OBJECTIVE: The aim of this retrospective analysis was to determine the age, gender, frequency and distribution of trauma-associated hard tissue and soft tissue lesions of the oral and maxillofacial region in a population from southern Taiwan.PATIENTS AND METHODS: Approximately 10% of the 27,995 biopsy records of patients with history of trauma resu
Spiritual well-being and hope in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize relations between spiritual well-being and hope of patients in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery.Method: Exploratory cross-sectional study with quantitative click here approach, performed in the infirmaries of a reference hospital in cardiology.We evaluated 69 patients hospitalized in preoperative period
Kinetics of Placental Infection by Different Smooth Brucella Strains in Mice
Abortion and reproductive failures induced by Brucella are the main symptoms of animal brucellosis.Laboratory animal models are essential tools of research to study the Brucella pathogenesis before experimentation in natural hosts.To extend the existing knowledge, we studied B.melitensis 16M (virulent) and Rev1 (attenuated) as well as B.suis bv2 in
Comparative Analysis of the Development of Acquired Radioresistance in Canine and Human Mammary Cancer Cell Lines
Research using in vitro canine mammary cancer cell lines and naturally-occurring canine mammary tumors are not only fundamental models used to advance the understanding of cancer in veterinary patients, but are also regarded as excellent translational models of human breast cancer.Human breast cancer is commonly treated with radiotherapy; however,