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Immunity and Sex Concerns on Behaviour From IgE vs IgG to sex conditioned socialization?

Aims: To find evidence that the immune response modifies behavior by regulating sex hormones. Study Design: Experimental transversal case control study and longitudinal experimental case control study. Place and Duration of Study: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Chair, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences Faculty, National University of Córdoba. 2009-2015. Methodology: Albino Swiss mice Rockefeller strain (110)…
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July 23, 2019 0

Drug Interactions: A Comprehensive Update

Possibility of occurrence of drug interactions increases with the number of drugs administered. Drug interactions can be classified in a number of ways using different basis as well as terminology. Drugs may interact with other drugs, foods, beverages, contrast media, and herbs; outside or inside the body. The term “drug-condition interaction” is sometimes used when…
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July 23, 2019 0

Panoramic Overview of the Autopsy

The dissection of dead bodies for medical purposes that is postmortem examination dates back to ages. The human body is vulnerable to various ailments because of its genetic constitution and its immediate environment. The interaction of genetic and environmental forces cause and moderate the severity  of  diseases,  leaving  clinicians  highly  perplexed  in  some  situations.  Postmortem …
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July 20, 2019 0

Can We Predict Preeclampsia?

Hypertensive  disorders  in  pregnancy  are  a  leading  cause  of  peripartum  morbidity  and  mortality. Preeclampsia is a heterogeneous maternal syndrome. Large  studies  have  pointed  out  the  association  of  impaired  spiral  artery  remodeling  at  the fetomaternal interphase in preeclampsia, but how exactly is the fetomaternal dialogue mediated and what are the biomarkers to detect the subclinical disease…
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July 20, 2019 0

Noninvasive Antenatal Diagnosis of Fetal RhD Status

Introduction: Fetal cell-free nucleic acids within the blood stream of a pregnant woman come from fetal  genetic  material  which  can  be  acquired  by  simple  venipuncture  that  reduces  any  risk  to  a minimum. Fetal cell-free DNA can be detected in the mother’s blood stream in the 5th gestation week at the earliest. That enables fetal genotyping…
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July 20, 2019 0

Risk Factors for Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip in New-borns and Infants

Aims: To identify the association between potential risk factors with developmental dysplasia of the hip in neonates. Study Design: A cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: Laboratory of  Lifestyle,  Division  of  Health  Sciences  and Engineering, Campus Celaya Salvatierra, University of Guanajuato Mexico, between June 2014 and February 2015. Methodology: We include 100 newborns,…
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July 20, 2019 0

Brucellosis of Testis and Epididymis: An Update of the Literature

Background: Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease which has the ability to afflict a number of organs and tissues.  Brucellosis  epididymoorchitis  (BEO),  a  complication  of  human  brucellosis,  can  emanate  in complications. In brucellosis non-endemic areas, some clinicians may be unfamiliar with the disease entity which may lead to delay in the diagnosis. Aim: To review the…
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July 20, 2019 0

The Morphological Basis and Laws of Autopsy Interpretation: Exploring the Relationship between the Basic Medical Sciences, Anatomical Pathology and Clinical Practice

The  discipline  of  Morbid  Anatomy  or  Anatomical  Pathology  is  a  bridge  between  the  basic  medical sciences  and  the  clinical  sciences [1]. It  is  clinico-pathologic  discipline  which  deals  with  the identification  of  lesions,  interpreting  them  correctly  at  the  macroscopic  and  microscopic  levels  and relating them appropriately to known diseases within the context of the index patient…
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July 20, 2019 0

Ectopic Prostate in the Uterine Cervix / Female Genital Tract Including Vagina and Vulva: A Review of the Literature

Background: Men are known to have prostate glands but not women. The thought of prostate gland occurring in the female genital tract in women would be petrifying to all clinicians and people who are not aware of  its biological  behavior. Ectopic prostate in the uterine cervix (EPIUC) and the female genital tract (FGT) is very…
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July 20, 2019 0

Screening the Thyroid before Initiating Treatment for Acromegaly?

Aim: To present a case of acromegaly with coexisting thyrotoxicosis and to emphasize the relevance of screening the screening the thyroid before initiating treatment for thyrotoxicosis. Presentation of the Case: A 55-year-old lady presented with palpitations, and weight loss of two months’ duration. She also noted her fingers and toes had swollen up, inability to…
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July 20, 2019 0