Background Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is usually defined as three or more consecutive pregnancy losses before 20th gestational week. Many etiological factors have been considered as cause of RPL including genetic factors, uterine anatomical defects, endocrine abnormalities, thrombotic and immunologic factors. Nevertheless, the cause of RPL remains unknown in around half of the patients desp...

Cardiomyopathies (CMs) have many etiological factors that can result in severe structural and functional dysregulation. Fortunately, there are several potentially reversible CMs that are known to improve when the root etiological factor is addressed. In this article, we discuss several of these reversible CMs, including tachycardia-induced, peripartum, inflammatory, hyperthyroidism, Takotsubo, ...

Results from epidemiogical studies have provided clues as to etiological factors involved in the development of large bowel cancer. Overnutrition, especially in terms of dietary fat consumed, appears to be a key etiological variable affecting the rate of colon cancer. Epidemiologists can provide the leads for chemists and bacteriologists to pursue in population groups and for experimentalists t...

OBJECTIVE To investigate and determine the clinical findings, lesions, risk factors, and variety of etiology in Turkish patients suffering from vertebrobasilar ischemia. METHODS The clinical, radiological, and prognostic features of patients with ischemic stroke in the vertebrobasilar system (VBS) are not homogeneous. The mechanism, localization, and severity of the vascular lesions and the p...

BACKGROUND Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) is commonly used in nursing for patients with leukemia. The purpose of this study was to investigate the risk factors of Catheter-related infection (CRI) in patients with leukemia and to provide some nursing strategies based on the results. METHODS Clinical data from 140 patients with leukemia between May 2014 and July 2016 in Haiyang P...

Aim The etiology behind abnormal development of the neural tube during embryonic life is not well understood. The evidence for associations of environmental cause and genes remains controversial. However recent analysis suggests excessive corresponding risks at environmental exposure levels and involvement of genes. Methods We analyzed the research on developmental defects of neural tube and de...

BACKGROUND Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common neuropathy of upper limbs and a leading cause of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders, in terms of work exposure, repetitive and forceful exertions of the hand and use of vibrating hand tools. The aim of the study was to evaluate etiological factors of carpal tunnel syndrome in subjects occupationally exposed to monotype movements ...