PURPOSE: We reviewed the current literature on mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis
of prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A …

Neurofibromatosis type 1 and type 2 both occur in mosaic forms. Mosaicism results from
somatic mutations. Early somatic mutations cause generalized disease, clinically …

Binge‐eating disorder (BED) and night‐eating syndrome (NES) are two forms of disordered
eating associated with overweight and obesity. While these disorders also occur in …

To examine the nature and the degree of airway inflammation in chronic bronchitis during
exacerbations, bronchial biopsies and sputum were obtained in 11 subjects with chronic …

Background The full spectrum of clinical manifestations and outcome, and the potential
importance of regional or demographic features or viral triggers in paediatric multiple …

Activation of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors is primarily responsible for urinary bladder
emptying. Because multiple subtypes of muscarinic receptors exist, we wished to …

Abstract Purpose Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and schwannomatosis (SWN) are
genetically distinct tumor predisposition syndromes with overlapping phenotypes. We …

Mutation screening in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) families has long been hampered by
the complexity of the NF1 gene. By using a novel multi-track screening strategy, 67 NF1 …

To investigate the effect of smoking cessation on the airway inflammatory process present in
nonatopic subjects with chronic bronchitis, we obtained bronchial biopsies from nine current …

To determine the relationship between inflammatory cells in sputum, bronchoalveolar
lavage (BAL), and bronchial mucosa, we counted the number of leukocytes in sputum, BAL …