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5,600 | 78 | Uremic platelets have a functional defect affecting the interaction of von Willebrand factor with glycoprotein IIb-IIIa.
Uremic patients have an impaired platelet function that has been related to membrane glycoprotein (GP) abnormalities.
Using a perfusion system, we have studied the interaction of normal and uremic ... | C12 |
5,601 | 957 | An external urine collection device for incontinent women. Evaluation of long-term use.
Urinary incontinence is common in aged women, may precipitate nursing home admission, and may prompt use of a urine collection device, usually an indwelling urethral catheter.
The safety and efficacy of a new external urine collec... | C12 |
5,602 | 5,071 | Hyperfiltration-induced renal injury in normal man: myth or reality.
Current knowledge fails to support the notion that adaptive hyperfiltration of the remnant kidney after donor nephrectomy is deleterious.
Rather than being maladaptive, hyperfiltration appropriately compensates for the loss of functional renal mass.... | C12 |
5,603 | 2,215 | Epidemiology of prostate cancer.
Available epidemiologic data do not allow targeting of specific populations for prostate cancer screening or early detection programs.
Although certain strong factors have been identified (age, race, location), none sufficiently defines high-risk groups in whom recommendations should ... | C12 |
5,604 | 6,152 | Magnetic resonance imaging of cystic, partially differentiated nephroblastoma.
The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearance of a cystic, partially differentiated nephroblastoma is described, together with pathologic correlation.
The difficulty in reaching a correct preoperative diagnosis even with multimodal imagi... | C12 |
5,605 | 8,523 | Tetracyclines in urology: current concepts
Tetracyclines have an unusually broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity.
They are generally well tolerated, with relatively few side effects compared with alternative antibiotic choices.
Tetracyclines also compare favorably with newer antimicrobials, i.e., oral quinolones... | C12 |
5,606 | 6,603 | Prolonged neuromuscular blockade with vecuronium in a neonate with renal failure.
An 11-day-old neonate with renal failure caused by dysplastic kidneys was anaesthetised with thiopentone, vecuronium, nitrous oxide and oxygen, for insertion of a long-term peritoneal dialysis catheter.
Complete neuromuscular block of 2... | C12 |
5,607 | 3,414 | Chemotherapy-related hemolytic-uremic syndrome after the treatment of head and neck cancer. A case report.
A 62-year-old woman who was being treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck developed a chemotherapy-related hemolytic-uremic syndrome during the second cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy consisting... | C12 |
5,608 | 5,058 | Cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic pyelitis and ureteritis associated with cystitis in marrow transplantation.
A 29-year-old woman suffered fatal hemorrhagic pyelitis, ureteritis and cystitis after receiving 4,800 mg./m.2 cyclophosphamide in preparation for marrow transplantation despite intravenous hydration and a ... | C12 |
5,609 | 6,153 | Radiologic staging of chest in testicular seminoma.
We investigated the usefulness of chest x-ray (CXR), conventional planar tomography (TOM), and computerized axial tomography (CAT) in evaluating patients with Stages I and II testicular seminoma.
All patients had a CXR, and 22 patients had either TOM or CAT as part ... | C12 |
5,610 | 8,507 | Are three substages of clinical B prostate carcinoma useful in predicting disease-free survival?
The B1 nodule, a 1.5 cm area of induration surrounded on at least two sides by prostatic tissue of normal consistency, was defined by Jewett in 1968 as the stage of prostatic cancer best suited for treatment and cure by ra... | C12 |
5,611 | 5,079 | Nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma with venous involvement.
A nephron-sparing operation recently has been shown to provide extended survival free of disease in selected patients with localized renal cell carcinoma, particularly for tumors of lower stage.
To define better the role of conservative surgica... | C12 |
5,612 | 5,114 | Pressure threshold for shock wave induced renal hemorrhage.
Studies were performed with an interest in determining a pressure threshold for extracorporeal shock wave induced renal damage.
Histological evidence of intraparenchymal hemorrhage was used as an indicator of tissue trauma.
Depilated C3H mice were anestheti... | C12 |
5,613 | 8,472 | Function in athymic nude mice of parathyroid heterografts from patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and secondary hyperparathyroidism.
