Major Limb Amputations: A Tertiary Hospital Experience in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]
Major limb amputation is reported to be a major but preventable public health problem that is associated with profound economic, social and psychological effects on the patient and family especially in developing countries where the prosthetic services ...
Chalya, Phillipo L +6 more
core +3 more sources
Hypothyroidism and nephrotic syndrome: why, when and how to treat [PDF]
Hypothyroidism, characterised by low/normal free thyroxine (FT4) and free tri-iodothyronine (FT3) with elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), is a well-known complication of nephrotic syndrome (NS).
Barbano, Biagio +7 more
core +1 more source
Profiling the mouse brain endothelial transcriptome in health and disease models reveals a core blood-brain barrier dysfunction module. [PDF]
Blood vessels in the CNS form a specialized and critical structure, the blood-brain barrier (BBB). We present a resource to understand the molecular mechanisms that regulate BBB function in health and dysfunction during disease.
Aydin, Sidar +16 more
core +1 more source
COVID‐19 is a severe health problem in many countries and has altered day‐to‐day life in the whole world. This infection is caused by the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus, and depending on age, sex and health status of the patient, it can present with variety of ...
Yahya Sohrabi +6 more
doaj +1 more source
Crossroads between peripheral atherosclerosis, western-type diet and skeletal muscle pathophysiology: emphasis on apolipoprotein E deficiency and peripheral arterial disease [PDF]
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process that, in the presence of hyperlipidaemia, promotes the formation of atheromatous plaques in large vessels of the cardiovascular system.
Matsakas, Antonios, Sfyri, Peggy
core +1 more source
How periodontal disease may contribute to cardiovascular disease [PDF]
No abstract ...
Kinane, D.F., Lowe, G.D.O.
core +1 more source
The carotid body as a therapeutic target for the treatment of sympathetically mediated diseases [PDF]
[no ...
Abdala, Ana P +13 more
core +2 more sources
Editorial: tertiary lymphoid organs (TLOs): powerhouses of disease immunity [PDF]
No abstract ...
Habenicht, Andreas J.R. +3 more
core +2 more sources
The phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor sildenafil decreases the proinflammatory chemokine IL-8 in diabetic cardiomyopathy: in vivo and in vitro evidence [PDF]
Purpose: Interleukin (IL)-8 is a proinflammatory C-X-C chemokine involved in inflammation underling cardiac diseases, primary or in comorbid condition, such diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM).
Antinozzi, C. +10 more
core +1 more source
Natural killer cells in placentation and cancer: Implications for hypertension during pregnancy [PDF]
Hypertension during pregnancy is the most common medical condition encountered during gestation. Despite this, knowledge of the mechanisms that underlie the disease and the development of new therapies are limited.
Cornelius, Denise C. +3 more
core +1 more source

