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Homeobox genes comprise a family of highly conserved genes responsible for developmental patterning by regulating expression of target genes in a temporal, spatial, and tissue-specific fashion.
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Sixty-four patients with alcoholic neuropathy (ALN), comprising 36 without thiamine deficiency and 28 with thiamine deficiency (ALN-TD), were compared to 32 nonalcoholic, thiamine-deficiency neuropathy patients to establish whether clinical and pathological features were similar in the 2 groups and to determine how thiamine deficiency related to ALN.
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Berger and colleagues studied 103 patients presenting with a clinically isolated demyelinating syndrome, positive findings on brain MRI, and positive oligoclonal bands in the CSF.
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This study examined whether consumption of fish had any effect on the risk of developing Alzheimers disease.
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Part I of this two-part series covered gastrointestinal causes of chest pain and aortic dissection. This second and final part of the series will focus on pulmonary, psychiatric, and musculoskeletal causes of chest pain.
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In the Dechend study, German investigators examined the role of Chlamydia pneumoniae in the atherosclerotic inflammatory process, based on previous studies indicating that this organism can be cultured from coronary atheromata.
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Pappone and colleagues present an observational study evaluating the efficacy of their laboratorys technique for pulmonary vein isolation.
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Mitchell and colleagues examined the association between therapy with lipid-lowering drugs and recurrent arrhythmias in the Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators trial.
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Although mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation is gaining in popularity, there are little comparative data with mitral valve replacement. Thus, Thourani and colleagues performed a case-controlled observational study of the Emory University Hospitals surgical database, matching 625 patients undergoing mitral valve repair with 625 undergoing mitral valve replacement from 1984 to 1997.