 ml of minimal...
in investigating influenza in an immunodeficient child in china , in december 2010 , we found that the influenza virus showed high sequence identity to that of swine . serologic evidence indicated that viral persistence in pigs was the source of infection . continued surveillance of pigs and systemic analysis of swin...
coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in the developed world and one of the most deadly diseases in developing countries . the mortality was estimated at 7.3 million deaths while disability - adjusted life years were estimated at 58 million in the year 2001 . owing to increasing risk factors , the l...
background : gender differences among patients with the acute coronary syndrome is still being debated , no research has been done on gender inequality among coronary syndrome patients in sudan.objectives:to study gender differences in presentation , management , and outcomes of acute coronary syndrome in sudan.subject...
hereditary angioedema ( hae ) is a rare disease that usually occurs in adolescence and early adulthood . the disease is characterized by the recurrent , self - limited attacks of non - pitting edema . this disease is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and caused by the deficiency of c1 esterase inhibitor ( c1...
hereditary angioedema is a rare autosomal dominant disease characterized by the edema of subcutaneous tissues , respiratory tract and bowel . it is caused by the deficiency of ci esterase inhibitor . hereditary angioedema may be associated with autoimmune diseases , such as systemic lupus erythematosus , rheumatoid...
its diagnosis requires at least one clinical criterion and one serological criterion as defined during conferences held in 1998 and in 2006 [ 1 , 2 ] . the serological criteria include the detection of so - called antiphospholipid antibodies ( apl ) which comprise the lupus anticoagulant ( la ) , anticardiolipin auto...
to analyze the glycosylation of anti-2gp1 , we investigated purified igg from healthy children , patients with aps , and asymptomatic adult carriers of antiphospholipid antibodies . we observed that in the sera of healthy children and of patients with aps , igg3 and igg2 were predominant , respectively . the potent...
one of the most prominently affected populations are elderly adults , but delirium can occur at any age . delirium is characterized by a disturbance of consciousness and attention , in addition to changes in cognition , thought , memory , emotions and in the sleep cycle ( inversions of the cycle ) . the symptoms te...
delirium , or acute confusional syndrome , is a set of symptoms whose care involves not only psychiatry , but also many other medical specialties . being as how the syndrome is caused by multiple factors , it is important to recognize each risk factor affecting the patient in order to anticipate and prevent it . in c...
obviously , there are many predisposing conditions leading to atelectasis . in addition to aspiration of materials or accumulation of endobronchial secretions , we have to consider not only endobronchial lesions , such as mucosal edema , fibrous tissue , granuloma , and maligant tumor , but also extrabronchial pathol...
the clinical and bronchofiberscopic features of endobronchial tuberculosis in 53 patients were investigated . these patients comprised 4.7% of some 1,132 subjects who had undergone flexible bronchofiberscopic examinations . the peak incidence occurred in the third and fourth decades , a secondary peak appeared in t...
reactive arthritis is the specific entity of aseptic inflammatory arthritis and follows the previous infection in other parts of the body . current name , reactive arthritis , dates back from the 70 of last century , as proposed by ahvonen and aho with their colleagues ( 1 , 2 ) . according to them , reactive arthr...
introduction : reactive arthritis is an autoimmune condition which emerges as a counteraction towards an infection which has a focus elsewhere in the body . the purpose of this study is isolation of causative agents of reactive arthritis and ascertains the source of infection . the study has been carried out in the r...
medulloblastoma ( mb ) is the most common malignant tumor in children , accounting for 15 to 25% of all childhood brain tumors192021 ) . occurrence in the adult population is also well documented , but only accounts for 1% of adult tumors11 ) . treatment includes surgical resection followed by radiotherapy of the e...
medulloblastoma is a common pediatric tumor typically diagnosed before the age of fifteen . initial therapy includes surgical resection and radiation of the entire neuro - axis . recurrence is common and typically occurs within 2 years of initial diagnosis . those fitting collin 's law is considered tumor - free . ...
to compare the lipoprotein profiles obtained using the dguc and gp - hplc methods , blood samples were obtained from three healthy japanese domestic cats ( 4 years old , male and body weight approximately 4 kg ) that were maintained in our laboratory at the nippon veterinary and animal science university . bloo...
density gradient ultracentrifugation ( dguc ) and gel electrophoresis are conventionally used to obtain lipoprotein profiles of animals . we recently applied high - performance liquid chromatography with a gel permeation column ( gp - hplc ) and an on - line dual enzymatic system to dogs for lipoprotein profile...
the consequences of atherosclerosis and deaths from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the closest future will replace , in the third world , the frequency of deaths caused by infections ( 1 ) . there are different hypothesis which try to explain the atherogenesis development : lipid hypothesis - proposed the ...
interleukin-33 ( il-33 ) is a newly found cytokine of the interleukin-1 ( il-1 ) family . it s mainly expressed by epithelial and endothelial cells . this expression is upregulated by pro - inflammatory stimulation , thus has an important role in inflammatory responses , such as hypersensitive diseases ( asthma ) ,...
the protocol and consent forms were approved by the institutional review board of the university hospitals leuven ( ml6079 ) and the belgian federal agency for medicines and health products ( 80m0437 ) . the study had an investigator - initiated , single - center , prospective , randomized , controlled , parallel - g...
objectivetight blood glucose control ( tgc ) in critically ill patients is difficult and labor intensive , resulting in poor efficacy of glycemic control and increased hypoglycemia rate . the logic - insulin computerized algorithm has been developed to assist nurses in titrating insulin to maintain blood glucose leve...
we applied principal components analysis ( pca)16,17 to identify outlier groups ( figure s1 ) . the first pc shows that the siddi have african ancestry , consistent with their origin involving the arab slave trade18 . the second shows that the nyshi and ao naga cluster with the chinese ( chb ) , consistent with the...
india has been underrepresented in genome - wide surveys of human variation . we analyze 25 diverse groups to provide strong evidence for two ancient populations , genetically divergent , that are ancestral to most indians today . one , the ancestral north indians ( ani ) , is genetically close to middle easterne...
