BACKGROUND:Our institution recently started using the femoral neck (FN), as well as the non-shunted distal radius (Rd), to measure bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with chronic kidney disease.We examined the utility and characteristics of this measurement in patients on maintenance dialysis.METHODS:We selected 293 patients on chronic dialysis

The loss of anterior teeth leads to extreme psychological trauma, along with functional and esthetic debilitations.Healthy anterior teeth play an important role of protecting the posterior teeth during excursive mandibular movement.Loss of anterior teeth induces posterior interference with extended disocclusion time.Posterior disocclusion Course a

Abstract Background and objectives International Normalized Ratio (INR) is a world-wide routinely used factor in the monitoring of oral anticoagulation treatment (OAT).However, it was reported that other factors, e.g.factor II, may even better reflect therapeutic efficacy of OAT and, therefore, may be potentialy useful for OAT monitoring.The primar

The evisceration of infested species on board commercial fleets and the throwing of viscera into the sea, as is mostly the case for hake, is common practice for reducing the occurrence of Anisakis in fishery products.Moreover, the high levels of infestation and ORG SUN DRIED RAISINS THOMPSONS the lack of technically and economically feasible soluti

Lumbar pain syndromes of the spine can also be referred to as the pain of the cross.These ailments have now become epidemics of our time.In literature, these pain are referred to as localized ailments that are located in the lumbar, lumbosacral, and cross-iliac areas.Cross pains are a very general term because there are a multitude of factors that