| long-term hearing results of one-stage tympanoplasty for chronic otitis media. | a study of 277 ears with chronic otitis media undergoing one-stage tympanoplasty has been carried out. the mean follow-up period was 6.4 years. ears with intact ossicular chains were excluded. ossiculoplasty was performed using autologous ossicles or cortical bone. mean hearing gain was 10.8 db. closure of the postoperative air-bone gap to within 20 db was achieved in 51% of cases. the best results were obtained in ears with intact stapes, while cholesteatomatous ears showed poorer results than ... | 2006 | 1418943 |
| can nandrolone add to the effect of hormonal replacement therapy in postmenopausal osteoporosis? | thirty-six women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (31 of them with at least one non-traumatic vertebral compression fracture) were matched pair-wise as to age, years since menopause and body mass index and randomized to receive either cyclical estrogen-progestagen replacement treatment (group 1) or the same treatment plus nandrolone decanoate (group 2). during the first year of treatment in both groups the forearm bmc (spa) rose proximally and distally 2-3%. over 2 years the increments of forear ... | 2006 | 1392698 |
| gene transfer, replacement and augmentation. keystone symposia on molecular and cellular biology. april 3-9, 1992. abstracts. | | 2006 | 1351967 |
| clinical radiobiology of squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx. | local tumor control is analyzed in a series of 181 patients treated with definitive megavoltage radiotherapy (rt) for histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx. considerable variation in treatment time stemmed from the general use of a split-course technique in 49 patients treated from 1978 to 1985. incomplete follow-up, in those patients alive and well at the termination of the study or who have died from metastases or intercurrent disease before developing a local recurre ... | 2007 | 2045294 |
| how do bacteria attach to solid surfaces? | | 2010 | 3153184 |
| [microbiology of surgical infections]. | | 2010 | 3071200 |
| cyclosporine metabolite disposition after oral administration in pretransplant end-stage renal disease patients. | the results of this study have shown large interpatient variability in the disposition of m17 and m1 following a single oral dose of csa in pretransplant end-stage renal disease patients. the differences in the distribution of m17 and m1 in wb and p at 37 degrees c has particular relevance in the interpretation of csa therapeutic drug monitoring by nonspecific assays such as the ria. additional studies characterizing the disposition of m17 and m1 in wb and p separated at 37 degrees c following c ... | 2011 | 3284097 |
| pancreatic function in sjögren's syndrome. | | 2011 | 3180990 |
| the diagnosis of acute cardiac rejection by endomyocardial biopsy. | | 2011 | 3067725 |
| a radiation protection approach to assessing population risk for threshold-type radiobiological effects. | the potential harm to a population exposed to radiation from a nuclear accident, such as the one that recently occurred at the chernobyl plant in the soviet union, is of concern to many individuals. the average dose to a population is a useful index of harm (ih) only for linear, nonthreshold-type, quantal (i.e., all-or-none) effects. for such radiobiological effects, the expected harm to the population is linearly related to the average dose. however, for nonstochastic effects, it is not. an ih ... | 2012 | 3410720 |
| common prevalence of coronary and peripheral vascular disease. | | 2012 | 3264169 |
| long-term follow-up after intracoronary streptokinase therapy for acute myocardial infarction. | | 2013 | 3879851 |
| transpetrosal approach for aneurysms of the lower basilar artery. | extradural subtemporal access to the petrosal ridge and a resection of the anterior pyramidal bone produced direct observation of the lower basilar artery, with minimum retraction of the temporal lobe and preservation of the temporal bridging veins. two patients with lower basilar trunk aneurysms facing toward the brain stem, were operated on by the "transpetrosal approach," with successful clipping of the aneurysms. auditory function was preserved in one case. this approach decreases the possib ... | 2013 | 4056899 |
