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600 | 6,148 | Management of Peyronie disease by implantation of inflatable penile prosthesis.
Sixty-seven patients with advanced Peyronie disease were treated by implantation of an inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP).
Twenty-eight of the 67 patients had documented total erectile failure.
The remaining 39 patients had significant p... | C01 |
601 | 6,415 | Antenatal microbiologic and maternal risk factors associated with prematurity.
In a prospective study of 202 women (gestational age 24 +/- 4 weeks), we evaluated possible influences of lower genital tract infection or bacterial conditions on obstetric outcomes, including preterm labor, preterm premature rupture of mem... | C01 |
602 | 2,804 | Manual ventilation bags as a source for bacterial colonization of intubated patients.
A group of 14 intensive care unit (ICU) patients were studied to determine if manual ventilation bags (MVB) could serve as a source of bacterial or fungal pathogens that could colonize the respiratory tract of intubated patients.
A ... | C01 |
603 | 9,922 | Prevention of a false diagnosis of sexually acquired reactive arthritis by synovial lymphocyte responses.
Three cases are reported in which a diagnosis of sexually acquired reactive arthritis might have been made erroneously from the history, but the enteric origin of the reactive arthritis was evident from synovial l... | C01 |
604 | 6,679 | Tetanus immunization status and immunologic response to a booster in an emergency department geriatric population.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Although effective procedures for the prevention of tetanus have long been available, serosurveys done since 1977 demonstrate that 49% to 66% of the elderly population lacks a protective... | C01 |
605 | 4,187 | Amputation or limb-lengthening for partial or total absence of the fibula.
Thirty-two patients who had ablation of the foot by the Syme or Boyd technique for partial or total absence of the fibula, with subsequent fitting of a prosthesis, were compared with eleven patients who had lengthening of the lower limb by the ... | C01 |
606 | 2,717 | hemofiltration reverses left ventricular dysfunction during sepsis in dogs.
Depressed left ventricular (LV) contractility in sepsis has been ascribed to the presence of circulating cardiodepressant substance (filterable cardiodepressant factor in sepsis [FCS]); however, this finding is controversial.
The authors hypo... | C01 |
607 | 7,744 | Eustachian valve endocarditis.
M mode and cross sectional echocardiography showed a highly mobile globular pedunculated mass(3.0 cm long with a maximum diameter of i.5 cm) attached to the eustachian valve in a heroin addict with staphylococcal endocarditis. | C01 |
608 | 858 | The many faces and phases of borreliosis II.
Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease, has also been associated with other cutaneous conditions.
Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans and lymphadenosis benigna cutis are also caused by B.
burgdorferi.
Recent evidence links some cases of progressive fac... | C01 |
609 | 8,201 | Mycobacterium leprae-specific T cells from a tuberculoid leprosy patient suppress HLA-DR3-restricted T cell responses to an immunodominant epitope on 65-kDa hsp of mycobacteria.
The polar tuberculoid type (TT) of leprosy, characterized by high T cell reactivity to Mycobacterium leprae, is associated with HLA-DR3.
Sur... | C01 |
610 | 5,997 | Syphilis, human immunodeficiency virus infection, and targeting prevention.
To examine the interaction between syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) infection in Oklahoma, we conducted an unlinked HIV seroprevalence survey using serum specimens submitted to the Oklahoma State Department of Health fo... | C01 |
611 | 7,081 | Levels of serum granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in patients with infections.
To clarify the physiologic roles of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in infectious states in vivo, we examined the serum levels of G-CSF in patients with infection.
Serum samples from 24 patients in the acute stage of infe... | C01 |
612 | 6,532 | Evidence for gonococcal transmission within a correctional system.
In a study to examine sexually transmissible disease occurring within a large correctional system where sexual activity is prohibited, 27 male inmates acquired culture-proven gonorrhea from in-jail sexual activity during a three-month period.
These re... | C01 |
613 | 6,975 | Aerobic and anaerobic bacteriology of wounds and cutaneous abscesses.
The aerobic and anaerobic microbiologic characteristics of 584 wounds and 676 skin or soft-tissue abscesses were studied and correlated with the infection site.
In wounds, aerobic or facultative bacteria only were present in 223 specimens (38%), an... | C01 |
614 | 3,118 | Buccal cellulitis.