Heterotransplantation of adenomatous parathyroid glandular tissue from humans with primary hyperparathyroidism into athymic nude mice creates a unique animal model of this disease... | C12 |
5,614 | 4,092 | On the need for erythropoietin treatment in dialysis patients. A Copenhagen City Dialysis Unit study
We evaluated the need for erythropoietin (EPO) treatment in 134 end-stage renal disease patients assuming a level of hemoglobin below 6 mmol/l (9.6 g/dl) as indication for treatment.
91 patients (68%) fulfilled this ... | C12 |
5,615 | 2,272 | Desmopressin for diabetes insipidus, hemostatic disorders and enuresis.
Arginine vasopressin preparations have been used in the treatment of diabetes insipidus for many years.
Compared with older antidiuretic agents, the synthetic analog desmopressin is more potent, longer acting and easier to use.
It is available f... | C12 |
5,616 | 2,228 | Current options in the management of clinical stage C prostatic carcinoma.
The evaluation of clinical stage C prostatic cancer has been enhanced by advances in staging modalities over the past 15 years.
Better staging of the local lesion is possible with transrectal ultrasound-guided multiple biopsies of the prostate... | C12 |
5,617 | 3,963 | Relationship between blood pressure and urinary albumin excretion in development of microalbuminuria.
Two hundred nine consecutive normotensive insulin-dependent diabetic (IDDM) patients were followed prospectively from November 1982 to January 1988.
Patient urinary albumin excretion rate (UAE) had to be normal (less... | C12 |
5,618 | 5,059 | De novo carcinoma of the lower urinary tract in renal allograft recipients.
Immunocompetence has been postulated as an important defense against the progression of urothelial carcinoma.
Three cases of de novo lower urinary tract carcinoma in renal transplant recipients demonstrated the potential for unusually rapid u... | C12 |
5,619 | 8,524 | Testicular calcifications and neoplasia in patient treated for subfertility.
A subfertile male with a history of left cryptorchism underwent scrotal ultrasound that revealed stippled calcifications, without associated mass, in the right testicle.
Six months later, while on a regimen of clomiphene citrate, a testicula... | C12 |
5,620 | 9,896 | Palmar keratoses in family members of individuals with bladder cancer.
A total of 270 bladder cancer cases, 178 first-degree relatives and 127 spouses of the bladder cancer cases and 329 hospital controls were studied to evaluate the association between palmar keratoses, bladder cancer and environmental and genetic fa... | C12 |
5,621 | 3,607 | Hypophosphatemia in infants on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
Three infants with irreversible renal failure and treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) developed hypophosphatemia.
In one of them rachitic lesions were observed on X-ray and bone biopsy showed osteomalacic osteodystroph... | C12 |
5,622 | 8,025 | Plasma vasoactive intestinal polypeptide concentration determination in patients with diarrhea.
Determination of plasma levels of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) has been used for screening patients with chronic diarrhea to identify potential neuroendocrine tumors.
This 6-year blinded study from 1981 to 1986 ... | C12 |
5,623 | 5,031 | Perioperative methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin and cisplatin (M-VAC) for poor risk transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder: an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group pilot study.
A total of 18 patients with locally advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder underwent 2 preoperative cycles of chemotherapy... | C12 |
5,624 | 9,563 | Clinical effects of a polyethylene glycol grafted cellulose membrane on thrombogenicity and biocompatibility during hemodialysis.
The biocompatibility and thrombogenicity of polyethylene-glycol (PEG)-grafted cellulose hemodialysis (HD) membranes (PEGC) were investigated in cross-over HD of five HD patients with ordina... | C12 |
5,625 | 9,988 | The effects of basic fibroblast growth factor and suramin on cell motility and growth of rat prostate cancer cells.
Suramin, a new type of cancer chemotherapeutic agent with growth factor antagonist properties, has been reported to affect growth of prostate cancer metastatic lesions.
Partin et al.
have previously re... | C12 |
5,626 | 4,657 | Partial characterization of Chlamydia trachomatis isolates resistant to multiple antibiotics.
In vitro susceptibility testing was done on urogenital isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis from five patients, four of whom were suspected treatment failures.
At least one isolate from each patient was resistant to tetracyclin... | C12 |
5,627 | 8,512 | Experience with Duraphase penile prosthesis: its use as replacement device.
The Duraphase Penile Prosthesis is a new, articulating type of semirigid prosthesis which appears to have several advantages over other semirigid penile prostheses.
This series describes the experience with this prosthesis in 12 patients and ... | C12 |
5,628 | 5,091 | Complications in hyperthermia treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Of 435 patients treated with local hyperthermia to the prostate 27 had 29 complications, for an over-all complication rate of 6.6%.
