| economical with the truth? what to tell the patient in a clinical trial. | | 2011 | 3224193 |
| ifosfamide and vp-16213 combination chemotherapy combined with ablative chemotherapy and autologous marrow transplantation as salvage treatment for malignant lymphoma. | eighteen patients with high-grade malignant lymphoma were treated with ifosfamide-vp16213 combinations after failing to respond completely or after relapsing on chop-like therapy. responders to the salvage therapy were subsequently treated with ablative chemotherapy (bcnu, vp-16213, ara-c and melfalan) and autografted. of these 18 patients six were in relapse, six were partial responders and six failed chop-like therapy. there were two complete remissions and seven partial responses to the ifosf ... | 2011 | 3289942 |
| focal spike discharges in children not suffering from clinical epilepsy. | | 2011 | 3149369 |
| clinical predictors of arrhythmia worsening by antiarrhythmic drugs. | aggravation of ventricular arrhythmia is a serious, potentially lethal, side effect that can occur with all antiarrhythmic agents. the purpose of this retrospective case-controlled study was to identify clinically useful parameters that would predict aggravation of arrhythmia. patients in whom arrhythmia worsened while taking either quinidine, mexiletine or encainide were selected and matched to 2 similar patients who never developed this drug complication with any antiarrhythmic tested. a numbe ... | 2011 | 3124591 |
| aids policy development within the department of defense. | | 2011 | 3100984 |
| [biology and pathology of the heart and blood vessels. study group on cardiovascular research. vittel, 6-7 mai 1987. abstracts]. | | 2011 | 3113391 |
| stimulation of arachidonic acid release and eicosanoid biosynthesis in an interleukin 2-dependent t cell line. | previous studies have provided pharmacologic evidence that t lymphocyte function may be regulated in part by the intracellular production of various arachidonic acid (aa) metabolites in response to cellular stimulation. however, the specific aa metabolic capabilities of homogeneous t cell populations have not been clearly defined. in the present studies, we have employed an accessory cell-free t cell line, ht-2, as a model system for the examination of stimulus-induced eicosanoid biosynthesis in ... | 2011 | 3088127 |
| [clinical experience with high dose rate afterloading interstitial radiation--a preliminary report]. | | 2011 | 3084688 |
| interleukin-2 receptor levels are increased in blood of heart transplant patients during infections. | increased levels of soluble interleukin-2 (il-2) receptor were found in plasma of six patients after the heart transplantation. the levels peaked the first week after transplantation and then gradually decreased to normal levels. the moderate episodes of heart transplant rejection did not affect the il-2 receptor levels in comparison to transplant recipients without the rejection episodes. however, the transplant patients with pneumonia had the il-2 receptor levels ten times higher than healthy ... | 2011 | 3123088 |
| departmental divisions and the crisis in undergraduate medical education. | | 2011 | 3133048 |
| triclonal gammopathy in a patient with plasma cell dyscrasia. | a triclonal gammopathy is an immunoglobulin abnormality in which three discrete monoclonal subpopulations of immunoglobulin molecules are present in a patient's serum. monoclonal and biclonal gammopathies have been studied extensively, but relatively little is known about the much rarer triclonal gammopathies. the case described below illustrates some of the difficulties that this condition can present to the clinician and the clinical laboratory. | 2011 | 3079680 |
| [hearing disturbances and hearing loss of occupational origin in dentistry]. | | 2011 | 3078965 |
| the treatment of glomerulonephritis in children. | the results of treatment of glomerulonephritis (gn) in childhood with oral corticosteroids, immunosuppressive drugs, anticoagulants and the newer regimens of pulsed, high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone and plasma exchange are reviewed and compared with the natural history of the untreated condition. poststreptococcal gn and the nephritis of schönlein-henoch purpura need no specific treatment unless extensive glomerular crescents are present. the progression of mesangiocapillary gn can proba ... | 2011 | 3153019 |
| experience with early quadruple immunosuppressive therapy in heart transplantation. | | 2011 | 3067718 |
| valvular function of the heart after cardiac transplantation. | | 2011 | 3067715 |
