Renal complications of Castlema ...
Biopsy-proven renal complications of Castleman’s disease (CD) are rare and current knowledge is largely based on sporadic case reports. We reported ...
Mechanism by which chronic kidn ...
In Japan, the number of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients is thought to be 13,300,000, next in size after those with hypertension and diabetes. ...
Long-term beneficial effects of ...
Background There are few reports analyzing the effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and/ or angiotensin receptor blockers (AR ...
Peritoneal amyloidosis: unusual ...
Amyloidosis is a rare disease that results from the extracellular deposition of amorphous fibrillar protein. It is usually observed in a systemic fo ...
Endoscopic band ligation for re ...
An 84-year-old woman with unknown liver cirrhosis was admitted to our hospital in October 2008 with anemia due to recurrent gastric antral vascular ...
A Case Report of Sandhoff Disea ...
Sandhoff disease is a rare and severe lysosomal storage disorder representing 7% of GM2 gangliosidoses. Bilateral thalamic involvement has been sugg ...
Transorbital Impalement Injury ...
An extraordinary case of transorbital penetration injury is presented. A 24-year-old male patient was involved in a fight and was pushed against a s ...
Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibitors ...
Fa???? y acid synthase (FAS) a???? racts more and more attention recently as a potential target for metabolic syndrome, such as cancer, obesity, dia ...
Altered expression of cell–cell ...
Differential diagnosis of the keratocystic odontogenic tumor (KCOT) still represents a challenging problem especially if compared with the dentigero ...
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 ...
The diffusion kinetics of a nan ...
This study investigated the diffusion kinetics of a nanofilled (Filtek Z350) and a midifill (Filtek P60) resin composite immersed in distilled water ...
Effect of curing mode on the mi ...
Light supplying to luting resin cements is impeded in several clinical situations, causing us to question whether materials can properly be cured to ...
Salivary IL-6 levels in oral le ...
The development of oral cancer proceeds through discrete molecular changes that are acquired from loss of genomic integrity after continued exposure ...
In situ remineralization of whi ...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the remineralization potential of three silica-containing NaF dentifrice systems in an intraoral model. Subjec ...
Analysis of marginal adaptation ...
This in vitro study compared the marginal adaptation of all-ceramic MOD-inlays luted to human molars with four self-adhesive resin cements. Thirty-t ...
Effects of surface conditioning ...
This study evaluates effects of aging on repair bond strengths of microhybrid, nanohybrid, and nanofilled composite resins and characterizes the int ...
Long-term outcome after sirolim ...
Background Although it is widely believed that patients with diabetes mellitus obtain the greatest benefit from drug-eluting stents, convincing evid ...
A comparative evaluation of ele ...
Background When assessing the function of the cardiovascular system, cardiac output (CO) is a substantial parameter. For its determination, numerous ...
Identification of European Alle ...
High fruit intakes are associated with significant health benefits but fruit allergy sufferers may be discouraged from eating fruit due to the sympt ...
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis—a ...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an interstitial lung disease (ILD) affecting the pulmonary interstitium. Other forms of interstitial lung dis ...
Autoimmunity and Environment: A ...
The complex interplay between environmental factors and genetic susceptibility plays an essential role in disease pathogenesis. This is especially t ...
The Emerging Relevance of the C ...
Cathepsin S is a lysosomal cysteine protease that has been shown to play a key role in MHC class II antigen presentation. Consequently, it has been ...
Plasma asymmetric dimethylargin ...
Conclusive data about the prevalence of endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerotic process in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients with respect to ...
Performance of global assessmen ...
The objective of this study is to compare patients’ global assessments of change in knee, hip, and back symptoms with actual changes over time in pa ...
The effectiveness and safety of ...
The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness and safety of TNF-ƒ؟ blockers in a group of early psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients with ...