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Protein is a complex macromolecule, which consists of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen and sulfur. It is composed of unbranched chains of amino acids. A typical protein consists of about 200-300 amino acids.

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Abdominal Pain

Abdominal pain can be one of the symptoms associated with transient disorders or serious disease. Most frequently the cause may be a benign and self-limited condition but a more serious cause may require urgent intervention.

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Corneal transplants

A healthy cornea ? the transparent, dome-shaped surface of your eye ? is an essential component of sharp, clear vision. It accounts for a large part of your eye's focusing power. Any condition that distorts your cornea or diminishes its transparency can harm your vision ? sometimes severely. One treatment option may be a cornea transplant (keratoplasty).

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Chest Pain

Chest pain is one of the most common complaints that will bring patients to emergency department. The causes include cardiac and non cardiac. Careful medical examination and history is necessary for management of chest pain. ECG is the basic investigation for chest pain, based on ECG treatment is continued further.

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Chalazion

Chalazion is an enlargement of the sebaceous gland (meibomian glands) in the eye lid due to obstruction of the gland?s opening. It is also called meibomian gland lipogranuloma. They are painless swelling in the eye lid

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Cervical Spondylitis

Cervical Spondylitis is a disorder is caused by abnormal wear on the cartilage and bones of the neck. It is also known as cervical osteoarthritis, neck arthritis or degenerative disc disease of the neck.

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Cervical rib

Cervical rib is an extra rib which arises from the seventh cervical vertebra. It is a congenital abnormality located above the normal first rib. It is an extra rib attacked to the seventh cervical vertebra.

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Benzodiazepines Poisoning

Benzodiazepines are sedative-hypnotic agents, commonly used for seizure control, anxiety, alcohol withdrawal, insomnia, and as muscle relaxants. Most cases are suicidal but some occur through error and ungraded exploration in children.

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Barbiturate poisoning

Barbiturates are sedative hypnotic agents, non selective in effects. At lower doses of barbiturates causes restlessness and emotional tension occurs. At increasingly higher doses, sedation is followed by increasing levels of anesthesia and eventually death.

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Agenesis of Corpus Callosum

Agenesis of Corpus Callosum is a rare congenital disorder with complete or partial absence of corpus callosum. It may occur in isolation or in association with other CNS or systemic malformations.

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