OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical outcome of children with chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed clinical, biological and radiological data of children with CRMO at five French paediatric centres. Outcome data were obtained through review of hospital charts and questionnaires sent to all patients to assess disease activity and educational and...

OBJECTIVE To establish cardiac ventricular weights recorded during the autopsy of healthy individuals who died of external causes, aiming at determining normality patterns in our population. METHODS A total of 94 hearts were evaluated at the Forensics Department of the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo. After the heart removal and resection of the atria and epicardial fat, the right ventricle (...

PURPOSE The authors tested different loading schemes for the number of repetitions completed during multiple sets of resistance exercise. METHODS Twenty-four resistance-trained men (age 24.0 ± 4.5 y, body mass 78.3 ±10.2 kg, height 177 ± 7 cm) were tested over a 5-wk period. During week 1 a 10-repetition maximum (10RM) in the leg press was determined. During weeks 2-5 subjects completed 4 bou...

There is still controversy about the most suitable method to measure bronchial hyperresponsiveness in children. In epidemiological surveys, nonisotonic aerosols are being used increasingly for bronchial provocation testing. Our aim was to study the acceptability, safety and correlation between two published bronchial challenge tests. Two standardized protocols--the inhalation of hypertonic sali...

Caffeine Induced Changes in Cerebral Circulation To the Editor: We reported significant reductions in cerebral blood flow (CBF) 30 minutes and 90 minutes after the oral administration of 250 mg of caffeine in 14 normal volunteers (age 26 yrs, S.D. 6) in the SeptemberOctober 1985 issue of Stroke. As an extension of this study, we evaluated CBF responses to similar doses of caffeine in elderly su...

Monday December 7 08:00-09:00 Registration (3rd Floor Grand Ballroom, GRAND GONGDA JIANGUO HOTEL of Beijing University of Technology) 09:00-09:15 Open remarks 09:15-10:05 Keynote 1 Robert Deng (Singapore Management University) 10:05-10:55 Keynote 2 Wenchang Shi (Renmin University) 10:55-11:15 Tea & Coffee Break 11:15-12:05 Keynote 3 Rob Spiger (Microsoft) 12:05-13:30 Lunch 13:30-15:00 Session 1...

The objectives of the present study were to determine the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for treating recurrent bronchial obstruction (rBO) in young children up to 2 yrs of age and to assess possible modifying effects of ICS on lung function in young children with rBO. From an observational, noninterventional birth cohort of 3,754 newborn children (3,697 with complete questionnaire data b...

Mutations of the bone morphogenetic protein type II receptor (BMPR2) gene predispose to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). 290 idiopathic (I)PAH patients and 15 heritable (H)PAH were screened to determine the spectrum and rate of BMPR2 mutations in a large Chinese patient group. Gene sequencing and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA®) were used to detect sequence mutatio...

Objective: To determine the Effectiveness of topical application 15℅ salicyclic acid and 0.1℅ Diphencyprone combined in an ointment form for treatment plantar warts. Place Duration: This Descriptive, case series was held Dermatology outpatient department, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital Karachi. Method: A sample size 80 patients with warts were included as calculated by exact 95% confidence interval. R...

The factors that determine the occurrence of airway hyperreactivity in the general population are not clearly understood. This study was designed to assess the independent effects of age, atopy, smoking and airway calibre. In a random sample of 2,415 adults aged 18-70 yrs we measured reactivity to methacholine as the dose provoking a 20% fall (PD20) in one-second forced expiratory volume (FEV1)...