The prevalence of allergic diseases in the population varies different countries from 10 to 40%. Improving quality diagnosis, treatment and prevention is an urgent public health problem. article deals with etiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture diagnosis diseases. main stages allergy include a number specific non-specific examination methods. In particular, authors consider various methods la...

Submitted: 12 August 2013; Revised: 24 September 2013; Accepted: 27 September 2013; Published online first: 11 October 2013

Address for Correspondence: C.S. Ramesh Babu, Associate Professor of Anatomy, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, N.H-58, Opp. Begrajpur Industrial Area, Muzaffarnagar251203 (UP) India. Mobile: +919897249202 E-Mail: [email protected] Background: Spinal stenosis is defined as the narrowing of central spinal canal or its lateral recesses. Stenosis of spinal canal becomes important only when it resul...

In his thesis, K. Koskenniemi presents a new model for morpholo­ gical description, two-level morphology (l). The model has two components: 1) a lexicon component 2) a rule component The lexicon component consists of lexicons for different mor­ phological elemehts, such as stems and endings. Continuation classes constitute the links between the lexicons. The rules specify equivalences between p...

164 P&T® • March 2016 • Vol. 41 No. 3 INTRODUCTION Obesity is becoming an increasingly serious and costly health problem in the United States, with more than one-third of adults (34.9%) and 17% of children suffering from this condition.1 Obesity is defi ned as having a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30, while being overweight is defi ned as having a BMI between 25 and 29.9.2 Besides being a...

The original discovery of the genetic polymorphism of )8-Lg by A s c h a f f e n burg & D r e w r y i n 1955 has initiated considerable research activities on milk protein variants. In view of the immense literature dealing with these subjects, reference should be made here to some comprehensive reviews recently publis­ hed (29, 37, 49, 55, 71). In many studies, possible relationships between m...

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) operations are one of the most commonly performed sur‐ gical procedures, with a worldwide prevalence of over 800,000 annually and more than 350,000 operations being performed in the United States each year [1]. The use of the left internal mam‐ mary artery (LIMA) is widely considered to be the gold standard for conventional CABG opera‐ tions. Its use has been...

147 Individual plant respon~es to herbivory were initially investigated to establish prudent guidelines for livestock grazing on pastures and rangelands. A great deal has been learned concerning the effects of defoliation on the morphology, physiology and productivity of important forage and browse species. However, our perception and understanding of individual plant responses to herbivory hav...

affected than females [2,6 ]. Bolton pointed out that The uraemic syndrome is characterized by overall 60% of patients receiving haemodialysis for uraemia deterioration of biochemical and physiological funchave neuropathy by electrodiagnostic criteria [2]. The tions in parallel with the progression of renal failure. main symptoms are restless legs, spontaneous cramps, Uraemia results in variabl...