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Content of phosphorus (TP) and three species (NaOH-P, OP and HCl-P) in the sediment core from the central region of west Chaohu Lake and surface sediments of the lake were determined. TP exhibited three stages variation in the sediment core over the last 150 years, which was with relatively constant values in 1850-1950…

OBJECTIVES: To examine trends in the numbers of women and underrepresented minority (URM) pharmacy faculty members over the last 20 years, and determine factors influencing women faculty members' pursuit and retention of an academic pharmacy career. METHODS: Twenty-year trends in women and URM pharmacy faculty represe…

BACKGROUND: The feasibility and validity of Web-based assessments in Parkinson's disease is unknown. The objectives of this study were to develop and to compare home Web-based assessments with office-based assessments. METHODS: We tested feasibility and validity using a longitudinal, randomized crossover design. Patie…

The clinical application of the pure beta emitter (90)Y constitutes a fundamental advancement in non-invasive medicine. Nowadays, mainly three oncological therapies exploit the intrinsic emissive characteristic of (90)Y. Radionuclide therapies include peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) in neuroendocrine tumou…

INTRODUCTION: Kidney transplantation is the best treatment for end-stage renal disease patients. Delayed graft function (DGF) remains one of the major problems after cadaveric kidney transplantation. This study has reported the risk factors and outcomes of DGF using data from Thai Transplant Registry Database. METHODS…

OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of need for dental care among patients in the ED and assess associated characteristics. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the emergency department (ED) of a level I trauma center between June 1 and August 31, 2009. All ED patients were prospect…

OBJECTIVE: To assess prior cervical cancer screening, stage at time of diagnosis and outcome in women sixty years of age and over with cervical cancer. METHODS: A retrospective review of cervical cancer patients evaluated at the University of Washington identified a cohort of women age sixty and older with cervical ca…

INTRODUCTION: The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the plasma sprayed, combined porous titanium alloy/HA coating in promoting bony ingrowth and mechanical stabilization of total hip implants. The performance of the titanium alloy/HA type coated hip prostheses and the one of the same shape but w…

PURPOSE: Although infrequent, reconstruction of the internal carotid artery due to recurrent or extensive disease, tumor, or difficulty in completing the endarterectomy, may be necessary. Few studies evaluate the type of material used as conduit in regard to outcome. In this report we detail our results using both pros…

PURPOSE: Malignant germ cell tumors account for 3% of childhood cancers. Endodermal sinus tumor, the most common malignant germ cell tumor, requires treatment primarily with chemotherapy and surgery is reserved as a last resort. It is rare for the vagina to be the primary site of endodermal sinus tumor, and we report o…

UNLABELLED: Pubertal development after total-body irradiation (TBI) was investigated in 40 children (21 boys) treated with allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for haematological malignancies at a mean age of 11.3 years. The mean age at the last visit was 19.0 years. Twenty-five patients (15 boys) were prepuber…

In the classical form of congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD), subclinical brain involvement is frequent. In order to establish the natural evolution of CNS alterations in this type of CMD, the cerebral functions of 12 cases were examined longitudinally for a mean period of 8 years. There were 7 boys and 5 girls, with a…

Occurrences of malignancy in 308 patients who were clinically free of cancer 60 months or more after surgical treatment of T1 N0 non-small-cell lung cancer are summarized. At last report, 210 patients remained alive with no evidence of malignant disease, 43 patients died of nonmalignant causes, and 55 patients had 59 o…

Tataouine (South Tunisia) has been subject to several viral hepatitis epidemics during these last years. Prospective study has been conducted to define the prevalence of HVB infection. It has examined 511 cases, the age of whom was between 1 month and 70 years, reported in groups through the OMS recommendations, taking…

This review is an updated summary of nearly 30 years of SRV history and provides new and critical findings of original research accomplished in the last 5 years including, but not limited to, the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying the origin of hematopoietic abnormalities observed in infected hosts and proposed new SRV…

We decided to review the results of cordectomy in our surroundings over the 22 years of existence of our Service. 631 clinic histories of patients undergoing surgery for laryngeal cancer in our Department, between 1974 and 1990, were reexamined, and from those selected 56 pertaining to T1 tumors treated with cordectomy…

In the last 5 years, self-injection of vasoactive drugs into the spongy body of the penis as a treatment for erectile dysfunction has become considerably more widespread. The effects and side-effects of the most frequently used vasoactive substances (papaverine, combinations of papaverine and phentolamine, and prostagl…

Hemodialysis and charcoal hemoperfusion have been used in the last few years for the treatment of acute toxin ingestion. We used these methods to treat a patient with a known ingestion of 1.3 grams of arsenic trioxide. We measured blood and urine levels of arsenic prior to and after dialytic therapy in addition to befo…

As our understanding of phosphate homeostasis has expanded over the last 20 years, additional quandaries have surfaced. Though the phosphate bucket list remains full, we are confident that the next 20 years will lead to major fundamental discoveries. In this commentary, we provide an example of how findings from a basi…

In the last 30 years, the treatment of rectal cancer has changed extensively including the emerge of total mesorectal excision, multidisciplinary approach, and laparoscopy. Transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) has been a hot topic in the past several years. It was reported that taTME was safe and feasible, and h…