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5,400 | 9,517 | Modulation of peritoneal macrophage antimicrobial activity by peritoneal dialysis fluid, Ca++, and 1,25(OH)2D3 in CAPD patients.
Previous in vitro studies showed that Ca++ and 1,25(OH)2D3 modulate peritoneal macrophage (PM0) antimicrobial activity in CAPD patients.
Twenty-four CAPD patients were evaluated in vivo (12... | C12 |
5,401 | 5,082 | Adverse impact of fibrin clot inhibitors on intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy for superficial bladder tumors.
Although intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy has proved to be efficacious in the treatment and prophylaxis against tumor recurrence of superficial bladder tumors, its mechanism of action ... | C12 |
5,402 | 8,312 | Common nonvenereal genital lesions.
There are a wide variety of local and systemic skin diseases that produce lesions in the genitoanal region.
These lesions may resemble those produced by sexually transmitted microorganisms.
The purpose of this article is to make physicians aware of the common skin diseases that pr... | C12 |
5,403 | 6,425 | The "stuck twin" phenomenon: ultrasonographic findings, pregnancy outcome, and management with serial amniocenteses.
Thirteen consecutive twin pregnancies affected by the "stuck twin" phenomenon were reviewed to determine the potential benefit of serial amniocenteses.
The fetal survival rate for the eight pregnancies... | C12 |
5,404 | 9,488 | Peritoneal macrophage beta-2 microglobulin production and bacterial peritonitis in CAPD patients.
To evaluate the role of bacterial peritonitis in peritoneal macrophage (PM) Beta-2 Microglobulin (B2M) production, and its relationship with PM Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) release, the authors studied 2... | C12 |
5,405 | 2,231 | Current management of varicoceles.
In spite of all that has been written about the varicocele, it is still not clear who will benefit from occlusion of the spermatic vein or why improvement in semen takes place in some patients but not in others.
Because fertility is usually assessed in the framework of a couple who ... | C12 |
5,406 | 2,525 | The effect of large uterine fibroids on urinary bladder function and symptoms.
Fourteen patients with large uterine fibroids and urinary symptoms were treated with monthly injections of [D-Trp6]-luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone microcapsules.
The average uterine size before treatment was 728 ml; it dropped to 32... | C12 |
5,407 | 201 | Analysis of bladder carcinoma by subsite. Cystoscopic location may have prognostic value.
Nine hundred fourteen cases of carcinoma of the urinary bladder registered from 1977 to 1988 with the Kansas state tumor registry were evaluated by subsite for differences in grade, histology, sex, age at diagnosis, and survival.... | C12 |
5,408 | 4,798 | Treatment of testicular cancer: a new and improved model.
Testicular cancer has become a model for a curable neoplasm.
Prior to the advent of cisplatin combination chemotherapy, standard chemotherapy consisted of dactinomycin, alone or in combination with chlorambucil and methotrexate.
Disseminated germ cell tumors ... | C12 |
5,409 | 6,445 | A comparison of sperm antibody assays.
Cytotoxicity and Immunobead-binding immunoglobulin G assays agreed in 81% of sera from infertile men (n = 173), 74% of sera from their wives, 75% of seminal plasma, and 82% of cervical mucous samples (p less than 0.001; chi 2 analysis of positive and negative results) when tested... | C12 |
5,410 | 5,057 | Massive hemorrhage from an arterioureteral fistula associated with chronic renal transplant failure.
A case of arterioureteral fistula from the graft artery stump of a failed transplant and the native ureter is reported.
This case illustrates one of the possible complications of graft anastomosis.
The etiological fa... | C12 |
5,411 | 3,683 | Validity of creatinine clearance estimates in the assessment of renal function.
In clinical practice, estimations of renal function are commonly used to calculate the appropriate dose for drugs that are renally cleared.
Continuous-infusion inulin clearance (CLIN), 4-hour creatinine clearance (CLCR,m), and 24-hour cre... | C12 |
5,412 | 5,033 | Recurrent urethral stricture disease managed by clean intermittent self-catheterization.
