Publications
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| the dopamine transporter gene and parkinson's disease in a chinese population. | we studied a variable number tandem repeat polymorphism within the dopamine transporter gene (dat) for an association with parkinson's disease in a chinese population. five alleles were detected, consisting of 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 copies of the 40 base pair repeat sequence. the 10-copy allele was most common, accounting for 90% of alleles. there were no significant differences between the patients and the control subjects in the distribution frequencies of the alleles or genotypes. therefore, thi ... | 1997 | 9409349 |
| isolation of avian influenza a(h5n1) viruses from humans--hong kong, may-december 1997. | a strain of influenza virus that previously was known to infect only birds has been associated with infection and illness in humans in hong kong. the first known human case of influenza type a(h5n1) occurred in a 3-year-old child who died from respiratory failure in may 1997. in hong kong, the virus initially was identified as influenza type a, but the subtype could not be determined using standard reagents. by august, cdc; the national influenza center, rotterdam, the netherlands; and the natio ... | 1997 | 9414153 |
| emerging pathogens: the hong kong experience. | 1997 | 9594216 | |
| assisted reproduction technology in queen mary hospital: ten years' experience. | to review the experience of an assisted reproduction program. | 1997 | 9594245 |
| nasopharyngeal carcinoma research in hong kong in the past decade. | to review the research carried out in hong kong on nasopharyngeal carcinoma (npc) over the past 10 years. | 1997 | 9772411 |
| skilled hong kong immigrants' intention to repatriate. | "an emphasis on skills in australian immigration policy in the past decade has led to the increase of highly skilled hong kong immigrants. however, australia has not been able to retain all of them.... this paper reports the results of an in-depth study on intention to repatriate and work in hong kong, conducted in australia with 111 professional and managerial hong kong immigrants. correlational and loglinear analyses on prediction of such an intention are presented. research findings on the ... | 1997 | 12293142 |
| monitoring the safety of herbal medicines. | extremely limited knowledge about the ingredients in herbal medicines and their effects in humans, the lack of stringent quality control and the heterogenous nature of herbal medicines all necessitate the continuous monitoring of the safety of these products. in hong kong, safety information on herbal medicines has come from the enquiries and reports received by our drug and poisons information service, on-going surveillance of patients treated in a large general teaching hospital and review of ... | 1997 | 9352957 |
| migrant women domestic workers in hong kong, singapore and taiwan: a comparative analysis. | this article discusses the legal systems in hong kong, singapore, and taiwan and the protection of migrant domestic workers who are vulnerable to domestic violence and abuse. migration in the last 10 years in asia has increasingly included female migrants who are usually employed in domestic services, the entertainment industry, and health care services. this work places women migrants in a vulnerable position in the isolation of households, away from public oversight. labor laws are not appl ... | 1996 | 12291761 |
| summary results of the 1996 population by-census. | "this article presents the salient features and trends of the population of hong kong based on the results of the 1996 population by-census." information is included on population size, age and sex structure, marital status, educational attainment, labor force, occupations, industry, households, and housing. | 1996 | 12292262 |
| sequence analysis of htlv-1 provirus associated with adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma in hong kong. | 1996 | 8571947 | |
| children on hunger strike: child abuse or legitimate protest? | the issue of children on hunger strike (voluntary total fasting) has not been reported before. the world medical association declaration of tokyo 1975 and the declaration of malta 1991 (revised 1992) provide clinicians with guidelines for the management of adult patients on hunger strike but do not mention children. we report the management of 14 vietnamese children, aged 1 to 12 years, who took part in a hunger strike at a refugee detention centre in hong kong. | 1996 | 8597690 |
| development of an anthropometric database for hong kong chinese cad operators. | with the increasing popularity of using computer-aided design (cad) in hong kong, it is time to look into the design of a suitable workplace for the cad operators working in the industries. this can be achieved by applying anthropometric data into the design for enhancing performance and reducing musculoskeletal problems. in order to avoid any mismatches in anthropometric dimensions, which is believed to be one of the main causes of fatigue and occupational illness among workers, in the workplac ... | 1996 | 9551130 |
| human papillomavirus infection in hong kong chinese women with normal and abnormal cervix--detection by polymerase chain reaction method on cervical scrapes. | detection of human papillomavirus (hpv) was accomplished by utilizing polymerase chain reaction methods on cervical scrapes from a total of 488 hong kong chinese women attending the colposcopy, general, and antenatal clinics. from colposcopy clinic, 10% of normal cervix, 31% of condyloma, 56, 50, and 57% of cin i, cin ii, and cin iii, respectively, and 88% of squamous cell carcinoma contain hpv. the overall detection rate is 30%. the most prevalent type is 16. four percent of scrapes from normal ... | 1996 | 8631541 |
| prevalence of lmp1 deletion variant of epstein-barr virus in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and gastric tumors in hong kong. | 1996 | 8647637 | |
| influenza. | 1996 | 8664110 | |
