AIM To determine the relation between perceived driving disability and vision screening tests. METHODS 93 subjects, aged 50 years and over, with binocular visual acuity of at least 20/80. Perceived driving disability (PDD) was assessed by a questionnaire. Subtracting daytime from night-time driving question scores revealed PDD at night (PDDN), subtracting scores of questions for driving in fa...

AIM The aim of the paper is to examine the relation between the increase of the photon dose in water in the region of electronic disequilibrium - so-called build-up region - and the distance of the bolus from the water surface for the applied parameters of X-ray beams. MATERIALS AND METHODS PDD measurements were carried out using the plane-parallel ionization chamber Markus in the automatic w...

Abstract Objective To determine whether or not distinct neuropsychological profiles could be created to aid in earlier detection Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s Disease (PDD). Data Selection A literature review was conducted informally search for articles pertaining testing individuals DLB PDD that were dated within the past fifteen years. Synthesis Results indicated typically h...

24 Avian bornaviruses (ABV), representing a new genus within the family Bornaviridae, were 25 recently discovered in parrots with proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) from North 26 America and Israel. We show here that closely related viruses are also present in captive 27 European parrots of various species with PDD. The six ABV strains that we identified in 28 clinically diseased birds are...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the test performance and clinical effectiveness of photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) compared with white light cystoscopy (WLC) in people suspected of new or recurrent bladder cancer. METHODS A systematic review was conducted of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), nonrandomized comparative studies, or diagnostic cross-sectional studies comparing PDD ...

BACKGROUND Apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) polymorphism is an important determinant for the development of various cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disorders. There have been conflicting reports of association of APOE polymorphism with dementia in Parkinson disease (PD). OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between APOE polymorphisms and plasma cholesterol concentration, and PD with demen...

OBJECTIVE To determine clinical and radiological factors that predict the successful outcome of percutaneous disc decompression (PDD) in patients with lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the clinical and radiological features of patients who underwent lumbar PDD from April 2009 to March 2013. Sixty-nine patients with lumbar HNP were studied. Clinical o...

The performance of two screening instruments for pervasive developmental disorders was studied in the total population of children and adolescents with mental retardation between 4 and 18 years (N=1059) in Friesland, a northern province of the Netherlands. Parents completed the ABC, staff completed the PDD-MRS. The screening instruments were related to the ADI-R and ADOS for 184 participants. T...

The interrelationship between the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Generic (ADOS-G) and clinical classification was studied in 184 children and adolescents with Mental Retardation (MR). The agreement between the ADI-R and ADOS-G was fair, with a substantial difference between younger and older children (5-8 vs. 8+ years). Compared with the Diag...

The aim of this study was to clarify the features of mental development and autistic behavior in children with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) from the viewpoint of remedial therapy. The Tokyo Child Development Schedule (TCDS) and the Tokyo Autistic Behavior Scale (TABS), designed to be completed by children’s caregivers, were used. A comparison was made of 36 children with PDD, 36 chil...