We studied 41 patients with urethral stricture who had failed at least 1 operation, and were being maintained with filiform and follower dilation every 6 to 12 weeks.
The patients were instructed in clean intermittent self-cathet... | C12 |
5,413 | 9,992 | Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in combination with transurethral surgery for management of large bladder calculi and moderate outlet obstruction.
In 5 men evaluated for symptoms of obstructive voiding flexible cystoscopy revealed large or multiple bladder calculi along with small to moderate prostatic enlargeme... | C12 |
5,414 | 3,332 | Persistent carcinoma in situ of the testis after chemotherapy for advanced testicular germ cell tumours.
The chemosensitivity of testicular carcinoma in situ (CIS) was analysed in 25 testes excised 10 weeks to 4.5 years following platinum-based chemotherapy.
CIS was present in 8 of the 23 evaluable cases (35%), in 5 ... | C12 |
5,415 | 8,841 | Protein turnover in uraemia in the rat.
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The effect of uraemia on the rates of protein synthesis and protein degradation in liver, heart and vastus lateralis muscle were examined in the rat.
Uraemia was induced by a five-sixths nephrectomy and the rates of protein turnover were compared with pair-fed sham-operated... | C12 |
5,416 | 3,606 | Urinary excretion of albumin and enzymes in non-insulin-dependent Chinese diabetics.
Urine albumin (Alb), total protein (TP) and creatinine (Cr) concentrations and the activities of N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG), alanine aminopeptidase (AAP) and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) were measured in untimed rand... | C12 |
5,417 | 6,348 | Adult minimal change glomerulopathy with acute renal failure.
Oliguric acute renal failure occurs in some adult patients with minimal change glomerulopathy.
To look for clinical and pathologic factors that increase the risk for developing acute renal failure, 21 adults with minimal change glomerulopathy and a serum c... | C12 |
5,418 | 3,596 | Glomerular IgA deposits in patients with celiac disease.
Glomerular immunopathology was studied in 25 patients with newly diagnosed celiac disease.
None had clinical signs of renal disease.
Glomeruli were obtained by fine-needle aspiration biopsy.
The specimens were processed and studied by indirect immunofluoresce... | C12 |
5,419 | 5,109 | Transrectal ultrasonography in the evaluation of the infertile man: a report of 3 cases.
The traditional evaluation of the infertile man with azoospermia or low ejaculate volume includes determination of serum testosterone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels, a seminal fructose test, post-ejaculate urinalysis and,... | C12 |
5,420 | 5,052 | The management of posterior urethral valves by initial vesicostomy and delayed valve ablation.
We managed 32 neonates and infants with temporary vesicostomy and delayed valve ablation.
The criterion on which successful management was gauged was estimated creatinine clearance.
Renal failure or death occurred in 30% o... | C12 |
5,421 | 2,454 | Geriatric diabetic nephropathy: an analysis of renal referral in patients age 60 or older.
We report a series of 33 consecutive hospitalized geriatric diabetic patients who were referred for evaluation of diabetic nephropathy, defined as proteinuria greater than or equal to 1 g/d (1,000 mg/24 h) or a serum creatinine ... | C12 |
5,422 | 2,973 | The association of blood pressure levels and change in renal function in hypertensive and nonhypertensive subjects.
We compared the changes in serum creatinine levels over time after a mean follow-up of 9.8 years in essential hypertensive (EH, n = 56) and control (n = 59) male veteran subjects.
All subjects had norma... | C12 |
5,423 | 9,137 | Ulcerative lesions and herpes simplex virus type 2 in a patient with Evan's syndrome.
We have described a case of herpes genitalis in a patient with Evans's syndrome who had violaceous macules leading to deep ulcerations.
This case serves as a reminder that HSV infection may be atypical and have an unusual course in ... | C12 |
5,424 | 5,072 | Fatal sepsis following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin administration for bladder cancer.
Intravesical administration of bacillus Calmette-Guerin has been shown to be highly effective treatment of superficial bladder cancer.
