A range of schedules are recommended for hepatitis B vaccination of premature infants. This open-label study (217744/083) compared the immune response of premature (N = 94) and full-term infants (N = 92) to hepatitis B antigen following primary administration of hexavalent DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib vaccine at 2-4-6 months and a booster dose at 18 months. Anti-HBsAg antibodies were determined before and ...

Data concerning the effect of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection on the long-term outcome of patient and allograft survival are conflicting. We performed a retrospective study including all renal transplant recipients who underwent the procedure at our center between July 1983 and December 2004. We compared HCV-positive (n = 155) versus HCV-negative (n = 1044) recipients for the prevalence of an...

Due to the increased number of revision total hip arthroplasties (THAs) to correct pain secondary to fretting from modular hip stems, this study was conducted in an effort to correlate objective findings of serum cobalt (Co) levels, serum chromium (Cr) levels, and/or reactive tissue seen on metal artifact reduction sequence (MARS) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a patient's need for revis...

Assessment of variations in the use lower extremity open vascular surgical procedures (LEOPEN) and endovascular (LEENDO) across small geographic areas Hungary from 2013 to 2017. Introduction a new metric giving rough estimate unwarranted clinical variation revascularisation practice. Spatial (at local administrative unit level) referral for LEOPEN LEENDO was evaluated through retrospective anal...

In this study, SmWRKY53  gene was selected from the data of high temperture transcriptome and gene expression detection "Tewangda" seedlings. It then cloned, bioinformatics preliminary analyzed. The results showed that open reading frame 1 083 bp, encoding 360 amino acids. 138-144 acids contain a typical "WRKYGQK" conserved domain, zinc finger structure is C 2 HC t...

Percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) closure has been recognised as an alternative therapy for stroke prevention in selected patients with non-valvular fibrillation (AF) who have difficulties long-term oral anticoagulation. Peri-device leaks (PDLs) are frequently diagnosed after LAA procedures, regardless of methods. PDL > 5mm is related further embolic events. Nevertheless, management seve...