Resveratrol is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory polyphenol. Periodontitis is induced by
oral pathogens, where a systemic inflammatory response accompanied by oxidative stress is …

Purpose: To evaluate the most useful findings to look for in diagnosing acute appendicitis
on contrast-enhanced helical CT. Material and Methods: Appendiceal helical CT scans with …

Ultrasound (US) elastography is a valuable imaging technique for tissue characterization.
Two main types of elastography, strain and shear-wave, are commonly used to image breast …

Purpose We compared the abilities of power and conventional color Doppler sonography to
depict the vascularity of solid breast lesions and evaluated the usefulness of power Doppler …

Background The goals of this study were to analyze clinical factors that affect cervical lymph
node metastasis (LNM) in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), and to evaluate the diagnostic …

Many studies have suggested that dietary flavonoids are anticancer agents that induce the
apoptosis of cancer cells. However, the effects of flavonoids on the induction of apoptosis in …

Physicochemical and textural properties, and volatile compounds of comminuted sausages
with various added fat levels and fat replacers were evaluated. Sausages without added fat …

Objective: To propose a new and practical MRI grading method for cervical neural foraminal
stenosis and to evaluate its reproducibility. Methods: We evaluated 50 patients (37 males …

We evaluated the mammographic (n = 16) and ultrasonographic (n = 15) findings of 18 patients
with metastatic breast carcinoma. Fifteen patients showed multiple or diffuse lesions and …

Background The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™) is a child self-report and
parent proxy-report instrument designed to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in …