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OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the self-reported 12-month incidence of tooth loss among Norwegian adults and to assess the association between tooth loss and some predictor variables. METHODS: Of a two-stage nation-wide, representative random sample (n = 3958), information was obtained from 268…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of GnRH agonist (GnRH-a) plus tibolone in the treatment of severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS). DESIGN: Prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy. PATIENT(S); T…

Most children with asthma develop their symptoms before the age of 5 years and many preschool wheezers continue to wheeze in the early school years. It is thus important to investigate the factors that predispose young children to wheeze. The objective of this study was to investigate the relevant environmental and fam…

211-224.This paper () extends the previous analysis (Froggatt, 1970b) of short-term absence from work among groups of male and female industrial personnel and clerks in government service, and () studies other recorded variables, particularly lateness, long-term sickness absence, and passes from work both `medical' and…

INTRODUCTION: Sarcomas account for 1% of all tumors originated in the head and neck regions in adults. They constitute a heterogeneous group of tumors of mesenchymal origin with multiple histological variants. The undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) subtype is the most frequent variant with an incidence range of…

Carcinoma buccal cavity, the most common oral cavity cancer was seen in our set up in more than 50% cases. Forty patients of carcinoma buccal cavity were studied at JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, and Aligarh over a period of last 5 years (2003-2008). Mean age at presentation 36.5 years (30-55) years. Ma…

Oral bromoergocriptine (BEC) is currently the treatment of choice in women with hyperprolactinemia secondary to a prolactinoma. However, undesirable side effects (of variable type and intensity) are frequently present in these women due to both local irritation and to a direct effect upon the central nervous system. Th…

BACKGROUND: Posterior humeral subluxation (PHS) in B2 and B3 glenoid is a cause of asymmetric long-term stress on the glenoid and the potential reason for glenoid loosening in anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty and painful glenoid erosion in hemiarthroplasty with metallic heads. We hypothesized that corrective and co…

The objective of this study was to investigate the trends and patterns of resistance in beta-lactamase-producing members of the family Enterobacteriaceae in a children's hospital over a 9-year period (1999 to 2007). Clinically significant isolates of the Enterobacteriaceae were screened for patterns of broad-spectrum r…

Tamoxifen, a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), has been used for many decades as the "gold standard" adjuvant treatment for patients with hormone-receptor-positive early breast cancer. This drug, when administered for 5 years, reduces the risk for recurrence, contralateral breast cancer (BC) and death. The…

A retrospective analysis was performed on all patients with pituitary adenomas treated at the Radiation Oncology Center, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Missouri. Of 210 patients treated from April 1954 through December 1982, 70 were treated with radiotherapy alone (RT), 121 received immediate postopera…

BACKGROUND: Little is known about alpha blocker use in young children, particularly in those with lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO). Therefore, we aimed to assess the safety and tolerability of selective alpha-blockers in children under 3 years of age with LUTO. METHODS: A prospectively-collected database capture…

BACKGROUND: Schizoaffective disorder (SAD) remains a controversial diagnosis in terms of necessity and reliability. OBJECTIVES: We assessed diagnostic patterns of SAD and schizophrenia (SZ) among hospitalized psychiatric patients over a fifty-year period. METHOD: Data from the Israeli National Psychiatric Registry on…

Objective The objective of the article is to determine the risk factors associated with relapses in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS). Material and methods Fifty-seven children with the first episode of INS were included and followed up prospectively for a minimum period of one year to identify the risk…

AIM: This prospective study assessed the long-term ocular and visual outcomes of children with mucopolysaccharidoses type I Hurler syndrome (MPS IH) who were treated with haematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT). METHODS: Clinical ophthalmological assessments were performed on eight patients at the St Erik Eye Hosp…

OBJECTIVES: To compare the clinical characteristics and the long-term outcome of a large series of patients with blepharospasm (BS) treated with the two most used brands of BoNT-A over the last 15 years. METHODS: We have reviewed the clinical charts of 128 patients with BS who received botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) in 1…

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to measure risk of HIV and HCV infection among injecting drug users (IDUs) through force of infection (FOI) models in three cities of the Russian Federation and assess the value of behavioural data and FOI in predicting risk of infection as a method of second-generation surveillance…

DESIGN: Population-based cohort study. BACKGROUND: Malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC) has long been recognized as an important complication of cancer, but its incidence is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To describe the incidence, the management, and the outcome of MSCC in the cancer population of the Canadian province of…

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Very few reports have been published on the management of Peyronie's disease by shockwave therapy. Existing publications on this topic are based on subjective improvement described by the patients themselves. Our aim was to determine objectively the effect of shockwave therapy on the signs and s…

As part of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), the aim of our study was to determine the prevalence and severity of asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema in Austrian schoolchildren, using an international standardised protocol. A questionnaire concerning symptoms and prior diagnosis of…