Publications
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thyrotropin response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone in the euthyroid rat: dose-response, time course, and demonstration of partial refractoriness to a second dose of thyrotropin-releasing hormone. | 1978 | 105883 | |
food toxins and their implication in human health. | 1978 | 105997 | |
neurotoxicity with combined use of lithium and thioridazine. | four cases on a combination of lithium and thioridazine developed severe neurotoxic symptoms, e.g., delirium, seizures, encephalopathy and grossly abnormal eeg's. all patients had been on lithium without thioridazine prior to and after the neurotoxic episode with no complications or eeg changes. the possible risk of combining lithium and neuroleptics (thioridazine) is discussed and repeated eegs are recommended as a preventive measure. | 1998 | 106047 |
[lithium and pregnancy (author's transl)]. | the problem has been considered of the action of lithium salts on the progress of pregnancy and on the product of the conception. lithium can bring about serious troubles in morphogenesis in invertebrate animals. the results obtained in mammals in laboratory experiments differ from species to species but it seems that these animals can be given about 8 to 9 times the levels of lithium that are used in man without causing teratogenic effects. a statistical review of the children born to human mot ... | 1978 | 106083 |
ribosomal dna in drosophila melanogaster. i. isolation and characterization of cloned fragments. | 1998 | 106128 | |
platelet function and occlusive vascular disease in diabetes mellitus. | 1998 | 106136 | |
a computerized reference laboratory. | 1998 | 106229 | |
"lerne, and gladly teche"--a view of the vietnam medical education project. | 1998 | 106337 | |
the metabolism and disposition of 3,4,4'-trichlorocarbanilide in the intact and bile duct-cannulated adult and in the newborn rhesus monkey (m. mulatta). | 1978 | 106490 | |
[calcium kinetics of myocardium in experimental hypercalcemia and isoproterenol lesions--ultrastructural and roentgen microanalytical findings]. | 1978 | 106573 | |
[antibody induced phase variation in pseudomonas aeruginosa (author's transl)]. | to extend the flagella specific h antigenic schema of p. aeruginosa (ansorg, 1978), investigations are carried out to reveal phase variation in this species as in salmonella or arizona. with conventional methods, i.e. examination of single colonies after plating the cultures on standard nutrient agar or the phase reversal techniques of craigie (1931) and gard (1938) by adding homologous anti-oh-serum of different amounts in semisolid agar medium, no change of the flagellar antigens of various p. ... | 1978 | 106580 |
balloon catheter to control transhepatic obliteration of gastroesophageal varices. | 1998 | 106700 | |
treatment of perennial rhinitis with flunisolide corticosteroid spray. | flunisolide nasal spray was compared to its propylene and polyethylene glycol vehicle in a randomized double-blind study of 20 adult patients with perennial rhinitis. after a two-week baseline period patients received either active flunisolide 50 microgram q.i.d. or placebo for four weeks. laboratory studies included serum 8 a.m. cortisols, nasal air-flow measurements and nasal smears for eosinophils and fungi. patients kept daily symptom diaries. there was no difference between active and place ... | 1998 | 106747 |
purification and preparation of antibody to rna polymerase ii stimulatory factors from ehrlich ascites tumor cells. | an improved method was developed for purification of the protein termed s-ii that specifically stimulates rna polymerase ii of ehrlich ascites tumor cells. the specific activity of the final preparation was 400 000 units/mg of protein, which is about 30-fold higher than that of the previous preparation [sekimizu, k., et al. (1976) biochemistry 15, 5064]. the final preparation gave a single band on both sodium dodecyl sulfate and nondenaturing gel electrophoresis, and the protein extracted from t ... | 1998 | 106887 |
phase changes of cardiolipin vesicles mediated by divalent cations. | small unilamellar vesicles were prepared from cardiolipin and produced the hexagonal ii phase when dialyzed against cacl2 or mgcl2. upon removal of the cation by dialysis against edta large unilamellar vesicles were formed. the events of the transition from the lamellar to hexagonal phase and back to the lamellar phase are described. | 1998 | 106890 |
[multiple molecular forms of erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase of sheep (author's transl)]. | three major forms ci, cii and cx and the minor component ci1v of ovine erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase have been identified in the ethanol chloroform extract of the hemolysate by electrophoresis on cellulose acetate and isoelectrofocusing. isolation of the four forms was achieved by chromatography on deae-sephadex a-50. comparative studies suggest that: (1) form ci1v is a modified form of ci, (2) form cx is ci plus glutathione and (3) forms ci and cii are isoenzymes which differ in their primary ... | 1979 | 106895 |
