a. We recommend that unenhanced computed tomography is the preferred imaging modality for the diagnosis of suspected nephrolithiasis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (1B). b. We recommend that patients with autosomaldominant polycystic kidney disease complicated by nephrolithiasis should be investigated for predisposing urinary metabolic abnormalities (1C) and we suggest receive ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Developmental venous anomalies are the most common intracranial vascular malformation and are typically regarded as inconsequential, especially when small. While there are data regarding the prevalence of MR imaging findings associated with developmental venous anomalies, FDG-PET findings have not been well-characterized. MATERIALS AND METHODS Clinical information syste...

BACKGROUND To determine the profile of metabolic abnormalities in T2DM persons with metabolic syndrome and their non-diabetic first-degree relatives who also had metabolic syndrome in Benin City. METHODOLOGY This was a cross sectional case controlled study in which convenience sampling technique was used to recruit 106 persons with T2DM, 96 people who are first degree relatives of type 2 diab...

background: different investigation showed that 5-methoxypsoralen and 8- methoxypsoralen reduce birth rates in the rats. objective: in this study we worked out the effect of methoxsalen together with ultraviolent a (uva) radiation on mature balb/c mice spermatogenesis. materials and methods: the ld50 standard was determined 160 mg/kg and the uva dose which causes erythema was calculated 0.046 j...

Numerous molecular abnormalities have been described in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), complicating the translation of candidate therapies to patients because, typically, 1 treatment addresses only 1 abnormality. The realization that in addition to pulmonary artery vascular cells, other tissues and cells are involved in the syndrome of PAH (eg, immune cells, right ventricular cardiomyoc...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the value of electroencephalography in patients with altered mental status in emergency departments. METHODS Demographical characteristics, types and aetiologies of seizures, and clinical outcomes of the patients were recorded. Patients were divided into 4 groups according to the complaints of admission: findings and symptoms of seizure; stroke and symptoms of stroke-rel...

Studies at necropsy have shown that the cardiomyopathy of Duchenne muscular dystrophy selects the posterobasal and contiguous lateral left ventricular (LV) walls as initial and primary sites of myocardial dystrophy in the absence of small-vessel coronary artery disease in these areas. The present investigation was designed chiefly to determine whether a myocardial metabolic abnormality could be...