BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Fusiform aneurysms and ultrawide-neck circumferential aneurysms are still some of the most challenging lesions. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and feasibility of the use of multiple overlapping Enterprise stents with coiling for the treatment of fusiform or ultrawide-neck circumferential aneurysms. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twelve consecutive patients...

BACKGROUND Extrauterine growth restriction is common among very low birth weight infants (VLBW, BW <1,500 g). Optimal postnatal nutrient supply is essential to limit growth restriction and ensure adequate growth and neurodevelopment. OBJECTIVES We compared an enhanced postnatal nutrient supply to a standard supply and evaluated the effects on growth velocity, head circumference growth and cer...

Methods This is a prospective descriptive study of 80 children and adolescents, between 5.0-16.0 years of age, who were obese or overweight attending the Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic of the Christian Medical College, Vellore, S India during October 2011 to February 2012. All children with syndromic obesity, hypopituitarism, hypothyroidism, familial hyperlipidemia, and on steroids or on pharma...

The Intermediate Value Theorem is used to give an elementary proof of a Borsuk–Ulam theorem Adams, Bush and Frick [1] that if f : S 1 → R 2 k + $f: S^1\rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}^{2k+1}$ continuous function on the unit circle S1 in C ${\mathbb {C}}$ such ( − z ) = $f(-z)=-f(z)$ for all ∈ $z\in S^1$ , then there finite subset X diameter at most π / $\pi -\pi /(2k+1)$ (in standard metric which has ...

INTRODUCTION The Third National Health and Morbidity Survey Malaysia 2006 includes a nutritional status assessment of children. This study aimed to assess the inter- and intra-examiner reliability, the technical error of measurement and the validity of instruments for measuring weight, height and waist circumference. METHODS A convenience sample of 130 adults working in a selected office sett...

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