Urinary tract infections (7 cases), hematuria (6), and epididymitis (2) accounted for roughly half of the complic... | C12 |
5,629 | 9,975 | Adenocarcinoma of the prostate in a 41-year-old man with XXY karyotype and chronic lymphocytic leukemia: report of a case.
We report a case of adenocarcinoma of the prostate in a 41-year-old man with 47XXY karyotype (Klinefelter's syndrome) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
The increased incidence of malignancy in in... | C12 |
5,630 | 5,406 | Analysis of a human DNA excision repair gene involved in group A xeroderma pigmentosum and containing a zinc-finger domain
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is an autosomal recessive disease, characterized by a high incidence of sunlight-induced skin cancer.
Cells from people with this condition are hypersensitive to ultra... | C16 |
5,631 | 6,703 | The role of mucous glycoproteins in the rheologic properties of cystic fibrosis sputum.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterized by excessive amounts of thick and tenacious mucous secretions that obstruct organ ducts and passages.
In the respiratory tract this is associated with chronic infection resulting in the hypers... | C16 |
5,632 | 6,305 | Comparison of DNA and karyotype aneuploidy in malignant lymphomas.
Tumors from 48 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were examined for flow cytometric DNA ploidy and chromosome constitution to determine the degree of concordance of these two methods.
Histologically, there were 24 low-grade, 19 intermediate, and 5 h... | C16 |
5,633 | 2,716 | Hormonal-metabolic stress responses in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery.
Hormonal and metabolic responses were measured in 15 neonates who underwent repair of complex congenital heart defects during a standardized anesthetic protocol.
Four of the 15 neonates died postoperatively in the intensive care unit.
Analys... | C16 |
5,634 | 6,870 | Norwood operation for univentricular heart with subaortic stenosis in the neonate.
In the setting of a single ventricle, subaortic stenosis may be enhanced by pulmonary artery banding and may later contraindicate a Fontan operation.
The Norwood operation may prove a preferable alternative in some infants as a prepara... | C16 |
5,635 | 6,384 | Sudden death in young competitive athletes: clinicopathologic correlations in 22 cases.
PURPOSE: To investigate the pathologic substrates of sudden death in young competitive athletes.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Twenty-two cases of sudden death in young competitive athletes occurring in the Veneto region (northern Italy) ... | C16 |
5,636 | 2,910 | Natural and modified history of complete atrioventricular septal defect--a 17 year study.
We reviewed 103 cases of isolated complete atrioventricular septal defect.
These cases represented 4.4% of the cases of congenital heart disease diagnosed in our hospital by catheterisation and angiography during 1971-88.
Most ... | C16 |
5,637 | 3,526 | William Glenn lecture. The cavopulmonary shunt. Evolution of a concept.
A bold and imaginative development, the cavopulmonary anastomosis, appeared to originate in several centers almost simultaneously.
After extensive research on right heart bypass, Glenn was the first in North America to perform a successful experi... | C16 |
5,638 | 4,678 | Lipid peroxidation and expression of copper-zinc and manganese superoxide dismutase in lungs of premature infants with hyaline membrane disease and bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
The putative involvement of reactive oxygen species in the etiology of lung damage in infants receiving mechanical ventilation has been examine... | C16 |
5,639 | 2,560 | Hypoxic acidemia, hyperviscosity, and maternal hypertension do not affect the umbilical arterial velocity waveform in fetal sheep.
The effect of hypoxic acidemia, hyperviscosity, and maternal hypertension on the umbilical arterial velocity waveform was studied in 23 chronically catheterized fetal sheep.
Fetal hypoxic... | C16 |
5,640 | 9,813 | Intraoperative echocardiography in infants and children with congenital cardiac shunt lesions: transesophageal versus epicardial echocardiography.
To determine the utility and limitations of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in infants and children with congenital intracardiac shunts, intraoperative tran... | C16 |
5,641 | 3,532 | Bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis as interim palliation for high-risk Fontan candidates. Early results.
Thirty-eight patients considered to be at increased risk for a Fontan repair underwent bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis.
Twenty-one of the 38 had concurrent pulmonary artery reconstruction.
Fontan ris... | C16 |
5,642 | 7,831 | Acetabular dysplasia in the adolescent and young adult.
Hip dysplasia is a major cause of osteoarthrosis in adults.
