Pulmonary abscesses – aetiology and treatment. Ten-year experience of the Department of General and Thoracic Surgery in Lodz, Poland

Introduction: Primary lung abscess is a disease developing due to aspiration or embolization of the infected material from the lung tissue or on the basis of other diseases of different aetiology (secondary abscess). In...

Influence of combined botanical extract preparation on body composition – results from double blind randomized clinical trial

Introduction: Obesity is becoming a great cause of concern in many countries. To shift the energy balance towards expenditure, dietary supplements should be designed to increase thermogenesis, lipolysis, loss of body wat...

Association of glutathione-S-transferase P1 genotypes with susceptibility to bronchial asthma in children

Introduction: Asthma is characterized by airway inflammation, a critical component of which is oxidative stress. We describe an association study designed to examine whether allelic variation at the glutathione-S-transfe...

Current advances in statin treatment: from molecular mechanisms to clinical practice

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