The ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) is known to play an essential role in maintaining arousal and consciousness.In this report, we describe the case of a patient with impaired consciousness due to injury of the ARAS after bilateral pontine infarction.A 73-year-old female patient presented with anterior chest pain to the Emergency Depar
Early stages of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) infection are associated with local recruitment and activation of important effectors of innate immunity, i.e.natural killer (NK) cells and dendritic cells (DCs).Immature DCs (iDCs) capture HIV-1 through specific receptors and can disseminate the sawgrass virtuoso sg500 complete sublijet sublim
A very loud systolic murmur was identified during a pre-operative evaluation of a 51-year-old woman for an elective hysterectomy.The TTE showed a 4.7 cm intracardiac mass obstructing the RVOT.The patient was scheduled instead for resection of the jean louis sanchet mass.Before anesthesia induction, the surgical team and perfusionist were prepared t
Empty follicle syndrome (EFS) is a rare condition in female infertility.It is characterized by the inability to retrieve oocytes from visibly large, normally developing follicles in the ovaries, despite ovarian stimulation.The genetic sawgrass virtuoso sg500 complete sublijet sublimation printer kit factors contributing to this syndrome remain uncl