Ethnic variations in mortality ...
The objective of the study was to describe ethnic differences in under-five-years mortality in Denmark according to maternal country of origin. We c ...
Maternal active or passive smok ...
The aim of this study was to assess the influence of active and passive maternal smoking on placenta total oxidant/antioxidant status in term infant ...
Gunshot injury without direct i ...
Paraplegia following gunshot injury without direct injury to the cord is extremely rare. We describe the case of a 31-year-old woman who was admitte ...
Penetrating carotid artery: unc ...
Carotid arterial injuries are the most difficult and certainly the most immediately life-threatening injuries found in penetrating neck trauma. Thei ...
Magnetic resonance imaging of c ...
Objectives To compare the accuracy of magnetic resonance (MRI) and colour Doppler-ultrasound (US) in the diagnosis of late pregnancy bleeding and to ...
Borderline breast lesions: comp ...
Objective To compare malignancy underestimation rates in the case of percutaneous diagnosis of borderline breast lesions(B3) at 14-g core-needle-bio ...
Computer-aided detection of pul ...
Purpose To evaluate the effect of a computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm on the performance of novice readers for detection of pulmonary embolis ...
Influence of coronary artery di ...
Objective To evaluate the impact of coronary artery disease (CAD) prevalence on the predictive values of coronary CT angiography. Methods We perfor ...
Focal nodular hyperplasia-like ...
Purpose To retrospectively investigate the prevalence, MR findings, natural history, and association with other hepatic lesions of focal nodular hyp ...
MR-Imaging of teeth and periodo ...
Objectives The aim of this study was (1) to assess the ability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to visualize dental and periodontal structures an ...
Study of the information delive ...
Providing information to patients regarding appropriate management of LBP is a crucial component of primary care and treatment of low back pain (LBP ...
Multicenter study of the long-t ...
Background Little information is available on the longterm outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancer (EGC) in pati ...
Increase in preoperative serum ...
Purpose. Reactive oxygen species contribute to various features of malignant tumors, including carcinogenesis, aberrant growth, metastasis, and angi ...
Transcatheter aortic valve impl ...
Conventional aortic valve replacement (AVR) is the gold standard surgical treatment for symptomatic aortic valve stenosis. However, some patients ar ...
Delayed cardiac rupture occurri ...
We describe a rare case of successful repair of delayed cardiac rupture due to blunt chest trauma; the cardiac rupture occurred 74 days after the tr ...
Postoperative pleural effusion ...
In living-donor lobar lung transplantation, the importance of donor safety should be emphasized because of the necessity of placing two donors at ri ...
Macular pigment density at the ...
Background The purpose of our study was to determine whether abnormalities of increased or decreased fundus autofluorescence (FAF) are associated wi ...
Pneumatic displacement of subma ...
Purpose To assess the efficacy and complications of intravitreal injection of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas with/ without tissue plasminogen activat ...
“Seeing but not identifying”: p ...
Background Pure alexia and prosopagnosia are two separate and uncommon disorders of visual recognition in neuro-ophthalmology. We report an extremel ...
Reduced renal function is assoc ...
Although mildly reduced renal function is associated with increased risk for heart failure in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), mechanism ...
Parameters of arterial function ...
Regardless of a successful operation, patients with coarctation of aorta (CoAo) are exposed to the risk of hypertension and a propensity to vascular ...
Impact of serum high-mobility g ...
High-mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) is a late mediator of inflammatory responses that can cause acute lung injury. We examined the significanc ...
Effects of cold pressor-induced ...
Our aim was to evaluate the effects of sympathetic excitation and elevation of blood pressure on mechanical properties of common carotid and femoral ...
Serum concentrations of interle ...
Many studies have suggested an imbalance between proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory markers in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Interleukin 4 ( ...
Impact of obesity on plasma B-t ...
The plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentration was recently shown to be inversely correlated with body mass index (BMI). However, very fe ...