Detection of salivary antibodie ...
Opisthorchis viverrini (O. viverrini; known as human liver fluke) is a major health problem in the northeastern region of Thailand. Infection with O ...
Serum soluble E-selectin and NT ...
Background Neuroendocrine activation with endothelial dysfunction is a key pathophysiological process in chronic heart failure (CHF). Although incre ...
Needs and preferences regarding ...
This study aims to examine the needs and preferences regarding the delivery of health care services and information provision and their determinants ...
Fatty liver syndrome in dairy h ...
Fatty liver syndrome is a metabolic disorder that is caused by negative energy balance in high-producing dairy cows during early lactation. The diag ...
Occurrence of hydatidosis in ca ...
A cross-sectional study was conducted during four seasons from October 2009 to October 2010 to assess the status of cystic hydatidosis in the slaugh ...
Red Meat Intake and the Risk of ...
Despite a wealth of research on cholesterol and saturated fat and cardiovascular disease (CVD), few studies have examined the association between re ...
IL28B Polymorphisms and Treatme ...
Recently, single-nucleotide polymorphisms near the IL28B gene have been identified as important in predicting treatment response and spontaneous cle ...
Gut-Brain Chemokine Changes in ...
Background Hepatic encephalopathy is a syndrome whose physiopathology is poorly understood; therefore, current diagnostic tests are imperfect and mo ...
Small HCCs Identified by Screen ...
Background Survival in HCC depends on diagnosis at early tumor stage, best achieved through surveillance radiology. There is also a need for complem ...
Brachial-ankle pulse wave veloc ...
Objectives Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are closely associated with hypertension, however, predictors of incident hypertension have not be ...
The changing surgical managemen ...
The management of juvenile nasopharyngeal angioWbroma (JNA) has changed during the last decades but it still continues to be a challenge for the mul ...
Association of the brain-derive ...
The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a key regulator of synaptic plasticity and has been suggested to be involved in the pathophysiology ...
Endometriosis in the deltoid mu ...
Although endometriosis is a relatively common condition in women of reproductive age, skeletal endometriosis is rare. Among them, endometriosis in t ...
Infective endocarditis in conge ...
Congenital heart disease (CHD) has become the leading risk factor for pediatric infective endocarditis (IE) in developed countries after the decline ...
Thromboprophylaxis following ma ...
Purpose Venous thromboembolic disease following skeletal polytrauma is a major issue for trauma surgeons, but there is no consensus of opinion regar ...
Diagnostic value of CT-colonogr ...
Objectives Previous meta-analyses on CT-colonography included both average and high risk individuals, which may overestimate the diagnostic value in ...
Duodenal stump after duodenal s ...
Background: Duodenal switch operation is an effective procedure in patients with pathologic transpyloric duodenogastric bile reflux and subsequent a ...
Abnormalities of renal function ...
Objective: To investigate the glomerular and proximal tubular renal function and the prevalence of urinary abnormalities in the elderly. Design: Cros ...
Laparoscopic management of corn ...
Heterotopic pregnancy is the simultaneous coexistence of both intrauterine and extrauterine pregnancies. Cornual heterotopic pregnancies can cause c ...
Current and novel renal biomark ...
Renal function is the most important predictor of clinical outcome in heart failure (HF). It is therefore essential to have accurate and reliable me ...
Does computer-assisted surgery ...
Purpose Computer-assisted surgery has been proposed as a technique to improve implant alignment during total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, there ...
Treatment of trichostasis spinu ...
Trichostasis spinulosa (TS) is a follicular disorder in which multiple hairs in a keratinous sheath project above the skin surface. Current treatmen ...
Association of CSF Biomarkers a ...
Background Management of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) focuses on mitigating secondary insults. There are a number of biomarkers that are thou ...
Solitary olfactory schwannoma w ...
Schwannomas are rare and seldom extend into the anterior cranial fossa. Herein, we report a case of schwannoma arising from the olfactory groove in ...
Improvement in Quality of Life ...
Few studies have investigated changes in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in surgical patients who have undergone a laparoscopic sleeve gastre ...