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Jun 25, 2015Open AccessArticle
Background: Over the last years,
increasing attention has been focused on the prevalence of obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Objective: To determine the
prevalence of OSA in a group of patients diagnosed with IPF. Materials and
Methods: Analytic retrospective study. Data were collected from the medical
records of all patients diagnosed with IPF who had polysomnography requested as
part of the study protocol in patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD).
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May 18, 2015Open AccessArticle
Recently, along
with the development of biochemical and molecular immunological techniques, the
diagnosis methods have been improved in which preparing natural parasite
antigens, and genetically engineered recombinant antigens have been applied by using
agglutination test, complement fixation methods to detect the human’s serum
antibodies for parasite identification of paragonimus infections. To improve
the detection rate, some scholars have used phage peptide library technology to
further impro...
Mar 23, 2015Open AccessArticle
Background: Tobacco use is one of the important preventable causes of death
and a leading public health problem all over the world. Multiple factors are involved
in the initiation of smoking in adolescents and young adults. Adolescents may incorrectly
believe that cigarette smoking is less risky than other behaviors, such as alcohol
consumption and drug use, and they do not understand the short-term effect and addictive
nature of smoking. Objectives: The main objective of the study was to find o...
Mar 05, 2015Open AccessArticle
Objective: The
purpose of this survey is to investigate the university students’ face
infections with Demodex, and explore the
possible factors of Demodex infections. Methods: On this survey, the following
pressure method is adopted. The operator has used sterilized thumb against the client
part of the facial skin, observing mites under microscopy. Results: The results
of the survey for the total Demodex infection rate were 32.50%. Demodex folliculorum infection rate was
39.49%, Demode...
Dec 02, 2014Open AccessArticle
Lophomonas blattarum is a recently discovered parasitic protozoan that may infect humans and
cause serious respiratory symptoms which are deadly. This review has summarized
recent findings on the etiological characteristics, routes of transmission,
clinical symptoms, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment of L. blattarum infection and diseases in China.
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