Complications from bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy are usually minor but serious and e... | C12 |
5,425 | 2,223 | Significance and treatment of positive margins or seminal vesicle invasion after radical prostatectomy.
The periprostatic soft-tissue involvement described in the older urologic literature differs from that now recognized; a much "earlier" pathologic stage C is being identified.
Apparent microscopic extension of the ... | C12 |
5,426 | 8,521 | Femoral mononeuropathy after radical prostatectomy.
Femoral mononeuropathy is a recognized complication following abdominal and vaginal hysterectomy.
Retractor injury and lithotomy position were postulated mechanisms.
We report a femoral nerve lesion following a radical perineal prostatectomy. | C12 |
5,427 | 3,331 | Increased survival of patients with massive lymphadenopathy and prostate cancer: evidence of heterogeneous tumour behaviour.
The survival of patients with prostate cancer and radiologically detectable lymph node enlargement has been studied prospectively over an 8-year period.
Computed tomography in 108 patients pres... | C12 |
5,428 | 5,985 | A mouse model of the aniridia-Wilms tumor deletion syndrome.
Deletion of chromosome 11p13 in humans produces the WAGR syndrome, consisting of aniridia (an absence or malformation of the iris), Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma), genitourinary malformations, and mental retardation.
An interspecies backcross between Mus musc... | C12 |
5,429 | 6,014 | Isolated erythroid hypoplasia and renal insufficiency induced by long-term griseofulvin therapy.
We describe a patient with hematuria, pyuria, eosinophiluria, decreased renal function, and severe anemia that developed while she was receiving chronic therapy with griseofulvin for onychomycosis.
We offer evidence that ... | C12 |
5,430 | 718 | Mechanical cardiopulmonary support for refractory cardiogenic shock.
From February 1982 to February 1990, 38 patients (30 male patients and 8 female patients) ranging in age from 10 to 78 years (mean 49.4 years) have been supported with arteriovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) at St.
Louis University ... | C12 |
5,431 | 2,154 | Results of infrainguinal bypass for limb salvage in patients with end-stage renal disease.
Limb salvage in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is complicated by the diffuse, obstructive, calcific arteriopathy that makes anastomotic technique especially critical.
Furthermore, decreased resistance to infection... | C12 |
5,432 | 6,485 | Protein A-gold immunoelectron microscopic study of amyloid fibrils, granular deposits, and fibrillar luminal aggregates in renal amyloidosis.
Glomeruli of archival renal biopsies, stored frozen at -70 degrees C, from three patients with amyloid were examined by protein A-gold immunoelectron microscopy.
In one with bo... | C12 |
5,433 | 9,994 | Progression of stage T1 bladder tumors after intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin [published erratum appears in J Urol 1991 Apr;145(4):840]
Of 221 patients with superficial bladder tumors (stages Ta, Tis and T1) treated by transurethral resection and an initial 6-week course of intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (... | C12 |
5,434 | 8,764 | Double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study of flavoxate in the treatment of idiopathic detrusor instability.
Detrusor instability occurs in approximately 10% of the adult population, producing troublesome symptoms.
The pharmacotherapy currently available is usually only partially effective and cannot be adequ... | C12 |
5,435 | 8,448 | Overexpression of normal and mutated forms of HRAS induces orthotopic bladder invasion in a human transitional cell carcinoma.
Recent studies have shown that orthotopic (transurethral) transplantation of human bladder cancer cell lines into nude mice permits tumor growth that accurately reflects their clinical maligna... | C12 |
5,436 | 9,446 | Effects of recombinant human erythropoietin on T lymphocyte subsets in hemodialysis patients.
Lymphocyte subpopulations were studied by immunofluorescence staining with monoclonal antibodies and laser flow cytometry in the blood of 23 hemodialysis patients before and after 3 months of treatment with recombinant human ... | C12 |
5,437 | 5,048 | The urethral plug: a new treatment modality for genuine urinary stress incontinence in women.
A new modality, the urethral plug, was used to treat 22 women with genuine urinary stress incontinence.
