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BACKGROUND: In a developing country, many conditions other then celiac disease (CD) can give rise to villous atrophy. We therefore assessed the role of immunoglobulin A (IgA)-antigliadin antibody (AGA) in addition to the ESPGHAN criteria in the diagnosis of CD in 104 Indian children. METHODS: Consecutive children with…

BACKGROUND: With improved and readily accessible imaging techniques, the shift in fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) from palpation-guided FNA (PGFNA) to image-guided FNA (IGFNA) and endoscopic ultrasound-guided FNA (EUS-FNA) became evident in last few decades. The present study evaluates the impact of IGFNA and EU…

OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of gout is increasing but studies of its clinical features in large samples are lacking. This study aimed to clarify changes in the clinical manifestations of gout in China over the last decade and investigate the clinical features and risk factors of early-onset gout. METHODS: Clinical manif…

BACKGROUND: The increasing prevalence of HIV in Uganda during the last decade (7.5% in 2004-05 to 8.3% in 2011 among women and 5.0% in 2004-05 to 6.1% among men in 2011 of 15 to 49 years) clearly shows that women are disproportionately affected by HIV epidemic. Hence, we assessed the prevalence of HIV and focused on di…

Seizures are a common comorbid condition in patients with dementia, but their characteristics have been poorly described. The authors performed a retrospective chart review using ICD-9 diagnosis codes consistent with seizures and with dementia. Seventy-seven patients were identified. Average age at onset was 68.1 years…

OBJECTIVES: UK prevalence studies have demonstrated prevalence rates for Parkinson's disease (PD) of 108 to 164 cases per 100,000. we aimed to calculate the prevalence of PD in an area of the North-East of England. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A case finding methodology was used to identify cases in North Tyneside with a pop…

Electromyographic biofeedback is commonly used successfully to treat tension-type headache, while thermal biofeedback is considered the best behavioral therapy for migraine. Ten female patients with episodic common migraine (age 20-35 years, age of disease onset 16.2 +/- 5.1 years, illness duration 13.6 +/- 10.7 years)…

During the last decades considerable progress was made in medical and biomedical techniques, enabling early diagnosis and a better understanding of how tumors develop. At the same time, treatment by surgery has changed, becoming less and less mutilating. In order to analyze loco-regional relapses and factors of prognos…

Within the Campania region of southern Italy a prospective study on X-linked progressive muscular dystrophy was conducted over a period of 12 years from 1969 to 1980, inclusive. The mean incidence rate was 21.7 per 100,000 male livebirths for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) cases and 3.2 per 100,000 male livebirths f…

Important advances have been made in the treatment of haemophilia during the past 30 years. We have analysed the data of all the known 163 patients with severe haemophilia A living in Finland in 1930-79 in order to study changes in the prognosis of severe haemophilia A. During the period of 50 years the mean age at dea…

OBJECTIVES: Surgical procedure is considered in patients with severe dysphagia when conservative treatment fails. This study aimed to evaluate laryngeal suspension (LS) and upper esophageal sphincter (UES) myotomy for treating severe dysphagia due to brain disease. METHODS: Fourteen patients underwent LS and UES myoto…

Over the last 2 decades, hypopigmented macules have been reported with increasing frequency as an initial presentation of mycosis fungoides (MF). We retrospectively reviewed 7 patients with hypopigmented MF. The mean age was 35 years at disease onset, with a mean of 5.5 years' duration of illness before presentation. A…

For the last 40 years the Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh, India, has been recognised as an area of endemic iodine deficiency. The state government has adopted a policy of universal iodisation of salt since 1984. The iodine status of pregnant mothers is an indicator of the community status of iodine deficiency. This…

Poultry production is under strict official control in Finland. Fifteen years after the introduction of 'competitive exclusion' treatment the majority of growers (over 70%) use it routinely. The number of Salmonella-positive flocks is less than 5% and the incidence of Salmonella-contaminated broiler carcasses has been…

Screening of 7500 children aged between 5.8 and 14.4 years, out of a total population of 39,690 in this age group in the Rehovot region, revealed 111 children with heights 2.5 SD below the mean for their age, according to the Tanner-Whitehouse standards. Included among these short children were eight with hypochondropl…

Chronic dialysis is available in Israel to almost all patients who require it. During the last four years the mean number of new patients/million population per year was 44.5 (range, 39.5 to 48.6), excluding patients with systemic diseases such as diabetes mellitus and lupus erythematosus. This number is close to that…

1) During the last 10 years, 11 cases of primary adenosquamous carcinoma of the stomach were operated on. 2) Histologically, the specimens from the stomach showed adenocarcinoma with squamous differentiation in all the cases. 3) All the patients but 1 were males and their average age was 61.2 years. 4) The duration of…

A single inculation of ADP-toxoid with diminished antigen content (5 Lf of diphtheria and 5 BU of tetanus components) for diphtheria and tetanus revaccination of children aged from 1 to 11 years with allergic reactivity provided a marked immunological efficacy with an insignificant reactogenicity. The revaccinating eff…

A study of a random sample of 3,564 oral contraceptive acceptors in the Singapore national program clinics with a maximum of 60 months of experience produced findings as follows: The typical pill acceptor was aged 26.9 years with 2.5 children, married for 4.2 years, had at least primary education, was not working, and…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present community-based study was to evaluate the level of asthma control in patients with mild asthma, regularly treated with inhaled steroids (ICS). METHOD: This observational cross-sectional study included patients registered in the general practitioner (GP) database and with at least thre…