Background and Objective: Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea is a rare but potentially serious condition characterized by the leakage of CSF through the nasal cavity without an apparent traumatic or iatrogenic cause.Materials and Methods: The current study was a five-year retrospective cross-sectional study on 24 patients with a histo
No laughing matter
Comedy, as a discourse, is often the object of censorship and moral outrage, both of which are misguided.Here, it is Ready to Drink argued both that censorship of any discourse is to be avoided, as it can serve no progressive purpose, and that moral outrage directed at comedy fundamentally misunderstands its nature, as it serves as a cathartic, vac
Visceral Leishmaniasis with Endobronchial Involvement in an Immunocompetent Adult
Visceral leishmaniasis is characterized by fever, cachexia, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, and hypergammaglobulinemia.Cough may be a presenting symptom as well.However, pulmonary involvement Knives is considered rare and mainly described in immunocompromised patients.We describe a case of an immunocompetent adult whose clinical presentation was
ATP-dependent helicase activity is dispensable for the physiological functions of Recql4.
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by skin rash (poikiloderma), skeletal dysplasia, small stature, juvenile cataracts, sparse or absent hair, and predisposition to specific malignancies such as osteosarcoma and hematological neoplasms.RTS is caused by germ-line mutations in RECQL4, a 6.5" Speakers R
Taxonomic placement of Paphiopedilum rungsuriyanum (Cypripedioideae; Orchidaceae) based on morphological, cytological and molecular analyses
Abstract Background Paphiopedilum rungsuriyanum from Northern Laos was discovered and described in 2014.It is characterized by having miniature tessellated leaves, a flower having a helmet shaped lip with a V-shaped neckline, and a semi-lunate, 3-dentate staminode with an umbo.These morphological features distinguish P.rungsuriyanum from the other