The plug is made of thermoplastic elastomer (Kraton G), and consists of a meatal plate, a soft stalk and 1 or 2 spheres ... | C12 |
5,438 | 8,310 | Human papillomavirus infections of the genital tract.
Infection of the genital tract by HPV is a sexually transmitted disease of increasing prevalence.
The association of HPV infection with genital tract malignancies is of great concern, and further studies are needed to clarify this association.
Few investigators b... | C12 |
5,439 | 4,085 | Intrarenal de novo production of angiotensin I in subjects with renal artery stenosis.
To estimate the renal extraction and de novo production of angiotensin I and to assess the contribution of blood-borne renin to renal angiotensin I production, the aortic and renal venous plasma levels of renin and intact [125I]angi... | C12 |
5,440 | 9,918 | Anti-RNA polymerase I antibodies in the urine of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Urine samples from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (n = 80), patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (n = 21), and healthy controls (n = 36) were analyzed by radio-immunoassay (RIA) for anti-RNA polymerase I (... | C12 |
5,441 | 9,130 | Screening for slight albuminuria: a comparison of selected commercially available methods.
Slight albuminuria predicts clinically significant nephropathy in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and early death in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM).
This study compares fo... | C12 |
5,442 | 5,028 | Ureterosigmoidostomy: long-term results, risk of carcinoma and etiological factors for carcinogenesis.
We followed postoperatively 75 patients who underwent ureterosigmoidostomy between 1942 and 1987.
Of the patients 30 were asked to undergo routine examination, including fiberoptic sigmoidoscopy with biopsy and anal... | C12 |
5,443 | 9,977 | End stage renal disease serum contains a specific renal cell growth factor.
End stage renal disease (ESRD) kidneys display abnormal growth characterized by a continuum of cystic disease, adenoma and carcinoma.
This study evaluates the hypothesis that serum of patients with ESRD contains increased amounts of a growth ... | C12 |
5,444 | 6,359 | Temporary loss of limb function secondary to soft tissue calcification in a patient with rhabdomyolysis-induced acute renal failure.
A case of unusually severe soft tissue calcification with temporary loss of limb function in a patient with rhabdomyolysis-induced acute renal failure (ARF) is described.
A large dose o... | C12 |
5,445 | 6,157 | Oncocytic renal tubular adenoma (so-called oncocytoma) in seventeen-year-old girl.
Renal tubular neoplasms (adenomas or adenocarcinomas) are rare in children or young adults.
Herein, we report an oncocytic renal tubular adenoma (so-called oncocytoma) that was found in a seventeen-year-old girl.
Preoperative evaluati... | C12 |
5,446 | 9,564 | Difference in beta 2-microglobulin removal between cellulosic and synthetic polymer membrane dialyzers.
Several kinds of dialyzers, with highly permeable membranes (HPM), have been designed to specifically remove beta 2-microglobulin (BMG).
To clarify their solute transport characteristics, nine types of HPM dialyzer... | C12 |
5,447 | 9,445 | Cardiac arrest after hypertonic citrate anticoagulation for chronic hemodialysis.
The use of regional citrate anticoagulation as an alternative to standard therapy in hemodialysis patients at risk for bleeding complications has been well described.
Recently, a method using hypertonic citrate has been reported as bein... | C12 |
5,448 | 2,463 | The elderly on dialysis: some considerations in compliance.
Compliance with scheduled treatments, dietary and fluid restrictions, and multiple medications is an important component in the care and well-being of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients.
Given the rigorus and complex demands of dialysis, it is important... | C12 |
5,449 | 3,329 | Prostatic carcinoma: histological and immunohistological factors affecting prognosis.
Neuro-endocrine or paracrine cells of the human prostate and urethra have been identified by various methods, predominantly silver stains and immunocytochemistry.
The incidence of neuro-endocrine differentiation in prostatic carcino... | C12 |
5,450 | 3,083 | Binding of anti-DNA antibodies and inhibition of glomerulonephritis in MRL-lpr/lpr mice by heparin.