evaluation of nutritional indices as prognostic indicators in the cancer patient. | the nutritional and immunological status of 140 malnourished cancer patients who were to receive intravenous hyperalimentation (ivh) were evaluated prior to treatment with ivh and chemotherapy (cmx), surgery or radiation therapy (xrt). subsequently, these indices were correlated with responses to treatment. cell-mediated immunocompetent (cmi+) patients (41%) had lost an average weight of 10 +/- 2.2 lbs., while cell-mediated immunoincompetent (cmi-) patients (59%) had lost an average weight of 31 ... | 1998 | 106954 |
soluble suppressor activity of concanavalin a-activated spleen cells on b-lymphocyte colony formation in vitro. | 1998 | 106971 | |
baroreceptor control of atrioventricular conduction in man. | although human baroreflexes are known to exert a powerful physiological control on heart rate, little information exists on the physiological control they exert on the atrioventricular conduction system. in 11 normotensive subjects with normal atrioventricular conduction, we altered baroreceptor activity by injection of pressor and depressor drugs (phenylephrine and trinitroglycerin) and recorded mean arterial pressure (map, catheter measurements), r-r interval, and pre-his and post-his interval ... | 1979 | 106985 |
liver transplantation. | 1979 | 107000 | |
[infection in biliary surgery. per and post-operative bacteriological study (author's transl)]. | 1998 | 107009 | |
effect of pregnancy and lactation on glycosyltransferase activities of rat mammary gland. | 1979 | 107054 | |
lymphoma and aortic aneurysm rupture: an unusual complication. | 1998 | 107078 | |
pathophysiological study on epileptogenic focus. | 1998 | 107092 | |
prognosis in patients with epilepsy--special reference to change in types of seizure and ingestion of prescribed drugs. | 1998 | 107098 | |
rapid demineralization in acidic buffers. | the demineralization of routine histological specimens in buffers of weakly ionized organic acids, unbuffered formic acid, and edta was investigated. the rate of demineralization was measured by a chemical method and from radiographs. lactate-containing buffers and buffers of formic acid with its potassium salt were more rapid in effect than any other agent. acidic buffers and unbuffered formic acid produced rapid diffuse demineralization with secondary precipitation of calcium salts. preservati ... | 1979 | 107151 |
regulation of teichoic acid synthesis during phosphate limitation. | bacillus subtilis w-23, when placed in phosphate-free medium, ceases to synthesize teichoic acid and synthesizes teichuronic acid. the enzymatic basis for the cessation of teichoic acid synthesis is the irreversible inhibition of the first membrane-bound enzyme involved in teichoic acid synthesis which catalyzes the reaction undecapenol-p + udp-glcnac leads to undecaprenol-p-p-glcnac + ump. | 1979 | 107156 |
the health care industry: a case study and future policy issues. | 1998 | 107218 | |
alcohol, malnutrition and liver disease. | 1979 | 107268 | |
a direct method for determining dopamine synthesis and output of dopamine metabolites from brain in awake animals. | 1998 | 107275 | |
dietary protein, aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase and chemical carcinogenesis in rats. | 1979 | 107295 | |
effects of dietary composition on somatomedin activity in growing rats. | 1979 | 107298 | |
tumor-host responses to various nutritional feeding procedures in rats. | parenteral and enteral nutrition are being used as adjuncts to cancer therapy. a liquid diet formulation containing a 27% solution of glucose and 3.9% crystalline amino acids with electrolytes and vitamins was given continuously for a week via parenteral (iv), and via intragastric (ig) routes and also was given ad libitum via the oral or per os (po) route to groups of buffalo rats with and without a morris no. 7777 transplantable hepatoma to find out how these feeding procedures affect tumor-hos ... | 1979 | 107299 |
rna polymerase binding sites and transcription map of the dna of bacillus subtilis phage phi29. | 1979 | 107317 | |
clinical measurement of iron status. | 1998 | 107345 | |
retinal pigment epithelium. interrelations of endoplasmic reticulum and melanolysosomes in the black mouse and its beige mutant. | by cytochemistry (acid phosphatase and tyrosinase activities) gerl, a specialized hydrolase-rich region of endoplasmic reticulum (er), can be visualized in the cells of the mouse retinal pigment epithelium. previously catalase cytochemistry permitted us to identify microperoxisomes, with numerous continuities to the er. the present report reveals the extensive continuities of the er to pigment granules in various stages of maturation. when the pigment granules, which we consider to be "melanolys ... | 1979 | 107366 |
