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2,493 | Immunological evidence for the accumulation of lipoprotein(a) in the atherosclerotic lesion of the hypoascorbemic guinea pig.
Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is an extremely atherogenic lipoprotein.
Lp(a) has been found in the plasma of humans and other primates, but until now only in a few other species.
The mechanism by wh... | 17 |
3,311 | Induction of RNA-stabilized DNA conformers by transcription of an immunoglobulin switch region
A deletion DNA rearrangement is associated with immunoglobulin class switching from IgM to IgG, IgA or IgE This recombination occurs in immunoglobulin switch regions, which are complex, highly repetitive regions of DNA.
As... | 22 |
2,695 | Regular inhaled beta-agonist treatment in bronchial asthma
89 subjects with stable asthma took part in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, crossover study of the effects of regular versus on-demand inhaled bronchodilator therapy.
The subjects inhaled fenoterol or placebo by a dry powder delivery system f... | 19 |
574 | Enhanced expression of c-myc and H-ras oncogenes in Letterer-Siwe disease. A sequential study using colorimetric in situ hybridization.
Tissues from two patients with disseminated histiocytosis X (Letterer-Siwe disease) in which histiocytosis X cells exhibited histologic and cytologic features of malignancy were evalu... | 3 |
2,333 | Extracellular collagenase, proteoglycanase and products of their activity, released in organ culture by intact dermal inflammatory lesions produced by sulfur mustard.
Peak (1 and 2 d) and healing (3, 6, and 10 d) inflammatory lesions were produced in rabbits by the topical application of the military vesicant, bis(2-c... | 16 |
914 | Peak flow nasal patency indices and self-assessment in septoplasty.
The present study evaluates the results of septoplasty monitored by the objective peak flow nasal patency indices and the subjective patient self-assessment scores of nasal obstruction.
Mini-Wright peak flow meters were used.
The peak flow nasal pat... | 7 |
734 | The influence of sclerotherapy on gastric mucosal blood flow distribution.
Hemodynamic events and structural vascular changes of the gastric mucosa in cirrhotics have caught the attention of investigators in the recent past, but as yet it is not known whether therapeutic interruption of variceal blood flow at gastroes... | 5 |
935 | Prediction of postoperative clinical course by autologous tumor-killing activity in lung cancer patients.
Fifty patients with primary localized lung cancer were tested at the time of surgery for the ability of their lymphocytes to kill autologous, freshly isolated tumor cells, and the assay was evaluated for prognosti... | 7 |
1,566 | Regulation of fibrillar collagen types I and III and basement membrane type IV collagen gene expression in pressure overloaded rat myocardium.
Left ventricular hypertrophy is based on cardiac myocyte growth.
The hypertrophic process can be considered heterogeneous based on whether it also includes a remodeling and ac... | 13 |
3,163 | Pre-discharge immunization among hospitalized Filipino children.
Identifying opportunities to vaccinate eligible children is one way to boost rates of immunization especially in countries with low immunization coverage and where convalescence from infectious illness is a contraindication to vaccination.
To determine ... | 22 |
2,226 | Aortic atresia: survival to adulthood without surgery.
Aortic atresia is a rare congenital cardiac defect.
It usually leads to death in the neonatal period.
A patient with aortic atresia has survived to the age of 24 years without any surgical procedure.
In view of the uncertain results of reconstructive surgery th... | 15 |
1,916 | Exercise test predictors of ambulatory silent ischemia during daily life in stable angina pectoris.
The predictive value of several exercise test parameters in identifying stable angina patients at risk of silent myocardial ischemia during daily life were examined.
A total of 97 patients with coronary artery disease,... | 13 |
3,206 | Minitracheotomy: complications and follow-up with fibreoptic tracheoscopy.
Complications and changes in tracheal mucosa after minitracheotomy were evaluated in 28 patients.
Tracheal mucosa was inspected fibreoptically after the insertion of a minitracheotomy cannula, and then at 3-day intervals until the cannula was ... | 22 |
217 | Management of local and regional recurrence after mastectomy or breast-conserving treatment.
Locoregional failures after primary treatment for breast cancer include a diverse group of lesions that represent different categories of failures with various prognoses.
Although patients with chest wall recurrences and regi... | 3 |
2,710 | Disease control priorities in developing countries: health policy responses to epidemiological change.
