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2,394 | Alkaline phosphatase (tissue-nonspecific isoenzyme) is a phosphoethanolamine and pyridoxal-5'-phosphate ectophosphatase: normal and hypophosphatasia fibroblast study.
To clarify its physiologic role, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) was examined in normal skin fibroblasts and was shown to be the tissue-nonspecific (TNS) iso... | 17 |
2,094 | Pulmonary artery counterpulsation with a skeletal muscle power source.
We evaluated the feasibility of using skeletal muscle (SM) to provide pulmonary artery (PA) counterpulsation in an acute pulmonary hypertension (PHT) model.
PA counterpulsation was achieved in six dogs with a dual chambered pump powered by the lat... | 13 |
1,277 | Graves' ophthalmopathy. Correlation of saccadic eye movements with age, presence of optic neuropathy, and extraocular muscle volume.
Quantitative infrared oculography was used to record saccadic eye movements of 49 patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy.
Peak saccadic velocities were decreased in those patients who dev... | 10 |
2,466 | Amniotic fluid insulin concentration as a predictor of obesity.
Longitudinal correlations were obtained between amniotic fluid insulin concentration at 32 to 38 weeks' gestation and anthropometric characteristics at the age of 6 years in 56 children of diabetic mothers.
The prospective studies indicated that at the a... | 17 |
903 | Exercise-induced biphasic responses and methacholine reactivity in asthma.
Biphasic (early and late) asthmatic responses to exercise occurred in seven of 43 children with reproducible exercise-induced asthma.
As biphasic allergen-induced asthma is associated with a prolonged increase in nonspecific bronchial hyperrea... | 7 |
286 | Distribution of immunoglobulins and secretory component in gastric cancer of the aged.
The secretory immune system plays an important role in the local humoral immunity of the gastrointestinal tract.
In order to evaluate humoral immunity in gastric cancer, distribution of immunoglobulins (Ig) and secretory component ... | 3 |
2,180 | Intravenous immunoglobulin in virus associated haemophagocytic syndrome.
A 1 year old boy with virus associated haemophagocytic syndrome caused by cytomegalovirus infection is described.
Persistent severe thrombocytopenia responded to repeated intravenous infusions of immunoglobulin.
| 14 |
1,945 | Transtelephonic defibrillation.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: This study was undertaken to assess the safety and reliability of a device for transtelephonic defibrillation.
DESIGN: The transtelephonic system consists of a patient unit and a base station.
The patient unit contains a monitor-defibrillator, electrode pads, microph... | 13 |
2,492 | Health of homeless children and housed, poor children.
Homeless children in families are increasing in numbers across the country and have been noted to have frequent health problems.
The health status of homeless children was assessed on multiple dimensions through parental report in a survey conducted with 196 home... | 17 |
2,015 | Baroreflex control of renal sympathetic nerve activity is potentiated at early phase of two-kidney, one-clip Goldblatt hypertension in conscious rabbits.
Conscious normotensive and two-kidney, one-clip Goldblatt hypertensive rabbits were studied to determine the sensitivity of the arterial baroreflex control of renal ... | 13 |
1,900 | Transesophageal echocardiography in the awake elderly patient: its role in the clinical decision-making process.
To assess the impact on the management and safety of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the elderly population, the results and limitations of this technique were retrospectively analyzed in 88 patie... | 13 |
1,347 | Psychological assessment and follow-up after in vitro fertilization: assessing the impact of failure.
The present study was conducted to assess the immediate psychological impact of failed in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Emotional status and marital functioning were also examined pre-IVF, and both demographic informati... | 11 |
2,046 | Epidemiologic aspects of heart failure.
The prevalence of heart failure in Northwest London is 0.4%, a lower figure than that quoted for the United States.
Heart failure is a common reason (5%) for medical admission to the hospital in the London area.
The problem of heart failure is predominantly in persons over 65 ... | 13 |
3,019 | Urothelial grafts in mice.
Mouse bladder epithelium has been successfully transplanted to the bladders of syngeneic mice and has survived for at least twenty weeks.
The fate of the transplanted tissue was followed using a fluorescein label.