perinatal care and cost effectiveness: changes in health expenditures and birth outcome following the establishment of a nurse-midwife program. | estimates of infant health status and expenditures for perinatal care are presented for periods of time before and after implementation of a nurse-midwife program in rural georgia. as the program developed, the infant mortality rate of the four counties served by the program showed a decrease. similarly, the target population (pregnant women of low to moderate income who had no private physician) experienced decreases in the rate of neonatal mortality, low birthweight, and short gestational age. ... | 1998 | 107372 |
[the isolation of chlamydia in the male urogenital tract]. | 1979 | 107412 | |
[vertigo attacks, syncopes or aortic valve stenosis]. | 1998 | 107427 | |
the genetic toxicology of phenoxy acids other than 2,4,5-t. | 1998 | 107443 | |
immunologic functions and in vitro activation of cultured macrophage tumor lines. | five murine monocyte of macrophage tumor lines adapted to culture were characterized for differentiated properties. they ingested zymosan and latex beads, bore receptors for immunoglobulin and complement, synthesized lysozyme (most of which was secreted), and produced granulocyte colony-stimulating activity, either spontaneously or inducibly. some of the lines also mediated phagocytosis and exocytosis of red blood cells (rbc) and lysis of tumor targets, dependent on the presence of specific anti ... | 1978 | 107454 |
m components and cancer. | intention of this study was to prove or exclude in patients with different neoplasms some m components which can escape routine electrophoretic analysis or immunoelectrophoretic analysis with polyvalent antiserum. all serum samples from 606 patients were investigated also with monospecific antisera against heavy chains--alpha, gamma, mu and delta--and in suspicion of abnormality also with antisera against light chains. patterns similar to those found in cases of heavy chain diseases were absent ... | 1998 | 107463 |
community health. | 1998 | 107499 | |
[preparation of extracellular ribonuclease from bacillus subtilis]. | the paper describes a method for isolating alkaline ribonuclease from the culture liquid bacillus subtilis kp 349 which involved: submerged cultivation of the producer on complex and synthetic nutrient media with optimized rnase activity, acid treatment of the total culture liquid, and filtration through perlite. further treatment may include either spray drying of the culture liquid filtrate or its concentration in a vacuum evaporator, dialysis of the concentrate against distilled water, and d ... | 1978 | 107517 |
[malabsorption syndrome (classification and diagnosis)]. | 1998 | 107557 | |
[induction of macrophage activation with bacterial products for potentiation of resistance to some chronic infections]. | adult mice of the consanguine a2g strain received two intraperitoneal inoculations of 0.5 mg listeria monocytogenes phospholipid extract at 30 days interval. in the treated animals and the controls, the capacity to develop a humoral immune response was tested 24 hours after the second inoculation, following antigenic stimulus with sheep red blood cells; phagocytizing in vitro of labelled germs by peritoneal macrophages and the response of lymphocytes to mitogenic and allogenic stimuli were likew ... | 1978 | 107569 |
[anti-d hyperimmunoglobulin, a study of swiss requirements]. | owing to the introduction of postpartum rhesus prophylaxis with anti-d hyperimmunoglobulin, a very small number of rh-negative women become sensitized against the rhesus factor at birth. accordingly, the number of naturally immunized women suitable for the collection of anti-d plasma is decreasing. currently, the demand for anti-d plasma in switzerland is covered by plasma donations of spontaneously immunized women. the relation between production of and demand for anti-d hyperimmunoglobulin is ... | 1998 | 107584 |
enteric infections in singapore with special reference to typhoid. | a review of the epidemiological features of the more important enteric infections in singapore was given. enteric fevers (typhoid and paratyphoid), salmonella gastroenteritis and shigellosis remained endemic at a rather constant level in spite of vast improvement in environmental sanitation, but amoebic dysentery showed marked decline. vibrio parahaemolyticus is an important cause of food poisoning since it was first reported in 1973. el tor cholera is believed to be introduced through regional ... | 1978 | 107597 |
