| psychological and attitudinal profiles in donors for artificial insemination. | few objective data are available concerning the psychological profiles and attitudes of sperm donors in artificial insemination programs. we studied 30 consecutive new volunteers and 45 established sperm donors using the cattell 16pf personality profile and an attitudinal survey concerning motives for donation, attitudes toward uses of sperm, desire for knowledge of outcomes, and attitudes toward disclosures of identifying and nonidentifying information between the parties to artificial insemina ... | 2013 | 3965318 |
| [prevention of mitral stenosis in the repair of complete atrioventricular canal, by preoperative 2-d echocardiographic evaluation of the lateral leaflet]. | | 2013 | 3734499 |
| intraepidermal neutrophilic iga dermatosis. | | 2013 | 3713789 |
| prevalence of hypertension, obesity and smoking in three indian communities in northwestern ontario. | hypertension is perceived to be an important problem among native people in canada, but specific prevalence data have not been accumulated. a study was carried out to determine community levels of blood pressure and to document the prevalence of hypertension, obesity and cigarette smoking in nonurban indians in three communities in northwestern ontario. of the 678 people present in the communities at the time of the survey 668 (98.5%) participated. age- and sex-specific mean diastolic and systol ... | 2013 | 3942942 |
| mr findings of malignant intracranial teratoma in a neonate. | intracranial teratomas are the most common intracranial tumor in newborns. their clinical symptoms are ambiguous but they have a characteristic pattern of a bulky midline lesion with a solid component, multiple loculated cysts and occasionally calcifications. this pattern is easily evident on cranial mr examination. | 2013 | 3774396 |
| combined extracapsular cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation and trabeculectomy. | in a retrospective study in a consecutive series of operations performed by the author, 13 eyes in 10 patients underwent combined extracapsular cataract extraction, posterior chamber intraocular lens (iol) implantation and trabeculectomy. all had significant cataract and chronic open-angle glaucoma with field loss, uncontrolled or marginally controlled on maximum tolerable medical treatment. all had a postoperative reduction in intraocular pressure. significant complications included malignant g ... | 2013 | 3675912 |
| nonresective therapy for aortic aneurysms: results of a survey. | | 2013 | 3669201 |
| elective treatment of ureteral stones with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. | extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy was used as an elective treatment in 128 ureteral stones. of the 108 with adequate follow-up, 88% were successfully disintegrated. ureteral catheters proved to be particularly useful for more precise stone localization and as a mechanical means to push the calculi inside the renal cavities or to create a fluid interface around them, in order to increase the efficiency of the shock waves. when ureteral catheters were used a success rate of 95.5% was observed, ... | 2013 | 3678298 |
| biochemistry of muscle fatigue. | fatigue--or decrease in force generation--is a reduction of simultaneously attached cross-bridges in the force generating state. two processes are necessary for the force generation: firstly ca++ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum to the sarcoplasm and the binding of ca++ by the troponin molecule and secondly the turnover of myosin-actin cross-bridges. these processes require energy in at least three different atpase reactions and can consequently be inhibited when atp hydrolysis is decreas ... | 2013 | 3964254 |
| biochemistry of muscle fatigue. | fatigue--or decrease in force generation--is a reduction of simultaneously attached cross-bridges in the force generating state. two processes are necessary for the force generation: firstly ca++ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum to the sarcoplasm and the binding of ca++ by the troponin molecule and secondly the turnover of myosin-actin cross-bridges. these processes require energy in at least three different atpase reactions and can consequently be inhibited when atp hydrolysis is decreas ... | 2013 | 3964254 |
