Familial hypocalciuric hypercal ...
Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia is an uncommon cause of hypercalcemia that arises from mutations in the calcium-sensing receptor gene. Inactiva ...
Diagnostic and therapeutic aspe ...
Gunshot wounds of the viscerocranium are a rare occurrence during times of peace in Europe. The removal of projectiles is recommended; in some cases ...
Molecular imaging in oncology: ...
In the last decade, PET-only systems have been phased out and replaced with PET-CT systems. This merger of a functional and anatomical imaging modal ...
Disc degeneration of cervical s ...
An association between progression of cervical disc degeneration and that of lumbar disc degeneration has been considered to exist. To date, however ...
Port-access mitral valve replac ...
A 79-year-old woman with Bland-White-Garland syndrome was admitted to our institution for surgical treatment of severe mitral regurgitation (MR). Sh ...
Retinal straylight and light di ...
Purpose To assess the relationship between measures of light distortion and retinal straylight in normal and post- LASIK subjects. Design Cross-sec ...
Methods of assessing vagus nerv ...
The methods used to assess cardiac parasympathetic (cardiovagal) activity and its effects on the heart in both humans and animal models are reviewed ...
Tertiary osteochondral defect o ...
The primary treatment of most osteochondral defects of the talus is arthroscopic debridement and bone marrow stimulation. There is no optimal treatm ...
A photothermal model of selecti ...
The theory of selective photothermolysis (SP) is used in many fields of laser surgery and medicine. As several parameters and a number of complicate ...
Vascular endothelial growth fac ...
Previous studies obtained contradicting results regarding the correlation between expression of VEGF-A, VEGF-C and colorectal cancer patients’ clini ...
Accuracy of pre-surgical fMRI c ...
Atypical patterns of language activation in functional MRI (fMRI) are not unusual, particularly in patients with severe epilepsy. Still, the functio ...
Impact of Lymphoid Follicles an ...
Purpose Although 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT has improved the accuracy of evaluating lymph node (LN) staging in non-small cell lung cancer ( ...
Does Pregnancy Increase the Nee ...
Background Over 80% of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) patients are women, and approximately half of these are of reproductive age; t ...
Potential negative cardiovascul ...
Calcium supplements have been used for decades in the prevention and, as an adjuvant, for treatment of osteoporosis because low calcium intakes are ...
Site-specific differences in bo ...
Summary We examined ethnic differences in bone mineral density (BMD) and the contribution of body composition, lifestyle and socioeconomic factors i ...
Molecular Genetics and Pathogen ...
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an uncommon cardiomyopathy characterized by fibroadiposis replacing cardiac myocytes, pre ...
Renal function in pediatric cys ...
With increasing life expectancy and the need for lung transplantation in the cystic fibrosis (CF) population, there are increasing reports of chroni ...
Update on congenital nephrotic ...
The clinical classification of nephrotic syndrome (NS) is based on age at presentation. However, this classification is arbitrary because the majori ...
Involvement of Nuclear Export i ...
The E6 protein from high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) targets the p53 tumor suppressor for degradation by the proteasome pathway. This ability ...
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells ...
The generation of pluripotent stem cells from an individual patient would enable the large-scale production of the cell types affected by that patien ...
An adaptable method using human ...
Background: Molecular biomarkers that are based on mRNA transcripts are being developed for the diagnosis and treatment of a number of diseases. DNA ...
Instability, investment, disast ...
This article examines whether natural disasters affect fertility—a topic little explored but of policy importance given relevance to policies regardi ...
Contraceptive methods used and ...
In 1997, a random sample of Finnish men (n = 395) and women (n = 393) aged 18^50 years received a postal questionnaire concerning family planning, in ...
Virtual hysterosalpingography: ...
With the advent of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT), a whole new spectrum of diagnostic imaging techniques and procedures appears. Virtual h ...
Low-grade CSF leaks in endoscop ...
Background Intra-operative CSF leak during endoscopic trans-sphenoidal surgery is not uncommon. Surgical repair with a variety of autologous grafts, ...