Somatoform disorders in vertiginous children and adolescents.

Objective: To investigate the frequency and characteristics of psychiatric co morbidity in a group of vertiginous children.

Methods: A retrospective review of patient notes between years 2000 and 2006 in the ENT clinic of Helsinki University Hospital. Patients were identified from the clinic database, based on hospital discharge codes.

Estrogen receptor 2 polymorphism and carotid intima-media thickness.

Aims: The present study was designed to investigate the effects of estrogen receptor 2 gene (ESR2) rs1256049 polymorphism to carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT), as part of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.

Results: The frequencies of ESR2 genotypes G/G, G/A, and A/A were 85.1%, 14.