| office evaluation and management of the shoulder impingement syndrome. | the shoulder impingement syndrome is the most common cause of shoulder pain. a complete office evaluation can be aided by a printed exam sheet. careful consideration of the differential diagnosis is important, often employing the xylocaine injection test. the impingement syndrome responds to conservative treatment the majority of the time. long follow-up determines the need for an invasive evaluation or surgical treatment. | 2011 | 3050719 |
| clinical trials of intramuscular sulprostone for second trimester abortion. | the synthetic prostaglandin e2 derivative sulprostone (16-phenoxy-w-17, 18, 19, 20-tetranor) is an effective 2nd trimester abortifacient. this study compares 2 dosage regimens of intramuscular administration. in regimen 1, 9 women with intact pregnancy and 3 with intrauterine fetal death were given sulprostone 500 mcg 3 times at 4-hour intervals to be repeated after 24 hours if abortion did not occur. in regimen 2, 12 women with intact pregnancies were given sulprostone 500 ug every 6 hours for ... | 2011 | 3047304 |
| duplex sonography of the venous system. | | 2011 | 3078970 |
| [pharmacokinetics of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents in the elderly]. | | 2011 | 3067421 |
| relation of silent myocardial ischemia to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. | silent myocardial ischemia is common in the clinical spectrum of coronary disease. ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring has provided the most objective evidence of silent ischemia, but the phenomenon has also been detected in patients with coronary artery disease through analysis of exercise-induced ischemic st-segment alterations, scintigraphic myocardial perfusion defects and left ventricular wall motion abnormalities. silent myocardial ischemia frequently occurs in patients with stable ... | 2011 | 3055916 |
| dexamethasone suppression test. | a connection between a high level of plasma cortisol and psychopathology has long been observed. in depressive patients increased plasma cortisol and non-suppression to the dexamethasone suppression test (dst) has often been described. in this study it was found that endogenously depressed patients more often than non-endogenously depressed patients showed abnormal results to the dst. no difference was found in delta max tsh between suppressors and non-suppressors to the dst. | 2011 | 3067539 |
| investigation of adrenomedullary function in atopic dermatitis. | adrenomedullary function in patients with atopic dermatitis was assessed by measurement of plasma levels of catecholamines (adrenalin and noradrenalin) and cyclic amp in response to the stimuli of standing after lying supine, and a 5-min infusion of histamine in the standing position (i.e. histamine plus standing). plasma clearance of adrenalin was examined by measurement of plasma catecholamine and cyclic amp levels following a 15-min intravenous infusion of adrenalin in the supine position. re ... | 2011 | 3040069 |
| does measurement of urinary rare proteins provide diagnostic significance in glomerular diseases? | | 2011 | 3069315 |
| [histamine liberation inhibitors]. | | 2011 | 3131688 |
| radiation of hiroshima and nagasaki builds foundation for risk estimates. | | 2011 | 3897479 |
| alcohol-related symptoms in heterogeneous families of hospitalized alcoholics. | heterogeneity in the clinical symptoms of alcohol abuse was examined in 243 men and 305 women from families of hospitalized alcoholics, who had demonstrated different patterns of inheritance of susceptibility to alcoholism. discriminant analysis was utilized to identify nine alcoholic symptoms that distinguished male relatives of alcoholic men from those of alcoholic women. inability to abstain from alcohol, fighting and reckless driving while intoxicated, and alcohol treatment other than alcoho ... | 2011 | 3067614 |
| 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin d3 inhibits the clonogenic growth of transformed cells via its receptor. | anchorage-independent growth in soft agar is a unique property of transformed cells which is known to be correlated with tumorigenicity. we report here that 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin d3 suppresses colony formation by a number of cultured cancer cell lines in soft agar in a dose dependent manner with an id50 of 5-7 x 10(-10) m. this effect is also achieved with analogues of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin d3 in accordance with their binding affinity for the hormone's receptor. only cells with 1,25-dihydroxyvit ... | 2011 | 3021122 |
| [on the anniversary. 50 years of the journal of rheumatology. its first editor: public health officer professor dr. med. paul köhler, bad elster]. | | 2011 | 3071033 |
