Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is most characteristically associated with the cytogenetic abnormalities +12, 13q14, and 14q32. Recently abnormalities of chromosome 6 have been reported in patients with mantle zone lymphoma, CLL mixed type, and a CLL variant with larger prolymphocytoid cells in the peripheral blood. The purpose of this study was to review the cases of CLL karyotyped at the U...

one of the main challenges facing urban planning in the late 20th century is the growth rate of traffic that influences access to sustainable urban development. one of the solutions proposed for traffic—as well as the economic, social, and environmental problems originating from it—in large cities has been the applying of traffic restrictions during certain times and in specific places in order...

The difference between the disease rates of two groups, one exposed and one not exposed to a suspected aetiological factor, is a useful measure of the risk associated with the factor. This measure is of most interest when the association is considered causal, and has been termed the attributable risk (MacMahon and Pugh, 1970). Expressed as a percentage of the total disease rate in a group (the ...

OBJECTIVE To describe parents' opinions and concerns about antibiotics and to contrast these opinions with those of pediatricians. DESIGN Parents were surveyed using an interviewer-administered questionnaire and pediatricians were mailed a self-administered questionnaire. RESULTS Parents from two private practices (N = 300) were largely white (84%) and had completed college (81%). The paren...

Background & objectives: The purpose of this study was evaluating the hearing status of tinnitus patients referred to our center. Materials & Methods: A total of 144 Patients, referred to our center by the end of December 2008 to June 2009, who have tinnitus complaints after initial examination and cleaning the ear duct in the audiology clinic were introduced and completed the questionnaire. A...

OBJECTIVE This report presents data on hospice care discharges. Numbers and percents of discharges are shown by selected characteristics of the agencies from which the patients were discharged, by selected patient characteristics, by services provided, by types of personnel that provided the services, and by diagnoses of these discharged patients. METHODS The data used for this report are fro...