The Role of the Epiglottis in t ...
Repeatable epiglottic movement patterns were recorded during a videofluoroscopic swallow evaluation of 95 patients who had undergone a total or part ...
Videofluorographic Evaluation o ...
A videofluorographic (VF) swallowing study was performed on 22 healthy volunteers to observe the complete mastication and swallowing phases for Japa ...
Nucleophosmin Delocalization in ...
Nucleophosmin (NPM) is a multifunctional nucleolar protein that, depending on the context, can act as oncogene or tumour suppressor. Mutations of th ...
Well-Differentiated Thyroid Car ...
Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) are the most common differentiated thyroid cancers. Previous studies report ...
BMI, waist circumference, and c ...
Objective To examine whether the association between waist circumference (WC) and clustering of cardiovascular risk factors varies with obesity (BMI ...
Evaluation of anthropometric pa ...
Objectives We evaluated anthropometric parameters and physical fitness in elderly Japanese. Methods A total of 2,106 elderly Japanese (749 men and ...
Blood lead levels of contempora ...
Objectives Lead concentrations in whole blood (BPb) of Japanese children were measured to obtain insight into the sources of variation and to estima ...
Is surgery always necessary in ...
Two randomized trials showed that survival was similar after definitive chemoradiation (CRT) or after CRT and surgery in locally advanced esophageal ...
Long-term results of the use of ...
The first author has been using an autogenous cortical bone columella to replace the stapes removed during stapedectomy since 1965. The audiograms o ...
Percutaneous endoscopic gastros ...
The aim of this study was to review our experience in percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) performed in patients with cancer of the upper aerod ...
‘Valve-stabilised’ rhinospirome ...
Septoplasty is a procedure often associated with high levels of patient dissatisfaction post-operatively. This study examined whether rhinospirometr ...
The predictive value of dominan ...
The objectives of this study were to determine the predictive value of dominant nodules (DNs) in multinodular goiters (MNGs), and to stratify the ri ...
Safety and patient selection of ...
Patient’s low compliance of conventional hearing aids has lead to innovation of totally implantable hearing devices such as Esteem, Envoy system. Th ...
The incidence of thyroid dysfun ...
External beam radiotherapy is currently the commonest form of treatment for early laryngeal cancer (T1/2) and thyroid dysfunction is a well recognis ...
Glottic laser surgery: outcomes ...
The aim of the present investigation was to analyze the oncological results of a series of early stage glottic carcinomas treated with CO2 laser-ass ...
Controversies in RELN/reelin ex ...
Several studies have reported a potential genetic association between disease-speciWc single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) of RELN and otosclerosis ...
The developing management of es ...
Esthesioneuroblastoma remains a challenging disease because of its rarity, the complexity of surrounding structures, missing opinions of optimal tre ...
MMP-2 expression in 102 patient ...
In order to evaluate the potential of matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) as a prognostic factor for glottic laryngeal cancer. One hundred and two su ...
Predictive validity of MRI in d ...
High recurrence rate of the middle ear cholesteatoma requires regular postoperative follow-up. This study evaluated data from the patients investiga ...
Personality factors and mental ...
While neuroticism has been intensely investigated in caregivers of patients with serious somatic disorders, studies in caregivers of patients with m ...
S100B and homocysteine in the a ...
Elevations of serum homocysteine levels are a consistent finding in alcohol addiction. Serum S100B levels are altered in different neuropsychiatric ...
The influence of maternal psych ...
The distorting influence of maternal depression on the ratings of child behaviour is known as the depression- distortion hypothesis. This study inve ...
Epidemiology of psychoactive dr ...
The study was conducted in response to the lack of epidemiological data in recent time on the use of psychoactive substances by adolescents in metro ...
Screening for the attention def ...
The strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) is a broad-band child mental health instrument, which has been reported to be a good screener for ...
Estimating measures of interact ...
Measures of interaction on an additive scale (relative excess risk due to interaction [RERI], attributable proportion [AP], synergy index [S]), were ...