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  • Incidentally discovered adrenal tumor 
    Nasser, S.; Medlej, R.; Abadjian, G.; Gedeon, E.; Chalouhy, E.; Halaby, G. (2017-02-03)
    The wider application of increasingly sensitive ultrasonography and CT scanning has created a new problem for clinical management: the incidental discovery of asymptomatic adrenal lesions. These lesions, also called ...
  • Increase of satellite tobacco ringspot virus RNA initiated by inoculating circular RNA 
    Buzayan, Jamal M.; Tol, Hans Van; Zalloua, Pierre A.; Bruening, George (2019-07-19)
    A small satellite RNA of tobacco ringspot virus (sTRSV RNA) generates circular and linear molecules of unit length and repetitive sequence, linear multimers during replication. The phosphodiester junction joining the unit ...
  • Increased leptin expression in mice with bacterial peritonitis is partially regulated by tumor necrosis factor alpha 
    Abdalla, Eddie; Moshyedi, Armin; Joseph, Michael; Mackay, Sally; Edwards III, Carl; Copeland III, Edward; Moldawer, Lyle (2015-11-09)
    Plasma leptin and ob gene mRNA levels were increased in mice following bacterial peritonitis, and blocking an endogenous tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) response blunted the increase. However, plasma leptin concentrations ...
  • Indirect measurement of aneurysm wall thickness using digital stethoscope 
    Jou, Liang-Der; Mawad, Michel E. (2019-07-11)
    Objective: No existing in vivo technique can measure aneurysm wall thickness for evaluation of rupture risk. Intracranial aneurysms produce bruits at a special range of frequency that are highly influenced by the wall ...
  • Indwelling pleural catheters in hepatic hydrothorax 
    Diab, Khalil; Kniese, Christopher; Ghabril, Marwan; Bosslet, Gabriel (2019-02-13)
    Background Treatment of hepatic hydrothorax (HH) generally involves sodium restriction, diuretics, and serial thoracentesis. In more advanced cases, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and liver transplantation ...
  • Infantile digital fibromas 
    Falco, Nancy A.; Upton, Joseph (2019-06-03)
    A series of 15 digital lesions in 8 pediatric patients is presented. All infantile digital fibromas appear early in life at the distal or proximal interphalangeal joint level, characteristically involve the ulnar three ...
  • Influence of common and specific HLA-DRB1/DQB1 haplotypes on genetic susceptibilities of three distinct Arab populations to type 1 diabetes 
    Stayoussef, Mouna; Benmansour, Jihen; Al-Jenaidi, Fayza A.; Nemr, Rita; Ali, Muhallab E.; Mahjoub, Touhami; Almawi, Wassim Y. (2019-05-29)
    The contribution of HLA DRB-DQB to type 1 diabetes (T1D) in Bahrainis, Lebanese, and Tunisians was investigated. DRB1*030101-DQB1*0201 was a locus that conferred susceptibility in three populations, while DRB1*040101-DQB1*0302 ...
  • Influence of proton pump inhibitors on gastritis diagnosis and pathologic gastric changes 
    Nasser, Soumana C.; Nasser, Selim M.; Slim, Mahmoud; Nassif, Jeanette G. (2016-10-13)
    AIM: To investigate the influence of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) exposure on the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) gastritis and intestinal metaplasia. METHODS: Chronic PPI use is associated with masking ...
  • Influence of standardized patient body habitus on undergraduate student performance in an Objective Structured Clinical Examination 
    Bahous, Sola Aoun; Faour, Wissam; Asmar, Nadia; Yazbeck-Karam, Vanda; Khairallah, Maya (2015-10-23)
    Purpose: Previous studies have shown that the standardized patient's (SP) gender may affect student performance in an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). The aim of this study is to investigate the influence ...
  • The infrequent removal of retrievable IVC filters 
    El-Amm, Joelle; Mobarek, Dalia A.; Furmark, Lena; Aggarwal, Lena; Faselis, Charles; Rickles, Frederick R. (2017-09-25)
    On August 9, 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety communication warning that retrievable Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters, which are intended for short-term placement are not always removed once ...
