Progress Reports

PROGRESS REPORTS Viruses and hepatocellular carcinoma

Both hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are important worldwide problems. It is believed that 300 million people have been exposed to hepatitis B.' In Europe, based on a carrier rate in blood donors of 0 O/% and a population of 400 million, it is estimated that four million have been exposed to hepatitis C. Hepatocellular cancer is estimated to have an incidence of between 250 ...

Rehabilitation R&D Progress Reports 1987.

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Progress towards agreement in reports of antibiotic sensitivity.

Results of three quality control trials of antibiotic sensitivity testing carried out on staphylococci by the Birmingham Regional Bacteriologists Group are presented. An overall reduction in the number of discrepant results from 5.2 to 1.2% when retesting the same organisms was thought to be due largely to the alteration in methods of testing for resistance to neomycin- and penicillinase-resist...

How case reports have contributed to the progress of surgery

Editorial The now well-known Zollinger-Ellison syndrome was recognized by Professor Zollinger at Ohio State University and his student, Dr. Ellison, based on their insightful observations of two young women who suffered from refractory peptic ulcers requiring repeated surgery [1]. The index case for Kasabach-Merritt syndrome was a 2-month-old male infant who underwent radiation therapy for a hu...