Abstract The Bardet‐Biedl syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder of polydactyly,
obesity, tapetoretinal degeneration, mental retardation, hypogenitalism, and renal …

We report the case of a 14 year old healthy boy, who was admitted six weeks after being
injured by a palm tree thorn, with limping caused by pain and swelling in his right knee. An …

Twenty children under the age of 14 years with torsion of the uterine adnexa are discussed.
Of the 14 postnatal cases, 8 were associated with additional ovarian pathology whereas in 6 …

Chimerism, the evolutionary perplexing outcome of fusion between conspecific individuals,
is widely documented in nature. Several reports assign a variety of benefits to the state of …

The objective of this study was to establish ultrasonographic guidelines for the prenatal
diagnosis of fetal pelvic kidneys and assess the relationship to clinical outcome. The records …

Purpose. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of sonographically guided
hydrostatic enema in therapeutic reduction of intussusception in children and to determine …

The population genetic profiles of 60 specimens of the common intertidal sea anemone
Actinia equina taken from four sampling sites (Peroj, Barbariga and the north and south …

Two rare cases of peritoneal encapsulation causing partial intestinal obstruction are
described. Both were operated on, and one of them had a “cocoonlike” appearance. The …

Skeletal tumor formations in the massive coral Pavona clavus were investigated for 3 yr on
the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica in a reef composed almost exclusively of this …

A 12-year-old boy presented with a 2-month history of abdominal pain and distention. A
diagnosis of Wilson's disease was established, and D-penicillamine therapy was initiated …