Study of relationship between IL-1Ra gene polymorphism and GVHD in HLA – identical sibling allogenic transplants

Introduction: The interleukin-1 (IL-1) gene family includes three members (IL-1a, IL-1b and IL-1Ra) that mediate immune and inflammatory responses. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is an inflammatory cytokine involved in various aut...

The enigma of prostatitis. Some historical perspectives on the pathogenesis of prostatitis

Comparatively little research has been directed to the pathogenesis and treatment of prostatitis, an infectious, inflammatory disabling condition that can cause considerable pelvic pain, with a range of associated sympto...

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How to plan an experiment I. Randomization: current fad or (ever)lasting fashion?

All those who like experimentation are sooner or later faced with a need of random selection of elements or objects of interest that they want to study (persons, patients, animals, cells, etc.). Randomization, a basic re...

Left atrial myxoma crossing the mitral valve

In this article, we report a 79-year-old man with a large mobile and pediculated mass in left atrium crossing the mitral valve in diastol and enter the left ventricle. Transthorasic two-dimensional echocardiography sho...