Discoursive Strategy for the Commitment to Adoption with Infants Who Had Been Reared at Residential Nurseries

Clinical Outcome of Veterans with Acute Coronary Syndrome Who Had Been Exposed to Agent Orange

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), one of the components of Agent Orange, has been reported to be a deadly poison despite its presence at extremely small doses. TCDD is reported to cause various kinds of cancers and other harmful effects on humans. However, a correlation between exposure to TCDD and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is not yet proven. Thus, we examined the correlation betw...

A study of the reference of pronoun ‘this’ in “All praise is due to Allah who guided us to this and we would not have found the way had it not been that Allah had guided us”

We encounter with some pronouns in the Holy Quran that are with no reference. Of course this makes mind search for their reference with regard to the verses’ meaning and intention, otherwise it views as subjective interpretation of Quranic text. One of these cases is the pronoun ‘this’ in (7: 43) in which anyone who is in Paradise says: “All praise is due to Allah who gu...

Brain changes on magnetic resonance imaging in school-age children who had been preterm infants with intracranial hemorrhage

Objective To determine whether preterm infants diagnosed with intracranial hemorrhage (by transfontanellar ultrasound) at birth have cerebral lesions that are detectable by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) upon reaching school age. Materials and Methods MRI scans of the brain were obtained in 22 school-age children. Fifteen had presented intracranial hemorrhage at birth, and seven had not. We...

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A Case with Hyperthyroidism Who Had Been Treated with Thyroid Hormone Because of Congenital Hypothyroidism

We encountered a case with hyperthyroidism at the age of 14 who had been diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism (CH) and had received thyroid hormone replacement therapy. At the age of 16 d, the patient was referred to our hospital because of positive results at neonatal screening for CH. Serum level of TSH was 91.0 μU/ml and serum level of T4 was 6.9 μg/dl. The patient was diagnosed as havin...