Determination of sibship by DNA analysis in Greeks

OBJECTIVE In cases where there is no parental DNA sample, a sibship determination is possible via specific DNA analysis. The aim of this study was to validate the efficiency of kinship analysis in the Greek population us...

Epidemiologic investigation of the etiology of chronic diseases

Etiology in epidemiology, preventive medicine and medicine, in general, is stochastic (probabilistic) rather than strictly deterministic. In this review, the concepts of cause and causality in the context of epidemiology...

Νόσος Kikuchi-Fujimoto (ιστιοκυτταρική νεκρωτική λεμφαδενίτιδα)<br />

Παρουσίαση και εφαρμογές της προσεγγιστικής εντροπίας (ΑpEn) στην Ιατρική

1. Εισαγωγή 1.1. Παράμετροι προσεγγιστικής εντροπίας (ApEn) 1.2. Παραδείγματα προσεγγιστικής εντροπίας 1.3. Ο αλγόριθμος της ApEn 2. Εφαρμογές της ApEn στην Ιατρική 2.1. Εφαρμογές στην Καρδ...

The role of intra-arterial embolization in the treatment of giant hepatic hemangioma

Hepatic cavernous hemangiomas are usually discovered incidentally. They almost always remain stable and usually cause no complications. Rarely giant hemangiomas might cause symptoms, such as intense and debilitating pain...