| studies of viral antibody responses among amish families. | serum antibodies to adenovirus (adn), cytomegalovirus (cmv), herpes simplex virus (hsv), influenza (inf), para-influenza (par), mumps (mum), coxsackie b4 (cox b4) and b5 (cox b5) viruses were measured from 584 individuals belonging to 21 indiana amish families. sex and age effects on antibody responses to cytomegalovirus were observed. age effect on cmv, hsv, inf, par, mum responses were also found. the percentage of responders to some of the viruses was shown to be age dependent, but the levels ... | 1977 | 192798 |
| growth of a nation part ii: impact of recipient obesity on whole-organ pancreas transplantation. | fridell ja, mangus rs, taber te, goble ml, milgrom ml, good j, vetor r, powelson ja. growth of a nation part ii: impact of recipient obesity on whole-organ pancreas transplantation. clin transplant 2011: 25: e366-e374. © 2011 john wiley & sons a/s. abstract: obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the usa. consequently, there is an increasing number of obese diabetic patients who would otherwise be appropriate candidates for pancreas transplantation (ptx). this is a retrospective study of a ... | 2011 | 21371123 |
| histoplasmosis in renal allograft recipients. two large urban outbreaks. | during two large outbreaks, ten episodes of histoplasmosis were documented in eight renal allograft recipients. another episode occurred before the outbreaks. associated infections with cytomegalovirus occurred in five patients and may have further impaired cellular immunity. prolonged fever was the predominant clinical finding; and dissemination was observed in seven of our nine patients, including three with meningitis. special stains of tissues and the histoplasmal complement fixation test pr ... | 1983 | 6301394 |