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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical characteristics and methods used in the diagnosis of patients registered at the Brazilian Celiac Association (BCA). METHODS: A questionnaire about clinical characteristics and diagnostic methods in celiac disease was mailed to 584 members of the BCA. RESULTS: We received 292 response…

During the last interglacial period, ~125,000 years ago, sea level was at least several meters higher than at present, with substantial variability observed for peak sea level at geographically diverse sites. Speculation that the West Antarctic ice sheet collapsed during the last interglacial period has drawn particula…

Context. Little is known about the number and types of moves made in the last year of life to obtain healthcare and end-of-life support, with older adults more vulnerable to care setting transition issues. Research Objective. Compare care setting transitions across older (65+ years) and younger individuals. Design. Sec…

BACKGROUND: Pharmaceuticals have made an important contribution to global reductions in morbidity and mortality. To help save lives and improve health, it is important to be sure about equity to access to drugs, drug efficacy, quality and safety, and rational use of drugs, which are standardized National Drug Policy (N…

This work presents a first estimation of the sedimentation rate for the Red Lake (Romania). The sediment accumulation rates were determined by two well-known methods for recent sediment dating: (210)Pb and (137)Cs methods. Both techniques implied used the gamma emission of the above-mentioned radionuclides. The (210)Pb…

PURPOSE: To describe resident-reported experience in brachytherapy in Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education-accredited radiation oncology training programs over the last 5 years. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Archived reports of Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education final resident case logs from t…

OBJECTIVES: Research activities are promoted at the government and the institutional levels in Oman. However, the quantity and quality of research conducted in various institutes of Oman has not been measured. Therefore, this study was conducted to analyze the quantity and quality of biomedical publications emanating f…

The aims of the current study were to analyze the evolution of players' age in the UEFA Champions League since the start of its modern-day format in 1992-1993 up until 2017-2018 and to determine how the players' age relates to their market value. The sample consisted of all players participating in the UEFA Champions L…

Between 1984 and December 1990 balloon valvuloplasty for valvular pulmonary stenosis was planned and performed in 92 children over 6 months of age (range 0.8-17.9 years). Valvuloplasty decreased the invasively determined peak systolic gradient from 61 +/- 34 (mean +/- SD) to 27 +/- 20 mmHg (P < 0.0001). At follow-up ca…

OBJECTIVES: To document prevalence rates for selected aspects of sexual behaviour among Cape Town high-school students and to conduct a survival analysis of age at first intercourse. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: State high schools in Cape Town. SUBJECTS: A multistage cluster sample of 2,740 grade 8 and 1…

The "amotivational syndrome" which has been associated with marijuana use has not been examined systematically in relation to marijuana use and mental health. Light and heavy users were solicited by personal contact. They were asked to complete anonymous questionnaires which measured marijuana, alcohol and cocaine use,…

OBJECTIVE: To describe the nutritional aversions and preferences of 14-18 years old adolescents schooled at Santander and analyze the changes taking place within the last decade. SUBJECTS: A cross-sectional study was carried out analyzing a sample of 1134 adolescents: 549 males (48.4%, 95% CI: 45.5%-5.3%) and 585 fema…

The (230)Th ages and (234)U/(238)U ratios were determined for Barbados corals that grew during periods of high sea level within the last 200,000 years. The similarity of the initial (234)U/(238)U ratios of some of the corals to the modern marine value suggests that these samples are pristine and that the marine (234)U/…

190 patients with glottic cancer (177 male and 13 female) treated by surgery in the course of the last 25 years are being presented. In 92 cases classic and in 98 extended fronto-lateral laryngectomy was carried out. Diagnostic and surgical procedures, depending on anatomical structures of the larynx infiltrated by the…

Craniometric data have been collected from published and unpublished reports of numerous authors on 961 male and 439 female crania from various sites in Subsaharan Africa spanning the last 100 ka. All data available in the literature, irrespective of their "racial" affinities, were used to cover the prehistoric and ear…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of staged surgical treatment on central cord syndrome of the cervical spine. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted in 36 cases of central cord syndrome of the cervical spine treated with staged surgery. The patients (aged 50 to 79 years, mean 56.9 years) were divided into gr…

Endometriosis was found in 42 (20%) of 206 symptom-free, parous Norwegian women with a mean age of 37 years at the time of sterilization. Case-control analysis between the 42 women with endometriosis and the 164 without endometriosis revealed an increased risk of endometriosis with increasing number of years since the…

Hospital admission rates for childhood asthma have increased in many countries. To study if this is also true for Norrk&#xf6;ping Hospital, paediatric admission rates for asthma every fifth year were examined for the period 1973 to 1993. Admission rates were found to have fallen over the last 10 years, especially in ch…

Data were retrospectively analysed on 544 consecutive patients (362 females and 182 males, mean age 53.6 [2 weeks and 86 years]) who had been operated on for primary hyperparathyroidism between 1965 and 1989. During this period the rate of renal, bone and intestinal complications decreased from 90% in the first 5 years…