OBJECTIVE To monitor size and shape changes of bone erosions and changes in BMD in the vicinity of the erosion and in the periarticular trabecular compartment of patients with RA using high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT (HR-pQCT) imaging and to compare an automated three-dimensional (3D) image processing technique with manual measurements of erosion width and depth. METHODS The shape ...

In screening endoscopy, biopsies for suspicious malignant lesions often show a diagnosis of regenerative atypia which makes it difficult to make clinical decisions because ambiguous pathologic characteristics. Therefore, we performed analysis find discriminating factors true gastric neoplasms among found in endoscopy. We reviewed medical records and endoscopic findings individuals with forcep u...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patients with ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke are at risk for systemic complications. The reasons why gastrointestinal bleeding occurs after stroke are unknown and have intuitively been attributed to stress ulcers. No study to date has addressed causes of gastrointestinal hemorrhage in stroke. METHODS Between 1976 and 1994, 17 patients identified from the Mayo Clinic med...

this study compared diet and regular coca-cola on enamel erosion in cold and room temperatures.seventy five enamel specimens were prepared and divided into 5 equal groups (n=15) as follows: group 1: regular beverage at room temperature, group 2: regular beverage at refri-gerator temperature, group 3: diet beverage at room and group 4: diet beverage at refrige-rator temperature. the specimens we...

purpose: to study the effect of phototherapeutic keratectomy (ptk) in the treatment of various superficial corneal pathologies. methods: we performed a nonrandomized, prospective study on patients who presented with superficial corneal disease and/or poor vision. fifty eyes were included recurrent corneal erosion (rce): 25 eyes, salzmann’s nodular degeneration: 9 eyes, spheroidal degeneration: ...

OBJECTIVES Considering the geographic differences in the prevalence of virulence factors such as CagA or VacA of H. pylori isolated from Korean adults compared with those from western countries, the establishment of a mouse model infected with H. pylori isolated from Korean adults is needed to investigate the pathogenesis and to develop vaccines against H. pylori infection in Korea. The aim of ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The role of H. pylori in the pathogenesis of ulcer disease in cirrhotic patients is poorly defined. Therefore, we sought to investigate the prevalence of H. pylori infection and the occurrence of gastroduode-nal lesions in patients with liver cirrhosis. METHODS AND PATIENTS Seroprevalence of H. pylori was tested in 110 patients with liver cirrhosis and 44 asymptomatic patients...