| varicella exposure in a neonatal intensive care unit: emergency management and control measures. | we describe an exposure of varicella zoster virus in our neonatal intensive-care unit and the emergency procedures instituted to prevent an outbreak. fifty-seven infants and 129 staff members were exposed but none developed chickenpox. the measures included rapid identification of varicella antibody status in all neonates and those staff members with uncertain history of varicella infection; cohorting of exposed infants according to immune status; and prompt administration of varicella zoster im ... | 1996 | 8690886 |
| influenza. | 1996 | 8703729 | |
| the oral prevalence of aerobic and facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rods and yeasts in semi-recluse human vegetarians. | limited data exist on the oral ecology of vegetarians. hence the dental and periodontal status, and the oral prevalence of aerobic and facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rods (agnr) and yeasts, were studied in 36 semi-recluse, vegetarian, buddhist monks and nuns in hong kong. the oral prevalence of agnr and yeasts was 61.1% and 33.3%. there was no correlation between the prevalence of agnr and/or yeasts and the incidence of carious or filled teeth and the health status of the periodontium. ra ... | 1996 | 8735017 |
| improvements in anaesthetic care resulting from a critical incident reporting programme. | the rôle of an anaesthetic incident reporting programme in improving anaesthetic safety was studied. the programme had been running for 4 to 5 years in three large hospitals in hong kong and more than 1000 incidents have been reported. the number of reports being made and frequency of the various categories of incident reported, did not alter during the study period. sixty nine percent of incidents were considered to be preventable. human error contributed to 76% of incidents and violations of s ... | 1996 | 8758151 |
| the detection of clinically occult nasopharyngeal carcinoma in patients following radiotherapy--an analysis of 69 patients. | a prospective analysis of 69 patients who had been treated for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (npc) by external radiotherapy was carried out. biopsies from the posterior nasopharynx were performed and analyzed by in situ hybridization using an antisense epstein-barr early rna (eber) radio-labelled riboprobe. none of the patients had evidence of disease in the nasopharynx. one patient was found to have nasopharyngeal carcinoma detected only by in situ hybridization. in the subsequent 18-month follow-up ... | 1996 | 8762329 |
| haemophilia and hiv infection in hong kong. | this is a retrospective study of the problems faced and support received by hiv (human immunodeficiency virus) infected haemophilia patients in hong kong. between december 1984 and december 1994, 63 patients were detected to be hiv positive, out of a total of 231 haemophiliacs screened. infection could be traced back to before august 1985, when safer heat-treated clotting factors were not yet available. psychosocial impacts were obvious in this group of patients because of the double blow of hiv ... | 1996 | 8827127 |
| chromosomal 11 alterations in non-small-cell lung carcinomas in hong kong. | we examined 60 non-small-cell lung cancer (nsclc) patients for evidence of genetic alterations on chromosome 11 with nine polymorphic markers by southern blot and microsatellite marker analysis. these analyses detected genetic alterations at both the 11p and 11q arms. at the 11p15 ha-ras locus, the loss of heterozygosity (loh) occurred in three out of 11 (27.3%) of the informative cases; at the 11p11-q12 d11s149 locus, the loh occurred in two out of nine (22.2%) of the informative cases; and at ... | 1996 | 8865123 |
| influenza. | 1996 | 8901336 | |
| a study of the possible etiologic association of epstein-barr virus with reactive hemophagocytic syndrome in hong kong chinese. | the herpes group of viruses, particularly epstein-barr virus (ebv), has frequently been implicated in the causation of reactive hemophagocytic syndrome (rhs) in the western populations. ebv has also been implicated in the rare fulminant form of rhs occurring in oriental children. however, our previous adult-predominant study indicated little clinical and serological evidence of ebv infection in patients with rhs in hong kong. in the present study, we further examined this issue using a more sens ... | 1996 | 8912837 |
| identification of mutations in seven chinese patients with x-linked chronic granulomatous disease. | x-linked chronic granulomatous disease (cgd) is due to mutations in the gp91phox gene on xp21.1. studies in white and japanese x-linked cgd patients have shown mutations in nearly every exon. we studied the molecular defect of seven chinese patients with x-linked cgd from six unrelated families. mutations were located by single-strand conformation polymorphism and then defined by sequence analysis. the mutations were two different amino acid substitutions, a nonsense mutation, an in-frame trinuc ... | 1996 | 8916969 |
| [role of soybean proteins in human nutrition (review)]. | review. the analysis of a protein nutrition of russia's population during last five years and ways of its rationalization are presented. the scientific background for prosperity of using of soy bean proteins, products of their processing and existing of products and half-finished products received from soy is given. experimental data on biological value and bioavailability of soy bean proteins and results of clinical evaluation of curative and preventive effects of these various soy products are ... | 1995 | 8533388 |
| lymphoepithelial carcinoma of the salivary gland: in situ detection of epstein-barr virus. | to examine the role of epstein-barr virus (ebv) in lymphoepithelial carcinoma of the salivary gland in hong kong chinese. | 1995 | 8543624 |
| evenoming by bungarus multicinctus (many-banded krait) in hong kong. | we describe the clinical course of two cases of envenoming by the many-banded krait (bungarus multicinctus). a man developed generalized paralysis and respiratory failure with transient hypertension. nerve conduction studies revealed normal motor and sensory conduction velocities with reduced motor unit action potential amplitudes consistent with neuromuscular blockade. he showed a slight transient response to the banded krait (b. fasciatus) antivenom but required ventilatory support for 8 days. ... | 1995 | 8544231 |
