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isolates were obtained from the istanbul faculty of medicine
and samsun chest diseases and thoracic surgery hospital .
eighteen isolates were mdr , two
isolates were only resistant to inh and the remaining isolates were susceptible to both
inh and rif .
all isolates from stocks were subcultured on lj medium a... | the purpose of this study is to evaluate four rapid colourimetric methods , including
the resazurin microtitre assay ( rema ) , malachite green decolourisation assay ( mgda ) ,
microplate nitrate reductase assay ( mnra ) and crystal violet decolourisation assay
( cvda ) , for the rapid detection of multidrug - re... |
according to world health organization , the term diabetes mellitus ( dm ) describes a metabolic disorder of multiple etiology characterized by chronic hyperglycemia with disturbances of carbohydrate , fat and protein metabolisms due to defects in insulin secretion and/or activity . the condition is considered the ma... | background : type 2 diabetes mellitus ( t2 dm ) and periodontitis are inflammatory conditions with a bidirectional association .
this pilot study aimed to evaluate whether t2 dm and glycemic control interfere in inflammatory markers profiles in gingival crevicular fluid ( gcf ) in periodontitis patients.materials and... |
although humans react to the taste and texture of the food rather than its chemical content , carbohydrates are clearly preferred over proteins and especially over amino acids .
it is not a question of the presence or absence of sweet taste , since mice prefer a glucose solution over an amino acid solution even when ... | proteins play a crucial role in almost all biological processes .
dietary proteins are generally considered as energy yielding nutrients and as a source of amino acids for various purposes .
in addition , they may have a role in food - related reward signals .
the purpose of this review was to give an overview of... |
percutaneous vertebroplasty is a well - known treatment modality for painful vertebral compression fractures caused by osteoporosis .
the procedure involve injection of poly methyl meth acrylate ( pmma , bone cement ) , into the desired vertebral body .
pulmonary embolism with bone cement after vertebroplasty surge... | pulmonary cement embolization ( pce ) is a rare complication of vertebroplasty surgery .
there is no clear guideline for management of this entity .
there is no definite protocol for anticoagulation in pce .
this is a case report of our patient who was diagnosed to have pulmonary cement embolization , which was q... |
breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy ( bcdp ) , defined as breast cancer which develops either during or within 1 year after pregnancy , is expected to become even more common , since women often delay childbearing to their thirties and forties when breast cancer rates tend to increase .
some studies have found ... | the management of patients with breast cancer during pregnancy is very demanding and it should be better performed in highly qualified and experienced centers .
referral to institutes and physicians trained in this special clinical scenario allows reducing the risk of both overtreating and undertreating the patients ... |
prevalence of falling and fall - related injuries and its mortality in the elderly population is increasing .
one - third of the elderly experience falling at least once a year and two - third of them will have another fall in six months ( 1 , 2 ) .
falling is one of the causes of the murderous and non - murderous ... | backgroundprevalence of fall - related mortality is rising in the elderly population .
falling is one of the causes of the murderous and non - murderous injuries in the elderly population which can lead to disability , dependence and decline of quality of life .
fractures constitute a major part of the fall - relat... |
hydatidosis due to echinoccocus granulosus is an endemic parasitic zoonosis characterized by worldwide distribution with prevalence in the middle east and the mediterranean countries .
liver hydatid cysts are characterized by insidious development in the majority of patients , with the potential for peritoneal dissem... | hydatidosis due to echinococcus granulosus is an endemic parasitic zoonosis characterized by worldwide distribution particularly in mediterranean countries .
the most commonly involved anatomical locations are the liver and lung .
occasionally the cyst may progressively increase in size , mimicking gross ascites or... |
intussusception is a common cause of intestinal obstruction in children between the ages of 6 and 36 months .
although idiopathic intussusception is most common in children , recent studies show adenovirus as a possible risk factor .
further , conditions such as meckel s diverticulum , polyps , or small bowel lymph... | the typical presentation of intussusception includes intermittent severe abdominal pain , vomiting , rectal bleeding , and the presence of an abdominal mass .
we present a case of intussusception after abdominal blunt trauma along with a literature review .
a 4-year - old girl was admitted to the emergency departme... |
retinal imaging offers a unique perspective into the health of our eyes as well as that of our body .
ocular - specific diseases and life - threatening systemic diseases show manifestations in the eye , including age - related macular degeneration ( amd ) and glaucoma , two of the leading causes of blindness , as wel... | most current diagnostic devices are expensive , require trained specialists to operate and gather static images with sparse data points .
this leads to preventable diseases going undetected until late stage , resulting in greatly narrowed treatment options .
this is especially true for retinal imaging .
future so... |
the energy requirements of the brain are amazingly high ; indeed , while representing only about 2% of the body weight , its oxygen and glucose utilization account for approximately 20% of those of the whole organism , almost 10 times more than what would be predicted on a weight basis ( kety , 1957 ; magistretti , 200... | energy demand is an important constraint on neural signaling .
several methods have been proposed to assess the energy budget of the brain based on a bottom - up approach in which the energy demand of individual biophysical processes are first estimated independently and then summed up to compute the brain 's total e... |
a 61-year - old patient attended a consultation in a urology clinic due to complaints associated with the lower urinary tract . digital rectal examination ( dre ) revealed a slightly enlarged non - painful prostate gland with normal density and smooth contours .
prostate - specific antigen ( psa ) level was 2.1 ng / ... | intravesical immunotherapy with attenuated strains of mycobacterium bovis is a widely used therapeutic option in patients with non - muscle - invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder .
a rare complication of intravesical therapy with the bacillus calmette - gurin vaccine is granulomatous prostatitis , whic... |
injuries range from mild respiratory complaints , phytodermatitis , irritant contact dermatitis , and allergic contact dermatitis to toxin - induced injuries and mechanical damage .
tulipalin a induced phytotoxicity , also tulip fingers and alstroemeria dermatitis , is a common occupational allergy in floral workers ... | tulipalin a induced phytotoxicity is a persistent allergic contact dermatitides documented in floral workers exposed to alstroemeria and its cultivars.[1 ] the causative allergen is tulipalin a , a toxic glycoside named for the tulip bulbs from which it was first isolated.[2 ] the condition is characterized by fissured... |
although the overall function of the upper esophageal sphincter ( ues ) is well understood , the specific physiology of relaxation and pressure generation has only recently begun to be investigated .
the ues must maintain tonicity at rest to prevent exchanges between contents of the esophagus and pharynx , but it ... | objectives / hypothesishighresolution manometry ( hrm ) is useful in identifying disordered swallowing patterns and quantifying pharyngeal and upper esophageal sphincter ( ues ) physiology .