Buccal cellulitis (BC) is an innocuous appearing infection of the cheek that is found in children and has a high incidence of concomitant bacteremia.
Typically, the child is younger than 12 months and has a 2 to 8 hour prodrome of coryza and fever before developing the cellulitis on the cheek.
A p... | C01 |
615 | 5,922 | Visceral protothecosis mimicking sclerosing cholangitis in an immunocompetent host: successful antifungal therapy.
A healthy 39-year-old man who had clinical findings consistent with sclerosing cholangitis was found to have systemic protothecosis at surgery.
Severe granulomatous inflammation and palpable nodules were... | C01 |
616 | 6,505 | Garlic-in-oil associated botulism: episode leads to product modification.
In February 1989, three cases of botulism occurred in persons who consumed garlic bread made from a garlic-in-oil product.
Testing of leftover garlic-in-oil showed it to have a pH of 5.7 and to contain high concentrations of Clostridium botulin... | C01 |
617 | 7,588 | Concomitant neurocysticercosis and brucellosis.
A young Mexican woman had headache and left arm weakness develop shortly after immigrating to the United States.
A solitary cerebral cysticercus was found at surgery, but, instead of the expected finding of clear fluid, the cyst contained pus from which Brucella meliten... | C01 |
618 | 52 | Replacement of an aortic valve cusp after neonatal endocarditis.
Septic arthritis developed in a neonate after an infection of her hand.
Despite medical and surgical treatment endocarditis of her aortic valve developed and the resultant regurgitation required emergency surgery.
At operation a new valve cusp was fash... | C01 |
619 | 8,833 | Metabolic regulation of renal gluconeogenesis in response to sepsis in the rat.
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The regulation of renal gluconeogenesis was studied in rats made septic by a caecal ligation and puncture technique.
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Blood glucose concentrations were not markedly different in septic rats, but lactate, pyruvate and alanine concen... | C01 |
620 | 6,810 | Recurrent seizures in children with Shigella-associated convulsions.
Fifty-five children with Shigella-associated convulsions were followed prospectively to investigate their risk of subsequent febrile or nonfebrile seizures.
The duration of the follow-up period was between 6.9 and 14.1 years (9.7 +/- 3.1 years).
No... | C01 |
621 | 6,066 | Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for necrotizing fasciitis reduces mortality and the need for debridements.
Twenty-nine patients with necrotizing fasciitis were treated from 1980 to 1988.
This study evaluates how the addition of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy to surgical treatment has affected mortality and the number of d... | C01 |
622 | 6,771 | Effect of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the course of syphilis and on the response to treatment.
PURPOSE: To evaluate evidence that concurrent infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) alters both the natural history of syphilis (by increasing the frequency of early neurosyphilis) and the res... | C01 |
623 | 6,921 | Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Seventh-Day Adventists and other groups in Maryland. Lack of association with diet.
To evaluate the possible role of diet in the transmission of Helicobacter pylori, we compared H pylori seroprevalence among Seventh-Day Adventists (who are vegetarian and abstain from alcohol, c... | C01 |
624 | 9,120 | Chancroid: results from an outbreak in Houston, Texas.
A recent (and continuing) epidemic of chancroid in Houston has included morphologic variation in the disease, including so-called dwarf, classic, giant, transient, follicular, phagedenic, and pseudogranuloma inguinale types.
Most cases were clearly acquired by un... | C01 |
625 | 9,958 | Aberrations in post-trauma monocyte (MO) subpopulation: role in septic shock syndrome.
Appearance of increased proportions of monocytes bearing the 72kd(FcRI) receptor for IgG correlated to aberrant monocyte (MO) functions, depressed immune functions, and poor clinical outcome.
The trauma patients' FcRI+ MO subpopula... | C01 |
626 | 7,906 | Septic pulmonary embolism complicating a central venous catheter.
Bacteremia is a recognized complication in patients with indwelling central venous catheters.
More recently pulmonary embolism in such patients has also been described.
Despite abundant clinical experience with these devices, to our knowledge, septic ... | C01 |
627 | 6,649 | Infection during chronic epidural catheterization: diagnosis and treatment.
A potentially serious complication of long-term epidural catheterization in cancer patients is infection.
The early signs of infection were studied in 350 patients in whom long-term epidural catheters were inserted.
Three areas of the cathet... | C01 |
628 | 6,440 | Cervicovaginal microflora and pregnancy outcome: results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of erythromycin treatment.
