Do Patients Seeking Laparoscopi ...
Background Understanding presurgical psychological functioning is important in determining whether patients may benefit from psychological support b ...
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass for ...
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is the first bariatric procedure in Europe and is becoming more and more popular in North America. Ho ...
Present at the beginning: a per ...
The ability of parathyroid glandular extracts to stimulate bone acquisition in rodents was established in the 1920s, but interest in this action lay ...
Performance of comorbidity meas ...
Summary The performance of five comorbidity measures, including the Charlson and Elixhauser indices, was investigated for predicting mortality, hosp ...
Hemoptysis in a Teenager with C ...
Expectoration of foreign objects has been reported mainly in adults. Expectorated objects have included staples after lung volume reduction surgery ...
Medication beliefs and perceive ...
Understanding patient beliefs about medications and perceived barriers is important for optimal medical management. Differentiating adolescent views ...
Variability in imaging utilizat ...
Background Use of medical imaging is under scrutiny because of rising costs and radiation exposure. We compare imaging utilization and costs across ...
Regulation of p53 Localization ...
The abundance and activity of p53 are regulated largely by ubiquitin ligases. Here we demonstrate a previously undisclosed regulation of p53 localiza ...
Functional Characterization of ...
Chitin and its deacetylated derivative chitosan are natural polymers composed of randomly distributed ..-(1-4)- linked D-glucosamine (deacetylated un ...
Phenotype Data: A Neglected Res ...
To a great extent, our phenotype is determined by our genetic material. Many genotypic modifications may ultimately become manifest in more or less p ...
Effect of dehydration on the nu ...
Food based strategy’ is used as a tool for combating micronutrient deficiencies. It is also referred as dietary modification, which encompasses a wid ...
Resilience after Hurricane Katr ...
Background—Although disaster causes distress, many disaster victims do not develop long-term psychopathology. Others report benefits after traumatic ...
The Features of Development of ...
Abstract—Osteoporosis in OXYS rats is one of the signs of their accelerated aging. Previously, we regarded it as senile. However, in this study osteo ...
Radiological findings of renal ...
1. Nisar PJ, Scholefield JH (2003) Managing haemorrhoids. BMJ 327:847–851 2. Meller J, Sahlmann CO, Gu¨ rocak O, Liersch T, Meller B (2009) FDG-PET ...
A retrieval thrombectomy techni ...
Background To describe preliminary experiences and the procedural details of retrieval thrombectomy using a selfexpanding and fully retrievable Soli ...
Concurrent Sexual Partnerships ...
The combination of long-term concurrent sexual partnerships and high infectiousness early in HIV infection has been suggested as a key driver of the ...
Comparison of 99mTc-labeled PR8 ...
Objective We digested anti-MUC1 monoclonal antibody PR81 to produce F(ab0)2 fragments. A comparison was performed between the two radiolabeled PR81 ...
Meningioangiomatosis-associated ...
As an extremely rare condition, meningioma may occur together with meningioangiomatosis. We report here a case of meningioangiomatosis-associated me ...
Effects on survival of menstrua ...
Adjuvant surgical oophorectomy is an effective and remarkably cost effective treatment for premenopausal women with hormone receptor positive operab ...
Estrogen receptor-a and sex ste ...
Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) is a cellular DNAreceptor, which is widely expressed in cancer. Synthetic TLR9-ligands induce cancer cell invasion in vi ...
Stenting of the Lower Gastroint ...
Colon obstruction due to colorectal cancer is a major surgical emergency. Patients with acute bowel obstruction are usually poor surgical candidates ...
Embryology and bony malformatio ...
Background The embryology of the bony craniovertebral junction (CVJ) is reviewed with the purpose of explaining the genesis and unusual configuratio ...
The dietary flavonoid apigenin ...
There is accumulating evidence that secondary plant metabolites such as flavonoids may have anti-cancer properties, and yet the molecular pathways t ...
Androgen Receptor Roles in Beni ...
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which aims to reduce androgen–androgen receptor (AR) signaling, is the normal method of prostate cancer treatmen ...
Long-term outcome after drug-el ...
Background The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of drug-eluting stents (DES) compared with baremetal stents (BMS) on all-cause mortality ...