ABSTRACT Left–right asymmetries are consistent differences between the left and right sides represent an intriguing feature of molluscan morphology. Interestingly, external asymmetries, such as inequivalve shells, often coupled with lateralization in nervous system, which includes functional structural specializations or sides. In case visual lateralized phenotypes frequently include left–right...

Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) was performed in seven healthy volunteers and 17 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) to clarify the correlation of the severity of epilepsy with bilateral temporal changes in N-acetylaspartate (NAA), choline-containing compounds (Cho) and creatine + phosphocreatine (Cr). Despite unilateral EEG focus, bilateral temporal reduction in NAA /(...

OBJECTIVE Temporal lobe epilepsy is commonly associated with synchronous, hyper-synchronous and des-synchronous activity. The aim of the present work is to explore synchronization activity in both mesial areas in temporal lobe epileptic patients during the interictal state. METHODS Using a cluster technique, we analyzed 17 temporal lobe epilepsy patients' records of foramen ovale electrodes a...

Background: The optimal chemotherapeutic regimens for thymic cancers still remain controversial, although systemic chemotherapy is an important therapeutic modality for unresectable thymic cancer. In general, platinumbased regimens such as CODE and ADOC are widely used. However, several serious side effects of the platinum therapy may significantly restrict its efficacy for clinical application...

printing supported by . Visit Chiesi at Stand D.30 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH 2011 patients underwent a second treatment session after 12 weeks in the contralateral upper lobe to complete bilateral therapy. Pulmonary function, functional capacity, and quality of life assessments were performed at 3 and 6 months following treatment. Results: Upper lobe ELS therapy in this cohort (8 male, age 63±6 y...

amoebic liver abscess is a complication of amoebiasis that needs early diagnosis and proper treatment before further complications occur. we report a-35 year old female presented by fever and dyspnea due to huge liver abscess complicated by massive right side empyema. the patient was effectively treated by percutaneous drainage for both the right lobe abscess and empyema together with pharmaco-...

We develop construction techniques in the context of Riesz bases which facilitate the conception of a new family of multi-channel, multi-sampling rate theorems. This family takes advantage of the dilation property of the Fourier transform. In each channel a simple transform is taken which merely involves the addition and subtraction of subsets of the given samples. Each channel is then multipli...

RATIONALE In clinical trials, homogeneous emphysema patients have responded well to upper lobe volume reduction but not lower lobe volume reduction. MATERIALS/METHODS To understand the physiological basis for this observation, a computer model was developed to simulate the effects of upper and lower lobe lung volume reduction on RV/TLC and lung recoil in homogeneous emphysema. RESULTS Patie...

Background Thyroid carcinoma complicated by hemiagenesis is very rare, and previous reports have not described this cancer on the side of the absent lobe. Methods and Results We report the case of a 64-year-old woman in whom left thyroid hemiagenesis was discovered incidentally during investigations of abnormal sensation during swallowing. A tumorous 1.4 cm lesion was also found on the side o...