expression of human hepatic genes in mouse hepatoma--human amniocyte hybrids. | human liver-specific gene products are expressed by hybrid cells resulting from the fusion of human amniocytes with mouse hepatoma cells. amniocytes grown from human amniotic fluid have no detectable levels of secreted human albumin, transferrin, alpha-1 antitrypsin, or ceruloplasmin, while the mouse hepatoma line, hh--, secretes several mouse liver-specific gene products including transferrin and albumin. fifty-five hybrids were isolated and analyzed for the expression of serum proteins by ouch ... | 1979 | 107601 |
a vest for ambulatory patients receiving hyperalimentation. | there have been no significant complications related to the use of this ambulatory hyperalimentation vest. the potential positive impact that increased use of this vest at home might have upon hospital stay and cost containment is obvious. it is further anticipated that, as advances are made in the technology of plastic bags, tubing, miniature pumps and microprocessors, ambulatory or home hyperalimentation delivery systems exemplified by this vest will achieve a much higher degree of sophisticat ... | 1998 | 107602 |
frequency and fate of human renal allografts contaminated prior to transplantation. | bacterial cultures were done from donor ureter and/or graft perfusion fluid on 92 of 112 patients who had renal transplantations during 1977. three samples of perfusion fluid and 14 samples of donor ureter contained bacteria. in nine cases there was a gram-positive organism, and in 10 cases a gram-negative rod was (among) the contaminant(s). there was no difference in the rate of graft survival, patient survival, or in the frequency of major postoperative complications between the two groups. on ... | 1979 | 107605 |
copper: essential for health in long-term parenteral hyperalimentation. | 1998 | 107606 | |
effect of rabbit anti-human thymocyte globulin on lymphocyte subpopulations and functions following allotransplantation in the rhesus monkey. | the survival time of skin allografts from rhla-nonidentical, unrelated donors was increased from a mean of 7.69 days in controls (n = 20) to a mean of 32.53 days in rhesus monkeys (n = 21) receiving a total dose of 250 mg of rabbit anti-human thymocyte globulin (ratg) per kg. immunological monitoring studies were performed on the peripheral blood of mononuclear cells in control and treated monkeys. after administration of ratg, the percentage of e rosette-forming cells (e-rfc) was greater than 9 ... | 1979 | 107631 |
the viability of cryopreserved aegyptianella pullorum carpano, 1928 in the vector argas (persicargas) walkerae kaiser and hoogstraal, 1969. | 1979 | 107668 | |
nonvisualized gallbladder by cholecystosonography. | to further define the significance of gallbladder nonvisualization by cholecystosonography, we studied follow-up data on 25 consecutive patients in whom the gallbladder could not be identified despite adequate fasting. in one patient, intravenous cholangiography demonstrated a large gallbladder but no gallstones. in the 24 cases for which a pathoanatomic diagnosis was established, all but two had diseased gallbladders with obliteration of the lumen. this 88% accuracy for positive prediction conf ... | 1998 | 107735 |
optic chiasmatic glioma in children. | we reviewed the records of 29 patients with optic nerve or chiasm glioma, or both, seen from 1955 to 1966. sixteen patients were girls and 13 were boys. at the time of diagnosis, 14 patients were less than 2 years old. optic atrophy was the most frequently seen physical finding, present in 26 of 29 patients. twelve patients had diencephalic syndrome (41%). proptosis was seen in eight. eleven patients (38%) had associated neurofibromatosis. pneumoencaphalogram was done on 26 patients and was abno ... | 1998 | 107806 |
glyconamides as inhibitors of human beta-glucosidases and beta-galactosidases. | 1979 | 107857 | |
effect of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin d3 on intestinal calcium absorption in strontium-fed rats. | 1979 | 107861 | |
transpyloric feeding in the very low birthweight (1500 g and below) infant. one year's experience in an intensive care neonatal unit. | the success of transpyloric feeding in a group of babies weighing 1500 g or less was evaluated. this method was successful for most well babies but for many of those who required respiratory assistance (usually by face mask) it was not. | 1998 | 107865 |
gold and penicillamine: a proposed mode of action in rheumatoid arthritis, based on synovial fluid analysis. | although in common use, there is still controversy as to the way in which gold and penicillamine act in rheumatoid arthritis (ra). in this study, synovial fluids from 4 groups of patients have been compared: (1) ra patients on gold/penicillamine, (2) ra patients on non-steriodal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaid) only, (3) osteoarthritis patients, and (4) patients with sero-negative arthropathies. the parameters measured were differential agglutination titre (dat), total haemolytic complement (ch50 ... | 1998 | 107867 |
