Submission Deadline: Feb. 1 Early Registration Deadline: Feb. 1 Transcriptional Mechanisms and Evolution JULY 25–28 • Chicago, Ill. Organizers: David Arnosti, Michigan State University; llya Ruvinsky, The University of Chicago; Justin Fay, Washington University in St. Louis Abstract Submission Deadline: May 1 Early Registration Deadline: May 1Submission Deadline: May 1 Early Registration Deadli...

Heartworm infection is one of the most important parasitic diseases in dogs and an increasing number of cases are reported each year by necropsy in Ahvaz. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Dirofilaria immitisinfection and to investigate the risk factors related to heartworm disease in urban dogs in this area. Blood samples were collected from 100 dogs from Feb 2007 to Feb ...

heartworm infection is one of the most important parasitic diseases in dogs and an increasing number of cases are reported each year by necropsy in ahvaz. this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of dirofilaria immitisinfection and to investigate the risk factors related to heartworm disease in urban dogs in this area. blood samples were collected from 100 dogs from feb 2007 to feb ...

Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) was originally described in trauma patients but is now known to occur in critically ill patients with a myriad of acute illnesses. Recent epidemiological studies have characterized the prevalence of intraabdominal hypertension (defi ned as an intraabdominal pressure [IAP] measured at the urinary bladder ≥12 mmHg) between 2% and 33% [1,2] and the prevalence o...

A45-year-old female presented with a 2-month history of numbness and tingling in her right hand. The symptoms, which were localized to the fingers, occurred throughout the day and wakened the patient at night. She reported that the symptoms were partially relieved by “shaking” her hand. The patient also reported weakness in her right hand, causing her difficulty in carrying her briefcase. Physi...

Migraine is a constellation of neurological symptoms with variable disease progression. Despite the standardization of migraine diagnosis with the International Headache Society (IHS) criteria, its etiology eludes medical research because its complexity as a disease lies in the multiple factors involved in migraine onset. The study of migraine genetics is providing important clues to the pathop...

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is caused by mutations in endoglin (ENG; HHT1) or ACVRL1/ALK1 (HHT2) genes and is an autosomal dominant vascular dysplasia. Clinically, HHT is characterized by epistaxis, telangiectases and arteriovenous malformations in some internal organs such as the lung, brain or liver. Endoglin and ALK1 proteins are specific endothelial receptors of the transfor...

OBJECTIVE: To explore the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis within a cohort Pakistani postmenopausal women with respect to lumbar spine hip. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Shifa International Hospital Islamabad, Pakistan from September 2019 Feb 2020. Study comprised 237 females who visited outpatient department hospital. The T-scores Bone Mineral density (BMD) data...