Mortality and five-year survival for malignant melanoma of the skin (MM) in Croatia are poor compared with those in most European countries, but recent mortality trends indicate some progress when compared with other countries in Central and SouthEastern Europe (1-3). Age-standardized incidence rates (W) in Croatia were 8.75/100,000 in men, and Completeness of Data on Malignant Melanoma Skin Si...

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Incorporating the International Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713610311 THROMBOCYTOPENIA AFTER BACILLE CALMETTE-GUÉRIN IMMUNIZATION POSSIBLY ON AN IMMUNE BASIS Gordana Jakovljević a; Srđana Čulić b a Department of Hema...

We present a 70-year-old man from Dalmatia, Croatia, with a history of prolonged high fever diagnosed as Q fever endocarditis. As far as we know, this is the first case of chronic Q fever in Croatia. The treatment was started as for culture-negative endocarditis, but was without clinical response. After significantly high anti-phase I IgG plus IgA antibodies titers to Coxiella burnetii were sho...

The aim of the study is to determine genetic diversity and relationships among olive cultivars native to Croatia and Turkey. A total of twenty olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivars including fourteen from Croatia and six common cultivars from Turkey were analyzed for genetic diversity and relationships by using six microsatellite markers (DCA05, DCA09, DCA18, GAPU71B, GAPU101, UDO43). The number o...

The aim of this study was to examine the association of weight gain and life expectancy at birth in Croatia. Mean body mass index was based on the data from the Croatian Adult Health Survey 2003. Birth rate and mortality data needed for life expectancy calculation were supplied by the Central Bureau of Statistics. The results suggest that the increase in mean body mass index value (1.31 kg m(-2...

The grapevine cultivar Grk, a close relative of Crljenak ka{telanski/Zinfandel, is grown exclusively in southern Croatia. Grapevine yellows-like symptoms were observed on vines in the vineyards in Lumbarda (southern Croatia) and in propagated grapevines near Zadar and Zagreb. The majority of the detected phytoplasma isolates belonged to the 16SrI group. However, RFLP pattern and R16F2n/R2 fragm...

OBJECTIVE We analyzed the causes of deaths among the members of the 4th Guardian Brigade (GB) of the Croatian Army during the war in Croatia from 1991 to 1995: the site of the lethal injuries, the type of wounds, and estimated the severity of injuries with lethal outcome according to the Abbreviated Injury Scale. METHODS This was a retrospective study using the files and data obtained from 4t...