Amerindian ancestry proportion as a risk factor for inflammatory bowel diseases: results from a Latin American Andean cohort.

Background And Aims: Latin American populations remain underrepresented in genetic studies of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Most genetic association studies of IBD rely on Caucasian, African, and Asian individuals. These associations have yet to be evaluated in detail in the Andean region of South America.

Genotype Prevalence of Lactose Deficiency, Vitamin D Deficiency, and the Vitamin D Receptor in a Chilean Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort: Insights from an Observational Study.

Lactose intolerance (LI) and vitamin D deficiency (VDD) have been linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We conducted an observational study in 192 Chilean IBD patients to investigate the prevalence of a specific gene variant (LCT-13910 CC genotype) associated with LI and the prevalence of VDD/Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) gene variants. Blood samples were analyzed using Illumina's Infinium Global Screening Array.

Community study of fixed-combination adapalene 0.1% and benzoyl peroxide 2.5% in acne.

A new fixed-dose combination formulation of adapalene 0.1% and benzoyl peroxide (BPO) 2.5% has shown excellent efficacy and safety in registration studies; however, it can be difficult to judge the real-world performance of a product using only the results from controlled clinical trials.

BiosStep-assisted walking in spinal cord-injured patients: an evaluation report.

BiosStep is a functional neuromuscular stimulation system designed to assist the gait of people with central nervous system injuries. It stimulates the quadriceps during the stance phase and the nerves in the popliteal space to produce the swing phase of the gait cycle. The gait obtained with BiosStep was assessed using kinematic analysis and it was compared with nondisabled gait.

Distalization of maxillary molars with the bone-supported pendulum: a clinical study.

A modified pendulum appliance with 2 endosseus screws for anchorage in the palatal area was used for maxillary molar distalization in each of 15 patients (average age, 13 +/- 2.1 years). Study models and lateral and panoramic x-rays were taken at the beginning and end of the movement to record the dental and skeletal changes.