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disorders of consciousness pose a substantial ethical challenge to clinical decision making , especially regarding the use of life - sustaining medical treatment . for these decisions it is paramount to know whether the patient is aware or not . recent brain research has been striving to assess awareness by using m...
aspergilloma is a fungal ball which is composed of hyphal structure fungus , fibrin , mucus and cellular debris and settled in a pre - existing pulmonary cavity or an ectatic bronchial . although chest radiography provides valuable information , it can be scanned more effectively by computed tomography ( ct ) . how...
introduction : aspergilloma is a fungal ball which is composed of hyphal structure fungus , fibrin , mucus and cellular debris and settled in a pre - existing pulmonary cavity or an ectatic bronchial . it may cause colonization in patients with an immunosuppressive and underlying lung disease . although chest radio...
alzheimer s disease ( ad ) , the most common form of dementia , is a neurodegenerative disorder that adversely affects memory , comprehension , judgment , thinking , orientation , language , and calculation . alzheimer s disease places a considerable progressive burden on the principal caregiver ( schneider et al 199...
backgroundmemantine and cholinesterase inhibitors ( chei ) have distinct pharmacological actions , and interest in the use of combination therapy for alzheimer s disease ( ad ) is increasing.objectiveto assess the available data on the use of memantine chei combination and to develop evidence - based recommendations.m...
prevalence of elongated styloid process or calcified stylohyoid ligament is about 4% of the general population , however ; only a few of these cases are symptomatic . eagle 's syndrome may be associated with repeated pharyngalgia , sensation of foreign body in throat and tinnitus . in severe cases alterations in voic...
eyes do nt see what mind does not know . it is important for a clinician to refresh his knowledge frequently to recognize some of the conditions that one may come across rarely no matter how insignificant the condition may seem . especially in a dental outpatient department setting , individuals may complain of varie...
pesticides used in agriculture may cause adverse health effects among the population living near agricultural areas . however , identifying the populations most likely to be exposed is difficult . we conducted a feasibility study to determine whether satellite imagery could be used to reconstruct historical crop pa...
study participants were recruited in a consecutive manner from our glaucoma clinic at the asan medical center , between december 2008 and january 2009 . all procedures conformed to the declaration of helsinki , and the study was approved by the institutional review board of the asan medical center . all subjects un...
purposeto characterize the features of peripapillary atrophy ( ppa ) , as imaged by spectral - domain optical coherence tomography ( sd - oct).methodssd - oct imaging of the optic disc was performed on healthy eyes , eyes suspected of having glaucoma , and eyes diagnosed with glaucoma . from the peripheral -zone , the ...
the past decade has shown remarkable advances in our knowledge of micrornas ( mirnas ) and their functional importance in a wide range of developmental and physiological processes . these small endogenous non - coding rnas , which post - transcriptionally regulate the expression of several hundred genes , have recent...
micrornas ( mirnas ) are crucial in the initiation and progression of tumors . a recent study has reported that the mirnas mir-221 and mir-222 are involved in the promotion of an aggressive basal - like phenotype in breast cancer , functioning downstream of the ras pathway and triggering epithelial - to - mesenchymal...
pork is the most widely consumed meat in the world , and brazil is the world s fourth largest producer of pork , with a production of approximately 3.483 million tons in 2012 ( usda 2006 ; abipecs 2012 ) . in an attempt to better attend the demand and to increase the productivity of production systems , pork produce...
the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of temperature on the performance and carcass yield of pigs housed in different environments . twenty castrated male pigs of the topigs line were assigned to two treatments : t1 , controlled environment , and t2 , uncontrolled environment containing a shallow poo...
traditional cancer treatment modalities include surgery , radiation therapy , chemotherapy , and for some cancer types , hormone therapy . although these treatment modalities are life extending for many patients , they are rarely curative for disseminated cancers . the use of cancer vaccines to induce a therapeutic...
the clinical efficacy of most therapeutic vaccines against cancer has not yet met its promise . data are emerging that strongly support the notion that combining immunotherapy with conventional therapies , for example , radiation and chemotherapy may improve efficacy . in particular combination with chemotherapy ma...
immunosuppression , a dysfunction of the immune system , is triggered by a variety of biological ( viruses , bacteria , fungi , parasites ) , chemical ( water and feed contamination , antibiotics , heavy metals , disinfectants ) and physical factors ( stress , suboptimal temperature , excessive concentrations of dust a...
the objective of this study was to determine the stimulating effect of the biolex - beta hp ( -1,3/1,6-d - glucan ) dietary supplement on selected parameters of specific and non - specific humoral and cellular immunity in rats immunosuppressed with cyclophosphamide . the experimental material comprised 40 wistar rats...
because of their inherent advantages ( including high spatiotemporal resolution , lack of ionizing radiation , and the ability to spectrally distinguish multiple signal sources ) , magnetic resonance imaging ( mri)-based molecular imaging techniques promise to revolutionize clinical imaging from the screeni...
two synthetic strategies are investigated for the preparation of water - soluble iridium - based catalysts for nmr signal amplification by reversible exchange ( sabre ) . in one approach , pegylation of a variant n - heterocyclic carbene provided a novel catalyst with excellent water solubility . however , wh...