| clinical parameters of adolescent hispanic male hypertensive subjects: a new subject? | we have previously reported an increased prevalence of elevated blood pressure in hispanic adolescent males. the pressure elevation did not correlate with weight. in this study, we evaluated the response to antihypertensive therapy of eight adolescent hispanic males found to have elevated pressure during high school screening. all patients were placed on placebo tablets b.i.d. for 2 weeks with weekly blood pressure readings. those with persistently elevated pressures (at or above the 95th percen ... | 2013 | 3668589 |
| screening for psychiatric illness in general practice: the general practitioner versus the screening questionnaire. | this study compares the characteristics of general practitioners and a pen and paper test in the detection of psychiatric disorder in primary care settings. a psychiatrist interviewed a stratified sample of 283 patients drawn from 590 consecutive new illnesses seen in 15 general practices. research diagnoses could be made in between one-quarter and one-third of the consecutive new illnesses. two different research diagnostic systems agreed quite well with one another about who should be regarded ... | 2013 | 3668916 |
| [compensatory growth in a boy with bartter's syndrome treated with indomethacin]. | | 2013 | 3707692 |
| structural formulae and nomenclature of the cephalosporin antibiotics. | | 2013 | 3691335 |
| short leg correction: a clinical trial of radiographic vs. non-radiographic procedures. | visual leg length insufficiency detection and correction is compared with established radiographic procedures on 41 consecutive patients presenting to a chiropractic clinic with low back pain. it is commonly accepted that the most accurate procedure of short leg demonstration is the standing x ray. visual correction, as described by rene cailliet, uses three anatomical points of reference: a) iliac crest levelness, b) vertical appraisal of the spine from the sacral base (the spine should be perp ... | 2013 | 3694061 |
| interference with pacemaker function by cardiokymographic testing. | | 2013 | 3739930 |
| measurement and figure in dermatology. | | 2013 | 3707158 |
| conservative dentistry. | | 2013 | 3749497 |
| [omentitis in children]. | | 2013 | 3682654 |
| immediate mobilization of fractures of the neck of the fifth metacarpal. | although fractures of the neck of the fifth metacarpal are common injuries, their management remains controversial. in this study we present the results of early mobilization after these fractures in 101 patients. we conclude that if rotational alignment of the finger is maintained, these fractures can be treated by immediate use with good functional and cosmetic results. | 2013 | 3770925 |
| the cost of good health is properly high. | | 2013 | 3696692 |
| [care of elderly in hospitals--their conditions when they are transferred to our nursing home]. | | 2013 | 3650525 |
| childbearing choices of professional women. | | 2013 | 3648018 |
| touch. research findings and use in preoperative care. | | 2013 | 3647755 |
| sociocultural integration of older american residents of paris. | | 2013 | 3623145 |
| haemothorax in the course of chickenpox. | | 2013 | 3787528 |
| the photorespiratory hydrogen shuttle. synthesis of phthalonic acid and its use in the characterization of the malate/aspartate shuttle in pea (pisum sativum) leaf mitochondria. | a method is presented for the preparation of pure phthalonic acid (pta) in high yields. this pta was used to determine the capacity of the malate/aspartate shuttle in pea (pisum sativum) leaf mitochondria. the inhibition of glycine-dependent o2 uptake in the combined presence of 5 mm-aspartate and 5 mm-2-oxoglutarate (2-og) was decreased by 55 +/- 22% (n = 13) in washed and 50 +/- 2% (n = 11) in purified mitochondria by 0.23 mm-pta. this concentration of pta had no effect on the oxidation of 5 m ... | 2013 | 3663185 |
| mucosa protectives: sucralfate and colloidal bismuth subcitrate in peptic ulcer disease. | mucosa protective drugs are thought to have an important role in the treatment of both duodenal (du) and gastric ulcer (gu) disease by means of correcting the disturbed defensive factors. sucralfate as well as colloidal bismuth subcitrate (cbs) form a layer on the ulcer base and in this way protect the ulcer from acid, peptic activity and bile. in duodenal ulcer sucralfate and cbs have shown a significant difference in healing rate compared with placebo. the same holds true for gastric ulcer. wh ... | 2013 | 3660894 |
| [organization of proctological care in a provincial hospital]. | | 2013 | 3630104 |
| air reduction of intussusception in infants and children. | | 2013 | 3668744 |
