Purpose: To determine whether the incidence of chalazion increased significantly in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County following the widespread adoption of face mask wear in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: This is a retrospective multicenter study of two ophthalmology institutions: a private Oculoplastics practice in San F
Neurogenic Pulmonary Edema (A Case Report)
Neurogenic pulmonary edema is a life threatening complication of severe central nervous system injury.The most common cause of neurogenic pulmonary edema is subarachnoid hemorrhage followed by head trauma and epilepsy.The rare causes are cervical spine trauma, multiplesclerosis, cerebellar hemorrhage and intracranial tumors.Neurogenic pulmonary ede
Systemic inflammatory biomarkers in primary central nervous system lymphoma versus high-grade glioma: exploratory, comparative and correlative analysis
Aim: To assess systemic inflammatory biomarkers in non invasive differential diagnosis of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) from high-grade glioma (HGG).Materials & methods: Patients with similar morphology (PCNSL or HGG) on conventional neuro-imaging were included.Systemic inflammatory indices were calculated from pretreatment comple
Specific effects of certain salts on nitrogen metabolism of young corn seedlings
The effect of sodium and magnesium chlorides and sulphates on nitrogen metabolism of corn seedlings Records and their constituent parts have been studied.Treatment with all salts led to a decrease in the nitrogen content of the seedling as a whole, and the decrease became more pronounced with the increase of salt concentration, though these concent