Self-referrals are younger, they more often have recurrent complaints and their complaints are more often related to sports and leisure activities.
Furthermore, they more often had recurrent problems and these were more frequently related to sports and leisure activities and less often to work (Table 3).
Compared to GP-referred patients, self-referred patients more often presented recurrent complaints and were treated less often by activity-related exercise therapy.
Puget et al. [96] found that gains of 1q and 9qter and loss of 6q occurred more often in recurrent tumors.
Only 12 drug classes (antidiabetics, digestives, bile and liver therapy, antithrombotic agents, drugs affecting the renin-angiotensin system, lipid lowering drugs, sex hormones, thyroid therapeutic agents, immunosuppressive agents, muscle relaxants, antiepileptics, and psychoanaleptics) were prescribed more often for recurrent than acute use.
Self-referred patients more often presented a recurrent complaint in comparison to GP-referred patients (p < .01).01
As examples, varicella zoster virus reactivation is generally associated with a dramatic clinical event (that is, dermatomal zoster) whereas Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is more often associated with recurrent bouts of asymptomatic viral shedding.
It was demonstrated that differences in gut flora precede the development of asthma: early colonisation with Bacteroides fragilis was more often found in recurrent wheezing children at risk of persistent asthma at school age.
Compared to patients without a recurrence, delayed graft function occurred more often in patients with recurrent FSGS, although this difference did not reach statistical significance (25% vs. 12%, P =0.13).