| refining the estimate of the critical period for susceptibility to enamel fluorosis in human maxillary central incisors. | the purpose of this study was to determine an improved estimate of the critical period for susceptibility to fluorosis in human maxillary central incisors. | 1995 | 8551464 |
| outbreak of vibrio cholerae 01 in hong kong related to contaminated fish tank water. | an outbreak of 12 cholera cases, caused by vibrio cholerae eltor inaba, occurred in hong kong during a three week period in june-july 1994. only adults of both sexes were affected. epidemiological investigations showed linkage in all cases with consumption of seafood, including shellfish, mantis shrimps and crabs. microbiological findings demonstrated that contaminated seawater in fish tanks used for keeping alive these seafoods is the most likely vehicle of transmission. aggressive control meas ... | 1995 | 7480605 |
| capture-recapture and multiple-record systems estimation ii: applications in human diseases. international working group for disease monitoring and forecasting. | this article evaluates the potential epidemiologic uses of capture-recapture, which include the primary area of determining disease frequency. capture-recapture may be a means to effectively "count" new cases (incidence) or count existing cases (prevalence). specific applications of capture-recapture in epidemiology are presented, one of which is its use in estimating death rates in a region close to calcutta, india. the method also has considerable potential to assess suicides, and it may be th ... | 1995 | 7485051 |
| report from hong kong. | 1995 | 7551149 | |
| male homosexual identity in hong kong: a social construction. | this research is to explore the social and psychological forces that influence the identity of a man who has come to describe himself as a "homosexual." an attempt is made to understand the emergence of male homosexual identities in hong kong--which is predominantly a chinese community under western influence for more than one century. the results suggest that male homosexual identity arises not so much from homosexual behavior per se but from the stigma and heterosexist beliefs that encompassed ... | 1995 | 7594409 |
| practice of drug abuse among inmates of a drug rehabilitation centre in hong kong. | sharing of contaminated injection equipment accounts for the rapid spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) among injecting drug users (idus). the profile of drug addiction practice among inmates of the shek kwu chau drug rehabilitation centre in hong kong was studied. registers on all the new admissions to the centre during a two-year period between 1990 and 1992 were reviewed. of the 3129 drug users studied, 68.7% were aged between 21 and 40; 84.8% were idus and heroin was the commones ... | 1995 | 7597133 |
| the knowledge and attitude of hong kong secondary school teachers and students towards hiv infection and dentistry. | although human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) are firmly entrenched in hong kong no data are available on the knowledge and attitudes of hong kong secondary school teachers and teenage children towards this infection, and their perception of infection control measures currently undertaken by the dental profession to prevent such infectious diseases. hence a postal questionnaire survey of a total of 2,886 teenagers and 372 school teachers of ... | 1995 | 7648410 |
| absence of epstein-barr virus in penile carcinoma. a study of 42 cases using in situ hybridization. | the relationship between epstein-barr virus (ebv) and carcinomas of the lower female genital tract has been the focus of some studies in recent years. however, the association between ebv and penile carcinoma never has been investigated. the aim of this study was to identify the possible role of ebv in penile carcinoma of chinese patients. | 1995 | 8625161 |
| biotypes of oral candida albicans isolates in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients from diverse geographic locations. | oral candida albicans isolates from hiv-infected individuals in hong kong, australia, germany and england were characterised using a biotyping system based on enzyme profiles, carbohydrate assimilation patterns and boric acid resistance of the yeasts. a total of 44 biotypes were found amongst the 117 oral c. albicans isolates examined. the major biotype a1r accounted for 17.9% of all isolates while the second commonest biotype was a1s (11.1% of isolates). whereas these two biotypes were isolated ... | 1995 | 7722918 |
| mutations clustered in exon 5 of the p53 gene in primary nasopharyngeal carcinomas from southeastern asia. | mutations in the p53 tumor suppressor gene play an important role in the development of many common human malignancies. in nasopharyngeal carcinomas (npc), p53 gene mutations were not detected in primary tumors, with one exception for a primary tumor displaying a p53 mutation at codon 280, whereas p53 mutations were identified in some metastatic and nude mouse-passaged npc specimens. in the present report, 41 npc primary tumors of the undifferentiated carcinoma nasopharyngeal type (ucnt; 21 from ... | 1995 | 7729941 |
| profile of opportunistic infections among hiv-1 infected people in hong kong. | to determine the spectrum of opportunistic infections in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv-1) infection in hong kong. | 1995 | 7750052 |
| a study of the association of epstein-barr virus with burkitt's lymphoma occurring in a chinese population. | there is a strong association (approximately 95%) of endemic burkitt's lymphoma with epstein-barr virus (ebv), whereas the association is weak for the sporadic form occurring in western countries (approximately 15%). in the middle east, north africa and south america, 60-80% of burkitt's lymphomas harbour ebv. these epidemiological differences suggest that either the endemicity of ebv or socio-economic conditions, or both, may influence the pathogenetic role of ebv in burkitt's lymphoma. since o ... | 1995 | 7797201 |
| the expression of h-ras p21 product in esophageal cancer from hong kong chinese. | 1995 | 7801940 | |
