BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Aneurysm depiction with three-dimensional (3D) rotational
angiography is influenced by investigator-defined parameters such as image acquisition …

Laryngeal cartilages undergo a slow ossification process during aging, making them an
excellent model for studying cartilage mineralization and ossification processes. Pig laryngeal …

Among pediatric patients, preterm neonates and newborns are the most vulnerable
subpopulation. Rapid developmental changes of physiological factors affecting the …

Purpose Obesity and its comorbidities are risk factors for absenteeism and unemployment.
Bariatric surgery might help to intervene in the vicious circle of unemployment, social …

Sex hormones and insulin have been implicated in articular cartilage metabolism. To
supplement previous findings on the regulation of matrix synthesis with 17β-estradiol and insulin …

Restorative justice is a way of doing justice in which the focus is on restoring the damage
caused by a crime. This involves not only restoring mate rial and immaterial damage, but also …

… The authors thank Marko Gösswein for his help with the photographic work and Jörg
Pekarsky for the graphical artwork (both Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, Friedrich …

Sex hormones contribute to the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA) in both sexes. OA is
normally not seen in pre-menopausal women, whereas men may develop the disease as early …

Results After integration of the developmental changes occurring postnatally in preterm and
term neonates and integration of data on enzyme ontogeny, individual paracetamol plasma …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can have viral or non-viral causes 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 – 5 . Non-alcoholic
steatohepatitis (NASH) is an important driver of HCC. Immunotherapy has been …