Summary: One hundred and nineteen children aged 12 to 119 months with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) and 119 age-and sex-matched controls were studied to determine if there was any relationship between erythrocyte zinc concentration and anthropometric meas urements.All SCA children were on steady state before recruitment into the study.The SCA subjects
Streptococcus suis (S.suis) is an important zoonotic pathogen that can cause many diseases in pigs, such as sepsis, arthritis, endocarditis, and meningitis, of which meningitis is the most serious.There are 35 serotypes, Bicycle Trailers and serotype two is the most virulent.At the same time, Streptococcus suis serotype 2(SS2) can also infect human
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with poor mental health.Emerging research demonstrates the protective role of positive childhood experiences, including a positive sense of self and Boards relationships with both humans and animals, in mitigating the impacts of early life adversity on mental health outcomes.This study examined wh
Background In addition to external bone shape and cortical bone thickness and distribution, the distribution and orientation of internal trabecular bone across individuals and species has yielded important functional information on how bone adapts in response to load.In particular, trabecular bone analysis has played a key role in studies of human
Proliferative fasciitis (PF) is a rare pseudosarcomatous lesion arising from the subcutaneous fascia and the fibrous septa.Only few hundred cases have been reported in the literature.In Essential Oils the largest series of 53 patients, only two patients had PF lesion arising from the flank.The most common site of origin is extremities followed by a