The estimated prevalence of liver injury in patients with blunt multiple trauma ranges from 1%
to 8%. The objective of this study was to investigate the profile of accompanying liver injury …

Background: Contrast-enhanced whole-body computed tomography (also called “pan-scanning”)
is considered to be a conclusive diagnostic tool for major trauma. We sought to …

Results After an average time of 33 months (range 12–37 months), 44 patients were
reexamined. Three patients were lost to follow-up. The average age was 44 years (range 17–92 …

Curcumin (CUR) is a natural extract from the plant Curcuma longa and part of turmeric, a
spice and herbal remedy in traditional medicine. Thousands of papers claim a plethora of …

Ca 2+ transport across the inner membrane of mitochondria (IMM) is of major importance for
their functions in bioenergetics, cell death and signaling. It is therefore tightly regulated. It …

Applied epidemiology is not a classical book on epidemiology. This text focuses on areas of
public health practice in which the systematic application of epidemiological methods can …

Single-pass, whole-body computed tomography (pan-CT) was proposed in the late 1990s as
a new concept for the diagnostic work-up of severely injured patients. Since its introduction, …

Granulins are a family of protein growth factors that are involved in cell proliferation. An
orthologue of granulin from the human parasitic liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini, known as Ov-…

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is an incurable disease accounting for almost one‐third
of leukemias in the Western world. Aberrant expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) is a well‐…

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of death globally. The only licensed TB
vaccine, Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG), has low efficacy against TB in adults and is not …