In this review, a clinical update is presented of the most important collagen vascular diseases
(CVDs) and the different types of interstitial lung disease (ILD) encountered in these CVDs. …

… than in V and C. Percentage of eosinophils was higher in group A than in V and C. Number
and/… SA demonstrated lower percentage of macrophages and lymphocytes than V, A, and C …

This article describes Annex B to ITU-T Recommendation G.729. Annex B defines a low-bit-rate
silence compression scheme designed and optimized to work in conjunction with both …

… lower in V than in A and C. There was no difference between A and C (Figure 2C). Total
TGF-β values were higher in SA patients compared with groups A and C, but were similar to the …

This paper describes the 8 kb/s speech coding algorithm G.729 which has been
standardized by ITU-T. The algorithm is based on a conjugate-structure algebraic CELP (CS-ACELP) …

PURPOSE: Allograft anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction obviates donor site
morbidity and may accelerate postoperative recovery. However, allograft use can lead to …

… BL were separated into their acellular component (BL fluid) and cellular component, by
centrifugation at 400 × g for 10 min at 4 C. BL and BL fluids were aliquoted and frozen at −80 C …

Background: Nasal polyposis (NP) is a frequent inflammatory chronic disease of the upper
respiratory tract, which may impair quality of life (QOL). The NP impact, which is frequently …

BACKGROUND: Nasal polyposis (NP) is frequently associated with asthma. In this disease,
asymptomatic bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) is thought to precede the development …

… with asthma (group C). Patients of group C tended to have a longer duration of nasal symptoms
than those of groups A and B. FEV 1 (L) was significantly lower in group C than in groups …