Available information suggests that some instances of preterm birth or premature rupture of membranes are associated with clinically unrecognized infection and inflammation of the lower uteri... | C01 |
629 | 5,911 | Hypercalcitoninemia, hypocalcemia, and toxic shock syndrome.
Toxic shock syndrome is a multisystem illness frequently complicated by hypocalcemia.
The etiology of the hypocalcemia, which may be severe, is not well understood.
We report two cases of fatal toxic shock syndrome accompanied by severe hypocalcemia; each ... | C01 |
630 | 5,348 | Soleus-specific myopathy induced by passive stretching under local tetanus.
Twenty-four adult albino rats were injected with tetanus toxin into the right gastrocnemius muscle and then subjected to sustained dorsiflexion of the right ankle joint for 2 to 14 days.
Histologic examinations of the soleus after this proced... | C01 |
631 | 882 | Individualizing treatment of vaginal candidiasis.
Clinicians have a vast array of effective antimycotics for the treatment of vaginal candidiasis.
Multiple topical formulations are available, yet there is little evidence to suggest that formulation per se influences outcome.
A growing number of highly effective oral... | C01 |
632 | 8,377 | Human immunodeficiency virus infection in pregnancy.
Among an estimated 1 million to 1.5 million Americans infected with HIV, about 10 per cent are women.
Moreover, almost 30 per cent of HIV infection among women is acquired through heterosexual activity.
Therefore, the average obstetrician/gynecologist is not shelt... | C01 |
633 | 750 | Neonatal osteomyelitis.
Thirty-four neonates with osteomyelitis were reviewed.
The hip (19) was the most common site involved.
Swelling and pseudoparalysis were the most significant local signs.
Radiographic abnormalities, such as metaphyseal rarefaction and/or joint subluxation were found on the initial radiograph... | C01 |
634 | 4,661 | Quantitation of Tamm-Horsfall protein binding to uropathogenic Escherichia coli and lectins.
In quantitative experiments using ELISA, binding of Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP) to uropathogenic Escherichia coli was studied with monoclonal antibody to THP.
Adherence to E.
coli bearing type 1 fimbriae was proportional to ... | C01 |
635 | 636 | Reduction of gastric ulcer recurrence after suppression of Helicobacter pylori by cefixime.
The effect on the recurrence of gastric ulcers after suppression of Helicobacter pylori by combined treatment with cimetidine and the antimicrobial drug cefixime was investigated.
Twenty one of 43 patients with endoscopically ... | C01 |
636 | 7,646 | Endophthalmitis due to Sporothrix schenckii after penetrating ocular injury.
A 13-year-old boy developed endophthalmitis from traumatic inoculation of vegetable material penetrating his right eye.
Sporothrix schenckii was morphologically identified from the intraocular fluids.
However, repeated attempts to culture t... | C01 |
637 | 9,938 | Yersinia enterocolitica tenosynovitis. The first case.
We describe a case of tenosynovitis of tibialis posterior due to Yersinia enterocolitica occurring after injury by a plant thorn in a 55-year-old man.
The illness was chronic with 2 recurrences in spite of antibiotic treatment.
Full recovery was obtained only af... | C01 |
638 | 9,647 | New isotopic technique for detecting prosthetic arterial graft infection: 99mTc-hexametazime-labelled leucocyte imaging.
Early and accurate detection of prosthetic arterial graft infection is important because this serious complication of vascular surgery carries high morbidity and mortality rates.
This report descri... | C01 |
639 | 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... | C01 |
640 | 4,185 | The patellofemoral joint after total knee arthroplasty without patellar resurfacing.
One hundred total knee replacements with a total condylar prosthesis and without patellar resurfacing were followed for a minimum of two years.
Eighty-four per cent of the knees were affected by osteoarthrosis.
Graded according to t... | C01 |
641 | 5,926 | Listerial myocarditis in cardiac transplantation.
Clinical signs of heart failure developed in two cardiac transplant recipients and were interpreted initially as graft rejection.
Morphologic examination of explanted hearts revealed myocarditis with abscess formation and necrosis consistent with a bacterial process; ... | C01 |
642 | 794 | Possible role of bacterial siderophores in inflammation. Iron bound to the Pseudomonas siderophore pyochelin can function as a hydroxyl radical catalyst.
