A new species in the aphid genus Chucallis Tao, Chucallis latusigladius Qiao, Jiang & Chen, sp. n. feeding on a species of bamboo, Indocalamus tessellatus (Munro) Keng f., is described. It differs from the only other known species in the genus by having remarkably large marginal processes on abdominal tergite IV. A key to species, morphological descriptions, distributional data and host plant i...

Thromboangiitis obliterans or Buerger's disease is a relatively common disease in our country and is responsible for many cases of obscure pains and aches in the feet or legs. Its aBtiology is not definite though most certainly there is a low-grade infective factor associated probably with a certain amount of spasmodic element of the musculature of the media of the affected vessels. The diagnos...

Critical limb ischemia (CLI) represents a syndrome that is associated with a particularly adverse natural history. Although clinicians increasingly recognize that peripheral arterial disease (PAD) includes a broad range of clinical syndromes, CLI is associated with very adverse short-term limb and systemic cardiovascular outcomes.1 CLI is not a specific disease per se; rather, it represents a s...