directional asymmetry ( da ) is the consistent difference between a pair of morphological structures , for example , the larger of the pair occurs consistently onone side . symmetry in external morphology is the rule among metazoans , making the cases of da particularly striking . good examples of such asymmetries ...
directional asymmetry ( da ) , the consistent difference between a pair of morphological structures in which the same side is always larger than the other , presents an evolutionary mystery . although many paired traits show da , genetic variation for da has not been unambiguously demonstrated . artificial selectio...
traumatic brain injury ( tbi ) is a major cause of death and disability , affecting 3.2 to 5.7 million in the united states , with an annual cost exceeding $ 60 billion in the civilian population ( coronado et al . , 2012 ) . tbi is a contributing factor to about a third of all injury - related deaths in the united s...
traumatic brain injury is a major cause of death and disability . this is a brief report based on a symposium presentation to the 2014 chinese neurotrauma association meeting in san francisco , usa . it covers the work from our laboratory in applying multimodal mri to study experimental traumatic brain injury in ra...
zinc ( zinc is not commercial ) is a public access database and tool set , initially developed to enable ready access to compounds for virtual screening , that has become ever widely used for virtual screening , ligand discovery , pharamcophore screens , benchmarking , and force field development . increasing...
many questions about the biological activity and availability of small molecules remain inaccessible to investigators who could most benefit from their answers . to narrow the gap between chemoinformatics and biology , we have developed a suite of ligand annotation , purchasability , target , and biology asso...
the animal study was conducted beginning in february 2009 , and the human study was conducted beginning in june 2009 . r. conorii , r. akari , r. rhipicephali , r. africae , r. parkeri , and o. tsutsugamushi were grown in l929 cell monolayers , purified , and titrated as reported ( 12 ) . a suspension of each ricke...
to determine the usefulness of noninvasive cutaneous swab specimens for detecting rickettsiae , we tested skin eschars from 6 guinea pigs and from 9 humans . specimens from eschars in guinea pigs were positive for rickettsiae as long as lesions were present . optimal storage temperature for specimens was 4c for 3 day...
patient b.c . , age 59 , was admitted to the clinic of nephrology in august 2011 with a suspected rapidly progressing glomerulonephritis . in an interview , the patient described the existence of eczema present for about 5 years , on face , chest , back and limbs recognized as rosacea - like dermatitis . g / l ) a...
mantle cell lymphoma ( mcl ) is a rare aggressive lymphoid neoplasm occurring in about 37 % of non - hodgkin lymphomas in the united states and europe . although lymphomas infiltrations are recognized in about half of post - mortem studies , in available literature we found only eight cases of mantle cell lymphoma w...
diabetes mellitus ( dm ) is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar , either because the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced . globally , as for 2010 , an estimated 285 million people had diabetes , with type 2 making up a...
background . the purpose of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of dm and resting hr on can in a large sample derived from a chinese population . materials and methods . we conducted a large - scale , population - based , cross - sectional study to explore the relationships of can with dm and resting ...
attempted oxidation of a taddol - derived bisthioacetate resulted in a rather unexpected and remarkable cyclization and deprotection reaction , giving a thiolane-1,1-dioxide as the main product . systematic in situ esi - hrms studies revealed a bicyclic , highly acid labile key intermediate of this reaction . suppo...
abstractattempted oxidation of a taddol - derived bisthioacetate resulted in a rather unexpected and remarkable cyclization and deprotection reaction , giving a thiolane-1,1-dioxide as the main product . systematic in situ esi - hrms studies revealed a bicyclic , highly acid labile key intermediate of this reaction ....
autism is a complex neurodevelopmental condition whose different forms are described in dsm - v as autism spectrum disorder ( asd ) . asd affects almost 1 in 100 children and is characterized , in varying degrees , by deficits in verbal and nonverbal communication , and is associated with repetitive behaviors . s...
several genetic causes of autism spectrum disorder ( asd ) have been identified . however , more recent work has highlighted that certain environmental exposures early in life may also account for some cases of autism . environmental insults during pregnancy , such as infection or malnutrition , seem to dramaticall...
uv absorption and circular dichroism ( cd ) spectroscopies are effective , inexpensive , and fast techniques for the study of aromatic amino acids and proteins to characterize environments and conformational mobility of chromophores . near - uv cd spectra of proteins reflect their tertiary structure via uni...
trp is the most spectroscopically informative aromatic amino acid of proteins . however , the near - uv circular dichroism ( cd ) spectrum of trp is complicated because the intensity and sign of 1la and 1 lb bands vary independently . to resolve vibronic structure and gain site - specific information from c...
contrast - induced nephropathy ( cin ) is one of the most important possible complications after angiography , with a prevalence rate of 15% in patients with chronic renal failure ( 1 , 2 ) . this complication can lead to longer hospital stays , renal dysfunction ( 1 , 3 ) , poor long - term clinical outcomes ( 4 ) ,...
backgroundcontrast - induced nephropathy ( cin ) is one of the most important complications of angiography in patients with chronic kidney disease ( ckd ) or diabetes mellitus . the prevention of cin can decrease therapeutic costs and hospital stays . there is controversy in the literature over the preventive effec...
investigate changes in chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan ( cspg ) distribution in royal college of surgeons ( rcs ) rat retinae . could cspgs distribution act as a physical barrier to transplanted cell migration in degenerating retinae ? cspg expression was examined in rcs and long - evans rat retinae from birth to ...
purpose : investigate changes in chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan ( cspg ) distribution in royal college of surgeons ( rcs ) rat retinae . could cspgs distribution act as a physical barrier to transplanted cell migration in degenerating retinae?methods : cspg expression was examined in rcs and long - evans rat retinae ...
