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late brain abscess years after severe cerebrocranial trauma with fronto-orbitobasal fracture.	an 8-year-old boy suffered severe craniocerebral trauma with left-sided fronto-orbitobasal fracture. the ct scan showed minor subdural air inclusions. the child recovered well and had no clinical signs of aftereffects. eight years after the accident, symptoms of intracranial pressure developed progressively with nuchal rigidity and elevated temperature. the ct showed an extensive left fronto-orbitobasal abscess. the intraoperative finding was a brain prolapse both into the frontal sinus and into ...	2008	2736550
a non-enzymatic method for identification of citrullinemia heterozygotes.		2008	2736797
effect of replacing glucose with lipid on the energy metabolism of newborn infants.	1. indirect calorimetry and primed constant infusion of [u-13c]glucose were combined in 28 appropriate-for-gestational age newborn, parenterally fed infants, in order to measure glucose utilization and glucose oxidation and to estimate lipogenesis from glucose. 2. the infants were randomly allocated to either a group receiving glucose as the non-protein energy source or a group having one-quarter of the glucose energy replaced by intravenous fat. the energy intake (370 kj day-1 kg-1) and protein ...	2008	2736877
effect of replacing glucose with lipid on the energy metabolism of newborn infants.	1. indirect calorimetry and primed constant infusion of [u-13c]glucose were combined in 28 appropriate-for-gestational age newborn, parenterally fed infants, in order to measure glucose utilization and glucose oxidation and to estimate lipogenesis from glucose. 2. the infants were randomly allocated to either a group receiving glucose as the non-protein energy source or a group having one-quarter of the glucose energy replaced by intravenous fat. the energy intake (370 kj day-1 kg-1) and protein ...	2008	2736877
metabolism of triiodothyroacetic acid (ta3) in rat liver. ii. deiodination and conjugation of ta3 by rat hepatocytes and in rats in vivo.	the hepatic metabolism of 3,3',5-triiodothyroacetic acid (ta3), a naturally occurring side-chain analog of t3, was studied in vitro and in vivo. metabolites were quantified by hplc after sephadex lh-20 prepurification of samples obtained after incubation of [125i]ta3 or 3,[3'-125i]diiodothyroacetic acid (3,[3'-125i]ta2) with isolated rat hepatocytes under various conditions or after iv administration of [125i]ta3 to normal or 6-propyl-2-thiouracil (ptu)-treated rats. in protein-free incubations ...	1989	2737157
survival after negative second-look laparotomy.	complete pathological responses, as defined by multiple negative intraperitoneal biopsies at second-look laparotomy, were recorded in 22 of 120 patients with epithelial ovarian cancer. patients had been previously treated with either high-dose single agent cisplatinum (19) or total abdominal and pelvic irradiation (3). nine of 21 (43%) evaluable patients developed recurrent disease after 'negative' second-look laparotomy. the median time to relapse was 15 months (3-19) and the median survival af ...	2009	2737307
[results of radical radioisotope surgery of cervix cancer].	during the period 1970-1981 radioisotope radical surgery was performed in 270 patients suffering from cervical carcinoma stage ib und ii. during the development of the method, which has a three-stage process, the rate of cases with complete lymphadenectomy was increased from 52.5% to 75.8%. the 5-year recurrence mortality rate decreased in stage ib patients during this period from 15.8% to 8.4%.	2009	2737434
effects of precocene analogs on the nematode caenorhabditis remanei (var. bangaloreiensis). ii. competitions with a juvenile hormone analog (methoprene).	fourteen 7-alkoxy-2,2-dimethychromenes were synthetized and studied in jh competition experiments: precocenes (ps) pi and pii, and synthetic analogs (pas) including (i) three with both antiallatal and p-like activities: 7-ethoxy-pii (7-epii); 7-(prop-2-ynyloxy)-2,-2-dimethylchromene (ppi); and 6-methoxy-7-(prop-2-ynyloxy)-2,2-dimethylchromene (ppiii); (ii) six without antiallatal activity, exerting p-like activity in nematodes; and (iii) three without either antiallatal or p-like activity, but w ...	2009	2737453
heterogeneity of fast-oxidative muscle fibers of chicken demonstrated by anti-myosin monoclonal antibodies.	the fiber type composition of two fast muscles of the chicken, namely, adductor superficialis (as) and pectoralis major (pm) was examined by the histochemical myosin atpase staining and immunochemical techniques using monoclonal antibodies (mcabs). two new mcabs produced against the myosin of the anterior latissimus dorsi (ald) muscle of the chicken and named ald-122 and ald-83 were characterized to be specific for myosin heavy chain (mhc) and for myosin light chain-1 respectively. they were use ...	1989	2737924
isolation of streptomyces tendae mutants with an altered nikkomycin spectrum.	to isolate streptomyces tendae mutants blocked in the biosynthesis of the nikkomycin nucleoside base 4-formyl-4-imidazoline-2-one, an assay was developed to detect the formation of nikkomycins containing this base during growth on solid medium. the assay is based on the reaction of the 4-formylimidazolone structure of nikkomycins with the aldehyde reagent barbituric acid leading to red-colored products. among 18,000 n-methyl-n'-nitro-n-nitrosoguanidine treated clones tested in the barbituric aci ...	1989	2737950
stimulatory effect of cefodizime on macrophage-mediated phagocytosis.	we evaluated the ingestion of anti-sheep erythrocyte (anti-e) igg- and igm-coated sheep erythrocytes by murine peritoneal macrophages exposed to cefodizime, a new semisynthetic cephalosporin, and other antibiotics. cefodizime enhanced the ingestion of anti-e igg-coated erythrocytes by peritoneal macrophages from cd-1 and balb/c mice in a dose-dependent manner, but had no effect on uncoated or igm-coated erythrocytes. similar enhancement was observed only in the case of cefpimizole (ac-1370), amo ...	1989	2737956
