Parsonage-Turner syndrome (PTS) is an inflammatory disorder of the brachial plexus.Hypothesized underlying causes focus on immune-mediated processes, as more than half of patients present some antecedent event or possible predisposing condition, such as infection, vaccination, exercise, or surgery.Recently, PTS was reported following the severe acu
The Paleopathological Characteristics of the Medieval Population of Bolgar (According to the CXCI Dig)
This article presents paleopathological characteristic of skeletal remains of one of the groups of the Bolgar fortified settlement related to the Golden Horde period.The anthropological material was obtained during archaeological excavations in the north-western part of the site in 2013 (excavation CXCI).The authors have analyzed remains of 35 indi
Antifeedant activity and toxicity of some plant essential oils to Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Essential oils of Satureja khuzistanica Jamzad, Ocimum basilicum L., Myrtus communis L., Thymus daenensis Celak, Mentha spicata L., and Eugenia caryophyllus (Sprengel) were evaluated for nutritional indices and mortality of the 4th instar larvae and adults of Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say).Relative growth rate, relative consumption DS rate, effici
Current developments in the diagnosis and treatment of giant cell arteritis
Giant cell arteritis is the most common vasculitis in adults above 50 years old.The disease is characterized by granulomatous inflammation of medium and large arteries, particularly the temporal artery, and is associated acutely with headache, claudication, and visual disturbances.Diagnosis of the disease is often complicated by its protean present