| low frequency association of the t(2;5)(p23;q35) chromosomal translocation with cd30+ lymphomas from american and asian patients. a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction study. | although cytogenetic data suggest that the t(2;5)-(p23;q35) translocation occurs in many cases of cd30+ lymphomas, the exact frequency of this event is still unknown. to clarify this issue and its epidemiological characteristics, we examined 37 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens of cd30+ lymphomas from the united states and hong kong by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) for the status of the npm and alk genes, which are typically juxtaposed by the t(2;5) transloca ... | 1995 | 7856744 |
| detection of epstein-barr virus in hodgkin's disease occurring in an oriental population. | like burkitt's lymphoma, the strength of association of epstein-barr virus (ebv) with hodgkin's disease occurring in different populations and clinical settings is highly variable, being 30% to 50% in western countries, nearly 100% in third world countries like peru and honduras, and nearly 100% in patients seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus. data on the oriental populations are very limited. therefore, the current study was performed on the chinese population of hong kong, where the ... | 1995 | 7890284 |
| genetic analysis of porcine h3n2 viruses originating in southern china. | from immunological and phylogenetic analyses of h3 influenza viruses isolated from pigs and ducks in the people's republic of china (china), hong kong, taiwan and japan, between 1968 and 1982, we arrived at the following conclusions. the h3 haemagglutinin and n2 neuraminidase genes from swine isolates can be segregated into four mammalian lineages, including: (i) the earliest human strains; (ii) early swine strains including hong kong isolates from 1976-1977; (iii) an intermediate strain between ... | 1995 | 7897351 |
| genetic and antigenic analysis of the influenza virus responsible for the 1992 hong kong equine influenza epizootic. | an outbreak of influenza occurred among thoroughbred racehorses in hong kong in november-december 1992, with morbidity of 37%. all horses involved had been vaccinated against equine-1 and equine-2 influenza viruses but not against the virus responsible for the 1989 equine influenza outbreak in northern china (influenza a/equine/jilin/89, subtype h3n8). therefore the source and nature of the virus causing the hong kong outbreak was investigated. virus isolated from a horse infected during the out ... | 1994 | 7941336 |
| condom use among female commercial sex workers and male clients in hong kong. | the use of condoms is an aid to protection against human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and other sexually transmitted diseases (stds). in a one-and-a-half month period in mid-1993, 190 commercial female sex workers and 633 male clients of 8 social hygiene clinics in hong kong were interviewed on their practice in condom usage. for both sex workers and clients, 18.5% and 22.8% never and 55.3% and 50.3% seldom used condoms during sexual contacts with paying partners and non-paying partner ... | 1994 | 7948161 |
| hereditary hemolytic anemia caused by diverse point mutations of pyruvate kinase gene found in japan and hong kong. | we identified four distinct point mutations in homozygous pyruvate kinase (pk) variants in japanese and chinese patients with chronic nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia. all gene abnormalities were missense mutations that caused single amino acid substitutions. 1261a (q421k) and 1436a (r436h), which were identified in pk sendai and pk shinshu, had been found in unrelated japanese and amish pk variants, respectively. the clinical severity and extremely low residual erythrocyte pk activity of pk shin ... | 1994 | 7949104 |
| sequence variation of the amino-terminal antigenic domains of glycoprotein b of human cytomegalovirus strains isolated from chinese patients. | to study the genetic variation of human cytomegalovirus (hcmv) in asian populations, the amino-terminal antigenic domains of glycoprotein b of hcmvs isolated from ethnic chinese transplant patients were cloned and sequenced. the nucleotide and encoded amino acid sequences were compared with published sequences of ad169 and towne laboratory strains. within the region sequenced, 9 out of 15 clinical isolates (60%) possessed a peptide configuration similar to that of strain ad169 while 6 isolates ( ... | 1994 | 7979986 |
| changing epidemiology of human salmonellosis in hong kong, 1982-93. | a comprehensive analysis of the epidemiology of salmonellosis in a major hospital in hong kong from 1982-93 is reported. the trend of salmonella isolations over the past 12 years and changes in the occurrence of individual serotypes are delineated. a total of 5328 isolates were analyzed. groups b (salmonella typhimurium and s. derby) and e (s. anatum) were the commonest serogroups isolated from the intestinal tract in all age groups. a significant increase in the isolation of group d salmonellae ... | 1994 | 7995352 |
| the spectrum of chronic lymphoproliferative disorders in chinese people. an analysis of 64 cases. | chronic lymphoproliferative disorders are considered rare in oriental patients and are thought to constitute only 2% of all leukemias in these patients, compared to 20-30% in western patients. we conducted a retrospective analysis of chinese patients with chronic lymphoproliferative disorders to define the frequency and spectrum of these disorders. | 1994 | 8004573 |
| seroprevalence of antibodies to human herpesviruses in england and hong kong. | the age-related prevalence of antibodies to herpesviruses was compared in england and hong kong. altogether 327 sera from england and 266 sera from hong kong were tested for antibodies to herpes simplex virus (hsv), varicella-zoster virus (vzv), epstein-barr virus (ebv), cytomegalovirus (cmv), and human herpesvirus 6 (hhv-6). herpesvirus infections were common in both countries but generally were acquired earlier and were more prevalent in hong kong. over 90% of children in hong kong were infect ... | 1994 | 8083655 |
| epstein-barr virus-associated gastric lymphoma in hong kong chinese. | we report 11 cases of gastric lymphoma that harbor the epstein-barr virus (ebv) encoded small messenger rna, eber-1, detected by in situ hybridization. the cases represented 18% of 61 consecutive gastric lymphomas from three institutions in hong kong between 1988 and 1993. the mean age of patients was 62 years (range, 33 to 87). the male to female ratio was 5:6. nine of the 11 (81.8%) eber-1+ gastric lymphomas were diffuse large cell lymphomas of b-cell type without low grade components. macrosc ... | 1994 | 8088772 |