| [which should be the first choice in the treatment of congestive heart failure, diuretics or digitalis?]. | | 2013 | 3892611 |
| deer slaughter. | | 2013 | 3716099 |
| free vascularized fibular grafts in the treatment of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia. | five patients with congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia treated by a free vascularized fibular graft are described. follow-up evaluation ranged from 15 to 81 months, with a mean of 40 months. bony union was attained in three of five cases as determined roentgenographically. the remaining two cases failed to attain bony union. all cases except one, who was treated with a below-knee amputation, subsequently attained bony union. however, four cases had five fractures after bony union. we discusse ... | 2013 | 3670033 |
| summary report of an international aspartame workshop. | | 2013 | 3623346 |
| [health-promoting organization of functional conditions in the full-day pedagogic process of the secondary school]. | | 2013 | 3604319 |
| part-time, mixed mode study: flexibility in a nursing degree course. | | 2013 | 3650090 |
| clear cell hidradenoma of the eyelid. | | 2014 | 4298541 |
| clear cell hidradenoma of the eyelid. | | 2014 | 4298541 |
| cutting out tonsillectomy. | | 2014 | 4178268 |
| acetabular wear in charnley's polyethylene prosthesis. | during the last 13 years, 747 charnley total prostheses were carried out. these cases have been critically reviewed in relation to the phenomenon of wear of the acetabular polyethylene. the possibility and limitations of measuring this radiographically are considered. the statistical data obtained is discussed and the acetabular wear is evaluated in relation to the length of time since the prosthesis was inserted. | 2014 | 4019167 |
| [fractures of the medial epicondyle in children]. | the authors have analysed retrospectively the results of 53 fractures of medial epicondyle in children. for the review of the radiographies, they describe four degrees of displacement. the average age of the children was 12,5 years (range 7 to 16 years). posterior dislocation of the elbow was present in 50% of the cases. the fracture of the medial epicondyle was treated surgically in thirty-five cases. results were: 42 excellent, 8 fair, and 3 poor. non union explains these three poor results. n ... | 2014 | 4064233 |
| enzymatic synthesis of polymethylated flavonols in chrysosplenium americanum. i. partial purification and some properties of s-adenosyl-l-methionine:flavonol 3-, 6-, 7-, and 4'-o-methyltransferases. | four novel flavonol o-methyltransferases (omts) were partially purified from chrysosplenium americanum by precipitation with ammonium sulfate, successive chromatography on sephacryl s-200 and hydroxylapatite, and chromatofocusing on polybuffer ion exchanger. they exhibited strict position specificity for positions 3 of quercetin, 7 of 3-methylquercetin, 4' of 3,7-dimethylquercetin, and 6 of 3,7,3'-trimethylquercetagetin. none of these enzymes reacted with phenylpropanoids, flavones, dihydroflavo ... | 2014 | 3994393 |
| the development of the lower uterine segment. | | 2015 | 4511745 |
| yolk sac tumor associated with seminoma of the testis in adults. | | 2016 | 4823489 |
| excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle: blockade by high extracellular concentrations of calcium buffers. | high concentrations (80 to 90 millimolar) of the calcium buffers egta and citrate (less than 10(-7) molar free calcium ion) reversibly block excitation-contraction coupling in intact frog skeletal fibers, but do not block caffeine-induced contractures. solutions containing the same free calcium concentration but lower concentrations of calcium buffer (1 millimolar) do not block excitation-contraction coupling. these results suggest that excitation-contraction coupling requires the presence of ca ... | 1999 | 96524 |
| the where, what and how of ribosomal frameshifting in retroviral protein synthesis. | the gag and pol genes of most retroviruses occur in different reading frames and their translation as a single polypeptide is carried out by ribosomal frameshifting in the -1 direction. the alignment of the different reading frames occurs by overlapping reading in response to at least two signals within the rna: one is a heptanucleotide stretch at the frameshift site and the other is a stem-loop structure which occurs just downstream of the first signal. | 2001 | 2193436 |