hrm is limited by unidirectional sensors and circumferential averaging of pressures , resulting in an imperfect understanding o... |
triple x syndrome is a sex chromosomal aneuploidy condition characterized by tall stature , microcephaly , hypertelorism , congenital abnormalities , and motor and language delays .
it is mainly derived from maternal nondisjunctional errors during meiosis . to highlight the clinical features and diagnosis of triple x... | backgroundtriple x syndrome is a sex chromosomal aneuploidy condition characterized by tall stature , microcephaly , hypertelorism , congenital abnormalities , and motor and language delays .
it is mainly derived from maternal nondisjunctional errors during meiosis . to highlight the clinical features and diagnosis o... |
mucoepidermoid carcinoma ( mec ) is a malignant epithelial tumor first studied and described by stewart , foote and baker in 1945 .
rarely , it may occur intraosseously from the epithelial lining of the odontogenic cyst and/or epithelial remnants of ectopic salivary glands .
mec is the most commonly occurring malig... | primary intraosseous mucoepidermoid carcinoma ( pioc ) of the jaw bones
is an extremely rare malignant salivary gland tumor , comprising 23% of all mucoepidermoid carcinomas reported .
it is commonly seen in the posterior part of the mandible ; its occurrence in the maxilla is rare .
they have been reported in pa... |
inguinal hernia is one of the most common surgical conditions and is estimated to affect approximately 50% of men during their lives .
it accounts for more than 800000 surgeries being performed in the united states annually ( 1 , 2 ) .
spontaneous healing of inguinal hernia is nearly impossible and surgery is the o... | backgroundtranscutaneous electrical nerve stimulation ( tens ) is a non - pharmacological analgesic method used to control different types of pain.objectivesthe aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of preoperative tens on post inguinal hernia repair pain.patients and methodsthis randomized , double - blind , p... |
orofacial granulomatosis ( ofg ) is a rare and heterogenous clinical condition which is characterized by orofacial granulomas presenting in the absence of recognized systemic condition .
the classic presentation of ofg is a nontender recurrent labial swelling that eventually becomes persistent .
however , the clini... | orofacial granulomatosis is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by persistent or recurrent soft tissue swellings , oral ulceration , and other orofacial features in the absence of an identifiable granulomatous disease .
we report a case of a 61-year - old woman with recurrent ulcerations and swellings ... |
epigastric pain is a common symptom in the emergency department ( ed ) and is generally not fatal .
however , it can be the only symptom of isolated spontaneous gastric artery dissection . here
, we report the case of a 51-year - old woman who initially presented to the ed with epigastric pain only and was subseque... | epigastric pain is a common symptom in the emergency department .
most epigastric pain is not fatal , except in acute myocardial infarction , aortic dissection , and abdominal aneurysm rupture .
epigastric pain can also be the only symptom of isolated spontaneous gastric artery dissection .
we report the case of ... |
mobility may be defined as the ability to move through one 's environment in order to complete a task or achieve a goal [ 1 , 2 ] .
continued mobility is crucial for maintaining independent functioning and quality of life [ 3 , 4 ] . yet
decreased mobility among older adults , defined in this paper as individuals... | background . community mobility is crucial for maintaining independent functioning and quality of life for older adults . purpose .
the present paper describes the relationship of cognition , particularly speed of processing as measured by the useful field of view test , to mobility as indicated by driving behaviors ... |
a cutaneous adverse reaction caused by a drug ( cadr ) is any undesirable change in the structure or function of the skin , its appendages , or mucus membranes .
it can range from a mild localized skin rash to severe mucocutaneous reactions such as erythema multiforme major ( emm ) , stevens - johnson syndrome ( sjs ... | severe skin reactions occur less frequently with eslicarbazepine ( esl ) than with the other aromatic anticonvulsants .
we report the first case of cutaneous adverse drug reaction ( cadr ) to esl and co - sensitization between esl and betalactams . a 41-year - old white woman developed focal epilepsy due to a meningi... |
based on who report , 1 out of 10 infants born in 2010 were immature , resulting in 15 million immature births in a year .
consequently , intravenous access is so crucial among them to provide them with fluids and intravenous therapy . in order to have intravenous access ,
the first option in infants is short perip... | background : by increasing the survival of immature newborns , intravenous access methods , used to provide intravenous therapy , became more important .
more attention has been recently paid on peripherally inserted central venous catheters in newborns , although it is yet unknown in iran . in this study , we tried ... |
the study included 11 of the 58 4-t centers , which were selected to reflect diversity in center size and geographical location .
patients were purposively selected so that the sample comprised equal numbers from across the trial 's three treatment arms ; was broadly representative of the wider trial population in te... | objectiveto explore patients ' and health professionals ' experiences of initiating insulin as part of the treating to target in type 2 diabetes ( 4-t ) randomized controlled trial.research design and methodsinterviews were conducted with 45 trial participants and 21 health professionals and thematically analyzed.resul... |
idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis ( ijo ) is a term used to describe a primary osteoporosis of unknown etiology .
it is characterized by prepubertal onset , and spontaneous remission with the onset of puberty .
we describe a case of ijo in a 5-year - old girl who was successfully treated with oral alendronate and or... | idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis ( ijo ) is a term used to describe a primary osteoporosis of unknown etiology in prepubertal children .
it is rarely described in the literature and treatment modalities vary with spontaneous remission also being reported at the time of puberty .
we report a 5-year - old girl with i... |
the 20 obesity susceptibility variants were genotyped in 6,514 individuals from the inter99 cohort , which is a population - based , randomized , nonpharmacological intervention study of middle - aged danes for the prevention of ischemic heart disease conducted at the research centre for prevention and health in glostr... | objectivegenome - wide association studies and linkage studies have identified 20 validated genetic variants associated with obesity and/or related phenotypes .
the variants are common , and they individually exhibit small - to - modest effect sizes.research design and methodsin this study we investigate the combined... |
he was standing beside the door on the passenger side to guide parking , when unexpectedly , the car reversed quickly , and his left leg was trapped under the front passenger side wheel , which exerted a severe varus force on his left knee joint .
