autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (alps) is a prototypic disorder of abnormal lymphocyte homeostasis. in the september 2005 issue of the iranian journal of allergy, asthma and immunology, a patient with clinical features consistent with alps was described. although the clinical presentation was in favor of alps, a precise diagnosis needed more laboratory evaluations.

T he traditional medical diagnosis of disease requires observed anatomical or physiological abnormalities. Description of the disease's symptoms and signs follows naturally. Clinicians can then predict the anatomic diagnosis by recognizing these symptoms and signs in their patients. In the case of the functional disorders, such a process is impossible. Since there are no observed patho-physiolo...

A decade after Rome III, in 2016, Rome IV criteria were published. There are major differences between Rome IV and the earlier iteration, some of which are in line with Asian viewpoints. The clinical applicability of the Rome IV criteria of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in Asian perspective is reviewed here. Instead of considering functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) to be largely psy...

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Galway, Ireland Combining Electrospinning and Fused Deposition Modelling for the Fabrication of Multilayered Vascular Grafts M. Centola, A. Rainer, C. Spadaccio, S. De Porcellinis, J.A. Genovese and M. Trombetta *Corresponding Author: [email protected] Laboratory of Chemistry & Biomaterials, Area of Cardiovascular Surgery, CIR-Center Integrated of Research, University Campus Bio-Medico o...

M. Capone1 and G. Kotliar2 1INFM-SMC and Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via dei Taurini 19, I-00185, Rome, Italy and Physics Department, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Piazzale A. Moro 5, I-00185, Rome, Italy 2Physics Department and Center for Materials Theory, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA Received 9 March 2006; published 30 Augus...

1Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland 2Department of Neurology, Campus Bio-medico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, Italy 3AFaR, Department of Neuroscience, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Isola Tiberina, 00186 Rome, Italy 4Department of Health Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67010 Coppito, Italy 5Department of Psychiatry, S...

1 Department of Periodontics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”; “S. Giovanni Calibita, Fatebenefratelli” Hospital 2 Odontostomatology “S. Giovanni Calibita, Fatebenefratelli” Hospital 3 Department of Odontostomatology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Foundation Policlinico “Tor Vergata” 4 Department in Periodontics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata“. Director and Chief Department of Periodonti...