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To evaluate long-term changes in the lower incisor region, a comparison was made between children with large overjet treated with extraction of the upper first premolars and fixed appliances in both jaws and untreated children with normal occlusion. The treatment group consisted of 26 children and was studied with plas…

BACKGROUND: This study examines last dental visit (visiting within the last 12 months, having a last visit 5 or more years ago, attending a private dental practice) and usual visit (usually visiting for a check-up, having a dentist they usually attend). METHODS: Explanatory variables include age, gender, region,…

The increasing incidence of melanoma in the general population during the last few decades has provoked a great deal of research, aiming to identify the possible relationship between old and new etiological factors involved in the pathogenesis of this tumor. The aim of the study was to evaluate the incidence of melanom…

Despite the ever-present risk of a critical imbalance in the physician workforce total numbers and specialty distribution, no systematic planning mechanism is in place. Furthermore, the length of training for graduate medical education (GME) precludes timely rectification of imbalances. We report GME activities collect…

THE AIM OF THE STUDY: 1. Current physical status and selected pubertal features were assessed in Polish 13-year old adolescents, in urban and rural areas. 2. Dynamics and secular trends of body height, mass and body mass index in 1980-2008 were analyzed. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was conducted in 2008 in prospec…

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of soft-tissue release on hip subluxation and dislocation in cerebral palsy as well as activities of daily living after surgery.Soft-tissue release was performed in 13 patients (19 hips) with cerebral palsy. Of them, 10 had spastic quadriplegia and three had spastic dipleg…

The NOCTET study randomized 282 patients ≥1 year after heart or lung transplantation to continue conventional calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) therapy or to start everolimus with reduced-exposure CNI. Last follow-up, at ≥5 years postrandomization (mean: 5.6 years) was attended by 72/140 everolimus patients (51…

BACKGROUND: Manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) as treatment for idiopathic frozen shoulder increases motion, provides pain relief, and restores function, but it is unclear whether the improvements persist long term. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: We therefore investigated whether (1) ROM was restored, (2) pain was relieved, and…

OBJECTIVE: Congenital hypoplasia of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) and aortic annulus is a challenging problem. We have developed a novel posterior enlargement technique that avoids a septal and right ventricular incision while effectively enlarging the LVOT and aortic annulus. Here we report mid-term result…

Although Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection is an important cause of acute febrile illness in Lao PDR (Laos), patient outcome has not been evaluated. We prospectively followed up 123 JEV-infected patients (70 children < 15 years and 53 adults &#x2265; 15 years) admitted at Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, from 200…

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a prevalent pathogen that impacts the health of swine and is costly to the swine industry. This study utilized PRRSV test results from the University of Guelph's Animal Health Laboratory database to develop interactive, real-time dashboards and to monitor a…

INTRODUCTION: In Mexico, as in other countries, studies do not distinguish between attempted suicide and suicidal and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). The aim of this study was to investigate self-injury and its prevalence using several definitions, in addition to studying the frequency of the proposed DSM-5 criteria fo…

On the occasion of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the tubercle bacillus by Robert Koch, in 1982, it could be stated that in GDR, like in other developed countries, tuberculosis is not any more a serious problem of public health but has changed to a much reduced endemic disease. After eva…

In the Immunology Department of the Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw we have used lymphocyte blastic transformation test (LETT) over 30 years to study lymphocyte function. During the last 10 years we have noticed progressive elevation of lymphocyte percentage undergoing spontaneous blast transformation (autotran…

INTRODUCTION: Data on patients with long-term exposure to ART is scarce because controlled studies usually do not follow up patients for more than five to seven years. We were interested whether baseline parameters such as CD4 T-cell nadir or pre-treatment viraemia do have an impact on ART success after more than a dec…

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to investigate the growth parameters in Turkish children with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare these growth parameters according to the presence or absence of cyclophosphamide, rituximab treatment, cumulative corticosteroid dose, proliferative nephritis, and the last visit d…

BACKGROUND: There is an apparent increase in pediatric sports and recreation (SR)-related injuries in the United States in the last decade. The aim of this study was to compare injuries in 2000 to injuries sustained in 2005 and 2010 to determine the trend in 8 most common pediatric SR-related injuries in the United Sta…

AIM: 1. To show how in a program of pediatric liver transplantation (PLT) with 12 years of experience, the continuous use of technical innovations has allowed to improve the results and to treat the most complex cases. 2. To point out that when the immediate results of the transplant improve and the evolution time get…

For a five-year period, 131 bipolar patients were followed every 6 months; for the next 5 years, they were followed yearly. Each patient was interviewed in a systematic way that gave information about episodes, hospitalizations, cycle lengths and the presence of alcoholism. Women and men were not significantly differen…

Background. Malaria is a major public health problem in Ethiopia. The trend of malaria occurrence remains unknown in the study area. This study is aimed at determining the last five years' trend of malaria occurrence from 2008/09 to 2012/13 in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Methods. A health facility-based retrospect…