This report summarizes research on the development of objectively scored language and emotionality scales for a five-card, orally administered and tape- reqorded version of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) used in the Health Examination Survey (HES) of children conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics in 1963-65. National norms for children ages 6-11 are presented for these sc...

introdouction: mucoepidermoid carcinoma (mec) is one of the most common salivary gland malignancies. the prevalence of salivary gland tumors varies in different geographic areas. in this report, we evaluated the prevalence of mec in iran and compared it with that previously reported in other countries. materials and methods: the files of oral pathology, shahid beheshti university of medical sci...

Background: Accurate estimates of the baseline incidence of childhood intussusception could help safety monitoring after introduction of rotavirus vaccines. Therefore, we studied the incidence of intussusception in the state of Qatar. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed cases of intussusception in children younger than 14 years. Children were treated between 2002 and 2012 at a single hospital ...