... children under 18 years of age living in Latvia who had been affected by RF, with the aim to determine risk/protective alleles for RF and RHD. The HLA class II alleles were determined using polymerase ... concentra- tion, around 100–200 µg/ml, was determined by fluores- cence with a DNA fluorimeter [36]. HLA-DR and -DQ genotyping by PCR Low-resolution HLA-DR typing for DRB1* 01 to 18...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23
... affilia- tion: Robert M Bernstein, MD (Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester), Huw LC Beynon, FRCP (Royal Free Hospital, London), Carol M Black, MD (Royal Free Hospital, London), Andrew Borg, MD (Nevill ... Abergavenny), Ian N Bruce, MD (Manchester Royal Infirmary, Man- chester), Felix E Bruckner, FRCP (St Georges Hospital, London), Robin C Butler, MD (Oswestry Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswes...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20
Báo cáo y học: "HLA class II DR and DQ genotypes and haplotypes associated with rheumatic fever among a clinically homogeneous patient" pptx
... the heart. In acute RF, Aschoff bodies (conglomerates of mono- cytes/macrophages and neutrophils) are frequently found in the heart and play an important role in the triggering of local inflammatory ... clinical outcome. During the 1980s and 1990s, the Latvian morbidity rate from RF increased rapidly, reaching a peak of incidence of 11 per 100,000 children. Currently, the incidenc...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo y học: "Impact of the Kenya post-election crisis on clinic attendance and medication adherence for HIV-infected children in western Kenya"
... Barriers to Returning to Clinic Healthcare providers within the AMPATH clinical care sys- tem uniformly identified fear for personal safety as a major barrier preventing families from returning ... huge risks and acted with great bravery to return to the clinic and to obtain their medication refills. ▪ Patients really surprised us. They walked distances, they ran away, they tried again, t...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:31
Báo cáo y học: "Strict glycaemic control in patients hospitalised in a mixed medical and surgical intensive care unit: a randomised clinical trial"
... either standard insulin therapy or intensive insulin therapy. Both groups received insulin via continuous infusion pump (Baxter col- league 3 or Baxter flo-Gard 6301, Baxter Healthcare Corpora- tion ... (IQR) is used for continuous variables, normally or non-normally distributed, respectively. The outcomes were analysed according to the intention-to- treat principle. Primary and secondary e...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35
Báo cáo y học: "Special considerations in the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder and medical co-morbidities"
... fluid/electrolyte changes None Monitor for electrolyte aberrations; in combination with ACE inhibitors, increased risk of arrhythmia (toxicity) Sinoatrial block; AV block/ dissociation bradyarrhythmias; ... Currently, lithium, valproate, olanzapine, lamotrigine, risperidone and quetiapine are indicated for use in bipolar disorder by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Ari...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:51
Báo cáo y học: "Foramen Magnum Arachnoid Cyst Induces Compression of the Spinal Cord and Syringomyelia: Case Report and Literature Review"
... tonsillar herniation, and syrin- gomyelia in trichorhinophalangeal syndrome Type I. J Neuro- surg. 2008;109:746-50. 19. Jain R, Sawlani V, Phadke R, et al. Retrocerebellar arachnoid cyst with syringomyelia: ... Abstract It is very rare that a foramen magnum arachnoid cyst induces compression of the spinal cord and syringomyelia, and currently there are few treatment experiences...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00
Báo cáo y học: "Positioning Effects of KillerRed inside of Cells correlate with DNA Strand Breaks after Activation with Visible Light"
... Heidelberg, Germany 2. German Cancer Research Center, Dept. of Medical Physics in Radiology, INF 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Corresponding author: Dr. Klaus Braun, German Cancer Research ... single-strand breaks in vulnerable chromatin re g i o ns [41] and confirmed our results, as shown in F i g u r e 4 C, and in Figure 5 (right). The inner surface of the nuclear la...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:15
Báo cáo y học: "Primary lower limb lymphedema: a focus on its functional, social and emotional impac"
... It may be classified as primary or secondary [1]. Primary lymphedema re- sults from congenital abnormality or dysfunction of the lymphatic vessels [2]. Secondary lymphedema which is more common ... they used occasional services within the University Hospital of Heraklion in a four year pe- riod. They reported a medical history of primary lower limb lymphedema diagnosis by specialists...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40
Báo cáo y học: "Ultra-low microcurrent in the management of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and chronic wounds: Report of twelve cases and discussion of mechanism of action"
... diabetes and underwent a kidney and pancreatic transplant in 1994. She also has hypercho- lesterolemia, left ventricular failure, renal failure and a history of a coronary artery bypass graft. ... others, the investigators have used microcurrent for treatment of chronic wounds and ulcers (18-20). In an earlier work, The Electro Pressure Regeneration Therapy (EPRT) device whic...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:39