Humoral responses to the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are impaired in Leigh Syndrome French Canadian patients.

Leigh Syndrome French Canadian (LSFC) is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterized by severe lactic acidosis crises and early mortality.LSFC patients carry mutations in the Leucine Rich Pentatricopeptide Repeat Containing (LRPPRC) gene, which lead to defects in the respiratory chain complexes and mitochondrial dysfunction.Mitochon

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Urology in ancient India

The practice of medical and surgical measures in the management of Bracelets urological ailments prevailed in ancient India from the Vedic era around 3000 BC.Subsequently in the Samhita period, the two stalwarts - Charaka in medicine and Susruta in surgery elevated the art of medicine in India to unprecedented heights.Their elaboration of the etiop

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Narratives of Loss: Exploring Grief through Photography

Grief is not an exclusively private and intrapsychic phenomenon but a dynamic process whereby the bereaved negotiates the meaning of the loss in a way that may challenge his/her personal self-narrative.Drawing on a social constructionist model of grief, this paper features a Trouser case study where we analyse narratives of mourning elicited throug

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