OBJECTIVE Most studies have shown contradictory results regarding predictive factors of osteoporosis in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Since in these studies either T- or Z-scores has been used, our aim was to compare T- and Z-score in identifying risk factors of osteoporosis in IBD patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Bone density was measured by dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) at L2-L4 of the...

The increasing uses of zinc oxide nanoparticles (nZnO) in industrial and personal care products raise possible danger of using nZnO in human. To determine whether ZnO induces size-dependent anomalies during embryonic organogenesis, mouse embryos on embryonic day 8.5 were cultured for 2 days under 50, 100, and 150 μg of nZnO (< 100 nm) or micro-sized ZnO (mZnO; 80 ± 25 μm), after which the morph...

We interrogated the genetic modulation of maternal oxytocin response and its association with maternal behavior using genetic risk scores within the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene. We identified a novel SNP, rs968389, to be significantly associated with maternal oxytocin response after a challenging mother-infant interaction task (Still Face Paradigm) and maternal separation anxiety from the inf...

The U.S. population has nearly one radiographic examination per person per year, and concern about cancer risks associated with medical radiation has increased. Radiologic technologists were surveyed to determine whether their personal cumulative exposure to diagnostic X-rays was associated with increased frequencies of chromosome translocations, an established radiation biomarker and possible ...

Results Females constituted 84% of the cohort with a median age at diagnosis of 13.1 years. The mean LS BMD zscores decreased with time. Initially, 9% of patients had a low BMD, this proportion increased to 19% by 3 years after diagnosis. Overall, the BMD category decreased in 35% of patients from 1 to 3rd DEXA study. LS BMD followed a general deteriorating trajectory of -0.25 z-score/year from...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the esthetic outcome of single-tooth locking taper connection implants placed in the anterior maxilla following a postextractive nonfunctional loading protocol. This preliminary clinical study involving 16 patients evaluated the results of 21 implants placed in areas with high esthetic value. For each implant the pink esthetic score, white esthetic scor...