| reversible respiratory muscle weakness in hypothyroidism. | physiological studies performed 1 week after initiation of thyroid replacement showed persistence of significant respiratory muscle weakness in a patient presenting with hypothyroidism and hypercapnia. repeat studies 12 months later demonstrated return of respiratory muscle strength to normal. earlier reports on respiratory failure in hypothyroidism had postulated a critical role for respiratory muscle weakness in the genesis of hypercapnia. since hypercapnia was rapidly reversed despite the per ... | 2013 | 3620325 |
| phenol cauterization of nail matrix remnants. | incomplete destruction of the nail matrix may result in partial recurrence of the nail. this occurs most frequently at the lateral ends of the proximal nail fold. a procedure that provides permanent, satisfactory results consists of careful dissection of the recurrent nail fragments followed by local phenol cauterization. | 2013 | 3680747 |
| chemical modification of glycyrrhetinic acid in relation to the biological activities. | | 2013 | 3664800 |
| japan and japanese medicine. | | 2013 | 3618517 |
| development of conversational repair strategies in response to requests for clarification. | conversational repair sequences are an important aspect of communicative interaction. these sequences may occur in the event of communication failure if a listener requests clarification of a previous aspect of the speaker's message. the purpose of this study was to investigate the repair strategies employed in conversation by children at four age levels. ten linguistically normal children were sampled from each of the following age levels: 2:7 to 3:10, 4:10 to 5:10, 6:10 to 7:10, and 8:10 to 9: ... | 2013 | 3702382 |
| magnetic resonance imaging: new horizon in diagnostic techniques. | magnetic resonance imaging (mri) as a new diagnostic technology has the capacity for both imaging of body tissues or organs in action and spectroscopy which examines the chemistry of individual cells in health and disease. the principles and application of imaging without the use of ionizing radiation are presented. potential hazards associated with magnetic resonance imaging center primarily around metal implants, metal prosthesis, and cardiac pacemakers. while this scanning is considered a pai ... | 2013 | 3853582 |
| peritoneal endometriosis in women requesting reversal of sterilization. | seventy-six women requesting reversal of sterilization underwent at least 1 operative procedure during a 27-month period, and 14 (18.4%) were found to have pelvic endometriosis. the endometriosis patients were noted to have had significantly fewer pregnancies (1.8 versus 2.9, p less than 0.01) before sterilization than those without endometriosis, but the two groups did not differ significantly in mean age (30.8 versus 30.3 years), type of sterilization or in mean number of years since steriliza ... | 2013 | 3709826 |
| [non-hormonal female contraception]. | | 2013 | 3639607 |
| [continuing nursing education at the hospital]. | | 2013 | 3639590 |
| primary care physicians' errors in handling cutaneous disorders. a prospective survey. | this study analyzes the errors made by primary care physicians in handling skin disorders in patients seen prospectively over a 20-month period in a dermatologic practice. there were 319 errors in 260 patients. eighty-eight percent of the errors were in diagnosis. there was a striking tendency to overdiagnose infectious dermatoses such as bacterial pyodermas, superficial mycoses, scabies, and herpes simplex and to underdiagnose inflammatory dermatoses such as contact dermatitis, nummular dermati ... | 2013 | 3624563 |
| assay for epinephrine and its impurities using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. application to control of an eye-drop solution. | | 2013 | 3624383 |
| [vesico-uterine fistulas]. | | 2013 | 3623249 |
| [clinical aspects and prognosis following severe craniocerebral trauma]. | the practical employment of diagnostic and therapeutic management in the early stage of head-injured patients depends on the precise assessment of the clinical course. in a retrospective study of 39 patients with severe head injury the prognostic value of clinical and methodical (instrument) parameters was analysed and compared with results of 28 international studies. as findings of this study the factors "age", "motoric response", "pupillary light reaction" and "type of intracranial lesion" we ... | 2013 | 3623396 |