a set of female thoraco - omphalopagus conjoined twins were born at a rural secondary hospital in a remote location in india . their combined weight at birth was 3.7 kg . though their neonatal period was uneventful , at the age of 6 and 8 months , twin b developed pneumonia on two separate occasions , which was succe...
providing anaesthesia for the separation surgery of conjoined twins presents unique challenges to the managing anaesthesiologists . the low incidence of such surgeries and anatomical variations in each type of conjoined twins makes each separation surgery a unique experience . this report features the anaesthetic p...
unless otherwise specified , all the chemicals and laboratory wares used in this study were purchased from sigma chemical co. ( st . ( jeonju , korea ) and used with the emulsifying agent provided by the supplier . the oil was filtered through a 0.45 m membrane filter ( sartorius , goettingen , germany ) and applie...
essential oils are mixtures of volatile , lipophilic compounds originating from plants . some essential oils have useful biological activities including antimicrobial , spasmolytic , antiplasmodial , and insect - repelling activities . in this study , we tested the antimicrobial activity of essential oil prepared fro...
rna degradation is a major component of overall rna metabolism , and plays an important role in determining intracellular levels of rna species . for mrnas , rapid decay serves to continuously adjust the message population to the needs of the cell for specific proteins ( 14 ) . in contrast , stable rnas , primarily rrn...
degradation of rna plays a central role in rna metabolism . in recent years , our knowledge of the mechanisms of rna degradation has increased considerably with discovery of the participating rnases and analysis of mutants affected in the various degradative pathways . among these processes , mrna decay and stable rn...
characteristics that are objectively measured and evaluated as indicators of normal biological processes , pathological processes , or pharmaceutical responses to a therapeutic intervention . broadly , biomarkers fall into two categories : bio - specimen biomarkers , including molecular biomarkers and genetic biomar...
development of imaging biomarkers is a structured process in which new biomarkers are discovered , verified , validated and qualified against biological processes and clinical end - points . the validation process not only concerns the determination of the sensitivity and specificity but also the measurement of repro...
fibrin glue injection ( baxter healthcare corp . , deerfield , illinois , united states ) has been used to control intraoperative cavernous sinus ( cs ) venous bleeding . there have been no reported complications related to this maneuver.1 2 we present a case in which a patient developed a sensory trigeminal nerve ...
fibrin glue injection has been used to control intraoperative cavernous sinus ( cs ) venous bleeding . there have been no reported complications related to this maneuver . we present a case where a patient developed a sensory trigeminal nerve deficit after injection of fibrin glue into the posterior cs during resec...
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( copd ) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide . it is induced mainly by tobacco smoking , which leads to chronic , irreversible lung inflammation ; both cellular and humoral immunological processes are involved in the pathology [ 16 ] . a significant proportion...
inflammatory biomarkers , including cytokines , are associated with copd , but the association of particular circulating cytokines with systemic pathology remains equivocal . to investigate this , we developed a protein microarray system to detect multiple cytokines in small volumes of serum . fourteen cytokines were...
femoral hernias ( fhs ) represent a projection of the sac below the inguinal ligament , through the femoral triangle and may contain omentum , pre - peritoneal fat , small intestine , colon and the appendix [ 13 ] . garengeot 's hernia ( gh ) is a rare type of fh that includes the vermiform appendix in its sac , with...
the presence of the appendix within a femoral hernia ( fh ) sac is known as garengeot 's hernia ( gh ) . we report on current study a rare case of an elderly man with a combined inguinal and garengeot 's hernia and discuss the clinical aspects . an 82-year - old man clinically stable , presented history of pain at th...
dental calculus is considered to be a mineralized bacterial plaque , which acts as a secondary etiologic factor in periodontitis , although extremely important in the maintenance and aggravation of the disease.1 due to keeping the plaque in close contact with the gingival tissue , dental calculus creates areas unfavora...
background : repeated sterilizations cycles cause undesirable alterations in the material properties of the instruments , such as corrosion , alterations in the hardness of the metal and the loss of the cutting sharpness of the instrument . this research examined the effect of repeated dry heat sterilization and auto...
first we establish the characteristic spectral signatures of unintentional exciton localization using a representative cnt of several microns in length . the atomic force micrograph in figure 1a shows the respective hipco cnt with a length of 10 m and a diameter of 0.8 nm determined from the height profile ...
we present photoluminescence studies of individual semiconducting single - wall carbon nanotubes at room and cryogenic temperatures . from the analysis of spatial and spectral features of nanotube photoluminescence , we identify characteristic signatures of unintentional exciton localization . moreover , we qua...
it has been well established that being born preterm ( < 37 weeks gestational age ) is associated with adverse health and development outcomes for the infant that extend into the early childhood and beyond . these include neonatal morbidities , delays in motor , cognitive , and behavioral functioning during early ch...
the objective of this study was to compare breastfeeding , postpartum mental health , and health service utilization between a group of late preterm ( lp ) maternal infant pairs and term counterparts . data was drawn from a prospective community - based cohort in calgary , alberta . bivariate and multivariable anal...
primary squamous cell carcinoma ( scc ) of the liver is a rare tumor which has been sporadically reported . to our knowledge , only 24 cases have been reported in the english language literature . of those cases , many developed in livers accompanied by nonparasitic hepatic cysts [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ] . solitary ...
primary squamous cell carcinoma ( scc ) of the liver is rare tumor with an unfavorable prognosis . we report a case of advanced primary scc of the liver arising adjacent to a nonparasitic liver cyst , invading into the right diaphragm and the right lung tissue . contrast - enhanced ultrasonography ( ce - us ) demon...
