Pediatric penetrating keratoplasty is different from adult penetrating keratoplasty with respect to pre-, intra- and post-operative care. Patient selection is the most important step in pediatric ...

To reduce sedentary behaviour we must first quantify it. Although challenging, several studies have quantified SB in older people. [19,22–24] Whilst younger adults are engaged in SB during 60 % [] of ...

In Sjögren's syndrome, is there any enlargement of the lingual papillae? A 65-year-old woman has osteoporosis, severe xerostomy from Sjögren's syndrome, and dysphagia caused by enlargement of the ...

Opioids are used frequently to treat CP, and in the past two decades opioid use has increased dramatically. An exponential rise in the number of opioid prescriptions and the quantity (dose) [] ...

About 5% of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) are diagnosed before age 18. Because pediatric MS is uncommon, little is known about the experiences of children and adolescents living with MS. The ...

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. [] One explanation for ...

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 inconvenience of injection and 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, [] 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 ...