A gastrectomy population: 25-30 years on.

A gastrectomy population: 25-30 years on.

Prior to 1960 a Polya gastrectomy was the most frequent operation for duodenal ulcer. The majority of these patients now have reached the age of sixty or older. A prospective longitudinal study of a cohort of patients who underwent gastrectomy between 1955 and 1960 was undertaken. Twenty five to thirty years later the study has revealed the extent of the nutritional problems that may arise with...

Seroepidemiology of Hepatitis A in Population under 30 years old in Rural Area of Zabol

Abstract Hepatitis A , like any other intestinal diseases, is common across the world. But its prevalence and epidemiological feature vary according to sanitation and crowded of people. This study which was conducted in the spring of 1377 (1998) aims at the evaluation of epidemiologic pattern of hepatitis A in Zabol. 229 people from rural area of Zabol were randomly selecteted and investigated...

Marr's vision: 25 years on

A review at the time of publication predicted that "Even if no single one of Marr's detailed hypotheses ultimately survives...[his] lifework will have been vindicated when neuroscientists cannot understand how it was ever possible to doubt the validity of his theoretical maxims." 25 years on, most would agree that Marr's recipe for investigating human vision and, in particular, his strategy of ...

Bulimia nervosa: 25 years on.

25-30 Splenectomy

The present study was undertaken to evaluate glutathione and its related enzymes in beta-thalassaemia major and to elucidate the effect of splenectomy on glutathione metabolism. The study includes three groups, those are: healthy individuals (n= 35) taken as control, a group of beta-thalassaemia major children with intact spleen (n= 29) and a group of splenectomized beta-thalassaemia major chil...