Browsing Medicine Research by Publisher "BioMed Central Ltd."
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COL4A5 and LAMA5 variants co-inherited in familial hematuria: Digenic inheritance or genetic modifier effect?
( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Background: About 40-50% of patients with familial microscopic hematuria (FMH) caused by thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN) inherit heterozygous mutations in collagen IV genes (COL4A3, COL4A4). On long follow-up, ... -
Giant parathyroid adenoma: A case report and review of the literature
( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2019 , Article Review)Background: Giant parathyroid adenoma is a rare type of parathyroid adenoma defined as weighing > 3.5 g. They present as primary hyperparathyroidism but with more elevated laboratory findings and more severe clinical ... -
Investigating the blood-host plasticity and dispersal of Anopheles coluzzii using a novel field-based methodology
( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Background: The biting behaviour and dispersal of insect vectors in the field underlies the transmission of many diseases. Here, a novel collection methodology coupled with the molecular analysis of blood-meal sources and ... -
Measuring medical students' professional competencies in a problem-based curriculum: A reliability study
( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Identification and assessment of professional competencies for medical students is challenging. We have recently developed an instrument for assessing the essential professional competencies for medical students in ... -
The largest reported papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in struma ovarii and metastasis to opposite ovary: Case report and review of literature
( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Background: Malignant struma ovarii (MSO) is a very rare, germ cell tumor of the ovary, histologically identical to differentiated thyroid cancers. Struma ovarii (SO) is difficult to diagnose on clinical basis or imaging ... -
Water-pipe smoking promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and invasion of human breast cancer cells via ERK1/ERK2 pathways.
( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2018 , Article)With the increasing popularity of water-pipe smoking (WPS), it is critical to comprehend how WPS may affect women's health. The main goal of this study is to identify the potential outcome of WPS on human breast cancer ...