Galectins, a family of glycan-binding proteins, influence tumor progression by modulating
interactions between tumor, endothelial, stromal, and immune cells. Despite considerable …

The role of oxidative stress in prostate cancer has been increasingly recognised. Acute and
chronic inflammations generate reactive oxygen species that result in damage to cellular …

Erectile dysfunction has an increased prevalence in hypertensive patients and is associated
with cardiovascular diseases. For many years the discussion has been polarized on …

This article is a review of spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in younger age groups. Since
Herbinaux first described the pathology (1782), many classifications and theories of …

Introduction The authors present 15 cases of congenital scoliosis with lumbar or thoracolumbar
hemivertebra in children under 10 years of age (mean age at the time of surgery was 5.5 …

Background: Escitalopram has never been demonstrated to be useful in the treatment of
chronic low back pain (CLBP), while duloxetine has demonstrated analgesic effect in chronic …

Purpose Posterior-only approach arthrodesis by all-pedicle screw instrumentation has a
correction rate similar to correction obtained by traditional combined anterior/posterior approach …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the present study was to assess a group of patients with fibromyalgia
(FM) and control subjects using the personality questionnaire proposed by Cloninger …

Purpose The Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) Studies have estimated that low back pain is
one of the costliest ailments worldwide. Subsequent to GBD publications, leadership of the …

PURPOSE: Reconstructing a penile stump secondary to trauma or cancer should result in
satisfactory penile function and appearance. The lack of penile skin, stump retraction in the …