Despite modern medical advances, the morbidity and mortality rates associated with spinal
epidural abscess remain significant, and the diagnosis often is elusive. A retrospective study …

Cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum (CLOCCs) are secondary lesions associated with
various entities. CLOCCs have been found in association with drug therapy, malignancy, …

Transsynaptic injury caused by excitotoxic amines is a specific type of injury in the peripheral
and central nervous systems. Recent studies have shown that the receptors related to …

Objective— Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) contribute to postnatal angiogenesis.
The number of circulating EPCs has an inverse correlation with coronary risk scores. …

Background— Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are known to be involved in
vasculogenesis and mobilized after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). To test the hypothesis …

BACKGROUND Despite advances in neuroimaging and neurosurgical treatment, spinal
epidural abscess remains a challenging problem; early diagnosis is often difficult and treatment …

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with gadopentetate dimeglumine was performed in 25
patients with spinal epidural abscess (SEA). Seventeen of 25 patients underwent follow-up …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: During clinical work, we have seen increases in vertebral
body height associated with vertebroplasty, but our literature search revealed no reports as …

Preoperative embolization of vascular metastatic tumors of the spine, particularly carcinomas
of renal and thyroid origin, is an adjuvant technique that significantly decreases the …

We describe a novel synchronous detection approach to map the transmission of
mechanical stresses within the cytoplasm of an adherent cell. Using fluorescent protein-labeled …