| the penis. | | 2007 | 1863476 |
| [alpha-amylase polymorphism. 1. a comparative study of alpha-amylase hp and gm]. | individual phenotypes, phenotypical and genetic frequencies of the alpha-amylase enzyme have been established by means of populational genetic researches. the most common phenotype is amyla amyl2a (85.15%) followed by amyla amyl2a 2b (6.27%), amylaib amyl2a (5.37%), amyl ia amyl2a 2b (2.15%), amyla amyl2b (0.53%), amylc amyl2b (0.35%), amylc amyl2a 2b (0.18%). the difference between the observed and theoretically expected phenotypes of amy, hp and m gm(1) is insignificant. the examined contingen ... | 2008 | 2627896 |
| [the treatment of vocal cord paralysis using collagen]. | | 2008 | 2586082 |
| [use of erythroyctes after determining the esr for establishing the rhesus factor and blood groups]. | | 2000 | 86656 |
| quantitative lymphoscintigraphy. | a radioisotopic method was used to evaluate the state and dynamics of the lymphatic system in 92 patients affected by chronic oedema of the limbs and in 12 control subjects. after interstitial injections of 99mtc-sulphur microcolloid, scans were obtained using a lfov camera linked to a data processor. the quantitative indices of clearance and lymph node uptake obtained showed good correlation with lymphoedema etiology, controls and ostensibly healthy limbs of patients affected by monolateral dis ... | 2012 | 3391216 |
| [current problems in the treatment of severely burned]. | | 1998 | 108451 |
| urinary excretion of vanyl-mandelic acid correlated with ischemic heart disease. | the concentration of vanyl-mandelic acid is analysed in the urine collected within 24 hours from normal subjects, from those with painful ischemic cardiopathy, infarction and post-infarction sequelae. statistically significant results have been obtained only in infarction patients. the study of the concentration of vanyl-mandelic acid by age decades points to the increase of average values throughout life. | 2000 | 97685 |
| the induction of collagenase by thyroxine in resorbing tadpole tailfin in vitro. | | 2003 | 166001 |
| nursing practice management: a ten-year-old fourth grader, newly diagnosed with a simple partial seizure disorder. | | 2005 | 1809460 |
| status asthmaticus: an overview. | status asthmaticus (sa) is a life-threatening exacerbation of asthma that is refractory to usual therapeutic interventions. the etiologic factors leading to sa and pathophysiologic alterations in airway caliber, respiratory muscle function, and respiratory gas exchange are reviewed. important parameters in the assessment of patients presenting with sa are highlighted, including the necessity to document the severity of airflow obstruction with measurement of peak expiratory flow rate or one-seco ... | 2005 | 1809457 |
| efficacy of calcium glycerophosphate vs conventional mineral salts for total parenteral nutrition in low-birth-weight infants: a randomized clinical trial. | to test the efficacy of calcium glycerophosphate (caglyp) vs the conventional mineral salts, calcium gluconate plus kh2po4 + k2hpo4 (cagluc + p), in promoting mineral retention, 72-h mineral balance, biochemical status, net acid excretion, and growth were assessed in 16 low-birth-weight infants receiving total parenteral nutrition (tpn) containing approximately 1.5 mmol ca and p.kg-1.d-1 for 5 d. net retentions of calcium (1.2 +/- 0.2 vs 1.0 +/- 0.2 mmol.kg-1.d-1, means +/- sd) and phosphorus (1 ... | 2007 | 1951164 |
| corneal topography: a new photokeratoscope. | the assessment of the topography of the cornea is an important modality in the management of surgical procedures complicated by astigmatism. additionally, the outcome of corneal refractive surgery is often best illustrated by photokeratoscopy. currently available photokeratoscopes suffer from a number of deficiencies that include (i) the lack of topographic detail from the central cornea, (ii) the difficulty in transporting these units, (iii) the cost of such units. a photokeratoscope which addr ... | 2008 | 2612674 |
| veterinarians aid in alaskan tragedy--offer advice for future mishaps. | | 2008 | 2599928 |
