Pharmacogenomics and Multiple S ...
Notwithstanding the availability of diseasemodifying treatments including interferon-β, glatiramer acetate, and natalizumab, a considerable proporti ...
A Role for Intestinal Alkaline ...
Background and Aims Intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) is a gut mucosal defense factor known to dephosphorylate lipopolysaccharide (LPS); however ...
Performance Parameters of the C ...
Background Autoimmune hepatitis is defined by a conventional battery of autoantibodies that may also be present in other liver diseases. Aims To de ...
Stage Transition and Laryngeal ...
Timely hyolaryngeal excursion and laryngeal closure are essential for safe transfer of the bolus during the pharyngeal swallow. The temporal measure ...
Developing a mouse model of acu ...
The objective of this study is to establish a mouse model of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis. 179 healthy male BALB/c mice were divided into four gro ...
Using multi-stimulus auditory s ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether multi-stimulus auditory steady-state responses were capable of estimating hearing thresholds in ...
Neglected pediatric Monteggia f ...
This is a rare case report of persistent PIN palsy following a case of neglected Monteggia fracture dislocation in a 7-year-old boy. The patient had ...
Effect of cyclosporin A on prot ...
Denys–Drash syndrome (DDS) is characterized by progressive glomerulopathy caused by diffuse mesangial sclerosis (DMS), genitourinary defects, and a ...
Squamous cell carcinoma of the ...
In Nigeria, Tanzania and Togo, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the commonest skin malignancy. This is in contrast with the Caucasians in Europe, No ...
Combined magnetic resonance ima ...
Objective Agreement rate between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and Doppler ultrasound (DUS) for the detection of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in th ...
Type II odontoid fractures in t ...
Considerable controversy exists regarding the optimal management of elderly patients with type II odontoid fractures. There is uncertainty regarding ...
Thoracoscopic surgery for pulmo ...
Purpose. Details with regard to the standard criteria for a therapeutic metastasectomy and the use of videoassisted thoracic surgery (VATS) remain e ...
Real-time polymerase chain reac ...
Purpose The aim of this work was to determine the diagnostic performance of real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and to assess intraocular s ...
Vasomotor and fibrinolytic resp ...
Upregulation of vascular B1 kinin receptor expression has been reported in human atheroma, but its role remains unclear. We examined vasomotor and f ...
Autologous platelet gel in tota ...
Purpose Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is often associated with major postoperative blood loss, postoperative pain, and impaired wound healing. The a ...
Relationship between laser fluo ...
This study investigated the relationship between caries assessment using a laser fluorescence device (DIAGNOdent), and bacterial invasion in arreste ...
Adenovirus-mediated transfer of ...
Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is an important growth factor for glioma cell proliferation and invasion. BFGF is overexpressed in malignant g ...
Sudden unexpected death in epil ...
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a syndrome where a person with epilepsy dies suddenly and no other cause of death is found. The quest ...
Aberrant course of the intracra ...
Introduction The aim of this study is to describe the morphology of the rare malformation that is atresia of the internal auditory canal (IAC) and d ...
Prophylactic Inferior Vena Cava ...
Background Bariatric patients are at significant risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) and a subset may benefit from retrievable inferior vena cava ...
Dupuytren's Disease of Rin ...
ObJective Resection of fibrous digitopalmar connective tissues to improve finger function. Indications Dupuytren's disease in Tubiana's stage > II ...
Bone health-related factors and ...
Summary The present study investigated the bone health related factors that were associated with the use of bisphosphonates (BP) among 2,050 postmen ...
The Fontan Operation: The Pursu ...
Our programmatic approach to the Fontan operation has evolved to include using an extracardiac conduit with aggressive presumptive treatment of asso ...
Expression and function of the ...
Polyomavirus enhancer activator 3 (Pea3), belonging to the PEA3 subfamily of Ets transcription factors, is essential for certain organogenesis in ma ...
The genetic and clinical signif ...
Purpose MYCN amplification (MYCN-A) is a strong prognostic factor in neuroblastoma (NB). MYCN gain which is a low level of MYCN-A as determined by F ...