Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Aug 2017
Prognostic Potential of N-Cadherin in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma via Immunohistochemical Methods.
To assess the prognostic potential for N-cadherin in oral squamous cell carcinoma and oral epithelial dysplasia. ⋯ N-cadherin can be used as a potential biomarker for early diagnosis of OSCC. However, the N-cadherin expression did not show any correlation with the histological grade of OSCC.
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Aug 2017
Case ReportsAcute Complete Adult-onset Kawasaki Disease in a Middle-Aged Woman.
A 55-year-old Chinese lady was diagnosed with acute complete Kawasaki disease (KD) in January 2015. To our knowledge, this patient was the first described woman who was over 50 years and fulfilled all the characteristics of acute complete KD. The patient had a striking result on the 26th day since this disease onset after the initiation of treatment of immunoglobulin (IG) and aspirin; and did not have any complications up to now. The purpose of this case report was to raise the awareness of KD in the middle-aged persons and the therapeutic schedules, as there is no valid therapeutic therapeutic for adults with KD.