| is hysteroscopy of value in the investigation of female infertility? | a prospective multicentre study was designed to ascertain the value of hysteroscopy in the evaluation of female infertility. the study comprises 619 co2 hysteroscopies in women complaining of infertility. four hundred and ninety nine examinations (80%) were performed without anaesthesia or cervical dilatation. twenty eight cases of malformation were diagnosed. adhesions were found in 68 patients (11%), polypi in 56 (9.1%) and submucous fibroids in 51 (8.2%). endometrial hyperplasia was diagnosed ... | 2011 | 3067483 |
| microcystic adenoma of the pancreas: report of a case and review of the literature. | | 2011 | 3064760 |
| [measurement of arterial pressure]. | | 2011 | 3217679 |
| cavernous hemangioma of the adrenal gland. | cavernous hemangioma of the adrenal gland is a rare lesion and is seldom examined radiographically. in our case, on staging of gynecological carcinoma, a tumor with calcifications was found in the right adrenal region. on sonography it was of mixed echogenicity, enhanced only poorly on computed tomography and had long-standing contrast-filled lakes on angiography. surgery revealed a cavernous hemangioma. | 2012 | 3522045 |
| [myxoma of the mandible. electron microscope studies]. | | 2012 | 3785244 |
| ultrasonic demonstration of clinical and subclinical hepatic venous thrombosis in paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria. | extensive hepatic venous thrombosis was demonstrated by ultrasonic scanning in three patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (pnh). the ultrasonography results were confirmed by x-ray venography. two of these patients were without clinical symptoms of hepatic involvement apart from a slight increase in transaminases. this study indicates, firstly, that ultrasonic scanning is a rapid and reliable diagnostic tool in monitoring patients for this serious and often fatal complication, and, ... | 2012 | 3542012 |
| intraoperative ultrasonic localization of a small pancreatic pseudocyst. | intraoperative pancreatic ultrasound can be useful to identify small masses or cysts that are not readily palpable at surgery. in our case, a small (2.0 cm diameter) pseudocyst was demonstrated preoperatively by ultrasound and computed tomography, but could not be palpated at surgery. intraoperative ultrasound located and helped to guide needle aspiration of the pancreatic pseudocyst. other indications for intraoperative pancreatic ultrasound are reviewed. | 2012 | 3533696 |
| intraoperative ultrasonic localization of a small pancreatic pseudocyst. | intraoperative pancreatic ultrasound can be useful to identify small masses or cysts that are not readily palpable at surgery. in our case, a small (2.0 cm diameter) pseudocyst was demonstrated preoperatively by ultrasound and computed tomography, but could not be palpated at surgery. intraoperative ultrasound located and helped to guide needle aspiration of the pancreatic pseudocyst. other indications for intraoperative pancreatic ultrasound are reviewed. | 2012 | 3533696 |
| [restoration of the continuity of the large intestine after the hartmann operation]. | | 2012 | 3517468 |
| immediate hemodynamic effects of pericardial closure after open-heart surgery. | acute hemodynamic effects of a routine pericardial closure after cardiopulmonary bypass was studied in 29 patients undergoing cardiac surgery. clinically, the pericardial closure was well tolerated. pericardial closure resulted in an 8% decrease of cardiac output (p less than 0.01) while cardiac index remained normal (2.9 l/min/m2 +/- 0.6 sd). the effect of the pericardium on pulmonary arterial and wedge pressures, and on systemic arterial pressure was not significant. central venous pressure in ... | 2012 | 3497443 |
| hemorrhagic complications of long-term anticoagulant therapy for ischemic cerebral vascular disease. | the main complication of anticoagulant therapy is bleeding. although the use of long-term oral anticoagulants in patients with transient cerebral ischemia and/or minor stroke is controversial, anticoagulants are still used in some instances. we have carried out a literature review of the risk of hemorrhage during long-term oral anticoagulant therapy in patients with cerebrovascular disease to determine the rate of bleeding and the clinical and laboratory risk factors which predispose patients to ... | 2012 | 3511568 |
| [occupational health and nursing: some considerations]. | | 2012 | 3504009 |
| [two-dimensional representation (bullet) method of thallium-201 myocardial spect; comparison with the polar map]. | | 2012 | 3500342 |
