Molecular identification and an ...
Conventional bacterial isolation and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were used in the evaluation and detection of 100 commensal Escherichia coli iso ...
Adaptation of an indirect enzym ...
The aim of this study was to compare a domestic indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DI-ELISA) and an in-house agar gel immunodiffusion (AGI ...
Occurrence of hydatidosis in ca ...
A cross-sectional study was conducted during four seasons from October 2009 to October 2010 to assess the status of cystic hydatidosis in the slaugh ...
Effects of different health sta ...
In reptiles, several studies show the correlation between good or poor health and changes of physiologic parameters, but the comparison among data, ...
New Therapeutics in C1INH Defic ...
Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a genetic condition causing a significant burden of illness for affected individuals. Episodes of angioedema involvin ...
Advances in the Surgical Manage ...
Current research has only reinforced the belief that chronic rhinosinusitis is a multifactorial and idiosyncratic disease process. Most basic scienc ...
Severe Asthma with Fungal Sensi ...
A new phenotype of asthma has been described recently, namely severe asthma with fungal sensitization (SAFS). SAFS can be conceptualized as a contin ...
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Afte ...
The timing of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy remains a debated topic, despite increasing literature ...
How Can the AJCC Staging System ...
Although the current American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC) staging system is the most widely used classification scheme for the prognostication ...
Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Aorti ...
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common form of congenital heart disease, with frequent and premature occurrence of cardiac events, dominated ...
Measuring Treatment Effects in ...
Cardiac MRI (CMR) offers the potential to assess valid and reliable parameters associated with cardiac diseases and the corresponding clinical progn ...
Vitamin D, Hypertension, Left V ...
The extra-skeletal effects of vitamin D have been increasingly recognized in the recent years and its effects on blood pressure and cardiac function ...
Red Meat Intake and the Risk of ...
Despite a wealth of research on cholesterol and saturated fat and cardiovascular disease (CVD), few studies have examined the association between re ...
Who Benefits from Portal Vein E ...
Preoperative portal vein embolization (PVE) is used to increase the volume and function of the liver that will remain after major hepatectomy (the f ...
Pros and Cons of Extrapolating ...
Both the incidence of invasive fungal infections and the number of antifungal agents available to clinicians have expanded significantly over the pa ...
Antifungal Pharmacokinetics and ...
Patients with burn injuries are at high risk of developing invasive fungal infections leading to increased morbidity and mortality. Burn patients un ...
New Developments in Pancreatic ...
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma presents in an advanced stage and has a dismal prognosis. Extensive recent research efforts have provided us with greater ...
Current Perception of Nutrition ...
Historically, physicians have perceived the quality of nutrition training during medical school as inadequate. A literature review suggests that thi ...
Intravenous Iron in Heart Failu ...
Iron deficiency is commonly seen in congestive heart failure (CHF) in both anemic and nonanemic patients. In six studies in which these iron-deficie ...
Recombinant Human Angiotensin-C ...
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is a monocarboxypeptidase that metabolizes several peptides, including the degradation of angiotensin (Ang) I ...
The Relevance of Iron Overload ...
Accumulation of excessive amounts of iron in vulnerable organs and tissues, together with elevated plasma and intracellular concentrations of reacti ...
Potential Dopamine-1 Receptor S ...
The role of dopamine receptors in blood pressure regulation is well established. Genetic ablation of both dopamine D1-like receptor subtypes (D1, D5 ...
Neurosurgery for Brain Tumors: ...
Advances in diagnostic imaging modalities and improved access to specialty care have led directly to an increased diagnosis of both metastatic and p ...
Obesity and Cancer Risk: Recent ...
The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing worldwide, and the evidence base for a link between obesity and cancer is growing. In the Uni ...
A Review of Osteoporosis Diagno ...
Fracture rates are known to vary by more than an order of magnitude worldwide; therefore, a single approach cannot be universally applied to all cou ...