Aflatoxin B1 has been suggested as a causative agent for a G to T mutation at codon 249 in the p53 gene in human hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) from southern Africa and Qidong in China. The objective of the present work was to test the hypothesis that exposure to aflatoxin B1 either alone or coincident with other environmental carcinogens might be associated with allelic losses occurring durin...

Aim: The mortality and morbidity of COVID-19 disease are higher in patients with comorbidities. In this study, we staged chronic renal failure hospitalized the intensive care unit (ICU) aimed to evaluate process according stage failure.
 Material Method: medical records 249 followed Ankara City Hospital MH3 ICU were reviewed retrospectively. divided into three stages their estimated glomer...

Laboratory studies were carried out to ascertain the current susceptibility status of adult and larval stages of the Culex tritaeniorhynchus mosquito, vector of Japanese encephalitis, to various insecticides used under public health programs in India. The present study revealed that exposure of adult mosquitoes to diagnostic concentrations of DDT - 4.0%, malathion - 5.0%, fenitrothion - 1.0%, a...

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OBJECTIVES Endoaortic balloon occlusion (EBO) and aortic transthoracic clamping (TTC) are the dominant methods of remote access perfusion (RAP) in minimally invasive cardiac surgery. The aim of the study was to compare the two methods in terms of feasibility, success and complications. METHODS From June 2001 to November 2011, 307 (median age; range) (57; 16-77 years) and 460 (62; 11-88 years)...

BACKGROUND Identification of the best management strategy for nodules with Thy3 cytology presents particular problems for clinicians. This study investigates the ability of clinical, cytological and sonographic data to predict malignancy in indeterminate nodules with the scope of determining the need for total thyroidectomy in these patients. METHODS The study population consisted of 249 case...