Heparin was found to inhibit the DNA binding of antibodies eluted from kidneys of both humans and MRL-lpr/lpr mice with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Treatment of MRL-lpr/lpr mice with low doses of heparin significantl... | C12 |
5,451 | 7,549 | Sodium loading treatment for amphotericin B-induced nephrotoxicity.
The increased frequency and duration of antifungal treatment with amphotericin B in immunocompromised patients has stimulated a great deal of research into the mechanisms of its nephrotoxic effects and treatment modalities designed to attenuate these ... | C12 |
5,452 | 9,476 | Ionic strength affects diffusive permeability to an inorganic phosphate ion of negatively charged dialysis membranes.
Electrolytes undergo electrostatic resistances in reaching membrane surfaces and passing through membrane pores when weakly charged dialysis membranes are used in hemodialysis treatments.
Diffusive pe... | C12 |
5,453 | 3,415 | Primary carcinoma of the upper urinary tract. Effect of primary and secondary therapy on survival.
The pathologic material and medical records of 76 patients with primary upper urinary tract carcinomas were reviewed to identify the role of grade and stage in predicting survival; to determine any differences in surviva... | C12 |
5,454 | 9,967 | Highly sensitized patients with delayed graft function: a management protocol.
The postoperative management of the highly sensitized renal transplant recipient with delayed graft function on cyclosporine is complicated.
Allografts with delayed graft function are reported to have a 20 to 30% poorer 1-year survival tha... | C12 |
5,455 | 6,564 | Algorithm for assessing renal dysfunction risk in critically ill trauma patients receiving aminoglycosides.
A recent retrospective study proposed that the following screening criteria be used in identifying critically ill trauma patients receiving aminoglycosides who are at significant risk to develop renal dysfunctio... | C12 |
5,456 | 3,597 | Diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis: long-term observations in patients treated with ancrod.
Twenty-two patients with histologically demonstrated diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis (DPLN) and glomerular thrombosis received a 14-day course of ancrod, followed in most by nitrogen mustard (mechlorethamine hydrochlor... | C12 |
5,457 | 2,229 | New concepts in the treatment of stage D1 adenocarcinoma of the prostate.
Stage D1 disease will be encountered in 20 per cent of patients by those who treat prostate cancer.
There is marked heterogeneity among cancers discovered at this stage, with 5-year disease-free survival rates ranging from 0 to 95 per cent.
Ge... | C12 |
5,458 | 4,201 | Three staged approach to the surgical management of renal cell carcinoma extending into the right atrium. Case report.
Left renal cell carcinoma extending into the right atrium was treated by angioinfarction, removal of right atrial tumour using cardiopulmonary bypass and ten days later abdominal radical nephrectomy a... | C12 |
5,459 | 2,379 | Merkel cell carcinoma metastatic to the testis.
Tumor metastases to the testes are rare and are usually found incidentally at autopsy or after orchiectomy for prostatic carcinoma.
It is even more unusual for testicular metastases to be clinically detected or symptomatic.
The authors report two cases of clinically de... | C12 |
5,460 | 3,599 | Post-traumatic acute renal failure, 1956-1988.
Eighty patients with acute renal failure secondary to trauma treated between 1956 and 1988 are reviewed.
The overall mortality was 46.3%.
Factors associated with increased mortality were age, high Injury Severity Score, and injury to the abdomen and pelvic contents.
Th... | C12 |
5,461 | 9,997 | Intracavernous injection of prostaglandin E1 in combination with papaverine: enhanced effectiveness in comparison with papaverine plus phentolamine and prostaglandin E1 alone.
We compared the erectile response to intracavernous injection of a combination of papaverine and prostaglandin E1 with that of a combination of... | C12 |
5,462 | 6,150 | Prognostic implications of disappearance rate of biologic markers following radical prostatectomy.
Six patients with localized prostatic carcinoma undergoing radical prostatectomy were studied by serial sample collection from the time of surgical removal of the prostate up to one week in the postoperative period.
Of ... | C12 |
5,463 | 8,647 | 5 alpha-reductase deficiency without hypospadias.
