670 Ann Dermatol Received August 30, 2013, Revised October 28, 2013, Accepted for publication November 1, 2013 Corresponding author: Masutaka Furue, Department of Dermatology, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashiku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. Tel: 81-92-642-5581, Fax: 81-92-642-5600, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the ...

The number of biological therapies in development to treat chronic diseases has risen steadily over the years. The fact that many of these therapies are designed for home delivery by patients or caregivers via subcutaneous injection, combined with the increasing complexity of longer acting formulations, larger injection volumes and longer injection durations, has raised the bar for seamless inj...

BACKGROUND Ethanol injection is widely used in liposome preparation. However, the parameters determining particle size distribution of the liposomal preparation has not been fully defined. MATERIALS AND METHODS A syringe pump-driven microfluidic injection device was used to produce liposomes under different conditions. RESULTS Particle size of the liposomes was decreased with decrease in ne...

Effective local anesthesia is arguably the single most important pillar upon which modern dentistry stands. Paradoxically, the injection of local anesthetic is also perhaps the greatest source of patient fear, and inability to obtain adequate pain control with minimal discomfort remains a significant concern of dental practitioners. Although the traditional aspirating syringe is the most common...

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Suicides by intravenous injection of an overdose of medicaments are uncommon. In this paper, we present the case of a suicide by rocuronium-bromide injection in combination with an oral overdose of metoprolol. Unfortunately, in Belgrade, there is no toxicological laboratory capable of detecting rocuronium. The interpretation of autopsy and toxicological data in this case was made difficult due ...

Selective catheterization of intracranial arteries for angiographic, embolization, and perfusion procedures is usually performed with a calibrated-leak balloon catheter first developed by Kerber [1]. This system employs a leaking latex micro balloon glued to the end of a very flexible 2.5 French Silastic catheter [2, 3]. The flexibility of this catheter necessitates that it be injected into the...

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