mechanics of a single-ossicle ear: i. the extra-stapedius of the pigeon.	the motion of the conical peak of the tympanic membrane (tm) at the tip of the extra-stapedius (es) and of the columella footplate (cfp) were measured in the pigeon using the mössbauer technique. the dimensions of middle-ear structures were measured in some of the experimental animals. the averaged velocity response at the es for frequencies of 0.25-2.378 khz was that of a second order, mass and stiffness controlled, resonant system with resonant frequency of 1.2 khz and q3 db of 1.2. the mean v ...	2009	2737958
cross-gender behavior and psychopathology in boy psychiatric outpatients.	one hundred 5- to 12-year-old boys referred for outpatient psychiatric evaluation were assessed for cross-gender behavior using the child behavior and attitude questionnaire (cbaq) and the child game participation questionnaire (cgpq), and for possible associated psychopathology using the child behavior checklist (cbcl) and clinical psychiatric (dsm-iii) diagnoses. on the two feminine scales of the cbaq and cgpq, 30 to 50% scored within defined clinical ranges. high feminine scale scorers did no ...	2009	2738005
genotypes and adhd.		2009	2738016
changing the school system.		2009	2738019
spinach ferredoxin-nitrite reductase: characterization of catalytic activity and interaction of the enzyme with substrates.	the steady-state kinetic parameters of the enzymatic reduction of nitrite by spinach ferredoxin-nitrite reductase [ec 1.7.7.1] were measured under anaerobic conditions. the maximum velocity of ferredoxin-linked activity was essentially the same as for the methyl viologen-linked activity of the enzyme. the initial velocity patterns of the oxidation of reduced ferredoxin suggested a sequential reaction scheme by which nitrite and reduced ferredoxin bind to the free enzyme. the binding of nitrite a ...	2009	2738043
identification of human apolipoprotein e variant gene: apolipoprotein e7 (glu244,245----lys244,245).	apolipoprotein e (apoe) is one of the protein moieties of the human serum lipoproteins. three major isoforms of apoe (apoe2, apoe3, and apoe4) and minor variant isoforms (apoe1, apoe5, and apoe7) have been detected by isoelectric focusing. in this study we have cloned the apoe7 gene from a patient with the apoe3/e7 phenotype associated with hypertriglyceridemia and diabetes mellitus. dna sequencing revealed that the apoe7 gene has two base substitutions (g----a) changing glu244,245----lys244,245 ...	1989	2738044
amino acid sequence of a short chain neurotoxin from the venom of banded krait (bungarus fasciatus).	the amino acid sequence of a short chain neurotoxin obtained from bungarus fasciatus venom consists of 64 amino acid residues: arg-ile-cys-leu-asn-gln-gln-gln-ser- thr-pro-glu-asp-gln-pro-thr-asn-gly-gln-cys-tyr-ile-lys-thr-asp-cys-gln- asn-lys - thr-trp-asn-thr-his-arg-gly-ser-arg-thr-asp-arg-gly-cys-gly-cys-pro-lys- val-lys - pro-gly-ile-asn-leu-arg-cys-cys-lys-thr-asp-lys-cys-asn-glu. the above result was obtained primarily from the amino acid analyses and sequencing of tryptic peptides accom ...	2009	2738048
[an epidemiologic study of the orodental status of 6-15-year-old children in the languedoc-roussillon region].	an epidemiological study of a representative sample of 702 children, aged 6 to 15 years, was conducted in the languedoc-roussillon region composed of the departments of aude, gard, hérault, lozère and pyrénées orientales. the mean dmft at 12 years of 4.21 was always higher in girls (5.13) than in boys (3.46) of the same age. the dmft was lower in urban areas than in rural zones, but the difference was only statistically significant at 11 years of age. the pits and fissures were the most caries-a ...	2009	2738052
ventricular arrhythmias and local electrograms after chronic regional denervation of the ischemic area in the pig heart.	cardiac denervation has been proved to reduce the incidence of coronary occlusion arrhythmias in digs, but the effect of limiting the extent of sympathectomy to the ischemic area, particularly in hearts with sparse coronary collateral circulation, as in the human heart, needs further investigation. ventricular arrhythmias and changes in epicardial direct current electrograms induced during acute left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion were recorded in 14 pigs subjected to regional den ...	1989	2738265
role of technetium-99m phosphonate bone and indium-111 leukocyte scanning for detecting the infected hip prosthesis.		2009	2738681
end-to-side and end-to-end vascular anastomoses with a carbon dioxide laser.	this study was designed to compare anastomoses performed with a carbon dioxide laser and conventional anastomoses performed with 7-0 polypropylene suture. in each of 80 rabbits, the divided left carotid artery was anastomosed by a continuous suture technique and the right carotid was anastomosed with a carbon dioxide laser. in each of 40 additional rabbits, both end-to-end and end-to-side laser anastomoses were performed on the same carotid artery. the laser technique involved the placement of t ...	1989	2739426
right-sided facial asymmetry in infant emotional expression.	in normal adults, emotional expressions tend to be more intense on the left side of the face, while in preschool-age children, no significant bias in facial asymmetry has been found. we examined facial asymmetries during smiling and distress in 59 infants studied longitudinally at 6.5, 10 and 13.5 months of age. in these infants, asymmetric expressions showed a bias toward greater intensity on the right side of the face. the study of infant facial expression may provide clues to the maturation o ...	2009	2739889
