Recently, family history and increased frequency of some isolated manifestations of the disease in relatives of patients have been thought to play an important role in the etiopathogenesis of Behçet's disease (BD). Family history has been proposed to participate in diagnostic criteria. Investigating features of patients with different family histories may give an additional insight in understan...

Using unpublished data from five completed prevalence surveys of Parkinson's disease (PD), we investigated case ascertainment uncertainties that potentially have a direct effect on prevalence. These uncertainties arise from the choice of diagnostic criteria, the choice of screening method, and the amount of information lost because of nonresponse. The surveys were conducted in Argentina, India,...

Procedure Appropriateness Category Relative Radiation Level US pelvis transvaginal Usually Not Appropriate O US pelvis transabdominal Usually Not Appropriate O US color Doppler ovaries Usually Not Appropriate O CT abdomen and pelvis without IV contrast Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢☢ CT abdomen and pelvis with IV contrast Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢☢ CT abdomen and pelvis without and with IV contr...

background: the efficacy of various screening variables in detection of diabetes mellitus (dm) is unclear.   objective: to determine the efficacy of various diagnostic tests for type 2 dm.   methods: 1021 inhabitants of hakimieh district of tehran aged between 30 and 75 years were studied.  known cases of diabetes and those with factors influencing glucose tolerance test were excluded.  age, se...

AIMS To evaluate the impact on perinatal outcomes of universal gestational diabetes (GDM) screening based on 1999 WHO and IADPSG diagnostic criteria; to assess the quality of the evidence (GRADE) to support GDM screening. METHODS Simulation of a hypothetical cohort of community-based pregnant women with 10% GDM prevalence (1999 WHO). Most parameters were obtained from recent systematic review...

Breast cancer screening recommendations are based on risk factors. For average-risk women, screening mammography and/or digital breast tomosynthesis is recommended beginning at age 40. Ultrasound (US) may be useful as an adjunct to mammography for incremental cancer detection in women with dense breasts, but the balance between increased cancer detection and the increased risk of a false-positi...