Unilateral Disease Serious consideration should be given to penetrating keratoplasty for unilateral corneal opacity, particularly in infants or children within the amblyogenic age range, because ...

Background Sedentary behaviour (SB), conventionally defined as low energy-expenditure activity undertaken in a sitting or reclining position, [1] is associated with adverse physical and mental health ...

Response from Robert Fox, MD Enlargement of the papillae on the distal tongue would be a very unusual manifestation of Sjögren's syndrome. I would be concerned that another process may be present.

Introduction Chronic pain (CP) is defined as 'pain that persists past the normal time of healing and lasts for 3 months or longer'. [1] It is a global health problem. A WHO survey of countries in ...

Because pediatric MS is uncommon, little is known about the experiences of children and adolescents living with MS. To be truly empathetic, nurses need to understand the feelings, emotions, ...

Infectious Diseases in Kidney Transplant Recipients Over 80% of renal transplant recipients suffer at least 1 case of infection during the first year after transplantation. Early diagnosis and ...

Oral Mucosal Immune Responses It is postulated that Langerhans-like local DCs are most likely to be critically involved in the persistence of allergen in the sublingual area. [68] One explanation for ...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract Subcutaneous allergen-specific immunotherapy has long been used in allergic rhinitis and/or asthma and has been recognized to be efficacious. However, owing to the ...

Introduction IgE-mediated food allergy (FA) is a growing problem worldwide. Defined as an immune response to a given food that occurs reproducibly upon exposure, [1] FA affects anywhere from 1 to 10% ...

Doxazosin mesylate (Cardura) is one of several peripheral selective a 1 -adrenergic antagonists currently marketed in the United States for the treatment of hypertension. [1, 2] The other currently ...

Introduction Gastric cancer is the fourth most common cancer worldwide, with an estimated 934,000 new cases per year, and the second most common cause of worldwide cancer deaths, with an estimated 700 ...