INTRODUCTION Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the commonest complication of diabetes mellitus (DM), and is the leading cause of blindness among working adults. Modification of the associated risk factors as well as early detection and treatment of sight-threatening DR can prevent blindness. Clinical practice guidelines recommend annual eye screening for patients with DM. The proportion of patients ...

Histochemical (M-ATPase) fiber typing was done on extensor digitorum longus, (EDL), soleus (SOL), and diaphragm (DIA) muscles of barrier-reared Fisher 344 rats obtained at four different ages (3, 9, 28, and 30 months) from the colonies of the National Institute of Aging. In the EDL there are no differences in the percent of type I fibers among the four age groups. The percent of type IIa and II...

Alemtuzumab, a highly effective treatment for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), induces lymphopenia especially of CD4+ T cells. Here, we report the atypical CD4+ T population behaviour of two patients with persistent disease activity despite repeated alemtuzumab treatments. Whereas lymphocytes count decreased and fluctuated accordingly to alemtuzumab administration, their CD4+ cell...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to characterize the nature of dog bite injuries treated over a 5-year period at a large tertiary pediatric hospital and to identify relevant parameters for public education and injury prevention. METHODS Investigators performed a retrospective review of emergency room records of a single tertiary pediatric hospital. Records of all patients who were e...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of managed care on the use of chronic disease medications. DATA SOURCE Claims data from 1997 from two indemnity and three independent practice association (IPA) model managed care insurance plans. RESEARCH DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of claims data. DATA COLLECTION Adult patients with diabetes mellitus (DM, n = 26,444), congestive heart failure (CHF, n...

This report proposes a standard method to characterize variability and sensitivity of functional neuroimaging experiments. Most functional neuroimaging analyses result in statistic images of signal-to-noise. However, it is essential to examine both signal and noise individually, to characterize sensitivity and to identify artifacts. Confidence intervals simultaneous convey signal and noise but ...

During October and November 1962, ten flights were made over the Ross Sea to the north and east of McMurdo, Antarctica, in a Navy C-54Q aircraft fitted with up-and down-facing EppIey pyranometers and with a camera for taking overlapping photographs of the terrain below. From a flight level of 7,500 ft. albedos of the underlying ice types were obtained for various elevations of the sun above the...

9 INTRODUCTION 10 Antillean manatees in Belize 12 Belize Habitat 13 Objectives 14 Hypotheses 14 Background Review 15 MATERIALS AND METHODS 18 Subjects 18 Collection 19 Microhistological Analysis 20 Data Analysis 21 RESULTS 22 Overall Percent Frequency of Manatee Diet 23 Percent Frequency by Location 25 Percent Frequency by Sex 27 Percent Frequency by Size Classification 29 Percent Frequency by ...