exceptions to the male advantage on a spatial task: family handedness and college major as factors identifying women who excel.	two factors, family handedness and college major, were investigated in order to identify the characteristics of women likely to excel on a mental rotation task. it was found that those likely to have the necessary combination of genetic potential and spatial experiences were right-handed women with nonright-handed relatives, majoring in math-science fields. across three samples, this subgroup significantly outperformed all other groups of undergraduate women and did as well as undergraduate men ...	2009	2739890
nocardial spinal epidural abscess.		1989	2739931
[articular involvement in swiss patients with a borrelia burgdorferi infection--report of 8 cases].	eight cases of lyme's arthritis are reported. in four of them, they are related to an erythema chronicum migrans, in two to an acrodermatitis atrophicans. in two cases, there was no cutaneous manifestation, but the serology was strongly positive for borrelia burgdorferi, and there was rapid relief of the pain with antibiotic therapy. it is suggested that lyme's arthritis is not rare in switzerland and that it must be searched for in every case of arthritis of unknown etiology, especially when th ...	1989	2740677
sleep-disordered breathing in healthy aged persons: one-year follow-up of daytime sequelae.	we studied the waking medical, sleep, and psychological status of 28 healthy older persons who had undergone nocturnal polysomnography and daytime assessment approximately 1-year earlier. in a previous report based on this sample, we found that sleep-disordered breathing (sdb) indices were not related to concurrent measurements of daytime functioning. however, in the present study, we observed relationships between the original sdb indices and several measures of cardiopulmonary functioning obta ...	2008	2740692
[uterine rupture. apropos of 31 cases seen at the hospital center of libreville (gabon)].	the authors report 31 cases of rupture of the uterus at the hospital of libreville-gabon. the frequency is 1.4/1,000 deliveries. the usual etiological factors are found: malformations of the uterus, obstetrical maneuvers, mechanical dystocias, use of oxytocics, scars of caesarean section. the clinical characteristics are those previously described. there were two maternal deaths and 17 fetal deaths. these figures emphasize the progress accomplished and to come.	2008	2740710
predictors of mortality and physical disability in the charleston heart study.		2009	2741270
[decreasing the emission of pollutants in laboratory waste water by substitution of trichloromethane].	working up great test series to determine chloroform-extractive substances and tensides, increased trichlormethane concentrations can appear in the laboratory air-inspite of realization of numerous precautionary measures. as a rule the makd rate will be exceeded than. various precautions failed to fulfill their purpose so that the solvent trichlormethane had been replaced by other solvents. two demands mainly influenced on this replacement. the risk to health must be decreased so far that the wo ...	2009	2741501
outpatient antiarrhythmic drug use from 1970 through 1986.	antiarrhythmic drugs have been marketed in the united states for more than three decades. however, little is known about the prevalence of use of these drugs. using data from the national prescription audit, we examined trends in outpatient use of oral antiarrhythmic agent types 1 and 3 from 1970 through 1986. using the national disease and therapeutic index, we assessed prescribing physician specialty and general demographic and clinical characteristics of recipients. we adjusted the numbers of ...	2007	2742426
'catatonia' due to disulfiram toxicity.	in an alcoholic patient, catatonia developed while he was receiving disulfiram (antabuse). resolution of the question whether his state was classically catatonic required a detailed review of the literature on the subject. the conclusion reached is that the original definition still holds for psychiatric illness, but application of the term to neurological and metabolic states has often been based on imprecise criteria and failure to consider akinetic mutism and extrapyramidal motor disturbances ...	2009	2742552
[periodic electric field as a possible switch of biopolymer conformation].	a theoretical model describing the effect of periodic electrical fields (pef) on the conformation of biopolymers is proposed. the biopolymer is interpreted as a system of classical mechanics consisting of subsystems (molecular groups) connected with each other by potential forces. the existence of pef manifests itself as a periodic inducing force applied to the molecular group. dissipation of energy is considered on the basis of liquid (viscous) friction. arguments are presented in favor of non- ...	2009	2742894
dynamic wrist motion analysis using six degree of freedom sensors.	dynamic motion analysis of the wrist in the past has been a tedious and often impossible task to undertake. however, such motion analysis is now practical with the use of the mcdonnell douglas 3space digitizer and macintosh microcomputer. the feasibility of using this system with multiple electromagnetic sensors for upper extremity kinematics analysis has been previously described by our laboratory. this work has now been extended to the dynamic analysis of wrist motion during performance of a w ...	2006	2742968
chromosome studies in thyroid neoplasia.	cytogenetic studies in thyroid neoplasia were performed by g-banding of chromosome preparations obtained from the in vitro cultures of nine adenomas, one follicular carcinoma, five papillary carcinomas, and two medullary carcinomas. complex structural chromosome aberrations were found in one adenoma. two more adenomas, both composed of hürthle cells, showed multiple numerical chromosome deviations with trisomy 4 and tetrasomy 7 in common. six metastasizing carcinomas were characterized by normal ...	2009	2743263