The recipient bladders were prepared by stripping the urothelium either by a... | 22 |
1,780 | Excretion of thromboxane A2 and prostacyclin metabolites before and after exercise testing in patients with and without signs of ischemic heart disease.
We addressed the hypothesis that platelets are not activated in association with effort-induced myocardial ischemia in stable coronary disease.
Seventy-two patients ... | 13 |
226 | An unusual epidural, vascular spinal lipoma in a 3-year-old child: a case report and review of the literature.
Epidural lipomas are usually benign tumors affecting the spinal cord.
We report the unusual presentation of a cervicothoracic spinal lipoma associated with a cervical dysraphism in a young boy.
Diagnostic o... | 3 |
2,525 | Structural abnormality in LDL from diabetic patients as revealed by resonance Raman spectroscopy.
Resonance Raman spectra of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) isolated from the plasma of diabetic patients (age range 13-77 yr, mean age 37 yr) and age- and sex-matched control subjects were recorded in the 1000- to 1600-cm-1... | 18 |
3,291 | Influence of high-dose aprotinin treatment on blood loss and coagulation patterns in patients undergoing myocardial revascularization.
Intraoperative administration of the proteinase inhibitor aprotinin causes reduction in blood loss and homologous blood requirement in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
To ascertai... | 22 |
1,891 | Persistent uptake of indium-111-antimyosin monoclonal antibody in patients with myocardial infarction.
Indium-111(111In)-antimyosin scintigraphy was investigated in 27 patients with myocardial infarction.
111In-antimyosin Fab was administered intravenously, and planar and single photon emission computed tomographic i... | 13 |
379 | Relation of meat, fat, and fiber intake to the risk of colon cancer in a prospective study among women.
BACKGROUND.
The rates of colon cancer in various countries are strongly correlated with the per capita consumption of red meat and animal fat and, to a lesser degree, inversely associated with the consumption of fi... | 3 |
289 | Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the lower genital tract. Correlation of mother's recall of diethylstilbestrol history with obstetrical records.
The written obstetric records of maternal exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) were used as a criterion standard and compared with the DES exposure history recalled by mothers of... | 3 |
1,562 | Percutaneous valvuloplasty in a patient with mitral stenosis following surgical annuloplasty.
A case is described in which a patient with a Carpentier-Edwards annuloplasty ring developed mitral stenosis and was treated with percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty.
Possible mechanisms for the development of mitral stenosis ... | 13 |
3,021 | The nuclear pacemaker: is renewed interest warranted?
From 1973 through 1987, 155 radioisotope-powered "nuclear" pacemakers were implanted in 132 patients at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
The longevity of the first 15 devices, all of which were fixed-rate (VOO) pacemakers, was significantly better than that ... | 22 |
847 | Lipid peroxidation and hepatic antioxidants in alcoholic liver disease.
The generation of hepatic liver peroxidation by free radicals has been proposed as a mechanism for ethanol induced hepatotoxicity.
To investigate this hypothesis, lipid extracts from hepatic needle biopsy specimens from alcoholic subjects were ex... | 5 |
790 | Oral dissolution therapy for cholelithiasis: mix and match.
The authors conducted a prospective, randomized trial of chenodeoxycholic and ursodeoxycholic acid versus ursodeoxycholic acid alone in patients with cholelithiasis to determine their efficacy for dissolution of gallstones.
One hundred and twenty patients wi... | 5 |
114 | Suppression of herpes simplex virus type 1 reactivation from latency by (+-)-9-([(Z)-2-(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexyl]methyl) guanine (L-653,180) in vitro.
Latent herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection was induced in human embryonic lung cells in vitro by using a combination of viral replication inhibitors and eleva... | 1 |
1,209 | Involvement of the central nervous system in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a clinical, electrophysiological and magnetic resonance imaging study.
In a consecutive series of 30 patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) minor clinical evidence of CNS involvement was foun... | 9 |
1,058 | Cholinergic deficiency and frontal dysfunction in Parkinson's disease.
To investigate the influence of central cholinergic deficit on cognitive function in Parkinson's disease (PD), we compared the neuropsychological performance of a group of 20 patients who were treated with anticholinergic drugs (mean daily dose, 10... | 9 |
2,188 | Placental histology in fetuses between 18 and 23 weeks' gestation with abnormal karyotype.
