Background: Lipemia retinalis (LR) is a rare disease related to hypertriglyceridemia. However, the symptoms of hypertriglyceridemia are insidious and difficult to detect without blood tests. The fundus is the only site where blood vessels can be observed directly.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHereditary hearing loss is one of the most common sensory disabilities worldwide. Mutation of POU domain class 4 transcription factor 3 ) is considered the pathogenic cause of autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss (ADNSHL), designated as autosomal dominant nonsyndromic deafness 15. In this study, four novel variants in , c.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To explore the effect of Obtusifolin on retinal pigment epithelial cell growth under hypoxia.
Methods: chemical hypoxia model of ARPE-19 cells was established using cobalt chloride (CoCl). Cell viability was tested by cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay.
Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue
December 2015
Purpose: To evaluate the clinical results and technique of sinus membrane hydraulic elevation followed by bone graft and implant placement simultaneously.
Methods: Twenty-five patients were involved in the study (male:15, female: 10, age: 40-62 yrs). The mean residual ridge was (4.
Purpose: To investigate the effect of three different zirconia angular abutments on the stress distribution in bone and abutment using three-dimensional finite element analysis, and provide instruction for clinical application.
Methods: Finite element analysis (FEA) was applied to analyze the stress distribution of three different zirconia/titanium angular abutments and bone around implant.
Results: The maximum Von Minses stress that existed in abutment, bolt and bone of the angular abutment model was significantly higher than that existed in the straight abutment model.
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of N2O inhalation and oral midazolam sedation on uncooperative patients with intellectual disability in pediatric dentistry.
Methods: N2O inhalation (35%-50%) and oral midazolam conscious sedation (dosages range: 0.50-0.
Objective: To investigate the prevalence and causes of blindness and moderate and severe visual impairment among adults aged ≥ 50 years in Longyao County, Hebei Province, China.
Methods: It was a population-based cross-section study.Geographically defined cluster sampling was used in randomly selecting 5527 individuals aged ≥ 50 years in Longyao County.
J Interv Card Electrophysiol
April 2011
Background: Neurohormonal dysregulation contributes to heart failure (HF) progression. We sought to determine the effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) on nerve growth factor (NGF), a biomarker that promotes the maturation and survival of sympathetic nerve endings, and amino-terminal propeptide of type III procollagen (PIIINP), a marker of type III collagen synthesis.
Methods: This prospective study consisted of 45 consecutive patients who received cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator for advanced HF and 20 healthy age-matched controls.