Diagnosis of Wilson's disease: an experience over three decades

Diagnosis of Wilson's disease: an experience over three decades.

BACKGROUND Wilson's disease is a rare but treatable condition that often presents diagnostic dilemmas. These dilemmas have for the most part not been resolved by the identification and cloning of the Wilson's disease gene. AIMS To report our experience over three decades with patients with Wilson's disease in order to illustrate the diverse patterns of presentation and thereby broaden the app...

Spatial-temporal analysis of heat waves in Iran over the last three decades

The purpose of this research is to analyze heat waves characteristics in the warm period of the year as a climatic hazard in Iran. In this study, the daily maximum temperature is taken at 44 synoptic stations during the period 1981-2010. These temperature values were used to extract the intensity, frequency and duration of heat waves using percentile thresholds of 90, 95, and 98. The results sh...

Biliary complications following liver transplantation: Single-center experience over three decades and recent risk factors

AIM To identify independent risk factors for biliary complications in a center with three decades of experience in liver transplantation. METHODS A total of 1607 consecutive liver transplantations were analyzed in a retrospective study. Detailed subset analysis was performed in 417 patients, which have been transplanted since the introduction of Model of End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD)-based l...

L1 Three decades of experience with limb salvage

The Evolution of Canadian Wages over the Last Three Decades

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