| inherited retinal venous beading. | four generations of a family with an unusual pattern of ocular vascular abnormalities were studied. two male and three female members in two affected generations demonstrated prominent retinal venous segmental beading. various individuals demonstrated areas of focal retinal infarction, surface retinal neovascularization, vitreous hemorrhage, microaneurysm formation, altered vascular permeability with lipid exudation, and focal edema. several members demonstrated abnormalities of distribution of ... | 2013 | 3606455 |
| the p-value of the correlation coefficient in lithium therapy and research. | | 2013 | 3621691 |
| health behavior: evolution of two paradigms. | | 2013 | 3636924 |
| [has public health care led to a decline in mortality?]. | | 2013 | 3608866 |
| low dose bromocriptine in parkinson disease. effects on the clinical picture and hypophyseal hormones. | | 2013 | 3592889 |
| [prevention of infectious complications in elective colonic surgery. results of experience with 592 cases]. | | 2013 | 3592535 |
| [parliament. the important points in the new law on criteria for brain death]. | | 2013 | 3647666 |
| [working environment. how it is perceived by occupational health services]. | | 2013 | 3647641 |
| median nerve compression secondary to bifid reversed palmaris longus. | a case of median nerve compression in the forearm caused by a bifid reversed palmaris longus muscle is reported. we are not aware of any previous description of this particular anomaly associated with compression of the median nerve. | 2013 | 3584884 |
| [role of free radicals in the development of cataract]. | | 2013 | 3695293 |
| [roentgen diagnosis of colorectal endometriosis]. | preoperative diagnosis of symptomatic colorectal endometriosis is often difficult. hence, the x-ray findings of eight woman patients with confirmed affection of the colon with endometriosis foci were evaluated together with the clinical, surgical and histological findings. in 50% of the cases rectal haemorrhages were the most frequently occurring sign. in three-quarters of the cases the colon sigmoideum was involved. radiologically it was possible to prove in 37.5% each of the cases that there w ... | 2013 | 3602868 |
| towards an ideal agent for cardiac imaging. | | 2013 | 3587790 |
| acquisition of sign language by autistic children. iii: generalized descriptive phrases. | sign language training has emerged as a viable alternative to speech for those autistic children who remain nonverbal in spite of remediation efforts. yet the variables responsible for the acquisition of specific signing skills have not been fully investigated. the present study was undertaken to validate experimentally a portion of a general language intervention program developed by the authors. specifically, we focused on descriptive signing that involved action-object phrases. four autistic ... | 2013 | 3610996 |
| [pressure converters in the clinical and research field. a short critical review]. | the correct measurement of various blood pressures in clinical practice is of obvious importance. a method by which the frequency response and damping of various transducers and catheters can be determined is discussed and reference is made to values obtained in the validation of certain catheters. | 2013 | 3576390 |
| [therapy of systemic vasculitis]. | | 2013 | 3622296 |
| recommendations for research in the epidemiology of asthma. | | 2013 | 3581962 |
| flow cytometric analysis of tetanus toxin binding to neuroblastoma cells. | a neuroblastoma cell line was assessed for its capacity to bind tetanus toxin (tt) by using immunofluorescence and flow cytometry to analyze cells on a single cell basis. a clone of neuro 2a, n2ab-1, was shown to bind variable amounts of tt per cell and this binding could be saturated by increasing doses of the toxin. toxin binding was specific for neuronal cells, as the non-neuronal cell line, c6 glioma, bound negligible amounts of toxin. variability of immunofluorescence staining was due in pa ... | 2013 | 3905830 |
| [home hemodialysis]. | | 2013 | 3626088 |
| [results of clinical studies of dynamic disadaptation scotoma]. | | 2013 | 3574833 |
| techniques for decreasing the incidence of cerebrospinal fluid leaks following translabyrinthine surgery. | cerebrospinal fluid leaks are common after translabyrinthine surgery. minor modifications in surgical technique have proved helpful in decreasing the incidence of this complication. they involve incision design, packing techniques, monitoring eardrum integrity, and dressing care. | 2013 | 3565552 |
| hemangiomas in infancy and childhood. | | 2013 | 3562091 |