Placentas from karyotypically abnormal fetuses (18 to 23 weeks' gestation) were analyzed prospectively at the light microscopic level.
Group I consisted of 14 control placentas.
Group II consisted of 14 placentas from fetuses ... | 15 |
2,515 | Comparison of HbA1 and fructosamine in diagnosis of glucose-tolerance abnormalities.
Total glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1) and fructosamine were evaluated as screening tools for detection of glucose-tolerance abnormalities in 144 asymptomatic subjects undergoing a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test.
Subjects were classi... | 18 |
885 | Pulmonary lipid peroxidation in cigarette smokers and lung cancer patients.
Lipid peroxidation (LPO) was studied in lung tissues of patients with lung cancer (LC, n = 37) or nonlung cancer (NLC, n = 13) and its relationships with the smoking habits and the degree of airway obstruction were investigated.
Specimens of ... | 7 |
865 | Epithelial rests' function in replantation: is splinting necessary in replantation?
The problem of resorption during replantation in relationship to the epithelial rests and a lack of splinting was studied.
Ten mongrel dogs were used.
Two dogs served as control subjects, while eight had their mandibular incisors int... | 6 |
2,348 | Randomized crossover study of effect of resistance training on glycemic control, muscular strength, and cholesterol in type I diabetic men.
The goal of this study was to evaluate a program of resistance weight training on cardiovascular risk factors, blood glucose management, and overall strength in diabetic subjects.... | 17 |
327 | Insulinoma after streptozotocin therapy for metastatic gastrinoma: natural history or iatrogenic complication?
Islet cell carcinoma frequently produces more than one chemical product, although its clinical expression is usually restricted to a single hormone.
We describe an unusual patient who presented with full-blo... | 3 |
2,658 | Effect of education on the use of universal precautions in a university hospital emergency department.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To determine if an educational program would improve both knowledge and practice of universal precautions by nursing personnel.
DESIGN: Participants were given a 14-question test and observed for t... | 19 |
29 | Seven-day administration of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor to newborn rats: modulation of neonatal neutrophilia, myelopoiesis, and group B Streptococcus sepsis.
Single-pulse administration of rhG-colony-stimulating factor (CSF) to neonatal rats was previously demonstrated to induce peripheral ... | 0 |
3,129 | Electroencephalographic activity related to palatal myoclonus in REM sleep.
Polysomnography, including electroencephalography, electromyography and electro-oculography was performed in three patients with palatal myoclonus (PM).
The amplitude of the myoclonus decreased during sleep.
The frequency did not change duri... | 22 |
2,526 | Metabolic effects of 1200-kcal diet in obese pregnant women with gestational diabetes.
Calorie restriction is widely used as a primary therapy for obese pregnant women with gestational diabetes.
To better understand the metabolic consequences of marked calorie restriction, we performed a randomized prospective trial ... | 18 |
1,319 | Flow cytometry in carcinoma of the prostate.
Flow cytometry is a quantitative cytologic technique with demonstrated utility in the assessment of prostate cancer as well as other tumors.
The authors summarize current data on its use in disease detection and diagnosis, prognostic evaluation, and monitoring of response ... | 11 |
489 | The concept of locally advanced gastric cancer. Effect of treatment on outcome. The Gastrointestinal Tumor Study Group.
In previous Gastrointestinal Tumor Study Group (GITSG) reports, gastric cancer patients with locally unresectable disease, treated with combined radiation and chemotherapy had a shorter median surviv... | 3 |
1,211 | Indications for thymectomy in myasthenia gravis.
Fifty-six board-certified neurologists with interest and expertise in myasthenia completed a survey of indications for thymectomy in myasthenia gravis.
Thymectomy was advocated for virtually all patients with thymoma, for a variable subset of patients with generalized ... | 9 |
3,065 | Brachial plexus block with a new local anaesthetic: 0.5 per cent ropivacaine
A new local anaesthetic, ropivacaine hydrochloride, was used in a concentration of 0.5 per cent in 32 patients receiving a subclavian perivascular block for upper extremity surgery.
