background: anticoagulation therapy is a routine treatment in patients with hemorrhagic cerebral venous thrombosis (cvt). however, fear of hemorrhagic complications and deterioration course following anticoagulation often disturbs the responsible physician. methods: this was a prospective observational study on consecutive cvt patients with hemorrhagic venous infarction or subarachnoid hemorrha...

In 47 subjects having alcohol dependence syndrome, the progression of alcohol related milestones was studied in terms of age-at-onset of each milestone. The findings revealed a definable progression with three phases. The early phase, characterized by the absence of any problem, ended with the use of 1/4th bottle of spirit a day, more than once-a-week. The middle phase began with daily drinking...

BACKGROUND/AIMS "Hurricane keratopathy" is the name given to the whorl pattern, highlighted with fluorescein, seen in situations where corneal epithelial cell turnover is exaggerated. Although the condition is well described, follow up data on patients with this condition and its sequelae have only been reported in corneal graft patients. The aim was to study the clinical course of hurricane ke...

AIM To provide a review of studies on prognosis in ulcerative colitis by reviewing the relevant population-based cohort studies. On the basis of incidence and population studies, ulcerative colitis has a favourable clinical course, with good quality of life, a chronic course characterized by at least one relapse, and a surgery rate of 30% after 10 years from diagnosis. Patients affected by seve...

GD is an autoimmune disease where circulating antibodies cause hyperthyroidism and lead to thyrotoxicosis. These antibodies, originally referred to as long-acting thyroid stimulators, are directed against the thyrotropin receptor (TSHR). They mimic the agonist activity of TSH but are not subject to the normal feedback in the anterior pituitary. GD is approximately 7 to 10 fold more frequent in ...

Laryngeal papillomatosis (LP) can have various clinical courses. Malignant transformation is rare. The purpose of the present study was to correlate the clinical course of the disease with the histopathologic findings of the surgically removed papillomas. In the series of 123 patients, abnormal or atypical epithelial hyperplasia of the papillomas removed at the first surgical procedure appeared...