Mammalian mitochondria contain about 1100 proteins, nearly 300 of which are uncharacterized.
Given the well-established role of mitochondrial defects in human disease, functional …

Background Noninflammatory masses of the salivary gland region in children are extremely
rare. Therefore, very few published individual and institution-based experiences exist. …

PURPOSE: To investigate the risk of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in patients with
head-and-neck cancer and treated with radiation therapy (RT) or concomitant cisplatin-based …

Background Soft tissue sarcomas of the head and neck region represent a rare group of
tumors of which a limited number of published individual- and institution-based experiences …

The hepatic failure associated with severe sepsis is characterized by specific, progressive,
and often irreversible defects in hepatocellular metabolism (1). Although the etiologic microbe …

The purpose of this study was to compare optimized whole-body (WB) and dedicated high-resolution
contrast-enhanced PET/CT protocols and contrast enhanced CT in the …

Although direct cytotoxicity is a well-established phenomenon of tumor necrosis factor alpha
(TNF alpha)-induced tissue damage, the intracellular events leading to cell death are still …

Introduction. Few studies have examined prognostic factors that have an impact on
outcomes in anterior skull base surgery by multivariate analysis. Methods. We retrospectively …

Background Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is widely utilized for evaluation of patients with
thyroid nodules. However, approximately 30% are indeterminate for malignancy. Recently, a …

Nitric oxide (NO·) is an arginine‐derived nitrogen‐based radical that is rapidly becoming
one of the most important molecular species to be discovered. Over the past decade, an …