The rectosigmoid junction (RSJ) is the limit between the sigmoid colon and the rectum. The limits of this transition zone have been a source of controversy. There are multiple definitions that aim to establish the beginning ...

Neurocysticercosis is endemic in most of the world, and it accounts for 2% of seizure cases in some areas of the United States.1 Extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis, discussed in the Case Record involving a patient with ...

Neurological disease resulting from neurocysticercosis (NCC) is common in most of the world. The variability in the biology of the infection and in its clinical manifestations has led to much confusion regarding appropriate ...

Technological advances in mass spectrometry 14 (MS), liquid chromatography (LC) separations, nuclear 15 magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and big data 16 analytics have made possible studying metabolism at an 17 “omics” ...

Objective: The purpose of this work was to investigate the synthesis of T3 receptors in human tumors of the anterior pituitary gland, its relationship with the hormone synthesized and/or secreted by the tumor and the ...

Background/purpose: The role of sternal torsion (ST) in patients with pectus excavatum (PEX) is unknown. We evaluated the relationship between ST and both chest malformation and cardiac compression (CC) indexes. Methods: ...