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Twenty-one patients between the ages of 8 and 12 years with 23 femoral-shaft fractures underwent dynamic compression plating (DCP) between August 1993 and February 1996. Eleven patients had isolated femoral-shaft fractures, five had associated long-bone injuries, and five had multiple organ injuries. A 4.5-mm DCP plate…

PURPOSE: To report the 27-year statistical data from the Central Eye Bank of Iran (CEBI) and its activity. METHODS: All CEBI records regarding procured eyes, tissue utilizations, corneal transplants per capita, and indications for keratoplasty from 1991 to 2017 were analyzed. RESULTS: In total, 115,743 whole eyes wer…

Road traffic injuries are on the rise in developing countries with a disproportionately high number of crashes involving commercial vehicles. Baseline information on risk factors is necessary to develop targeted prevention programmes. A survey of commercial drivers was conducted at the largest bus and truck station in…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Reconstructions have identified the 20th century as being uniquely warm in the last 1000 years. Changes in the phenology of primary meristems converged toward increases in length of the growing season. Has the phenology of secondary meristem changed during the last century, and to what extent? MET…

BACKGROUND: Synovial chondromatosis (SC) is a benign condition where the synovial lining of joints, bursae, or tendon sheaths undergoes metaplasia and ultimately forms cartilaginous loose bodies. Synovial chondromatosis of the foot and ankle is exceedingly rare, and outcomes following surgical excision are largely unkn…

The Lombardy Registry of Dialysis and Transplantation (RLDT) since 1983 has collected data concerning patients affected by end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Lombardy, a region of Northern Italy with 9 million inhabitants. This report illustrates the main features of ESRD patients on R…

Zopiclone is a new nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic, the recommended dose of which is 7.5 mg. It was compared to flurazepam 30 mg in a sleep laboratory study. 12 women aged 40-60 years, with subjective sleep disorders for at least 2 months, were treated for 13 nights with each drug in a crossover double-blind design. Each ac…

Zopiclone is a new nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic, the recommended dose of which is 7.5 mg. It was compared to flurazepam 30 mg in a sleep laboratory study. 12 women aged 40-60 years, with subjective sleep disorders for at least 2 months, were treated for 13 nights with each drug in a crossover double-blind design. Each ac…

The overall incidence of syphilis in the last three decades has decreased from 93.3 cases per 100,000 population in 1955 to 42.5 in 1986 amidst fluctuations in between. The decrease from 1955 to 1965 might be related to the widespread use of penicillins. The increase from 1965 to 1973 could be attributed to the influx…

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)…

To evaluate the clinical efficacy of unilateral biportal endoscopy contralateral inclinatory approach (UBE-CIA) in the treatment of lumbar foraminal stenosis.A retrospective case series study was conducted on 32 patients with lumbar foraminal stenosis who underwent UBE-CIA at Department of Orthopaedics, the Second Affi…

During the last decade shift in incidence of pertussis toward the older age groups was observed. Also marked increase in incidence of pertussis in the second half of 1997 and first half of 1998 has occurred in our highly vaccinated population. In lieu of those facts question arises on effectiveness of national vaccinat…

BACKGROUND: Data on the evolution of exercise capacity in adults with repaired coarctation of the aorta (CoA) are scarce. We aimed to investigate the evolution and change of measures of exercise capacity obtained by cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in adults with repaired CoA. METHODS: Patients 16 years…

BACKGROUND: The improvement of quality and duration of life of transfusion-dependent B thalassemia patients over the last years discloses several complications due to the underling disorder, iron overload and the treatment with iron chelators. Our Aim was to assess the morbidity patterns and mortality rate of transfusi…

AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Thyroid autoimmunity clusters with other endocrine and non-endocrine forms of autoimmunity. The aim of this study was to determine the chronological appearance of thyroid autoantibodies in relation to other forms of autoimmunity in at-risk children. METHODS: The BABYDIAB study follows children of pare…

BACKGROUND: There is anecdotal evidence of changes in pediatric regional anesthesia (RA) practice. We performed a retrospective review of prospective data on pediatric RA over 17 years in our institution. METHODS: Data were collected from an electronic database for every anesthetic performed between 1989 and 2005. Typ…

The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E plays important roles in controlling the composition of the proteome. Indeed, dysregulation of eIF4E is associated with poor prognosis cancers. The traditional view has been that eIF4E acts solely in translation. However, over the last ∼25 years, eIF4E was…

Conventional immunological methods for the detection of serum autoantibodies have been an essential tool for the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases for 40 years: in the last decade autoantibody tests have become accepted criteria for the diagnosis and classification of the main systemic and organ-specific autoimmune dise…