The Twelve-Year Warning

[Primary sclerosing cholangitis: a twelve-year experience].

BACKGROUND Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic cholestatic disorder characterized by progressive inflammation and fibrosis of the biliary tract, evolving to cirrhosis. It is commonly associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). AIM To communicate the clinical characteristics of patient with PSC seen in two reference centers. PATIENTS AND METHODS Review of medical records ...

Meningeal Anthrax in a Twelve-Year Old Child in Iran

Twelve-year results of the Coronary Risk Factor Study (CORIS).

BACKGROUND After 4 years a coronary heart disease risk factor intervention programme produced equally large and significantly reduced risk profiles in two intervention towns compared with a control town. Intervention effects through community participation were assessed after cessation of the active intervention programme. The impact of secular trends was assessed in the control town and in two...

Posttransplant recoarctation of the aorta: a twelve year experience.

OBJECTIVES This study was undertaken to investigate the incidence of posttransplant recoarctation of the aorta, delineate the mode of presentation, identify risk factors that predict recoarctation and examine the results of intervention for posttransplant recoarctation. BACKGROUND Patients with aortic arch hypoplasia require extended arch reconstruction at transplant, with an inherent possibi...

The alcohol warning and adolescents: 5-year effects.

OBJECTIVES This study, a follow-up to the authors earlier report, examined the effects of the alcohol warning label on adolescents during the first 5 years that the warning was required. METHODS Surveys were administered to 10th-grade (n = 16,661) and 12th-grade (n = 15,856) students from the 1989-1990 school year through the 1994-1995 school year. The measures were awareness of, exposure to,...