glycaemic effects of traditional european plant treatments for diabetes. studies in normal and streptozotocin diabetic mice.	twelve plants used for the traditional treatment of diabetes mellitus in northern europe were studied using normal and streptozotocin diabetic mice to evaluate effects on glucose homeostasis. the plants were administered in the diet (6.25% by weight) and/or as decoctions or infusions in place of drinking water, to coincide with the traditional method of preparation. treatment for 28 days with preparations of burdock (arctium lappa), cashew (anacardium occidentale), dandelion (taraxacum officinal ...	1989	2743711
cartilage content of an immature dog.	the near total mineral-free and elastin-free cartilage content of a three-month-old mongrel dog was 0.73% of the dry body weight. extraarticular (costal, tracheobronchial, thyroid, cricoid, nasal septum) cartilage constituted 0.44%; articular, 0.06; intervertebral disc, 0.10; elastic, 0.12 and meniscal fibrocartilage, 0.01%. articular tissue accounted for only 7.25% of the total cartilage uronic acid. this is the first estimate of the amount and distribution of cartilage in a vertebrate species.	1989	2743766
small bowel function after surgery for chronic radiation enteritis.	the retention of the gamma-emitting 75se-homotaurocholic acid (sehcat) after 72 and 168 h was assessed in 10 patients after ileal resection for radiation injury (group i). 6 patients suffering from chronic postirradiation diarrhea (group ii) and 6 patients in whom the ileum had been resected for other indications (group iii) were also examined. the retention of sehcat was abnormally low (less than 50%) in all cases after 72 h and below 20% in 19 out of 21 cases after 168 h. the length of resecte ...	2009	2744245
electrical activity recorded from abdominal surface after gastrectomy or colectomy in humans.	the visceral electrical activity recorded from the abdominal surface was studied before and after either total gastrectomy or colectomy. the patterns obtained from fast fourier transform analysis demonstrated the disappearance of the power peak of approximately 3 cpm after gastrectomy, whereas colectomy did not result in the disappearance of the power peak of approximately 3 and 8-12 cpm. only the frequencies of approximately 3.5-7.5 cpm were not present after colon surgery. these data demonstra ...	2009	2744354
[electrophoretic mobility of the cells of non-t, non-b acute lymphoblastic leukemia].	in order to ascertain the possibility of the use of electrophoretic mobility (epm) as one of the criterion for delicate identification of the leukemic cell, a study was made of the epm of blast cells having an approximately equal status of differentiation. a study was also made of lymphoblasts of the most frequently occurring variant of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, namely of the non-t, non-b variant. it has been established that the given cells are marked by the similar values of the epm, which ...	2009	2744376
[evaluation of genetic risk of radiation during roentgenologic examination of women of reproductive age].	on the strength of the literary data an evaluation of genetic exposure-associated risk during roentgenologic examination of women of the reproductive age is presented. it is demonstrated that the degree of genetic risk depends on women's age at the moment of the roentgenologic examination and the amount of the gonadal dose. identification of the high-risk exposed populations has been substantiated.	2009	2744505
[induction with cadmium of lipid peroxidation in the tissues of albino rats and its prevention with ascorbic acid].		1989	2744514
cardiovascular reflexes and low long-term exposure to mercury vapour.	subjective symptoms related to autonomic dysfunction and quantitative non invasive tests measuring both sympathetic and parasympathetic functions of the autonomic nervous system were studied among a group of 41 chlorine-alkali workers with low long-term exposure to mercury (hg degree) vapour and their matched referents. the test battery included measurements of pulse rate variation in normal and deep breathing, in the valsalva manoeuvre and in vertical tilt as well as blood pressure responses du ...	2009	2744870
[on tba training (traditional birth attendants)].		2008	2745220
antibiotic susceptibilities of bacteria isolated from acute dentoalveolar abscesses.	the antibiotic susceptibilities of 166 bacterial strains (43 facultative anaerobes and 123 strict anaerobes) cultured from 50 acute dentoalveolar abscesses was assessed. firstly, the effectiveness of five antibiotics, penicillin, amoxycillin, erythromycin, clindamycin and metronidazole, which are available to treat acute dental infection, was studied using a stokes' comparative disc diffusion method. secondly, the minimum inhibitory concentrations and minimum bactericidal concentrations were det ...	2009	2745257
sartorius muscle coverage for the treatment of complicated vascular surgical wounds.	sartorius muscle flaps were evaluated in 14 patients treated for complicated groin wounds related to vascular surgical procedures. particular risk factors for poor wound healing were present in 8 patients, including diabetes, obesity, or poor nutrition in 3 patients; prior radiotherapy to the groin in 2; reoperative groin exposure in 3. eleven of 14 patients had multiple indications for sartorius flap coverage, including hemorrhage in 5 patients, groin wound sepsis in 3, graft sepsis in 2, wound ...	2008	2745536
healing aids.		2009	2745575
linear lichen planopilaris of the face.		2009	2745758
is cancer adaptation gone awry?		2009	2746821
coverage and readership of the u.s. surgeon general's aids pamphlet in los angeles.		2009	2747306
the importance of previous convictions in assessing criminal motivation--the need for detail.	full details of an offender's previous convictions are not customarily available to those who have to try to predict the possibility of future dangerous behaviour. it is suggested that such information might enhance the quality of prediction; some illustrations are offered in support of this contention.	2009	2747471