| the evolution of antihypertensive therapy. | the goal of antihypertensive therapy has changed dramatically over the past 40 years. what was once a treatment for a life-threatening disease has gradually evolved to become just one of the many ways of modifying a symptomless risk factor. the development of safer drugs throughout the 1970s resulted in treatment being offered at successively lower levels of blood pressure elevation, and consequently to an ever increasing proportion of the population. based on new evidence from clinical trials, ... | 2008 | 2291121 |
| taurine in developing brain, liver and muscle in infants. | in order to evaluate tissue taurine storage during pregnancy, we determined the taurine concentration of a skeletal muscle (abdominal wall), the brain (left parietal lobe), and the liver (right lobe) in 41 children aged 1-10 days, born after 24-41 weeks gestation. samples were obtained during autopsy. taurine dosage was carried out by gas chromatography. muscle and liver taurine concentrations decreased with the duration of gestation. for a given duration of pregnancy, there was no correlation b ... | 2009 | 2804183 |
| taurine in developing brain, liver and muscle in infants. | in order to evaluate tissue taurine storage during pregnancy, we determined the taurine concentration of a skeletal muscle (abdominal wall), the brain (left parietal lobe), and the liver (right lobe) in 41 children aged 1-10 days, born after 24-41 weeks gestation. samples were obtained during autopsy. taurine dosage was carried out by gas chromatography. muscle and liver taurine concentrations decreased with the duration of gestation. for a given duration of pregnancy, there was no correlation b ... | 2009 | 2804183 |
| effect of maternal rubella on hearing and vision: a twenty year post-epidemic study. | three years of research conducted at ntid beginning in 1984 examined the hearing and vision characteristics of two groups of deaf college students. all 242 students studied received complete audiometric assessments and ophthalmological examinations. of those students examined, 104 were known to be deaf as a result of maternal rubella (congenital rubella syndrome (crs) group). the remaining 138 (non-crs group) became deaf for a variety of other reasons. no significant differences were found betwe ... | 2010 | 2816674 |
| transferrin phenotype and level of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin in healthy individuals. | elevated concentrations of carbohydrate-deficient components of transferrin (cdt) in serum may be used as a sensitive and specific marker of regular, high alcohol consumption. when determined by a new, simplified assay, cdt values are nearly normally distributed in low- or non-alcohol-consuming control populations. the importance of transferrin phenotype for this normal variation was analyzed in 100 healthy, european men and women with no or negligible alcohol intake. no significant relation was ... | 2011 | 3044178 |
| [surgery of biliary lithiasis after 75]. | | 2012 | 3366813 |
| school enrollment-based family health insurance. | | 2012 | 3412409 |
| physical therapy management of the patient with post-polio syndrome. a case report. | this case report documents the treatment of a patient who experienced progressive muscle weakness and a decrease in function over time that did not appear to be related to any secondary neuromuscular disease. we discuss the relationship between age and maximal muscle function in addition to some general guidelines for rehabilitation. this type of patient can represent a challenge for the physical therapist. this case report, however, illustrates the degree of muscular and functional recovery tha ... | 2013 | 3749273 |
| x-ray findings of peripheral joints in essential cryoglobulinemia. | | 2014 | 4019149 |
| [immunohistological and ultrastructural studies on the pathogenesis of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (mucha-habermann)]. | | 2015 | 4567630 |
| [regulation of certain functions after operations on the heart and blood vessels]. | | 2015 | 4466738 |
| malignant fibrous histiocytoma: an unusual inguinal tumor. | | 2015 | 4338281 |
| [anterior peri-lunar dislocation of the carpus in children. apropos of 2 cases]. | volar perilunar dislocation of the carpus in children, in view of their rarity, represent a pitfall in traumatology which can be avoided by means of careful x-ray examination. the rarity of the lesion can be explained by the fact that cartilagenous structures of short bones and epiphyses are more resistant than ossified structures. the study of the 2 cases of volar perilunar dislocation of the carpus in an 11 1/2 years old and a 12 years old child respectively as well as a review of the literatu ... | 2012 | 3442931 |
