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The Biomolecular Interaction Network Database (BIND) is a major source of curated biomolecular interactions, which has been unmaintained for the last few years, a trend which will eventually result in the loss of a significant amount of unique biomolecular interaction information, mostly as database identifiers become…

OBJECTIVE The treatment of recurrent and residual craniopharyngiomas is challenging. In this study the authors describe their experience with these tumors and make recommendations on their management. METHODS The authors performed an observational study of adult patients (≥ 18 years) with recurrent or residual c…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to study coagulation abnormalities and hematimetric indices in pediatric patients with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO). METHODS: This was a retrospective and longitudinal study, which included 93 patients diagnosed with EHPVO treated between January 1991 and December 20…

Reuben J. Silver passed away on April 11, 2018, in Wilmington, North Carolina, his home for the last 18 years. He was born to Hyman Jonah Silver and Shaynah Volk Silver in Medway, Massachusetts, on September 12, 1924. Reuben was nationally recognized for his contributions to the professional practice of psychology. Man…

A new device was designed based on the Ilizarov principle. The design is a new configuration of the external components. The 0.9-mm pins are similar to those used in bone fixation during the last 15 years, are bicortical, and utilize hand torque for insertion.

Neuropathology has been originated in clinical necessity and trended progressively towards independence in the last 30 years all over the world. In the future, substance and methods in neuropathology demand a good correlation to clinical and theoretical branches of medicine and a solid integration in the manner to work…

This vignette recites significant steps leading to the formation of the AAPM and transpiring in the developments of the first decade, approximately. Persons involved, dates, and places are recognized. A table summarizes the progression of events. This recitation ends with the term of Kereiakes, the last President to be…

BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is a severe chronic disease with growing prevalence and health care burden as well as high mortality. End-of-life cost data for patients with HF may inform disease and medication therapy management. OBJECTIVES: To (a) characterize a real-world sample of patients with HF who died; (b) est…

BACKGROUND: Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) predisposes to premature cardiovascular diseases. Since 2015, the European Atherosclerosis Society has advocated initiation of statins at 8-10 years of age and a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) target of <135 mg/dL. Longitudinal data from large d…

Histoplasmin skin tests were conducted on a student population in Crema, Po Valley, Italy. In this geographical area two autochtonal cases of disseminated histoplasmosis occurred in HIV-negative men. In the last year we tested 776 senior high school students, mean age 18 years, 335 males and 441 females. Histopalsmin s…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the main clinical features, genetic mutations, and outcomes of patients of the French Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) Registry. DESIGN: A country-wide cohort established throughout a long-term multicenter effort. PATIENTS: Seventy French patients with CCHS (29 male patients an…

PURPOSE: The results of ceramic-on-ceramic (CoC) bearing surfaces in primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) were well known. However, it was not known in revision THA. The purpose of this study is to report the results of revision THA with ceramic articulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 112 revision THAs were ev…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate surgery for intracranial meningiomas in very elderly patients. METHOD: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical, radiological and therapeutic data of patients older than 80 years who underwent surgery for symptomatic intracranial meningioma at our institution between May 1998 and February 2005.…

BACKGROUND: Mammography screening and menopause hormone therapy is essentially offered to women 50-69 years old. METHODS: In 28 European ancestry countries, we quantified changes in breast cancer incidence and mortality using a joinpoint regression analysis from 1960 until last year of available data. RESULTS: Since…

OBJECTIVE: The aim was to study the outcome of posterior urethral valve (PUV) cases treated by stepladder protocol and the prognostic factors affecting the outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Hospital records of all PUV patients treated by stepladder protocol between January 1992 and December 2013 were reviewed. The studi…

An outbreak of echovirus 30 (E-30) in 2009 was confirmed by both frequent isolation of the virus from sewage as well as from patient samples in Finland. Over the last 10 years E-30 had only been isolated sporadically in Finland. We here study the phylogenetic relationships of the strains from the outbreak in the contex…

Although recent investigations showed no specific hazard resulting from Food Products Containing Inedibles as compared to the wider category of toys, in view of recent findings and subsequent study of the European Registry of Foreign Bodies Injuries, a potential threat has been identified in a lack of parental supervis…