  • Initial risk assessment for pulmonary hypertension in patients with COPD 
    Yammine, Joe; Gartman, Eric J.; Blundin, Michael; Klinger, James R.; Roberts, Mary B.; McCool, Dennis (2019-04-16)
    Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a comorbidity associated with increased mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. It is not known which clinical markers are predictive of PH in COPD. ...
  • Insulin detemir in combination with oral antidiabetic drugs improves glycemic control in persons with type 2 diabetes in Near East countrie 
    Echtay, Akram; Andari, Emile; Atallah, Paola; Moufarrege, Roland; Nemr, Rita (2019-05-29)
    Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of insulin detemir treatment as add-on therapy in a real-world setting of Lebanese insulin naïve persons, with type 2 diabetes poorly controlled on oral antidiabetic drugs ...
  • Interscapholunate carpal axial dislocation 
    Yammine, K.; Lecorre, N.; Montagliari, C. (2019-07-03)
    We present a case of a patient presenting a right wrist injury due to a motor vehicule accident. X-rays and CT Scan showed transcapholunate axial dislocation with the capitate impacted between the scaphoid and the lunate ...
  • Interstitial deletion of band q12 of chromosome 5 
    Deeb, Mary; Dudin, Gertrud; Alexander, Denis; Talj, Fayrouz; Musallam, Salim; Der Kaloustian, Vazken M. (2016-11-23)
    A six-months-old girl is presented with psychomotor retardation and multiple congenital malformations. The karyotype done on peripheral blood lymphocytes and skin fibroblasts was found to be 46,XX del(5)(411q13). The parents ...
  • Interventional cardiac electrophysiology 
    Damiano, Ralph J.; Marchlinski, Francis E. (Cardiotext, 2019-05-02)
  • Intestinal pseudoobstruction in acute Lyme disease 
    Chatila, Rajaa; Kapadia, Cyrus R. (2019-05-30)
    We report here a case of acute Lyme disease in a 61-yr-old man who developed a facial nerve paralysis and a relentless intestinal pseudoobstruction 2 wk after the initial prodrome. Both the facial nerve paralysis and ...
  • Intimal thickening after placement of a neuroform stent 
    Lee, D.H.; Arat, A.; Mosri, H.; Diaz, O.; Jou, L.-D.; Mawad, M.E. (2019-07-10)
    Little attention has been given to the intimal thickening of the parent artery associated with the use of Neuroform stent. The purposes of this study were are to analyze quantifyanalyze the incidence of the parent artery ...
  • Intracoronary fiducial embolization after percutaneous placement for stereotactic radiosurgery 
    Nassif, Anis S.; Lim, Micheal J.; Stoeckel, David A.; Farkas, Emily A.; Naunheim, Keith S. (2017-11-01)
    Although well established for the treatment of intracranial and prostatic pathology, stereotactic radiosurgery has only recently emerged as a modality for the treatment of malignant lung lesions. Utilization of radio-opaque ...
  • Intractable cough and abnormal pulmonary function in benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis 
    Chatila, Rajaa; Bergasa, Nora V.; Lagarde, Suzanne; Brain, West A. (2019-05-30)
    Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC) is a syndrome characterized by recurrent episodes of cholestasis with associated pruritus. The intensity and duration of cholestatic episodes, and the length of the intervening ...
  • Intracutaneous ALA photodynamic therapy 
    Tannous, Zeina; Farinelli, William S.; Doukas, Apostolos G.; Sakamoto, Fernanda H.; Anderson, Rox R.; Smith, Nicholas A. (2017-11-10)
    Background Photodynamic therapy (PDT) using topical aminolevulinic acid (ALA) depends on local drug uptake, metabolism to porphyrins, and depth of light penetration using different wavelengths. Topical ALA-PDT has limited ...

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