Monthly Archives: August 2016

One exception was that patients with a cluster C personality disorder responded less well to nortriptyline than to fluoxetine. Another example is the study by Denys et al26 on the development of a scale for early prediction of obsessive-compulsive disorder … Continue reading →

An acute liver injury corresponds to an increase in liver test values over less than 3 months. In contrast, a chronic liver injury is an increase in liver test values over more than 3 months. Severe liver injury refers to … Continue reading →

Surgery The anatomy of the bony pelvis makes complete tumor resection and dissection of mesenteric nodes at risk for metastasis within the mesorectum technically difficult (6). In addition, the close proximity of soft-tissue organs such as the bladder, vagina, and … Continue reading →

Factors impeding the progress in this direction have to do with infrastructure as well as data showing efficacy and cost-effectiveness of the pharmacogenomic approach. Development of pharmacogenomic panel(s) Although for some drug-metabolizing enzymes, such as CYP2D6 and CYP2C19, allelic variations … Continue reading →

The mean (SD) age of the sample was 53.2 (15.7) years; 45% (n=70) were female; 78% were white, 7% were black, 5% were American Indian, and 10% were “other” or more than one race. Twenty-five per cent were Hispanic. Approximately … Continue reading →

5). For instance, only one of the four reported mortality [28], one reported arrival by EMS [25], two noted occupation [25,26] and two provided a simple description of injuries sustained but without reference to body region [26,27]. The reported age … Continue reading →

117 Oxidative stress markers are also correlated with decreased telomerase activity.118 Further, diminished levels of antioxidants reportedly lower BDNF activity.119 Interestingly, antidepressants decrease oxidative stress.120 Since cellular oxidative damage may be an important component of the aging process, prolonged or … Continue reading →

Group living lengthened the duration of contests, so that even in apes a struggle for dominance may take several months to be resolved. Instead of fleeing, as happens in territorial species, the loser could remain in the group with the … Continue reading →

The conflict effect in error rate can be predicted by the conflict-related ACC activation (r = 0.56, F(1, 22) = 9.81, P < 0.01). To examine whether the relation of conflict-related ACC activity and error rate between groups were parallel, … Continue reading →

05. As depicted, if 5% of the controls experience delayed fluid … Assuming a median survival of around 2 years in control population and ALI increases the risk of death by about 1.25, then the study has 80% power to … Continue reading →