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This prospective study of 136 children with progressive infantile scoliosis treated under the age of four years, and followed up for nine years, shows that the scoliosis can be reversed by harnessing the vigorous growth of the infant to early treatment by serial corrective plaster jackets. In 94 children (group 1), who…

The results of thymectomy in the treatment of myasthenia gravis (MG) are reviewed in the light of a personal series of 662 MG patients, operated upon during the last 15 years. In 500 MG patients without thymoma, the following results have been achieved: remission 37.9%, improvement 49.4%, unchanged or worse 7.4%, dead…

Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy (DBMD) are X-linked conditions causing progressive muscle weakness, muscle wasting, and cardiomyopathy in affected males. Two-thirds of cases of DBMD are inherited from a carrier female while one-third of cases occur sporadically. Women who are DBMD carriers typically do not manif…

Two-hundred three children 1 to 16 years of age received kidney transplants during a 20-year period, 100 from living donors and 103 from cadaver donors. The overall survival rate was 79%. Actuarial patient and kidney survival rates at 15 years were 79% and 52%, respectively, for recipients of living donor kidneys and 5…

The new White Paper, Integration and Innovation, prefiguring a Health and Social Care Bill for England, means that the NHS structure in England will have come full circle in the last 32 years, since the Thatcher government began in 1989 to implement the reforms announced that year in the White Paper, Working for Patien…

The world's last known case of smallpox resulting from human-to-human transmission in an endemic focus occurred in Somalia in October 1977, and there remains the task of documenting the global eradication of the disease and establishing the safety of vaccination. Those countries as yet uncertified have been grouped int…

A 7.5 years girl presented with myoclonic jerks with prolonged duration coming progressively at shorter intervals for last six moinths. There was declining academic performances. The dystonic, dyskinetic movements and ataxia were there for last three months. The stages were progressing too rapidly. IgG antibody titre t…

AIM: To review the demography of gastroschisis in North Queensland. METHODS: A retrospective chart review of live born cases of gastroschisis originating in North Queensland from 1988 to 2007. RESULTS: Fifty-nine cases were identified, giving an overall rate of 3.2 per 10,000 live births. In mothers <20 years old com…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the change in epidemiology and etiology of hospitalized patients with acute renal failure (ARF) during the last years. METHODS: The data of hospitalized patients with ARF in the Third Hospital of Peking University during the last 10 years were retrospectively analyzed. The changes in epidemio…

Background. The purpose of this study is to evaluate outcome in idiopathic scoliosis treated surgically with Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation. Material and methods. We analyzed the results of surgical treatment of 147 patients with idiopathic scoliosis classified according to King. The mean age of the patients at surge…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the radiologic outcomes and complication analysis of posterior vertebral column resection (PVCR) performed on previously operated patients with severe kyphoscoliosis (SK). METHODS: Twelve patients (6 men and 6 women) with SK underwent PVCR. The mean age of the patients…

In France, about 20% of schoolchildren are suffering from allergic diseases. Food allergy (FA) is steadily increasing for the last 20 years. Actually, 400,000 children are suffering from FA. Prevalence has increased this last decade. Frequency is estimated about 10% and increased twofold within 5 years. In France, the…

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) continues to be one of the most researched infectious diseases of cats. The relatively high mortality of FIP, especially for younger cats from catteries and shelters, should be reason enough to stimulate such intense interest. However, it is the complexity of the disease and the grud…

INTRODUCTION: The aims were to examine if the total and item scores on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and self-reported memory problems differed between older women and men, and if self-reported memory problems were associated with scores on the 2 tests. METHODS:…

BACKGROUND: Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a frequent cause of respiratory infections in school children and adolescents. Epidemiological suspicion is important, since there are no specific symptoms or signs to help in diagnosing infection caused by this agent. OBJECTIVE: To determine the variation in prevalence over the la…

Common femoral artery (CFA) atherosclerotic lesions currently remain one of the last limitations for adoption of endovascular repair as the first-line treatment, easy surgical accessibility, and, last but not least, favorable long-term outcomes, still making CFA disease treatment part of the surgical domain. In the las…

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate the musculoskeletal and pulmonary outcomes of patients with osseous sarcoidosis. METHODS: We identified 24 patients with osseous sarcoidosis and at least one year of follow-up after diagnosis (baseline). We collected outcome data at 1-year follow-up and last follow-up. We defined a c…