Myocardial electrical impedance is a biophysical property of the heart that is influenced by the intrinsic structural characteristics of the tissue. Therefore, the structural derangements elicited in a chronic myocardial infarction should cause specific changes in the local systolic-diastolic myocardial impedance, but this is not known. This study aimed to characterize the local changes of syst...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study is to investigate the scaling properties of the sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) in remitted depressed men, and to evaluate if a past history of major depressive disorder (MDD) could modify significantly and definitively, as a "scar marker," the dynamics of the sleep EEG time series. METHODOLOGY Whole night sleep electroencephalogram signals were recorde...

Vol. 28, No. 3, 2016 413 Received June 23, 2015, Revised July 15, 2015, Accepted for publication July 20, 2015 Corresponding author: Hyun-sun Park, Department of Dermatology, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 07061, Korea. Tel: 82-2-870-2880, Fax: 82-2-870-0714, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creati...

purpose: to report a known case of leprosy with bilateral corneal scars. case report: we present a 70 year-old man who had developed claw hand deformity and loss of sensation in the extremities secondary to leprosy since 7 years ago. two years ago, he presented with loss of vision due to lagopthalmos and loss of corneal sensation for which he had undergone lateral tarsorrhaphy at the time. conc...

background: uterine rupture at the site of a previous cesarean scar is an uncommon but catastrophic complication of pregnancy, which is associated with significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. case presentation: a 30-year old woman at 24th week of gestation and complaint of pain, contractions and spotting was admitted in royan institute in tehran, iran. she had a past medical his...