| p53 gene mutation spectrum in hepatocellular carcinomas in hong kong chinese. | to examine the significance of mutation of the p53 tumour suppressor gene in the development of human hepatocellular carcinoma in a high-prevalence area for hepatitis b viral infection but a low-exposure area for aflatoxin b1, the spectrum of p53 gene mutations was examined in 21 tumour samples from hong kong chinese patients, all of whom were hbsag positive. dna sequencing covering exons 5 to 9 of the p53 gene and hae iii restriction enzyme digestion for preliminary assessment of mutation at co ... | 1994 | 8108145 |
| the effect of scale-side, indicator type, and control plane on direction-of-turn stereotypes for hong kong chinese subjects. | this study investigates the influence of scale-side, pointer type, direction-of-increase, and control plane on direction-of-turn stereotypes for chinese subjects using a variety of configurations of a linear display with a rotary control. pointer type and direction of increase did not have a significant effect on direction-of-turn expectation. strong stereotypes are found when warrick's principle and the scale-side principle do not clash. in such a configuration, the scale is on the opposite sid ... | 1994 | 8206055 |
| detection of epstein-barr viral rna in sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma from western and asian patients. | undifferentiated carcinoma of the nasopharynx has a well-known association with epstein-barr virus (ebv), but only an inconsistent relationship has been identified in undifferentiated carcinomas occurring at other sites. we investigated 22 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded cases of sinonasal undifferentiated carcinomas (snucs) occurring in western and asian patients. a highly sensitive in situ hybridization method was performed using an antisense oligonucleotide probe to the eber1 gene of ebv. w ... | 1994 | 7511355 |
| htlv-i associated adult t-cell leukaemia/lymphoma in hong kong. | 1994 | 8250007 | |
| [immigration and economic development in eastern asia]. | this work describes recent trends in east asian migration and their economic effects. the great waves of emigration of the past have largely ceased from japan and the "dragons" of east asia, and all have become countries of illegal immigration, return of emigrants, and legal entry of professionals. all the countries except hong kong have maintained strict immigration policies in order to protect their traditional and homogeneous societies and the employment and income of their own citizens. b ... | 1994 | 12346374 |
| the migration transition in asia. | "this theoretical discussion of the migration transition in asia develops a framework to understand the turning point from labor exporter to labor importer experienced by the asian nies [newly industrialized economies] (hong kong, korea, singapore and taiwan). the author concludes that the nies' demand for labor curve shifted rapidly, primarily due to export-led growth of a labor-intensive character. because these economies are well integrated, improvements in labor market conditions in indivi ... | 1994 | 12287679 |
| turning points in labor migration: the case of hong kong. | "the hong kong experience of emigration and immigration does not fit neatly into models of migration transition. as a city-state with a small rural population, it has exhibited different developmental characteristics from the larger asian newly industrialized economies. geopolitical factors have also played a key role in 'patterns' of migration, such as restrictive immigration policies in receiving countries. also significant are individual considerations of political and economic risk, as evi ... | 1994 | 12287681 |
| the economic role of immigrant wives in hong kong. | the objectives of this study were to compare the employment pattern of immigrant wives with native-born wives in hong kong, to examine the independent influences of sociodemographic characteristics and the assimilation experience on employment behavior of immigrant wives, and to establish the extent to which immigrant wives' employment is affected by social and demographic factors and conditioned on the assimilation strategy adopted by their families. data of the 1986 census were used, based on ... | 1994 | 12289761 |
| aconitine poisoning due to chinese herbal medicines: a review. | both "chuanwu", the main root of aconitum carmichaeli, and "caowu", the root of a kusnezoffii, are believed to possess anti-inflammatory, analgesic and cardiotonic effects and have been used in chinese materia medica mainly for the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. they contain the highly toxic c19 diterpenoid alkaloids of aconitine, mesaconitine and hypaconitine. after ingestion, patients may present with signs and symptoms that are typical of aconitine poisoning. death may occur from ven ... | 1994 | 7839574 |
| mutations in the human mannose binding protein gene: their frequencies in three distinct populations and relationship to serum levels of the protein. | 1993 | 8167719 | |
| bulimia nervosa in the chinese. | typical dsm-iii-r bulimia nervosa with self-induced vomiting was found in 2 women of hong kong chinese origin and a chinese man from malaysia. all 3 cases had a family history of obesity. in 2 of the cases a period of weight gain and in the third case frank obesity preceded the onset of the eating disorder. cultural transition seemed to play an important part in the onset and maintenance of the eating disorder. | 1993 | 8293034 |
| location on the evolutionary trees of the non-structural protein (ns) and neuraminidase (na) genes of late human influenza a (h2n2) viruses: parental viruses of the ns and na genes of hong kong influenza a (h3n2) viruses. | the nucleotide sequences of the non-structural protein (ns) and neuraminidase (na) genes of human influenza a (h2n2) viruses isolated in 1967 and 1968 in europe, asia and north and south america were located on evolutionary trees in order to identify the parental virus of hong kong influenza a (h3n2) viruses, which appeared in the human population in 1968. from the evolutionary trees, the h2n2 viruses isolated during the 1967 to 1968 period were divided into two groups. group i includes that a/t ... | 1993 | 8345357 |
