Publications by authors named "Naomi Ghahrai"
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- Inmates face significant challenges in accessing surgical care, particularly for facial fractures, which are common in this population and make up about 14% of traumatic injuries.
- A study reviewed mandible fractures at a medical center from 2018 to 2023, comparing outcomes between 24 incarcerated patients and 181 civilian patients.
- The results showed that incarcerated patients had longer wait times for surgery and higher rates of subjective malocclusion after the procedure, indicating potential disparities in healthcare access and outcomes.
Intracellular bacteria that live in host cell-derived vacuoles are significant causes of human disease. Parasitism of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is essential for many vacuole-adapted bacteria. Acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) influences LDL cholesterol egress from the lysosome.
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