, an immediate neurovascular examination excluded urgent medical probl... | a 30-year - old male was involved in a car accident .
radiographs revealed a depressed marginal fracture of the medial tibial plateau and an avulsion fracture of the fibular head .
magnetic resonance imaging showed avulsion fracture of gerdy 's tubercle , injury to the posterior cruciate ligament ( pcl ) , posterio... |
we
present the first experimental imaging of the internal dw structure
in 55 and 85 nm diameter ni nanocylinders , using electron holography
combined with micromagnetic calculations .
we demonstrate the magnetic transition from a hybrid magnetic state
with both vortex and transverse dw in 85 nm diameter ni na... | |
necrotizing enterocolitis ( nec ) is an acquired , sometimes fatal , multifactorial syndrome characterized by segmental , inflammatory , or ischemic necrosis of the small and large intestine .
the term adult necrotizing enterocolitis ( anec ) is used to describe similar patterns of bowel necrosis in adults and is pop... | adult necrotizing enterocolitis and non occlusive mesenteric ischemia are rare causes of acute abdomen in adults .
accurate preoperative diagnosis is often difficult in these cases . here
, four cases of massive bowel necrosis with varying segments of small and large bowel involvement are described , all of whom un... |
acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis is a clinical condition , which is histologically characterized by sterile infiltration of neutrophils throughout the dermis1 )
. this condition may affect various internal organs , such as the lungs , digestive tracts , joints , eye , bone or central nervous system ; whereas mus... | muscle involvement in acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis is uncommon .
herein , we report a case of acute febrile neutrophilic myositis , without cutaneous involvement , as the first manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia .
the patient was a 35-year - old male , referred due to painful swelling of the left uppe... |
with the ever - growing development of information and communication technologies , novel types of services such as telemedicine and telecare have become feasible . one important technological component of these remotely delivered services is obviously wireless communications , primarily radio communications . in 200... | battery - operated medical implants such as pacemakers or cardioverter - defibrillators have already been widely used in practical telemedicine and telecare applications .
however , no solution has yet been found to mitigate the effect of the fading that the in - body to off - body communication channel is subject ... |
the eu - doped yttria ( y2o3 ) is one of the most popular red phosphors commonly applied in different light - emitting devices ( hunt and chakhovskoi 1997 ; shea 1998 ) .
the eu : y2o3 phosphor is used for wide group of light sources and displays ( hunt and chakhovskoi 1997 ; shea 1998 ; shionoya and yen 1998 ; sriva... | the synthesis of nanosized phosphors by using the non - thermal plasma - driven method is presented .
the method allows to control the average grain size of nanocrystals .
the synthesis of eu3 + -doped y2o3 nanocrystalline phosphors at water solution of nitrates is described .
the average sizes of nanocrystals we... |
inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common elective operations performed in general surgery .
tension - free mesh based repairs are the most common method of inguinal hernia repair today , whether done by open method or laparoscopic because meshes have been shown to reduce the recurrence rates by up to 50% .
... | background : the aim of our study was to compare chronic groin pain and quality of life ( qol ) after laparoscopic lightweight ( lw ) and heavyweight ( hw ) mesh repair for groin hernia.materials and methods : one hundred and forty adult patients with uncomplicated inguinal hernia were randomised into hw mesh group or ... |
gami - jakyak gamcho buja decoction ( mecasin ) was developed for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients with pain , joint contracture and muscular weakness .
gami - jakyak gamcho buja decoction , which is the major component of mecasin , has been used in traditional medicine to relieve pain , muscle spasms ... | objectives : in this study , we investigated the 4-week repeated - dose oral toxicity of gami - jakyak gamcho buja decoction ( mecasin ) to develop safe treatments.methods:in order to investigate the 4-week oral toxicity of mecasin , we administered mecasin orally to rats .
sprague - dawley ( sd ) rats were divided i... |
fibroblast growth factor 21 ( fgf21 ) , along with fgf19 and fgf23 , are endocrine factors that structurally belong to the fgf superfamily .
unlike the classic fgfs that require heparin for stable binding to the fgf receptors ( fgfrs ) , the three endocrine members of the fgf superfamily lack the heparin - binding pr... | fibroblast growth factor 21 ( fgf21 ) is a metabolic hormone with pleiotropic effects on energy metabolism and insulin sensitivity .
besides its antiobese and antidiabetic activity , fgf21 also possesses the protective effects against atherosclerosis . circulating levels of fgf21
are elevated in patients with ather... |
it is estimated that more than 76,600 new cases of melanoma will be diagnosed in the united states in 2013 , with 9,480 deaths attributed to this disease .
the lifetime risk for the development of melanoma is now 1 in 35 for males and 1 in 54 for females .
the thickness of the primary melanoma , as measured histopa... | background and objectives . while excisional biopsy is recommended to diagnose cutaneous melanoma , various biopsy techniques are used in practice .
we undertook this study to identify how frequently final tumor stage and treatment recommendations changed from diagnostic biopsy to final histopathology after wide loca... |
the most frequent site of breast cancer metastasis is bone , followed by lung , pleura , soft tissue , and liver .
metastasis to the gallbladder has been reported to occur in about 47% of breast carcinoma cases .
the endometrium accounts for 4.7% of metastatic sites to the female genital tract from extragenital tum... | highlightsbreast cancer metastasis to the uterus or gallbladder is rare.metastatic breast carcinoma should be ruled out in females presenting with thrombocytopenia.invasive lobular carcinoma has a unique pattern of metastasis compared to most other types of breast cancer.high index of suspicion should be maintained in ... |
the question of how
to effectively activate o2 for reaction
is of great interest in biochemistry and organic and inorganic chemistry
( including materials science ) because the products and byproducts
of o2 reactions can be variable and also because o2 often encounters kinetic barriers to the reaction ,
proto... | after
a summary of the problem of coupling electron and proton
transfer to proton pumping in cytochrome c oxidase ,
we present the results of our earlier and recent density functional
theory calculations for the dinuclear fe - a3cub reaction center in this enzyme .
a specific catalytic reaction
wheel diagra... |
since 2000 , chikungunya outbreaks have occurred in several regions of the world ( 3 ) .
broadly speaking , the locations of these outbreaks appear to be moving in an easterly direction ( 3 ) .
outbreaks occurred in the democratic republic of congo in 2000 ( 8) and in indonesia in 20012003 ( 9 ) . in 2004
, the v... | chikungunya virus ( chikv ) caused significant outbreaks of illness during 20052007 in the indian ocean region .
chikungunya outbreaks have also occurred in the pacific region , including in papua new guinea in 2012 ; new caledonia in april 2013 ; and yap state , federated states of micronesia , in august 2013 .
ch... |
during uninterrupted surveillance for human rotaviruses in palermo , italy , which started in the mid-1980s , 3 strains ( paf96/94 , pah136/96 , and pai58/96 ) were detected that displayed au-1like features because they possessed long electropherotype , subgroup ( sg ) i ( vp6 related ) and g3p genotypes .
