purpose: to evaluate the efficacy of amniotic membrane (am) grafting in surgery for severe upper lid cicatricial entropion. methods: this randomized clinical trial was performed on both upper eyelids of 22 patients with severe cicatricial entropion. on one side the anterior and posterior lamellae were split and the anterior lamella was recessed. on the other side, the same procedure was done bu...

Abstract Background Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the most versatile and informative modality for diagnosis of locomotor injuries in many animal species; however, veterinary literature describing MRI dromedary camel tarsus lacking. Our purpose was to describe compare images twelve cadaveric tarsi, examined a 1.5 Tesla scanner, with their corresponding anatomical gross sections. Turbo spin...

TWO species of hypopial nyrnphs of mites of the family Glycyphagidae were recovered from Heterorn!l.s gatlrneri froin Yucatan, hlexico. Numerous specimens of a hypopus identified as Dermacaru.~ ornattl.~ Fain were recovered from the hair and skin. A single specimen of an endoparasitic hypopus identified as a new genus and species, Neolabidophort~s !/z~catanensis, was recovered from the hair fol...