Research Papers
Chronic Constriction Injury of the Rat's Infraorbital Nerve (IoN-CCI) to Study Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE • 2015 (103)
Animal models are important tools to study the pathophysiology and pharmacology of neuropathic pain. This manuscript describes the surgical and behavioral procedures to study trigeminal neuropathic p…
Deseure, K; Hans, G
Streptococcal pharyngitis: an uncommon cause of subdural empyema.
BMJ case reports • 2015 • Vol. 2015
A 7-year-old girl with an unremarkable medical history presented to a local paediatric emergency department with a 7-day history of fever, sore throat and vomiting, and a 1-day history of rash. She w…
Hess, B; Rigby, M; Walden, J
EZH2 is a sensitive marker of malignancy in salivary gland tumors.
Diagnostic pathology • 2015 • Vol. 10
BACKGROUND: The immunohistochemical detection of Enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2) proved to be a useful tool to recognize the malignant nature of tumors in a wide variety of neoplasms. The histol…
Dezso, K; Hajosi-Kalcakosz, S; Nagy, P
Determining appropriate timing of adaptive radiation therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma during intensity-modulated radiation therapy.
Radiation oncology (London, England) • 2015 • Vol. 10
BACKGROUND: To determine appropriate timing of an adaptive radiation therapy (ART) replan by evaluating anatomic and dosimetric changes of target volumes and organs at risk (OARs) during intensity-mo…
Chen, J; Cheng, J; Deng, S
Antagonistic effects of IL-17 and D-resolvins on endothelial Del-1 expression through a GSK-3beta-C/EBPbeta pathway.
Nature communications • 2015 • Vol. 6
Del-1 is an endothelial cell-secreted anti-inflammatory protein. In humans and mice, Del-1 expression is inversely related to that of IL-17, which inhibits Del-1 through hitherto unidentified mechani…
Abe, T; Chavakis, T; Hajishengallis, G
Acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis in an immunocompromised young adult.
BMJ case reports • 2015 • Vol. 2015
Acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis is an acute onset disease characterised by ulceration, necrosis, pain and bleeding in gingival surfaces. It is predominantly seen in severely malnourished chil…
Hu, J; Kent, P; Lennon, J
Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding associated with solitary rectal ulcer in a patient with Behcet's disease.
Reumatismo • 2015 • Vol. 67 (2)
Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome is a rare benign disorder that has a wide range of clinical presentations and variable endoscopic findings which makes it difficult to diagnose and treat. The clinical …
Bes, C; Dagli, U; Soy, M
[Miscellaneous medical news: medical desert in Bretagne; "low cost" dental care; American tobacco].
Revue medicale suisse • 2015 • Vol. 11 (486)
Nau, J
Immunity to Measles, Mumps, and Rubella in US Children With Perinatal HIV Infection or Perinatal HIV Exposure Without Infection.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America • 2015 • Vol. 61 (6)
BACKGROUND: Children with perinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (PHIV) may not be protected against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) because of impaired initial vaccine response or …
Bellini, W; Burchett, S; Ellis, A
Hemifacial spasm: The past, present and future.
Journal of the neurological sciences • 2015 • Vol. 356 (1-2)
Hemifacial spasm is characterised by unilateral contractions of the facial muscles. Though considered to be benign by many people, it can lead to functional blindness and a poor quality of life due t…
Chaudhry, N; Joshi, L; Srivastava, A
Self-etching zinc-doped adhesives improve the potential of caries-affected dentin to be functionally remineralized.
Biointerphases • 2015 • Vol. 10 (3)
The aim of this study was to evaluate if mechanical cycling influences bioactivity at the resin-carious dentin interface after bonding with Zn-doped self-etching adhesives. Caries-affected dentin sur…
Aguilera, F; Cabello, I; Osorio, E
Notch1 Activation or Loss Promotes HPV-Induced Oral Tumorigenesis.
Cancer research • 2015 • Vol. 75 (18)
Viral oncogene expression is insufficient for neoplastic transformation of human cells, so human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers will also rely upon mutations in cellular oncogenes and tumor …
Bao, R; Bechill, J; Bindokas, V
Alternative scenarios: harnessing mid-level providers and evidence-based practice in primary dental care in England through operational research.
Human resources for health • 2015 • Vol. 13
BACKGROUND: In primary care dentistry, strategies to reconfigure the traditional boundaries of various dental professional groups by task sharing and role substitution have been encouraged in order t…
Gallagher, J; Harper, P; Radford, D
Herpes labialis and Nigerian dental health care providers: knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and refusal to treat.
BMC health services research • 2015 • Vol. 15
BACKGROUND: The few existing studies on herpes labialis among health care workers have been predominantly among non-dental health care workers. The purpose of this study was to determine Nigerian den…
Azodo, C; Umoh, A
Clinical: An opening.
British dental journal • 2015 • Vol. 219 (5)
Balmer, M; McKernon, S; Reid, S
Primary care dentists' experience of treating avulsed permanent teeth.
British dental journal • 2015 • Vol. 219 (5)
INTRODUCTION: An avulsed permanent tooth is one of the few true emergencies in dentistry. Children who suffer this injury require urgent dental care and prompt follow-up care. There is very limited e…
Chadwick, B; Day, P; Douglas, G
Acupuncture for episodic cluster headache: a trigeminal approach.
BMJ case reports • 2015 • Vol. 2015
Following evidence that acupuncture is clinically feasible and cost-effective in the treatment of headache, the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends acupuncture as prophyla…
Hayhoe, S
Cardiac metastasis of oral squamous cell carcinoma.
BMJ case reports • 2015 • Vol. 2015
We present a case of isolated cardiac metastasis of oral squamous cell carcinoma. An 89-year-old woman was due to undergo curative resection of a histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the …
Hall, T; Norman, A; Pattni, N
Predominant Rab-GTPase amplicons contributing to oral squamous cell carcinoma progression to metastasis.
Oncotarget • 2015 • Vol. 6 (26)
Metastatic oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is frequently associated with recurrent gene abnormalities at specific chromosomal loci. Here, we utilized array comparative genomic hybridization and g…
Alaoui-Jamali, M; Alobaid, F; Bijian, K
A new digital tool for radiographic bone level measurements in longitudinal studies.
BMC oral health • 2015 • Vol. 15
BACKGROUND: The reproducibility of measurements on radiographs is influenced by the techniques by which the images as well as the measurements are obtained. Thus, bias resulting from errors in the im…
Aass, A; Hansen, B; Koldsland, O