Abstract: Ion channels are pore-forming proteins, located in the plasma membrane of almost all living cells. These protein complexes are often highly selectively allowing the flow of particular inorganic ions,...
Journal of Bacteriology and Mycology
Abstract: Objective: To compare the efficacy of 500Units vs. 250U botulinum toxin A (abobotulinumtoxinA) to treat severe vaginismus. Method: 51 women with severe vaginismus who had not responded to conventional treatments recruited from Feb. 2007 to Feb.2008. Nine were...
Austin Journal of Orthopedics & Rheumatology
Abstract: Subjects with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) usually present muscle weakness as an extra-pulmonary consequence of the disease, which can impair physical function. Our goal was to investigate the Sit-to-Stand...
Abstract: An ongoing debate in health care concerns the charges (and underlying costs) for visits to a hospital's emergency department (ED). Given the current concern with growing healthcare costs, it is an opportune time to look at a more appropriate way for an ED to structure its charges....
Annals of Hematology & Oncology
Abstract: Proteasome inhibitors have become indispensable in myeloma management in transplant eligible and ineligible patients in both induction and salvage settings. Excellent efficacy and a manageable toxicity profile haves made these...
Abstract: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation within the Department of Defense (DoD) has a unique role in military medicine. The advances of medicine on the battlefield over the 15 years led to an incredibly...
Austin Pharmacology & Pharmaceutics
Abstract: Changes of interleukin levels have been associated with advanced stages of several cancer types. Increased levels of cytokines induce tumorigenesis, being a poor prognostic marker for malignant disease. Chronic inflammation is...
Abstract: Epidemiological reports shown that glaucoma is second cause of vision loss. The newest reports postulated that approximately 60.5 million of people have glaucoma. Moreover, 8.5 million of...
Journal of Bacteriology and Mycology
Abstract: Subcutaneous mycoses, which are much less common than superficial fungal infections, include a heterogeneous group of infections that often result from direct penetration of the fungus...
Abstract: Nephroprotection has been resonating for quite some times about decades but unfortunately without any sound repercussion and major break through either in its appreciation or in the field of drug...
Austin Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research
Abstract: Purpose: Breast cancers are subdivided according to biological sub-types and commonly with reference to their expression (or lack thereof) of specific receptors - Oestrogen (ER), Progesterone (PR) and Her2-neu (HER2). Their...
Journal of Molecular Biology and Molecular Imaging
Abstract: We present a 31-year old male patient with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), complicated by obstructive uropathy due to a staghorn calculus. He had minimally invasive right lower pole parathyroidectomy (MIP), following...