Early aggressive osteotomy has the potential of preventing the development of arthritis, but carries with it significant risks.
The problem is further complicated because the surgeon has no means of qu... | C16 |
5,643 | 3,536 | Perioperative arrhythmias after Fontan repair.
Arrhythmias are well-recognized sequelae of the Fontan repair.
A prospective analysis of perioperative arrhythmias after Fontan repair was performed.
Thirty-three patients had 24-hour ambulatory monitoring on the day before surgery and for 24 hours immediately after sur... | C16 |
5,644 | 2,006 | Intrauterine growth retardation: diagnosis based on multiple parameters--a prospective study.
A scoring system has previously been developed to diagnose intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) based on three parameters: estimated fetal weight, amniotic fluid volume, and maternal blood pressure status.
To test the IUGR... | C16 |
5,645 | 9,163 | Coronary arteries in truncus arteriosus.
The origin and distribution of the coronary arteries was described in 39 autopsy specimens of truncus arteriosus (TA).
The specimens were classified according to the number and the patterns of the truncal cusps.
The position of the truncal cusps was defined in relation to int... | C16 |
5,646 | 268 | Epidural anaesthesia for labour and caesarean section in a parturient with a single ventricle and transposition of the great arteries.
We describe a case of a 29-year-old parturient with a single ventricle and transposition of the great arteries who had lumbar epidural analgesia/anaesthesia with a local anaesthetic fo... | C16 |
5,647 | 4,981 | Nonrandom chromosomal abnormalities in primary uveal melanoma.
We report on 14 cases of clonal chromosomal anomalies in patients with primary uveal melanoma.
An increased dosage of chromosome 8 or of parts of the long arm of chromosome 8 (8q) were detected in eight patients (57%).
The smallest multiplied area of 8q ... | C16 |
5,648 | 3,527 | Coronary artery pattern and outcome of arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries.
A successful outcome of an arterial switch operation (ASO) for dextro-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) depends in large part on the transfer of the coronary arteries to the neoaorta without distortion o... | C16 |
5,649 | 6,847 | Prognostic determinants in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure in newborns.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is becoming an accepted therapeutic modality for newborn respiratory failure, but there is little information available regarding the prognostic determinants with this techniqu... | C16 |
5,650 | 8,923 | IgG subclasses in the serum and skin in subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus and neonatal lupus erythematosus.
IgG subclasses differ in their biologic and chemical properties, such as complement fixation, protein and cellular binding, and placental transfer.
In this study, IgG subclasses of anti-Ro/SSA antibodies i... | C16 |
5,651 | 439 | Barrett's esophagus in children and young adults. Frequent association with mental retardation.
Since few data are available on epidemiologic features of Barrett's esophagus in young persons, we reviewed the case records of patients undergoing esophageal biopsies at Children's Hospital, Boston, from 1982 through 1986.... | C16 |
5,652 | 6,887 | Cardiac transplantation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: a modified technique [see comment]
A modified technique of infant orthotopic cardiac transplantation with arch reconstruction using bicaval cannulation is described, and the results in 4 infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome are presented.
This techn... | C16 |
5,653 | 6,831 | Gut blood flow velocities in the newborn: effects of patent ductus arteriosus and parenteral indomethacin
The effects on gut blood flow velocities of parenteral indomethacin (0.2 mg/kg) given either quickly as a bolus or slowly as an infusion were compared in consecutive studies of two groups of infants with symptoma... | C16 |
5,654 | 3,755 | Diagnosis of tracheal injury in mechanically ventilated premature infants by flexible bronchoscopy. A pilot study.
Flexible bronchoscopy (FB) is uniquely suited for the study of large airway lesions in the ventilated premature infant.
However, no standardized clinical scoring system of distal tracheal injury exists a... | C16 |
5,655 | 2,735 | A forme fruste of Marfan's syndrome: case history.
A thirty nine year old woman presented with multiple aneurysms and dissections of the arterial system secondary to cystic medial necrosis is presented.
After assessment of the family history a diagnosis of a forme fruste of Marfan's syndrome was made.
Preoperative c... | C16 |
5,656 | 5,798 | Identification of mutations in regions corresponding to the two putative nucleotide (ATP)-binding folds of the cystic fibrosis gene.