Health systems in developing countries are facing major challenges in the 1990s and beyond because of a growing epidemiological diversity as a consequence of rapid economic development and declining fertility.
The i... | 19 |
1,551 | The determination of aortic valve area by the Gorlin formula: what the cardiac sonographer should know.
The application of the Gorlin formula in the cardiac catheterization laboratory is the standard of reference for the determination of aortic valve area.
The continuity equation now enables the cardiac sonographer t... | 13 |
3,348 | Demonstration of an area of slow conduction in human atrial flutter.
Ten patients with chronic atrial flutter were studied prospectively using electrophysiologic mapping and pacing techniques to assess the mechanism of atrial flutter and the presence of an area of slow conduction in the atria.
Electrograms recorded f... | 22 |
2,159 | Life-threatening, antiglobulin test-negative, acute autoimmune hemolytic anemia due to a non-complement-activating IgG1 kappa cold antibody with Pra specificity.
A 21-year-old man with fulminant cold autoantibody hemolytic anemia (CAHA) was hospitalized with hemoglobinemia, hemoglobinuria, hemoglobin concentration of ... | 14 |
2,044 | Effects of xamoterol on inotropic and lusitropic properties of the human myocardium and on adenylate cyclase activity.
The purpose of the present study was to characterize the effects of xamoterol in the human myocardium.
In the presence of forskolin or milrinone, xamoterol increased isometric force of contraction, c... | 13 |
441 | Molecular phenotype of a pediatric small round cell tumor.
Molecular probes were used to characterize an unusual small round cell abdominal tumor arising from the fallopian tube of a 15-year-old girl.
DNA and RNA extracted from the tumor and adjacent normal tissue was subjected to Southern and Northern blot analysis ... | 3 |
531 | Use of the levator scapulae muscle flap in head and neck reconstruction.
There are numerous techniques available for reconstruction of defects following composite resection of oral cavity and oropharyngeal tumors.
No single technique is applicable in all situations.
The levator scapulae muscle flap is well known for... | 3 |
2,717 | Monocytoid B-cell lymphoma in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Demonstration of human immunodeficiency virus sequences in paraffin-embedded lymph node sections by polymerase chain reaction amplification.
There is a significantly increased incidence of malignant lymphoma in patients with acquired ... | 19 |
1,680 | Secondary prevention of acute myocardial infarction with beta-blocking agents and calcium antagonists.
The discovery that beta blockers possess clinically useful hypotensive, antianginal and antiarrhythmic properties has attracted the interest of clinicians, researchers and the pharmaceutical community alike.
In addi... | 13 |
2,093 | In vitro and in vivo evaluation of a right ventricular assist device.
A simple right ventricular assist device (RVAD) has been developed.
This device will be useful in situations where biventricular failure has been partially treated by placement of a left ventricular assist device, or when right ventricular failure ... | 13 |
2,476 | L-arginine augments endothelium-dependent vasodilation in cholesterol-fed rabbits.
Evidence exists that an endothelium-derived relaxing factor is nitric oxide and that L-arginine is the precursor for the synthesis of nitric oxide in vitro.
Whether exogenous L-arginine contributes to the modulation of vascular smooth ... | 17 |
1,108 | Cerebrovascular and metabolic effects on the rat brain of focal Nd:YAG laser irradiation.
To investigate the effects of focal neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser irradiation (lambda = 1060 nm) on regional cerebral blood flow, cerebral protein synthesis, and blood-brain barrier permeability, the parietal b... | 9 |
53 | Changing epidemiology of group A streptococcal infection in the USA.
To see whether changes in the epidemiology of group A streptococcal disease in the USA have been accompanied by a corresponding change in serotype distribution, epidemiological and M-typing and T-typing data for 5193 strains sent to the Centers for D... | 0 |
1,708 | Successful direct PTCA on LAD after first episode of acute myocardial infarction: does it improve cardiac function?
Patients who received direct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) after acute mycardial infarction and maintained potency but with unimproved cardiac function were studied.
In 15 patien... | 13 |
1,118 | Spatial dispersion of magnetic stimulation in peripheral nerves.
To assess the longitudinal dispersion of the stimulus induced by the magnetic coil, collision experiments were performed in seven normal ulnar nerves.
