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The discoveries made by academic immunologists must be examined for their possible clinical value, and every few years an in-vitro test applicable to patients is seized upon with particular enthusiasm. Some become laboratory investigations routinely ordered by clinicians, while others fall by the wayside. In the last d…

A bibliography of behavioral research on severe and profound mental retardation was presented and briefly summarized. The review documented a dramatic shift in thinking about this population that has occurred in the last 20 years.

The current review describes the recent progress in the chemistry and biology of the benzhydryl amines where the central carbon atom is directly attached to the nitrogen atom of one ring and which have published in the last five years (2015-2019). Both metal and metal-free racemic and asymmetric synthetic approaches al…

Musculoskeletal sarcomas (MSSs) are rare cancers and often aggressive tumors that originate from mesenchymal tissue. Patients with advanced MSS often report difficulties with symptom burden, which can reduce their health-related quality-of-life.The aim of this study was to describe the patterns of the physical symptoms…

BACKGROUND: Concurrent male-male sexual partnerships have been understudied in sub-Saharan Africa and are especially important because human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence and acquisition probability are higher among men who have sex with men (MSM) than among heterosexual men and women. METHODS: We conducted…

Since 1984, 12.294 different medical specialists have been certified in Chile by the Autonomous Corporation for Certification of Medical Specialties (whose Spanish acronym is CONACEM). Infernal Medicine certification started in 1985, approving 1364 candidates thus far. Certification can be obtained in three ways. Sixty…

OBJECTIVE: To compare maternal and neonatal outcomes among grandmultiparous women to those of multiparous women 30 years or older. METHODS: A database of the vast majority of maternal and newborn hospital discharge records linked to birth/death certificates was queried to obtain information on all multiparous women wi…

From January 1993 to March 1995, 162 patients with osteosarcoma of extremities were treated according to the IOR/OS-4 protocol. 133 patients had localised disease, while 29 had metastases at diagnosis. These last patients were simultaneously operated upon for their primary and metastatic lesions. Chemotherapy consisted…

In an attempt to define the hemodynamic and radiographic parameters of normal erectile function 6 patients 20 to 41 years old (mean age 30.3 years) with erectile dysfunction that spontaneously resolved after a comprehensive evaluation were reviewed. The results included normal hormonal assays, normal penile biothesiome…

The aim of this literature review is to identify the effects of social isolation and lonliness on persons with dementia and to highlight interventions for private homes and long-term care facilities. It includes articles published in the last 5 years for a total of 45 articles. Social isolation and/or lonliness is link…

Was to study the promising areas for using nanotechnologies in dentistry, existing methods of diagnostics, treatment and prevention of the dental diseases based on the properties of nanoparticles, to review the scientific literature devoted to this problem. In this literature review we use 86 sources: 1 Russian and 85…

The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize research in the last 5 years to report the current state of the science related to interprofessional education (IPE) in nursing. Findings suggest that more studies with rigorous research designs are needed to compare outcomes for interprofessional interventions and to…

The European Association of Urology defines a young urologist as an urologist under the age of 40 or the urologist who has completed their residency within the last 5 years, irrespective of their current academic position. The time interval between the residency and higher specialization in urology is an important time…

Laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair has become a viable option to overcome the challenges that face the hernia surgeon. Multiple techniques have been described over the last 5 years, one of which is the lateralizing "sling" technique, first described by Sugarbaker in 1980. In this study, we report the technique and o…

W. A. Mozart died due to the consequences of chronic epidural hematoma after sustaining a dull injury to his head, probably at an early age. Exacerbation of the process was repeated over a period of many years and manifested itself as pyrexial disease, meningeal irritation with intense headaches. After the attack subsi…

Thyroid gland surgery is a treatment of choice for morphological changes of the gland, although patients with some functional problems, indicated from endocrynologist, underwent surgery. The goal is to analyze retrospectively patients with thyroid gland diseases according to incidence and surgery. We analyzed surgicall…

Mycoses of the skin are extremely frequent. The clinical presentation often resembles the one of other frequent inflammatory skin diseases not caused by fungi. Adequate diagnostics are critical for the establishment of proper treatment. A total quality management system has been devised in Germany during the last 5 yea…