postmenopausal estrogen replacement and breast cancer.		2007	2747772
the incidence and significance of hemostatic abnormalities in patients with head injuries.	abnormal coagulation and fibrinolysis is a frequent complication in patients with head injury. this complication can be severe enough to lead to hemorrhage or thrombosis. a study was undertaken to determine if the hemostatic abnormalities are reliable indicators of outcome. hemostasis in 269 patients with head injuries alone was screened using platelet count (pc), prothrombin time (pt), activated partial thromboplastin time (aptt), thrombin clotting time (tct), fibrinogen assay (fib), level of f ...	2009	2747858
synaptic cytoarchitecture of the cat septum pellucidum.		1989	2747886
multiplanar reconstructions in the study of ethmoid anatomy.	multiplanar and surface reconstructions are useful tools in anatomical studies. details of ethmoid architecture which are hard to image in axial and coronal scans are well displayed by means of oblique sections. this paper addresses reformatted images of a) the nasal lateral wall; b) the middle meatus lateral wall; c) the lamina basilaris of the middle turbinate and d) the frontonasal duct.	2009	2747893
a case of hemorrhagic pineal cyst: mr/ct correlation.	a 30-year-old male had a headache for one month and was evaluated with both computed tomography (ct) and magnetic resonance (mr). these scans demonstrated an obstructing pineal cyst containing layered acute and subacute blood products by mr criteria. the concurrent scans allowed correlation between ct and mr findings in this rare complication of an unusual entity, explained his headache (and the development of later upward gaze paresis), provided a precise surgical/anatomic approach, and gave a ...	2009	2747899
pilomatrix carcinoma: role played by mr imaging.	we report the magnetic resonance imaging (mri) of a pilomatrix carcinoma. we found a soft tissue tumor of the back entering the spinal canal and compressing the spinal cord and we monitored a good response to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. we have concluded that mri played an important role in determination of the volume, extension and management of this rare malignant tumor.	2009	2747902
electrophysiological analysis of the hippocampal projections to the entorhinal area.	responses evoked in the entorhinal area by impulse volleys originating in the ipsilateral hippocampus were analysed in the guinea-pig by means of field potential analysis. perforant path volleys, synaptically elicited by stimulation of the dorsal psalterium of one side, were used to activate the hippocampal lamellar circuit of the same side and, through interhippocampal impulses, the hippocampal pyramidal neurons of the contralateral side. discharge of the hippocampal pyramidal neurons was follo ...	1989	2747915
connectivity of striatal grafts implanted into the ibotenic acid-lesioned striatum--ii. cortical afferents.	grafts of fetal striatal tissue, implanted into the ibotenic acid-lesioned caudate-putamen in adult recipient rats, have previously been shown to receive extensive afferent inputs from various subcortical areas in the host. in the present study, the formation of graft afferents from the host neocortex has been analysed, 3-12 months after transplantation, by means of the anterograde axonal tracer phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin, iontophoretically injected at multiple sites into the host fronta ...	1989	2747919
life-threatening inflammations of the orbita.	in spite of improved methods for the diagnosis of orbital inflammation (for example, computerized tomography), final decision for an adequate therapy is often made too late. because of modern antibiotics surgical intervention is often not the first treatment even though it is imperative when an orbital inflammation changes from periostitis to a subperiostitic abscess. the symptoms of these changes have to be watched carefully. complications like visual loss, persisting protrusion, and motility d ...	2009	2747931
orbita fractures in polytraumas and craniocerebral traumas.	the authors emphasize that the maxillo-facial surgeon or otorhinolaryngologist should: 1. take part in diagnosing and planning the therapy of poly-traumatic patients. 2. operate simultaneously when possible. 3. try to provide immediate maxillo-facial surgical and/or otorhinolaryngologic treatment because of the great importance of early treatment for longterm functional and aesthetic results.	2009	2747932
occupational health services in japan.		2009	2749055
case report 543. osteofibrous dysplasia of tibia.		2008	2749297
from activated patient to pacified activist: a study of the self-care movement in the united states.	self-care education programs in operation in the united states during the mid-1980s are surveyed by mailed questionnaire to determine the nature and content of the curricula of these programs, their organizational sponsorship, the level and types of staff working in them, and their principal prevention emphases. results indicate that over 75% of these programs offer instruction or sponsored activities intended to help individuals or their families to: (1) increase wellness or health status throu ...	2008	2749301
[the nurse, the nurses' aide, the practical nurse and the home health aide].		2008	2749325
[glucose analysis in general practice. an examination of 4 instruments designed for general practice and self-monitoring].	several examinations have shown that the analysis of glucose in primary health care is of poor quality. the reason could be the quality of the instruments and/or the way the instruments are operated. we have examined glucometer ii, glucochek sc, reflolux ii and hypocount ga. these instruments were studied both in general practice and at haukeland hospital. the test results were compared with the routine used in the hospital laboratory. there were no major analytical differences between the instr ...	2009	2749652