A supramaximal electrical stimulus S1 was delivered at the wrist, and followed by a supramaximal stimu... | 9 |
1,726 | Amiloride blocks the onset of ACTH-induced hypertension in the sheep.
This study investigated the ability of two diuretics, amiloride and frusemide, to prevent the development of ACTH induced hypertension in conscious sheep.
Infusion of amiloride (20 mg/day) or frusemide (50 mg/day) for three days into normotensive s... | 13 |
2,935 | Effects of lesions in the anterolateral columns and dorsolateral funiculi on self-mutilation behavior in rats.
The possible role of the anterolateral columns (ALCs) and dorsolateral funiculi (DLF) in pain mechanisms was examined from the effects of lesions in these tracts (alone or combined) on tests for chronic deaff... | 20 |
1,874 | The health belief model: predicting compliance and dropout in cardiac rehabilitation.
We investigated the health belief model and the health locus of control constructs as predictors of group membership (compliers or dropouts) with cardiac rehabilitation and whether they added predictive utility to routinely assessed ... | 13 |
1,361 | Long-term urinary continence and renal function in neonates with posterior urethral valves.
Posterior urethral valves are known to be associated with considerable morbidity and mortality especially in the neonate.
Recently the role of bladder dysfunction in the pathophysiology of renal function impairment and urinary... | 11 |
1,185 | Rapid eye movement sleep deprivation as a probe in elderly subjects.
The effects of a 2-night rapid eye movement (REM) sleep deprivation (RSD) procedure on electroencephalographic sleep and mood were examined in 15 healthy elderly control subjects, 14 elderly patients with endogenous depression, and 15 patients with p... | 9 |
97 | Amoxycillin plus probenecid versus doxycycline for treatment of erythema migrans borreliosis.
72 adults with erythema migrans (early Lyme borreliosis) were enrolled in a randomised prospective trial comparing amoxycillin 500 mg plus probenecid 500 mg three times a day with doxycycline 100 mg twice a day for 21 days.
... | 0 |
1,651 | Functional status after coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
Two cohorts of consecutive patients of comparable age with similar preprocedure cardiac function who underwent either coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG; n = 106) or percutaneous transluminal coronary angiopl... | 13 |
232 | Effective ultraviolet irradiation of platelet concentrates in teflon bags.
Several plastic materials used in blood storage were evaluated for their ability to transmit ultraviolet B (UVB) light.
A plastic bag manufactured from sheets of transparent Teflon efficiently (78-86%) transmitted UVB light and was employed in... | 3 |
2,540 | Iodine and selenium deficiency associated with cretinism in northern Zaire.
Selenium status was determined in an endemic-goiter area and in a control area of Zaire.
Compared with the reference values of a noniodine-deficient area, serum selenium in subjects living in the core of the northern Zaire endemic-goiter belt... | 18 |
2,861 | The situational riskiness of alcoholic beverages.
Using face-to-face interview data on a sample of young adults, this study investigates the perceived risk of alcohol consumption in drinking and driving, interactions with police and the probability of intoxication.
Results show that beer is perceived as less risky th... | 20 |
2,505 | Increased hepatic mitochondrial capacity in rats with hydroxy-cobalamin[c-lactam]-induced methylmalonic aciduria.
Treatment of rats with the vitamin B12 analogue hydroxy-cobalamin[c-lactam] (HCCL) impairs methylmalonyl-CoA mutase function and leads to methylmalonic aciduria due to intracellular accumulation of propion... | 17 |
1,853 | Diagnostic value of a new myocardial perfusion agent, teboroxime (SO 30,217), utilizing a rapid planar imaging protocol: preliminary results [corrected and republished with original paging, article originally printed in J Am Coll Cardiol 1990 Oct;16(4):855-61]
Technetium-99m-labeled agents have advantages over thalliu... | 13 |
1,902 | A hematologist's view of contrast media, clotting in angiography syringes and thrombosis during coronary angiography.
While ionic contrast media (CM) are stronger anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents, both nonionic and ionic CM retard clotting, fibrinopeptide A generation and platelet aggregation (at least by Born-O... | 13 |
1,476 | Endocervical chlamydial deoxyribonucleic acid in infertile women.
