... a nodular mass at the angle ofthe jaw The masses gradually increase in size and number and form sinuses that open onto thefaceandneck Although infection is often seen in the jaw area, Actinomyces ... in the host following the fly bite The sandfly inoculates the host with the organisms in the promastigote stage Once the organisms are inoculated, they are phagocytized by host macrophages The ... cat, and, in the soil, if they are exposed to the right conditions, will grow into infectious oocysts The tachyzoites are the proliferating form ofthe organism, and, when present in tissue, they...
... experts in the field ofthe pathology ofthe head andneck As such they are the main members ofthe Working Group on Pathology ofthe Head andNeckofthe European Society of Pathology, one ofthe first ... description ofthe manifold aspects ofthe morphology and pathology ofthe organs ofthe head andneck region These description, as comprehensive as they may be, also show that there are some areas ofthe ... Head andNeck is that the proximity ofthe organs ofthe head andneck region makes it difficult for the surgical pathologist to focus on one of these organs and neglect the pathology of others,...
... Adenocarcinoma ofthe Salivary Glands Report of Seven Cases and Review ofthe Literature Cancer 1996, 78:2471-2477 Ellis GL, Wiscovitch JG: Basal cell adenocarcinoma ofthe major salivary glands Oral ... parotidectomy +/- postoperative radiotherapy was planned CT revealed that the clinical stage was T3N1M0 (stage III) The diameter ofthe primary tumor was 54 mm andthe diameter ofthe right upper cervical ... Radiotherapy Doses of carbon ions were expressed in photon equivalent doses (GyE), which were defined as the physical doses multiplied by the RBE ofthe carbon ions The biological flatness of the...
... the site and pathological diagnosis, the interval from the time of RT to the diagnosis ofthe second HNC, andthe clinical course ofthe second cancer We calculated the expected numbers of second ... poor prognosis of these patients and also the beneficial effects of surgery for these tumors [21,25,29-33] In addition, the poor prognosis of radiation-induced sarcoma ofthe head andneck might ... andneck at our institute between 1952 and 2000 [7] The patient parameters investigated were the sex, age at the time of RT, the chemotherapy regimen employed, the clinical stage and location of...
... cystic carcinomas ofthe head andneck are a unique kind of tumour deriving from cells ofthe major and minor salivary glands, they account for 25% of all malignant salivary gland tumours in different ... material wrapped around the head ofthe patient Serial mm CT slices oftheofthe whole treatment area plus a superior margin of cm and an adequate inferior margin to cover theneck lymph nodes level ... modulated radiation therapy and inverse treatment planning for tumors ofthe head andneck region: clinical implementation ofthe step and shoot approach and first clinical results Radiother Oncol 2003,...
... been evolved for the MMPs in potentially malignant and malignant lesions ofthe head andneck Further research is required for the development of their potential diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities ... to review the role, polymorphic association, gene expression of ECM and possible therapeutic aspects of MMPs and TIMPs in potentially malignant and malignant lesions ofthe head andneck Classification ... control at the protein levels Regulation of MMPs in potentially malignant and malignant head andneck lesions Polymorphism of MMPs in potentially malignant and malignant head andneck lesions The MMPs...
... ofthe sequencing, isolated DNA, organized the study and wrote most parts ofthe article GP collected the patient’s samples and isolated DNA MW wrote parts ofthe article, collected samples and ... in the head andneck area, hypopharynx and oropharynx, were available for the risk of predisposing CHK2 mutations In the present study, we did not find the CHK2 1100delC variant in any of these ... this group of patients, they did not detect any truncating mutation Therefore, we were able to confirm these results Nevertheless, they found the missense I157T mutation in 4.1% ofthe cases In...
... 306–396) ofthe SPXX region on CP2 is involved in the binding ofthe ASR motif as well as HXPR (Fig 3) However, we not know whether these two motifs recognize the same sequences in CP2, and thus further ... CP2-binding motifs and verification ofthe CP2-binding ability of REST and YY1 that contain the HXPR motif As stated above, none ofthe 12-mer peptide sequences exactly matched those of any known proteins ... region ofthe a-globin promoter with CP2-binding elements 293T cells were cotransfected with this reporter and one, some or all ofthe following plasmids as indicated at the bottom ofthe plot:...
... ofthe oesophagus in Thailand, for those of bladder and for leukaemia in both Thailand and China, and for cancers ofthe breast, andof cervix uterine in all three countries compared – Thailand, ... and surveillance Furthermore, several developing regionsofthe world were not included in these estimates, andthe need to produce other estimates would persist Because ofthe poor quality and ... system (DSP) andthe Vital Registration System ofthe Ministry of Health in China, andthe Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) for urban India andthe Annual Survey of Causes of Death (SCD))...
... could influence the shortening processes ofthe assembled PufX protein The exchange of ubiquinone between the RC andthe cyt bc1 in the presence of mutated PufX protein The role ofthe PufX protein ... neither affects the photosynthetic capability ofthe bacteria nor the efficiency of exchange ofthe ubiquinol molecules between the RC andthe bc1, as judged from the reduction kinetics of cytochrome ... prior to the onset ofthe reaction at its maximal rate In wild-type ICM, the initial rate of this reaction, as well as the lag phase, depends on the redox state ofthe ubiquinone pool and on the ubiquinone/RC...
