SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM AS A CAUSE OF LEG SWELLING IN PATIENTS ATTENDING TERTIARY LEVEL HOSPITAL IN KATHMANDU

Subclinical hypothyroidism as a cause of leg swelling in patients attending tertiary level hospital in Kathmandu

Background: Peripheral edema is one of the common causes of visit to medical outpatient department.After history taking and investigations few patients are left without diagnosis.This study was designed to find if there is any association between pedal edema and subclinical hypothyroidism when there is no other systemic disease is found.Materials a

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Multiplex PCR assay for the identification of eight Anopheles species belonging to the Hyrcanus, Barbirostris and Lindesayi groups

Abstract Background Genus Anopheles mosquitoes are the primary vectors of human malaria, which is a serious threat to public health worldwide.To reduce the spread of malaria and identify the malaria infection rates in mosquitoes, accurate species identification is needed.Malaria re-emerged in 1993 in the Republic of Korea (ROK), with numbers peakin

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Applying GA-PSO-TLBO approach to engineering optimization problems

Under addressing global competition, manufacturing companies strive to produce better and cheaper products more quickly.For a complex production system, the design problem galaxy harmony nc is intrinsically a daunting optimization task often involving multiple disciplines, nonlinear mathematical model, and computation-intensive processes during man

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