| temperature and ph dependence of fluocinolone acetonide degradation in a topical cream formulation. | we investigated the degradation of fluocinolone acetonide (fa) incorporated into an oil-in-water cream base. the study examined the influence of temperature (23 to 80 degrees c) and cream ph (ph 2.3 to 6) on fa degradation rates. fa degradation followed pseudo-first-order kinetics and adhered to the arrhenius expression over the entire temperature range investigated. at all temperatures, the ph strongly influenced the observed degradation rate constant (kobs) values, with rate minima observed ne ... | 2012 | 3508541 |
| psychosomatic symptoms among 14-16 year old finnish adolescents. | | 2012 | 3498225 |
| carcinoid tumor of the biliary system. case report and literature review. | work-up of a 62-year-old black male, with a complaint of low back pain for three months, revealed a mass in the porta hepatis, narrowing of the common hepatic duct, and dilated intrahepatic bile ducts. a 3 x 4-cm tumor in the common hepatic duct was excised and biliary continuity restored by hepaticojejunostomy. the excised mass was a carcinoid tumor with no evidence of secretory activity. the patient is well 24.5 months after treatment. the literature on carcinoid tumors of the biliary tract is ... | 2012 | 3595390 |
| carcinoid tumor of the biliary system. case report and literature review. | work-up of a 62-year-old black male, with a complaint of low back pain for three months, revealed a mass in the porta hepatis, narrowing of the common hepatic duct, and dilated intrahepatic bile ducts. a 3 x 4-cm tumor in the common hepatic duct was excised and biliary continuity restored by hepaticojejunostomy. the excised mass was a carcinoid tumor with no evidence of secretory activity. the patient is well 24.5 months after treatment. the literature on carcinoid tumors of the biliary tract is ... | 2012 | 3595390 |
| [treatment of complicated forms of paronychia]. | | 2012 | 3485734 |
| [surgical correction of the differences in lower limb lengths]. | | 2012 | 5054197 |
| care-a-van. | | 2012 | 3482499 |
| recommended guidelines for dealing with aids in the schools from the national education association. | | 2012 | 3634139 |
| [evaluation of the results of using immobilizing splints made of composites in periodontal diseases]. | | 2012 | 3466228 |
| plasma pharmacokinetics and urinary excretion of hexamethylene bisacetamide metabolites. | in order to further understand the clinical toxicities of hexamethylene bisacetamide (hmba) and to allow appropriate in vitro studies, we developed a suitable gas chromatographic assay and quantified plasma concentrations and urinary excretion of four metabolites which we had previously identified in urine of patients receiving 5-day hmba infusions at 4.8-43.2 g/m2/day. 6-acetamidohexanoic acid (acha) was the major plasma metabolite and reached steady state concentration (css) by 24 h. acha css ... | 2012 | 3664514 |
| [phase ii study of prednimustine in follicular lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia]. | a phase ii study of prednimustine (pmn) was conducted for follicular lymphoma (fl) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll). pmn at a dose of 40-60 mg/body, p.o. every day, was administered to 17 patients with fl and 4 with cll. the dose and schedule of pmn was modified according to hematological toxicity. among the 17 patients with fl, there were 6 (35.3%) crs and 7 (41.2%) prs, with a high response rate of 76.5%. among the 4 patients with cll, there were 2 prs and one case which showed clinical ... | 2012 | 3541792 |
| 15th annual ucla symposium. abstracts: molecular biology of plant growth control. | | 2012 | 3457218 |
| genetics of cystic fibrosis. | | 2012 | 3459847 |
| pain threshold and tolerance in women with syndrome x and women with stable angina pectoris. | a recent report showed that during holter monitoring of patients with syndrome x (typical anginal pain, positive exercise test response [at least 0.1 mv of st-segment depression], no evidence of coronary spasm and angiographically normal coronary arteries), 50% of episodes of ischemic st-segment depression were painful. this proportion is considerably higher than that in patients with chronic stable angina, which is about 30%. a significantly lower threshold and tolerance to painful stimuli was ... | 2012 | 3630932 |
| [the place of plasmapheresis in the treatment of severe forms of bronchial asthma]. | | 2012 | 3496678 |
| [characteristics of nasal breathing and of the surgical procedure in nose deformities following the primary operation for unilateral cleft upper lip]. | | 2012 | 3472396 |
