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External fixator arthrodesis antibiotic spacer in two-stage revision total knee arthroplasty for eradication of periprosthetic joint infection

Two-stage revision total knee arthroplasty remains the gold standard for management of chronic periprosthetic joint infection in North America.Static cement antibiotic spacers used after knee resection to deliver high-dose antibiotics lack primary stability, potentially leading to spacer migration or dislocation, additional bone loss, extensor mech

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Trichotillomania – therapeutic possibilities

Introduction: here Trichotillomania is a mental disorder in which the patient persistently and recurrently pulls out his own hair, which results in varying degrees of hair loss.This causes considerable suffering and impairs quality of life, but patients rarely seek specialist help.It affects 0.5–3% of the general population, but data may be under

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Widespread Distribution and Functional Specificity of the Copper Importer CcoA: Distinct Cu Uptake Routes for Bacterial Cytochrome c Oxidases

ABSTRACT Cytochrome c oxidases are members of the heme-copper oxidase superfamily.These enzymes have different subunits, cofactors, and primary electron acceptors, yet they all contain identical heme-copper (CuB) binuclear centers within their catalytic subunits.The uptake and delivery pathways of the CuB atom incorporated into this active site, wh

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