Background The objectives of this study were to analyze the clinical features and laboratory
profiles and risk factors associated with critical illness of children with severe acute …

Since the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), a
large number of mutations in its genome have been reported. Some of the mutations occur …

Natural gas emissions contribute to climate change, and equally importantly, affect the health
of populations near gas fields. [1] At night, the flares from the Bakken fields in North Dakota …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a well-recognized clinical
entity characterized by the detection of HBV DNA in serum and/or liver in the absence of …

Policymakers require estimates of the future number of cancer patients in order to allocate
finite resources to cancer prevention, treatment and palliative care. We examine recent cancer …

Background: Low back pain is a major cause of disability and can result in substantial morbidity
and high healthcare costs. Botulinum toxin has been used successfully to alleviate pain …

A wide variety of commercial assays is available for the detection of hepatitis B surface antigen
(HBsAg). Clearly, the sensitivity of an assay to detect a variant is dependent on the anti-…

… Seyed Hamid Jazayeri, a great pathologist and a wonderful colleague, who died on 24 …
(E, F) A typical endothelial cell with numerous mitochondria (M) and Weibel Palade bodies (W). …

Context: Due to their availability and rapid turnaround time, the supplemental role of chest
computed tomography (CT) scan and real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV), along with Hepatitis C virus chronic infection, represents a major risk
factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development. However, molecular mechanisms …