Fallopian tube torsion caused b ...
Torsion of the fallopian tube is rare and generally isolated and unilateral. We report a case of acute abdominal pain in an adolescent virgin female ...
Is anemia at admission related ...
Hip fracture in elderly people is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Therefore, it is important to identify risk factors that potentially ...
The medical career choice motiv ...
Some decades ago being a medical doctor was characterized unambiguously as a profession that offers help and serves the patients’ needs during medica ...
The bishop and anatomist Niels ...
Many physicians are familiar with the parotid duct and the Danish physician/anatomist's name associated with it. However, most are unaware of Niels ...
Hydrocephalus and aquaporins: l ...
Purpose Hydrocephalus is a common disorder of defective cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) turnover. The identification of the aquaporin water channels (AQPs ...
Radiation-induced tumors in chi ...
Background Radiation-induced tumors (RIT) are increasingly recognized as delayed complications of brain irradiation during childhood. However, the t ...
Posttraumatic cerebral infarcti ...
common occurrence and usually no complications, posttraumatic cerebral infarction has rarely been reported. Such infarction is characterized by occl ...
Harvey Cushing’s experience wit ...
Purpose As the founder of modern neurosurgery, Harvey Cushing is known for his innovations and treatment for many neurosurgical disorders. However, ...
Delayed bilateral thalamic blee ...
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt is one of the most common procedure done by neurosurgeon worldwide. We present a rare case of delayed intracerebral bleed ...
Absence of exon 17 c.2970-2872d ...
dominant disorder characterized by café-au-lait spots, neurofibromas, skinfold freckles, Lisch nodules, bone deformities, learning disabilities, and ...
Idiopathic intracranial hyperte ...
Purpose Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a disorder associated with increased intracranial pressure without evidence of a space-occupyi ...
Hemorrhagic moyamoya disease in ...
Objective The clinical presentation of moyamoya disease (MMD) typically includes cerebral ischemia in children and intracranial hemorrhage in adults ...
Gene delivery of soluble vascul ...
Intra-plaque angiogenesis plays an important role in the development of atherosclerotic plaque. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a major ...
Fibroblast activation protein-a ...
Fibroblast activation protein-a (FAP) is a cell surface, serine protease of the post-prolyl peptidase family that is expressed in human breast cance ...
Pathogenesis and therapeutic im ...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is now widely accepted as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and mortality. Heart failure patients with CKD have ...
Effects of connexin-mimetic pep ...
Background Gap junction intercellular communication plays a fundamental role in various tissues and organs. Gap junctions transfer ions and molecule ...
Successful steroid treatment of ...
The patient was a 54-year-old woman with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) who developed complicating systemic sarcoidosis. Hyper ...
Methicillin-resistant Staphyloc ...
We believe that bacterial-infection-associated glomerulonephritis (GN), so-called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-GN, was extermi ...
Lung injury following acute kid ...
The mortality of acute kidney injury (AKI) remains unacceptably high, especially associated with acute respiratory failure. Lung injury complicated ...
Evidence-based statin prescript ...
Dyslipidemia is a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular disease in the general population, and the cardioprotective role of statins is well esta ...
Obesity and chronic kidney dise ...
Background Obesity and decreased kidney function have been shown to be prevalent in Western patients with heart failure; however, whether this pheno ...
The relationship between renal ...
Background In patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), renal cysts grow exponentially. Since remaining renal parenchyma h ...
A case of eosinophilic esophagi ...
Eosinophilic esophagitis is a rare chronic disease that mainly occurs in middle-aged males. Treatment with a glucocorticoid and/or proton pump inhib ...
Ileocecal collision tumor compo ...
Collision tumor means that two kinds of histologically distinct tumors coexist and neighbor without histological interminglement. This report descri ...
A case of hepatitis C-associate ...
Hepatitis C-associated osteosclerosis (HCAO) is a rare disorder characterized by a marked increase in skeletal mass in patients who are infected wit ...