Tissue injury has been linked to neutrophil associated hydroxyl radical (.OH) generation, a process that requires an exogenous transition metal catalyst such as iron... | C01 |
643 | 7,401 | The national immunization program of The Netherlands.
After a brief explanation of the immunization policy in the Netherlands, the national immunization program is described, with special attention given to coupling of the municipal population records with a computerized database of individual immunization records at ... | C01 |
644 | 8,481 | Calcitonin gene-related peptide levels are elevated in patients with sepsis.
Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), an endogenous vasoactive peptide encoded by the calcitonin gene in nerve cells, is distributed throughout the cardiovascular system and is a potent vasodilator.
Plasma levels of CGRP have been elevated... | C01 |
645 | 7,539 | Botulism among Alaska Natives. The role of changing food preparation and consumption practices.
Alaska Natives have one of the highest rates of food-borne botulism worldwide.
All outbreaks have been associated with the consumption of native foods, but in recent years outbreaks have occurred in previously unaffected a... | C01 |
646 | 3,766 | Occult fatal pulmonary embolism with disseminated intravascular coagulation. An unusual case masquerading as miliary tuberculosis.
We report a fatal case of occult pulmonary embolism complicating bronchogenic carcinoma which presented with rapidly progressive pulmonary miliary shadows and respiratory failure.
A clott... | C01 |
647 | 8,146 | Absence of significant bacteremia during urinary catheter manipulation in patients with chronic indwelling catheters.
The objective of this study was to quantify the microorganisms present in blood at urinary catheter removal and at reinsertion in patients with chronic indwelling urinary catheters.
This was a prospec... | C01 |
648 | 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... | C01 |
649 | 4,627 | Fucosylated oligosaccharides of human milk protect suckling mice from heat-stabile enterotoxin of Escherichia coli.
Human milk protects suckling mice from the diarrheagenic effects of heat-stabile enterotoxin of Escherichia coli (ST).
To identify the human milk fraction responsible for this protection, pooled skimmed... | C01 |
650 | 5,914 | Tuberculous psoas muscle abscess following chemoprophylaxis with isoniazid in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
A 34-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus infection and disseminated Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare infection developed a right psoas muscle abscess due t... | C01 |
651 | 7,861 | Incidence of colonization, nosocomial pneumonia, and mortality in critically ill patients using a Trach Care closed-suction system versus an open-suction system: prospective, randomized study.
Eighty-four intubated, mechanically ventilated patients were prospectively evaluated for incidences of colonization and nosoco... | C01 |
652 | 5,605 | Oral histoplasmosis as a presenting disease in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [published erratum appears in Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1991 Jan;71(1):76]
A 43-year-old homosexual man visited his dentist with painful, nodular, ulcerated lesions on the soft palate, right buccal mucosa, and right posterior maxill... | C01 |
653 | 9,509 | Prevention of infection in a porous tracheal prosthesis by omental wrapping.
The ideal tracheal prosthesis has to permit complete incorporation by epithelialization of the luminal surface.
This is not possible with the currently available impermeable solid silicone tube.
The authors developed a reinforced, porous po... | C01 |
654 | 833 | Antigen specific serum antibody response to Chlamydia trachomatis in patients with acute pelvic inflammatory disease.
Sera from 35 patients with acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) with and without Chlamydia trachomatis confirmed by culture and sera from 19 control patients with neither evidence of pelvic infectio... | C01 |
655 | 2,434 | Percutaneous transhepatic cholecystostomy for acute complicated cholecystitis in elderly patients.
We report our experience with percutaneous transhepatic cholecystostomy in 10 elderly patients with acute cholecystitis, complicated by empyema formation.
Most of these patients has severe underlying disease, rendering ... | C01 |
656 | 2,821 | Effects of method of hemostasis on wound-infection rate.
Adequate hemostasis is important in preventing postoperative wound infection.
This study compared four methods of hemostasis: specific pinpoint vessel electrocautery (SPC), specific vessel ligation with 4-0 vicryl (SVL), nonspecific electrocautery of vessel plu... | C01 |
657 | 7,407 | Postneonatal mortality in Norway: a study of recent trends and comparison with other mortality rates in Norwegian children.
Postneonatal mortality in Norway decreased rapidly from 1956 to 1980 but subsequently remained stable.
