background: children affected with sickle cell disease (scd) are at increased risk for severe morbidity and mortality, especially during the first 3-5 years of life. it is suggested that early treatment can improve the condition. the aim of this pilot study was to estimate the incidence of hemoglobin s (hbs) by umbilical cord blood screening in khorramshahr and abadan cities in southwest of ira...

This study examines how Greek-Cypriot students aged 12 to 18, an understudied group of students, construct their ethnic identity in a complex setting such as Cyprus and what motivates the students in the selection of ethnic identity labels. The choice to focus on students aged 12-18 was made on the hypothesis that young children, who did not experience the 1974 war in Cyprus, may have a differe...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the importance of syncope as a warning sign for sudden death in advanced heart failure and to determine the relative importance of cardiac syncope and syncope from other causes. BACKGROUND Despite remarkable advances in the pharmacologic approach to advanced heart failure, 20% to 40% of patients with advanced heart failure will die each year....

The outcome of 11046 infants, from 20 weeks' gestation, born to mothers of different ethnic origins within one London borough has been analysed. There was no difference in perinatal death rates between the Asian and white infants. Among those with mothers from Africa and the West Indies there were overall significantly more intrauterine deaths (26.8/1000 and 20.0/1000) and neonatal deaths (8.6/...

The present study assesses the population prevalence of DSM-IV disorders among native and immigrant children living in low socio-economic status (SES) inner-city neighborhoods in the Netherlands. In the first phase of a two-phase epidemiological design, teachers screened an ethnically diverse sample of 2041 children aged 6-10 years using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). In th...