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Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to persistent functional impairment due to loss of neurons and glia, and to reduced axonal regeneration following trauma. Therefore SCI is an invalidating pathology, unfortunately without effective treatments. Here, we have tested, in a murine compression SCI model, the effect…

We share our experience of the child with chronic kidney disease who developed profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, and later underwent renal transplant surgery, and subsequently cochlear implant surgery. The aim of the study is to look at the co morbidity and the complications associated…

Screening is a way of looking for patients who do not seem to have major medical problems. Screening tests usually include several phases. In double phase screening, one test is to find the potential patient, and then another test is to prove the disease in…

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction is a well established and widely practiced surgical procedure.  Wide variation in surgical techniques and postoperative rehabilitation may predispose to early graft failure or sub-optimal functional outcomes.  Surgical technique has been investigated extensively.  There is little data as to the…

Chronic hepatitis C virus infection is attributed as a cause of circulating mixed cryoglobulinemia and immune mediated extrahepatic complications. Massive pulmonary haemorrhages with chronic hepatitis C has been scarcely reported; and has been associated with renal failure and cryoglobulinemia. The most commonly used treatment modalities  …

Diverse morphological, structural and tooth number aberrations can occur within human dentition secondary to genetic and epigenetic influences. These deviations can manifest as microdontia, macrodontia, hypodontia, oligodontia to name a few. Non-syndromic microdontia is rarely noted, especially in the permanent mandibular incisors. This case report…

Breast feeding is universally practiced in Bangladesh however, the recommended practice of exclusive breast feeding for 6 months is not followed optimally. Motivation-The purpose of this study was to assess nutritional status of mothers attending the lactation management centre, and to find out their breast…

The present work studied the effect of the organophosphate insecticide, Chlorpyrifos (CPF) on the thyroid of albino rats and the possible ameliorative role of selenium (Se). Administration of CPF by gastric intubation (1/20 LD50, 6.7 mg/kg b.w. 5 days / week for 6 weeks) caused…

The application of pulsed radiofrequency to the lumbar sympathetic chain to relief sympatheti-cally maintained pain in the complex therapy of chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a promising treatment option. Although it is frequently used in clinical practice, there is almost no evidence available. The treatment…

The aim of this article is to find out possible gender differences of participation of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in regulation of contractility in vascular smooth muscles of rats with diabetes.  We used isolated tail artery of both genders rats with streptazotocin-induced diabetes (SID). After 3…