The Adult Asthmatic
Controlled, prospective, random ...
Among the materials used for luting indirect restorations, growing interest has been directed towards the use of self-adhesive resin cements. The ai ...
Heart rate reduction in cardiov ...
Heart rate influences myocardial oxygen demand, coronary blood flow, and myocardial function. Clinical and experimental studies support an associati ...
Direct admission versus transfe ...
Background Guidelines for the treatment of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) recommend primary PCI as first choice therapy. T ...
Acute and chronic effects of ex ...
Background Few studies have prospectively addressed the effects of exercise in the inflammatory activity of patients with coronary artery disease (C ...
Soluble TWEAK predicts hemodyna ...
Soluble TWEAK is a member of the TNF-alpha family of cytokines that has been shown to predict mortality in patients with heart failure. Pulmonary ar ...
As time goes by? The fallacy of ...
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is superior to thrombolysis (TL) as reperfusion therapy in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STE ...
Reducing elevated heart rate in ...
Background Heart rate (HR) is of relevant prognostic value not only in the general population and patients with cardiovascular disease, but also in ...
Histopathology of Lupus Nephrit ...
The spectrum of morphologic changes in lupus nephritis, either microscopic, ultrastructural, or immunohistological, closely reflects the great varie ...
Estrogen and Autoimmune Disease
Estrogenic hormones possess both immunostimulating and immunosuppressive properties. In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), pregnancy is associated ...
Overcoming a “Probable” Diagnos ...
Serum anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMA) are the serological hallmark of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), yet up to 15% of PBC sera are AMA negativ ...
Overview of Penicillin Allergy
Allergy to penicillin is the most commonly reported antibiotic allergy. However, most patients who report a positive history of a prior reaction to ...
The Adult Asthmatic
Asthma in the adult patient is a complex clinical syndrome. Multiple patient phenotypes and subphenotypes exist that contribute to disease heterogen ...
The Diagnostic and Clinical Sig ...
The role of autoimmunity in cardiovascular diseases has become one of the focal points of research studies. Autoimmune response and autoreactive aut ...
Serum heat shock protein 60 can ...
Heat shock protein (Hsp) 60 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. This study aimed to investigate ...
Liver autoantibodies in patient ...
Association between autoimmune liver diseases and scleroderma has been described. The purpose of this study was to study the prevalence of antimitho ...
Reactivity of pulmonary circula ...
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is complicated by pulmonary hypertension and right ventricle (RV) failure in approximately 10% of the patients. Factors inf ...
Predictive value of remission s ...
The objective of this study was to evaluate whether remission status after completion of induction therapy can be used to predict long-term renal ou ...
Inverse correlation of programm ...
Programmed death 1 (PD-1) has been shown to be involved in the negative regulation of the immune response. However, the role of PD-1 in ankylosing ...
A sarcoidosis patient with hand ...
Sarcoidosis infrequently involves the phalanges and the adjacent soft tissue. The management of bone lesions is not clear. We present herein the res ...
Comparable efficacy of standard ...
Hydroxychloroquine sulfate (HCQS) is a popular disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) despite modest efficacy and toxicity. Ayurveda (ancient ...
Study on acute-phase protein ch ...
This study was conducted to assess the pattern of changes and the relative value of acute-phase proteins (APPs) including haptoglobin (Hp), serum am ...
Comparative study on the determ ...
Variations in blood thyroid hormone concentrations give an indirect indication of changes in thyroid gland activity; therefore, selecting a suitable ...
Effects of platelet-rich plasma ...
To evaluate the effects of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) on cutaneous regeneration and wound healing in dogs treated with dexamethasone, the present st ...
Two outbreaks of Pasteurella mu ...
This short communication describes two outbreaks of Pasteurella multocida septicemia in neonatal lambs, which were characterized by high morbidity a ...
Glycophenotype of bone metastas ...
The significant morbidity and mortality associated with prostate cancer can universally be attributed to the consequences of metastases. Among prost ...