the viruse... | using full - length genome sequence analysis , we investigated 2 rare g3p[9 ] human rotavirus strains isolated from children with diarrhea .
the genomes were recognized as assortments of genes closely related to rotaviruses originating from cats , ruminants , and humans .
results suggest multiple transmissions of g... |
the most common cause of bilateral noninfectious uveitis in the pediatric population is juvenile idiopathic arthritis ( jia)-associated uveitis .
however , due to the high incidence of tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome ( tinu ) in the pediatric population , the complete workup must also include testin... | we present here a case of a 9-year - old boy with bilateral anterior uveitis and an extremely elevated urinary 2-microglobulin level ( 25,400 g / l ) .
the normal range for urinary excretion of 2-microglobulin is 0300 g / l . in patients with tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome ( tinu )
, elevations t... |
there is a general consensus that cancers develop as a consequence of an accumulation of dna damage and a subsequent change in function of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes .
the dna damage depends on type , concentration , and duration of exposure to carcinogens , and on effectiveness of cellular defense ( e.g. ,... | background
sister chromatid exchange ( sce ) is a widely used sensitive cytogenetic biomarker of exposure to genotoxic and cancerogenic agents .
results of human monitoring studies and cytogenetic damage have revealed that biological effects of genotoxic exposures are influenced by confounding factors related to li... |
the multiwell plate loading stage consists of 3 linear precision motors ( rca2 , intelligent actuators ) .
the loading head consists of a larva - loading and a water - supply metal tube with inner diameters of 1.0 and 0.2 mm , respectively ( new england small tubing inc . )
the silicon rubber block is pressed ( by ... | we demonstrate a high - throughput platform for cellular - resolution in vivo pharmaceutical and genetic screens on zebrafish larvae .
the system automatically loads animals from reservoirs or multiwell plates , and positions and orients them for high - speed confocal imaging and laser manipulation of both superficia... |
physiotherapy ( pt ) has been recognized as a mode of treatment over the years and is rapidly
growing as a profession , especially in developing countries1 , 2 . according to the us
department of labor , physical therapists are primary health care professionals who diagnose
and treat patients of all ages3 .
var... | [ purpose ] over the years physiotherapy has been recognized as a popular mode of treatment
that decreases the disability and dependency rate of patients .
however , there is still a
need for its recognition in multidisciplinary health care structures . if a physician were
well aware of how a physical therapist... |
in order to develop a frequency modulated biosensor , we designed a gene network capable of synchronizing genetic oscillations across multiple scales ( fig .
1 ) . we constructed an lcd - like microfluidic array that allows many separate colonies of sensing bacteria to grow and communicate rapidly by gas exchange ( f... | while there has been significant progress in the development of engineering principles for synthetic biology , a substantial challenge is the construction of robust circuits in a noisy cellular environment .
such an environment leads to considerable intercellular variability in circuit behavior , which can hinder fun... |
over the last 15 years , laparoscopic techniques have evolved from predominantly diagnostic to extensive operative laparoscopic approaches .
surgical techniques traditionally performed in an open fashion are being done laparoscopically with increasing frequency . with these developments , more equipment
vancaillie ... | loss of surgical instrumentation in endoscopic procedures poses problems not faced in traditional surgery .
we describe the breakage and subsequent recovery of a 2-mm segment of needle from an autosuture endostitch device ( u.s .
surgical ) during a laparoscopic burch urethropexy . |
their prevalence depends , to a great extent , on the method used for detection . by palpation , which is the least sensitive method , approximately 5% of the people
based on an ultrasound investigation , a frequency of thyroid nodular disease as high as 30 40% ( in women ) and 20 30% ( in men ) of the adult popula... | thyroid nodules are very common in the general population , but only 5% are malignant .
we report the case of a man presenting with nodular goiter , and multiple swellings over the scalp and arm , with pathological fractures . on evaluation by fine needle aspiration
, these swellings were found to be metastases fro... |
an 11-year - old female was referred to our care for the treatment of a pathologic fracture of the lumbar spine .
one month prior , she had fallen during exercise , causing persistent back pain . when symptoms failed to abate , computed tomography ( ct ) of the spine
was performed , revealing a fracture at the l-2 ... | primary tumors of the lung are uncommon in pediatric patients , particularly bronchioloalveolar carcinoma ( bac ) .
an 11-year - old female suffering from back pain for 1 month was referred to seoul st .
mary 's hospital for treatment of a pathologic fracture of the lumbar spine .
comprehensive evaluation disclos... |
although tuberculosis , one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in the indian subcontinent , commonly involves the lung , fistula formation between the bronchi is quite rare .
interbronchial or broncho - bronchial fistula occurs either due to direct bronchial wall involvement by the tuberculosis infe... | although tuberculosis is a rather common disease in the indian subcontinent , tracheobronchial involvement in tuberculosis is still rare .
fistula formation between bronchi is very rare considering that only four cases have been published in the english literature .
we present a case of multislice computed tomograp... |
in january 2009 , a crossbreed yearling horse ( case sae 18/09 ) was found wandering aimlessly in its paddock in the vaalwater district of limpopo province , south africa .
the horse became progressively ataxic and , when recumbent , was referred to the hospital at the faculty of veterinary science , university of pr... | to determine which agents cause neurologic disease in horses , we conducted reverse transcription pcr on isolates from of a horse with encephalitis and 111 other horses with acute disease .
shuni virus was found in 7 horses , 5 of which had neurologic signs .
testing for lesser known viruses should be considered fo... |
accurate diagnosis and staging is important in the planning and treatment of this disease [ 13 ] .
the status of the axillary lymph nodes is one of the most important prognostic factors in early stage breast cancer and is typically staged using sentinel lymph node biopsy ( slnb ) or axillary lymph node dissection .
