BACKGROUND This article reports on the bilateral lip mucosa flaps (BLMFs) for reconstruction of the vermilion tubercle of the corrected cleft lip deformity. METHODS From 2005 to 2013, the bilateral mucosa flaps procedures were performed on 34 secondary cleft lip patients (bilateral, n = 25; unilateral, n = 9). We retrospectively reviewed the pre-, intra-, and postoperative data of these 34 ca...

Three new species of Endonura are described from Iran. Endonura dichaeta sp. n. can be recognized by an ogival labrum, head without chaetae O and E, chaeta D connected with tubercle Cl, tubercle Dl with five chaetae on head, absence of tubercles Di on thorax I and tubercle (Di+Di) of thorax V with 2+2 chaetae. Endonura ceratolabralis sp. n. is characterized by large body size, reduction of labr...

Domagk is considered the pioneer of chemotherapy in tuberculosis with thiosemicarbazones. He studied, in cooperation with his collaborators, a large number of thiosemicarbazones developed by the chemists Behnisch, Mietzsch and Schmidt, has found that the 4-acetylaminobenzaldeydethiosemicarbazone was the most efficacious substance against the tubercle bacillus. This compound, according to Domagk...

Dopamine receptors were examined by Scatchard analysis in the striatal and olfactory tubercle regions of 11 inbred mouse strains. Simultaneous determinations of the binding characteristics of 3H-labeled 2-amino-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene (ADTN), a dopaminergic agonist, and [3H]spiroperidol, a dopaminergic antagonist, were examined. Among the 11 strains, the equilibrium dissocia...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to evaluate the topographic relationship between the morphology of the greater tubercle and the insertion of the tendon of the infraspinatus. MATERIALS AND METHODS First, we defined an impression of the greater tubercle, which has not been recognized in classic textbooks, as the "lateral impression" and then measured the dimensions of the "lateral im...

AIM To clarify the usefulness of supracondylar transjugular tubercle approach for treatment intradural lesions anterior and anterolateral to foramen magnum, in which the posterior portion of the jugular tubercle is removed extradurally through the condylar fossa with the atlanto-occipital joint intact. MATERIAL AND METHODS The supracondylar transjugular tubercle approach was applied to 28 cra...

1. Hereditary resistance to attack by air-borne tubercle bacilli is distinct from the resistance to the ensuing disease. 2. One inbred rabbit family has little resistance to attack: by the microorganism but has considerable resistance against the ensuing disease. 3. Another inbred family has considerable resistance against attack by the tubercle bacillus but has little resistance against the en...

The various theories regarding the etiology only serve to demonstrate how much there is yet to be proved about this disease. Boeck originally considered the disease to be a constitutional one, caused by a non-virulent form of tubercle bacillus. This opinion is still held by a large number of men. A comparatively high proportion of cases will later develop an active tuberculosis. Pinner believes...

One of the mechanisms which has been invoked to account for the progressive disappearance of tubercle bacilli from certain types of tuberculous lesions (closed cavities, cold abcesses, etc.) is the low oxygen tension prevailing in these areas. As far as is known, tubercle bacilli depend upon molecular oxygen for growth, and the rate and extent of their multiplication decredse rapidly in proport...