[ultraviolet irradiation of the blood and hemosorption in the complex therapy of acute pancreatitis].	pancreonecrosis and hemorrhagic form of the acute pancreatitis was treated in 76 patients by "traditional" methods which were added by uv irradiation of autoblood (in 12 patients), hemosorption (in 17 patients), uv irradiation of blood followed by hemosorption within 15-20 min (in 46 patients). positive changes of some homeostasis parameters after hemosorption following uvi of autoblood allow to consider their successive use in intensive therapy of patients with acute pancreatitis to be a perspe ...	2009	2750012
oral cholera vaccines containing b-subunit-killed whole cells and killed whole cells only. i. cross-reacting antigens of members of family vibrionaceae and the vaccines.	antigenic similarity between the oral cholera b subunit-whole cell (bs-wc) and whole-cell only (wc) vaccines and strains of the family vibrionaceae was studied by crossed immunoelectrophoresis. a reference system consisting of vibrio cholerae inaba e1 tor antigenic extract and homologous rabbit antiserum was applied in the study. the system was represented by 30 anodically migrating antigens forming distinct precipitation bands. antigenic extracts of other members of the family vibrionaceae show ...	1989	2750268
time-resolved extrinsic fluorescence of aromatic-l-amino-acid decarboxylase.	the coenzyme-linked fluorescence of aromatic-l-amino-acid decarboxylase decays non-exponentially. the decay of both native and nabh4 reduced samples can only be fitted by two exponentials each roughly accounting for about half of the total fluorescence. denaturation of the reduced protein with 8 m urea makes the fluorescence decay mono-exponential, like that observed for the reference compound pyridoxamine-5-phosphate. an extra pyridoxyl moiety can be bound to the enzyme after incubation with ex ...	1989	2752045
itp in pregnancy and the newborn: introduction.	idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) occurs more commonly in young women and is one of the commonest immune mediated disorders in pregnancy. it may exist as an incidental finding in an otherwise healthy pregnant woman or may be associated with symptomatic reduction in the platelet count and varying degrees of clinical hemorrhage. the condition termed incidental thrombocytopenia of pregnancy is invariably associated with a platelet count of greater than 100 x 10(9)/l and a very low incidence ...	2009	2752168
[yersiniosis].		1989	2752462
sensitization to gentamicin alone.		2009	2752741
pulmonary toxicity of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor.	tumor necrosis factor is a cytokine produced by activated macrophages that causes hemorrhagic necrosis in various tumours. in preliminary clinical trials, patients have developed various degrees of respiratory insufficiency following administration of rtnf. twenty-seven patients were studied prospectively to evaluate the effect of administration of rtnf on pulmonary function. sixteen of the 27 patients completed the eight-week course of daily im injection of rtnf. spirometric data and dsb were m ...	1989	2752816
impact of a comprehensive supportive care team on management of hopelessly ill patients with multiple organ failure.	we developed a supportive care team for hopelessly ill patients in an urban emergency/trauma hospital. the team includes a clinical nurse specialist and a faculty physician as well as a chaplain and social worker. the supportive care team provides an alternative to intensive care or conventional ward management of hopelessly ill patients and concentrates on the physical and psychosocial comfort needs of patients and their families. we describe our experience with 20 hopelessly ill patients with ...	2009	2752818
[transplantability and immunogenicity in mice of lymphoma nk/ly cells modified by concanavalin a and neuraminidase].	the modifying effect of con a, vibrio cholerae and non-vibrio cholerae neuraminidase (vcn, nvcn) on the proliferative potential and immunogenicity of experimental lymphoma nk/ly cells is shown in vitro and in vivo. the efficacy of immunization by the modified tumour cells of mice with transplantable lymphoma is evaluated. a considerable decrease in the proliferative potential of transplantability and a moderate increase in immunogenicity of con a treated cells were determined in vitro. the high ...	1989	2752940
further studies on the role of the gonads in determining the ontogeny of gonadotropin secretion in the guinea pig (cavia porcelus).	to further examine whether nongonadal restraint of gonadotropin secretion during prepubertal development plays a major role in the timing of puberty in the guinea pig, as it does in the monkey and other primates, two experiments were performed. in the first, neonatal male and female guinea pigs were either bilaterally gonadectomized or sham gonadectomized on day 2 of age, or left intact. circulating lh concentrations were measured in blood samples collected by cardiac puncture every 4 days begin ...	1989	2752984
exposure level monitor of 3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-5h-pyrido[4,3-b]indole, a dietary carcinogen, in rabbits.	the present investigation describes a method for the detection of minute amounts of 3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-5h-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (trp-p-1), a carcinogenic tryptophan pyrolysate, bound to the hemoglobin of erythrocytes and plasma from rabbits dosed orally with the dietary carcinogen. the method consists of the acid-induced release of the dietary carcinogen adducts as the free carcinogen and their extraction with methylene chloride and subsequent quantitation by high-performance liquid chromatograp ...	1989	2753027