The presence of chlamydial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was evaluated by DNA hybridization in endocervical cells of infertile and normal fertile women.
Chlamydial DNA was detected in 49 of 186 (26.3%) infertile patients, which is significantly more comm... | 12 |
239 | Thyroid carcinoma with mixed tall-cell and columnar-cell features.
Tall-cell and columnar-cell carcinomas have been regarded as aggressive variants of papillary thyroid carcinoma.
In the present case report the authors describe a composite tumor where these forms of differentiation coexisted, with transitional change... | 3 |
1,982 | Pathogenesis of hyperadrenergic orthostatic hypotension. Evidence of disordered venous innervation exclusively in the lower limbs.
The pathogenesis of hyperadrenergic orthostatic hypotension was studied in eight patients.
Correction of the abnormal orthostatic changes by an inflated pressure suit (MAST) confirmed pre... | 13 |
2,426 | Effects of exercise on insulin-induced hypoglycemia.
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of exercise on the rate of onset of hypoglycemia induced by infusion of excess insulin (0.8 mU.min-1.100 g-1).
Rats were either fasted overnight (FS) or fed ad libitum (FD).
FS rats were killed after 5, 10, or ... | 17 |
997 | Recessive oncogenes in lung cancer.
The observation that carcinogen exposure is strongly associated with the probability of developing pulmonary neoplasms has suggested for many years that acquired somatic mutations play a key role in the genesis of these environmentally induced cancers.
With the advent of new techni... | 7 |
748 | Glucose disposal, beta-cell secretion, and hepatic insulin extraction in cirrhosis: a minimal model assessment.
Factors controlling glucose metabolism after IV load were studied in nine patients with compensated cirrhosis and in six age-matched controls.
The time courses of glucose, insulin, and C peptide were analyz... | 5 |
12 | Itraconazole treatment of phaeohyphomycosis.
Nineteen patients with phaeohyphomycosis were treated with itraconazole.
Of these, 17 were assessable for clinical outcome.
Of these, two had received no prior therapy, five had failed amphotericin B therapy, four had failed ketoconazole or miconazole therapy, and five ha... | 0 |
112 | Development and potential use of antibody directed against lipopolysaccharide for the treatment of gram-negative bacterial sepsis.
Gram-negative bacterial sepsis remains a major cause of lethality in hospitalized patients, despite routine therapy consisting of antimicrobial agents, hemodynamic monitoring and fluid res... | 0 |
543 | Cancer antigen 125, carcinoembryonic antigen, and carbohydrate determinant 19-9 in ovarian tumors.
The authors studied data of combination assays of tumor markers, because simultaneous elevation of different types of tumor markers in the serum was puzzling.
They interpreted such phenomena regarding cancer antigen 125... | 3 |
2,289 | Mechanisms involved in allergic contact dermatitis.
Allergic contact dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin disease caused by agents such as plants, chemical compounds, and topical medications.
Histologic features typically include edema within the epidermis and dermis and a lymphohistiocytic infiltrate with an adm... | 16 |
274 | New type of Bcr/Abl junction in Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia.
A new and rare type of Bcr/Abl junction between exon C3 of the 3' portion of the Bcr gene and Abl exon 2 has been identified in the leukemic cells of two Ph1-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia patients in chronic phase.
... | 3 |
1,113 | The efficacy of brainstem auditory evoked potentials in acoustic tumor surgery.
As the identification of patients with small acoustic neuromas and salvageable hearing increases, intraoperative auditory nerve monitoring has been used increasingly in an attempt to improve the hearing preservation rate.
Far-field record... | 9 |
881 | Cytomegalovirus pneumonia in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. An immunopathologic process?
Recent literature suggests that CMV pneumonia is an immunopathologic process.
This case report summarizes the clinical course of a patient which supports this hypothesis.
The patient is the recipient of an allogeneic BM... | 7 |
677 | The freckle sign--an endoscopic feature of the cecum.
Mucosal spots, or "freckles," surrounding the appendiceal orifice are an endoscopic feature of the cecum.
These are clusters of 1 to 2 mm round or oval slightly raised spots, each with a pale center and an erythematous border.
They correlate microscopically with ... | 5 |
2,802 | The spectrum of emergency care of agricultural trauma in central Wisconsin.
Agriculture is among the most dangerous occupations in the United States.
