superior oblique tuck, anterior transposition of the inferior oblique muscle, inferior oblique recession, or inferior oblique myectomy. Subjective (double Maddox rods) and objective (fundus photography) torsion were measured pre- and postoperatively. A total of 28 patients were evalu...

We searched for additional loci in the European GWAS. The discovery sample set consisted of 1,631 cases and 3,822 controls from The Netherlands and 603 cases and 37,781 controls from Iceland. For follow up, we used 3,790 cases and 7,507 controls from 13 sample sets of European and Iranian ancestry....

This study reports SD-OCT findings among healthy pediatric cases. SD-OCT can be reliably used for pediatric patients because of its short exposure time and high degree of image resolution. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved....

The intervention showed effectiveness in reducing OI rates and in improving quantitative and qualitative outcomes in two representative foundries. Challenges and limitations of interventions to assess effectiveness in preventing OI were evaluated and solutions applied....

Objectives Estimating the prevalence of accumulated HIV drug resistance in patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) is difficult due to lack of resistance testing at all occasions of virological failure and in patients with undetectable viral load. A method to estimate this fo...

It is estimated that in Italy there are about 4 million migrant workers, accounting for 10% of total workforce. They are heavily involved in the so-called "3D jobs" (dangerous, dirty and demanding/degrading). The available data, from literature as well as national official sources, s...

The occupational physician (OP) has nowadays to face health and safety of migrant workers on new ethical, scientific, epidemiologic and legislative basis. Objective of our contribution is to describe area of interventions and perspectives in good medical practices for OP when dealing...

We report a 15-year-old female patient with complaints of bilateral photophobia and tearing, which started during the infancy period. Biomicroscopic examination revealed bilateral circular corneal opacities on the inferior quadrant and small dendritic lesions at the center of the circular opacities....

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a prevalent and disabling condition, often comorbid with other medical and psychiatric conditions and frequently misdiagnosed. International treatment guidelines for BD recommend the use of mood stabilizers - either in monotherapy or in association - as the gold standard in...

We investigated the relationship between CYP1A2 polymorphisms, occupational/environmental exposures and bladder cancer (BC) risk. The study population included 185 BC cases and 180 non-cancer controls, all Caucasian males. Data were collected on lifetime smoking, coffee drinking, dietary habits and...

The mean follow-up in the 10 eyes (10 patients) was 17.1 months +/- 2.4 (SD). There were no graft dislocations postoperatively, and no graft required repositioning. All grafts were clear at 12 months. Two eyes had initial graft rejection that resolved with treatment. All eyes had improved postoperat...

We reported germline DNA variants associated with risk of urinary bladder cancer (UBC) in Dutch and Icelandic subjects. Here we expanded the Icelandic sample set and tested the top 20 markers from the combined analysis in several European case-control sample sets, with a total of 4,739 cases and 45,...

It is estimated that in Italy there are 4 million migrant workers, accounting for about 10 percent of the total workforce. They contribute to national economic development but they are also heavily involved in the so-called "3D jobs" (dangerous, dirty and demanding/degrading). To draw occupational p...

Occupational injuries (OI) are a relevant issue in workplaces, being responsible for a range of individual and socio-economic consequences, with an enormous toll paid by workers, enterprises and society. Despite all these issues, OI prevention has not received significant field resea...

Over the last few years, following new legislations, events of media impact, transitions in workplaces, Occupational Medicine is at stake. Often, debate is strong about technical-scientific issues in Occupational Physician (OP) activities, ethics and deontology, professional independence, dignity, t...

In the title compound, C(22)H(26)O(2), the cyclo-butane ring is puckered, with a dihedral angle of 24.97 (9)° between the two C(3) planes. In the crystal, inter-molecular non-classical C-H⋯O inter-actions between the methyl-cyclo-butyl CH group and the O atom of the phen-oxy gro...