beta-Thalassemia, originally named Cooley anemia, is an inherited blood disease. Various types of thalassemia are inherited anemias caused by mutations at the globin gene loci on chromosomes 16 and 11, affecting the production of alpha- or beta-globin protein, respectively. The combination of early diagnosis, improvements in monitoring for organ complications, and advances in supportive care ha...

NINE intestinal transplants (three adults. six childrenl have been performed at the University of Pittsburgh since the advent of FK 506. Eight patients had a combined liver-intestinal transplant. one had a solitary intestinal graft. Four of these were performed 3 to 5 weeks before this report. the other five are presented with 5to 16-month follow-ups. The clinical profiles of the patients at tr...

Paramolars are rare supernumerary structures of maxillofacial complex that occur buccally or lingually near the molar row. Predominantly these occur singly; bilateral presentation is very rare. This paper reports two unusual bilateral presentations of paramolars with clinical complication and its management. One of the cases in the present paper also documents the cooccurrence of bilateral para...

PURPOSE The purpose of the present study was to analyze the clinical characteristics and complications of patients with mesiodens. PATIENTS AND METHODS Using the radiographic reviews of patients who visited Seoul National University Dental Hospital from January 2005 through January 2008, 919 patients were identified as having mesiodens (total 1,200 mesiodentes). The number, location, position...

The purpose of this article is to identify the types of complications that have been reported in conjunction with endosseous root form implants and associated implant prostheses. A Medline and an extensive hand search were performed on English-language publications beginning in 1981. The searches focused on publications that contained clinical data regarding success/failure/complications. The c...

CLINICAL CASE An 82-year-old pseudophakic male patient developed several ocular complications after teletherapy for cavum carcinoma. Three years after receiving the radiotherapy, he presented with a right optic neuritis with some posterior improvement. Five years later he developed an ischemic retinopathy and a severe dry eye syndrome. DISCUSSION Ocular complications due to radiotherapy used ...

Introduction Scrub typhus, also known as tsutsugamushi disease, is an acute febrile illness caused by infection with Orientia tsutsugamushi and characterized by focal or disseminated vasculitis and perivasculitis, which may involve the lungs, heart, liver, spleen, and central nervous system (1,2,3).The symptoms are usually mild and the clinical course selflimited, with spontaneous recovery afte...