We studied the effects of lower extremity strength as well as gait and balance on the occurrence of falls in nursing home residents. Nursing home residents with a history of falls had less than half of the knee and ankle strength of nonfalling subjects residing in the same home. The differences were more prominent at the ankle than the knee, and were most pronounced in the ankle dorsiflexors, w...

Surgical submissions from canine splenectomy cases spanning a 3-year period (1988-1990) were evaluated. Eighty seven neoplasms of the spleen considered to be of nonangiomatous and nonlymphomatous origin were selected for morphologic classification, mitotic index determination, immunohistochemical analysis, and patient survival determination. In 76/87 cases, patient survival information was avai...

Diabetic foot ulceration poses a significant threat of osteomyelitis (OM) and subsequent amputation. The diagnosis of OM via imaging studies is difficult as radiographic findings do not present immediately and advanced imaging studies may be contraindicated or unavailable. A novel diagnostic tool has been developed which synthesises technetium-99 white blood cell-labelled single-photon emission...

OBJECTIVE To compare the frequency of genital lichen sclerosus (LS) in patients with morphea with that of control patients. DESIGN A prospective multicenter study. SETTING Four French academic dermatology departments: Strasbourg, Montpellier, Tenon Hospital Paris, and Henri Mondor Hospital Créteil. PATIENTS Patients were recruited from November 1, 2008, through June 30, 2010. Seventy-six ...

Periapical tissue from 58 cases requiring periapical surgery was examined histologically and cultured for the presence of microbes. Twenty-nine had a possible oral cavity communication and 29 did not. Approximately one-half of each biopsy was submitted for culture while the other portion was examined histologically. Cultures were positive for the presence of bacteria in 51 of 58 cases while bac...

Solar filaments are cold and dense materials situated in magnetic dips, which show distinct radiation characteristics compared to the surrounding coronal plasma. They associated with sheared twisted field lines. However, exact configuration supporting a filament material is not easy be ascertained because of absence routine observations inside filaments. Since many lie above weak-field regions,...

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The association of polymorphisms in matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) with clinical outcomes of gastric adenocarcinoma has not been examined. Ten polymorphisms in MMP1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12, and 13 were genotyped and investigated, and patients were followed for an average of 58 months. The activities of MMP2, 3, and 8 were measured. Recurrence risk increased in patients with the MMP2 rs2285053 CC g...