One group (n = 15) received 0.5 per cent ropivacaine witho... | 22 |
777 | Cyclic pelvic pain.
Cyclic pelvic pain is a common gynecologic problem caused by relatively few diseases, which usually can be diagnosed and remedied quickly.
Some complaints reflect normal physiologic aspects of the menstrual cycle (mittelschmerz, menstrual awareness).
Premenstrual syndrome can be diagnosed, but an... | 5 |
1,997 | B-mode imaging and histomorphometric evaluation of carotid atherosclerosis.
The quantitative and qualitative evaluation of atherosclerotic lesions by the ultrasonography has presented several problems, above all, the determination of accuracy and reproducibility of this methodology in humans.
The present study aims t... | 13 |
2,168 | Analysis of platelet aggregation disorders based on flow cytometric analysis of membrane glycoprotein IIb-IIIa with conformation-specific monoclonal antibodies.
Normal primary platelet aggregation requires agonist-mediated activation of membrane GPIIb-IIIa, binding of fibrinogen to GPIIb-IIIa, and cellular events afte... | 14 |
1,201 | Lateralized effects of subclinical epileptiform EEG discharges on scholastic performance in children.
The interaction between lateralization of subclinical epileptiform discharges and cognitive tasks was investigated in 21 children (12 girls and 9 boys, mean age 10.6 years).
Seventeen had a diagnosis of epilepsy (par... | 9 |
1,383 | Urinary incontinence.
Symptoms of urinary incontinence are distressing and disruptive to everyday life.
They can also be indicative of more serious underlying disorders.
Many methods of symptom management are available.
Matching the affected person to the most effective and appropriate treatment method is a signifi... | 11 |
1,892 | Coronary perfusion catheter: its effectiveness in an experimental model of acute coronary occlusion.
The effectiveness of a coronary perfusion catheter was studied in an animal model of acute coronary occlusion.
Systemic hemodynamic variables, regional myocardial blood flow (RMBF) in the subepicardium and subendocard... | 13 |
1,747 | Post-transplant hypertension.
Post-transplant hypertension remains an important risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and graft function.
There are multiple mechanisms responsible for post-transplant hypertension.
The details of these mechanisms are poorly understood.
Steroids, acute and chronic rejection, recur... | 13 |
3,068 | Electrotonic influences on action potentials from isolated ventricular cells.
This work combines a theoretical study of electrical interactions between two excitable heart cells, using a variable coupling resistance, with experimental studies on isolated rabbit ventricular cells coupled with a variable coupling resist... | 22 |
1,743 | Increase of calmodulin activator in hypertension. Modulation by dietary sodium and calcium.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary calcium and sodium on blood pressure (BP) in normotensive rats (Wistar, WKY), spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Dahl rats and on calmodulin (CaM) activator... | 13 |
407 | Regulation of gene expression with double-stranded phosphorothioate oligonucleotides.
Alteration of gene transcription by inhibition of specific transcriptional regulatory proteins is necessary for determining how these factors participate in cellular differentiation.
The functions of these proteins can be antagonize... | 3 |
1,218 | Quantitative evaluation of hypnotically suggested hyperaesthesia and analgesia by painful laser stimulation.
The ability to reduce both clinically and experimentally induced pain by hypnotic suggestion of analgesia is well known.
However, the nature of hypnotic analgesia still remains uncertain.
Attempts to demonstr... | 9 |
306 | Survival in patients with large-bowel cancer. A population-based investigation from the Melbourne Colorectal Cancer Study.
Five-year survival data were obtained in 97 percent or 1105 of 1140 new patients with histologically confirmed colorectal adenocarcinoma during a 12-month period in 1981 and 1982, as part of a lar... | 3 |
478 | Fine-needle aspiration cytology and flow cytometry of intracystic papillary carcinoma of breast
To define criteria for cytologic diagnosis of intracystic papillary carcinoma (ICPC), the authors retrospectively reviewed the fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytologic specimens of eight cases of histologically proven ICPC o... | 3 |
652 | The effect of early fronto-orbital advancement on frontal sinus development and forehead aesthetics.
The frontal sinuses make an important contribution to normal forehead and glabellar contour.
