Dramatic Increase in Incidence of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease (1988-2011): A Population-Based Study of French Adolescents.

Objectives: Few data are available to describe the changes in incidence of pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of this study was to describe changes in incidence and phenotypic presentation of pediatric-onset IBD in northern France during a 24-year period.

Methods: Pediatric-onset IBD (<17 years) was issued from a population-based IBD study in France between 1988 and 2011.

Development of the Rotterdam Quality of Life Questionnaire for Heart Transplant Recipients.

Background: Heart transplantation is a unique and life-threatening event followed by role and lifestyle adjustments, feelings of dependency, and fears about infections and rejection of the donor heart. Generic quality of life measures are unlikely to cover aspects pertinent to transplant recipients. The disease-specific measures available are lengthy and not feasible for use in clinical practice.

A subacute toxicity study on 99m Tc stannous Glucoheptonate injection.

A subacute toxicity study on 99m Tc stannous glucoheptonate was performed with rats, dogs and rabbits, injected intravenously at ten to 100 times the human dose on a body weight basis. There were no abnormalities in the clinical status of any of the animals. No changes were found in urinalysis, blood chemistry or hematology in the rabbit nor in gross examination, renal histology or bone marrow smears in the rats and rabbits.