The Expression of Protease-Acti ...
Background Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) pathophysiology has not been fully understood. Abnormalities of serine proteases have been identified in I ...
Gene expression in primary cult ...
Objectives Aluminum is notorious as a neurotoxic metal. The aim of our study was to determine whether endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is involved ...
Vessel sealing system uvulopala ...
The objective of this randomized, controlled study is to compare intraoperative blood loss, operative time, postoperative pain and postoperative adv ...
Internet suicide searches and t ...
Although several case reports have suggested a relationship between accessing Internet suicide sites and the incidence of suicide, the influence of ...
Pancreatic cancer metastasis pr ...
Spinal extradural arachnoid cysts are rare expanding lesions, and their etiology is mainly unknown. The authors present a rare case of metastatic pa ...
Comparison of clinical presenta ...
The true burden of influenza in children is difficult to assess and is probably underestimated as clinical signs are usually nonspecific, and formal ...
Endoscopic thoracic sympathecto ...
Introduction Posttraumatic complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) has a strongly negative impact on rehabilitation and activities of daily living. Tr ...
High-risk lesions diagnosed at ...
Objectives To evaluate the frequency of diagnosis of highrisk lesions at MRI-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (MRgVABB) and to determine whether ...
Age estimation and the medial c ...
This study was designed in order to assess the suitability of clavicular development in discriminating whether or not an individual has reached the ...
Monitoring hypovolemia in healt ...
Quantification of hypovolemia by physical examination has limited validity. We explored the use of non-invasive measurement of blood pressure (BP) re ...
Single-port hysterectomy with p ...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and validity of a modified single-port robotic lightweight endoscope in the performance of ...
Carcinoid Tumours of the Small ...
Carcinoid tumours originate from enterochromaffin cells within the diffuse endocrine system. Representing a confusing group of tumours displaying a ...
Combined unicompartmental knee ...
Purpose Patients presenting anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deficiency and isolated osteoarthritis of the medial compartment are treated either wit ...
Optical absorption and scatteri ...
The optical properties of bovine ocular tissues have been determined at laser wavelengths in the nearinfrared (NIR) region. The inverse adding doubl ...
Lumbar Catheter for Monitoring ...
Background We investigated the feasibility and accuracy of intracranial pressure (ICP)-measurement by lumbar drainage (LD) catheter in patients with ...
Headache and Chiari malformatio ...
Migraine and tension-type headache are common problems in children and adolescents. If we consider the possible differential diagnosis in the case o ...
A Biomarker Panel for Non-alcoh ...
Background Patients with biopsy-proven NASH and especially those with fibrosis are at risk for progressive liver disease, emphasizing the clinical i ...
Ring fi bers visualized by elec ...
This report describes an episode of malignant hyperthermia (MH) in a 53-year-old Japanese man during general anesthesia that was triggered by isofl ...
Menopausal bone changes and inc ...
Summary The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rate of bone loss and incident fractures in women with diabetes mellitus (DM) across menopause ...
Intra-and inter-reader reliabil ...
Summary Intra-and inter-reader reliability of semi-automated quantitative vertebral morphometry measurements was determined using lateral computed t ...
Mitral Valve Damage After an Ao ...
The case of a 2-year-old infant admitted to our Institution with a diagnosis of severe aortic valve stenosis is presented. After a balloon valvulopl ...
Are we ready to use aliskiren i ...
The objective of this case series was to review the safety and efficacy of aliskiren in combination with losartan in pediatric chronic kidney diseas ...
CT identification of abdominal ...
Background Although the abdominopelvic CT findings of abdominal trauma in children have been described, little has been written about the subset of ...
Microcalorimetric Studies of th ...
This study extends previous research on the interaction of biomaterials with immobilized Cu(II) by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) on Fe(III) ...
Signal Processing for Metagenom ...
Traditionally, studies in microbial genomics have focused on single-genomes from cultured species, thereby limiting their focus to the small percenta ...