This study was designed to test our clinical impression that early fronto-orbital ("frontal bone") advancement could have an... | 4 |
799 | Pharmacology of pravadoline: a new analgesic agent.
Pravadoline is a new chemical entity with analgesic activity in humans.
This report describes the pharmacology of pravadoline and compares the activity of pravadoline with that of two major classes of analgesics, the opioids and the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory dr... | 5 |
3,060 | Graft stenosis: justification for 1-year surveillance.
In all, 412 femorodistal grafts (femoropopliteal and femorocrural), performed between 1984 and 1988, have been prospectively studied at 6 weeks and 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after operation and at intervals of 6 months thereafter by duplex scanning and intravenous dig... | 22 |
1,066 | Geographic patterns of parkinsonism-dementia complex on Guam. 1956 through 1985.
Average annual age-adjusted incidence rates of parkinsonism-dementia complex were obtained for the 19 election districts of Guam from 1956 through 1985.
The highest rates were found in the southern and central districts, and the lowest r... | 9 |
1,946 | Dissecting aneurysm of the pulmonary artery with pulmonary hypertension.
Pulmonary artery dissection was observed in a 64-yr-old female patient with severe pulmonary hypertension, which was probably primary (pulmonary vascular resistance, 817 dyn.s.cm-5; normal range less than or equal to 200 dyn.s.cm-5).
The patient... | 13 |
1,528 | Repair of the uterine cavity after hysteroscopic septal incision.
We performed a follow-up hysteroscopy with multiple biopsies at different intervals after surgery in 19 women who underwent hysteroscopic septal incision.
Seven days after operation the sectioned areas were very evident and not epithelialized (3 patien... | 12 |
848 | Monitoring enzyme replacement treatment in exocrine pancreatic insufficiency using the cholesteryl octanoate breath test.
The cholesteryl-14C-octanoate breath test was used to monitor the intraluminal enzymatic activity of pancreatin preparations in six patients with severe pancreatic insufficiency.
Conventional enzy... | 5 |
1,264 | Glaucomatous optic nerve atrophy in small discs with low cup-to-disc ratios
Glaucomatous optic nerve damage has generally been associated with high cup-to-disc ratios.
Fifteen eyes of nine patients with increased intraocular pressure and glaucomatous visual field loss but low cup-to-disc ratios are reported.
The op... | 10 |
1,520 | Evaluation of the stimulated menstrual cycle by magnetic resonance imaging.
Changes in uterine zonal anatomy in six women during a cycle of treatment with clomiphene citrate is studied by magnetic resonance imaging.
There was a rapid rate of increase in endometrial thickness during the periovulatory period that was s... | 12 |
588 | Polypoid melanoma: a virulent variant of nodular melanoma. Report of three cases and literature review.
We report the cases of three patients with polypoid melanoma.
In no case was there microscopic evidence of melanoma cell invasion below the papillary dermis.
In the polypoid variant of nodular melanoma, melanoma c... | 3 |
710 | Pathogenesis of biliary sludge.
The increasing application of ultrasonography in biliary tract disease had led to more frequent recognition of an old disorder--"biliary sludge." Sludge is detected on ultrasound as low-amplitude echoes without acoustic shadowing.
It layers in the most dependent part of the gallbladder... | 5 |
906 | Tumor necrosis factor-alpha mediates acid aspiration-induced systemic organ injury.
Acid aspiration-induced systemic organ injury is mediated by the sequestration of activated neutrophils (PMN).
In other settings cytokines have been shown to increase neutrophil-endothelial adhesion, a requisite for injury.
This stud... | 7 |
1,253 | Clinical and morphometric results of penetrating keratoplasty with one-piece anterior-chamber or suture-fixated posterior-chamber lenses in the absence of lens capsule.
The clinical records and serial corneal endothelial images of 25 acapsular, pseudophakic eyes with Kelman-style, one-piece, anterior-chamber intraocul... | 10 |
1,205 | Delirium: masquerades and misdiagnosis in elderly inpatients.
Delirium is an organic mental disorder defined as transient, fluctuating global dysfunction of cognition.
