The article by ABRAMOWICZ et al. [1] should show the first case of primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) associated with the use of amfepramone (diethylpropion), an anorectic drug, and BMPR2 mutation. In my opinion, the relationship between amfepramone and the rise of PPH in this case is unproven. BMPR2 mutation is related to PPH without use of ano-rectics. Autosomal dominant germline mutations ...

PURPOSE To evaluate reasons for non-compliance with post-cataract surgical follow-up in rural China, and assess the impact of incentives on improving compliance. METHODS Patients having undergone cataract surgery more than 3 months previously at cataract surgery training hospitals in Guangdong were invited by telephone and advertisements to a hospital-based study examination, with compensatio...

OBJECTIVE To determine the pattern of clinical presentation of carcinoma of the cervix in Nnewi Southeast Nigeria with a view to determining strategies for intervention. METHOD This is a retrospective descriptive study involving all cases of clinically diagnosed carcinoma of the cervix seen over a five year period. RESULTS Forty three case notes were available for study. The age range was 3...

I used this anthology of compiled articles to add to my background knowledge of Yugoslavia before, during and after the war. This book was written relatively close to the end of war and therefore I approached this book with a level of skepticism. Additionally, this book was written for a mid-European studies center and thus this book approaches history in a different manner due to the audience....

Design Patterns help a range of designers, architects, and others. However, there is surprisingly little such guidance for game artists. In this paper, we present our look at late 19th century art works and the emergent set of visual features commonly used to create an atmosphere of horror in visual art. Further, we show how we transformed these features into a set of seven patterns to be used ...

Abstract Cardiac involvement has been described in varying proportions of patients recovered from COVID-19 and proposed as a potential cause prolonged symptoms, often post-COVID or long COVID syndrome. Recently, cardiac complications have reported vaccines well. We aimed to compare CMR-findings with clinical symptoms after vaccination. From May 2020 2021, we included 104 suspected who received ...

    Molecular epidemiology is a subdivision of medical science and epidemiology that emphases on the involvement of potential environmental and genetic risk factors, recognized at the molecular level, to the etiology and avoidance of sickness through populations. This arena has developed from the combination of molecular biology and traditional epidemiological research. Molecular...