Additional mutations in the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene were identified in the regions corresponding to the two putative nucleotide (ATP)-binding folds (NBFs) of the predicted polypeptide.... | C16 |
5,657 | 8,501 | Respiratory muscle function in cystic fibrosis.
Maximal static expiratory and inspiratory mouth pressures (PEmax and PImax) and quadriceps femoris muscle strength were measured in 25 patients aged 16-28 years with cystic fibrosis (mean FEV1 46% predicted).
Mean (SD) PEmax was 64% (18%) predicted (below 75% predicted ... | C16 |
5,658 | 4,934 | Speech, velopharyngeal function, and hearing before and after orthognathic surgery.
Articulation, voice, resonance, hearing sensitivity, and middle ear function were examined in 34 patients before and 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after orthognathic surgery.
Thirty of the 34 patients had articulation errors before surgery.
... | C16 |
5,659 | 5,520 | Calculated risk of chromosomal abnormalities in twin gestations.
Genetic counseling concerning the risks of chromosomal abnormalities in twin gestations can be difficult; the risk of amniocentesis is weighed against that of chromosomal abnormalities in either one or both of the twins.
Because most twins are dizygotic... | C16 |
5,660 | 6,826 | Peak inspiratory pressure requirements in infants born weighing less than 750 g.
The possibility that peak inspiratory pressure requirements or the arterial:alveolar oxygen ratio can predict the clinical outcome in infants weighing less than 750 g at birth was explored in a consecutive series.
Nine of 10 infants (90%... | C16 |
5,661 | 9,759 | The core polypeptide of cystic fibrosis tracheal mucin contains a tandem repeat structure. Evidence for a common mucin in airway and gastrointestinal tissue.
A cystic fibrosis trachea cDNA library was constructed and probed with a synthetic oligonucleotide containing a consensus sequence recently identified in human i... | C16 |
5,662 | 8,275 | Enhanced hepatic drug clearance in patients with cystic fibrosis.
To examine whether hepatic drug metabolism is altered in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), we evaluated the pharmacokinetics of three model pharmacologic substrates (antipyrine, a marker of hepatic oxidative metabolism; lorazepam, a marker of hepatic ... | C16 |
5,663 | 9,812 | Prevalence of additional cardiovascular anomalies in patients referred for transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus.
Catheter closure of the patent ductus arteriosus is now a reality.
The purpose of this study was to establish the prevalence of associated cardiovascular defects and the accuracy of echocardio... | C16 |
5,664 | 8,646 | Benign intracranial hypertension after ciprofloxacin administration.
Many drugs, including antibiotics, have been implicated in the aetiology of benign intracranial hypertension.
We report the development of benign intracranial hypertension after the use of ciprofloxacin in a teenager with cystic fibrosis. | C16 |
5,665 | 4,427 | Results of the arterial switch operation in patients with transposition of the great arteries and abnormalities of the mitral valve or left ventricular outflow tract.
Between January 1983 and October 1989, 290 patients underwent an arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries; 30 (10.3%) of the pa... | C16 |
5,666 | 4,947 | Prolonged indomethacin therapy for the prevention of recurrences of patent ductus arteriosus.
We tested the hypothesis that prolonged maintenance indomethacin therapy would allow more effective closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and thereby decrease the recurrence rate.
Thirty-nine low birthweight neonates (le... | C16 |
5,667 | 3,538 | Hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Outcome after initial reconstruction and before modified Fontan procedure.
The outcome and clinical course before modified Fontan procedure were reviewed for 200 patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who underwent initial reconstructive surgery between August 1985 and March 198... | C16 |
5,668 | 6,829 | Outcome after acute osteomyelitis in preterm infants.
Eight cases of skeletal infection in preterm infants were studied.
All the infants were systemically unwell, with polymorpholeucocytosis.
Diagnosis was by blood culture, and any radiographic changes were apparent at the time of presentation.
Infection was often ... | C16 |
5,669 | 5,521 | Elevated maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein and amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein after multifetal pregnancy reduction.
Forty patients underwent fetal reduction at approximately 12 weeks' gestation for multiple pregnancy.
Twenty-two had maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) determinations and all but one was elevated... | C16 |
5,670 | 6,598 | Epidurography in premature infants.
A caudal epidural catheter was inserted in 20 premature, high risk infants for abdominal or thoracic surgery under combined caudal epidural and general anaesthesia.
Epidurography was used to confirm the position of the catheter which was found to be misplaced in three patients.