[value of continous electrocardiography (holter monitoring) in mitral valve prolapse]. | twenty three patients with mitral valve prolapse underwent ambulatory 20 to 24 hour electrocardiography to study the incidence and severity of ventricular arrhythmias. these arrhythmias were found in 20 cases (87 p. 100). ventricular extrasystoles were usually grouped (14 cases) causing doublets in 8 cases and bursts of ventricular tachycardia in the 6 others. the importance of the information obtained by holter monitoring should not detract from the value of the standard resting electrocardiogr ... | 1998 | 107895 |
spinal cord evaluation by cortical evoked responses. | in ten monkeys, selective segmental lesions of the dorsal columns at the upper thoracic and middle cervical levels resulted in almost total attenuation of the cortical evoked potential responses to peripheral nerve stimulation. conversely isolated segmental dorsal column preservation showed intact transmission of the evoked responses at rostral spinal cord, nucleus ventralis posterior lateralis, and cortical levels. responses recorded from the intralaminar thalamic nuclei in the region of nucleu ... | 1979 | 107931 |
expectations: do we always agree? care of the child with cancer. | 1998 | 107940 | |
an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) for detecting chicken anti-reovirus antibody at high sensitivity. | an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) with high sensitivity was developed for use in the avian system. anti-reovirus antibody produced in chickens against the isolants s1133, umi-203, reo-25, and winterfield were detected with this method at high titers (up to 1:14,000). | 1978 | 107949 |
the respiratory chain of hydrogenomonas h16. | the respiratory chain of hydrogenomonas h16 is shown to consist of two pathways, one of which has as its oxidase and only cytochrome a high-potential b-type cytochrome which is concluded to be cytochrome o. the km values for the oxygen of the two pathways are consistent with the high-potential b-type cytochrome functioning as a relatively high-affinity oxidase. | 1979 | 107951 |
intracytoplasmic type a particles from mammary tumours and leukaemias of strain icrc mice. | the ovarian-hormone-induced leukaemias of strain icrc mice, with an abundance of intracytoplasmic type a particles in primary as well as transplanted lesions, were used to study morphological, biophysical, immunological and structural characteristics of type a particles. mammary tumours of strains icrc and c3h(jax) were also used as sources for type a particles. the purified virions banded at the density of 1.20 g/ml in 12--60% linear sucrose-density gradient when subjected to spinning at 113,00 ... | 1998 | 107957 |
rna replication: required intermediates and the dissociation of template, product, and q beta replicase. | replication complexes containing only one molecule of q beta replicase and one strand of midivariant rna (mdv-1 rna) template were prepared by incubating the replicase with an excess of mdv-1 (-) rna. in the presence of excess minus strands, these monoenzyme replication complexes were shown to synthesize essentially pure mdv-1 (+) rna in both the first and second cycles of replication. when an equivalent concentration of mutant mdv-1 (-) rna was added to this reaction before completion of the fi ... | 1979 | 107965 |
characterization of an octopamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase from insect brain (mamestra configurata wlk.). | an adenylate cyclase present in the brain of the moth mamestra configurata wlk. that is stimulated selectively by low (micromolar) concentrations of octopamine has been characterized with respect to several properties. the optimum ph, optimum atp:mg2+ ratio, the concentration of atp required for half-maximal and maximal reaction velocity, metal ion specificity, effect of naf, and effects of gtp and 5'-guanylylimidodiphosphate were in general similar to those of catecholamine-sensitive adenylate ... | 1998 | 108006 |
the importance of the "bay region" diol-epoxide in 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene skin tumor initiation and mutagenesis. | the skin tumor-initiating and v79 mutagenic activities of various derivatives of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (dmba) were investigated to determine what possible cellular metabolite(s) may be responsible for its carcinogenicity and/or mutagenicity. 1-,2-,3-,4- and 5-hydroxydmba were found to be essentially inactive as skin tumor initiators whereas 9- and 10-hydroxydmba had weak activity. the (+/-)-trans dmba 8,9- and 5,6-dihydrodiols were also essentially inactive as skin tumor initiators and ... | 1998 | 108011 |
radix puerariae in migraine. | 1998 | 108058 | |
