Intracochlear perfusion of leup ...
The therapeutic efficiency of cochlear infusion of two anti-apoptotic substances: a potent calpain inhibitor, leupeptin and a caspase inhibitor, z-V ...
Incidence of diffuse FDG uptake ...
Positron emission tomography (PET) positive lesions are common in the thyroid. The uptake can be focal or diffuse. Diffuse thyroid uptake is thought ...
Implementing the Rapid Recovery ...
The Rapid Recovery Program (RRP) is an accelerated discharge programme aimed at reducing the length of stay (LOS) and improving patient satisfaction ...
Study of patients with Hyper-Ig ...
Hyper-IgM syndromes are characterized by normal or elevated serum IgM levels with the absence or reduced levels of other immunoglobulins. There are ...
Ethanol sclerotherapy for treat ...
Due to complicated anatomy of the face and neck, complete surgical excision of venous malformation is rarely possible and may lead to bleeding, nerv ...
Umbilical venous catheter posit ...
Objective Umbilical venous catheter (UVC) insertion is frequently performed in critically ill neonates, with catheter position evaluated by an abdom ...
Cost-effectiveness of general p ...
Care from a general practitioner (GP) is one of the most frequently utilised healthcare services for people with low back pain and only a small prop ...
A systematic review of the accu ...
Background There is lack of uniformity in the utilization of peritoneal cytology in gastric cancer management. The identification of intraperitoneal ...
Spherical aberration and higher ...
Background Advances in the optical design of soft contact lenses have seen certain manufacturers incorporate aspheric optics into soft lenses in an ...
Higher body mass index at the t ...
Obesity is an important public health problem, especially among patients with cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the impact of o ...
Early functional outcome after ...
Purpose In total knee arthroplasty, tissue-sparing techniques are considered more important, as functional gain could become more advantageous when ...
Effects of low-level laser ther ...
The present in vitro study evaluated parameters of osteogenesis under the influence of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) at different doses. Osteogenic ...
Effects of air susceptibility o ...
Object The temperature dependence of the proton resonance frequency (PRF) is often used in MR thermometry. However, this method is prone to even ver ...
Italian Law ‘‘Measures to guara ...
The Italian Law 38/2010 assures the citizens’ right to have access to palliative care and to antalgic centres in case of either oncologic or non-onc ...
DTI studies in patients with Al ...
Introduction The objective of the study was to explore the impact of the background gradients on diffusion tensor (DT) magnetic resonance imaging (D ...
Evaluating the Safety and Effic ...
Background One of the most concerning and potentially fatal complications of gastric bypass surgery is pulmonary embolism (PE) with published rates ...
Magnetic resonance imaging-base ...
Differentiation between juvenile recurrent parotitis and juvenile Sjo¨gren’s syndrome may be difficult on the basis of clinical symptoms and imaging ...
Risk of femoral shaft and subtr ...
Summary Prior studies have suggested an association between bisphosphonate use and subtrochanteric fractures. This cohort study showed an increased ...
Is Autophagy in Response to Isc ...
Autophagy is a catabolic process that degrades long-lived proteins and damaged organelles by sequestering them into double membrane structures terme ...
Defining and redefining the nep ...
It has long been appreciated that the mammalian kidney arises via reciprocal interactions between an epithelial ureteric epithelium and the surround ...
Cyclosporine A vs. methylpredni ...
Knowledge about how to treat severe Henoch– Schِnlein nephritis (HSN) is scarce. The aimof our study is to compare cyclosporine A (CyA) and methylpr ...
Functional Annotation of Genes ...
We have used Gene Ontology (GO) and pathway analyses to uncover the common functions associated to the genes overlapping Copy Number Variants (CNVs) ...
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrom ...
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a complex chronic clinical syndrome, characterized by snoring, periodic apnea, hypoxemia during sleep, and ...
Fine mapping the TAGAP risk loc ...
A common allele at the TAGAP gene locus demonstrates a suggestive, but not conclusive association with risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To fine map ...
The effectiveness of disease ma ...
Aims To systematically evaluate the published evidence regarding the effectiveness of disease management programmes (DMPs) reducing hospital re-admis ...