Th... | C16 |
5,671 | 7,409 | Children with special needs in The Netherlands: impaired hearing, adolescent pregnancy, and myelomeningocele.
In the Netherlands, treatment and management of children with special needs is characterized by the absence of financial barriers to care and the existence of a number of specialized services.
For hearing-imp... | C16 |
5,672 | 2,044 | Chromosomal region of the cystic fibrosis gene in yeast artificial chromosomes: a model for human genome mapping.
A general strategy for cloning and mapping large regions of human DNA with yeast artificial chromosomes (YAC's) is described.
It relies on the use of the polymerase chain reaction to detect DNA landmarks ... | C16 |
5,673 | 9,811 | Assessment of ventricular septal defect closure by intraoperative epicardial ultrasound.
Intraoperative epicardial two-dimensional echocardiographic imaging, color flow mapping and contrast echocardiography were used in 31 patients after patch closure of a ventricular septal defect to determine their respective values... | C16 |
5,674 | 8,097 | Results of a 25-year screening programme for neonatal hip instability.
From 1962 to 1986, 117,256 neonates were screened for congenital dislocation of the hip (CDH).
When the primary physical examination was performed by the junior paediatric staff there was a persistent late diagnosis rate of 0.5 per 1000 live birth... | C16 |
5,675 | 4,951 | Effects of cisapride in patients with cystic fibrosis and distal intestinal obstruction syndrome.
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial, we investigated the effects of the prokinetic drug cisapride in patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic recurrent distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS).
A... | C16 |
5,676 | 6,857 | Unusual opening of coronary sinus in atrioventricular septal defects.
The coronary sinus is an important landmark for the position of the atrial component of the atrioventricular conduction axis and, thus, assumes special relevance to the surgeon in the operating room.
We describe here 2 patients with atrioventricula... | C16 |
5,677 | 5,654 | Surfactant replacement therapy with a single postventilatory dose of a reconstituted bovine surfactant in preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome: final analysis of a multicenter, double-blind, randomized trial and comparison with similar trials. The Surfactant-TA Study Group.
The effects of a single dose ... | C16 |
5,678 | 9,742 | Osteoarthrosis and congenital dysplasia of the hip in family members of children who have congenital dysplasia of the hip [published erratum appears in J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 1991 Feb;73(2):293]
Four hundred and eight siblings, parents, and grandparents of seventy-eight children from the New England area who had conge... | C16 |
5,679 | 60 | Elastic fibre damage induced by low-dose D-penicillamine.
We have studied 23 patients receiving penicillamine for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis to determine the prevalence of penicillamine-induced elastosis.
One female patient had pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like skin changes and bramble-bush elastosis without c... | C16 |
5,680 | 6,061 | Congenital craniofacial anomalies of ophthalmic importance.
Congenital craniofacial abnormalities frequently require ophthalmic evaluation and surgical management.
Called upon to perform as part of the craniofacial team managing the often severely deformed craniofacial patient, the ophthalmologist must bring a basic ... | C16 |
5,681 | 8,291 | Hypoplastic transverse arch and coarctation in neonates. Surgical reconstruction of the aortic arch: a study of sixty-six patients.
From Jan.
1, 1983, to Jan.
1, 1988, 66 consecutive neonates with coarctation and severe hypoplasia of the transverse arch underwent coarctation repair by resection of the coarctation an... | C16 |
5,682 | 7,034 | Osmiophilic deposits in cytosomes in Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome.
A young child with Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome is presented.
She was well until 8 years of age when she lost interest in activities and her school performance declined.
At age 11 years, she began having episodes of blepharospasm, accompanied by bilate... | C16 |
5,683 | 926 | Accuracy of prospective two-dimensional/Doppler echocardiography in the assessment of reparative surgery.
Between January 1987 and January 1989, all 129 patients (aged 11 days to 25 years, median 39 months) undergoing both an echocardiographic examination and cardiac catheterization after reparative surgery were prosp... | C16 |
5,684 | 7,463 | Persistent right umbilical vein: an ominous prenatal finding?
The persistence of a right umbilical vein is an uncommon finding, with only a dozen cases reported since 1826.
The persistent right umbilical vein may replace the normal left umbilical vein or be supernumerary.
The anomaly is associated with numerous and ... | C16 |
5,685 | 9,792 | Ocular melanoma in families with dysplastic nevus syndrome.