compelling evidence suggests that the kidney develops from a single mesenchymal progenitor , which expresses the transcription factor osr1 . this progenitor gives rise to distinct mesenchymal progenitors , which form the nephron and the microvascular endothelium as well as the stroma of the kidney . whereas epithel...
recent studies have identified a poorly appreciated yet extensive population of perivascular mesenchymal cells in the kidney , which are derived from metanephric mesenchyme progenitor cells during nephrogenesis at which time they express the transcription factor foxd1 . some studies have called these resident fibrobl...
alcohol and drug dependence are conditions characterized by psychological , physiological , and pathological changes , all of which are directly relevant to dentistry . the psychological effects and the personality changes in the abuser may affect the patient / dentist relationship as they take a reduced interest in ...
alcohol and drug abuse are detrimental to general and oral health . though we know the effects of these harmful habits on oral mucosa , their independent and combined effect on the dental caries experience is unknown and worthy of investigation . we compared 363 alcohol only abusers to 300 alcohol and drug abus...
some microorganisms have acquired the ability to catabolize chemical compounds that do not form part of their central metabolism as they face them in the environment ( 1 ) . this is being exploited for developing strategies aimed at the cleanup of pollutant compounds from soils and waters ( bioremediation ) ( 2 ) . ...
bioremediation , the exploitation of biological catalysts ( mostly microorganisms ) for removing pollutants from the environment , requires the integration of huge amounts of data from different sources . we have developed metarouter , a system for maintaining heterogeneous information related to bioremediation in a ...
as the survival of patients with congenital heart diseases continues to improve , adult cardiologists will increasingly become involved in the management of these patients . infrequently , we face difficulties during device implantation . congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries ( cctga ) is one of ...
a 56-year - old man got admitted as he was suffering from dizziness for 3 days . electrocardiogram ( ecg ) showed complete atrioventricular ( av ) block with ventricular rhythm of 35/min . we found that he had no inferior vena cava ( ivc ) which drained into right atrium in the middle of temporary pacing lead inser...
quantitative trait loci ( qtl ) mapping has been widely used to discover underlying genetic factors that can explain particular phenotypes of interest . thanks to dna microarray technology , the expression phenotype of thousands of genes was associated with the genotypes across the whole genome in expression qtl mapp...
dna microarray and next - generation sequencing provide data that can be used for the genetic analysis of multiple quantitative traits such as gene expression levels , transcription factor binding profiles , and epigenetic signatures . in particular , chromatin opening is tightly coupled with gene transcription . to ...
the advent of laparoscopic techniques has placed minimally invasive surgery as the preferred procedure for thoracic and intraabdominal conditions . patients treated with this approach have decreased needs for narcotic analgesics , shorter hospitalizations , quicker recovery , and excellent cosmetic results . becaus...
background and objectives : unresectable intraabdominal tumors pose a challenge to the pediatric oncology team . tumor tissue is needed for diagnostic and prognostic analyses . laparotomy is quite invasive and computerized tomography - guided needle biopsies , though less invasive , may not procure enough tissue for ...
nepafenac is a nonsteroidal anti - inflammatory drug ( nsaid ) and a prodrug that is metabolized into its active form , amfenac , following ocular administration . delivering amfenac as a prodrug permits increased corneal penetration and high aqueous concentration of the compound . amfenac suppresses prostaglandin pr...
objectivethis study aimed to examine the efficacy and safety of nepafenac ophthalmic suspension compared to placebo in the management of postoperative inflammation and ocular pain in japanese patients undergoing cataract surgery.methodsthis was a multicenter , randomized , double - masked , placebo - controlled clinica...
reconstructive surgery is performed on abnormal structures of the body caused by congenital defects , developmental abnormalities , trauma , infection , tumors or disease . it is generally performed to improve the function , but may also be performed to approximate a normal appearance . periodontal reconstructive s...
dental therapy in general and periodontal therapy in particular is directed increasingly at the esthetic outcome for patients . gingival recession is one of the most common esthetic concerns associated with periodontal tissues . although various treatment modalities have been developed , subepithelial connective ti...
children with type 1 diabetes mellitus ( t1 dm ) have to deal with a complex and demanding daily treatment regime , which can have a negative impact on their quality of life ( qol ) as well as pose an economic and psychological burden for them . disease - specific qol problems , including a negative impact of diabete...
the changing diabetes in children ( cdic ) program is a unique program aimed at children suffering from type 1 diabetes . the whole focus of cdic is to provide comprehensive care including diabetes education . various innovative and creative diabetes educational materials have been developed , which makes learning ...
myh9-related disorder has been known as may - hegglin anomaly , sebastian syndrome , fechtner syndrome , and epstein syndrome . mutations in the myh9 gene encoding the nonmuscle myosin heavy chain iia ( nmmhc - iia ) have been identified in these syndromes . the common laboratory findings are autosomal dominant mac...
myh9-related disorder is an autosomal dominant disease caused by a mutation in the myh9 gene , which encodes nonmuscle myosin heavy chain iia ( nmmhc - iia ) . this disease is characterized by giant platelets , thrombocytopenia , granulocyte inclusion bodies , proteinuria , and high - pitch sensorineural deafness . ...
glucocorticoids are a class of steroid hormones that bind to the glucocorticoid receptor and contribute to the hypothalamic - adrenal - pituitary feedback system . they are part of the feedback mechanism in the immune system that turns immune activity down and therefore used to treat diseases caused by an overactive ...
