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Self-help groups (SHGs) in India represent a unique and holistic approach for financial intermediation. The main aim of SHGs is to improve economic conditions. The SHGs enable women to grow then savings and to access the credit which banks are willing to lend. More than 30 per cent of the respondents are in the age group of 36 – 45 years, one fourth of the respondents belong to BC community and 82 per cent of the respondents are Hindus. Around 63 per cent of the respondents have up to upper primary education and more than 41 per cent of the respondents have agriculture as primary occupation. Around 48 per cent of the respondents have pucca house and around 72 per cent of the respondents have the income in the range of Rs.10000 – 20000.
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Background: Under normal circumstances, a woman's uterus sheds a limited amount of blood during each menstrual period (around 80 ml). Bleeding that occurs erratically or excessive menstrual bleeding is called abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB). The causes of AUB are many and varied. Initial investigations include transvaginal ultrasound and histopathologic assessment of the endometrium. Objective of this study was to evaluation of endometrial thickness with trans-vaginal ultrasound and its correlation with histopathology by dilatation and curettage in abnormal uterine bleeding. To determine the efficacy of transvaginal ultrasound in evaluating the endometrial thickness. To correlate the endometrial thickness by transvaginal ultrasound with endometrial histopathology in women with AUB.Methods: It is a retrospective observational study. All reproductive and perimenopausal age group women who underwent dilatation and curettage for abnormal uterine bleeding during the period June 2014-June 2016 was taken and analyzed and correlated with their endometrial thickness measured with Transvaginal ultrasound.Results: Around 478 patients who underwent endometrial sampling over a period of two years were analyzed. Maximum number of patients were in the fourth decade and the overweight category 36.6%. Proliferative endometrium was the most common histopathologic picture (44.76%). Detection of precancerous lesions were-5.87% and endometrial cancer was 1.05%.Conclusions: An ET of 8 mm and above gave 100% sensitivity and negative predictive value for precancerous and cancerous lesions.
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Ectodermal dysplasia consists of clinically and genetically heterogeneous groups of disorders characterized by absence of or incomplete or delayed development of one or more of the appendages derived from epidermal tissue (hair, sweat gland, teeth, skin, and nails) or of oral ectodermal origin during embryogenesis. A case of a seven year-old child with full blown condition of ectodermal dysplasia is presented. Common dental, oral, and physical conditions were taken into consideration. Clinical management consisted of an overdenture to improve psychological development and to promote better functioning of the stomatognathic system.