Hydrogel membranes with mesh si ...
Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogel membranes with mesh size asymmetry were prepared and their transport properties were studied. Homogeneous membrane ...
Time to Recovery in Patients wi ...
Introduction: This post-hoc analysis examined time to recovery in patients with acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions following cyclobenzaprine ...
Arterial therapies of colorecta ...
Intra-arterial therapies directed to the liver take advantage that liver tumors are fed by the hepatic artery while the liver vascularization is 30% ...
The impact of subdural air coll ...
Background Surgery in the semi-sitting position is susceptible to changes in motor (MEP) and somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), which are not r ...
Case report of a new variant of ...
A rare, unique and previously non-described form of duplicated incomplete superficial palmar arch is reported in the right hand of a male cadaver. T ...
The comparison of 131I whole-bo ...
Objective The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of the delayed post-therapeutic 131I scan in patients with well-d ...
Signaling mechanism of cell adh ...
Metastasis is responsible for the majority of breast cancer-related deaths. The metastatic spread of cancer cells is a complicated process that requ ...
No significant association betw ...
Conflicting data have been published as to the possible association between polymorphism in codon 72 of the TP53 tumor suppressor gene and the risk ...
Cancer predisposing BARD1 mutat ...
The breast cancer susceptibility gene BARD1 (BRCA1-associated RING domain protein, MIM# 601593) acts with BRCA1 in DNA double-strand break (DSB) re ...
Covered Biodegradable Stent: Ne ...
Purpose This study was designed to evaluate our experience with the treatment of postoperative anastomotic leaks and benign esophageal perforations ...
Pediatric multilevel spine inju ...
Object Spinal column trauma is relatively uncommon in the pediatric population, representing 1–2% of all pediatric fractures. However, pediatric spi ...
Regulation of WNK1 kinase by ex ...
Background Mutations of WNK kinase genes were identified as the cause of a hereditary hypertensive disease, pseudohypoaldosteronism type II; however ...
Immediate versus conventional l ...
This study aims to analyze the clinical performance of two loading concepts on second-generation palatal implants (Orthosystem, Straumann, Basel, Sw ...
Clinical correlates of endothel ...
Objective There is a close link between heart failure and endothelial dysfunction. Brachial flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is a validated non-invasive ...
Health-related quality of life ...
The main objective of this study was to assess the aspects of health-related quality of life (QOL) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and ...
Anemia in cats infected by Tryp ...
One of the main characteristics of the trypanosomosis is the development of anemia, although its pathogenesis still remains unclear. Therefore, the ...
Detection of enterotoxigenic K9 ...
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is one of the major causes of neonatal calf diarrhea. Almost all ETEC bacteria are known to adhere to recept ...
Public Policy Actions Needed to ...
Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and strategies to increase activity levels are as important to population hea ...
HIV/HCV Co-infection: Pathogene ...
World-wide, hepatitis C virus (HCV) accounts for approximately 130 million chronic infections, with an overall 3% prevalence. Four to 5 million pers ...
Sarcoidosis and Small-fiber Neu ...
Chronic pain is one of themost commonly reported symptoms among sarcoidosis patients. Not only does it significantly affect quality of life, but it ...
Comparison of Endoscopic and Cl ...
Background A proportion of Barrett’s esophagus (BE) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) displays familial aggregation, known as familial Barrett’s e ...
Endoscopic Findings and Clinica ...
Background Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is an important clinical problem in recipients of ventricular assist devices (VAD), although data pertain ...
BMI, waist circumference, and c ...
Objective To examine whether the association between waist circumference (WC) and clustering of cardiovascular risk factors varies with obesity (BMI ...
Salvage surgery after locoregio ...
With the increasing use of concomitant chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) in the treatment of advanced head and neck carcinoma, surgery has lost ground as the ...
Adult attention deficit hyperac ...
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is now recognized as a common disorder both in child and adult psychiatry. Adult patients with a dia ...