SERUM NEOPTERIN CONCENTRATIONS AND TRYPTOPHAN DEGRADATION PATTERN IN PATIENTS WITH LATE STAGE LARYNX CARCINOMA

Serum neopterin concentrations and tryptophan degradation pattern in patients with late stage larynx carcinoma

As the disease-free 5-year-survival of late stage laryngeal carcinoma patients is extremely low, indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase-1 (IDO)-induced tryptophan degradation may represent an immune escape mechanism which plays an important role in cancer spreading in advanced stage laryngeal cancers.We examined whether the late stage laryngeal cancer enhance

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Quantification of uncontrolled oil pollution of the East Jiu

In the current global context, where drinking water sources are constantly diminishing, surface water pollution has become an environmental problem that requires rapid action to conserve drinking water sources and protect aquatic biodiversity.Water pollution has many causes and can be caused by nitrates, detergents, pesticides, heavy metals, petrol

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Prison health situation and health rights of young people incarcerated in sub-Saharan African prisons and detention centres: a scoping review of extant literature

Abstract Background Treatment and special protection of the rights of incarcerated young people in prisons are mandated under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), as well as under United Nations (UN) human rights instruments.Methods copyright tiki mug A scoping review mapped what is currently known about prison conditions and health situation o

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Approach to temporomandibular disorders in a patient with internal derangement type III associated with the presence of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a case report

Introduction: Like any other synovial joint, the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) can be involved in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.TMJ can be affected unilaterally and bilaterally at the beginning or during the course of the disease, and can also often be affected by the first and only affected joint.Objective: To describe the clinical case of the pat

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