background :delay in diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis (aa) results in an increased rate of perforation, postoperative morbidity, mortality and hospital length of stay. several biochemical parameters including white blood cell (wbc) count, c-reactive protein (crp), interleukin-6 (il6) and procalcitonin (pct) have been used to further improve the clinical diagnosis of aa. the aim of ...

materials and methods the expression of gp73 was investigated in 88 cancerous and self-control non-cancerous tissues using tissue microarrays with immunohisto- chemistry and was confirmed by western blotting. circulating gp73 levels were detected in the sera of 281 patients with liver diseases using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. results the levels of circulating gp73 expression in the hcc ...

A total 119 physicians were interviewed to examine whether the diagnosis and prognosis of cancer should be communicated to terminally ill cancer patients. 53(44.5℅) of the physicians were not involved in the management of the patients who had recently died of cancer. 56(84℅) of the physicians who had patients didn't discuss the diagnosis and 62(93.9℅) the prognosis with their patients who had r...

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optic neuritis occurs in young patients, most often females, and presents as subacute monocular visual loss. periocular pain, particularly with eye movement occurs in the majority of cases. the retrobulbar form occurs in 65% of cases and is associated with normal optic disc appearance at onset. the central visual field is usually affected and an rapd and dyschromatopsia are present. brain magne...