The cortex and medulla of the kidney are believed to exist on a tightrope between normal function and hypoxia. The contributions of cortical and medullary hypoperfusion to hypertension have been ...

An adolescent female presented with an acute abdomen and elevated beta-human chorionic gonadotropin levels and underwent a laparoscopy for a suspected ruptured ectopic pregnancy. Intraoperatively, a ...

In this paper we develop a fully automated method for the segmentation of the femur in axial MR images and its use in the analysis of imaging biomarkers for osteoarthritis (OA). The proposed method is ...

Results: The prevalence of infertility was 11%. The overall mean percentage of daily UPF and unprocessed/minimally processed food intake among respondents was 57 and 29%, respectively. There was no ...

The (mer) segment closest to the medulla (mer B) exhibits higher PB accumulation (Figure 2 f) in contrast to distant (mer A) (Figure 2 f). GS transversal section of the cylindrical branch (Figure 2 m) ...

The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex network of proteins that provides structural support and influences tissue boundaries, biomechanical properties, and cell polarity. This study analyzed the ...