[18]Annulene put into a new perspective

Methodologic Limitations Put Into Perspective

T he search for a means of measuring left ventricular volume (LVV) accurately and continuously throughout the cardiac cycle has been long standing. Such efforts have intensified during the past 15 years with the growing appreciation for the wealth of useful information available from analysis of systolic and diastolic ventricular pressure-volume relations. Recently, much effort has gone into de...

Mutations in PRSS1 Put into Perspective

I have read with interest the recent paper by Liu and Zhang [1] on the putative association of the PRSS1 gene with pancreatitis. In their article, the authors claim a highly significant association based on a meta-analysis of seven previous case-control studies. Their methodological approach, however, warrants a cautionary comment. To assess the impact of PRSS1 mutations, the authors have conce...

The 'Kinderkrebs in der Umgebung von Kernkraftwerken' study: results put into perspective.

A German case-control study on leukaemia in children below 5 y of age near nuclear installations showed a trend of increasing risk with decreasing distance of place of residence from the sites. The radiation exposure from the sites is considered as being too low by a factor of at least 1000 to explain the observed effect, but little is known about radiation effects from pre- or postnatal exposu...

Correctly Identify Practitioners and Put Adverse Events of Spinal Manipulation into Perspective

Dear Editor, Thanks for your interest concerning our case report: Massive hematothorax after thoracic spinal manipulation for acute thoracolumbar pain, published in Orthopedic Reviews.1 Firstly we agree that chiropractics represent in general a very safe procedure. With regard to the comment of Cramer and Smith,2 we agree that the use of the correct terminology for the description of chiropract...

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