[vasodilator therapy of heart failure]. | 1998 | 108068 | |
evoked potential studies in petit mal epilepsy. visual information processing in relation to spike and wave discharges. | the evoked potential has been useful in studying characteristics of the epileptic nervous system. to investigate whether an alteration in sensory processing is possibly related to behavioral unresponsiveness observed to precede spike and wave bursts, average visual evoked potentials (veps) were studied during a 4.0 sec preburst interval in 6 patients with petit mal epilepsy. individual responses, evoked by photic flashes, were averaged as a function of flash-to-burst interval. in 3 subjects with ... | 1998 | 108074 |
the motor system and the capacity to execute highly fractionated distal extremity movements. | 1998 | 108079 | |
selective antimetastatic effects of n-diazoacetylglycine derivatives in mice. | 1998 | 108109 | |
the immobilization response in rhesus monkey: a behavioral and electroencephalographic study. | 1979 | 108127 | |
fascioloides magna: development in selected nonruminant mammalian hosts. | 1979 | 108129 | |
characteristics of immunoglobulin synthesized early in the development of xenopus laevis. | 1979 | 108156 | |
scanning electron microscopy of drosophila melanogaster embryogenesis. iii. formation of the head and caudal segments. | 1998 | 108157 | |
health-care marketing: not for large institutions only. | 1998 | 108194 | |
the response to lipopolysaccharide of mouse spleen lymphocytes fractionated on the basis of surface immunoglobulin and complement receptor using fluorescence-activated cell sorting and rosetting techniques. | 1979 | 108210 | |
macaca assamensis as a new host for experimental plasmodium knowlesi infection. | 1978 | 108217 | |
limitations of aeruginocine typing of ps. aeruginosa as an epidemiological marker. | 1978 | 108218 | |
repair and late degeneration of the primate foveola after injury by argon laser. | each foveola of nine rhesus monkey eyes was subjected to a single, mild, calibrated exposure from an argon laser (1 to 1.4 mw for 10 to 20 min). observations from ophthalmoscopy, fundus photography, and fluorescein angiography were correlated with light and electron microscopic studies. the ophthalmoscopic changes consisted of initial whitening and subsequent but persistent depigmentation of the foveola. fluorescein angiography showed a pattern consistent with "window defect" of the retinal pigm ... | 1979 | 108229 |
hla: a super supergene. | 1998 | 108234 | |
preparation and antibacterial activity upon micrococcus luteus of derivatives of iturin a, mycosubtilin and bacillomycin l, antibiotics from bacillus subtilis. | methylated and acetylated derivatives of iturin a and mycosubtilin and methylated derivatives of bacillomycin l were prepared and their antibacterial activity on micrococcus luteus was compared with the activity of the original substance. the results obtained show the importance of polar groups for the antibiotic activity of the substances of iturin group. | 1979 | 108238 |
modulation of gene expression by drugs affecting deoxyribonucleic acid gyrase. | nalidixic acid (nal), a drug which affects deoxyribonucleic acid gyrase activity, inhibits the expression of catabolite-sensitive genes: the three maltose operons, the lactose and galactose operons, and the tryptophanase gene. a correlation between the degree of sensitivity to nal and that to catabolite repression has been observed. the expression of the threonine and tryptophan operons, insensitive to catabolite repression, is insensitive to nal. the expression of the lacz gene under the contro ... | 1979 | 108253 |
blunting of tsh response after repeated oral administration of trh in normal and hypothyroid subjects. | 1998 | 108288 | |
demonstration and characterization of specific binding sites for factor viii/von willebrand factor on human platelets. | the presence of specific factor viii/von willebrand factor (fviii/vwf) binding sites on human platelets has been demonstrated by using 125i-fviii/vwf and washed human platelets. binding is ristocetin-dependent and increases in proportion to the concentration of ristocetin from 0.2 to 1 mg/ml. binding of 125i-fviii/vwf to platelets can be competitively inhibited by unlabeled human or bovine fviii/vwf, but not by human thrombin, fibrinogen, alpha 2-macroglobulin, equine collagen, or a lectin of ri ... | 1979 | 108291 |
ultrasonic visualization of wirsung's duct: dream or reality? | ultrasonic visualization of normal and pathological wirsung's ducts has become quite common, especially with the newest gray scale units. ductal images were studied in 17 cases of quiescent chronic pancreatitis. duct dilatation could be identified in the majority | 1998 | 108297 |
