The aims of this study were to compare the therapeutic effects of a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), rabeprazole (RPZ), and a prokinetic agent, itopride (ITO), and to investigate the role of PPI in the treatment strategy for Japanese functional dyspepsia (FD) patients. We randomly assigned 134 patients diagnosed by Rome III criteria to 4 weeks treatment with RPZ 10 mg/day (n = 69) or ITO 150 mg/day...

Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a rare complication of dialysis which mortality can reach 50%. The usual treatment involves suspension the technique, medical treatment, and surgical enterolysis. We report case 36-year-old female who undergone continuous ambulatory without complications for 10 years. She presented at emergency department with abdominal pain diagnosis peritonitis was ...

Biofilms, the preferred bacterial mode of living and survival, are employed by most microorganisms—which tend to attach to surfaces—to gain physical support, increase nutrient utilization and availability, and augment their resistance against anti-bacterial agents. Rhodococcus ruber (C208) has been shown to form a dense biofilm on polyethylene surfaces while degrading them. Bacterial biofilms c...

Elastosis perforans serpiginosa (EPS) is a rare disorder classified as a primary perforating dermatosis. That group of diseases also includes reactive perforating col-lagenosis, perforating folliculitis or Kyrle disease. In EPS, protrusions of altered elastic fibers and other connective tissue material through the papillary layer and epidermis (called transepithelial elimination) clinically man...

Background & Aims Functional dyspepsia (FD) is subdivided into postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) and epigastric pain (EPS) according to the Rome III consensus. In clinical practice, there a major overlap between these subgroups. The IV criteria included postprandially occurring symptoms in PDS subgroup. We aimed analyze effects of criteria, compared with III, on FD subgroups patients recruit...

Background: The non-Doppler echocardiographic technique known as two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) has been demonstrated to help assess dyssynchrony and allow quantification of cardiac deformity timing in 2D greyscale images. This study evaluated the role accessory pathway (AP) localization compared electrophysiology (EPS) gold standard technique. Methods: was performed...

Silver syndrome (Silver spastic paraplegia syndrome) is a rare disorder of the peripheral nervous system that combines features of spastic paraparesis and peripheral neuropathy. The underlying genetic defects are two mutations in the BSCL2 gene which have been described in several families. Silver syndrome--related to the N88S mutation in the BSCL2 gene--is characterized by a spectrum of clinic...