| road accidents in greater lusaka--a three-year survey. | | 1984 | 263366 |
| planning and evaluation: the roles of the public and voluntary sectors. | | 1984 | 263260 |
| epilepsy. | | 1985 | 261261 |
| nursing research and the health needs of hispanics in the united states. | | 1986 | 260884 |
| [total arthroplasties in patients with hemophilia]. | | 1993 | 3250801 |
| validating audit criteria: an analytic approach illustrated by peptic ulcer disease. | | 1998 | 121383 |
| [machine method of applying a sorbent layer to chromatographic plates]. | | 2000 | 90206 |
| the hazards of anesthesia and surgery in bleomycin-treated patients. | | 2001 | 88070 |
| [prevention of drug abuse by adolescents (author's transl)]. | | 2002 | 154631 |
| [editorial: the radiofibrinogen thrombotest]. | | 2002 | 1124364 |
| overprediction and blocking in the mccollough aftereffect. | the rescorla-wagner theory (rescorla & wagner, 1972) of associative learning offers specific predictions about the associative strength of cs-us pairs when two or more css are conditioned to the same us separately and subsequently paired in a compound with the same us. the magnitude of orientation-contingent color aftereffects (aes) was used as an index of associative strength in this study. the results of experiments using an "overprediction" (rescorla, 1970) and a "blocking" (kamin, 1969) para ... | 2002 | 2928072 |
| [a method of osteosynthesis in supracondylar transverse fracture of the humerus in children]. | a new surgical technique is described for the osteosynthesis of the supra-condylar transversal fracture of the humerus in children with an unique central transolecranian and transcondylar brooch. intra-operative radiography is indispensable. the position for immobilization is very important. temporary perforation of the diarthrodial cartilage and of the conjugation cartilage does not lead to functional or osteogenesis disturbances. | 2002 | 127222 |
| [erythropoietin: its biological properties and clinical use]. | | 2004 | 2094979 |
| editorial: misleading statistics. | | 2005 | 1247832 |
| [unilateral multicystic renal dysplasia (author's transl)]. | | 2005 | 1151916 |
| [the truth of sigmund freud's psychoanalysis]. | the concept of truth in freud's metapsychology is a modern idea: a subject-related and pragmatic modification of the traditional concept of correspondence. but more important is the proof of a new implicit understanding of truth which becomes clearer in reation to the archaic conception of truth (alétheia) in the oedipus tragedy. freud finds in this drama not only the oedipus complex, but also the tragic process of disclosure represented in the tyrant's struggle to uncover the reality (being) be ... | 2005 | 549314 |
| adhesion molecules (n-cam and tenascin) in embryonic development and tissue regeneration. | | 2006 | 1698808 |
| comparison of selectivity of ldl removal by double filtration and dextran-sulfate cellulose column plasmapheresis. | the possibility of selective removal of vldl, idl and ldl by double filtration (df) and dextran-sulfate cellulose (dsc) column plasmapheresis was investigated in hypercholesterolemia. two and a half liters of plasma were treated. sixty six percent of tc and 68% of ldl-c were removed by df plasmapheresis. the removal rate of hdl-c was 50% which was significantly lower than that of ldl-c. the removal rate of apoprotein a-i and a-ii was also significantly lower than that of apoprotein b. sixty perc ... | 2008 | 2423096 |
| nucleotide sequence comparison of the predicted first exonic region of goldfish ras gene between normal and neoplastic tissues. | the first exonic and its flanking regions of a ras-related gene in cultured erythrophoroma cells and normal liver of goldfish (carassius auratus) were sequenced and their sequences compared. the two samples demonstrated identical sequences for the alu i fragment of 245 nucleotides, of which 70 nucleotides might correspond to the 5'-upstream segment and 64 to the first intervening sequence, indicating that the predicted exonic region encodes from the 1st to the 37th amino acids from the n-termina ... | 2009 | 3029139 |