... | summarybackgroundthe internal mammary artery and vein is often used as a site of anastomoses in microvascular breast reconstruction .
this area supports lymphatic drainage of the breast and its role in breast cancer metastasis remains unclear .
we hypothesize that sampling of internal mammary lymph nodes at the tim... |
the sliding screw - plate devices and cephalo - medullary nail devices have performed well in stable inter - trochanteric fractures in patients with reasonably good quality of bone .
however , their suboptimal performance in comminuted fractures in the presence of osteoporotic bone has prompted many surgeons to consi... | background : the sliding screw - plate devices and cephalo - medullary nail devices have performed well in stable inter - trochanteric fractures in patients with reasonably good quality of bone . however , their suboptimal performance in comminuted fractures in the presence of osteoporotic bone has prompted many surgeo... |
glomeruloid hemangioma is a specific marker for poems syndrome.few cases of glomeruloid hemangioma without poems syndrome have been reported in the literature .
glomeruloid hemangioma for a histologically distinctive , cutaneous , benign vascular tumor , which is considered to be a specific marker for the polyneuropa... | glomeruloid hemangioma is a rare , histologically distinctive , cutaneous , benign vascular tumor , originally described by chan et al .
glomeruloid hemangioma appears specific to polyneuropathy , organomegaly , endocrinopathy , monoclonal gammopathy , and skin changes syndrome ( poems ) , and is usually , but not al... |
cardiovascular disease ( cvd ) carries the highest mortality rate for women in the united states .
the american heart association ( aha ) reports that more than 47% of african american women , of age 20 years and older , have been diagnosed with cvd as of 2008 .
hypertension is a significant risk factor for the dev... | introduction .
although african american ( aa ) women have the highest prevalence of hypertension and many genetic studies have been conducted to examine this disparity , no published studies have investigated their attitudes toward genetic testing for hypertension .
the purpose of the present study was to use the ... |
fractures of the horizontal surface of the distal tibia involving high - energy ankle joint injuries are commonly described as pilon fractures .
they usually result from a fall from a great height , industrial mishaps , traffic accidents , or injuries from participating in contact sports [ 25 ] .
this comminuted fr... | backgroundthe optimal treatment of type iii pilon fractures remains controversial .
hence , we performed this study to investigate whether open reduction and internal fixation ( orif ) is superior to external fixations combined with limited internal fixations ( eflif).material / methodsfrom january 2012 to october 20... |
caries and periodontal disease are the main reasons for tooth loss , although other factors are also contributory
. tooth loss can result from change in food choices and nutrition , leading to medical problems affecting one 's general health .
tooth loss can also have a negative impact on emotions and oral health w... | objectiveslocalization of the mandibular canal ( mc ) and measurement of the height and width of the available alveolar bone at the proposed implant site in the posterior segment of the mandible using cone - beam computed tomography ( cbct ) in patients with a single missing tooth.materials and methodsa cross - section... |
it is well understood that individuals can make major contributions to their own health and wellbeing through the adaptation of health - enhancing behaviours ( e.g. , exercising ) and the avoidance of health - compromising behaviours ( e.g. , smoking and excessive alcohol consumption ) . in the past few decades
, res... | background and aimsit is not yet understood how attitudes concerning dementia risk may affect motivation to change health behaviours and lifestyle .
this study was designed to develop a reliable and valid theory - based measure to understand beliefs underpinning the lifestyle and health behavioural changes needed for... |
the area around the pribram lead smelter has been recognized to be heavily contaminated by lead ( pb ) . in the early 1970s ,
several episodes of livestock lead intoxication were reported in this area ; thereafter , several epidemiological and ecological studies focused on exposure of children .
in contrast to earl... | |
the incidence of multivessel disease ( mvd ) in patients with acute myocardial infarction ( ami ) is reported to be 40 - 50% .
the morbidity and mortality are higher in patients with mvd versus single vessel disease ( svd).1 - 6 ) chronic total occlusion ( cto ) is commonly found on diagnostic angiography in patients... | background and objectivesthe impact of multivessel coronary disease ( mvd ) with chronic total occlusion ( cto ) on one - year mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction ( ami ) is not clearly known .
we investigated the impact of mvd with concurrent cto lesion on one - year mortality in patients with ami... |
cochlear ablation entails wallerian degeneration of the auditory nerve fibers and loss of their synaptic terminals in the cochlear nucleus ( cn ) .
this lesion - induced detrimental phase proceeds for some days , leaving the cn with a massively reduced input of excitatory afferents [ 2 , 3 ] .
subsequent to the rem... | the matrix metalloproteinases mmp-9 and mmp-2 , major modulators of the extracellular matrix ( ecm ) , were changed in amount and distribution in the rat anteroventral cochlear nucleus ( avcn ) following its sensory deafferentation by cochlear ablation . to determine what causal relationships exist between the redistri... |
helicobacter pylori is a causative agent of chronic gastritis , gastroduodenal ulcers , and gastric cancers .
the correlation between h. pylori - infection and gastroduodenal diseases was described in 1983 by marshall and warren .
the course of h. pylori infection depends on the host immune responses towards this p... | in this study we asked whether helicobacter pylori whole cells and lipopolysaccharide ( lps ) utilize sugar moieties of lewis ( le ) antigenic determinants to interact with dc - sign ( dendritic cell specific icam grabbing nonintegrin ) receptor on dendritic cells ( dcs ) . for this purpose the soluble dc - sign / fc a... |
we report a child with unilateral polyorchidism and a contralateral absent testis , a combination not reported previously .
a 2-year - old boy was referred to the outpatient clinic with an impalpable left testis . at laparoscopy
, the left vas deferens and testicular vessels ended blindly proximal to a closed inter... | highlightsthe sentence , since then fewer than 200 cases have been reported in children and adults2 has been updated to since then nearly 230 cases of polyorchidism have been reported with a meta - analysis revealing 140 cases of histologically confirmed polyorchidism in children and adults.2the sentence it occurs ... |
the recently published cardiovascular outcomes data for the first sodium glucose cotransporter 2 ( sglt2 ) inhibitor , empagliflozin , have shown cardiovascular safety and additional benefits in patients with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease .
empagliflozin showed lower rates of death from card... | backgroundthe recently published cardiovascular outcomes data for the first sodium
glucose cotransporter 2 ( sglt2 ) inhibitor , empagliflozin , have shown cardiovascular safety and additional benefits in patients with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease .
empagliflozin showed lower rates of deat... |
the abiotic stresses like salinity , drought , and low and high temperature negatively affect plant growth and productivity .
they are major limiting factors for sustainable food production as they reduce yields by more than 50% in crop plants . to overcome these limitations ,
plants have generated mechanisms to tr... | dehydration - responsive element - binding ( dreb ) transcription factor ( tf ) plays a key role for abiotic stress tolerance in plants . in this study , a novel cdna encoding dreb transcription factor , designated ssdreb , was isolated from succulent halophyte suaeda salsa .
