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BACKGROUND: The aim of study was to assess the prevalence of symptoms and diagnosis of allergic rhinitis (AR) and allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis (ARC) in school children in 1994/95 and 2001/02. METHODOLOGY: Standardized ISAAC questionnaire was used for assessment population of school children 6-7 yrs of age and…

The serum concentrations and beta-blockade after dermal application of timolol ointment were evaluated in six healthy men (21-31 years old; 74-82 kg). Two patches (25 cm2) containing placebo and either 30 (n = 2) or 60 mg (n = 4) timolol base were randomly applied to the chest for 30 h. Serial serum concentrations of t…

OBJECTIVES: In the last 2 decades, BTX-A is increasingly being used in the management of spasticity in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and there is no doubt about its effect on range of motion, spasticity reduction and gait pattern in this patient population. However, in daily practice, there is still an ongoing sear…

BACKGROUND: Increasing mass effect following radiation therapy (RT) in patients with low-grade gliomas (LGGs) can be mistaken for tumor progression and/or malignant degeneration. Distinguishing pseudoprogression (PP) from true progression is crucial, with vastly different treatment approaches and prognoses. PROCEDURE:…

OBJECT: The workforce demand for neurosurgeons was quantified by a review and an analysis of journal recruitment advertisements published over the past 13 years. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of recruitment advertisements from July 1985 through June 1998 was performed by examining issues of the Journal of Neurosur…

BACKGROUND: Cesarean birth has been associated with increased risks of short-term mental health problems. Little is known about whether these associations persist in the long term. This study aimed to estimate the associations between mode of birth and maternal mental health in midlife while considering mental health b…

BACKGROUND: Prematurity and the presence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) increase the risk for the occurrence of amblyogenic risk factors in childhood and adolescence. AIM: The aim of the present study was to evaluate ocular morbidities and the ophthalmological care of former preterm and full-term persons in adult…

To further clarify the mid-and-long term follow-up results of self-designed tibial periosteum-bone complex transplantation in the treatment of Hepple V osteochondral lesion of the talus(OLTs).The clinical data of 30 patients with Hepple V OLTs who received treatment in the Sports Medicine Center of the First Affiliated…

OBJECTIVES: The study's objectives were to find out the proportion of Saudi men with type 2 diabetes who have been asked by their physicians about erectile dysfunction (ED) in the last year, to determine the willingness of Saudi men with type 2 diabetes to discuss ED, and to explore the factors that may be related to t…

OBJECTIVE: Alcohol use is a prominent factor correlated with HIV risk behavior engagement. Hazardous drinking is prevalent among Russian women and may contribute to decreased condom use. Event-based studies suggest that HIV risk behaviors may vary based on situational factors including partner characteristics and alcoh…

INTRODUCTION: Patient mobility, driven by patient preference is an indirect indicator of perception of hospital quality. Patients' choices depend on their previous healthcare experiences, the reputation of the hospital staff and the network of relationships between the patient, hospital doctors, general practitioners/r…

A 75-year-old man presented with an abdominal enlarging painless tumor of the skin evolving over the last 30 years. His past medical history was unremarkable. Physical examination revealed a brownish pedunculated cutaneous mass which had an irregular keratotic warty surface with no discharge or ulceration. The m…

The search for new materials that could be used as electrode material for Na-ion batteries is one of the most challenging issues of today. Many transition metal oxide families as well as transition metal polyanionic frameworks have been proposed over the last five years. In this work, we report the sodium extraction fr…

The Japanese Archipelago is characterized by active volcanism with variable eruption styles. The magnitude (M)-frequency relationships of catastrophic caldera-forming eruptions (M ≥ 7) are statistically different from those of smaller eruptions (M ≤ 5.7), suggesting that different mechanisms control these…

An emergency interventional endoscopic procedure is often the only way to overcome an asphyxic or pre-asphyxic situation. From November 1978 to June 2010 we performed 9950 interventional endoscopies among which 20% were performed in an emergency context. To obtain a homogeneous study group, we reviewed the last four ye…

Loss of 5-HT transporter (SERT) sites has been implicated in various neurodegenerative diseases and users of some amphetamine derivatives such as MDMA. Therefore, the development of suitable radioligands for neuroimaging of the SERT in the human brain is important. A large number of drugs have been labeled with 11C, 18…

A written document was developed to clarify the District's adult mosquito-management tactics to other interested individuals and agencies. The program described consists of 7 discrete components: 1) initiation criteria, 2) treatment area delineation, 3) agricultural and land-use practices, 4) meteorological conditions,…

A total of 24 cases of metastatic bone tumours were encountered over the last 6 years. Majority of these lesions (70.8%) were found in the 4th to 6th decades of life with a slight male preponderance. The axial skeleton was involved in majority of the cases (62.5%), the spine being the commonest site of tumour metastasi…

Four cases of Paget's disease confined to the nipple are presented. Three of them were treated conservatively by local radiotherapy and the fourth was treated by mastectomy. Histopathological examination of the breast in the last case failed to show any evidence of in situ or invasive carcinoma. The first three patient…

We studied the histories of patients who had visited our Department during the last 5 years, presenting food allergy with exclusively respiratory symptoms (18.5%). We studied the correlation between IgE levels and the histamine release test and the type of food implicated. Seventy-seven percent of patients presented se…