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Substantial increase in the use of menopausal hormone therapy (HT) throughout the 1990s, followed by widespread discontinuation after the 2002 publication of the Women's Health Initiative findings, has resulted in large numbers of former HT users among U.S. women. However, few studies have examined whether ovarian canc…

OBJECT: In this paper the authors' goal was to determine the factors associated with the progression of degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS). METHODS: Twenty-seven patients (3 men and 24 women; mean age 64.9 years) with more than 10° of lumbar scoliosis at baseline were monitored for a mean period of 10 years. The…

INTRODUCTION: Bibliometrics evaluates the quality of biomedical journals. The aim of this study has been to compare the main bibliometric indexes of the official journals of scientific societies of Internal Medicine in Europe. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Bibliometric information was obtained from the Web of Science (WoS) an…

BACKGROUND: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) represents the second most common primary liver malignancy. The incidence rate has constantly increased over the last decades and CCA patients face a dismal prognosis with a 5-year survival rate of less than 5% for advanced stage of disease. Surgical tumor resection has remained the…

Asymmetric velopharyngeal incompetence (VPI) has a diverse etiology, but those without any underlying cleft, hemifacial microsomia (HFM), or facial asymmetry are rarely encountered. Such cases have been reported within the last few years, with unilateral velopharyngeal hypoplasia identified to be the underlying abnorma…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of short-course (7 to 14 days of therapy after the last positive blood culture) amphotericin B therapy for candidemia in children. DESIGN: Case series. SETTING: Tertiary care university medical center in Virginia. PATIENTS: Thirty patients younger than 17 years of age who had can…

The hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) are syndromes of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia dominated by renal failure in children and by neurological signs in adults. Microvascular thrombosis is the typical lesion and endothelial injury is likely the initial event. Over the las…

The transition from hunting and gathering to farming involved a major cultural innovation that has spread rapidly over most of the globe in the last ten millennia. In sub-Saharan Africa, hunter-gatherers have begun to shift toward an agriculture-based lifestyle over the last 5,000 years. Only a few populations still ba…

OBJECTIVE: To describe the trends in tumor histology, gender and age among patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with lung resection. The histology of lung cancer has changed in developed countries, and there is still little information available on the topic for developing countries. METHODS: This…

BACKGROUND: International studies have reported an increase in referrals to gender identity units, a shift in the assigned sex ratio of adolescents, a decrease in the age at first visit, and a growing presence of individuals with nonbinary gender identities. AIM: To investigate whether these trends are present in a Sp…

Borderline ovarian tumors (BOTs) are rare among children and adolescents. This study was to probe into the clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis in children and adolescents with BOT. A retrospective investigation was performed on 14 adolescents younger than age 21 years diagnosed with BOT. Clinical presentati…

Over the last two decades, marked increase in detection of incidental or asymptomatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in developed countries was observed. The study included 268 patients aged from 25 to 92 years with RCC, which underwent evaluation and treatment in urology clinic MRSRCI for the past 5 years. There were no s…

The new meningococcal C conjugate vaccine became available in Spain and was included in the infant vaccination schedule in 2000. A catch-up campaign was carried out in children under six years of age. As a consequence, the incidence of meningococcal disease caused by serogroup C has fallen sharply during the last three…

BACKGROUND: Type I gastric ulcers occur at the gastric incisura and do not coexist with duodenal or pyloric ulcers. Antrectomy and Billroth I anastomosis are the most frequent operations used for treatment of patients with this lesion. STUDY DESIGN: Postoperative results, including recurrence, were evaluated in 48 pat…

Water resources in lakes of the Korean Peninsula play a significant role in society and ecosystems in both South and North Korea. This study characterized spatiotemporal changes in the lake area during the dry season (March-May) in the Korean Peninsula over the last 40 years. The satellite images (Landsat 5-9) wer…

PURPOSE: Pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD) is a rare disease that is often mistaken for keratoconus but can similarly be treated with corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL). We report a case followed though 6 years of progressive irregular corneal flattening and thinning in both eyes (OU) after eccentric CXL for PMD.…

OBJECTIVE: To study the morbidity pattern among cotton mill workers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in cotton mills in Guntur District (AP) in January 2009 to May 2009. Total 474 workers were included in the study. RESULTS: All study subjects were male. Most of the study subjects belon…

The majority of newly diagnosed patients are expected to survive Hodgkin's disease because of effective therapies established during past 30 years. Long-term observations from large populations of treated patients have disclosed a variety of late effects of the disease and its therapy have contributed morbidity and exc…

AIM: To assess the level of occupational exposure to tuberculosis among the staff at Wakari Hospital, Dunedin. METHODS: 368 staff (including around 90% of the nurses) were given a 5 TU Mantoux test, and the results were analysed. RESULTS: 39.5% of people had a positive reaction. The data was examined in terms of age,…

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether or not the decline in caries prevalence had continued among Norwegian 5-, 12- and 18-yr-olds from 1985 to 1991. The analysis was carried out at national, county and dental district level based on the annual census reports from public dental officers. Caries decl…