Five families with the dysplastic nevus syndrome, in each of which one member had ocular melanoma, are reported.
These five families were examined within a 3-year period in one medical center.
To date only five other families with such a combination have be... | C16 |
5,686 | 6,645 | Functional residual capacity in anesthetized children: normal values and values in children with cardiac anomalies.
To assess the increase in functional residual capacity (FRC) with growth, FRC was measured after induction of anesthesia in two groups of children.
One group consisted of 74 children, 0.1-11.2 yr of age... | C16 |
5,687 | 2,942 | Cor triatriatum: clinical presentation and surgical results in 12 patients.
Twelve patients with cor triatriatum have been seen at our institution since 1979.
The clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and surgical results are outlined in this retrospective review.
Operation is the treatment of choice for thi... | C16 |
5,688 | 5,101 | The value of leak pressure and bladder compliance in the urodynamic evaluation of meningomyelocele patients.
A total of 61 patients with myelodysplasia underwent water cystometry and electromyography of the external sphincter.
Of these patients 27 underwent video fluorourodynamics as a part of preoperative evaluation... | C16 |
5,689 | 3,929 | Deletion of chromosome 4: 46,XY, del(4) (q31.3) after gamete intrafallopian transfer and in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer.
It seems that assisted reproduction technology does not increase the rate of chromosome abnormalities, and up to now, a few cases have been reported.
The case we describe here is the first ... | C16 |
5,690 | 6,820 | Ischaemic brain lesions diagnosed at birth in preterm infants: clinical events and developmental outcome.
In 232 newborn babies of less than 32 weeks' gestational age ultrasound brain scans were carried out shortly after birth, daily for the first week of life, and at least twice weekly thereafter.
Periventricular ec... | C16 |
5,691 | 2,239 | Sex reversal syndrome (XX male).
Men who appear normal and live a normal life, may have a 46,XX karyotype and present with the typical features of infertility and end organ (testicular) failure.
They are azoospermic and their small testicles show specific patterns on light and electron microscopy.
Recent advances in... | C16 |
5,692 | 3,721 | Use of a palatal stabilizing device in prevention of palatal grooves in premature infants.
A prospective, randomized study using an acrylic palatal stabilizing device (PSD) was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of this device in preventing disruptions in palatal architecture.
A total of 26 premature infants wit... | C16 |
5,693 | 8,776 | Vasa aplasia and cystic fibrosis.
Bilateral vasa aplasia is considered an invariable finding in cystic fibrosis, but such patients are rarely seen in male infertility clinics.
The improved survival beyond 20 years of age is likely to change this.
In a clinical study of a group of male cystics the vasa were absent in... | C16 |
5,694 | 7,408 | Children with special needs in England and Wales: the care of hearing impairment, myelomeningocele, and adolescent pregnancy.
Services for children with special needs in England and Wales are described briefly, with attention to the services provided by the National Health Service, local authorities, the social securi... | C16 |
5,695 | 2,307 | Analysis of programmed stimulation methods in the evaluation of ventricular arrhythmias in patients 20 years old and younger.
The purpose of this study was to systematically evaluate programmed ventricular stimulation in patients less than 21 years of age undergoing electrophysiologic testing.
A standardized protocol... | C16 |
5,696 | 382 | Intrapericardial extralobar pulmonary sequestration in a neonate.
A huge pericardial effusion was diagnosed during fetal ultrasound examination performed in the 42nd week of pregnancy on a healthy 25-year-old woman.
Immediately after the birth, a two-dimensional echocardiogram confirmed this finding in the infant, an... | C16 |
5,697 | 4,400 | Ventricular arrhythmias after correction of ventricular septal defects: importance of surgical approach.
To compare the prevalence of conduction disturbances and ventricular arrhythmias in cases of postoperative ventricular septal defect, 100 patients (50 with repair by right atriotomy, group 1; and 50 with repair by ... | C16 |
5,698 | 6,366 | Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening activities of state health agencies: a survey
Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) screening has been demonstrated to be cost-effective on a population basis and is becoming standard practice.
The American Society of Human Genetics has twice published policy statements ... | C16 |
5,699 | 9,352 | Intestinal metaplasia is age related in Barrett's esophagus.
The correlation among cellular characteristics of Barrett's esophagus, patient age, and malignant neoplasm is not well documented.
This study, which describes a population of 66 patients with Barrett's esophagus spanning 1 to 80 years of age, analyzes the c... | C16 |
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