this protein was classified in the a-6 gr... |
neovascular glaucoma is a potentially devastating form of secondary glaucoma , which has a guarded visual prognosis . in the advanced stages of neovascular glaucoma , surgical management
the use of primary trabeculectomy with antifibrosis therapy and glaucoma drainage implant are two procedures often considered in ma... | purpose : to compare surgical outcomes in neovascular glaucoma patients who underwent trabeculectomy with mitomycin c versus ahmed glaucoma valve implantation.patients and methods : this was a retrospective comparative case series .
we reviewed 40 eyes of 39 patients with underlying diagnosis of neovascular glaucoma ... |
paraplegia is an occasional complication of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery and its occurrence is explained on the basis of temporary or permanent ischemia of the spinal cord due to interrupted blood flow during aortic cross - clamp ( 1 ) .
the reported incidence varies ranges from 4% to 33% ( 2 , 3 ) . desp... | background : ischemic injury of the spinal cord during the surgical repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms might lead to paraplegia .
although a number of different mechanisms have been proposed , the exact cause of paraplegia has remained unknown , hampering the development of effective pharmacologic or other s... |
technological advances in blood borne cancer biomarkers now make it possible to routinely analyse rna and dna from single cells ( rothwell et al . , 2014 , ramskld et al .
, 2012 , guvi et al . , 2014 ) including isolated circulating tumour cells ( ctc)s and the minute amounts of tumour derived dna present in pati... | molecular information obtained from cancer patients ' blood is an emerging and powerful research tool with immense potential as a companion diagnostic for patient stratification and monitoring .
blood , which can be sampled routinely , provides a means of inferring the current genetic status of patients ' tumours via... |
leprosy is a chronic mycobacteriosis caused by mycobacterium leprae that may produce a limited or disseminated infection in skin and peripheral nerves , leading to a spectrum of clinical manifestations based upon the level of cell mediated immunity ( cmi ) against the bacilli . at one end of the spectrum is tuberculoid... | backgroundnuclear factor kappa b ( nfb ) transcription factors play a central role in controlling the expression of genes involved in inflammatory reactions , proliferation , and survival of human cells .
however , the in situ evaluation of nfb activity in leprosy has not been completed previously .
the aim of this... |
the furcation area creates situations in which routine periodontal procedures , such as scaling and root planing are somewhat limited , and surgical procedures are generally required .
treatment approaches that have been used to resolve grade ii furcation defects surgically include autografts , demineralized freeze -... | the furcation area creates situations in which routine periodontal procedures are somewhat limited , and surgical procedures are generally required .
the introduction of bioactive agents , such as platelet concentrates , enamel matrix derivatives , bone morphogenic proteins , and matrix macromolecules such as hyaluro... |
the attempt frequency or prefactor ( k0 ) of the
transition - state rate equation of protein folding kinetics has been estimated to be on
the order of 106 s1 , which is many orders of magnitude
smaller than that of chemical reactions . herein we use the mini - protein trp - cage to show
that it is possible to s... | |
hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis ( hlh ) is a systemic disease characterized by hemophagocytic syndrome accompanied by fever , hepatosplenomegaly , jaundice , cytopenia , low fibrinogen level , high ferritin level , and hypertriglyceridemia .
familial hlh is a group caused by the mutation of the gene encoding perfo... | hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis ( hlh ) is characterized by fever , splenomegaly , jaundice , and pathologic findings of hemophagocytosis in bone marrow or other tissues such as the lymph nodes and liver .
pleocytosis , or the presence of elevated protein levels in cerebrospinal fluid , could be helpful in diagnos... |
acne is attributed to many factors , including increased sebum production , altered quality of sebum lipids , regulation of cutaneous steroidogenesis , androgen activity , interaction with neuropeptides , proinflammatory and anti - inflammatory processes , follicular hyperkeratinization , and proliferation of propionib... | backgroundthe use of oral flutamide is rarely investigated in acne therapy .
the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of oral flutamide with that of a cyproterone - estradiol combination in treating acne lesions.methodsa randomized clinical trial enrolled patients with moderate acne into two equal groups to ... |
detailed information about motor recovery is essential for brain rehabilitation because it enables us to determine appropriate and scientific rehabilitative strategies .
however , motor recovery in traumatic brain injury is little studied compared to other neurologic diseases involving the brain such as stroke .
th... | the aberrant pyramidal tract is the collateral pathway of the pyramidal tract through the medial lemniscus in the brainstem . a 21-year - old man presented with right hemiparesis due to a traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in the left corona radiata .
his motor function recovered almost to the normal state at 10 mont... |
acute kidney injury ( aki ) occurs frequently after cardiac catheterization or percutaneous coronary intervention ( pci)1 with more than 5fold variability in incidence across hospitals.2 patients developing aki have an increased risk of short and longterm mortality3 , 4 and progression of renal disease.5 , 6
a numbe... | backgroundacute kidney injury ( aki ) occurs frequently after cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention .
although a clinical risk model exists for percutaneous coronary intervention , no models exist for both procedures , nor do existing models account for risk factors prior to the index admissi... |
the g protein - coupled
receptors ( gpcrs ) have key physiological
roles in a large variety of signaling and cell cell communication
processes and hence are primary targets for a large percentage of
therapeutic drugs
. intense research focus on gpcrs , and especially on
the rhodopsin - like class a , has p... | with recent progress in determination
of g protein - coupled receptor
( gpcr ) structure with crystallography , a variety of other experimental
approaches ( e.g. , nmr spectroscopy , fluorescent - based assays , mass
spectrometry techniques ) are also being used to characterize state - specific
and ligand - s... |
the supratentorial region is the most frequent site for meningiomas ; however , they are sometimes observed in other locations , such as the spine12 ) .
however , a few of these tumors are thought to arise from the extradural component12 ) . here , we have reported our experience involving a case of extra - intradura... | extradural spinal meningiomas are uncommon , and their pathophysiology is not entirely understood . here
, we present the case of a 49-year - old woman with low back and left leg pain of 5 years duration .
magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass , 1.8-cm in size , with rim enhancement in the spinal canal at the ... |
these tumors have been reported in diverse sites including gallbladder , stomach , esophagus and colon , but are only rarely reported in the small intestine .
outcome is poor in patients with sarcomatoid carcinoma , because patients usually present with large tumor at extended stages .
we report a case of a 62-ye... | sarcomatoid carcinoma of the small intestine is an extremely rare malignant neoplasm that usually has a poor prognosis .
we report a case of sarcomatoid carcinoma arising in the small intestine in a 62-year - old man who was hospitalized for abdominal pain . computed tomography revealed wall thickening of the small i... |
a 38-year - old g1p0 primigravida was admitted to our hospital at 40 weeks gestation for a normal vaginal delivery .