applications of real-time ultrasound in obstetrics: the linear and dynamically focused phased arrays. | real-time ultrasound is a dynamic imaging technique that allows in utero orientation to the fetus. it permits rapid and efficient examination of fetal anatomy and provides a dynamic assessment of fetal well-being. the energy dissipation can be comparable to that in conventional ultrasonic b-mode scanning. we have used both linear and dynamically focused phased arrays for fetal examinations in conjunction with conventional gray scale b-mode scanners. the sophisticated phased-array real-time syste ... | 1998 | 108306 |
correlation between sectional area of the spleen by ultrasonic tomography and actual volume of the removed spleen. | the sectional area of the splenotomogram scanned parallel to the ribs provides useful information for differential diagnosis and determination of prognosis in liver diseases. to establish a relationship between sectional area and actual spleen volume, 10 spleens obtained at splenectomy or autopsy were studied. a good linear correlation (r = 0.956) was present between the sectional area (s) and the actual spleen volume (v). the spleen volume could be calculated as v = 7.5s - 77.5. therefore the v ... | 1998 | 108307 |
otolaryngological features of 'malformation syndrome with cryptophthalmos'. | anomalies of the nose, larynx and oral cavity are described in two patients with cryptophthalmos. a teratogen acting at the time of lid fold formation is probably responsible for the ocular and systemic involvement which are primarily ectodermal defects with some mesodermal involvement. | 1998 | 108347 |
temperature-related changes in the erythrocytic carbonic anhydrase (acetazolamide-sensitive esterase) activity of goldfish, carassius auratus. | 1. carbonic anhydrase activity in 'membrane' and 'cytosol' fractions of goldfish erythrocytes was assayed by the p-nitrophenyl acetate procedure following thermal acclimation. 2. the thermal sensitivity of "membrane"-associated activity was apparently unaltered by acclimation. "cytosol" activity in warm-acclimated specimens was somewhat more thermosensitive than that animals maintained at low temperature. 3. significant increases in specific activity, and activity per unit volume of packed cells ... | 1998 | 108353 |
effect of n-trifluoroacetyl derivatives of amino acids and amino acid analogs on microbial antitumor screen. | eighteen trifluoroacetyl derivatives of amino acids and of amino acid analogs were prepared and tested for growth-inhibitory activity using a lactobacillus casei system as a prescreen for antitumor activity. of the compounds tested, the trifluoroacetyl derivatives of o-, m-, and p-fluorophenylalanine and of beta-3-thienylalanine showed modest activity; trifluoroacetyl derivatives of phenylalanine and of beta-2-thienylalanine showed marginal activity. the activity exhibited by the active trifluor ... | 1979 | 108385 |
ross timesaver: long-term care currents. | 1998 | 108403 | |
liver function values in adults receiving total parenteral nutrition. | a retrospective review was made of results of conventional liver function tests in adult patients who received fat-free total parenteral nutrition (tpn) for two weeks or longer and who did not have other obvious causes for liver function abnormalities. a "meaningful" increase (greater than or equal 50% increase above baseline pre-tpn value) in sgot levels was noted in 68% of patients, in alkaline phosphatase levels in 54%, and in serum bilirubin levels in 21% of patients. the median peak values ... | 1998 | 108412 |
[tuberculosis and changes in the tissue lipids]. | 1979 | 108447 | |
influence of exchange volume and dialysate flow rate on solute clearance in peritoneal dialysis. | to find the ideal dialysate flow rate and exchange volume for use in long-term peritoneal dialysis, 10 patients were studied over a period of 1.5 yr. exchange volumes of 1 or 2 liters and dialysate flow rates of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 liters/hr were tested. dextrose concentration remained constant at 1.5 g/100 ml. peritoneal clearances for bun, creatinine, and uric acid were calculated at 2, 5, 10, 15, and 20 hr during dialysis making a total of 120 clearances for each patient. all patients used a re ... | 1998 | 108449 |
[current problems in the treatment of severely burned]. | 1998 | 108451 | |
[ix. randomized study of the effect of nitroglycerin on ck and ck-mb infarct size. preliminary report (author's transl)]. | in 38 patients with acute myocardial infarction the effect of nitroglycerin on infarct size was studied. patients were randomized into two groups. 16 patients received continuous nitroglycerin infusions of 0.6 to 6.0 mg/h (mean 2.3 mg/h) over a 48 h period, 22 patients received no specific therapy and served as control. nitroglycerin was given in the mean 12 +/- 5 (+/- 1 sd) hours following onset of chest pain and 8 +/- 5 after the increase of ck values. infarct size was determined according to ... | 1998 | 108461 |