Diagnosis of a variant of Mayer ...
Mayer–Rokitansky–Kuster–Hauser (MRKH) syndrome consists of vaginal aplasia associated with other mu¨ llerian duct abnormalities. Its penetrance vari ...
Transient, marked flattening of ...
In recent years, intra-abdominal hypertension has gained greater recognition both clinically and radiologically. Its most clinically significant for ...
The accuracy of 64-slice MDCT f ...
Purpose: This study was performed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of 64-slice multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) for preoperatively ...
MR imaging of spleen in beta-th ...
Purpose: Splenomegaly and splenic siderosis are wellknown findings in beta-thalassemia major. We explored the relation between splenic size, splenic ...
Overload hepatitides: quanti-qu ...
Diffuse liver diseases have a definitive radiological importance due to the ability of MR imaging to demonstrate abnormalities before the patient is ...
New acquisition techniques: fie ...
Conventional MR imaging of the liver has a central role in the assessment of liver diseases. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging, MR elastography, and tim ...
Diffusion-weighted MRI of focal ...
Purpose: To determine the utility of 3.0-Tesla diffusionweighted (DW) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for focal cystic pancreatic lesion (FCPL) cha ...
Incidentally discovered solid p ...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to review the CT findings and clinical outcome in patients with incidentally discovered solid pancreatic mass ...
Imaging features of small intes ...
Amyloidosis is a rare disease characterized by forming pathological protein deposits in organs or tissues. The localized form of amyloidosis affecti ...
The glycemic and peak increment ...
Our study was a case–control cross-sectional study that was conducted on 20 children and adolescents suffering from type 1 diabetes mellitus and ten ...
Mild hyperhomocysteinemia, C677 ...
The role of hyperhomocysteinemia as a risk factor for diabetic long-term complications has not been sufficiently evaluated in prospective studies, c ...
The role of endoplasmic reticul ...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in diabetic retinopathy (DR) using in vitro and in vivo models. ...
Circulating pro-inflammatory cy ...
This study was designed to investigate plasma circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines, adiponectin and high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in y ...
Metabolic consequences of incor ...
Only few insulin-treated (IT) people with diabetes mellitus (DM) reach the target due to poor compliance and/or to sedentary lifestyle and/or to ina ...
Primary hyperlipidemias in chil ...
Plant sterols lower serum cholesterol concentration. Available data have confirmed the lipid-lowering efficacy in adults, while there is a relative ...
Systemic and spinal administrat ...
Painful diabetic neuropathy is one of the most common forms of neuropathic pain syndromes. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) is a proinflammat ...
Changes in body weight are sign ...
The aims are to examine whether changes in body weight (dBW) are associated with changes in cardiovascular risk factors in Japanese men without abdo ...
Epitope analysis of GAD65 autoa ...
the spontaneous antibodies recognized and whether the epitope-specific GAD65Abs could be associated with the development of thyroid autoimmunity in ...
Metabolic syndrome and vascular ...
The aim was to analyze the relationship between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and vascular risk among the aged. A prospective population-based study, w ...
Glycated albumin is a useful gl ...
Glycated albumin (GA) is recognized as a reliable marker for short-term glycemic monitoring in diabetic patients. We investigated the clinical relev ...
Prediction of incident type 2 d ...
novel algorithm to predict incident type 2 diabetes mellitus (iT2DM)is presented considering data from a 20-year prospective study in a Southern Ita ...
Human subcutaneous adipose tiss ...
Cellular resistance to insulin caused by reduced glucose transport and metabolism is a primary defect leading to the development of metabolic diseas ...
Evaluation of serum IgA levels ...
An increased prevalence of immunoglobulin (Ig) A deficiency has been documented in a number of autoimmune diseases; however, its association with ty ...
Metabolic syndrome: its history ...
In late twentieth century, Ruderman and Reaven showed that insulin resistance might be fundamental to metabolic syndrome (MetS) which means a const ...
Diazoxide inhibits aortic endot ...
Endothelial cell (EC) survival is critical in the maintenance of endothelial function as well as in the regulation of angiogenesis and vessel integr ...