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Forty-Four Juvenile Thieves

Four plus forty-four: hours to modify, theirs to enjoy.

The evolution of dialysis care over the last 60 years is noteworthy. From the earliest days, when Kolff used the drumdialyzer,throughmanyiterativechanges,discoveries, and developments, dialysis can now be used in multiple settings under numerous adverse circumstances for prolonged periods of time. However, with these innovations and successes come new and perhaps, more challenging questions aro...

Forty-Four Pounds of Ascites Fluid

Clinicopathologic study of forty-four histologically pure supratentorial oligodendrogliomas.

Few studies in recent years have specifically focused on pure oligodendroglial neoplasms. We retrospectively reviewed the clinicopathologic features of 44 patients with supratentorial oligodendroglioma diagnosed over a 19-year period (1974 to 1993). The study group consisted of 44 patients (age range, 8 to 69 years; median, 42 years), including 31 males. Thirty-one initially resected tumors (70...

Forty-four Consecutive Cases of Gastric Ulcer Treated by Gastrectomy

AN examiniatioln of the records of the Royal V'ictoria Hospital, Belfast, for the period 1919-1927 inclusive, a perio(l of ninle N'ears, slhows that during this time only txenty-eight gastrectomies aid(l pylorectomies, apart from the series under dliscussioni, wvere carried out by thie seven surgeonis of thle staff. If wNe mna' conclude that the surgery of tills hospital is a fair sample of the...