diagnostic utility of echocardiography in ethiopia.	consecutive requests of 1557 echocardiographic studies performed between january 1984 and june 1988 were analysed in order to identify common cardiac abnormalities encountered, the pattern of referral and most important the usefulness of the procedure at our hospital. organic heart disease was found in 1240 patients, of whom 541 (43.6%) had acquired valvular heart disease; 338 (27.4%) congenital heart abnormalities; 154 (12.4%) cardiomyopathies; 139 (11.2%) pericardial disease and 68 (5.4%) othe ...	2009	2753030
mass treatment approach to acute diarrhoeal disease in afabet hospital, northern ethiopia.	during an outbreak of acute diarrhoeal disease in a military camp in afabet region from august to october 1985, 416 cases were admitted to afabet hospital. all were national military service recruitee males who developed signs of moderate to severe dehydration. simplified methods of diagnosing and treating the disease were used so that mass rehydration therapy could be instituted early, using locally available manpower and material resources. the severity of dehydration was graded, and rehydrati ...	2009	2753031
hepatic extraction of morphine is impaired in cirrhosis.	using hepatic vein catheterization this study has provided the first direct measurement of morphine hepatic extraction in 8 controls and 8 cirrhotics. the extraction ratio was 0.52 in the control group and was reduced by 25% in the cirrhotics. this reduction is due to impaired enzyme capacity rather than reduced blood flow. the effect of cirrhosis is less than that reported in similar studies of high clearance oxidized drugs and this lends support to the concept that glucuronidation may be relat ...	2009	2753069
you're supposed to feel abnormal.		2009	2753365
acridine orange stain--a rapid method for diagnosis of neonatal septicemia.	the present study included 150 newborns; 100 clinically septic and 50 clinically aseptic who served as control. out of 100 clinically septic newborns, blood culture was positive in 33 (33%), serum crp was positive in 64 (64%) and acridine orange stained buffy coat smear was positive in 76 (76%). serum crp was found to be the most specific (specificity 96%) and acridine orange stained buffy coat smear examination the most sensitive (sensitivity 94.3%) test for diagnosis of neonatal septicemia.	2007	2753531
acridine orange stain--a rapid method for diagnosis of neonatal septicemia.	the present study included 150 newborns; 100 clinically septic and 50 clinically aseptic who served as control. out of 100 clinically septic newborns, blood culture was positive in 33 (33%), serum crp was positive in 64 (64%) and acridine orange stained buffy coat smear was positive in 76 (76%). serum crp was found to be the most specific (specificity 96%) and acridine orange stained buffy coat smear examination the most sensitive (sensitivity 94.3%) test for diagnosis of neonatal septicemia.	2007	2753531
status asthmaticus.		2009	2753556
duration of inhibition of immediate skin test reactivity by hydroxyzine hydrochloride in dogs.	the duration of hydroxyzine-mediated suppression of the immediate hypersensitivity reaction in the skin of dogs was assessed by intradermal administration of various dilutions of histamine phosphate and of aqueous flea antigen in 18 dogs known to be allergic to fleas. wheal diameters and scores were used to evaluate the strength of the resulting reactions. in most dogs, significant (p less than 0.05) inhibition lasted from 3 to 5 days after withdrawal from treatment. some dogs took up to 9 days ...	1989	2753775
ascorbic acid facilitates chicken myoblast fusion in vitro.	addition of low concentrations of ascorbic acid (5 micrograms/ml to 10 micrograms/ml) to myogenic chick embryo cultures resulted in an early fusion. at 30 h cultures receiving small amounts of ascorbic acid presented fusion rates 3 times that of the control. however, control rates of fusion were not different from those of experimentals at 50 h. no such effect was seen with ascorbic acid added at 24 h of culture, or with ascorbic acid addition to a calcium-deprived system. these findings demonst ...	1989	2753849
[assessment of endoscopic embolization in the management of esophageal varices].	between february 1984 and september 1987, endoscopic embolization (ee) was performed in 26 patients with esophageal varices. the effects of ee were evaluated with endoscopic findings according to the general rules for recording endoscopic findings on esophageal varices as specified by the japanese research society for portal hypertension. 1) when the result was regarded as effective if a patient had cw, f1, r-c sign (-), li and lm or disappearance of varices, the improvement was found in 66.7% f ...	2007	2753992
staphylococcus aureus strains which are not identified by rapid agglutination methods are of capsular serotype 5.	a total of 183 recent staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates were tested with three commercially available rapid agglutination methods. the capsular polysaccharide type and resistance to oxacillin of these isolates were also determined. seven isolates were not identified correctly by agglutination methods. all isolates not identified by the rapid methods were of capsular serotype 5, and of these isolates, six were resistant to oxacillin. the results suggest that these agglutination kits can be ...	1989	2754004
on the asymmetry of the primary branching of vagal sensory axons: possible role of the supporting tissue.	central and peripheral nonmedullated processes of vagal nodosal neurons of the cat were studied in normal nerves and after regeneration along their anatomical course and along the hypoglossal nerve. nonmedullated fibers above the ganglion and in the root had comparable sizes (approximately 0.37 micron2) and caliber distribution. below the ganglion, the cross-sectional area increased to 1.0 micron2. in axons of equal caliber, supranodosal and radicular fibers had similar microtubular densities wh ...	1989	2754026