| meconium ileus: is a stoma necessary? | during the 15 years from 1970 to 1984, 38 infants, all with cystic fibrosis, were treated for meconium ileus at the montreal children's hospital and ste-justine hospital for children. thirteen patients (34%) had complicated meconium ileus that included 7 perforations (2 colon, 5 ileum), 4 volvulus, and 2 atresia with meconium pseudocyst. in this group, various operations were done: resection with primary anastomosis for atresia, or resection with enterostomy for peritonitis or volvulus. one died ... | 2012 | 3772700 |
| alcohol and the cell. | | 2012 | 3474919 |
| effect of monocular occlusion on rotary pursuit performance. | an experiment was conducted comparing a monocularly occluded to a control group (n = 8 per group) on a rotary pursuit task over a 24-hr. period. the results show that, notwithstanding a practice effect, the monocular group exhibited a significant depression-enhancement effect previously reported only for measures of temporal visual acuity. evidently this effect generalizes to more complex tasks. | 2012 | 3438125 |
| [dispensing of medicinal plants and the herbalists]. | | 2012 | 3542139 |
| patterns of lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes in serum of patients with acute pulmonary edema. | total lactate dehydrogenase (ld; ec 1.1.1.27) activity in serum and proportions of ld isoenzymes were quantified on admission and discharge in 170 selected (from 240) patients with acute pulmonary edema (ape). the patients were divided into group a, 75 patients with normal ld values (less than 225 u/l); and groups b-e, with increased ld activity in serum: group b, 40 patients with increase in the proportion of ld-3 (greater than 38%); group c, 12 patients with increased ld-5; group d, 36 patient ... | 2012 | 3416439 |
| safety considerations regarding the use of propane and other liquefied gases as coolants for rapid freezing purposes. | liquid propane and similar coolants are used in the rapid freezing of biological specimens. these coolants form explosive gas mixtures with air, with a 14,000-fold increase in volume over that of the liquid. the liquefied gases have high vapour pressures and, unless they are maintained below their flashpoint, the vapour above them will reach ignitable concentrations. the flashpoint of liquid propane is -104 degrees c. ethane has a higher vapour pressure, and vapour mixed with air above liquid et ... | 2012 | 3430580 |
| familial abdominal aortic aneurysms. | | 2012 | 3418662 |
| popliteal artery injury complicating arthroscopic menisectomy. | inadvertent popliteal artery injury during arthroscopic menisectomy is an unusual occurrence. prompt diagnosis and treatment are essential to achieve a good outcome, as illustrated in two of the five patients described herein. pitfalls in diagnosis led to late recognition and therapy in three patients, with subsequent serious complications; namely, arteriovenous fistula, false aneurysm, and amputation. on the basis of this limited but poignant experience, we propose an outline of steps in manage ... | 2012 | 3400813 |
| clinical results with a hearing aid and a single-channel vibrotactile device for profoundly deaf adults. | the speech perception of a group of 19 adults with post-lingual profound to total hearing loss was tested with nine closed-set speech tests without lipreading, two open-set tests without lipreading and two open-set speech tests with lipreading. the subjects were all prospective cochlear implant patients participating in a clinical trial of the implant and the results reported here were obtained as part of the pre-operative assessment. they were divided into groups on the basis of their prior exp ... | 2012 | 4063556 |
| ball thrombi in carotid artery plaque. | | 2012 | 3629659 |
| analysis of the cell membrane proteolytic enzymes of the b16, f1, f10, and bl6 melanoma and their role in target cell destruction. | the tumor-induced red blood cell (rbc) cytolysis assay has been used to demonstrate that three b16 melanoma sublines, the f1, f10, and bl6, cause the cytolysis of normal red blood cells in vitro. rbc cytolysis was inhibited for all three sublines by metalloprotease inhibitors. cell membrane preparations have been prepared for all three sublines and tumor cell membrane-induced rbc cytolysis was also shown to be inhibited by metalloprotease inhibitors. the f10 and bl6 sublines were shown to have c ... | 2012 | 3542141 |
| fast functional assay of protein c in whole plasma using a snake venom activator: evaluation in patients with congenital and acquired protein c deficiencies. | both anticoagulant and amidolytic activities of protein c (pc) were measured using a snake venom activator in 4 patients with hereditary pc deficiency, 37 with disseminated intravascular coagulation (dic), and 30 under stabilized warfarin therapy. the results were compared with those obtained by an immunological assay (elisa). pc levels measured by different functional and immunological assays were very close in patients with hereditary pc deficiency and dic. in patients under stable oral antico ... | 2012 | 3416483 |
