LEVEL OF THE GUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PATIENTS AFTER ESOPHAGOPLASTY ON THE BASIS OF GASTROINTESTINAL INDEX ASSESSMENT

LEVEL OF THE GUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PATIENTS AFTER ESOPHAGOPLASTY ON THE BASIS OF GASTROINTESTINAL INDEX ASSESSMENT

The article presents the interview results of 55 patients after esophagoplasty (30 cases - after Massage esophagogastroplasty, 25 cases - after esophagoplasty) using questionnaire GIQLI.The authors came to conclusions about advantages of extirpation of esophagus with esopagogastroplasty compared with subtotal shunt esophagocoloplasty because of hig

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Specific protease mutation patterns are associated with oropharyngeal candidiasis in a New Orleans patient cohort of HIV-infected individuals

HIV-1 protease gene sequences were obtained from peripheral blood, saliva or oral tissues of 35 HIV+ patients using nested amplification and manual sequencing of PCR products.Of the 35 HIV+ patients 9 had clinical oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) while 26 did not, and only 4 patients were on protease inhibitor (PI) therapy.These patients were collec

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Esophageal xanthoma: presence of M2 macrophages suggests association with late inflammatory and reparative processes

Esophageal xanthoma is a rare lesion which is an asymptomatic small yellowish polyp, and most of the reported cases were solitary lesion.Histologically, aggregations of foam cells are found under the papillary hypertrophic squamous epithelium and the foam cells express CD68.The etiology of esophageal xanthoma is unknown.The focal irritation of the

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