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The incidence and mortality by tuberculosis in children vary in connection with the tuberculosis in adults. The incidence by tuberculosis in children decreased from 300-313/1000 in 1955-1960 at 7-8%000 in 1985. After the year 1985 the risk of tuberculosis in children had a very clear tendency to increase, from 7.4%000…

The incidence and mortality of acute epiglottitis were retrospectively analysed covering a 12-year period, 1975-1987. The diagnosis was made by the laryngoscopic findings in 95% of patients. Based on 902 hospitalized patients, a mean annual incidence of 4.9 cases per 100,000 children and adults was found. Although adul…

The author has investigated grossly and microscopically 12 cases (5 males and 7 females) of dissecting aneurysm in individuals under 40 years of age, autopsied during the last 6 years at the Tokyo-to Medical Examiner Office. They composed of 6 cases of Marfan's syndrome, 3 cases of obesity, and one case each of pregnan…

Studies of natural hybrid zones can provide documentation of range shifts in response to climate change and identify loci important to reproductive isolation. Using a temporal (36-38 years) comparison of the black-capped (Poecile atricapillus) and Carolina (P. carolinensis) chickadee hybrid zone, we investigated…

INTRODUCTION AND AIM: Emergency thoracotomy is performed either immediately at the scene of injury, in the emergency department or in the operating room. It aims to evacuate the pericardial tamponade, control the haemorrhage, to ease the open cardiac massage and to cross-clamp the descending thoracic aorta to redistrib…

BACKGROUND: The ideal time to operate on pectus excavatum (PE) using the Nuss procedure (NP) is between 12 and 18 years of age, because it is more difficult to bend the sternum of older patients and they have more pain and complications. The authors present a prospective study of adult patients with PE operated on by N…

All eukaryotes share a single-celled ancestor from ∼1.5 to 1.8 billion years ago, the so-called last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA). Roughly half of gene families found in modern eukaryotes were already present in LECA, forming molecular systems that continue to influence genetic diseases and traits today. To…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the seroincidence of HIV-1 infection among women of reproductive age in Kigali, Rwanda. DESIGN: Fixed prospective cohort followed for 36 months between November 1988 and June 1992, as part of an ongoing study of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1. SETTING: Centre Hospitalier, Kigali, Rwanda.…

Experimental discovery of a quantized Hall state at 5/2 filling factor presented an enigmatic finding in an established field of study that has remained an open issue for more than twenty years. In this review we first examine the experimental requirements for observing this state and outline the initial theoretical im…

Unilateral paralysis of the diaphragm due to nonmalignant disease is an uncommon disorder previously thought to have benign implications. Some patients, however, experience dyspnea and orthopnea with impairment of pulmonary function. Unilateral diaphragmatic plication was performed on 17 patients (16 men and 1 woman wi…

The demographic characteristics of the veterinary profession in New Zealand are examined using information supplied by registered veterinarians to the Veterinary Surgeons Board in their applications for annual practising certificates in 1985. Comparisons are made with the veterinary professions in other similar countri…

Thirty girls, studied in 1961 after 2.5 years of intensive swimtraining, were the subject of a follow-up for ten years. When last examined, seven and ten years after the original study, all the girls had given up swimtraining. The increased values for vital capacity observed in 1961 remained unchanged, but residual vol…

BACKGROUND: The longevity of face-lift surgery is a key question that has not been adequately addressed by previous studies. No study has used standardized photographs, objective measurements, or validated subjective scoring systems. METHODS: From 2001 to 2011, photographs were standardized in this institution. Fifty…

Hydatid disease is endemic in several Mediterranean countries, posing an important health problem for these countries. The hydatid cyst is characterized by cystic lesions with clear boundaries, which can be observed in all parts of the body. Approximately 70 % of hydatid cysts are situated in the liver, followed by the…

OBJECTIVE: Last-year students and young graduates of the Clermont-Ferrand dental school (France) assessed their professional skills in order to shed light on those which are perfectly mastered and those which are not, with the aim of improving the undergraduate training given by the school. METHODS: A questionnaire wa…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility and clinical effect of the treatment of NeerⅡb distal clavicular fracture with locking plate under arthroscopy. METHODS: Between June 2018 and September 2022, the medical records of 15 patients with NeerⅡb distal clavicular fracture treated with locking plate und…

To understand the current status of condom use and its correlates among community-based older adults in Chongqing, China.Cross-sectional study based on a multistage sampling method was conducted in Chongqing from June 2020 to December 2022. The estimated sample size was 735. Through face-to-face interviews, the investi…

OBJECTIVE: Sexual problems are commonly seen in women with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). The objective of this study was to reveal the relationship between the severity of symptoms, sleep disorder, and sexual dysfunction in women with FMS. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 140 sexually active women with FMS aged 17-67…

GOALS: To clinically evaluate the patients with hereditary pancreatitis (HP) before the first, after the first and last interventional endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), and at follow-up. BACKGROUND: There are limited data evaluating the outcomes and role of interventional ERCP in HP. STUDY: Betwe…

OBJECTIVE: To examine biochemical control, survival, and late morbidity with definitive low-dose-rate brachytherapy (LDR-BT) for patients with prostate cancer surviving for >10 years after treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We identified 757 men with localised prostate cancer who underwent definitive LDR-BT in the perio…