In recent years the postneonatal death rate appears to be increasing, primarily due to grea... | C01 |
658 | 7,020 | Nontropical pyomyositis as a cause of subacute, multifocal myalgia in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
We report a case of nontropical pyomyositis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection, in which severe myalgia was the presenting symptom over several ... | C01 |
659 | 4,643 | Detection of interleukin-3 in the serum of mice infected with Mycobacterium lepraemurium.
Infection of mice by Mycobacterium lepraemurium is accompanied by ablation of erythropoiesis in the bone marrow and gross enlargement of the spleen.
This, together with increased monocytopoiesis and the earlier demonstration of ... | C01 |
660 | 8,320 | The interrelationship between human immunodeficiency virus infection and other sexually transmitted diseases.
The epidemiology of HIV infection in the United States is changing, with a dramatic reduction in the incidence of new HIV infection in homosexual men over the past decade because of altered sexual practices.
... | C01 |
661 | 4,528 | Tuberculous peritonitis: a study comparing cirrhotic and noncirrhotic patients.
Tuberculous peritonitis is a rare disease, which often goes unrecognized because of the subtle clinical clues and its insidous onset.
We retrospectively analyzed the records of 37 cases of tuberculous peritonitis diagnosed over a 15-year ... | C01 |
662 | 2,889 | In vitro susceptibility of Xanthomonas (Pseudomonas) maltophilia to newer antimicrobial agents.
The susceptibilities of 45 clinical and 3 environmental isolates of Xanthomonas maltophilia to 14 antimicrobial agents was determined by broth microdilution.
The newer quinolones PD117596, PD117558, PD127391, A-56620, amif... | C01 |
663 | 5,638 | Immunogenicity of Haemophilus b conjugate vaccine (meningococcal protein conjugate) in children with prior invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease.
Children younger than 2 years of age with previous invasive Haemophilus influenzae (Hib) type b disease may not develop protective antibodies to antigens of Hib and... | C01 |
664 | 5,934 | Infectious diseases as a Canadian subspecialty, with projections to the year 2000.
Infectious diseases is a relatively new subspecialty in Canada.
During the past decade, however, important advances have been made.
These include the formation of the Canadian Infectious Diseases Society and the development of the fir... | C01 |
665 | 738 | The Hastings bipolar hemiarthroplasty for subcapital fractures of the femoral neck. A 10-year prospective study.
In a 10-year prospective study, 561 displaced subcapital fractures of the femoral neck in 546 patients were treated with the Hastings bipolar hemiarthroplasty.
Within six months of their operations, 148 pa... | C01 |
666 | 9,284 | Risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus nosocomial pneumonia in critically ill patients.
Staphylococcus aureus nosocomial pneumonia has become an important infection not only because of an apparently increasing incidence but also because of its high mortality rate.
A total of 50 episodes of nosocomial pneumonia in cri... | C01 |
667 | 2,515 | Streptococcus mitis sepsis in bone marrow transplant patients receiving oral antimicrobial prophylaxis.
PURPOSE: Streptococcal infection has increasingly become a problem in neutropenic patients.
We report on an outbreak of Streptococcus mitis sepsis in six bone marrow transplant patients receiving oral antimicrobial... | C01 |
668 | 8,368 | Acute axonal polyneuropathy associated with anti-GM1 antibodies following Campylobacter enteritis.
We report 2 patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) following Campylobacter jejuni enteritis.
Electrophysiologic studies indicated that the predominant process was axonal degeneration of motor nerves, and clinical r... | C01 |
669 | 4,659 | A large outbreak of antibiotic-resistant shigellosis at a mass gathering.
In July 1987, a large outbreak of shigellosis occurred among attendees at a mass gathering in a national forest, the annual Rainbow Family Gathering.
Sanitation in the campsite was poor, allowing widespread transmission of disease, probably by ... | C01 |
670 | 2,516 | Pleuritis as a manifestation of reactivation tuberculosis.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency with which tuberculous pleuritis is a manifestation of reactivation tuberculosis and to compare the clinical manifestations of reactivation tuberculous pleuritis with "classic" tuberculous pleur... | C01 |
671 | 4,089 | Transfusion risks.
Hepatitis remains the most serious transfusion risk, in terms of incidence and severity.
Transfusion-associated AIDS, hemolytic reactions, TRALI, and anaphylaxis are severe problems that occur relatively rarely, while febrile reactions and mild allergic reactions are common but not serious.
