Five year retrospective study of mortality in systemic inflammatory rheumatologic disorders

Lead Poisoning in Opium Abusers: A Five-year Retrospective Study

Background and purpose: Lead is a metal present in nature that does not play a role in physiological processes of the body. Today, the use of lead in many materials and industries causes environmental contamination. But, the prevalence is unclear among people and the concentration of lead in the blood has never been tested in general .This study was conducted to compare clinical observations an...

securitization of mortality risks in life annuities

insurers have in the past few decades faced longevity risks - the risk that annuitants survive more than expected - and therefore need a new approach to manage this new risk. in this dissertation we survey methods that hedge longevity risks. these methods use securitization to manage risk, so using modern financial and insurance pricing models, especially wang transform and actuarial concepts, ...

Parapharyngeal abscess in children: five year retrospective study.

UNLABELLED Lateropharyngeal and retropharyngeal abscesses are potentially life threatening infections in children AIM To review the etiologic, clinical, and imaging signs of lateropharyngeal and retropharyngeal abscesses in children as well as treatment-outcomes and complications using a surgical trans-oral approach. METHOD Retrospective analysis of 11 children, hospitalized in the last 5 y...

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Evaluation of response to I-131 ablative therapy in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma: A five year retrospective study [Persian]

Differentiated thyroid carcinomas usually show good uptake and response to I-131 ablative treatment. In this study, 90 patients following near total thyroidectomy who were referred to our institute for I-131 therapy are retrospectively studied. The patients are divided in two groups. Group 1 revealed complete ablation after one dose of I-131. Group 2 needed more than one dose of I-131 for...