background: genital tuberculosis (gtb) is an important cause of female infertility, especially in developing countries. the positive results of polymerase chain reaction (pcr) in endometrial gtb in the absence of tubal damage raise the possibility of the detection of sub-clinical or latent disease, with doubtful benefits of treatment. objective: to evaluate the mycobacterium tuberculosis infect...

In the course of biosynthesis of cobamides and their related compounds, a variety of intermediates can be found in addition to the final products. For the isolation, identification, and characterization of these substances, column chromatography, paper electrophoresis and physicochemical procedures such as ultraviolet and visible spectrophotometry have been employed. Sometimes, microbiological ...

Introduction Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy of abdominal masses is an increasingly common diagnostic procedure in oncology. Various imaging modalities like lymphography, fluoroscopy and computerized tomography (CT) have been utilized in the evaluation of abdominal masses. The advantages of ultrasono-graphy is that it is rapid, inexpensive, versatile, no ionizing radiation is ap...

graphy (LC) has been used for identification of proteins excised from 1-D or 2-D gels. The automated nature of protein database searching using uninterpreted MS/MS data (4), the low femtomole sensitivity and the ability to identify a protein based on a single MS/MS product ion spectrum allow the identification of more than 100 proteins per day. Thus, extensive protein identifications have been ...

Background and Purpose—Sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) is a common sleep disorder in stroke patients and is associated with decreased recovery and increased risk of recurrent stroke and mortality. The standard diagnostic test for SAS is poly(somno)graphy, but this is often not feasible in stroke rehabilitation settings. This study investigated the diagnostic value of nocturnal oximetry for screening...

Follicular bronchiolitis (FB) is a benign progressive lung disease. It is characterized with lymphoplasmocellular infiltration and hyperplastic follicles in the peribronchial areas in the small airways. Follicular bronchiolitis should be considered in cases where chronic cough, recurrent upper respiratory tract infections and progressive dyspnea are observed in children. The diagnosis should be...

HRV (heart rate variability) is a general noninvasive method for indicating the activities of ANS (autonomic nervous system). The surrogate of HRV is PRV (pulse rate variability), where the variability of resting PPG (photo plethysmo graphy) indicates the activities of ANS and peripheral circulation. However, the quick responses of thermoregulation and limb movement are restrictedly performed s...

Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus is a relatively rare malignancy. It is highly progressive and poorly prognostic in untreated conditions. In the western populations, the rate of primary small cell carcinoma in all esophageal cancer types is between 0.05% and 2.4%, while it is endemically increasing up to 7.6% in the eastern populations. Most of the cases are in extensive stage at t...