Effect of fluoride exposure on ...
Objective To analyze the changes in serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and bone alkaline phosphatase (BALP) activity and changes in osteocalcin (BGP) ...
Influence of personal patterns ...
Objectives To investigate the influence of individual patterns of personality and behavior on the change in mood status after a brief period of Tai ...
Difference between urban and ru ...
Background Many environmental and genetic factors are presumed to be involved in the etiology of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). We devel ...
Esophageal squamous cell carcin ...
Esophageal achalasia is a primary motility disorder of the esophagus. Although various treatments can relieve the symptoms, esophageal cancer arisin ...
Laryngeal transplantation in mi ...
There is no eVective way of replacing all the functions of the larynx in those requiring laryngectomy. Regenerative medicine oVers promise, but cann ...
Increasing incidence of differe ...
There has been a worldwide increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer (TC). Documenting these recent trends is of immense value to cancer control m ...
Rectal acetaminophen versus per ...
There are a wide range of analgesic methods used for postoperative pain control in children undergoing elective adenotonsillectomy and there are man ...
Photodynamic therapy of early s ...
The indications of photodynamic therapy (PDT) of oral cavity and oropharynx neoplasms are not well deWned. The main reason is that the success rates ...
Vessel sealing system uvulopala ...
The objective of this randomized, controlled study is to compare intraoperative blood loss, operative time, postoperative pain and postoperative adv ...
A large atypical osteoma of the ...
An osteoma within the paranasal sinuses is a rare benign fibro-osseous tumour. Osteomas occurring in the maxillary sinus are exceedingly rare and ac ...
Persistent direction-changing g ...
The aims of the study were to clarify whether persistent direction-changing geotropic positional nystagmus contains vertical and torsional component ...
Association of adenoid hyperpla ...
The adenoid is a bacterial reservoir that contributes to chronic otolaryngologic infections. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a common pathogen ...
Evaluation of smell and taste i ...
Although a reduced olfactory/gustatory function aVects patients in all parts of life, this problem has not received much attention in Wegener’s gran ...
Choanal adenoid in adults with ...
Our objective was to conWrm the necessity of nasal endoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of choanal adenoid in adult patients with persistent bil ...
Development and validity of the ...
Nasal symptoms are the main elements that lead to a therapeutic decision and allow for evaluating treatment effects or natural evolution. Despite av ...
Tonsilar haemorrhage and re-adm ...
The aim of our study was to investigate the accuracy of haemorrhage rate in the community (i.e., actual rate versus hospital recorded rate) for tons ...
Reappraisal of the interplay be ...
The interplay of psychotic and affective symptoms is a crucial challenge in understanding the pathogenesis of psychosis. In this study, we analyzed ...
Decreasing the minimum length c ...
Brief hypomania lasting less than 4 days may impair functioning and help to detect bipolarity. This study analyzed brief hypomania that occurred in ...
Restless legs syndrome as a pos ...
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common disorder with estimated prevalence of 5% in children and 3.4% in adults. Psychiatric dis ...
Increased plasma levels of solu ...
Bipolar disorder (BD) has been associated with a proinflammatory state in which TNF-a seems to play a relevant role. The aim of the present study wa ...
Longitudinal changes of fractio ...
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) demonstrates decline of fractional anisotropy (FA) as a marker of fiber tract integrity in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). ...
Caregiver burden in chronic men ...
The aim of the present study is to identify the relative contribution of patient and caregiver characteristics in a sample of primary carers of pati ...
General and domain-specific neu ...
Earlier studies suggested more severe overall cognitive impairments in deficit versus non-deficit schizophrenia; however, the specific contribution ...
Parkinson’s disease risk from a ...
Due to the heavy and expanding agricultural use of neurotoxic pesticides suspected to affect dopaminergic neurons, it is imperative to closely exami ...
Open grade III fractures of tib ...
Open grade III fractures of tibia are challenging therapeutic problem even to experienced surgeons. Method for skeletal stabilization of these fract ...