| metastatic sweat gland carcinoma: response to 5-fluorouracil infusion. | a 78-year-old white male presented with metastatic sweat gland carcinoma involving regional lymph nodes, pleura, pericardium, and chest wall. a complete response of three months duration was achieved by using a 96-hour infusion of 5-fluorouracil. this is the first report of a complete response to systemic chemotherapy in metastatic sweat gland carcinoma. | 2009 | 2770311 |
| a smile for the möbius' syndrome patient. | a major problem for the patient with möbius' syndrome is the inability to smile. with the development of vascularized muscle transplantation, the possibilities for improved facial animation were explored. muscle transplantation was carried out in 7 patients; innervation was provided by the hypoglossal nerve, the motor nerve to the masseter muscle, or in 1 patient a transfacial nerve graft. in this article the technical aspects of the procedure as well as the results are described in detail. | 2009 | 2735718 |
| [the work of the physician in nurseries]. | | 2009 | 2758498 |
| processing of wave patterns in the lateral line system parallels to auditory processing. | processing of wave patterns in the lateral line system is reviewed with particular reference to similarities with auditory processing. four levels are considered: the receptor cell, stimulus parameter encoding in the afferent nerve, the neural organization of stimulus localization, and analysis of complex waves. the high degree of parallelism at all these levels to auditory processing is considered as a strong evidence for a common evolutionary origin of these two systems. | 2009 | 3077007 |
| prevention of acute attacks of pseudogout with oral colchicine. | | 2009 | 3625651 |
| a cyclic amp- and phorbol ester-inducible dna element. | many cellular processes are regulated by hormones and neurotransmitters which interact with cell-surface receptors to produce intracellular second messengers that activate protein kinases. cyclic (c) amp is a second messenger whose intracellular level is determined by receptor-mediated activation or inhibition of adenylate cyclase. phorbol esters directly activate protein kinase c, a ca2+ and phospholipid-dependent protein kinase and a component of a different second messenger system, the phosph ... | 2010 | 3020428 |
| a cyclic amp- and phorbol ester-inducible dna element. | many cellular processes are regulated by hormones and neurotransmitters which interact with cell-surface receptors to produce intracellular second messengers that activate protein kinases. cyclic (c) amp is a second messenger whose intracellular level is determined by receptor-mediated activation or inhibition of adenylate cyclase. phorbol esters directly activate protein kinase c, a ca2+ and phospholipid-dependent protein kinase and a component of a different second messenger system, the phosph ... | 2010 | 3020428 |
| [the patient in long-term medicine. an analysis after central referral over a 10-year period]. | | 2011 | 3082055 |
| natural history of late potentials in the first ten days after acute myocardial infarction and relation to early ventricular arrhythmias. | serial signal-averaged electrocardiograms (ecgs) were performed every 48 hours in 50 patients admitted to the coronary care unit with acute myocardial infarction. the prevalence of late potentials was 32% at presentation (mean time to recording 12.4 +/- 6.6 hours after onset of chest pain) and increased progressively throughout the hospital stay. new late potentials were recorded in patients with no prior acute myocardial infarction as early as 3 hours after the onset of chest pain and as late a ... | 2012 | 3376880 |
| langerhans' cells in chronic otitis media. | langerhans cells (lcs) were studied in chronic otitis media (com) by the immunoperoxidase technique and monoclonal antibodies. the lcs were a regular finding in both thin and thick cholesteatoma epithelium, and in open cavity skin. okt-6 positive cells were also found in smaller numbers in subepithelial connective tissue and lymphoid follicles, and in cuboidal secretory epithelium. lcs form an important part of the immune defence system of the skin, which lacks the humoral secretory iga defence ... | 2012 | 3303822 |