... in terms of parotid gland sparing The IMRT technique should therefore represent the standard of care for the treatment of head andneck tumors Parotid-gland-sparing up to mean doses of 26 Gy ... circumstances that the protection of at least one single parotid is achieved either with 3DCRT and IMRT Depending on the radiation dose to the salivary glands the time of recovery ofthe parotid glands should ... point in the target volume as described in ICRU reports 50, 62 and 83 Determination ofthe parotid gland doses The planning target volumes and both parotid glands, the mandible, andthe larynx...
... science The growth of sequencing data is far outpacing the rate of curation Previously successful models are not meeting the demands of genome biology and, in many historical cases, the majority of ... (Institute of Pharmacology, Krakow, Poland) described genes2mind.org, an online resource for the genomic profiling of psychoactive drugs The database contains comparisons ofthe effects of various ... engage the community of RNA biologists to improve the annotation ofthe Rfam RNA database as well as more generally contribute to the anno ation of RNA in Wikipedia The journal RNA t Page of Biology,...
... field of facial surgery Figure Adjustment of thermoregulation Adjustment of thermoregulation The system contains types of sensors, corresponding to the internal and external thermoreceptors ofthe ... identical regionsof innervation in branches ofthe trigeminus nerve (V 1–3) andthe cervical plexus (Pc) for the right and left side Overall positive regulation in the areas of distribution ofthe ... fordifferences between the right and left sides at the grouped Comparison the means (lines) andand after application of a of temperature all measurements Comparison ofthe means (lines) and standard deviations...
... characterization of SAV3 5'- and 3'-ends The 5'- and 3'-ends of SAV3 were cloned and sequenced from the isolate SAVH20/03 and aligned to the 5'- and 3'-UTRs of other SAVs A) Alignment ofthe region in the ... the design ofthe project, discussion through the experimental period, and contributed to the writing ofthe manuscript Acknowledgements MK and AN are funded by the University of Bergen andthe ... overlapping areas off the coast of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland In Norway a genetically homogeneous subtype, SAV3, is found to infect both Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout on the southwest...
... by the weight ofthe abdominal content, and increases the pulmonary blood volume in the dependent parts ofthe lungs under the effect of both gravity andthe increase in cardiac output [7] The ... completely covering theface In these patients, the only contributing factor to the difference between time andthe basal time is the covering oftheface by drapes; body position and inspiratory ... alterations ofthe cardiovascular function [10] Another characteristic ofthe patients with end-stage heart disease is represented by the higher values of PaO2 and SaO2 reached at the five times of the...
... in theof leader RNA secondary structure SIVSL1 and position ofthe SD2RNA secondary structure of SL1 and position ofthe SD2-nucleotide deletion in the SIV leader Secondary structure ofthe ... CA (K197R) and p6 (G49K) regions B RT-PCR vRNA packaging results of SD2 variants harboring mutations in the DIS (A423G), and NC (E18G and G31K) regions Next, we tested the ability ofthe two NC ... in Materials and Methods A Non-denaturing Northern analysis ofthe SD2 variant in conjunction with compensatory mutants in the DIS, CA, and p6 B Non-denaturingNorthern analysis ofthe SD2 variant...
... compared with the 30 randomly selected regions? This might be expected to be the case if the selection process [12] for the manually selected ENCODE regionsof interest were biased toward regions with ... regions (the presence of well studied genes and availability of substantial comparative sequence) not preclude similar genomic profiles for manual and random regions, with stratified randomly ... exhibits the highest evolutionary constraint in the comparison of mammalian sequence (MCS) andthe third highest indel rate for all the ENCODE regions (Figure 1) However, the HOXA cluster is in the...
... ofthe mandible at each side • The angle ofthe mandible is at the junction ofthe lower border ofthe ramus with the posterior border • The condyle is a rounded knob by means of which the mandible ... (Fig 2.1) The components ofthe mandible are: • The body ofthe mandible is the horizontal part on each side • The alveolar margin is upper portion ofthe mandibular body • The ramus is the ascending ... anatomical tissues ofthe mouth, jaws, faceand skull (Eder et al., 2003) The hard tissues consist of jaw bones such as the maxilla, the mandible, andthe teeth; the soft tissues consist of four muscles...
... Following the suggestions of scientific literature on the advantages ofthe compactness, reliability, ease of use and affordability ofthe 980 nm Diode Lasers, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of ... are reduced [17,18] The lasers normally adopted offer the enormous advantage of being conveyed in a fibre, which serves as the working tip at the end ofthe handpiece The use of flexible, length-adjustable ... question the efficacy ofthe 980nm Laser for photosclerosis of lesions and areas with little melanin and hemoglobin pigmentation [7] Furthermore, to avoid exaggerated fluences and thermal damage to the...