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Exp Appl Acarol
December 2024
Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, 23200, Pakistan.
Studying teratological abnormalities in ticks are taxonomically important because this poorly understood biological phenomenon causes difficulties in tick's identification. Globally, reports regarding these abnormalities in ticks, reasons of their causes and their impacts are scarce. According to the available published data, there are no studies regarding teratological abnormalities in ticks from Pakistan.
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November 2024
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Pécs, 1 Akác street, Pécs, H-7632, Hungary.
Background: Objectives were to assess the mouth opening ability (MOA) among patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in comparison to a healthy control population. The impact of microstomia (decrease in any of the MOA parameters) on physical performance and long-term survival was also investigated.
Methods: Interincisal (ID), interlabial (LD), the intercommissural distances at both opened mouth and closed mouth (OW, CW) and the oral area (OA) and circumference (OC) all were assessed in 131 SSc patients.
Turk Neurosurg
November 2024
Istanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Aim: To examine the morphological properties of the cranial aperture of the optic canal (CAOC) in patients with a Chiari type-I malformation (CIM).
Material And Methods: Radiological images of 40 patients with CIM (24 females/16 males, mean age: 20.75 ± 14.
Spine J
December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China. Electronic address:
Background: The nomenclature, classification, and surgical approaches for spinal dural cysts (SDCs) remain a subject of controversy.
Purpose: The present study proposes a novel subtype classification system and corresponding surgical strategies, with the aim of enhancing comprehension of this entity and standardizing surgical treatment.
Study Design: A retrospective review.
J Craniomaxillofac Surg
October 2024
Dental Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Electronic address:
Purpose: This preliminary study aimed to assess the efficacy of zygomatic buttress bone grafting for nasal floor augmentation in patients with a unilateral alveolar cleft who were referred after the optimal timetable for this surgery had elapsed.
Case Series: Five patients, aged 12-18 years, with unilateral alveolar clefts were treated at Qaem Hospital, Mashhad, Iran. Initially, a mucous layer was established on the side of the cleft nose, followed by forming a bony bridge between the defect's sides through a bone graft derived from the zygomatic buttress and xenograft bone powder.
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