OBJECTIVE To investigate to what extent age-related maculopathy (ARM) is genetically determined. DESIGN AND SETTING Familial aggregation study based on probands derived from the population-based Rotterdam Study. PARTICIPANTS First-degree relatives of 87 patients with late ARM, i.e., atrophic or neovascular macular degeneration, were compared with first-degree relatives of 135 control subjec...

What is the thread that unites tourism and migration? A review of existing literature suggests two forms linked to migration: visiting friends relatives second home tourism. Tourism related can be stimulated by migratory movements, and, in turn, gives rise new migrations. Second ownership, however, serves as main connection between migration, promoting generates from or relates current past Thi...

purpose: to evaluate topographic corneal changes in relatives of patients with keratoconus (kcn). methods: this study was performed on 300 eyes of 150 relatives of 45 kcn patients. complete slit lamp examination, refraction, and corneal topography was performed on all eyes. the topographic indices for diagnosis of keratoconus was based on rabinowitz criteria. results: the study included 84 (56%...

The diagnosis of paralytic poliomyelitis is now rarely considered in cases ofacute lower motor neurone weakness in patients resident in Britain. Paralytic poliomyelitis still occurs,' however, and we report two cases, one of which would not have occurred had the present immunisation procedures been followed. The occurrence of the other case suggests that immunisation procedures should be modifi...

The aim of this investigation is to analyze the psychological differences of patients and their relatives according to the formers' post-transplantation anxiety. We used two groups of participants: transplant patients (n = 166) and close relatives (n = 166). Four questionnaires were applied: a Psychological Survey (to both groups), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the Quality of L...

PURPOSE This study of relatives to patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) treated with radiotherapy describes how the relatives experienced the patient's situation, especially with respect to pain, and how the relatives themselves experienced the situation. METHODS Semi-structured interviews of 21 relatives to HNC patients who suffered from pain were conducted, and a qualitative content ana...

BACKGROUND Patients approaching death often have a decreasing oral intake, which can be distressing for relatives. Little is known about the relatives' experiences with and perceptions of oral intake at the end of life. AIM This study aims to contribute to a more thorough understanding of relatives' concerns regarding decreased oral intake of the patient at the end of life. DESIGN Qualitati...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is the most frequent cancer of women in Latin America, being strongly associated with infection by certain human papillomavirus (HPV) types. Familial cancer clustering can be due to interactions between infectious agents and host genes. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cancer-related family history of first degree relatives was elicited in 335 women with invasive cervical ca...

It is expected that in humans, the lowered fitness of inbred offspring has produced a sexual aversion between close relatives. Generally, the strength of this aversion depends on the degree of relatedness between two individuals, with closer relatives inciting greater aversion than more distant relatives. Individuals are also expected to oppose acts of inbreeding that do not include the self, a...