axonal pathfinding during the regeneration of the goldfish optic pathway.	retinal ganglion cells in fish and amphibians regenerate their axons after transection of the optic nerve. fiber tracing studies during the third month of regeneration show that the axons have reestablished a basically normal fiber order in the two brachia of the optic tract; axons originating in the ventral hemiretina are concentrated in the dorsal brachium, axons from the dorsal hemiretina in the ventral brachium. attardi and sperry (exp. neurol. 7:46-64, 1963) first suggested that the reestab ...	2007	2754027
diagnosis of ganglion in guyon's canal by magnetic resonance imaging.	compression of the ulnar nerve at the wrist can be caused by a multitude of intrinsic and extrinsic factors. the exact diagnosis and location of compression can frequently be difficult to determine. magnetic resonance imaging can be a useful method in diagnosing the cause and location of ulnar nerve compression. a case is presented of ulnar nerve compression caused by a ganglion in guyon's and diagnosed preoperatively by magnetic resonance imaging.	2006	2754196
distal interphalangeal joint flexible implant arthroplasty.	twenty-one osteoarthritic distal interphalangeal joints in 13 patients were treated by flexible implant arthroplasty. follow-up to 5 years showed results that were good to excellent, with only one complication, and a high degree of patient satisfaction. the procedure should be considered a good alternative to the more traditional distal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis.	2008	2754198
lipofibroma of the superficial branch of the radial nerve.	lipofibromas of nerve are rare hamartomatous lesions almost exclusively involving the median nerve. to our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a lipofibroma involving a branch of the radial nerve.	2006	2754204
long-acting somatostatin analog controls acid and gastrin secretion in benign, not in malignant, zollinger-ellison syndrome.	the long-acting somatostatin (sms) analog, sms 201-995 has beneficial effects on apudomas. in two zollinger-ellison syndrome (zes) patients we assessed basal acid output (bao) and 24-h ph under sms and compared them to controls. we also assessed total gastrin, gastrin 17, insulin, glucagon, c-peptide, and sms by radioimmunoassay. in the benign gastrinoma, an acid-controlling action of sms was shown, elevating the 24-h ph threshold over the ph range 1.5-5 of 55-10% compared with control. a parall ...	2008	2754214
reasoning about conditional sentences: development of understanding of cues to quantification.	the previous literature has reported that when children are asked to judge the truth or falsity of universally quantified conditional sentences of the form if a thing is p then it is q they typically give responses, e.g., responding "true" whenever there is a case of p and q even if there are also cases of p and not-q. three experiments are reported that address possible sources of this error. experiment 1 shows that the error survives on sentences that refer to particular things as well as to t ...	2008	2754390
quality-of-life measures.		2005	2754413
retinal projections to the medial terminal nucleus of the rat with induced unilateral congenital eye defects.	retinal projections, particularly the ipsilateral projections, to the medial terminal nucleus (mtn) of the accessory optic system were investigated by autoradiography in adult rats after being reared in one of three different conditions: (1) normal visual experiences, (2) an application of trypan blue for intrauterine induction of congenital unilateral anophthalmia; and (3) the procedures for intrauterine production of congenital microphthalmia in which both eyes are reduced in size. in congenit ...	1989	2754416
antiulcer agents. 4. conformational considerations and the antiulcer activity of substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and related analogues.	definition of the interrelationship between the conformational characteristics of a series of substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and their antiulcer activity was investigated by examining the conformational properties of 3-cyano-2-methyl-8-(phenylmethoxy)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (1), using a variety of experimental and theoretical methods. the results of these studies was the identification of two distinctly different candidates, designated the "folded" and the "extended" conformation, respective ...	1989	2754693
patch clamp experiments on nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-ion channels in bullfrog sympathetic ganglion cells.	nicotinic acetylcholine-receptor ion channels (achr channels) were studied in bullfrog sympathetic ganglion cells cultured for 1 day to 3 weeks, using a patch clamp technique. microsuperfusion of ach (2-10 microm) to the ganglion cell under the whole cell clamp produced an inward current at membrane potentials negative to -60 mv, which had a fast onset and decay. this rapid ach-induced current was accompanied by a large current fluctuation, decreased and increased in amplitude by membrane depola ...	2006	2755769
[clinical results of thermoradiotherapy of locally advanced and recurrent breast cancers--comparison of results with radiotherapy alone].	from august 1979 through january 1988, 23 breast cancer patients with 25 tumors supposed to be refractory to conventional treatment were treated by thermoradiotherapy. of the 25 tumors, 10 were locally advanced primary tumors [group 1], 4 locally advanced recurrent tumors after operation more than 5 cm in maximum diameter [group 2], and 11 locally recurrent tumors after radiotherapy [group 3]. the present study was not a formal randomised-trial, but a historical-controlled study. the results wer ...	2009	2755796