a fast , sensitive , and selective liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry ( lc - ms / ms ) method was validated and then the levels of cortisol and cortisone from sera of healthy adults were determined by the lc - ms / ms method . one hundred l of serum sample was directly extracted by adding 2 ml ethyl ac...
since the 1960s , levodopa is a pharmacological drug that has been used in the treatment of parkinson s disease ( pd).1 often , the pharmacological treatment of pd is started with levodopa due to its favorable effect and initial few side effects.2 moreover , levodopa is the drug that eventually all patients get , even ...
objectivethe swedish reimbursement system operates a system where prices are set based on the expected value to the consumer . this value can be measured using willingness to pay ( wtp).aimto assess parkinson s disease ( pd ) patients wtp for newly developed microtablets of levodopa in combination with a drug - deliv...
surgical treatment of malignant glaucoma is based on interrupting the sequence of events lying at the foundation of its pathophysiological process . in the classical form of this complication , aqueous humor accumulates in the area of the vitreous cavity due to ciliary block , and , as a result of this , there is an ...
purpose . determination of partial posterior vitrectomy ( ppv ) in the proposed modification for treatment of malignant glaucoma . methods . the prospective , consecutive , single - center case series study involved patients in whom symptoms of malignant glaucoma occurred after combined cataract and glaucoma surgery ...
sarcopenia is defined as an age - related decline in skeletal muscle mass and muscle function ( defined by muscle strength or physical performance ) , resulting in increased risk of adverse outcomes , such as falls , hospital admissions , and mortality.1 obesity is associated with poor functional status , morbidity , a...
objectivesarcopenic obesity ( so ) is associated with poorer physical outcomes and functional status in the older adult . a proinflammatory milieu associated with central obesity is postulated to enhance muscle catabolism . we set out to examine associations of the chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 ( mcp...
despite comprising the majority of many eukaryotic chromosomes , heterochromatin remains the least characterized and least understood portion of the higher eukaryotic genome . traditionally , heterochromatin ( literally , different in ' color ' or staining properties ) has been defined by the cytogenetic criterion th...
recent sequence and cytogenetic analyses of heterochromatin in arabidopsis , together with other results from arabidopsis and maize , indicate that plant heterochromatin can have very different origins , compositions and dynamics . shared features that must determine and/or be a result of its unique biological properti...
all reported sars patients who stayed in the medical wards or intensive care unit of princess margaret hospital and wong tai sin hospital on april 16 , 2003 , were screened . patients were excluded if subsequent follow - up serologic tests showed no rise in antibody titer against sars - associated coronavirus . one...
severe acute respiratory syndrome ( sars ) poses a major threat to the health of people worldwide . we performed a retrospective case series analysis to assess clinical outcome and identify pretreatment prognostic correlates of sars , managed under a standardized treatment protocol . we studied 127 male and 196 fem...
the product of genetics , parenting , environment , social circumstances , and acquired attitudes , beliefs , and behaviors , identity represents those intrinsic and extrinsic factors that make us exceptional . when we share parts of our identities with others , we form social groups , bonded by common features and r...
objectivesthe purpose of this commentary is to explore the concepts underpinning professional identity , assess their relevance to chiropractic , and propose a model by which a strong identity for the chiropractic profession may be achieved.discussionthe professional identity of chiropractic has been a constant source ...
electron spin resonance ( esr ) or electron paramagnetic resonance ( epr ) is now widely used to analyze free radical species in living body and materials . it can be potentially used for estimating postmortem duration in the cause of death . pashinian and proshut , who suggested the potential of using esr in f...
electron spin resonance ( esr ) method is a simple method for detecting various free radicals simultaneously and directly . however , esr spin trap method is unsuited to analyze weak esr signals in organs because of water - induced dielectric loss ( widl ) . to minimize widl occurring in biotissues and to improve det...
a biological species is usually defined in principle as a set of actually or potentially interbreeding organisms , but as interbreeding is very difficult to measure , species have in practice been identified by their phenotypic traits . until recently , progress in most microbe - related disciplines has been hampered b...
backgroundfor a long time one could not imagine being able to identify species on the basis of genotype only as there were no technological means to do so . but conventional phenotype - based identification requires much effort and a high level of skill , making it almost impossible to analyze a huge number of organi...
the ability of a series of haloalkanes , haloethanols and haloacetaldehydes to induce mutations in salmonella typhrimurium and preferentially to inhibit the growth of dna polymerase - deficient e. coli ( pol a+/pol a ) was investigated . for the haloalkanes investigated , the order of reactivities towards the e. co...
herbal plants are valuable gift of nature for mankind and they are the source of a variety of phytochemicals which are utilized for human and animal diets also . it is capable of synthesizing an overwhelming variety of low molecular weight organic compounds called secondary metabolites , usually with unique and compl...
objective . to explore the possible bioactive compounds in the methanolic extracts of leaf , stem , and tuber parts of the medicinal climber , solena amplexicaulis , using gc - ms . methods . gc - ms analysis of the plant extracts were performed by using gc - ms-5975c [ agilent ] and mass spectra of the compounds f...
the mammalian cerebral neocortex consists of six layers comprised of morphologically and functionally distinct neurons . approximately 7080% of the neurons in the cerebral neocortex are glutamatergic excitatory neurons ; the remainder are gabaergic inhibitory neurons . during development , excitatory neurons are ge...
during cerebral neocortical development , excitatory neurons are generated from radial glial cells in the ventricular zone ( vz ) or from secondary progenitor cells in the subventricular zone ( svz ) ; these neurons then migrate toward the pial surface . we have observed that post - mitotic neurons generated directly...
