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BACKGROUND: The precision of adult height prediction by bone age determination in children with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) is unknown. METHODS: The near adult height (NAH) of patients with IGHD in the KIGS database was compared retrospectively to adult height prediction calculated by the Bayley-Pinnea…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of the sequence of specialist physician consultations (e.g., urology, radiation oncology) on definitive treatment choices in newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients. METHODS: Using electronic medical records from two US healthcare systems, we examined the number and order of specialt…

PURPOSE: We report the first clinicopathological series of longitudinal FDG-PET scans in post-mortem (PM) verified cognitively normal elderly (NL) followed to the onset of Alzheimer's-type dementia (DAT), and in patients with mild DAT with progressive cognitive deterioration. METHODS: Four NL subjects and three patien…

Sexuality is often bound together with sexual function in contemporary sexual health literature; however, sexuality is a multidimensional phenomenon that has a broader historical concept and cultural meaning. In addition to a significant global decline in sexual function, women may experience decline in emotional satis…

In the last 16 years only 18 cases of this kind could be observed in the Paediatric-surgical clinic of Leipzig (GDR). Genuine dislocations without a concomitant fracture happened in 5 cases. They were treated conservatively in the same way as 8 juxtaarticular fractures. 5 considerable dislocated fractures were treated…

Since 1978 and 1979, California has had a significantly higher frequency of moderate to large earthquakes than in the preceding 25 years. In the past such periods have also been associated with major destructive earthquakes, of magnitude 7 or greater, and the annual probability of occurrence of such an event is now 13…

PURPOSE: This study aims to identify the factors influencing psychosocial adjustment and its subdomains. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 176 young adults (men 55.7%, 30.5 ± 5.9 years) diagnosed with a hematologic malignancy in South Korea. Psychological adjustment, sympto…

BACKGROUND: Fractional radiofrequency (FRF) technology reduces skin laxity and treats aging-related skin disorders such as wrinkles. The objective of this study was to evaluate participant satisfaction of FRF for the treatment of facial wrinkles. METHODS: A total of 25 male and female patients (average age 60.5 years)…

Lactobacilli constitute the dominant microbiota in many fermented foods and comprise widely used probiotics. However, these bacteria cause rare infections mostly in diabetic and immunocompromised subjects in presence of risk factors such as prosthetic hearth valves and dental procedures or caries. The scope of this sur…

UNLABELLED: Seizures in infancy have highly variable courses and underlying etiologies. However, there are only a few long-term follow-up studies regarding infantile-onset epilepsy. Therefore, we aimed to describe the clinical courses, seizure outcomes, and risk factors of infantile-onset epilepsy followed up for more…

We aim to evaluate the impact of age and duration of symptoms on surgical outcome of the patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy (CSR) who had been treated by single-level microscopic anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). We retrospectively evaluated 68 patients (48 female and 20 male) with a mean ag…

The isolation and distribution rate of dermatophytes as causative agents of superficial mycoses of skin, hair, and nails during an 18-year period (1991-2008) at a university hospital are presented. A comparative analysis of epidemiological differences within the first (1991-1999) and the second 9-year period (2000-2008…

OBJECTIVES: To study the electroclinical and histopathologic profile of idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) with reference to prognosis and survival rate. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Diagnosis of IIM was based on the Bohan and Peter criteria. Patients who improved and those whose condition worsened or who expired due to…

AIM: Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas can present with invasion of the vena porta or the superior mesenteric vein (SMV). Pancreatectomy with resection of the vena porta and/or the SMV remains controversial although the procedure is potentially curative. The aim of this study was to validate the indication for resection o…

The carcinoid syndrome is usually evident when enterochromaffin (EC) cell-derived neuroendocrine tumors (carcinoids) metastasize to the liver. In addition to carcinoid symptomatology, about 40% of patients exhibit carcinoid heart disease (CHD) with fibrotic endocardial plaques and associated heart valve dysfunction. Th…

PURPOSE: Descriptive epidemiology characterises frequency of appearance of given event (here decease) in dependence of many factors concerning a person, region or time of existence of given salubrious phenomena. The source of information was the official death registry that provides complete records of all deaths that…

BACKGROUND: Although the use of autologous bone for reconstruction of the cranial and facial skeleton underwent a partial reappraisal following the introduction of a vast range of alloplastic materials for this purpose, it has demonstrated definite advantages over the last century and, particularly, during the last dec…

Changes in the male-to-female (M/F) ratio of cluster headache (CH) over the years were investigated through a comparative analysis of the distribution of the disease by sex and decade of onset in 482 patients (374M and 108F). Variations over the last few decades were also investigated in the employment rate, level of s…

The subgroup characteristics of 71 strains of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) isolated in Sapporo, Japan, during 5 epidemic years from 1980 to 1987 were determined by the use of 17 monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised against the RSV Long strain, which is now recognized as the prototype subgroup A strain. Nine of thes…

Lucerne (L.) is the second most significant winter leguminous fodder crop after berseem in India. Breeder seed (BS) is the first stage of the seed production chain, as it is the base material for producing foundation and certified seeds. In India, lucerne BS demand has been reduced by 85.58% during the last 24 years (1…