A boy aged 4 with penoscrotal hypospadias and his brother aged 12 with micropenis had typical changes of homozygous 5 alpha-reductase deficiency.
After three injections of chorionic gonadotrophin there was a trivial rise in plasma dihydrotestosterone with a normal inc... | C12 |
5,464 | 5,251 | Renal cell carcinoma associated with sarcoidlike tissue reaction.
A 60-year-old man was referred to our institution with the diagnosis of sarcoidosis.
Because of several months' complaint of right flank pain and weight loss, the patient had consulted his local physician.
After an extensive workup revealed only chole... | C12 |
5,465 | 4,294 | Anti-5 alpha-reductase autoantibodies in the serum of patients with prostatic cancer.
Human sera were tested for their ability to inhibit 5 alpha-reductase binding of a potent inhibitor of the enzyme.
Thirty one of 227 serum samples from patients diagnosed or suspected of prostatic cancer had a significant inhibitory... | C12 |
5,466 | 2,225 | Patient selection for, results of, and impact on tumor resection of potency-sparing radical prostatectomy.
Our results show that by using the nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy, potency can be preserved in the majority of appropriately selected patients without compromising the adequacy of tumor excision.
... | C12 |
5,467 | 7,337 | Combined aortic and visceral arterial reconstruction: risks and results.
The indications, morbidity, and efficacy of combined reconstruction of the abdominal aorta and visceral arteries (renal and superior mesenteric; excluding suprarenal aortic aneurysms) were analyzed retrospectively in 29 consecutive patients who u... | C12 |
5,468 | 4,946 | Clinicopathologic review of twelve children with nephropathy, Wilms tumor, and genital abnormalities (Drash syndrome).
The clinicopathologic and radiologic features of 12 children with complete and incomplete forms of Drash syndrome are reported.
Their common denominator was a nephropathy.
Four had the full triad, c... | C12 |
5,469 | 9,427 | Morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients.
Increase in mortality in hemodialysis patients in the United States is a rising concern.
In this study, the annual mortality rate from 1981 to 1989 was determined and the morbidity and mortality of 136 patients dialyzed during 1988 was analyzed.
All patients were fol... | C12 |
5,470 | 9,429 | Income and survival in chronic dialysis patients.
The relationship between income and survival rates for chronic dialysis patients in Michigan was examined.
To evaluate the relative risk (RR) of dying, by income, a Cox survival regression model was used to adjust for age, race (black versus white), gender, dialytic t... | C12 |
5,471 | 9,547 | Chronic nightly tidal peritoneal dialysis.
Nightly tidal peritoneal dialysis (NTPD) is a technique in which, after an initial fill of the peritoneal cavity, only a portion of dialysate is rapidly cycled.
Five anuric, stable, PD patients entered a 4 month study to determine the NTPD session length necessary for clinic... | C12 |
5,472 | 8,642 | Eight and 12 week courses of cyclophosphamide in nephrotic syndrome
Seventy-three children with steroid dependent minimal change nephrotic syndrome were randomly allocated to receive treatment with cyclophosphamide (2 mg/kg/day) for either eight or 12 weeks, in combination with prednisolone.
All patients had previou... | C12 |
5,473 | 7,219 | Role of endothelium-derived nitric oxide in the bleeding tendency of uremia.
Endothelium-derived relaxing factor, now identified as nitric oxide (NO), is a labile humoral agent formed by vascular endothelial cells from L-arginine.
NO mediates the action of substances that induce endothelium-dependent relaxation and p... | C12 |
5,474 | 5,119 | Physiologic and pathologic alterations associated with ultrasonically generated shock waves.
Kidneys of 25 dogs were treated with ultrasonic shock waves and examined for both physiologic and pathologic changes.
The number of pulses ranged from 2,000 to 8,000.
The rate of the shock waves varied from one to 20 pulses ... | C12 |
5,475 | 8,761 | Bladder function in the mentally retarded.
A group of 21 mentally retarded patients with severe, long-standing urinary symptoms underwent urodynamical investigation.
