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PURPOSE: This study aims to estimate the efficacy and safety of a new intense pulsed light (IPL) Thermaeye Plus for dry eye disease (DED) secondary to meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). PATIENTS AND METHODS: This is a prospective, longitudinal study of patients with moderate to severe MGD. Treatment consisted of 4 con…

The present study assessed muscular atrophy and weakness of the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) and profundus (FDP) muscle as possible long-term side effects of botulinum toxin (BoNT) injections in hand dystonia patients after the termination of their treatment. For the assessment of both parameters, a group of 12…

Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV; genus) is an economically important virus. Approximately 101 ACLSV whole-genome sequences were obtained from NCBI and used to explore the evolutionary dynamics of ACLSV. The time to the most recent common ancestor of ACLSV based on BEAST analysis appeared on an apple host from Ca…

INTRODUCTION: A new Italian law aiming at improving and supporting research productivity establishes that evaluation of academic products is a requisite for accessing research funds,for acting as examiner for recruitments and for individual financial benefits. AIM: To analyse the scientific products of full professors…

A domestic case of rabies has not been reported in Japan since 1957. The last case of rabies reported in Japan was an imported case from Nepal in 1970. We recently experienced a new case imported from the Philippines, the first case in Japan in 36 years. Although Japanese people are about to forget the dangers of rabie…

BACKGROUND: Health risk behaviours are prominent in late adolescence and young adulthood, yet UK population-level research examining the relationship between drug or alcohol use and sexual health and behaviour among young people is scarce, despite public health calls for an integrated approach to health improvement. Ou…

UNLABELLED: Cyclosporin A (CsA) has improved patient and organ graft survival, but the dichotomy of benefit and toxicity is still an issue. In a retrospective analysis of 392 renal transplant recipients we documented CsA nephrotoxicity (striped fibrosis, arteriolar wall hyalinosis) in 28 (7.1%) patients (23 male/5 fema…

Lymphomas are the third most frequent malignancies in childhood. The Hungarian Pediatric Oncology Group was founded in 1971, and since then the same chemotherapeutic protocols have been used in the whole country. In this study we analyzed the data of childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma in Hungary in the last 11 years (1988-19…

A clinicopathologic analysis of 6 patients with ovarian neoplasms resembling sex cord tumors with annular tubules (SCTAT) was performed. The patients' ages ranged from 20 to 43 years. Most had signs and symptoms of estrogenic hormonal imbalance; none had evidence of the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. The tumors were unilatera…

Through much of the Proterozoic Eon (2.5-0.54 billion years ago, Ga), oceans were dominantly anoxic. It is often assumed that this put a brake on early eukaryote diversification because eukaryotes lived only in oxygenated habitats, which were restricted to surface waters and benthic environments near cyanobacterial mat…

Fifty femoral shaft fractures were treated with reamed, interlocking, intramedullary nails utilizing a greater trochanteric starting point from 1991 through 1998. The 17 girls and 31 boys ranged in age from 10 to 16 years (mean, 13.2 years) at the time of injury. Average follow-up after fracture was 16 months. All frac…

OBJECTIVES: This study examined condom failure rates in a representative sample of French men and women. METHODS: Condom users who experienced breakage or slippage were compared with those who reported no difficulties. RESULTS: The rate of breakage at last heterosexual intercourse was 3.4%, and the slippage rate was…

Several groups have reported technical complications and poor graft survival rates in kidney transplants from pediatric donors to adult recipients. Increased incidences of acute rejections, vascular thrombosis, and early glomerulosclerotic lesions have led many groups to abandon this graft combination. Over the last 4…

In a retrospective study, 60 shoulders in 38 adults with deltoid contracture were surgically treated by proximal or distal releases. Twenty-three patients, representing 34 treated shoulders, were followed up for at least 2 years (median was 4 years). By the last follow-up, all patients achieved satisfactory outcomes: f…

During the last 5 years of Sudan's decade-long civil war, increased fighting and food shortages in southern Sudan have led to displacement of large numbers of persons. In late 1992, the United Nations (UN), the government of Sudan, and factions of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army negotiated increased access for de…

In the operative therapy of gonarthrosis the supratubercular osteotomy of tibia head has a solid position. In the present work the results of subtractive and additive intraligamentous correction osteotomy with following fixation in plaster dressing on the orthopaedic clinic of the district hospital Aue will be explaine…

The usual method of irradiation in the therapy of the carcinoma corporis uteri is described. It is stressed, that none but inoperable carcinomas were irradiated: this means, of course, a negative selection in disfavor of the radiotherapy. A report is given of 802 cases of carcinoma of the corpus uteri, treated by prima…

The purpose of this study was to determine if maximum oxygen consumption (Vo(2) max) could be predicted from independent variables measured during the administration of the Canadian Home Fitness Test. Fifty-nine subjects between the ages of 15 and 74 years underwent the fitness test and a progressive exercise treadmill…

In the last 20 years total ankle replacement has become a viable alternative to arthrodesis for end-stage osteoarthritis of the ankle. Numerous ankle prosthesis designs have appeared on the market in the past and attracted by the encouraging intermediate results reported in the literature, many surgeons have start…

PURPOSE: A new amphetamine extended-release liquid formulation (AMP XR-OS), intended for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, has been developed. This study was performed to determine if administration with food affected the rate of absorption or bioavailability of AMP XR-OS. The formulation was a…