| "urin-pak" immunoturbidimetric method evaluated for measuring albumin in urine. | | 2012 | 3416465 |
| intraoperative monitoring of evoked potentials with a spiral scalp electrode. technical note. | monitoring evoked potentials from the brain for prolonged periods during neurosurgical procedures ideally requires attached scalp electrodes that may be placed in a sterile field. the limitations of conventional surface and percutaneous electrodes in the operating room environment have led to the development of a disposable curved-needle electrode which is inherently self-retaining. clinical results have demonstrated the advantages of this new electrode over other electrodes currently used for i ... | 2012 | 3394015 |
| [migraine accompagnée in childhood and adolescence]. | the term migraine accompagnée or complicated migraine is applied to those cases of migraine in whom a neurological deficit, which is transient in most instances, occurs. the three main varieties are hemiplegic (unilateral sensory loss, hemiplegia, aphasia), basilar (brain stem dysfunction) and ophthalmoplegic migraine. the clinical symptoms of migraine accompagnée in children and adolescents are discussed on the basis of the observations in 26 patients (11 boys, 15 girls) and the results of eeg- ... | 2012 | 3438092 |
| stop and smell the roses along the way. | | 2012 | 3385634 |
| economics of screening for cancer of the cervix. | | 2012 | 3468422 |
| the surgical treatment of vascular anomalies of the spinal cord. | | 2012 | 5054157 |
| delayed hypersensitivity to scopolamine in transdermal therapeutic systems. | | 2012 | 3346401 |
| finance dept. reorganized for managed care. | | 2012 | 3350482 |
| diagnosis and management of renal angiomyolipoma. | renal angiomyolipoma (hamartoma) is an uncommon benign tumor of the kidney. although about 400 cases of renal angiomyolipoma have been reported, it still causes difficulties in diagnosis and treatment. until a few years ago it was almost impossible to arrive at a correct diagnosis preoperatively, and most of the cases underwent nephrectomy with the wrong diagnosis of renal carcinoma. more recently, abdominal computerized tomography and renal sonography have made it possible to reach the correct ... | 2012 | 3887727 |
| constructing well-formed prose: process, structure, and metacognitive knowledge. | | 2012 | 3366151 |
| serum osteocalcin (bgp) in tumor-associated hypercalcemia. | serum osteocalcin (bgp) is a new marker of bone turnover that reportedly evaluates bone formation. thus, its measurement could assess the bone formation rate in tumor-associated hypercalcemia. we measured concentrations of bgp and other parameters of bone metabolism in 54 untreated hypercalcemic cancer patients as compared to 109 healthy subjects. primary tumor sites were breast (19), lung (11), head and neck (6), multiple myeloma (3), kidney (2), and various (11) or multiple (2). mean bgp level ... | 2012 | 3509743 |
| emotional responses of pregnant women to chorionic villi sampling or amniocentesis. | seventy-four "high-risk" pregnant women interested in participating in a clinical trial comparing chorionic villi sampling and amniocentesis were initially assessed on five background measures and for anxiety, depression, hostility, and concern about abortion. the 61 women who then agreed to be randomized into the chorionic villi sampling and amniocentesis groups were assessed three additional times between 9 and 22 weeks' gestational age. physical discomfort experienced during the diagnostic pr ... | 2012 | 3318465 |
| childhood cancer. | the literature generally supports the evolving recognition that childhood cancers are influenced by the environment. this article discusses specific childhood cancers in regard to paternal and maternal occupation. | 2012 | 3299786 |
| notes on the internal anatomy, the food requirements and development in the family ereynetidae (trombidiformes). | | 2012 | 4794994 |
| natural selection and the heritability of fitness components. | the hypothesis that traits closely associated with fitness will generally possess lower heritabilities than traits more loosely connected with fitness is tested using 1120 narrow sense heritability estimates for wild, outbred animal populations, collected from the published record. our results indicate that life history traits generally possess lower heritabilities than morphological traits, and that the means, medians, and cumulative frequency distributions of behavioural and physiological trai ... | 2012 | 3316130 |