The most common abnormalities were detrusor areflexia and detrusor hyper-reflexia.
Of 11 patients treated surgically, 10 derived marked benefit.
Drugs... | C12 |
5,476 | 2,450 | Nutritional causes of renal impairment in old age.
The occurrence of renal insufficiency tends to increase in late adulthood.
This common complication of old age is associated with increased physical dependency, morbidity, and mortality, and a lowered quality of life.
In this review, the authors will develop the the... | C12 |
5,477 | 6,301 | Survey of histologic specimens of human cancer for human papillomavirus types 6/11/16/18 by filter in situ hybridization.
Histologic specimens (317) of genital and nongenital cancers and normal tissue were analyzed for the presence of the DNA of human papillomavirus (HPV) 6, 11, 16, and 18 by filter in situ hybridizat... | C12 |
5,478 | 7,798 | Regional changes in creatine kinase and myocyte size in hypertensive and nonhypertensive cardiac hypertrophy.
Several intracellular enzymes have been shown to have altered total activity or isoenzyme composition in cardiac hypertrophy.
This study tests the hypothesis that the accumulation of the fetal-type (BB + MB) ... | C12 |
5,479 | 9,487 | Various methods for calculation of Kt/V: a clinical comparison.
Analysis of the National Cooperative Dialysis Study (NCDS) showed that dialysis morbidity and mortality was related to Kt/V of urea.
Various formulas have been derived to make calculation of Kt/V simpler.
We compared the kinetically measured Kt/V (A) to... | C12 |
5,480 | 9,486 | Rapid methods of estimating Kt/V: three formulas compared.
Three rapid formulas for Kt/V were compared: 1) Kt/V-PRU = 0.04*PRU-1.2; 2) Kt/V-PRUopt = 0.026*PRU-0.46; and 3) KTV-LN = -In(R-0.03-UF/W).
Accuracy was compared in a database of 339 3/week modeling sessions in 256 patients.
The standard of comparison was Kt... | C12 |
5,481 | 6,201 | Experimental contrast-associated nephropathy and its clinical implications.
Acute renal failure after contrast media injection has been recognized for at least 35 years but the exact mechanism responsible for the renal injury remains an enigma.
The clinical characteristics of contrast-induced nephropathy (CAN) are we... | C12 |
5,482 | 8,774 | Treatment of infants with neurogenic bladder dysfunction using anticholinergic drugs and intermittent catheterisation.
The use of anticholinergic drugs in infants with neurogenic dysfunction has not been well documented.
In this study, 35 neonates at risk of upper urinary tract damage from neurogenic dysfunction were... | C12 |
5,483 | 2,064 | Nephrotoxicity associated with concomitant ACE inhibitor and NSAID therapy.
Angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can be nephrotoxic and may synergistically compromise renal function.
A computer-assisted study was done to asses the prevalence of compromised... | C12 |
5,484 | 5,084 | Primary malignant lymphoma of the bladder.
We treated 11 patients with primary malignant lymphoma of the bladder.
The typical patient is a woman more than 50 years old who presents with urgency and frequency of micturition, and occasionally gross hematuria.
Hydronephrosis is present in half of the patients and cysto... | C12 |
5,485 | 6,387 | Contrast nephropathy in azotemic diabetic patients undergoing coronary angiography.
PURPOSE: To evaluate the incidence of, risk factors for, and outcome of contrast nephropathy in azotemic diabetic patients undergoing coronary angiography.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty-nine insulin-dependent diabetics with a mean serum... | C12 |
5,486 | 6,149 | Biochemical evaluation of calcium stone patients: how soon can it be done after stone surgery/passage?
Biochemical evaluations were done two times for 29 outpatients with calcium stone disease, the first time within one month after surgical extraction or passage of stones and the second time two months or more later.
... | C12 |
5,487 | 8,522 | Indications for use of ketoconazole in management of metastatic prostate cancer.
Newer methods of androgen ablation for the treatment of metastatic prostatic carcinoma have been developed as alternatives to the standard forms of therapy, oral estrogens and surgical castration.
