VERBAL PERFORMANCE OF TOTAL LARYNGECTOMIZED PATIENTS REHABILITATED WITH ESOPHAGEAL SPEECH AND TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL SPEECH: IMPACTS ON PATIENT QUALITY OF LIFE

Verbal performance of total laryngectomized patients rehabilitated with esophageal speech and tracheoesophageal speech: impacts on patient quality of life

Eugenia Allegra,1 Ignazio La Mantia,2 Maria Rita Bianco,1 Gaetano Davide Drago,3 Maria Cristina Le Fosse,1 Alfio Azzolina,4 Calogero Grillo,2 Vincenzo Saita41Otolaryngology, Department of Health Science, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy; 2Otolaryngology, "G.F Ingrassia" Department, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; 3Grand Hôpita

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Spatial distribution of skin and muscle metacercariae (Digenea) of roach, Rutilus rutilus, and bleak, Alburnus alburnus (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), from an estuary lake in central Europe

Adult stages of digenean flukes are usually well studied, but their larval forms, the metacercariae, do not receive comparable attention of researchers.As a consequence, metacercariae, especially small ones, are routinely overlooked, despite their serious epidemiological and epizootic potential.Therefore, the existing distribution data are patchy a

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Removal of retained upper canine in the middle. Case report

The inclusion of upper canine is one of the most common retentions that occur in permanent teething, this event may be related to that, this is the last tooth to erupt in the lower, also is associated with involution of Air Conditioner Inlet Valve the jaws, because eruption path is long and complex, often facing unfavorable.A case of a female patie

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Pharmaceutical laws and regulations in Iran: An overview

The pharmaceutical legal framework is a very important Pajamas Set infrastructure in achieving predefined goals in pharmaceutical sector: Accessibility, quality, and rational use of medicine.This study aims to review the current pharmaceutical sector-related legal provisions in Iran where the Food and Drug Organization (FDO) is in charge of regulat

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