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Müller W
Postoperative sonographische Verlaufsuntersuchungen von Hirntumoren im Kindesalter
Postoperative neurosonography was performed in 69 babies and children after osteoclastic neurosurgery for primary cerebral tumors. Astrocytoma of the posterior fossa (26 cases) and medulloblastoma (25 cases) were frequent histological findings. Early postoperative bed-side examinations revealed reliably complications such as cerebral hemorrhage, edema or hygroma. Postoperative baseline studies were performed and reliability of sonographic criteria for tumor recurrence, such as high echogenicity and dense echotexture, were established. Regressive tissue changes under the usual postoperative cerebral radiation therapy and chemotherapy included transient increase in perifocal edema followed by…
An integrative skeletal and paleogenomic analysis of prehistoric stature variation suggests relatively reduced health for early European farmers
AbstractHuman culture, biology, and health were shaped dramatically by the onset of agriculture ~12,000 years before present (BP). Subsistence shifts from hunting and gathering to agriculture are hypothesized to have resulted in increased individual fitness and population growth as evidenced by archaeological and population genomic data alongside a simultaneous decline in physiological health as inferred from paleopathological analyses and stature reconstructions of skeletal remains. A key component of the health decline inference is that relatively shorter statures observed for early farmers may (at least partly) reflect higher childhood disease burdens and poorer nutrition. However, while…