Background and Objective: In the present study, the diagnostic agreement between surgical and pathological findings of appendicitis in children was tested. The aim was to assess the association between patient body mass index (BMI) and this diagnostic agreement. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 121 consecutive children aged less than 15 years suspected to acute app...

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This Supplemental Material comprises eight appendixes: Appendix A proves the existence and uniqueness of equilibrium prices; Appendix B presents a detailed description of the data used in the paper; Appendix C considers four alternative search frameworks; Appendix D considers three alternative complete information frameworks that may be consistent with the observe empirical patterns; Appendix E...

Malakoplakia is a pseudogranulomatous disorder secondary to an still unknown de - feet in some stages of phagocytosis.  We have reported a 3 year-old girl afflicted with this defect, who was admit­ted to Loghman Hospital' Pediatrics Department with severe pallor, abdominal mass and loonstanding history of dysentery prior to hospitalisation. Inconclusive clinical and B.M. Investigations rendered...

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Appendix A – Literature Search Criteria for Identification of Relevant Studies Appendix B – Literature Search Strategy and Terms Appendix C – Bibliography of Articles Reviewed as Additional Scientific Information Appendix D – Other Literature Cited Appendix E Table Summary of Exposure and Effects from Articles Reviewed Appendix F ATSDR-2005 and EPA-2002 update summary documents Appendix G1 and ...

METHADONE 17 Introduction 17 Pharmacology of methadone 17 Chemical characteristics 17 Pharmacodynamics 17 Pharmacokinetics 18 Drug interactions 19 References 22 Efficacy of Methadone in Clinical Studies 24 Figure 1. Consort – like report of Eligible Papers. 25 Summary of data for Efficacy (Table 1, Appendix 1). 26 Search Method 26 Systematic Review (Table 3, Appendix 1). 28 Retrospective Studie...