Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a relatively common disorder that consists of a
distressing or impairing preoccupation with imagined or slight defects in appearance. BDD is …

Study design: Retrospective population-based epidemiological study. Objectives: To assess
the nationwide, population-based incidence, causes, age, gender, extent and prevalence of …

Objective: To evaluate the consequences of discontinuing penicillin prophylaxis at 5 years of
age in children with sickle cell anemia who had received prophylactic penicillin for much of …

Reduced fecundity, associated with severe mental disorders 1 , places negative selection
pressure on risk alleles and may explain, in part, why common variants have not been found …

The cause of schizophrenia is unknown, but it has a significant genetic component.
Pharmacologic studies, studies of gene expression in man, and studies of mouse mutants suggest …

Formation of the secondary palate is a complex step during craniofacial development.
Disturbance of the events affecting palatogenesis results in a failure of the palate to close. As a …

Dupuytren's disease or palmar fibromatosis is a common disabling hand disorder, mainly
confined to Caucasians of northwestern European origin. The prevalence of Dupuytren's …

Background Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of irreversible
visual impairment in the developed world. The two forms of advanced AMD, geographic …

A major rifting episode is now occurring in north Iceland. This started on 20 December 1975,
with a basaltic eruption, an exceptionally intense earthquake swarm and movement on an …

Objective Age at onset is an important clinical feature of all disorders. However, no prior studies
have focused on this important construct in body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). In addition, …