Twenty-five patients with eosinophil counts > 1,000/mm3 of unknown etiology were treated with albendazole 400 mg twice daily for 7 days were compared with 25 eosinophilic control patients who were not treated. The average eosinophil count in the treated group was 2,079/mm3 (range 1,002-7,629/mm3) and in the control group was 2,047/mm3 (range 1,002-6,468/mm3). One month later the eosinophil coun...

OBJECTIVE Previous studies have indicated that statin therapy may promote plaque regression. However, the impact of statin therapy on plaque composition has not been clearly elucidated. We performed a meta-analysis to investigate the effect of statin therapy on coronary plaque composition as assessed by virtual histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS). METHODS Online databases were search...

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Adrenal growth was studied between D70 of gestation (D0: day of mating) and D6 after birth in 33 fetuses and 11 new-born pigs of the Large White breed. Volume, height and mean surface, were estimated by zone, as well as cell number, cell size and nucleocytoplasmic ratio. The volume increased exponentially. In the cortex it was 4.0 mm3, 7.2 mm3, 10.5 mm3, 33.6 mm3, 55.3 mm3 at D70, D94, D106, D1...

ObjectivesExploring fever aetiologies improves patient management. Most febrile adults are outpatients, but all previous studies were conducted in inpatients. This study describes the spectrum of diseases attending outpatient clinics urban Tanzania.MethodsWe recruited consecutive with temperature ?38°C a prospective cohort study. We collected medical history and performed clinical examination. ...

AIMS To estimate disease progression based on analysis of macular volume measured by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in patients affected by Stargardt macular dystrophy (STGD1) and to evaluate the influence of software errors on these measurements. METHODS 58 eyes of 29 STGD1 patients were included. Numbers and types of algorithm errors were recorded and manually correct...