Homozygous deletion of the UGT2 ...
Summary Previously, homozygous deletion of the UGT2B17 gene has shown association with hip fracture. Using a highthroughput qRT-PCR assay, we genoty ...
Prospective comparison of the t ...
Summary Most post-vertebroplasty new-onset adjacent vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) occur within 2– 3 months, and antiresorptive agents do no ...
Lumbar spine bone mineral densi ...
Summary This analysis examines lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) of US adults from NHANES 2005.2008 by age, sex, and race/ethnicity. Prevalenc ...
Fasting and postprandial spot u ...
Summary Clinicians can diagnose high urine calcium by asking patients to collect urine for 24 h or to provide a random urine specimen. In this study ...
Effect of different dress style ...
Summary Ultra-orthodox Jewish lifestyle, which encourages modest dress and indoor scholarly activity, represents a risk factor for vitamin-D deficie ...
The impact of subtrochanteric f ...
Summary Hospital diagnosis codes are useful for assessing hip fracture rates in large populations. However, these codes do not reliably differentiat ...
Algorithms can be used to ident ...
Summary Physician-billing claims databases can be used to determine the incidence of fractures in the community. This study tested three algorithms ...
The direct cost of acute hip fr ...
Summary Data on the true acute care costs of hip fractures for patients admitted from care homes are limited. Detailed costing analysis was undertak ...
Sclerostin levels during growth ...
Summary Serum sclerostin levels are associated with cortical porosity, suggesting that changes in sclerostin production during growth may play a rol ...
Ethnic difference of clinical v ...
Summary Vertebral fractures are the most common osteoporotic fractures. Data on the vertebral fracture risk in Asia remain sparse. This study observ ...
Fracture risk prediction using ...
Summary We evaluated the predictive ability of FRAX® in a cohort of 815 Japanese women. The observed 10-year fracture rate did not differ significan ...
General Anesthesia for Children ...
Severe heart failure in children is uncommon. The anesthetic management of children with this condition is challenging. The authors aimed to identif ...
Comparison of Gastrointestinal ...
This study aimed to compare the incidence of gastrointestinal complications among infants with singleventricle heart defects after three first-stage ...
Electrophysiologic Studies and ...
Ectopic atrial tachycardia (EAT) often resists medical therapy, making radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) the preferred treatment. This study r ...
Cardiac Troponin T in Children ...
The existence of cardiac damage in active rheumatic carditis patients is unknown, especially in those without pericarditis. The aim of this study wa ...
Use of a Cardioselective Beta-B ...
The data on the efficacy of atenolol for long- QT syndrome (LQTS) are controversial. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of atenolol for pedia ...
Novel NKX2-5 Mutations in Patie ...
Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a common cardiovascular malformation and an important contributor to substantial morbidity and mortality. Increasing e ...
Acute Progressive Mitral Regurg ...
This report describes six previously healthy infants with acute mitral valve chordal rupture. Although their initial symptoms were mild respiratory ...
Ventricular Repolarization Labi ...
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile disease of unknown etiology that develops in children and is sometimes accompanied by myocardial dysfuncti ...
Connective Tissue Disease Prese ...
Our case series describes three children who were initially diagnosed as having severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and subsequently found ...
Reoperation for a Congenital He ...
A 12-year-old boy was referred for treatment of severe mitral regurge. The boy had already undergone two previous operations. A reduced exercise cap ...
Isolated Unilateral Agenesis of ...
This report describes a 3-month-old Japanese boy with a diagnosis of isolated unilateral agenesis of the proximal right pulmonary artery with severe ...
From Other Journals Journal Re ...
In this study, the authors hypothesized that early goaldirected monitoring with venous oximetry and near-infrared spectroscopy would offset the incr ...
Tako-Tsubo Syndrome in a 12-Yea ...
We report the case of a 12-year-old girl with Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy. She was successfully treated in our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for acute ...
Early NT-proBNP Is Able to Pred ...
The objective of this study was to establish the potential utility of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in the management of pate ...