INTRODUCTION The precise role of the remodeling process and possible therapies for bronchiolitis obliterans remain to be established. OBJECTIVE [corrected] In the present study, we sought to validate the importance of nasal collagen V tolerance to verify whether bronchovascular axis remodeling could be reverted by this therapeutic approach when compared to steroid treatment. METHODS Mice we...

BACKGROUND In addition to cigarettes, bidi, made of unprocessed and low-grade tobacco, is being smoked widely in Bangladesh and in other south Asian countries. The cause-and-effect relationship is established between thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) and smoking. However, type of smoking material(s) most strongly related to TAO is not yet determined. METHODS We conducted a hospital-based case-...

Early after the definition of thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO), it was noticed that TAO patients are almost always tobacco smokers. Later on, relationship between continued smoking and prognosis documented. Consequently, came to be considered as main cause TAO. However, is still unknown why, amongst millions smokers, only a small number develop It also remains who continue smoking, half them sh...

We prove an endpoint estimate for oscillatory integral operators whose phase function satisfies the cinematic curvature condition. It is a generalization of a result due to Tao (2001).

The Biochemical Characterization of Drosophila melanogaster RecQ4 Helicase by Christopher Lee Capp Department of Biochemistry Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Tao-shih Hsieh, Supervisor ___________________________ Michael D. Been ___________________________ David N. Beratan ___________________________ Arno L. Greenleaf __________________________...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence rate of circumcision for phimosis and other medically indicated reasons in Western Australian boys from 1 January 1981 to 31 December 1999. DESIGN AND SETTING A population-based incidence study using hospital discharge data of all circumcisions performed in all WA hospitals during the study period. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Changes in the incidence rate of...