The ke... | C01 |
672 | 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... | C01 |
673 | 5,571 | Retinal sensitivity in acute hypoglycemia.
We measured retinal threshold sensitivity via automated computerized static perimetry in predetermined meridians in euglycemic diabetic subjects and in the same subjects during insulin-induced hypoglycemia.
During periods of reduced blood glucose levels, decreased retinal se... | C18 |
674 | 4,680 | Conjugated catecholamines in human plasma: where are they coming from?
The origins of conjugated catecholamines remain poorly known.
The aim of the present study was to see whether a major contribution comes from the sympathetic nervous system.
We have assumed some kind of parallelism between the activity of the sym... | C18 |
675 | 9,516 | Benefit of bicarbonate dialysis during CAVHD.
The effect of bicarbonate dialysate (BD) on acid-base status in six pediatric CAVHD patients was examined during seven episodes of metabolic acidosis.
When metabolic acidosis was not corrected with CAVHD, a sterile BD was substituted for either acetate- or lactate-based d... | C18 |
676 | 9,502 | Detailed examination of complete bioprosthetic heart valves.
Six (3 control and 3 explanted) bioprostheses were examined histologically after embedding the complete valve in "plastic" and sectioning across the valve at 90 degree to the horizontal plane, and then horizontally across a stent post, with a low speed saw.
... | C18 |
677 | 3,065 | Assessment of vitamin A status by a disk applicator for conjunctival impression cytology.
Conjunctival impression cytology was performed on 236 Indonesian preschool children, half of whom had mild xerophthalmia and half of whom were age-matched controls.
We devised an applicator that applies a paper disk of fixed are... | C18 |
678 | 6,774 | Slow glucose removal rate and hyperinsulinemia precede the development of type II diabetes in the offspring of diabetic parents.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether insulin resistance or insulin deficiency is primary in the pathogenesis of type II diabetes.
DESIGN: Cohort analytic study of persons with normal glucose tol... | C18 |
679 | 8,527 | Screening 1140 fifth graders for hypercholesterolemia: family history inadequate to predict results
Cholesterol screening was performed on 1140 fifth-grade students in Scottsdale, AZ, as part of a school-affiliated, health-education program.
The goals were to determine whether family history of heart disease or high... | C18 |
680 | 461 | WHO Multinational Project for Childhood Diabetes. WHO Diamond Project Group.
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is one of the most important chronic diseases of children worldwide.
IDDM leads to an 8- to 10-fold excess risk of mortality in developed countries, whereas in developing countries, most cases die w... | C18 |
681 | 3,842 | Involvement of epidermal growth factor deficiency in pathogenesis of oligozoospermia in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice.
Based on previous findings that epidermal growth factor (EGF), which plays an important role in maintenance of spermatogenesis, is deficient in diabetic mice, the significance of EGF deficiency... | C18 |
682 | 4,271 | Adrenal medullitis in type I diabetes.
To investigate whether cell-mediated immunity against the adrenal medulla occurs in type I diabetes (IDDM), we conducted a retrospective autopsy study of adrenal glands from IDDM and nondiabetic subjects using formalin-fixed tissue.
Forty-four IDDM subjects, aged 4-67 yrs (mean ... | C18 |
683 | 5,919 | A case of group B streptococcal pyomyositis
The group B streptococcus is an opportunistic pathogen that causes a variety of serious infections including bacteremias, puerperal sepsis, and neonatal meningitis.
Group B streptococcal infections of muscle are rare.
We report here an unusual case of group B streptococca... | C18 |
684 | 3,931 | Reduced insulinotropic effects of glucagonlike peptide I-(7-36)-amide and gastric inhibitory polypeptide in isolated perfused diabetic rat pancreas.
The pathophysiological role of incretin in diabetes mellitus has not been established.
We therefore examined the effects of glucagonlike peptide I-(7-36)-amide (truncate... | C18 |
685 | 3,259 | Biometry of the crystalline lens in early-onset diabetes
Lenticular biometry on non-cataractous lenses has been studied by means of Scheimpflug photography and digital image analysis in 153 patients with early-onset insulin-dependent diabetes and 153 non-diabetic controls.
Anteroposterior axial lens thickness, corti... | C18 |
686 | 5,253 | Effect of short-term intermittent antibiotic treatment on growth of Burmese (Myanmar) village children.
