December 13-15, 2007: Firenze, Italy, ed. by C. Manfredi, ISBN 978 88-8453-673-3 (print) ISBN 978-88-8453-674-7 (online) © Firenze university press, 2007. Abstract: Nowadays an ever increasing interest in voice studies is present in the research and application fields both under biomedical and bioengineering scopes. Everyday more resources are assigned to this research field looking for new met...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS No accepted standard exists for the diagnosis of vocal fold paresis (VFP). Laryngeal specialists are surveyed to establish expert opinion on diagnostic methodology and criteria. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. METHODS Questionnaires were distributed at laryngology conferences in fall 2013. Responses were collated anonymously and subjected to cross-tabulated data a...

Abstract Background In ulcerative colitis (UC), faecal calprotectin (FC) correlates with endoscopic severity and disease extent, low levels are associated histological remission [1, 2]. The effect of mucosal inflammatory activity versus extent on the FC levels, remains poorly understood. We aimed to compare in patients grouped by histologic scores activity. also according active based or evalua...

Helicobacter pylori (HP)-eradication therapy increases Runt domain transcription factor 3 (RUNX3) expression in the glandular epithelial cells in enlarged-fold gastritis. The aim of this study is to evaluate expression of the RUNX3 protein, the product of a gastric tumor suppression gene, and mutagenic oxidative stress in human gastric mucosal specimens obtained from patients with HP-induced en...