We thank Christina Kelekun and Karen Wells for data entry and verification. The heads of the cytogenetic laboratories of England and Wales and the Association of Clinical Cytogeneticists provide continued support and data. Contributors: EA was the grant holder and director of research and contributed in discussion and to the drafting of the manuscript; she is guarantor for the study. RGI was re...

E, Engvall A: Salmonella isolated from animals and feed production in Sweden between 1993 and 1997. Acta vet. scand. 2003, 44, 181-197. – This paper presents Salmonella data from animals, feedstuffs and feed mills in Sweden between 1993 and 1997. During that period, 555 isolates were recorded from animals, representing 87 serotypes. Of those, 30 serotypes were found in animals in Sweden for the...

THE AIM OF THE STUDY Selected parameters of mechanical characteristics of the gravid abdomen under impact load. TYPE OF THE STUDY Experimental biomechanical study carried out in a human in vivo. METHOD Damped vibration of the gravid abdomen was detected after a defined impact load using speed cinematographic recording of 103 pictures/sec. A women in 32nd week of gestation, performing toe st...

BACKGROUND In endemic areas, placental malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum is most frequent and severe in first-time mothers, and increases the risk of infant mortality in their offspring. Placental malaria may increase the susceptibility of infants to malaria parasitemia, but evidence for this effect is inconclusive. METHODS AND FINDINGS During 2002-2004, we monitored parasitemia in 453 inf...

no need to define MUAC if you don't report it in the abstract Response: We agree and removed MUAC from the abstract. The results section of the abstract should specify "symptoms" of zoster and thrush, unless these were more definitive diagnoses? Response: We inserted “symptoms of” as suggested. Methods, second para: do you mean "loss to follow-up" or "non-response"? Response: We mean indeed non...

objective: endometriosis affects women’s physical and mental wellbeing. symptoms include dyspareunia, dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain, and infertility. the purpose of this study is to assess the correlation between some relevant factors and symptoms and risk of an endometriosis diagnosis in infertile women. materials and methods: a retrospective study of 1282 surgical patients in an infertility insti...

1. Temporal variation in the spatial aggregation of the freshwater bivalve Elliptio complanata was studied at a sandy site in an oligotrophic lake over three years. 2. Epibenthic populations varied in aggregation over the season bringing animals closer together during spawning. The complex link between movements of mussels and aggregation dynamics suggested a functional reproductive role for ho...