the increasing use of liquid chromatography / mass spectrometry ( lc / ms ) instrumentation for proteomics studies at a large scale stimulates the development and improvement of data analysis tools . the precise retrieval of biological information from a large lc / ms dataset critically depends on algorithms for data...
when sample replicates are limited in a label - free proteomics experiment , selecting differentially regulated proteins with an assignment of statistical significance remains difficult for proteins with a single - peptide hit or a small fold - change . this paper aims to address this issue . an important component...
the recent literature on chronic hepatitis c virus ( hcv ) infection suggests that genetic variants in the human interleukin-28b ( il28b ) locus , on chromosome 19 , have an important role in response to therapy . hcv genotype 1 is the most common genotype worldwide and one of the most difficult to treat . even with ...
in 2009 , several independent studies revealed a strong association between genetic variation in the interleukin-28b ( il28b ) locus and the outcome of treatment for chronic infection with hepatitis c virus ( hcv ) . hundreds of studies followed , and a recent meta - analysis reports more precise odds ratios than pre...
spasticity and contracture in patients with spastic cerebral palsy ( cp ) may result in apparent impairments , and the lack of selective voluntary motor control ( svmc ) of the lower limbs can reportedly lead to severe functional disorders1 , 2 . the evaluation for svmc of the lower limbs is considered to be an...
[ purpose ] the aim of this study was to translate the selective control assessment of the lower extremity ( scale ) tool from english to japanese and to assess the reliability and validity of the japanese version of the scale ( scale - j ) tool in japanese patients with spastic cerebral palsy . [ subjects and me...
most people with disabilities depend on a wheelchair for their mobility . for these people , environmental obstacles , increase wheelchair users mobility restrictions , because they require greater effort to overcome1 , 2 . ramp ascent is an example of an environmental obstacle that wheelchair users often enc...
[ purpose ] this study examined the effects of ramp slope ( 1:12 , 1:10 , 1:8 , and 1:6 ) on physiological characteristics and performance times of wheelchair users and the performance times of caregivers to determine which slope would be the best for wheelchairs , in order to propose a ramp slope that incorporat...
diabetes mellitus is a common chronic hyperglycemic , prevalent disease , with significant associated mortality and morbidity that affects millions of population worldwide . it is associated with a variety of complications that are well known to healthcare providers . in time , the bones may also be affected , in add...
diabetic patients have increased fracture risk . the pathogenesis underlying the status of bone alterations in diabetes mellitus is not completely understood but is multifactorial . the major deficits appear to be related to a deficit in mineralized surface area , a decrement in the rate of mineral apposition , dec...
hydrogenases are ni- and fe - based enzymes that catalyze highly efficient and reversible h2 cycling . a major class known as [ nife]-hydrogenases activate h2 at a buried binuclear site formulated as [ ( cys - s)2-ni-(-cys - s)2-fe(cn)2co ] that is served by an electron relay system of fe s clusters . al...
despite extensive studies on [ nife]-hydrogenases , the mechanism by which these enzymes produce and activate h2 so efficiently remains unclear . a well - known epr - active state produced under h2 and known as ni - c is assigned as a niiii feii species with a hydrido ligand in the bridging position between ...
this study was a controlled double blind randomized clinical trial based on random number table . all patients that needed arthroscopic acl reconstruction from 2006 to 2009 and referred to the university hospital were enrolled in this study . all patients signed an informed consent form after approval of ethical co...
background : pain after knee surgery , if not relieved , it would lead to a more severe and prolonged pain that can delay the patients recovery and rehabilitation . the effect of pain relief by some drugs after intra - articular injection has been shown . this study compared the effect of intra - articular injection ...
graft - versus - host disease ( gvhd ) in its acute and chronic form is the major cause of mortality and morbidity following both , experimental and clinical allogeneic stem cell transplantation ( sct ) . donor t - cells activated by major or minor histocompatibility antigens on host antigen presenting cells ( apcs )...
graft - versus - host disease ( gvhd ) is the most serious complication of allogeneic stem cell transplantation ( sct ) and results from an activation of donor lymphocytes by recipient antigen - presenting cells ( apcs ) . for a long time , it has been postulated that the intestinal microflora and endotoxin exert a c...
kelly described obesity , stating to be a storehouse for useless adipose tissue and to carry this handicap around , openly displayed wherever one goes , is one of the most distressing of life 's minor ailments . while current viewpoints may be less extreme , obesity continues to carry a social stigma and is increasi...
objective . the correlation between obesity and deficient wound healing has long been established . this review examines the current literature on the mechanisms involved in obesity - related perioperative morbidity . methods . a literature search was performed using medline , pubmed , cochrane library , and in...
internal hernia is a rare cause of small bowel obstruction with a reported incidence of 0.20.9% . paraduodenal hernias are the most common type of internal abdominal hernias , accounting for over one - half of reported cases . less common types include mesocolic ( transmesenteric ) hernia , which occurs following a...
highlightsa case of internal abdominal herniation through a defect in transverse mesocolon with congenital abnormality of hands and feets.reduction along with derotation of gut with closure of the rent and fixation of the caecum to lateral peritoneum done.due to the risk of strangulation of the hernial contents , even ...
colorectal cancer is a common illness and continues even today to be the second cause of death in the us , after lung cancer . although the incidence of gastric and pancreatic cancer has declined dramatically in recent years , the incidence of colorectal cancer has increased . colorectal cancer is one of the most c...
backgroundhere we report our experience in treating colon cancer in the 5 years from 200 to 2011 . our surgical clinic treated 49 patients with colorectal cancer , of whom 28 ( 57.14% ) were men of mean age 62 years and 21 ( 42.86% ) were women of mean age 66 years.methodsin 15 cases , the cancer was related to the r...