It is common in elderly medical inpatients, yet its varied presentation is often missed or misdiagnosed.
| 9 |
2,219 | 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... | 15 |
1,482 | Clinical review 15: Management of ovulatory disorders with pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone.
Pulsatile GnRH therapy has yet to achieve widespread acceptance as an alternative to exogenous gonadotropin therapy in women with hypothalamic amenorrhea and complete GnRH deficiency.
However, when a physiologically b... | 12 |
3,325 | Was CEPOD right?
This retrospective study found that the long-term (greater than 6 months) postoperative survival in ASA 4E and 5E patients was 41% and 21% respectively, in 1986.
This supports the Confidential Enquiry into Peri-operative Deaths' recommendation that life-saving surgery should not be withheld from pati... | 22 |
768 | Mallory-Weiss syndrome after cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
We report hematemesis from Mallory-Weiss tears after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
A computer search of the English language literature disclosed only 3 similar cases, and we review them.
This complication of CPR may occur more frequently ... | 5 |
2,696 | Bronchodilator, cardiovascular, and hypokalaemic effects of fenoterol, salbutamol, and terbutaline in asthma.
The airway response and cardiovascular and hypokalaemic effects of fenoterol, salbutamol, and terbutaline given in multiples of standard doses from metered-dose inhalers were studied in ten patients with mild ... | 19 |
1,557 | Discrepancies in the measurement of isovolumic relaxation time: a study comparing M mode and Doppler echocardiography.
Mitral valve cusp separation on M mode echogram, the mitral valve opening artefact, and the onset of forward transmitral flow recorded by Doppler echocardiography have all been taken to mark the end o... | 13 |
1,668 | Timing and mechanism of in-hospital and late death after primary coronary angioplasty during acute myocardial infarction.
The effect of early myocardial reperfusion on patterns of death after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is unknown.
Thus, the mechanism and timing of in-hospital and late deaths among a group of 6... | 13 |
2,010 | Operative findings after percutaneous pulmonary balloon dilatation of the right ventricular outflow tract in tetralogy of Fallot.
Since 1983 percutaneous balloon dilatation of the right ventricular outflow tract has been performed as an alternative to surgical palliation in selected cases of tetralogy of Fallot at the... | 13 |
3,356 | Afferent nipple valve malfunction caused by anchoring collar: an unexpected late complication of the Kock continent ileal reservoir.
In the construction of a Kock continent ileal reservoir for urinary diversion, significantly high rates of late postoperative complications regarding nipple valves, the efferent limb in ... | 22 |
1,729 | Humoral factors determining the blood pressure response to converting enzyme inhibition and calcium channel blockade.
Renin and catecholamine levels were determined in patients with mild to moderate hypertension before and after treatment with sustained release diltiazem or captopril and were correlated with the blood... | 13 |
3,164 | Assessment of patient laboratory data in the acutely ill.
Laboratory test results are a valuable source of information.
Nurses need to assess laboratory test results as part of the physical assessment of their patients.
Comparison of laboratory test results and changes with abnormal physical findings provides the ba... | 22 |
2,877 | Calcium carbonate gel therapy for hydrofluoric acid burns of the hand.
Hydrofluoric acid is used extensively as an industrial cleaning agent for metals and glass.
Many workers are injured by cutaneous contact of the acid with exposed skin surfaces, particularly hands.
Hydrofluoric acid burns are characterized by del... | 20 |
889 | Changes in self-concept during pulmonary rehabilitation, Part 1.
The purpose of this two-part study was to describe changes in self-concept during and after a formal pulmonary rehabilitation program.
A 20-item semantic meaning differential scale was administered to 37 patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonar... | 7 |
259 | Delayed reconstruction following Mohs' chemosurgery for skin cancers of the head and neck.
The case records of 52 patients with 55 cutaneous neoplasms treated by Mohs' chemosurgery and subsequently reconstructed by plastic surgeons were reviewed to determine if delay between resection and reconstruction adversely affe... | 3 |
2,439 | 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... | 17 |
2,804 | The influence of prophylactic orthoses on abdominal strength and low back injury in the workplace
This study was designed to determine the effect of multimodal intervention and the prevention of back injury, and to evaluate the adverse side effects of using a lumbosacral corset in the workplace.
