conclusions our study comprehensively explored the predictive factors of therapeutic effect of administered drugs and analyzed viral relapse during a six-months to six-year follow-up period from china. the svr may not be the perfect endpoint of hcv therapy in chinese people; we recommend 48 weeks after treatment withdrawal as the suitable time point. patients and methods we retrospectively anal...

Dear EBSJ Readers, First off, some housekeeping notes. Welcome to the new EBSJ, now combined with Global Spine Journal, and our expanded Editor-in-Chief team with Drs. Jeff Wang and Karsten Wiechert. Please welcome on board our newManaging Editor Danielle Lieberman, who has taken on her new role with much appreciated energy. We would like to thank Thea Swanson for her years of faithful service,...

background: discrete subaortic stenosis (dss) is a progressive condition. controversy still rumbles on as to whether the subaortic membrane causes aortic regurgitation (ar) and whether membrane resection reduces ar severity. we investigated the association between the left ventricular outflow tract peak gradient (lvot-pg) and ar severity preoperatively and changes in ar severity and obstruction...

this report describes a case of an eight years old girl who was treated for complicated crown fracture of right maxillary central incisor because of a sport accident. for the tooth total pulpotomy was performed in order to achieve apexogenesis and the tooth was restored with a composite resin. the patient was reviewed over 10 years. at first the tooth showed continued root development and compl...

this systematic review intended to combine factors associated with tuberculosis treatment non-adherence and lost to follow up among tb patients with/without hiv in developing countries. comprehensive remote electronic databases (medline, (pmc, pub med central), google scholar and web of science) search was conducted using the following keywords: tuberculosis, treatment, compliance, adherence, d...

objective: the aim of the present study was to retrospectively evaluate small-diameter (3.3 mm) straumann® dental implants placed in the maxilla or the mandible over a period of 5 years in function. materials and methods: twenty- eight partially edentulous patients received a total of 48 implants over a 5-year period. after the standard healing period (3 to 6 months), the implants were restored...

aim and background: the present study aimed to investigate the symptom severity and quality of life in patients suffering from bipolar disorder. methods and materials: this longitudinal and prospective study was done on 20 patients with bipolar type i disorder who were hospitalized in noor hospital of isfahan, iran. patients were evaluated before hospitalization, at the time of discharge, 3 and...

background: the relationships between adiponectin and clinical outcomes in hemodialysis (hd) patients remain highly controversial. meanwhile, the association between adiponectin and the peripheral artery disease (pad) has not been well studied in hd patients without diabetic mellitus. materials and methods: the ankle-brachial index was measured in hd patients. adiponectin levels in 105 hd patie...

A 32-year-old man was admitted in the Emergency Department with acute dyspnea secondary to spontaneous pneumothorax. He had history of spontaneous pneumothorax 2 years ago.He was active cigarette smoker (10 pack/year). The family history was unremarkable for lung diseases. Additionally, he had no systemic complaints.The lung HRCT revealed multiple bizarre-shaped cysts distributed in both lungs ...