Fukuda and Hasegawa have verified 1–3 that voltinism in the silkworm is probably controlled by a hormone from the suboesophageal ganglion. Hasegawa has claimed that voltinism may be determined by the ...

Collagen is the most abundant structural protein in the body, playing a vital role in providing support to tissues and aiding in cellular processes. Collagen production declines with age and can be ...

Angular cheilitis is not contagious and is different from cold sores. Antifungal creams or antibiotics can treat angular cheilitis depending on the cause. Keeping the skin around your mouth clean and ...

Dilator Inserted through the Avascular Tip of the Left Ventricle and Positioned in the Valve Orifice by a Finger in the Left Atrium. The dilator is opened cautiously to a previously adjusted limit of ...

Mitral annular calcification with valve dysfunction remains a challenging syndrome. Operative risk is high, and available transcatheter therapies are limited. This study describes our initial ...

Angular cheilitis causes pain and inflammation in one or both mouth corners. Self-care tips that may help include using prescription and over-the-counter medications and getting more iron and vitamin ...

The patient (W. J.) had been having grand mal convulsions for fifteen years subsequent to war injuries suffered in 1944. The seizures were refractory to medical management with a frequency, at best, ...

Objective This study investigates mitral annular disjunctions (MAD) in the atrial wall-mitral annulus-ventricular wall junction along the mural mitral leaflet and commissures. Methods We examined 224 ...

1 Department of Internal Medicine, New York Medical College at Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, NJ, USA. 2 Department of Medical Education, University of New England College of Osteopathic ...

Correspondence to Professor Marek A Deja, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice 40-035, Poland; mdeja{at}sum.edu.pl Soon, surgeons expanded the cohort of patients that ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure to replace a diseased and faulty aortic valve in patients with severe aortic stenosis. As TAVR gains popularity among ...