the database of published works cited in Index
Medicus and the Science Citation Index. The author
also reviewed the published works in all 256 local
Thai journals, which are not included in the international
citation index, in the database ‘‘Thai Index
Medicus’’ (161.200.96.233/thaiim.html). The literature
review focused on the years 1943—2004.
All relevant reports were obtained and the details
of the clinical presentations of the patients in all
included papers were studied.