conclusions it seems that nasal spray of calcitonin can effectively improve qol of women with lbd and qol changes were not influenced by clinical or para-clinical alteration. mental health domain must be more considered in further studies as a predicting domain for health-related quality of life (hr-qol) changes. background physical activity and mental health could be affected by osteoporosis a...

background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is a demyelinating disease which can cause many disabilities for the patient. recent data suggests that ms patients have higher risk for osteoporosis. this study was performed to investigate if the osteoporosis prevalence is higher in ms patients and to determine the possible factors affecting bone mineral density (bmd). methods: 51 definite relapsing-remitti...

Two cases of malakoplakia of the prostate are documented, bringing the total described in the world literature to 15. This literature is reviewed, and typical features of the condition are established. The majority of the cases have had proven previous episodes of Escherichia coli infection of the urinary tract, but bacilliform organisms have yet to be demonstrated in the diseased prostatic tis...

Malakoplakia is a rare acquired disease that can affect many systems but is more common in the urogenital tract. Cutaneous malakoplakia is even rarer. It is far more frequent in immunodeficient patients. We report a case of cutaneous malakoplakia in a kidney transplant patient who had recently stopped receiving immunosuppressive therapy to illustrate a review of the relevant recent literature.

Malakoplakia is a rare pseudotumoral inflammatory disease known to affect immunocompromised subjects. We report a 4-year-old boy with malakoplakia of colon who was diagnosed with celiac disease in late infancy; despite aggressive nutritional and medical management for celiac disease, symptoms did not resolve. His nitro-blue-tetrazolium test was compatible with chronic granulomatous disease. In ...

background: this study is the first research investigating the possible effect of pulsed power signals on the characteristics of cortical bone by comparing the mechanical properties of this type of bone pre and post expose to pulsed power. methods: a positive buck-boost converter was applied to generate adjustable high voltage, high frequency pulses (up to 500 v and 10 khz). the functional beha...