The purpose of this review is to elucida... | C12 |
5,488 | 8,795 | 131I treatment of thyroid papillary carcinoma in a patient with renal failure.
Procedures for 131I ablation in renal failure are not known.
In one patient receiving dialysis, detailed dosimetry and health safety aspects were obtained.
The results showed insignificant contamination of equipment, but a surprisingly si... | C12 |
5,489 | 6,821 | Prediction of acute renal failure after birth asphyxia.
Twenty-one babies of 34-41 weeks' gestational age with birth asphyxia (5 minute Apgar score less than or equal to 5 or umbilical artery pH less than or equal to 7.2) were studied during the first two days of life to find out whether the urinary excretion of tubul... | C12 |
5,490 | 6,158 | Intravesical condyloma acuminatum with progression to verrucous carcinoma.
Condyloma acuminatum is a common form of venereal disease.
Most patients with condylomata acuminata suffer from only the local cosmetic and irritative effects of the lesions.
Few patients have progression to aggressive, regionally distributed... | C12 |
5,491 | 5,025 | Incidence and properties of renal masses and asymptomatic renal cell carcinoma detected by abdominal ultrasonography.
Renal ultrasonography was performed in 45,905 adults, including 41,364 without any signs suggesting urinary tract malignancies, 1,667 with microscopic hematuria only and 2,874 with some signs of malign... | C12 |
5,492 | 5,647 | Self-induced urinary tract infection in school-age boys.
This study focuses on a consecutive series of 31 boys, aged 5 years 3 months to 14 years 9 months, who had a first diagnosed urinary tract infection.
A questionnaire administered after diagnosis revealed that 10 of these boys injected water into their urethra w... | C12 |
5,493 | 9,973 | Rectourethral fistula caused by Kaposi's sarcoma.
A 35-year-old man with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related complex was evaluated for a persistent urethral discharge, pneumaturia and watery diarrhea.
Radiographic and endoscopic procedures established the diagnosis of a rectourethral fistula.
Perineal exp... | C12 |
5,494 | 5,029 | Primary adenocarcinoma of the bladder: favorable prognostic significance of deoxyribonucleic acid diploidy measured by flow cytometry.
Flow cytometric nuclear deoxyribonucleic acid ploidy analysis was done successfully on 38 specimens of primary bladder adenocarcinoma treated between 1954 and 1985.
Of the specimens 1... | C12 |
5,495 | 9,725 | Activity of type 1 erythrocyte complement receptors in uremia and after renal transplantation.
The effect of uremia on the activity of the erythrocyte complement receptors type 1 (CR1), and the changes occurring after renal transplantation, were studied.
The complement receptor activity was measured by immune adheren... | C12 |
5,496 | 2,214 | Natural history of low-stage prostatic cancer and the impact of early detection.
An expanding and increasingly older population, a rising incidence of prostate cancer, and uncertainties regarding treatment effectiveness have made this disease a target of special concern.
The natural history of the cancer must be a co... | C12 |
5,497 | 514 | Genitourinary mycobacteria in infertile Egyptian men.
Forty infertile patients with a preliminary diagnosis of genitourinary tuberculosis were selected for our study when they presented with one or more of the following: (1) personal or family history of tuberculosis, (2) sterile pyuria, (3) voiding urinary symptoms, ... | C12 |
5,498 | 3,394 | DNA analysis of multiple synchronous renal cell carcinomas.
The authors used retrospective quantitative DNA analysis to study interrelationships between multiple synchronous renal cell carcinomas in seven patients.
DNA content was determined by image analysis on Feulgen-stained nuclear smears prepared from multiple p... | C12 |
5,499 | 2,235 | Neodymium:YAG laser treatment of bladder hemangiomas.
We present 3 cases of bladder hemangiomas, one single and two multiple, with a long-term history of recurrent hematuria, treated with endoscopic neodymium:YAG (yttrium, aluminum, garnet) laser photocoagulation, and obtaining good results. | C12 |
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