OBJECTIVE: To analyze the relation between height and bone maturation in obese children in Aragón. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A group of 86 obese children (36 boys, 50 girls) was studied. Height, weight, ...
The paleopathological study of 31 Italian Renaissance mummies from the Basilica of S. Domenico Maggiore in Naples has allowed us to perform about 20 diagnoses, of which 5 concern infectious (smallpox,...
As a part of the SAMAR 89 Project on mental health, we present the results of a psychiatric epidemiological research (in two stages) in a representative sample of the elderly urban population of Zarag...
OBJECTIVE: The main purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between the apoproteins normally employed in clinical practice and the Quetelet indexes, atherogenic and physical activity i...
The measurement of the metacarpal cortical thickness as well of the diameter is an accurate, simple and economic procedure in the clinical diagnosis of the growth deficiency. Our study reports the inc...