When injuries do occur, the emergency department (ED) is the primary source of care.
Over a 2-year period, the emergency medicine section of the Marshfield Clinic/St J... | 20 |
1,872 | Simulated left ventricular aneurysm and aneurysm repair in swine.
Patch reconstruction of left ventricular aneurysm may be superior to linear closure, but this hypothesis has not been tested experimentally.
Accordingly, six anesthetized domestic pigs were instrumented to measure regional left ventricular wall thicken... | 13 |
1,971 | Adaptation to ischemia during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Clinical, hemodynamic, and metabolic features
The clinical, electrocardiographic, and coronary hemodynamic responses to sequential 90-second occlusions of the left anterior descending coronary artery in 12 patients undergoing elective percu... | 13 |
103 | A resurgence of acute rheumatic fever in a mid-South children's hospital.
A resurgence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) has been reported in many areas of the United States in recent years.
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of inpatients with a new diagnosis of ARF from 1982 through 1988 at a children's h... | 0 |
2,798 | Alcohol use and depressive symptoms among Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic Whites.
Alcohol use is associated with depressive symptoms in several studies.
Using data from a community survey, this study examined whether this relationship (a) can be accounted for by ethnic or sociodemographic differences among persons... | 20 |
168 | Immunocytochemical estrogen and progestin receptor assays in breast cancer with monoclonal antibodies. Histopathologic, demographic, and biochemical correlations and relationship to endocrine response and survival.
Breast cancer specimens from 600 women were assayed for estrogen receptors (ER) using an immunocytochemi... | 3 |
1,669 | Circadian rhythm of heart rate variability after acute myocardial infarction and its influence on the prognostic value of heart rate variability.
This study examined heart rate (HR) variability in patients surviving acute myocardial infarction (AMI) to find the optimum time and duration of recording of the ambulatory ... | 13 |
2,889 | Scapular dislocation (locked scapula).
We report the case of a 19-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with pain and inability to move her right shoulder after falling backwards and striking it on a cart.
Radiographs of the shoulder revealed a dislocated scapula.
Closed reduction in the ED was su... | 20 |
2,790 | Long-term therapeutic use of benzodiazepines. I. Effects of abrupt discontinuation [published erratum appears in Arch Gen Psychiatry 1991 Jan;48(1):51]
We compared the effect of abrupt discontinuation of therapeutic doses of short half-life and long half-life benzodiazepines in 57 benzodiazepine-dependent patients (da... | 20 |
1,554 | Ischaemic left ventricular failure: evidence of sustained benefit after 18 months' treatment with xamoterol.
The long term effects of treatment with xamoterol in 14 patients aged 44-73 with mild to moderate heart failure as a result of ischaemic heart disease are reported.
After 18 months' treatment with xamoterol, p... | 13 |
675 | Prospective trial comparing a combination pH probe-nasogastric tube with aspirated gastric pH in intensive care unit patients.
Upper GI bleeding related to stress ulcer syndrome is estimated to affect as much as 15% of patients in an ICU.
Since the occurrence of bleeding after ICU admission may be associated with inc... | 5 |
3,132 | Unruptured intracranial aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations: frequency of intracranial hemorrhage and relationship of lesions.
Among 91 patients with unruptured intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVM's), 16 patients had 26 unruptured intracranial saccular aneurysms.
An actuarial analysis showed the risk ... | 22 |
2,278 | Treatment of molluscum contagiosum using a lidocaine/prilocaine cream (EMLA) for analgesia.
Eighty-three 4- to 12-year-old children, scheduled for curettage of at least five molluscum contagiosum lesions, participated in a double-blind study.
The children were randomly allocated to receive lidocaine/prilocaine (EMLA)... | 16 |
2,408 | Monomeric insulins and their experimental and clinical implications.
Due to the inherent pharmacokinetic properties of available insulins, normoglycemia is rarely, if ever, achieved in insulin-dependent diabetic patients without compromising their quality of life.
Subcutaneous insulin absorption is influenced by many... | 17 |
1,864 | Doppler color-flow images from a stenosed arterial model: interpretation of flow patterns.
The capability of the recently introduced Doppler color-flow mapping devices to accurately detect flow patterns in the region of an arterial stenosis was evaluated by use of an in vitro flow model.
