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BACKGROUND: Hemopoietic progenitor cell transplantation (HPCT) is acquiring an increasing role in the therapy for a variety of disorders. In this study, main characteristics and results of HPCT along 20 years are analyzed from the experience of Postgraduate School of Hematology "Farreras-Valentí" at the Hospital C…

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are an important public health problem, due to their medical, social and economic repercussions. Therefore, more knowledge is needed about the sexual behaviour that promotes their spread, in order to improve control and prevention strategies. Our aim was to determine the frequency o…

A 61-year-old man presented to the pulmonary clinic with symptoms of dyspnea and productive cough for the last 6 months. Within the last 2 months, he started noticing bulging of his eyes associated with blurry vision. He denied hemoptysis, fever, night sweats, weight loss, skin rash, and dry eyes or mouth. He…

According to our experiments in the last ten years, the germination behaviour of the seeds of medicinal plants may be classified into five types by different temperature requirements for germination: (1) low temperature type; (2) middle temperature type; (3) high temperature type; (4) alternating temperature type; (5)…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term course of dysphagia after surgical treatment of Type I laryngeal cleft (LC-1). METHODS: A retrospective review was conducted on consecutive children with persistent swallowing dysfunction after surgical treatment of LC-1. Swallowing function was assessed using a video fluoroscopic…

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of thymectomy in patients with thymic neoplasms and to identify clinical and histopathological factors associated with improved long-term outcome of surgery. METHODS: We treated 74 patients between February 1987 and July 1993. There were 29 total and 36 simpl…

A study to determine the long term effectiveness of commonly used radon remedial methods over a 15 year period is discussed. The overall failure rate for remediation systems was 63%, with roughly equal rates for passive and active type systems. The fans used in active systems performed better than expected, with many o…

The effect of social factors on the male/female difference in mortality in Finland was studied by comparing age-adjusted mortality of males and females by social class and marital status. 44,548 death certificates (years 1969-1971) and 1970 census data for 25-64-years olds were analysed. The gender difference was 2.8-f…

INTRODUCTION: The connection between prematurity and atopic dermatitis (AD) is an intensively investigated topic with existing knowledge gaps. The last review with a meta-analysis in this field was published in 2018. Since then, there have been great advances in the comprehension of AD pathophysiology. AIM: To update…

The incidence of lumbar fusion for the treatment of various degenerative lumbar spine diseases has increased dramatically over the last twenty years. Many lumbar fusion techniques have been developed and popularized, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) initially intro…

The absolute and relative amount of employees who have disability pensions due to mental disorders has increased over the last few decades. During the last ten years, both disability pensions and absences due to sickness have increased about 1.5-fold. The significance of a good work environment and community to an empl…

During the last decades 156 patients with Behçet's disease were diagnosed and studied in Portugal. Until 1966 only two cases were referred in Portugal. In 1978 we reported 23 cases (18 males and 5 females) with multisystemic involvement, not different from that reported in other publications elsewhere. In 1987, 17…

The Ross procedure could provide an ideal aortic valve replacement method in children and young adults. We evaluated midterm echocardiographic results to assess pulmonary homograft function as well as pulmonary autograft dimensions and function. In all, 105 patients (26 women and 79 men) underwent the Ross procedure; m…

OBJECTIVE: To determine how well the American College of Rheumatology (ACR; formerly, the American Rheumatism Association) 1987 classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), when used at study inclusion in a cohort of 270 patients with early (<1 year) arthritis, predicted a diagnosis of RA 2 years later and ho…

During the last 14 years, externally supported noncoated knitted Dacron grafts (EXS) and gelatin-coated knitted Dacron grafts with rings (GEL) were used in 176 patients for femoropopliteal bypass (F-P), femorofemoral bypass (F-F) and axillofemoral bypass (Ax-F). In the EXS group, 58 F-P above knee (ak), 42 below knee (…

OBJECTIVES: This prospective study assessed the effect of post type used to restore endodontically treated teeth in the onset, progression, and remission of periapical lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred and forty teeth (92 patients) were endodontically treated and received a glass fiber post or a cast metal p…

The present study quantifies the magnitude of Arctic sea-ice loss in the boreal summer (July-September), especially in September at different timescales (daily, monthly, annual and decadal). The investigation on the accelerated decline in the Arctic sea-ice was performed using different datasets of passive microwave sa…