In 1965 Bodian et al. reported observations on 46 children with recurrent haematuria investigated by renal biopsy. The cases were classified according to the type of onset of haematuria into one of three groups: (1) no definite illness (36 cases); (2) attack of anaphylactoid purpura (7 cases); and (3) acute glomerulonephritis (3 cases). The biopsy specimens were examined by orthodox histologica...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To provide an overview of the biology of lung cancer with respect to genetic carcinogenesis and specific mutations and to discuss new therapies being developed to target lung cancer's biologic processes. DATA SOURCES Published articles, abstracts, book chapters, lectures, and personal experiences with experimental agents. DATA SYNTHESIS Lung cancer is the number one cause...

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common type of acute leukemia in adults. With current treatment strategies, almost 80% of AML patients (18-60 years) will achieve com‐ plete remission (CR). However, approximately 50% of these patients will experience a re‐ lapse, resulting in a five-year survival rate of only 35%-40% [1]. This implies that despite CR, in these patients a number of cance...

There are many commercial tools that address various aspects of the Year 2000 problem. None of these tools, however, make any documented use of plan-based techniques for automated concept recovery. This implies a general perception that plan-based techniques is not useful for this problem. This paper argues that this perception is incorrect and these techniques are in fact mature enough to make...

This paper investigates achieving financial independence by using the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) in conjunction with dollar cost averaging to purchase stocks of quality companies that pay increasing dividends over the 15 year period of 1993 – 2007. To do this, it looks at two portfolios, each containing initially the same stocks, but the second replacing some of its stocks during the las...

Introduction: Laryngotracheal trauma is a rare life-threatening emergency that requires early identification and immediate intervention. Here, we present 26 patients with laryngotracheal trauma from a tertiary hospital in India. The aim was to describe the clinical presentation and management of laryngotracheal trauma patients.   Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study of laryngot...

This paper contains the main results concerning the evaluation of the consumption distribution of Iran in terms of levels, shape, inequality and social welfare for the years 1989 and 1994. The results show that the shape of consumption distribution in Iran is showed to the right and there is a large gap between the average level of consumption in rural and urban areas. Inequality in Iran is rel...

In an attempt to improve both the resectability and survival rates for bronchogenic carcinoma, pre-operative supervoltage radiotherapy was introduced in 1961 and continued for a period of three years. Patients with either a histological or cytological diagnosis were given a tumour dose of 4,500 r over six weeks and then a two-month period elapsed before surgery. A follow-up of cases treated dur...

BACKGROUND The clinical benefit of chronic suppression with oral antibiotics as a salvage treatment for periprosthetic joint infection is unclear. The purpose of this study was to compare infection-free prosthetic survival rates between patients who received chronic oral antibiotics and those who did not following irrigation and debridement with polyethylene exchange or two-stage revision for p...