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A long-term (the average 22.4 years) follow-up study of 757 schizophrenic patients displayed in 22% of the cases full recoveries, in 42,3% -- atypical types of recovery and in 35.7% -- characterisctic deficiency symptoms. At the time of the last follow-up 85.5% of the patients were living at home. 14.5% were permanentl…

Although the number of newly diagnosed cases of HIV is decreasing worldwide, those in Korea have been steadily on the rise, especially among adolescents (ages 10-19 years) and young adults (ages 20-29 years). To identify the characteristics in the new diagnosis among these age groups, we analyzed HIV testing sizes and…

BACKGROUND: Interleukin-17 (IL-17A) is a mainly pro-inflammatory cytokine, and IL-17 signaling implicates in the development of allergic asthma. The polymorphism rs2275913 in the promoter region of the IL-17A gene has in previous studies been associated with asthma susceptibility. The objective was to evaluate the asso…

AIM: Oligoarticular onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (oJIA) is characterised by a prevalent lower limb involvement, antinuclear antibodies (ANA) positivity and high risk of anterior uveitis. As we observed that oJIA patients frequently present with joint hypermobility (JH), we investigated whether there was a relati…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the long-term outcome of sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (SHE). METHODS: We retrospectively reconstructed a representative cohort of patients diagnosed with SHE according to international diagnostic criteria, sleep-related seizures ≥75% and follow-up ≥5 years. Terminal remission (T…

PURPOSE: Improved pediatric laparoscopic techniques and instruments have led to the increased popularity of laparoscopic pyeloplasty and nephrectomy at some centers. The recent trend has compared laparoscopic to open techniques to draw parallel conclusions from the adult literature that laparoscopic surgery in children…

The authors describe a 35-year-old man who has had benign mucous membrane pemphigoid from the age of 12 years. Upper esophageal stricture, a rare complication of the syndrome, developed when he was 24 years old. This recurrent condition has been followed for 11 years. It was treated initially, for 6 years, with esophag…

Luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), oestradiol and progesterone concentrations in plasma were obtained daily throughout the menstrual cycles of 94 regularly cycling women, aged between 24 and 50 years. Although mean LH concentrations changed little with advancing age, mean FSH concentrations w…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the number of review papers published in rehabilitation journals during recent years with the number published a decade ago. METHODS: PubMed search for review papers published in 7 major rehabilitation journals in 20052007 and 2015-2017. RESULTS: Of the 940 review papers identified, 659 were pub…

During the last 5 years, 5 cases of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture were surgically treated. These cases were reported and the literature concerning traumatic diaphragmatic hernia in the last one decade in Japan, including 80 cases was studied. The purpose of this study is to discuss the most important early diagnostic…

Experience in surgical correction of aortic valvular disease with extreme calcification of valves in 145 patients is generalized. The method for valve prosthetics preventing the development of specific complications is described. On the basis of analysis of the immediate and late postoperative results, it is recommende…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility, effectiveness, and security of percutaneous endoscopic spine surgery for treatment of lumbar spine disorders with intraspinal ossification. METHODS: Between July 2008 and June 2016, 96 patients with lumbar spine disorders (lumbar disc herniation or lumbar spinal stenosis) wit…

Recrudescent pulmonary melioidosis developed in two patients 12 and 16 years after their last travels to an endemic area. In one, a clinically silent prostatic abscess may have been the focus; and in both, the diagnosis was difficult to make even when the laboratory was notified of the possibility of infection with Pse…

INTRODUCTION: No systematic reviews were published in the last years investigating epidemiological data, involving myasthenia gravis (MG) and related myasthenic syndromes. This systematic review aimed to estimate the prevalence, incidence, and mortality of all MG types and myasthenic syndromes worldwide. METHODS: All…

OBJECTIVE: Transcallosal transseptal interforniceal approach is recognized as the most appropriate route to resect sessile hypothalamic hamartomas but individuals with obliterated cavum septi pellucidi may pose difficulties to access these lesions safely. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Six patients aged 8-34 years (med - 15.5)…

The number of patients with the first attack of rheumatic fever reached a peak in 1960, decreased remarkably until 1968, then has remained unchanged for the last nine years. Approximately 10% of rheumatic patients still develop recurrences.