the initial fetal heart rate ( hr ) was 120 - 150 beats / min and showed good reactivity and variability . when the diameter of the cervical opening was approximately 4 cm , lumbar epidural analgesia w... | subdural injection of epidural anesthesia is rare and is usually undiagnosed during epidural anesthesia causing severely delayed maternal hypotension , hypoxia , and fetal distress .
a 38-year - old primiparous woman was administered epidural labor analgesia at 40 + 6 weeks ' gestation , and developed progressive mat... |
imaging procedures play a fundamental role in the therapeutic management of focal liver lesions . based on the information provided by these procedures , we can choose either to monitor the lesion , or to treat it - surgically or by percutaneous , minimally invasive procedures .
the type of treatment shall be selecte... | imaging procedures play a fundamental role in the therapeutic management of focal liver lesions .
the goals of imaging are to detect and correctly characterize focal liver lesions .
this review highlights the performances of newer , liver - specific , contrast media in the diagnosis of focal liver lesions , particu... |
smoking is a well - established risk factor for renal cell carcinoma ( rcc ) .
a meta - analysis with pooled data from 19 controlled cases and 5 cohort studies confirmed that smoking increases the risk of rcc ( rr 1.38 , 95% cl 1.271.50 ) .
smoking has also been found to be an independent risk factor for advanced r... | introductioncigarette smoking is the single greatest preventable cause of disease and death .
our literature review highlights the increased risk of cigarette smoking and kidney cancer , bladder cancer and prostate cancer.material and methodssmoking cessation improves outcomes at all stages of these disease processes... |
biceps long head tendon ( blht ) has been thought to be a significant source of anterior shoulder pain .
reported that preoperative tests for biceps tendon pathology did not correlate with intraoperatively observed findings .
therefore , the decision of whether to treat possible biceps pathology is often made intra... | purpose . biceps long head pathology is often associated with rotator cuff tears .
the aim of this study was to determine the effect of possible associated biceps procedure on the treatment outcome in rotator cuff repair .
methods .
148 consecutive shoulders operated for isolated full - thickness supraspinatus te... |
takayasu 's arteritis ( ta ) is a rare , progressive pan - endarteritis predominantly affecting females , characterised by occlusion of principal arteries arising from aortic arch .
associated hypertension , aneurysm formation , aortic regurgitation ( ar ) , retinopathy , cerebrovascular accidents , syncope , right h... | takayasu 's arteritis ( ta ) is rare , chronic progressive , pan - endarteritis involving the aorta and its main branches , with a specific predilection for young asian women .
anaesthesia for ta patients is complicated by their severe uncontrolled hypertension , extreme arterial blood pressure differentials , aortic... |
penile cancer spreads in a stepwise expected pattern with involvement of regional inguinal lymph nodes , first followed by pelvic nodal metastasis and then distant spread .
open lymphadenectomy which is the gold standard treatment of metastatic inguinal lymph nodes has obvious survival benefits for patients when appl... | penile cancer with inguinal lymph node metastasis is a common cancer in india .
open inguinal lymphadenectomy is the gold standard treatment of metastatic inguinal lymph nodes .
we report our experience and technique of robotic assisted inguinal lymph node dissection in two patients presented with palpable inguinal... |
the condition by which the deprivation of blood flow leads to insufficient oxygen and nutrient supply to the tissue is called ischemia .
reperfusion injury refers to the tissue damage inflicted when blood flow is restored after an ischemic period for a minimum of 10 min .
the intestinal ischemia / reperfusion ( ir ... | objective(s):intestinal ischemia - reperfusion is a major problem , which may lead to multiorgan failure and death .
the aim of this study was to evaluate the protective effects of dexmedetomidine on cell proliferation , antioxidant system , cell death , and structural integrity in intestinal injury induced by ischem... |
despite the improvement in knowledge about the cariogenic factors and methods of caries prevention , recurrent and secondary caries are still the main common reason for the replacement of resin restorations .
tooth decay is an infectious disease and mutans streptococci are the main organisms involved in initiation an... | objective : this study sought to assess the inhibitory effect of chitosan - containing sealants against streptococcus mutans.materials and methods : the antibacterial activity of the resin sealant was evaluated by direct contact test following the addition of 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and 5 wt% chitosan . at 3 , 6 , 9 , 24 a... |
transplantation is the preferred treatment for chronic failure of the heart , kidneys , lungs , and liver . however , transplantation has a fairly limited impact on medical practice due to the lack of organs .
it has been estimated that < 10% of the organs needed each year in the united states become available , and ... | this study examined the suitability of a nuclear imaging technique using 99mtc - tetrofosmin as an agent to assess the heart functions of healthy micropigs .
the mean age of the pigs was 360 days ( male ) , and the mean body weight was 35.3 kg ranging from 34.5 - 36 kg .
there were no significant perfusion defects ... |
spinal epidural abscess ( sea ) is a very rare disease and occurs at an incidence rate of 0.2 to 2.8 cases per 10000 hospital admissions ( 13 ) .
the most important factors involved are spinal surgery , recent trauma , immunosuppression , a distal site of infection , intravenous drug use , diabetes mellitus and alcoh... | epidural abscess of the spinal column is a rare condition that can be fatal if left untreated .
it promptly progresses and can cause neurologic paralysis , urinary retention or cauda equina syndrome . compromised immune system that occurs in patients with diabetes mellitus , aids , chronic renal failure , alcoholism ... |
ambient temperature influences all living organisms , but none more than long - lived marine crustaceans . temperatures in the north atlantic ocean , where the lobster , homarus americanus and the crab , cancer borealis , live , routinely fluctuate from below 4 c to more than 25 c ( factor 1995 ; crossin et al .
mo... | marine invertebrates , such as lobsters and crabs , deal with a widely and wildly fluctuating temperature environment . here
, we describe the effects of changing temperature on the motor patterns generated by the stomatogastric nervous system of the crab , cancer borealis . over a broad range of permissive tempera... |
people who are addicted to alcohol tend to have many complications starting from malnutrition to complicating medical conditions including arrhythmias , congestive heart failure , coronary artery disease , gastrointestinal bleeding , infections , liver disease , nervous system impairment and pancreatitis .
alcohol wi... | alcohol is a drug consumed at some time in life by up to 80% of the population according to western statistics .
wide differences in socioeconomic status in india contribute to various degrees and severity of alcoholism and its associated complications .
the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal range from such minor ones... |
enuresis nocturna ( en ) is involuntary recurrent urination during the night in a sleep , which is common among children at the age of 5 or above .