| short-duration in vitro interleukin-2-activated mononuclear cells for advanced cancer. a hong kong biotherapy pilot study trial. | in vitro studies have demonstrated that a brief exposure of peripherally collected mononuclear cells to high-dose human recombinant interleukin-2(ril-2) will generate a population of pulsed lymphokine-activated killer (lak) cells. these cells have similar cytotoxicity against natural killer cells and resistant and sensitive target cells as compared with the standard lak cells incubated for 3-7 days with ril-2. therefore, the authors conducted a pilot study to investigate the activity of pulsed l ... | 1993 | 8387882 |
| critical incident reporting in an anaesthetic department quality assurance programme. | the critical incident technique was introduced as an additional form of quality assurance to an anaesthetic department of a major hong kong teaching hospital. in one year, 125 critical incidents were reported from over 16,000 anaesthetics. the most common incidents reported concerned the airway, breathing systems, and drug administration, with inadequate checking of equipment a frequent associated factor. human error was a factor in 80% of incidents. critical incidents were reported for the time ... | 1993 | 8434743 |
| an epidemiological assessment of the chronological distribution of dental fluorosis in human maxillary central incisors. | the objectives of this study were: (1) to develop and test a new index, the chronological fluorosis assessment (cfa) index, for measuring variation in the chronological distribution and intensity of dental fluorosis, and (2) to determine whether the new index was sufficiently sensitive for detection of a decline in dental fluorosis corresponding to the reduction in the waterborne fluoride level in hong kong. according to the cfa index, the cervical, middle, and incisal third divisions of the lab ... | 1993 | 8501286 |
| heavy metal and selenium levels in feathers of young egrets and herons from hong kong and szechuan, china. | several species of herons and egrets frequently nest in colonies in areas where humans also concentrate. since the birds feed on intermediate-sized fish that themselves concentrate pollutants, they can be used not only to assess the levels of contaminants in avian tissues but as indicators of contaminants in the environment. the concentration of heavy metals and selenium in the breast feathers of fledgling black-crowned night herons nycticorax nycticorax and chinese pond herons ardeola bacchus f ... | 1993 | 8215588 |
| successful treatment of amoebic meningoencephalitis in a chinese living in hong kong. | primary amoebic meningoencephalitis due to naegleria fowleri was found in a 38-year-old chinese man living in hong kong who presumably acquired the infection from swimming in a hot spring in neighbouring china. amoebic cysts were identified in tissue taken from a brain abscess. the patient responded to surgical drainage and a 6-week course of amphotericin b, rifampicin and chloramphenicol. this is one of 6 cases of successful treatment of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis documented in the med ... | 1993 | 8242970 |
| insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1, glucose tolerance and fetal growth in human pregnancy. | two hundred chinese primigravidae had 50 g 3-h oral glucose tolerance tests (ogtts) twice in pregnancy; between 20 and 24 weeks and between 30 and 34 weeks of gestation. in 149 women, a single sample was taken for insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 (igfbp-1) measurement 0, 1, 2 or 3 h after the glucose load at both visits; in 55 women igfbp-1 levels were estimated in all four ogtt samples. fetal growth was assessed by ultrasound performed at the first and second visit and, if possible, ... | 1993 | 7681467 |
| cervical human papilloma virus infection of women attending social hygiene clinics in hong kong. | to find the prevalence of hpv infection in women attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in hong kong. | 1993 | 8098299 |
| establishment and characterization of two new cell lines derived from squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in chinese patients. | two new cell lines derived from squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, t1/cuhk and t2/cuhk, have been established in culture. analysis of the morphology, ultrastructure, chromosome number, spheroid formation and immunohistochemical properties of the two cell lines demonstrated that they are both well characterized. t1/cuhk cells grew relatively faster than t2/cuhk cells. both cell lines were tumorigenic after inoculation into made mice and showed positive reactivity with hpv 16 dna probe. the re ... | 1992 | 1280031 |
| p53 mutation in human nasopharyngeal carcinomas. | nasopharyngeal carcinoma (npc) is the third most common cancer in the southern provinces of china, but a rare cancer in other parts of the world. epidemiological studies suggested a multifactorial etiology of npc involving infection of epstein barr virus (ebv), genetic predisposition, environmental factors, such as consumption of salted fish, and other unknown factors. p53 mutation is a common event in many forms of human cancers but its possible involvement in the pathogenesis of npc has not be ... | 1992 | 1295443 |
| high frequencies in african and non-african populations of independent mutations in the mannose binding protein gene. | we have previously identified, in three british families having an index child with frequent infections, a point mutation (ggc-->gac) in codon 54 of exon 1 of the gene for the human lectin mannose binding protein (mbp). this was associated with low serum levels of this complement activating protein and would be anticipated to impair opsonization of mannose rich microorganisms. we now report a second point mutation (gga-->gaa) in gambians from west africa, involving codon 57 of exon 1. by substit ... | 1992 | 1304173 |
