TAGS diagnosis

Heart failure is a common pathologic condition with a high mortality. Early diagnosis is often difficult, and therefore many patients are not identified and treated promptly. Important works have recently shown that Natriuretic Peptide can be very useful in the diagnosis and monitoring of this disease condition. Plasma concentrations of different natriuretic peptides are related to left... read

Introduction The management of SCLC has been recently improved and survival rates are 15-25% at 2 years among patients with limited stage and 0-3% among those with extensive disease. The median overall survival with the combination chemotherapy is 14 to 16 months for patients with limited disease and 8 to 11 months for those with extensive disease. Most controlled clinical trials of SCLC define... read

The name is complicated; the disease even more so. This condition is also called: Charcot's disease, Lou-Gehrig disease, and Motor Neuron disease. This disease, which is very rare, devastating and fatal, is one of a group of neuromuscular disorders and, in turn, could be divided into various subclasses, because it presents in many different ways. The literal meaning of ALS is: A for... read

The term "halitosis" is a condition in which malodorous air is emanated during respiration. It can affect persons of all ages and have different causes. In reality, what is commonly considered a problem of purely social nature, is instead a complex phenomenon that must be distinguished according to the cause that produces it. The causes of this disorder may be of oral origin (dental, lingual,... read

The Salerno court Judge’s decision that for the first time granted a fertile couple to have access to pre-implantation diagnosis and assisted fertilization techniques, set a historical landmark. The couple is a carrier of a serious hereditary disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type I, which is the most frequent genetic cause of death for children during the first year of life. Until now, the... read