Subjects were 90 mal... | 20 |
147 | Diagnosis of intestinal amebiasis using salivary IgA antibody detection.
This investigation sought to determine whether detection of salivary IgA antibodies to Entamoeba histolytica could identify intestinal amebic infections among 223 school children.
Four groups of children were identified through coproparasitoscop... | 2 |
829 | Esophageal motility in an adult with a congenital H-type tracheoesophageal fistula.
Congenital H-type tracheoesophageal fistulas (TEF) are rare.
Long-standing respiratory symptoms are the most common presenting complaints.
Patients with these fistulas have a congenital esophageal motor abnormality characterized by u... | 5 |
2,667 | Cell membrane expression and functional role of the p75 subunit of interleukin-2 receptor in lymphoproliferative disease of granular lymphocytes.
The cell membrane expression and functional role of the interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) was analyzed in nine patients with lymphoproliferative disease of granular lymphocytes... | 19 |
1,099 | Foci of increased T2 signal intensity in MR images of healthy elderly subjects. A follow-up study.
An 18-month follow-up study was conducted on 26 healthy elderly subjects with and without foci of increased T2 signal intensity on MR imaging.
The subjects did not differ with respect to health status or cognitive perfo... | 9 |
2,766 | Carbon monoxide poisoning. Five-years' experience in a defined population.
A review is presented of 302 cases in East Denmark in 1982-1986 in which the manner of death was fatal carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
The incidence of this far too frequent single-substance poisoning has as yet not decreased over the years de... | 20 |
462 | Metabolism of human gliomas: assessment with H-1 MR spectroscopy and F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET
Localized hydrogen-1 magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy and fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) were employed to obtain metabolic information from intracranial gliomas.
Advantages an... | 3 |
11 | 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... | 0 |
1,561 | Use of a guiding catheter for contralateral femoral artery angioplasty.
We describe a unique method employing a transseptal sheath as a "guiding catheter" that allows contralateral retrograde femoral artery access to perform balloon angioplasty of proximal superficial femoral artery lesions.
This technique simplifies... | 13 |
2,358 | Effect of isocaloric substitution of chocolate cake for potato in type I diabetic patients.
Traditional dietary advice given to people with diabetes includes eliminating simple sugars (primarily sucrose) from the diet.
Many people have difficulty following this recommendation.
Because patients with type I (insulin-d... | 17 |
2,362 | Metabolic effects of combination glipizide and human proinsulin treatment in NIDDM.
The effects of 3 mo of treatment with a combination of glipizide and human proinsulin were studied in a small group of closely monitored patients.
The patients had non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and poor glucose regul... | 17 |
3,106 | Cerebral blood flow in acute mountain sickness.
Changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) were measured using the radioactive xenon technique and were related to the development of acute mountain sickness (AMS).
In 12 subjects, ascending from 150 to 3,475 m, CBF was 24% increased at 24 h [45.1 to 55.9 initial slope index ... | 22 |
120 | Measles antibody: reevaluation of protective titers.
A school blood drive before a measles outbreak permitted correlation of preexposure measles antibody titers with clinical protection using the plaque reduction neutralization (PRN) test and an EIA.
Of 9 donors with detectable preexposure PRN titer less than or equa... | 1 |
257 | Flow cytometric evaluation of chemosensitive and chemoresistant head and neck tumors.
For patients with head and neck squamous carcinoma, a clinical response to induction chemotherapy has correlated with a survival advantage.
Similarly, patients with diploid tumors have displayed a survival advantage when compared wi... | 3 |
612 | Giant-cell reparative granuloma of the hand and foot bones.
Giant-cell reparative granuloma (GCRG) is an uncommon benign reactive intraosseous lesion.
It occurs in the skull, jaw, hand, foot, and facial bones and rarely in other skeletal sites.
It is a solitary, lytic, expanded lesion and infrequently may extend int... | 4 |
2,825 | Unexpected geographic variation in rates of hospitalization for patients who have fracture of the hip. Medicare enrollees in the United States.
With the use of data from hospitals for fiscal year 1985, we calculated the rates of hospitalization for fracture of the hip, by state of residence, for all enrollees in Medic... | 20 |
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