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Immunofluorescence is a laboratory test that diagnoses possible autoimmune diseases. Through substances become fluorescent antibodies and can be found bacteria or antibodies in biological samples.

ICL lenses are a phakic lens, also known as Implantable Column Lens, which are used to achieve the emmetropia of the patient, through a removable lens implant operation.

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is a novel technique assisted reproduction whereby a sperm into an oocyte injected with a microneedle. The difference with conventional in vitro fertilization is not in traditional sperm incubated the egg for fertilization to occur, but is forced by injecting the sperm fertilization. But the probability of success is the same in both procedures have in common that the patient should be submitted in both techniques to a previous ovarian stimulation....

Stroke means the sudden cessation of cerebral circulation after injury of cerebral vessels, which starts unexpectedly and can develop within minutes in major neurological syndromes. Three basic ways of mechanisms of action are known: haemorrhagic (atherosclerosis and hypertension are usually most frequent causes them); cerebral thrombosis, arteriosclerosis again being the most common cause; and, thirdly, strokes. Clinically, depending on the...

In image-guided radiotherapy they are taken every day images of the tumor and to define how volume during all weeks during treatment. Thanks to these images treatment more precisely during radiation is customized.

What are immediate loading implants? Immediate loading implants are those in which the dental implant (screw that replaces the root of the tooth) and a provisional prosthesis are placed in a single intervention. This technique favors the healing of the bone tissue and the integration of the implants in the bone, which makes it possible to dispense with the period without fixed teeth, with the consequent aesthetic and functional advantages, because the prosthesis...

Diseases related to the endocrine gland

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L’immunoterapia è una terapia anti-tumorale che ha lo scopo di attivare il sistema immunitario affinché aggredisca e contrasti la patologia mediante gli anticorpi presenti nel nostro organismo. Nel caso del tumore della pelle, per esempio, si è scoperto che “sbloccando” i linfociti, cellule che fanno parte del nostro sistema immunitario, è possibile contrastare la crescita del tumore, rallentandola o stabilizzandola. Attualmente sono in commercio...