| warfarin and the biochemistry of the vitamin k dependent proteins. | we have reviewed the biochemistry of the normal and warfarinized vitamin k-dependent coagulation proteins, both individually and as members of their respective macromolecular enzyme complexes. much has been learned in the past 10-15 years about the molecular mechanisms of coagulation. however, we have only scratched the surface and are beset by a number of interesting challenges. clearly, we must begin to dissect the other vitamin k-dependent macromolecular enzyme complexes as has been done for ... | 2012 | 3310538 |
| management of progressive renal failure: the role of dietary manipulations. | | 2012 | 3321007 |
| [therapy of rheumatic disease of the future. a critical review of trends and new developments]. | | 2012 | 3280449 |
| evaluation of b-cell function in diabetics by c-peptide determination in basal and postprandial urine. | urinary c-peptide (ucp) values in basal and postprandial 2-hour samples are compared with simultaneous plasma c-peptide (pcp) values and with 24-hour ucp in 21 nidds, 24 idds and 9 controls. basal and postprandial 2-h ucp was similar in controls and nidds (0.79 +/- 0.53 and 2.68 +/- 1.06 nmol/2 h versus 1.03 +/- 0.70 and 2.64 +/- 1.34, p greater than 0.05) and very low in idds (0.16 +/- 0.22 and 0.58 +/- 0.86, p less than 0.001). nidds showed basal (0.69 +/- 0.32 nmol/l) and postprandial (1.12 + ... | 2012 | 3322892 |
| salvage of the exposed breast implant. | exposure of silicone breast implants may occur as a result of hematoma and infection, inadequate soft tissue coverage, use of steroids, or trauma. in various series the incidence of severe complications is reported to range from 1% to 4%. when exposure of the implant has occurred, most authors recommend removal with replacement four to six months later. in 11 patients we successfully salvaged the exposed breast implant. the technique was initially presented in 5 patients in 1974. successful salv ... | 2012 | 3273018 |
| the 28-kda/32-kda activation antigen ea 1. further characterization and signal requirements for its expression. | the tumor promoter pma has been shown to induce the expression of a 28-kda/32-kda early activation ag, termed ea 1, on resting t cells. under nonreducing conditions, ea 1 was detected by sds-page as a diffuse band in the 60-kda region. in this study, this diffuse band was resolved into 56-kda and 60-kda bands. endoglycosidase f treatment of ea 1 resulted in the appearance of a single band with a mr of 48 kda. upon reduction, the 48-kda band was shown to be composed of 24-kda peptides. diagonal g ... | 2012 | 3264302 |
| [somatic effects of radiation]. | | 2012 | 3254662 |
| double-blind clinical trial of s-adenosylmethionine versus ibuprofen in the treatment of osteoarthritis. | thirty-six subjects with osteoarthritis of the knee, the hip, and/or the spine were enrolled in a randomized double-blind study. patients received a daily oral dose of 1,200 mg of s-adenosylmethionine (same) or 1,200 mg of ibuprofen for four weeks. morning stiffness, pain at rest, pain on motion, crepitus, swelling, and limitation of motion of the affected joints were assessed before and after treatment. the total score obtained by the evaluation of all the individual clinical parameters improve ... | 2012 | 3318445 |
| [steroid metabolism of primates. 13. isolation of cortisone, tetrahydro-cortisone, tetrahydro-cortisol and allo-tetrahydro-cortisol from the urine of macacus rhesus and papio hamadryas]. | | 2012 | 4624287 |
| [the royal morocco academy]. | | 2013 | 3910181 |
| [introduction of pos: an educational method. practice of auditing and problems in the application of soap]. | | 2013 | 3878425 |
| expression of a monocyte-specific esterase isoenzyme in cases of acute myeloid leukemias. | the carboxylic esterase (e.c. 3.1.1.1) isoenzymes from cases of acute myeloid leukemias were separated by analytical isoelectric focusing on horizontal thin-layer gels. one isoenzyme consisting of one or two components (bands) could be completely and selectively inhibited by addition of 40 mm sodium fluoride (naf) to the staining bath. the 105 cases were classified into the groups m1-m6 according to the fab proposals. the naf-sensitive isoenzyme was not detected in cases of fab groups m1/2 (acut ... | 2013 | 3868620 |
| abstracts of scientific presentations. society of gastrointestinal radiologists' fourteenth annual meeting. napa, california, september 29-october 3, 1984. | | 2013 | 4029548 |
| palatal bar and lip bumper in nonextraction treatment. | | 2013 | 3858286 |
| [computer analysis of the ecg curve as a contribution to the automatic diagnosis of heart diseases]. | | 2013 | 3838149 |
| the role of the national institute of hygiene in improving public health in hungary. | | 2013 | 3837999 |