introduction: the preoperative diagnostic evaluation of the parotid lesion is a valuable aid in planning the operation and the approach to intervention. among different diagnostic tools, fine needle aspiration has a key role. however, the exact efficacy of this technique in our center had not been thoroughly investigated. materials and methods: between january 2000 and june 2007 a subset of 64 ...

The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate and summarize the current evidence base related to the clinical efficacy of gait analysis. A literature review was conducted to identify references related to human gait analysis published between January 2000 and September 2009 plus relevant older references. The references were assessed independently by four reviewers using a hierarchical mode...

BACKGROUND The Internet is now becoming a new channel for delivering psychological interventions. METHOD This paper reported a first application of web-based intervention in mainland China. It first summarized primary barriers to mental health help-seeking behavior in Chinese society. Then, it introduced the current utilization of the Internet within mental health services in mainland China a...

background: timely diagnosis of leptospirosis is essential for early and effective treatment, for there are many differential diagnoses for it.. leptospiral researchers have an increasing interest in developing new serological methods with recombinant antigens to improve the leptospirosis diagnosis. several serological tests have been developed for the proper diagnosis of leptospirosis. objecti...