To test the hypothesis that subclinical enteric infection (such as bacterial overgrowth), rice malabsorption, and growth faltering are causally linked, a field trial of low-dose, short-term, intermittent antibiotic ... | C18 |
687 | 460 | Comparison of quantitative sensory-threshold measures for their association with foot ulceration in diabetic patients.
We compared the accuracy of cutaneous pressure perception-threshold measurements with that of other sensory-threshold measurements for detecting diabetic foot ulcer patients.
Three hundred fourteen n... | C18 |
688 | 2,499 | Deletion mapping of Aland Island eye disease to Xp21 between DXS67 (B24) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Aland Island Eye Disease (AIED) is an X-linked form of ocular hypopigmentation--also known as Forsius-Eriksson, or type 2, ocular albinism--in which affected males demonstrate subnormal visual acuity, protanomalou... | C18 |
689 | 6,934 | Lovastatin. Warfarin interaction.
Two patients who developed hypoprothrombinemia and bleeding due to lovastatin-warfarin drug interaction are described.
Because of the wider use of lovastatin and warfarin, heightened clinical awareness of this potentially serious interaction must be publicized.
Therefore, prothrombi... | C18 |
690 | 3,965 | Induction of insulin resistance in vivo by amylin and calcitonin gene-related peptide.
During hyperinsulinemic glucose-clamp studies, intravenous infusion of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in rats antagonized the ability of insulin to stimulate peripheral glucose disposal by 52% (196 +/- 7.2 vs.
105 +/- 10.5 ... | C18 |
691 | 5,160 | Primary hypertriglyceridemia with borderline high cholesterol and elevated apolipoprotein B concentrations. Comparison of gemfibrozil vs lovastatin therapy
A common pattern of dyslipidemia is elevated levels of plasma triglyceride, borderline high total cholesterol, reduced high-density lipoprotein, and increased apo... | C18 |
692 | 6,266 | Dietary predictors of symptom-associated gallstones in middle-aged women.
In 1980, 88,837 women aged 34-59 y completed a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire and were followed for 4 y.
Four hundred thirty-three women reported a cholecystectomy for recent cholecystitis, and 179 reported unremoved, newly sympt... | C18 |
693 | 6,079 | Severe primary hyperparathyroidism in a neonate having a parent with hypercalcemia: treatment by total parathyroidectomy and simultaneous heterotopic autotransplantation.
Neonatal primary hyperparathyroidism is a life-threatening disease because of marked hypercalcemia and severe respiratory distress caused by the hyp... | C18 |
694 | 539 | A unified hypothesis for the complex genetics of HLA associations with IDDM.
Our understanding of the role of HLA genes associated with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is in disarray, despite recent improvements in the definition of specific alleles and haplotypes.
Some genes are highly associated with IDD... | C18 |
695 | 9,036 | Response to diet and cholestyramine in a patient with sitosterolemia.
In this report, an 11-year-old boy with diffuse tendinous and tuberous xanthomatosis and a plasma sterol concentration of 555 mg/dL, consisting primarily of cholesterol, is described.
Three months after changing from an unrestricted diet to a chole... | C18 |
696 | 215 | Radiographic microcalcification and parenchymal patterns as indicators of histologic "high-risk" benign breast disease.
Breast tissue from a forensic autopsy series of 486 women (15 to 98 years of age) was studied radiographically and by histologic sampling.
Prevalence of Wolfe P2/Dy parenchymal patterns decreased wi... | C18 |
697 | 9,875 | Bartter's syndrome and diabetes mellitus.
We here report a case of Bartter's syndrome occurring in association with diabetes mellitus.
The patient, an insulin-dependent diabetic, presented with hypokalaemia, inappropriate kaliuresis and metabolic alkalosis.
He had high plasma renin activity, relatively low plasma al... | C18 |
698 | 463 | Lack of effect of clonidine and pentoxifylline in short-term therapy of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
The goal of this study was to confirm or rule out anecdotal reports of beneficial effects of clonidine and pentoxifylline in the treatment of painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
Clonidine was administered to 16... | C18 |
699 | 456 | Is menarche associated with diabetic retinopathy?
The goal of this study was to evaluate the association between menarchal status and diabetic retinopathy.
Diabetic retinopathy was present in 51 of 129 females; 7 were premenarchal, and 44 were postmenarchal.
The range of severity of retinopathy was greater in the po... | C18 |
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