Auteurs:Frank Buntinx, E Cloes, D Dhollander, E Salk, Daniël Lousbergh, A Op de Beeck, J Rummens, B Van Brabandt, J Vanden Brande, H Vandeput, and A Van Waes
Ilizarov's method of monofocal compression was used in 30 humeri with a diaphyseal pseudarthrosis. Twenty-one patients had previous surgery but had loosening of the osteosynthesis material. Nine patients initially were treated with a hanging cast,...
Auteurs:J Lammens, G Bauduin, R Driesen, Pierre Moens, Jos Stuyck, Lucia De Smet, and G Fabry
A multi-center case-referent study was conducted on the relation between paternal occupational exposure and spina bifida in offspring. Cases were born between 1980 and 1992 in The Netherlands. Referents were recruited from hospitals and from the g...
Auteurs:BM Blatter, R Hermens, M Bakker, N Roeleveld, ALM Verbeek, and GA Zielhuis
We present a child with a remarkable constellation of abnormalities comprising cleft lip and palate, pigmentary retinopathy, hydronephrosis, malrotation of the gut and obstructive liver disease. This patient, together with two other reported cases...
A serological survey to determine the immunity to diphtheria in the Flemish population was conducted according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization. Immunity to diphtheria was determined on a randomised, stratified sample (1679 ...
Auteurs:Cathy Matheï, Paul Van Damme, P Bruynseels, H Goossens, R Vranckx, and A Meheus
BACKGROUND: Although the effectiveness of influenza vaccination in high-risk groups has been proven, vaccine coverage continues to be less than 50% in The Netherlands. To improve vaccination rates, data on the organizational factors, which should ...
Auteurs:E Hak, RPMG Hermens, GA VanEssen, M Kuyvenhoven, and RA DeMelker
An open randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted to compare the reactogenicity of a recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (Engerix-B) when injected with the Bioject device (a pneumatically powered drug delivery system using disposable syringes...
Auteurs:Cathy Matheï, Paul Van Damme, and A Meheus
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and incidence of the most frequent chronic health problems in relation to age in people with intellectual disabilities living in residential facilities in the Netherlands. A prospective c...
Auteurs:HMJV LantmandeValk, M vandenAkker, MA Maaskant, MJ Haveman, HFJ Urlings, AGH Kessels, and HFJM Crebolder
From 1990 to 1993, the University of Limburg and the Pepijn Centre, the Netherlands, have performed a prospective cohort study on ageing and intellectual disability. The key questions of the study were: "To what degree do the level of care depende...
Auteurs:MA Maaskant, M vandenAkker, AGH Kessels, MJ Haveman, HMJV LantmandeValk, and HFJ Urlings
Les résultats de 12 poignets présentant une déformation de Madelung et traités chirurgicalement ont été revus. La correction n'est que rarement obtenue, mais la majorité des patients (9 sur 12) sont satisfaits. Un résultat excellent n'a été obtenu...
Aim: Comorbidity is increasingly prevalent. Moreover, many different definitions and interpretations of this phenomenon are used. Because of its social and clinical significance, it is important that the concept is clear. In this review a summary ...
Auteurs:M van den Akker, Frank Buntinx, and JA Knottnerus
OBJECTIVE: Description of use of medication by people with mental handicaps in relation to age, level of mental handicap and living facility. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Institutions and group homes for people with mental handicaps in ...
Auteurs:HM van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk, AG Kessels, MJ Haveman, MA Maaskant, HF Urlings, and M van den Akker
Ongeveer 10% van de mensen die een huisarts contacteren, heeft een problematisch alcoholgebruik. De CAGE, een lijst bestaande uit vier vragen, maakt het mogelijk deze problematiek op te sporen. Via een telefonische enquête werd nagegaan of jonge V...
In comparison with the classical immunisation schedules (0-1-6 or 0-1-12 months) for hepatitis A, a 0- and 12- or a 0- and 6-month schedule would have important advantages by reducing the number of injections and discomfort and increasing scheduli...
Auteurs:Philip Van Damme, Cathy Matheï, S Thoelen, A Meheus, A Safary, and FE André
PURPOSE: To assess the value of unenhanced T1-weighted images, T2-weighted images, gadolinium-enhanced TI-weighted images, and three-dimensional Fourier transformation-constructive interference in steady state (3DFT-CISS) images in depicting lesio...
Auteurs:Jw Casselman, R Kuhweide, Willy Ampe, Luc Meeus, and L Steyaert
A hereditary form of multicentric osteolysis is described in an 11-year-old girl whose father is also affected. The results after corrective surgery on the foot with the Ilizarov fixator and the findings during arthroscopy of the knee are discusse...
Auteurs:M Urlus, P Roosen, J Lammens, J Victor, Lucia De Smet, Guy Molenaers, and G Fabry
PURPOSE: To assess the value of a three-dimensional Fourier transformation MR technique ''CISS'' (constructive interference in steady state) in imaging the inner ear. SUBJECTS: We studied 50 normal inner ears (40 axial, 10 coronal) and 10 patholog...
Auteurs:Jw Casselman, R Kuhweide, M Deimling, Willy Ampe, Idesbald Dehaene, and Luc Meeus
The mutation involved in myotonic dystrophy (DM) has been mapped to the region between the ERCC1 DNA repair gene and the anonymous D19S51 locus on 19q13.3. Starting at locus D19S112 (probe pX75b), which served as a novel entry site for this chromo...
Auteurs:G JANSEN, PJ DEJONG, C AMEMIYA, C ASLANIDIS, DJ SHAW, HG HARLEY, JD BROOK, R FENWICK, RG KORNELUK, C TSILFIDIS, G SHUTLER, R HERMENS, NGM WORMSKAMP, HJM SMEETS, and B WIERINGA