| different susceptibilities to the formation of cholesterol gallstones in mice. | in the search for an animal model of genetic determinants of cholesterol cholelithiasis, we found strain, gender and individual differences in mice. male black (c57bl6j) mice had a 50% incidence of cholesterol gallstones after they consumed lithogenic food similar to that used by tepperman et al. for 2 weeks, whereas similarly treated male agouti (cba/j) mice and females of both strains were free of gallstones. the male and female mice of both strains were fertile at 8 weeks of age, and the male ... | 2013 | 3557305 |
| iga nephropathy in korea: a morphological and clinical study. | iga nephropathy (iga n) is the most common type of primary glomerulonephritis (27.5%) in south korea and leads to renal failure in a significant number of cases. to evaluate the possible prognosticators of this disease, renal biopsy material from 142 korean patients with iga n was studied by light-, electron- and immunofluorescent microscopy, and a clinicopathologic correlation was made. modified classification of meadow et al. [1972] for henoch-schoenlein nephritis was adopted for the histologi ... | 2013 | 3552343 |
| kaposi's sarcoma of the lower extremity. a case report. | | 2013 | 3559943 |
| metacarpal thickness in south african population. | | 2013 | 3672283 |
| [epidural pain relief in labor]. | | 2013 | 4012685 |
| [endoscopic papillotomy in patients with the gallbladder in situ]. | out of 731 endoscopic papillotomies (ept), 175 (24%) were performed in patients with gallbladders in place. gallstones were detected in 91 cases both in the gallbladder and in the bile ducts. the ept resulted in a symptomless condition in 44 of these cases without surgery. in 47 patients the cholecystectomy became necessary later and since the cholostasis ceased the surgery could be done among better conditions. the ept is recommended also in patients with gallbladder in situ because the surgery ... | 2013 | 3590813 |
| [decreased activity of the renal vasodilation and natriuretic system in normotensive men with a familial history of essential hypertension and decreased na+, k+-cotransport in erythrocytes]. | | 2013 | 3536113 |
| [determining cardiac output by rheographic methods in thoracic surgery]. | | 2013 | 3520543 |
| inspissated bile in a neonate with cystic fibrosis. | | 2013 | 3520008 |
| clinical experience with diazoxide. | | 2014 | 4299225 |
| clinical experience with diazoxide. | | 2014 | 4299225 |
| the radioprotective effect of serotonin and its influence on the course of respiratory exchange in correlation to age. | | 2014 | 4278929 |
| the radioprotective effect of serotonin and its influence on the course of respiratory exchange in correlation to age. | | 2014 | 4278929 |
| [the intratypical differentiation of strains of the poliovirus group (marker determination)]. | | 2014 | 4295632 |
| immunity and inflammation in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. a review. | | 2014 | 4275187 |
| [adrenergic transmission]. | | 2014 | 4325110 |
| [adrenergic transmission]. | | 2014 | 4325110 |
| [studies on the effects of combined use of polymyxin b]. | | 2014 | 4290818 |
| physicochemical and biological studies on the metal-induced conformational change in troponin a. implication of carboxyl groups in the binding of calcium ion. | | 2014 | 4270462 |
| [adverse effects of external corticosteroid therapy]. | | 2014 | 4266046 |
| [evaluation of the potential gonadotropin reserve with specific stimulation with "releasing hormone"]. | | 2014 | 4597342 |
| [evaluation of the potential gonadotropin reserve with specific stimulation with "releasing hormone"]. | | 2014 | 4597342 |
| [cardiovascular diseases as a cause of disability among the populace of dzhalal abad, kirgh. ssr]. | | 2014 | 4264507 |
| teaching orthodontics for general practice. | | 2014 | 4256283 |
| the neuroblastoma. | | 2014 | 4570199 |
| the neuroblastoma. | | 2014 | 4570199 |
| [some data on adenoviruses in chronic tonsillitis]. | | 2014 | 4288165 |
| [some data on adenoviruses in chronic tonsillitis]. | | 2014 | 4288165 |
| social deprivation and the handicapped child. a preschool experiment in the a.c.t. | | 2014 | 4268555 |
| the inhibition of red cell and brain atpase by delta-aminolaevulinic acid. | | 2014 | 4250838 |
| [air pollution control in the georgian ssr]. | | 2014 | 4249298 |
| [our experience in the surgical treatment of leg-length differences]. | | 2014 | 4248877 |
| [blunt abdominal injuries with rupture of the diaphragm]. | | 2014 | 4248848 |
| [ovarian thecoma in a 13-year-old girl]. | | 2014 | 4317042 |
| [ovarian thecoma in a 13-year-old girl]. | | 2014 | 4317042 |
| circular dichroism, self interaction and side chain conformation of riboflavin and riboflavin analogues. | | 2014 | 4405071 |