it has been well known for many years that dna sequence is highly variable , even within populations . dna variation can be in the form of single nucleotide substitutions , the deletion or insertion of one or more nucleotides , or the variable repetition of a number of nucleotides ( small tandem repeats [ strs ] or l...
the effect of variation in genes coding for drug targets and for the enzymes involved in drug metabolism has highlighted the genetic component of drug response . drug response can be likened to a complex , multifactorial genetic trait , and the study of its genetic variation , termed pharmacogenetics , is analogous t...
similar to the sebaceous glands or hair follicles , sweat glands are epidermal appendages that are normally distributed over the whole body , excluding the nipples , lips , and external genital organs . sweat glands are involved in perspiration and act as excretory organ like kidney and lungs for drugs and their meta...
currently , the clinical use of sweat as biofluid is limited . the collection of sweat and its analysis for determining ethanol , drugs , ions , and metals have been encompassed in this review article to assess the merits of sweat compared to other biofluids , for example , blood or urine . moreover , sweat compris...
left atrial myxomas often present with one or more effects of a triad of obstructive , embolic and constitutional manifestations . we present a patient with recurrent pulmonary edema who was diagnosed to have a large left atrial myxoma using bedside transthoracic echocardiography in the emergency department ( ed ) . ...
we present a case of a 55-year - old woman with episodes of recurrent pulmonary edema that was diagnosed to have a large left atrial myxoma using bedside transthoracic echocardiography . this case illustrates the importance of a screening focused ultrasound examination of involved systems by emergency physicians in d...
approximately 60% of patients with head and neck cancer ( hnc ) present with locoregionally advanced stage iii and iv disease . multiple clinical trials have confirmed the locoregional control and overall survival ( os ) benefit of concurrent chemoradiotherapy ( crt ) , and crt is now considered the standard manageme...
purposethe aim of this study is to identify the prognostic factors of distant metastasis ( dm ) after induction chemotherapy ( ic ) followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy ( crt ) for locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer ( hnc).materials and methodsa total of 321 patients with hnc who underwent ic followed by ...
gene therapy has been proposed as a novel strategy for the treatment of refractory disease . however , direct injection of naked dna coding a therapeutic gene generally fails to exhibit a satisfactory therapeutic effect [ 1 , 2 ] . the low efficiency is due to the negative charge of the dna molecules , which interf...
biocompatible dna / gold nanoparticle complex with a protective calcium phosphate ( cap ) coating was prepared by incubating dna / gold nanoparticle complex coated by hyaluronic acid in sbf ( simulated body fluid ) with a ca concentration above 2 mm . the cap - coated dna complex was revealed to have high compatibil...
participants were drawn from the northern swedish cohort , a 27-year prospective cohort study previously described in detail ( 7 ) . the sample is defined as all school leavers of the 9th ( final ) grade of the swedish compulsory school in 1981 in the municipality of lule at participant age 16 years ( n = 1,083 ) . ...
objectivewe investigated whether television ( tv ) viewing and low leisure - time physical activity in adolescence predict the metabolic syndrome in mid-adulthood.research design and methodstv viewing habits and participation in leisure - time physical activity at age 16 years were assessed by self - administered quest...
alexithymia is a multidimensional concept that associates an emotional component , focused on the difficulty in identifying and describing feelings , with a cognitive one , centred on the use of a concrete and poorly introspective way of thinking.1 even though alexithymia has been related to various psychiatric disorde...
objectiveto investigate possible correlations between the tendency towards alexithymia and the depressive state , globally and with regard to the toronto alexithymia scale ( tas-20 ) subscales and the hamilton rating scale for depression ( ham - d ) subscales.methods75 patients , suffering from unipolar depression , we...
a 40-year - old homosexual man with history of adpkd was admitted to palermo university hospital in july 2012 complaining of high fever , headache , and general malaise . physical examination showed oral candidiasis , seborrheic dermatitis , skin lesions on the trunk compatible with kaposi s sarcoma and hepatosplenom...
highlightsautosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is the most common among inherited cystic kidney diseases.patients with hiv infection are at risk of developing acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.we provide the first report of hiv infection in a patient with polycystic kidney disease.lymphopenia shoul...
our aim was to create a tool that would allow the construction of gene lists with homology to any specified protein domain , coupled with the capability to analyze the expression levels of these genes as provided by gene microarray experiments . our motivation to develop such a resource originated from the general la...
the genespeed database ( ) is an online database and resource tool facilitating the detailed study of protein domain homology in the transcriptomes of homo sapiens , mus musculus , drosophila melanogaster and caenorhabditis elegans . the population schema for the genespeed database takes advantage of howard parallel ...
in infants and prepubertal children , anatomical urinary tract abnormality predisposes for recurrent epididymitis . urethro ejaculatory reflux ( uer ) can be pathological or idiopathic . prostatic utricle ( pu ) is a tubular or vesicular , midline cystic structure which communicates with the urethra . cystoscopic -...
aim : to report a series of scrotal abscess , a rare problem , their etiology , and management.materials and methods : a retrospective study of children who presented with scrotal abscess between january 2010 and march 2015 , analyzed with respect to clinical features , pathophysiology of spread and management.results:...
non - infectious complications of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis ( capd ) are increasing in importance in parallel to reduced peritonitis rates . they arise from insertion and maintenance of the pd catheter in the peritoneal cavity , the increase in intra - abdominal pressure caused by dialysate and metabo...
data on non - infectious complications of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis ( capd ) are sparingly reported from different centres of the country . we studied the non - infectious complications in patients of end stage - renal disease ( esrd ) undergoing capd . double - cuffed straight catheter was inserted...