The patient is a 31-year-old woman who was hospitalized in Qinghai province because of dizziness and fatigue without an apparent cause 10 years ago. She was treated with A type Rh-positive blood at that time, and subsequently had a multiple blood transfusion history. Until 2005, she was hospitalized again. Examination of the patient showed that the blood type was Rh-negative, but the blood type...

HIV infection in the Islamic Republic of Iran is concentrated primarily among intravenous drug users. This study investigated the knowledge, attitudes and practices towards HIV/AIDS prevention of a random sample of prisoners in 5 prisons in Mazandaran province. Of 1760 individuals aged 18-65 years old completing the questionnaire, the mean age was 30.1 (SD 8.1) years (range 18 to 59 years); 95....

Regionalization is one of important trends in the development of the world economy. Its development path and development goal are gradually becoming a hot issue concerned and studied by governments of all countries. Construction of a secondary provincial center city has been a new concept in recent years, and also a significant approach to the development of regional economy. Liaoning Province ...

A 35-year-old Thai man came to the hospital with history of chronic voluminous, watery diarrhea with 8 to 10 stools daily for 4 months, loss of appetite, and loss of 6 kg body weight. The patient was a farmer working in Prachinburi Province in the northeast of Thailand. The patient suffered from recurrent vague abdominal discomfort with progession of the symptoms prior to admission. Physical ex...

Huntington's disease (HD) was observed in a 45-year-old male Melanesian patient from the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. The patient had multiple peripheral nerve palsies as a result of tuberculoid leprosy and had been resident in the leprosy ward of Goroka Base Hospital for over 6 years. During this time his HD had remained undiagnosed. This is the first report of HD in the Hig...

This study attempted to determine the types of semantic change of the selected Cebuano words from the written texts, specifically the Bisaya magazine and spoken language of Cebuano speakers aged 15 – 40 years old living in Cebu province. Twenty (20) Cebuano words were analyzed using Campbell’s (1998) and Crowley’s (1997) classifications of the semantic change. The results revealed that metaphor...

A 32-year-old man was attacked by flies while camping around Khorram Abad, Lorestan Province, western Iran. Pruritic dermatitis with marked edema and considerable discomfort appeared mainly on the lower legs. The flies were identified as Simulium. Simuliids are tiny bloodsucking flies, popularly known as blackflies or buffalo flies, belonging to the dipterous, family Simulidae. They are occurre...

s Neuro-oncology Primary brain tumors in the Eastern province: 3 years data analysis from King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Dammam Mahmoud Taha, King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Objective: This is a retrospective review of all cases of brain tumors treated at King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Dammam, which is the only Oncology center in the Eastern province. All cases are usually...

INTRODUCTION Neurofibromatosis 1 is one of the most common heritable genetic disorders in humans. It is characterized by formation of neurofibromas, with marked variability in expression. Half the cases are due to autosomal dominant inheritance; the rest arise from de novo mutations. Prevalence varies by population, and prevalence in Cuba is unknown. OBJECTIVE Determine the prevalence of neurof...

Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is one of the major public health concerns in China. Being the province with high incidence rates of HFMD, the epidemiological features and the spatial-temporal patterns of Zhejiang Province were still unknown. The objective of this study was to investigate the epidemiological characteristics and the high-incidence clusters, as well as explore some potential ...