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One hundred and thirty-nine untreated patients with acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML) were admitted between August 1970 and December 1973 and allocated into two remission treatment regimens: one to receive chemotherapy alone and the other chemotherapy with immunotherapy. Of the patients who attained remission. 22 were…

Disproportionate rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV, and unintended pregnancy among adolescents persist and might have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study uses 2019 and 2021 data from the nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Surveys to characterize changes in sexual beh…

South Africa's HIV prevalence among young people remains among the highest in the world. A cross-sectional study was carried out in 2012 to estimate prevalences of sexual risk behavior and hazardous alcohol use (HAU) (via the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test) as well as to investigate potential associations bet…

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare, benign, chronic inflammatory condition of the breast that can mimic inflammatory breast cancer and periductal mastitis (PDM). Eighteen patients with a histopathologic diagnosis of IGM, seen over a period of 25 years, were retrospectively reviewed and compar…

OBJECTIVES: A clinical trial, involving 203 resin-bonded bridges (RBBs) was undertaken to investigate the influence of retainer-type and luting material on the survival of these restorations. METHODS: For this evaluation, 157 patients were available (14% of the original sample was lost to follow-up or excluded from th…

The majority of testicular tumors in children will be of germ cell origin and the predominant pathologic type is the yolk sac carcinoma. Initial treatment or radical orchiectomy is not in question. However, because of its presumed less virulent character, especially in children less than 2 years old, confusion remains…

BACKGROUND: This study is an exploration of the relationship between the use of oral contraceptive or intrauterine device and condom use. The results should help us better understand how promoting condoms for contraception as compared to sexually transmitted disease prophylaxis might be an effective way of increasing t…

Due to the significant socioeconomic burden of kidney diseases, we decided to analyse years of life lost (YLLs) from this cause in Poland between the years 2000 and 2019. The standard expected years of life lost (SEYLL) measure was used to calculate the number of YLLs, the value of which was related to the size of the…

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE:: Frailty is a multifactorial syndrome. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and characteristics of frailty syndrome in an elderly urban population. DESIGN AND SETTING:: Cross-sectional study carried out at the homes of a randomized sample representing the independent elderly ind…

Between April '83 and August '89, 33 patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage were studied at the department of Cardiology in Bergamo. There were 18 males and 15 females, aged between three days and 8 months (average: two months). In this study only cases of isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous drai…

Permanent cardiac pacing is the treatment of choice in severe and symptomatic bradycardia. To determine factors associated with longer survival we analysed the survival times and baseline characteristics of 6505 patients after pacemaker implantation. This longitudinal study with 30 years of follow-up was performed in a…

In surgical series, cancer-free survival at 5 years is often referred to as a cure. In recent years, attempts to improve cure rates in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have focussed on earlier diagnosis through cost-effective screening programs. Systemic therapies have historically added only a small benefit to overa…

After the last outbreak of scarlet fever, when the peak was recorded in 1985, now is observed the visible extension of disease epidemic period and the weakness of the dynamics of the annual changes of incidence. In 2009, as in previous years, the scarlet fever incidence in Poland increased. There were 13,968 cases regi…

BACKGROUND: In the last years the prevalence of childhood obesity has notably increased. The treatment of this condition is very difficult, because of the frequent relapses. The aim of our study was to examine the long-term outcomes of different dietary treatments (1200 or 1400 calories or chetogenic diet, derived from…

Langerhans cell histiocytosis with only pulmonary involvement is a rare, probably reactive, proliferating disease of young and smoking persons. During last 7 years 7 cases of Langerhans cell histiocytosis were diagnosed in our Department. There were 6 men and one woman. Mean age was about 32 years. All of them were smo…

The fracture of the biggest sesamoid bone patella is encountered at a rate of 1% of all skeletal injuries. Partial patellectomy is advised in the treatment of comminuted fractures of patella. In this retrospective study, we evaluated 18 of 25 patients who had partial patellectomy in our clinic between 1986-1997. Five p…

This paper outlines the general characteristics and results obtained with heart transplantation in Spain after including the data for the year 2003. In 2003, 290 heart transplants were performed. Since 1984, a total of 4386 procedures have been performed. The average clinical profile of patients receiving a heart trans…

Distal hypospadias is a common congenital urology anomaly for which numerous corrective procedures have been described. Over the last 40 years, the gold-standard operative technique for distal hypospadias has switched from the meatal advancement and glanuloplasty (MAGPI) procedure to the tubularized incised plate (TIP)…

The age and sex-specific incidence and prevalence of vertebral compression fractures were compared between the 1950s and 1980s in an urban population. In women over 80 years of age the incidence of symptomatic vertebral fractures has increased approximately four times; in elderly men even more. Mainly, low-energy traum…

BACKGROUND: Rotaviruses are the leading cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in children aged <5 years worldwide. A live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine, RIX4414 has been developed to reduce the global disease burden associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis. Serum anti-rotavirus immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibody mea…