another description of enuresis is as follows : it is unconscious urination after the age , at which bladder control usually occurs .
enuresis is a common clinical prob... | introduction and aim : many etiological reasons are blamed for enuresis nocturna ( en ) .
the aim of this study was to research prevalence and severity of en among elementary school - age children and sociodemographic risk factors related to it.materials and methods : the study was performed in three elementary schoo... |
the latest research showed that changes in gut microbiota could affect the brain 's physiological , behavioral , and cognitive functions . in 2013 ,
since then , this field , especially the interaction between gut microbiota and the brain , has gradually become the focus of neuroscience .
although the exact mechani... | objective : to systematically review the updated information about the gut microbiota - brain axis.data sources : all articles about gut microbiota - brain axis published up to july 18 , 2016 , were identified through a literature search on pubmed , sciencedirect , and web of science , with the keywords of gut microbi... |
this observational , quantitative and cross - sectional study was carried out from november 2014 to august 2015 .
the study was given ethical approval by the ethical review committee at king saud university medical city , riyadh , kingdom of saudi arabia . to obtain the consent of the participants ,
a detailed expl... | objective : to explore the possible causes behind adults seeking psychotropic medications without a prescription ; identify the most commonly used psychotropic medications without a prescription ; and determine the prevalence of depression and anxiety disorders among adults who used psychotropic medications without a p... |
one of the major problems in endodontic treatment is identifying and maintaining the biological length of the root canal system .
optimal healing condition with minimal contact between the obturation material and the apical tissue is achieved when root canal treatment terminates at the apical constriction . in this w... | introduction : obtaining a correct working length is critical to the success of endodontic therapy . the aim of this clinical study was to compare the effect of working length determination using radiovisiography ( rvg ) and two - dimensional ( 2d ) and three - dimensional ( 3d ) measurements using cone - beam computed... |
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ( nafld ) is one of the most common metabolic liver diseases in the world , encompassing simple steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis ( nash ) , advanced fibrosis , cirrhosis , and hepatocellular carcinoma .
the two hit hypothesis is currently the prevailing theory for the develo... | a 56-year - old japanese female with a 10-year history of thyroiditis presented to our institution .
the laboratory data and clinical findings suggested that the patient had complicated nonalcoholic fatty liver disease or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis ( nash ) with autoimmune hepatitis according to the criteria by the... |
a 62-year - old male with a history of tobacco abuse and newly diagnosed small - cell lung cancer ( t1n1m0 ) two months earlier was readmitted in the hospital with shortness of breath for one day .
he had been on chemo - radiation for his lung cancer over the course of the previous month
. meanwhile , four days pri... | cardiac tamponade due to purulent pericarditis with a characteristic greenish fluid is rare in this antibiotic era .
it is highly fatal despite early diagnosis and advanced treatment .
gram - positive cocci are the leading cause of purulent pericarditis , which usually results from a direct or hematogenous spread o... |
tumors are in permanent state of chronic inflammation , and lymphoproliferative syndromes are not only a collection of tumoral cells or a simple genetic disease .
tumoral cells may give and receive instructions from other structural components , the tumor microenvironment , which is composed by extracellular matrix ,... | lymphomas represent a wide group of heterogenic diseases with different biological and clinical behavior .
the underlying microenvironment - specific composition seems to play an essential role in this scenario , harboring the ability to develop successful immune responses or , on the contrary , leading to immune eva... |
according to recent literature , approximately 1 in 1,000 term pregnancies is complicated with cancer .
this incidence is increasingly encountered in clinical practice with the rising trend of postponing pregnancy to later in life .
breast cancer is the most common tumor treated during gestation followed by ovarian... | ewing 's sarcoma is an ultra - orphan disease ( 2/1,000,000/year ) which requires a multimodal therapy approach in high - volume centers .
treatment consists of pre - operative therapy followed by surgery and post - operative combination of chemo - radiotherapy .
experience with diagnosis and therapy of ewing 's sa... |
primary biliary cirrhosis ( pbc ) is an autoimmune liver disease characterized by the development of autoantibodies ( ama ) directed against mitochondrial components , antibodies against nuclear components , such as anti - sp100 and anti - gp 210 , and by progressive destruction of the intrahepatic bile ducts , resulti... | we describe the case of a male patient suffering from long - lasting crohn 's disease of the small bowel who developed thyroiditis hassimoto , raynaud 's phenomenon , and primary biliary cirrhosis , during the course of the underlying bowel disease .
it is not clear whether these co - morbidities appeared coincidenta... |
urticaria affects 15 to 30% of the general population , and approximately 0.5 to 1% of the cases are chronic .
chronic urticaria is a common and disturbing disease characterized by short - lived weals that occur daily or almost daily for at least six weeks with no identifiable cause in 70 to 80% of patients ( 1 ) .
... | introductionthe etiology of chronic urticaria is unknown in many cases . in this study
, we demonstrated the presence of autoimmune antibodies in patients with chronic urticaria by using of the autologous serum skin test ( asst).methodswe performed a cross - sectional study to detect the presence of autologous antibo... |
many dietary components are metabolized and excreted in the urinary tract increasing the biologically plausibility that certain minerals and vitamins or their metabolites have the potential to either inhibit or promote bladder carcinogenesis . a systematic
review reported that the essential trace mineral , selenium... | objectivewe aimed to investigate the effect of dietary intake of micronutrients that are metabolized and excreted via the urinary tract on bladder cancer risk.methodsa semi - quantitative 322 item food frequency questionnaire ( ffq ) was used to collect dietary data from 200 bladder cancer cases and 386 control subject... |
a fixed partial denture usually requires the splinting of additional abutments to overcome the loss of bone support of an abutment .
it has been contended that splinting of abutments increases their resistance to applied force of teeth and supporting structure .
ante suggested that it was unwise to provide a fixed ... | aims : the aim of the study was to evaluate the stress distribution patterns in teeth and supporting structures of fixed prosthesis and design modifications in a fixed prosthesis with either normal or reduced bone support of an additional abutment .
study was also undertaken to disprove ante 's law.materials and meth... |
sequencing of a new genome is not a sensational event anymore : while the first genome sequences determined several years ago often made it to the front page of the new york times , nowadays even getting them published in major scientific journals is becoming increasingly difficult .
the novelty of genomic data as su... | the pedant genome database ( http://pedant.gsf.de ) contains pre - computed bioinformatics analyses of publicly available genomes .
its main mission is to provide robust automatic annotation of the vast majority of amino acid sequences , which have not been subjected to in - depth manual curation by human experts in ... |
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