But the Georgian men being treated for severe x-ray burns are the first confirmed victims of the Soviet thermogenerators.
It is well known from epidemiological studies that while radiographic OA is a clear risk factor for symptoms, the correlation between x-ray changes and symptoms is weak, and that some people with severe x-ray changes of OA remain asymptomatic 29, 30.
Even in adult spaniels with severe HD, X-rays may not always indicate the disease.
Twelve years later, after he suffered increasingly severe pains, X-rays revealed the accident had also caused three hip bone fractures and a dislocated hip.
This "gravitational redshift" gets most severe when the x-rays stream from just above the hole's event horizon, the point of no return.
Subjects were divided into mild, moderate (mod) and severe OA by X-ray (worst joint selected).
In addition to severe gas artifacts, x-ray imaging was limited by the sagging of abdominal organs towards the spinal column due to the position of the body donors during fixation and storage.
The clinical history of fever, cough and breathlessness combined with positive microbiology confirmed the diagnosis of CAP, whereas the severe hypoxaemia and X-ray evidence of bilateral infiltrates in the presence of normal cardiac function established the diagnosis of ALI.
As expected, diabetes and hypertension were significantly associated with BMI and age (p ≤ 0.004 in each instance) Even controlling for BMI, the presence of diabetes, asthma or 'any comorbidity' (diabetes, asthma, hypertension, hepatitis B, chronic renal disease, cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal disorder or chronic back pain but excluding HIV) was associated with less severe TB on X-ray.
Radiographically, patients with HLA-B27 showed more severe sacroiliitis in pelvic X-rays and greater acute damage in MRI than patients positive for HLA-B15 did.