Pulsatile flow simulating tha... | 13 |
3,134 | Spontaneous regression of giant arteriovenous fistulae during the perinatal period. Case report.
A unique case of spontaneous regression of giant arteriovenous fistulae during infancy is described in this report.
A female infant, the product of normal labor and delivery, demonstrated severe ventriculomegaly and an in... | 22 |
1,220 | Survey of adolescents with severe intellectual handicap.
A diagnostic survey was undertaken of children aged 11 to 19 years in Tameside with severe learning difficulties (intelligence quotient less than or equal to 50).
Eighty-two children were identified and their medical records reviewed.
A specific diagnosis for ... | 9 |
982 | Late pulmonary sequelae of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
BACKGROUND.
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is a chronic lung disease that often develops after mechanical ventilation in prematurely born infants with respiratory failure.
It has become the most common form of chronic lung disease in infants in the United States.
T... | 7 |
1,534 | Measurement of activity of urea resistant neutrophil alkaline phosphatase as an antenatal screening test for Down's syndrome.
OBJECTIVE--To investigate the value of measuring maternal urea resistant neutrophil alkaline phosphatase activity as an antenatal screening test for Down's syndrome.
DESIGN--Case-control study... | 12 |
3,267 | Cardiac arrhythmias in critically ill patients: epidemiologic study
The general prevalence of cardiac arrhythmias in 2,820 consecutive patients was 78%, ranging from 44% in multiple trauma patients to 90% in primary cardiovascular patients.
Patients without recorded arrhythmias (22%, n = 621) were used as control su... | 22 |
1,574 | Ventilatory and diffusion abnormalities in potential heart transplant recipients.
Few data are available concerning pulmonary function in patients with severe chronic congestive heart failure.
Of 315 patients evaluated for potential cardiac transplantation at UCLA, 132 underwent pulmonary function tests.
The latter ... | 13 |
1,320 | Treatment of primary nocturnal enuresis by oral androgen mesterolone. A clinical and cystometric study.
A double-blind clinical study of 30 boys, six to ten years of age, with primary nocturnal enuresis was undertaken to assess the role of androgens in treating enuresis.
The oral synthetic androgen mesterolone was se... | 11 |
901 | Additive effect of albuterol and ipratropium bromide in the treatment of bronchospasm in children.
Inhaled albuterol (A) (salbutamol) alone and albuterol plus ipratropium bromide (IB) were administered to 12 asthmatic children.
Following administration of A alone or in combination with IB, there was a significant inc... | 7 |
3,059 | Intraoperative air testing of colorectal anastomoses: a prospective, randomized trial.
A total of 145 consecutive patients receiving a colorectal anastomosis were randomized to 'test' or 'no test' once the anastomosis had been completed.
Anastomotic testing was performed with the pelvis filled with saline and the rec... | 22 |
3,352 | Biliary and gut function following shock.
The aim of this study was to characterize the alterations in gallbladder and intestinal function after hemorrhagic shock and blood reperfusion in opossums.
Animals were subjected to a shock of 30 mm Hg of arterial blood pressure for 60 minutes and resuscitated with blood rein... | 22 |
1,593 | Outlook after acute myocardial infarction in the very elderly compared with that in patients aged 65 to 75 years
Little is known concerning late outcome and prognostic factors after acute myocardial infarction in the very elderly (greater than 75 years of age).
Accordingly, this study compared the clinical course an... | 13 |
199 | Benign lymphangioendothelioma.
We have studied eight cases of an acquired lymphatic endothelial lesion for which we propose the name "benign lymphangioendothelioma." The lesions developed as solitary, slowly extending, erythematous macules and plaques, usually occurring on the extremities or the shoulders in adolescen... | 3 |
2,441 | Removal of an inorganic acid load in subjects with ketoacidosis of chronic fasting.
When a large inorganic acid load is ingested by normals, the proton load is eliminated because the rate of excretion of ammonium can rise to 200 to 300 mmol/day.
In subjects with ketoacidosis of chronic fasting, such a large increase ... | 17 |
176 | Expression of Ki-1 antigen (CD30) in mesenchymal tumors.
Expression of CD30(Ki-1) antigen has long been considered to be restricted to activated lymphocytes and related tumors.