| proline isomerism in staphylococcal nuclease characterized by nmr and site-directed mutagenesis. | nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) studies have shown that two distinct folded conformations of staphylococcal nuclease coexist in solution and that these two states can interconvert directly without passing through an unfolded state. these experiments have also revealed that the two forms have very different folding kinetics, although the possibility that one component is an obligatory intermediate for the folding of the other form could be discounted. here we report nmr data which show that alte ... | 2012 | 3627269 |
| [comparative study of spinal and general anesthesia in arthroplastic substitution of the hip]. | | 2013 | 3823529 |
| choice aids recovery. | | 2013 | 3645647 |
| [psychiatry. clinical nursing care lacks dynamics and inspiration]. | | 2013 | 3644469 |
| the long arm of the coroner. | | 2014 | 4094581 |
| [deposition of drug solutions in the respiratory organs of a pulmonary tuberculosis patient when administered by endotracheobronchial methods]. | | 2014 | 4070205 |
| eeg alpha reactivity and self-regulation correlates of smoking and smoking deprivation. | twelve nonsmokers, ten ex-smokers, ten deprived smokers (2-3 hours), and ten nondeprived smokers were exposed to a short-term (18-sec) vigilance task and underwent 6 min of biofeedback-assisted alpha amplitude enhancement and suppression training. cigarette smoking was found to be associated with decreased alpha suppression to the vigilance task. however, no consistent role of cigarette smoking in alpha self-regulation emerged from the results. | 2014 | 3945718 |
| risk of lung cancer according to histologic type and cigarette dosage. | | 2015 | 4677929 |
| [list of nursing books and literature--1974 (1)]. | | 2015 | 4602522 |
| [thromboangiitis obliterans. pathological anatomy and symptomatology. historical notes]. | | 2016 | 4889644 |
| advances in understanding cell interactions in tissue resorption. relevance to the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases and a new hypothesis. | much of the connective tissue degradation that takes place in periodontal diseases is mediated by proteolytic enzymes. previous studies have focused on the action of proteinases released by invading polymorphonuclear neutrophils and macrophages, and bacterial enzymes. in view of recent work establishing that resident connective tissue cells can be induced by cytokines to bring about the destruction of their own matrix, we propose a new hypothesis. in this we envisage that a critical step is the ... | 2010 | 3091790 |
| ultrasound evaluation of hydronephrosis of pregnancy. | four hundred ninety-two patients, including 449 pregnant patients, 39 nonpregnant control patients, and 4 patients with pelvic masses, had renal ultrasonography using gray scale technique. measurements of renal pelvic diameters in the normal pregnant patients revealed an overall incidence of 63 percent renal pelvic dilatation over the nonpregnant controls. maximum normal renal pelvic diameters were 1.1 cm on the right and 0.9 cm on the left. the maximum normal expected renal pelvic diameter (97. ... | 1998 | 108310 |
| [hepatic sarcoidosis with portal hypertension]. | | 2007 | 2223727 |
| [hepatic sarcoidosis with portal hypertension]. | | 2007 | 2223727 |
| [accelerations of the fetal cardiac rhythm and fetal movements. significance of their association recorded on the cardiotocogram by the tococinon]. | recording all fetal movements on the cardiotocogram using tococinon showing forty minutes observations adds a new dimension to the old and new methods of monitoring the fetus. a group of 53 pregnancies without any risk was compared to a group of 37 pregnancies of high risk in which were also found sub-groups as designated by the aetiology and the severity of the fetal risk. furthermore we have carried out a longterm study of 5 cases over six days. we propose a choice of the best parameters to be ... | 2013 | 3584867 |
| [stress in journalists (author's transl)]. | the stress problems of 227 swiss journalists with a mean age of 43 years (189 men) and 39 years (38 women) were recorded by means of questionnaires (76% returns). about 90% of all those questioned admitted suffering from stress at the present time. however 88% of the juniors and 96% of the seniors enjoy their work. 20% of all those questioned were anxious about their livelihood. 97% of the total live under pressure of deadlines, only one in 3 has regular working hours. half the younger and two f ... | 1998 | 107422 |