BACKGROUND Pseudotumors associated with metal-on-metal hips can be symptomatic or asymptomatic. The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of pseudotumors associated with pain. METHODS A total of 239 large-diameter, metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasties (THAs) were performed in 222 patients. Screening for pseudotumors was performed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) i...

OBJECTIVE We studied by microarray analysis whether symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid plaques from the same patient differ in gene expression and whether the same changes are present in an independent sample set. METHODS AND RESULTS Carotid plaques from four patients with bilateral high-grade stenosis, one being symptomatic and the other asymptomatic, were analyzed on Affymetrix U95Av2 arr...

BACKGROUND Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common congenital viral infection in the United States. Visual and ocular sequelae in adolescents and adults who are congenitally infected with CMV have not been well studied. Better understanding of the long-term visual and ocular sequelae can help with early detection, intervention and appropriate educational accommodations. METHODS This study ev...

Objective: To demonstrate that low ABI is closely linked with the severity of atherosclerosis. Our secondary objective is to promote the awareness of screening and management of PAD Methods and results: A sample size of 230 participants was identified in Out Patient Department (OPD). 100 subjects were in control group with no more than one high risk factor, 100 in high risk asymptomatic group w...

HIGHLIGHTS Cytological study for floral malady in soybean MSAP profiling symptomatic and asymptomatic plant. Insights of pattern extent methylation. Epigentic gene regulation by approach.

Left main coronary artery disease (i.e., greater than or equal to 50% stenosis) was found in 1,477 of 20,137 patients in the Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CAS) registry. Of these patients, 53 (3.6%) were asymptomatic. Asymptomatic and symptomatic patients were similar in regard to 1) severity of left main coronary artery stenosis (67% vs. 70%), 2) extent of proximal coronary artery disease (no...

The prevalence of exercise induced asthma (EIA) in Iran is not known. In the present study the prevalence of EIA among female students of guidance school in the city of Mashhad was evaluated. A total of 1690 female students aged 12-14 years in ten randomly selected schools in north east of Iran (Mashhad) completed an asthma symptoms- specific questionnaire. One hundred forty four randomly selec...

OBJECT To determine the indications for surgery in patients harboring asymptomatic meningiomas, the authors retrospectively analyzed the natural course and surgical outcome of asymptomatic meningiomas and then compared these to the natural course and surgical outcome of symptomatic meningiomas. METHODS Between 1989 and 2003, 1434 patients harboring meningiomas, who were treated in Kumamoto Pr...

BACKGROUND Asymptomatic sensitization is confirmed by a positive response to skin prick tests (SPT) with allergens in the absence of clinical symptoms of allergy. This is a common observation for which no convincing explanation has been provided.We investigated the extent to which the presence of specific immunoglobulin (Ig) E in the nasal mucosa accounts for the occurrence of symptoms. METHO...