OBJECTIVE : We evaluated whether tibia lead was associated with longitudinal change in brain volumes and white matter lesions in male former lead workers and population-based controls in whom we have previously reported on the cognitive and structural consequences of cumulative lead dose. METHODS : We used linear regression to identify predictors of change in brain volumes and white matter le...

We assess brain areas involved in speech production using a recently developed lesion-symptom mapping method (voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping, VLSM) with 50 aphasic patients with left-hemisphere lesions. Conversational speech was collected through a standardized biographical interview, and used to determine mean length of utterance in morphemes (MLU), type token ratio (TTR) and overall token...

s of papers 47 tered via water, in preventing necrotic enteritis (NE) in broilers and reducing fecal bacteria. The NE challenge model included: 200,000 Eimeria acervulina oocysts/bird 5d and Clostridium perfringens (CP) 7d posthatch. Healthy, newly-hatched broiler male chicks (Ross x Cobb commercial source) were randomly placed into wire floor cages. Treatments included positive non-infected co...

OBJECTIVE To study possible changes in wheelchair skills in participants with spinal cord injury between discharge and 1 year after rehabilitation, and to determine whether changes in wheelchair skills performance are related to lesion and personal characteristics, self-efficacy, and wheelchair satisfaction. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Eight rehabilitation centres with sp...

BACKGROUND Neutrophil-endothelial cell interactions are thought to play a critical role in the pathophysiology of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) induced gastropathy. AIMS To optimise a mouse model of NSAID induced gastropathy and to evaluate the importance of adhesion molecules using adhesion molecule deficient mice. METHODS Gastropathy was induced in C57BL/6 mice or their adh...

PURPOSE We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-directed cognitive fusion transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided anterior prostate biopsy for diagnosis of anterior prostate tumors and to illustrate this technique. METHODS A total of 39 patients with previous negative TRUS biopsy, but high clinical suspicion of occult prostate cancer, prospectively underwent pr...

OBJECTIVE To investigate acute inflammation in the peritoneal cavity in adhesion formation. DESIGN Prospective randomized, controlled trial. SETTING University laboratory research center. ANIMAL(S) 9- to 10-week-old BALB/c female mice. INTERVENTION(S) In a laparoscopic mouse model, acute inflammation in the peritoneal cavity evaluated in CO(2) pneumoperitoneum enhanced adhesions, by CO(...

abstract   squamous cell carcinoma (scc) is the most common malignant tumors of oral cavity. the ratio of men to women is about 2: 1. generally, it   is admitted that 60% of carcinoma of the mandibular gingival are located in the posterior of premolars. gingiva is one of the less common sites of oral squamous cell carcinoma (oscc). due to the variable clinical and behavioral presentations, it c...

BACKGROUND Articular cartilage lacks the ability for intrinsic repair after acute injury, and focal articular cartilage lesions cause significant morbidity worldwide. Arthroscopic debridement (chondroplasty) represents the majority of cartilage procedures of the knee; however, limited data exist regarding outcomes after chondroplasty performed in isolation of concurrent procedures or not as a p...

background: the optimal strategy in percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) for coronary artery bifurcation lesions has yet to be agreed upon. we compared a strategy for stenting the main vessel to provide a complete perfusion flow in the side branch, namely thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (timi) - iii, with a strategy for intervention in both the main vessel and the side branch (mv + sb...