UNLABELLED The specialty literature of the last decade presents the nonoperative management of the closed abdominal trauma as the treatment of choice. The purpose of this study is to highlight the importance of the optimal management of hepatic lesions considering the clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic approach. Our study is based on the analysis of the clinical and paraclinical data and al...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a challenging problem today, and previous study has shown that oxidative stress causes the collective pathophysiological conditions of many hepatopathies, so other new therapeutic approaches are needed. Hence, in this study the paraclinical and oxidative stress parameters of the efficacy of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) as an antioxida...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to evaluate the accuracy and errors of linear measurements of mesiodistal dimensions of Kennedy Class III edentulous space using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) in comparison with clinical measurements. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nineteen Kennedy Class III dental arches were evaluated. An impression was made of each dental arch and poured with dental stone. The di...

Considering that destructive articular lesions may occur in the first stages of the illness, it is difficult but necessary to establish a diagnosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) in due time. The authors present the case of a 9-year-old girl admitted to the Pediatrics Clinic of the "Filantropia" Municipal Hospital in Craiova, Romania, on November 26, 2002, for bilateral pain in the tars...