| epidemiology and aetiology of acute bronchiolitis in hong kong infants. | the epidemiological, clinical and virological features of 1220 children with acute bronchiolitis admitted to the prince of wales hospital, hong kong, from 1985 to 1988 are reported. they accounted for 6.6% of total paediatric admissions and provided a case incidence of bronchiolitis requiring admission to hospital of approximately 21 per 1000 children 0-24 months of age. the clinical course and outcome was in general benign. the average hospital stay was 5 days and there were no deaths. ten per ... | 1992 | 1312477 |
| epstein-barr virus dna in nasopharyngeal carcinomas from chinese patients in hong kong. | to investigate the presence of epstein-barr virus (ebv) in cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (npc) in chinese patients living in hong kong. | 1992 | 1317885 |
| direct detection of epstein-barr virus in peripheral blood and comparison of epstein-barr virus genotypes present in direct specimens and lymphoblastoid cell lines established from nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients and healthy carriers in hong kong. | by means of a pcr assay, ebv was demonstrated directly in peripheral blood of previously infected individuals. the virus was detected in approximately 80% of specimens from ebv-seropositive individuals, but not in cord-blood lymphocytes by this method. when virus present in peripheral blood was compared to that observed directly in npc biopsies or throat washings, it was distinct from that seen in biopsies in 4/15 cases (27%) and from that seen in throat washes in 1/22 cases (5%). the throat-was ... | 1992 | 1325949 |
| pickled vegetables in the aetiology of oesophageal cancer in hong kong chinese. | oesophageal cancer is common in chinese populations, but individual-based epidemiological studies have provided little explanation. a case control study with 400 cases and 1598 controls (800 hospital and 798 general practice) was conducted among hong kong chinese. in multivariate analyses, statistically significant effects on risk were detected for several potentially preventable exposures with high attributable risks (ars). these included preference for consuming drinks or soups at high tempera ... | 1992 | 1349991 |
| human leucocyte antigens in southern chinese with kawasaki disease. | 1992 | 1468468 | |
| the role of appraisal in human emotions: a cross-cultural study. | several theories of emotion propose that emotional responses are largely determined by the way events are appraised. to determine whether the proposed dimensions of appraisal are consistent across cultures, 973 ss from the united states, japan, hong kong, and the people's republic of china were asked to describe emotional experiences. few differences between the 3 cultures were observed on the more primitive dimensions (pleasantness, attentional activity, certainty, coping ability, and goal/need ... | 1992 | 1556662 |
| disseminated penicillium marneffei infection in hiv-infected subject. | penicillium marneffei is a rare human pathogen predominantly affecting residents of south-east asia. we report four fatal cases from hong kong in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. the diagnosis was established by histological examination and confirmed by isolation of the fungus. the infection was disseminated with involvement of lymph nodes, liver, spleen, lung, intestine and bone marrow. the involved organs showed an exclusively anergic tissue reaction characterized by a diffuse i ... | 1992 | 1577408 |
| terrestrial gamma radiation dose in hong kong. | the first reactor of the daya bay nuclear power plant, 30 km from hong kong, is expected to begin operation in 1992. as a result, residents in hong kong are concerned with potential exposure to man-made and natural radiation. therefore, the radioisotope unit of the university of hong kong performed studies to estimate hong kong's natural background radiation and the potential exposure to local residents, the results of which are presented here. | 1992 | 1727415 |
| on the use of organs from executed prisoners. | 1992 | 11654066 | |
| foreign investment in asia in the 1990s: trends, problems and implications for manpower movements. | direct foreign investment (dfi) is described as an international reallocation of managerial resources through which manpower moves across borders bidirectionally. this paper describes the diversity and rapidity of change in dfi for flows among north america, western europe, japan, asean, taiwan, china, hong kong, korea, and russia, and the implications for manpower movements. the us share of dfi in the pacific rim has declined while that of japan and western europe has increased with the newly ... | 1992 | 12285768 |
| summary findings of the 1991 population census. | summary results are presented from the 1991 census of hong kong together with a brief analysis of the data. topics covered include population size and growth, age and sex distribution, nationality and place of birth, marital status, language, educational status, economic characteristics, households, housing, and spatial distribution. | 1991 | 12285145 |
| a randomised controlled trial of recombinant interferon-gamma in chinese patients with chronic hepatitis b virus infection. | nineteen chinese patients with chronic hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection, seropositive for hbv e antigen (hbeag) and hbv dna on at least three occasions in 6 months, were randomised to receive either recombinant human interferon-gamma (rifn gamma) 0.1 mg/m2 intramuscularly thrice weekly for 16 weeks (n = 11) or no anti-viral therapy (controls, n = 8). five patients in the treatment group and four patients in the control group had persistently elevated serum alanine aminotransferases (alt) of ove ... | 1991 | 1919540 |
| penicillium marneffei: another pathogen to consider in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. | 1991 | 1925299 | |
| comparison of the mortality and morbidity rate between proper and unconventional renal transplantation using organs from executed prisoners. | 1991 | 1926466 | |
| an epidemiologic estimate of the critical period during which human maxillary central incisors are most susceptible to fluorosis. | the temporal relation between a declining fluorosis gradient and an abrupt downward shift in community drinking water fluoride concentration was evaluated through multiple correlation analysis to determine the critical time frame during which developing maxillary central incisors are most susceptible to fluoride challenge. fluorosis data were scrutinized through a time-related series of epidemiologic "windows" or time frames of varying lengths. the placement of these time frames was in turn rela ... | 1991 | 1941778 |
