Incidence and clinical features of pediatric ocular trauma in a population-based cohort.

Purpose: To report the incidence and clinical characteristics of pediatric ocular and adnexal injuries diagnosed over a 10-year period in Olmsted County, Minnesota.

Methods: This multicenter retrospective, population-based cohort study included all patients <19 years of age in Olmsted County diagnosed with ocular or adnexal injuries from January 1, 2000, through December 31, 2009.

Results: A total of 740 ocular or adnexal injuries occurred during the study period, yielding an incidence of 203 (95% CI, 189-218) per 100,000 children.

Soil Collected from a Single Great Smoky Mountains Trail Contains a Diversity of Listeria monocytogenes and spp.

Listeria monocytogenes, a foodborne pathogen, and other spp. are present in natural environments. Isolating and characterizing strains from natural reservoirs can provide insight into the prevalence and diversity of spp.

Variable allelic expression of imprinted genes at the , , cluster in single neural cells.

Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic process through which genes are expressed in a parent-of-origin specific manner resulting in mono-allelic or strongly biased expression of one allele. For some genes, imprinted expression may be tissue-specific and reliant on CTCF-influenced enhancer-promoter interactions. The imprinting cluster is associated with neurodevelopmental disorders and comprises canonical imprinted genes, which are conserved between mouse and human, as well as brain-specific imprinted genes in mouse.

Metacarpophalangeal Joint Pyrocarbon Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis: An Analysis of 44 Arthroplasties.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to analyze postoperative outcomes in a group of patients who underwent metacarpophalangeal (MCP) arthroplasty using a pyrocarbon prosthesis for noninflammatory arthritis.

Methods: An analysis of 44 MCP joint arthroplasties in 30 patients with >2 years of follow-up over a 12-year period was reviewed. The mean age was 63 years.

Prevalence and clinical characteristics of age-related distance esotropia.

Age-related distance esotropia (ARDET) is characterized by an esodeviation greater at distance than near in older aged patients and generally managed with prism spectacles or surgery. The purpose of this study is to describe the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and natural history of age-related distance esotropia in a defined population. The medical records of all adult (≥19 years of age) residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, diagnosed with an esodeviation at least 2 prism diopters (PD) greater at distance than near, from 1 January 1985, through 31 December 2004, were retrospectively reviewed.