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Epidemiological and recovery facilitating studies of an urban population of stroke patients in Iran
(2010-05-28)
Introduction: Approximately 15 million people have a stroke annually in the world, of whom one third will die within one year and one third will suffer permanent disability. Over 85% of these deaths happen in people living ...
Studies on hereditary spastic paraplegia proteins
(2010-05-14)
The hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are a clinically and genetically diverse group of inherited neurological disorders that primarily cause progressive spasticity and weakness in the lower limbs due to a length-dependent, ...
Kaposi's sarcoma and malignant lymphomas in Tanzania during the AIDS epidemic
(2009-02-27)
Kaposi s sarcoma (KS) studies Kaposi´s sarcoma (KS) is the most frequent AIDS tumor (AKS) and associated with HHV-8, but controversial whether a clonal tumor or mostly a reactive proliferation of endothelial spindle cells (SC). In the present...
Genetic content of clinical pneumococcal isolates and its relation to disease outcome
(2009-09-30)
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a Gram-positive bacterium that can cause a wide range of diseases. These include otitis media, sinusitis, pneumonia and meningitis. It can, however, also cause asymptomatic carriage thereby ...
The Rarebit fovea test : a new measure of visual function
(2008-04-23)
Visual acuity (VA) measurement by the use of letter charts is the most
frequently used method for testing foveal function. However, since a
decimal visual acuity of 1.0, often used as limit for normality, can be
achieved ...
Genetic and immunological mechanisms regulating neuroinflammation
(2010-10-27)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common neurological disorder in young adults and imposes both health and socioeconomic burdens on society. The cause and aetiology of MS are incompletely understood and current treatments ...
Recessive parkinsonism, mitochondria and translational regulation
(2008-09-05)
Three genes are known to cause recessive forms of Parkinson disease (PD) in humans: parkin, PINK1 and DJ-1. Of these, the rarest is DJ-1; less than fifty known cases worldwide are due to mutations in DJ-1. Though rare, ...
Dissection of HIV-1 Env-specific B cell responses in non-human primates
(2010-04-27)
It has been almost 30 years since the identification of HIV as the causative agent of AIDS. Despite considerable efforts to halt the spread of the virus, the epidemic continues in many parts of the world. The most efficient ...
Effects of an expanded rehabilitation programme in patients with ischemic heart disease
(2009-11-12)
was offered physical training, education and heart school with information/counselling on risk factor intervention. The patients met with a cardiac nurse on one or two occasions after the event and a cardiologist on one occasion, 6-8 weeks after the event...
Genetic and environmental aspects of symptomatic gallstone disease
(2009-05-22)
Gallstone disease (GD) represents a major healthcare problem. Gallstones
are likely to result from a complex interaction of the environment and
the effects of multiple undetermined genes.
The aim of this study ...