malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (mpnst) is a rare nerve sheath tumor derived from schwann cells or pleuripotent cells of neural crest. neurogenic tumors make about 10-20% of all mediastinal tumors. incidence of mpnst is 0.001% in general population and 0.16% in patients with neurofibromatosis i (nf i). we report a case of 60 year female presenting with progressive cough and breathlessne...

vitamin d deficiency is one of the common nutritional deficiency and it exists in both childhood and adult life. the prevalence of vitamin d deficiency is 50-90 % in the indian subcontinent. this was a cross sectional study which includes 96 apparently healthy school going children (50 male & 46 female) of age 5 to 10 years. we found that 33.33% (15 male &17 female) had vitamin d levels {25(oh)...

the bundelkhand-aravalli craton is the most important lithotectonic unit in the central and western india where paleoproterozoic aravalli supracrustal sequence has been deposited over an archaean basement, the latter also known as the banded gneiss complex (bgc). a ne-trending linear metasedimentary sequence, designated as the jahazpur belt occurs along the eastern fringe of the aravalli superg...

dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease which is not known to be endemic in iran. in october 2015, a 32-year-old iranian woman was admitted with acute unexplained high-grade fever, headache, pain, rash, diarrhea, leukopenia and elevated liver enzymes after returning from india. serological and molecular analysis for dengue virus (denv) infection revealed positive igm, negative igg and positive...

in this edge, medical tourism is not a new idea. medical treatment is one of the essential demands of human beings and it requires high quality and intensive care. beside western world, few developing countries are playing key roles as medical tourism destinations. india is one of the leading names among these countries. the purpose of the paper is to find the factors influencing the attractive...

background: genus acanthocolpus (trematoda: acanthocolpiidae) is one of the most important zoonotic digenean with wide geographic distribution in the world. the purpose of the present study was to describe morpholog-ical and morphometrical characteristics of acanthocolpus species, currently prevalent in marine fish fauna of puri coast, orissa, india. methods: gastro-intestinal organs of leiogna...

background: awareness of occupational hazards and its safety precautions among welders is an important health issue, especially in developing countries. objective: to assess the awareness of occupational hazards and utilization of safety measures among welders in coastal south india. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted among 209 welders in puducherry, south india. baseline characteri...

1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, 2 Frontier Lifeline Hospitals, Chennai , India, 3 Stem Cell Facility, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India, 4 SRM Institute for Medical Sciences, Chennai India, India, 5 The Mary-Yoshio Translational Hexagon (MYTH), Nichi-In Centre for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM), Chennai, ...

1Provincial Medical & Health Services, Chander Nagar, Alambagh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India 3Department of Pediatrics Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India 4Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, U...