The serum levels of Th2 markers, including CCL17 (thymus and activation-regulated chemokine [TARC]), CCL22 (macrophage-derived chemokine [MDC]), and soluble CD30, were measured in 101 HIV-negative tuberculosis patients, 103 healthy community controls, and 18 tuberculosis patients in recovery. The levels of CCL17/TARC (249.8 ± 19.91 versus 143.9 ± 10.54, P < 0.0001) and sCD30 (7.78 ± 0.44 versus...

Results: The apoptosis index of bile duct epithelial cells in the 38 BA children (51.74%±19.93%) was significantly higher than that of the 16 normal controls (12.34%±19.32%, P<0.01), whereas no significant difference of cell proliferation index existed between the BA children (19.04%±9.78%) and the normal controls (12.68%±15.56%, P>0.05). Comparison of the apoptosis index with the proliferation...

Results 2 carrier for M694V and two patients who were homozygote for MEFV mutations. Both of these patients were among the most severe patients in the group. One had an excellent response to etanercept whereas the other was resistant to anti-TNF and other conventional treatments and had only a partial response to thalidomide. Although the number of severe mutations were increased in this small ...

background: this study conducted as part of a screening program for the promotion of community health in the primary care setting of ormos korthi in andros, greece. the objective of this study was to identify the levels of glucose and total cholesterol in individuals without major cardiovascular problems in order to identify cases of undetected dyslipidemia and high blood glucose levels, in a r...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the T cell immune function in chronic hepatitis B hepatocirrhosis patients at the compensated and decompensated stage following treatment with adefovir dipivoxil. A total of 104 patients diagnosed with hepatitis B hepatocirrhosis during the period from October 2013 to October 2014 were enrolled in the study. Among the cases, there were 56 cases at...

OBJECTIVE To discuss the method for early diagnosis of severe pneumonia on children. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty-six children with severe pneumonia were enrolled from Department of Pediatrics and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of our hospital and divided into two groups according to parasitological detection: bacterial pneumonia group consisting of 34 children patients and non-bacterial pneumonia g...

Purpose: To evaluate the utility of artificial ascites induction for radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of peridiaphragmatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) through retrospective cohort analysis comparing characteristics and complications of peridiaphragmatic HCC without the use of artificial ascites to non-peridiaphragmatic HCC. Materials and Methods: IRB approval was obtained. From September 2003 t...

background: anterior interbody fusion of the cervical spine have become the gold standard for treating spinal diseases, hence the aim of this study was to compare long term follow up results in patients with cervical disk disease treated with anterior peek cage implantation and without it in anterior approach. methods: retrospectively 63 patients with known cervical discogenic disorders who wen...