| hong kong. looking for livers, kidneys. | 1991 | 1956388 | |
| human xanthine oxidase antibody levels: variation between males and females in chinese and europeans. | levels of antibody specific for xanthine oxidase (xodab) of the immunoglobulin classes igg, igm and iga have been determined in the sera of blood donors of chinese and european ethnic origin by immunoassay. no significant differences were found between the two ethnic groups. significant differences were found in the distribution, of xodab igm levels between chinese males and females and european males and females (chi 2 = 8.262, p = 0.025; chi 2 = 9.423, p = less than 0.001). since the age range ... | 1991 | 2062188 |
| the physical state of human papillomavirus type 16 dna in cervical carcinomas of hong kong chinese. | the presence of human papillomavirus (hpv) in 15 cervical carcinoma specimens obtained from hong kong chinese patients was analyzed by southern blot hybridization studies. in nine (60%) of them, hpv 16 genomes were detected, while two others (13.3%) were found to harbor hpv dna of unknown type closely related to hpv 16. all of them were classified as squamous cell carcinomas according to who guidelines. in addition, the presence of hpv 18 was shown in another two (13.3%) squamous cell carcinoma ... | 1991 | 1653409 |
| prevalence of low and high risk human papillomavirus types in cervical cells from hong kong pregnant chinese using filter in situ hybridization. | filter in situ hybridization, using separate probes for human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid types 6, 11, 16 and 18, was used to determine the prevailing hpv types amongst a group of pregnant chinese women. this group had been previously identified using a mixture of probes for hpv types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 35 (virapap). specimens from six of the eleven cases contained one hpv type (55%) while five were positive for two types (45%). the "low-risk" types (hbv6, 11) were identified as fre ... | 1991 | 1654045 |
| human papillomavirus 6, 11, and 16 in laryngeal papillomas. | twenty-seven cases of benign laryngeal papillomas, both single and multiple variants, were analysed for human papillomavirus (hpv) by dna slot-blot hybridization chiefly to determine the pattern of infection in hong kong chinese. dna was extracted from paraffin blocks of formalin-fixed tissue and probed separately for hpv 6, 11, 16, and 18. sixteen cases (59 per cent) showed the presence of at least one of these four hpv genomes. thirteen cases (48 per cent) were positive for hpv 11 only. three ... | 1991 | 1662265 |
| a survey of work undertaken in 1 year by a medical officer working in a maternal and child health clinic in hong kong: implications for training. | a survey of child health work undertaken in 1 year by a medical officer in a typical maternal and child health (mch) clinic in hong kong is reported. the wide spectrum of physical and developmental problems encountered by the mch doctor demands sound knowledge of basic paediatrics and normal human development. the need for a comprehensive training programme in child health is highlighted. | 1990 | 1694652 |
| a prospective study of primary epstein-barr virus infections among university students in hong kong. | in 1988 at the chinese university of hong kong 1,039 entering freshmen were screened for antibody against the epstein-barr virus and 71 (6.8%) were negative. one year later, 16 (25.8%) of 62 negatives converted to positive with asymptomatic infections. there was seroconversion in 14 subjects who did not give histories of deep kissing. there was an association between antibody status of epstein-barr and cytomegaloviruses, but not between epstein-barr virus and human herpes virus type 6. | 1990 | 2158753 |
| distinct populations of rotaviruses circulating among neonates and older infants. | we obtained three stool specimens from each of 371 neonates. two specimens were obtained between days 1 and 3 after birth, while they were in the hospital, and one specimen was obtained between days 6 and 14 after birth, after they had been discharged from the hospital. seventy neonates excreted human rotavirus (hrv) while they were in the hospital, and the incidence rate for the cohort was 0.094 episodes per infant day. the incidence rate of community-acquired neonatal infections was markedly r ... | 1990 | 2161863 |
| rearrangement of immunoglobulin, t-cell receptor, and bcl-2 genes in malignant lymphomas in hong kong. | the pattern of malignant lymphomas in the hong kong chinese population is characterized by a low incidence of hodgkin's disease and follicular lymphomas. the authors studied the immunoglobulin (ig), t-cell receptor (tcr), and bcl-2 gene rearrangement in 62 cases of malignant lymphoma in this population by southern blot hybridization. two cases of hodgkin's disease showed no rearrangement of the ig and tcr genes. all 42 cases of b-cell lymphoma had ig heavy chain (jh) rearrangement with or withou ... | 1990 | 2208029 |
| streptococcus zooepidemicus (lancefield group c) septicaemia in hong kong. | the clinical findings relating to 11 patients in hong kong (hk) and to 43 patients described elsewhere, all with streptococcus zooepidemicus septicaemia, are reviewed. there was a particular association with cardiovascular disease (27%) with seven cases of endocarditis, three of abdominal aortic aneurysm and two of deep venous thrombosis. associations not previously reported included two cases of pharyngitis and two patients with persistent post-operative fever. the overall mortality was 22%. bo ... | 1990 | 2273271 |
| chlorinated pesticides in foodstuffs in hong kong. | the movement of pesticides into and out of hong kong shows a high net gain of ddt and benzene hexachloride (bhc). 310 food samples were analyzed for total bhc and 1,854 food samples were analyzed for total ddt, total dde, and total tde. high levels of total bhc and total ddt were found in foodstuffs in hong kong. estimated daily ingestion of total bhc and total ddt were 10 and 9 times higher than that found in the united states of america. these results correlate with the known high body accumul ... | 1990 | 2322022 |