BACKGROUND MYCN amplification (MNA) in neuroblastoma is a strong indicator of poor prognosis. However, some MYCN nonamplified (non-MNA) cases show poor outcomes, and examining the status of the gene requires an operation, which may have surgical complications. Therefore, a new marker is needed to identify cases of non-MNA neuroblastomas with poor prognoses using less risky procedures. Aberrant ...

This cross sectional study was conducted to determine the validity of three screening tools, Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF), Malnutrition Risk Screening Tool for Community (MRST-C) and Malnutrition Risk Screening Tool for Hospital (MRST-H) among elderly people at health clinics. The screening tools were validated against anthropometric and functional assessments. The anthropome...

Virus neutralization assays measure neutralizing antibodies in serum and plasma, the plaque reduction test (PRNT) is considered gold standard for measuring levels of these many viral diseases. We have developed procedures PRNT, microneutralization assay (MNA) pseudotyped virus (PNA) severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The MNA offers advantages over PRNT by reducing time, allowing i...

Background: Malnutrition, loss of body weight, muscle and fat mass wasting are common in patients with Parkinson's disease, and are associated with disability, longer length of hospital stay, impaired immune system and increased risk of mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status in patients with Parkinson's disease and its relation to the severity of the disease. &...

Introducción. La población peruana está envejeciendo y ello viene asociado al deterioro de la salud. Dicho proceso puede ser retardado o acelerado dependiendo del estado nutricional. Objetivos. Determinar los factores asociados riesgo nutricional en un grupo personas adultas mayores. Métodos. Se encuestaron 265 adultos mayores, libres cognitivo capaces comunicarse, atendidos centros atención pr...

Background: Malnutrition, loss of body weight, muscle and fat mass wasting are common in patients with Parkinson's disease, and are associated with disability, longer length of hospital stay, impaired immune system and increased risk of mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status in patients with Parkinson's disease and its relation to the severity of the disease. Meth...

Introduction: The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) has been developed to assess malnutrition in elderly and to filter those who might get benefited from early diagnosis and treatment. The objective of the present study was to examine the nutritional profile of old age hospitalized individuals through the use of the MNA in King Khalid hospital at Hail city of Saudi Arabia. Methods: Demogra...

A novel triphenyltin(IV) derivative of 2-mercaptonicotinic acid (H(2)mna) of formula {[(C(6)H(5))(3)Sn](2)(mna).[(CH(3))(2)CO]} (1) has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis and (1)H, (13)C-NMR, and FT-IR spectroscopic techniques. The crystal structure of complex (1) has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis at 173(1) K. Compound (1) contains two triphe...

Objective. To investigate the prevalence of malnutrition in orally and tube-fed nursing home (NH) residents in Germany and its relation to common health complaints and dietary intake. Methods. In 350 NH residents, subjects' characteristics, Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), and several health problems were inquired with the nursing staff using standardised interviews. In a subset of 122 reside...