However, expression of this antigen has also been detected in embryonal carcinomas, in nonembryonal carcinomas, in malignant melanomas, and e... | 3 |
548 | Alterations in opioid parameters in the hypothalamus of rats with estradiol-induced polycystic ovarian disease.
The distribution and density of selectively labeled mu-, delta-, and kappa-opioid binding sites were examined by in vitro radioautography in the hypothalamus of normal, estradiol valerate (EV)-injected, and ... | 3 |
1,860 | Management of asymptomatic chronic aortic regurgitation with left ventricular dysfunction: a decision analysis
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the optimal strategy for the timing of aortic valve replacement in patients with chronic, severe aortic regurgitation with left ventricular dysfunction.
DESIGN: Decision analys... | 13 |
1,189 | Volume conduction of the parietal N20 potential to the prerolandic frontal area.
Somatosensory evoked potentials were recorded from the frontal and parietal areas in patients with various lesions in the central nervous system on stimulation of the median nerve.
Five representative cases who showed a selective loss of... | 9 |
1,456 | A serial section study of visually normal pelvic peritoneum in patients with endometriosis.
Defined criteria were used to select small samples of visually normal study peritoneum for serial section light microscopy in 45 patients with biopsy-proven endometriosis and 10 patients without endometriosis.
A glandular elem... | 12 |
2,999 | Acute hypervolaemia increases gastroduodenal resistance to the flow of liquid in the rat.
The effect of volume expansion of extracellular fluid on gastroduodenal resistance to the flow of isotonic saline was assessed in three groups of rats using intravenous infusions of isotonic, isotonic-isoncotic, and isotonic-ison... | 22 |
2,005 | Transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of left atrial appendage aneurysm.
Intrapericardial left atrial appendage aneurysm is rare.
We describe the transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic findings in a 42-year-old man with atrial arrhythmia and an abnormal left atrial appendage on chest roentgen... | 13 |
1,755 | Recent changes in the treatment of aortoiliac occlusive disease by the Oxford Regional Vascular Service.
Over the four years from 1 January 1985 to 31 December 1988, 192 patients were treated for aortoiliac occlusive disease by the Oxford Regional Vascular Service.
The number of patients treated by percutaneous trans... | 13 |
76 | Antimicrobial prophylaxis for open heart operations.
Between 1986 and 1988, 450 adults undergoing coronary artery bypass, cardiac valve replacement, or both were enrolled into a prospective, randomized, comparative trial of cephalothin versus cefamandole as perioperative prophylaxis.
They were assessed during their h... | 0 |
2,424 | 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 ... | 17 |
2,434 | Brain glucose metabolism in noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: a study in Pima Indians using positron emission tomography during hyperinsulinemia with euglycemic glucose clamp.
To determine whether insulin or noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus affects brain glucose metabolism, brain glucose utilization was st... | 17 |
2,767 | Path of bullet and injuries determined by radiography.
Radiography is commonly used to find bullet pathways in forensic pathology.
In the case presented here, a man had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and one bullet could not be traced.
A radiograph was used to find the bullet and showed an interesting bullet path... | 20 |
2,109 | LVAS pump performance following initiation of left ventricular assistance.
Prevention of disturbed flow (e.g., flow stasis) and consequent thrombosis in heart pumps is based upon design characteristics determined during laboratory bench tests.
These tests employ optimal filling and emptying characteristics, such as t... | 13 |
1,829 | Primary varicose veins: topographic and hemodynamic correlations.
This study was conducted to correlate the clinical presentations of uncomplicated primary varicose veins with the topographic and anatomic source of reflux (escape points).
One-hundred sixty-three patients with primary varicose veins (144 females, 19 m... | 13 |
2,467 | Treatment of severe reactive hypoglycemia with a somatostatin analogue (SMS 201-995).
Reactive (or postprandial) hypoglycemia can sometimes represent a severe disorder refractory to conventional therapeutic measures.
We present in this first individual trial, to our knowledge, that the administration of a somatostati... | 17 |
689 | Mechanical lithotripsy of common duct stones.
Over the past 8 years we have utilized various types of mechanical lithotriptors to crush common bile duct stones.
The procedure was performed in 93 patients with an overall success rate of 94%.
However, because many accessories were in a developmental stage, entrapment ... | 5 |
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