Questions answered. in theory.

Hair restoration: answered questions.

Dr. Dzubow's comments in "Hair Restoration: Turbo Transplants and Fractured Follicles" (Dermatol Surg 1995;21:283), regarding Dr. William Rassman's recent article "Micrografting in Extensive Quantities" (Dermatol Surg 1995;21:306-11), state that "questions remain unanswered." I have been working closely with Dr. Rassman for some time and perform extensive micrografting myself. In addition, I ha...

AMPK, MAPK and Bax in the heart: some questions answered.

The question of how Bax is activated during apoptosis to perform its role in permeabilization of mitochondrial membranes is intriguing for investigators in the wide field of cell death research. In their paper published in the Biochemical Journal in 2006, Capano and Crompton presented their discovery that simulated ischaemia causes rapid activation of AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) which p...

Doxycycline in lymphangioleiomyomatosis: not all questions are answered.

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Current management of scaphoid fractures. Twenty questions answered

In 1992 Nicholas Barton, the author fronting this book, wrote an article, published in The Journal of Hand Surgery, reviewing the management of scaphoid fractures by considering 20 questions. In this book he presents the state of play in 2002 by posing each of those questions to nine international experts. Mr Barton’s coauthors Günal and Çalli collate the responses in the form of 20 chapters wh...

Tumors of the Spleen and Liver: Your Questions Answered