Báo cáo y học: "Light chain (AL) amyloidosis: update on diagnosis and management" pps

... d. Unintentional weight loss Signs and symptoms that may represent AL amyloidosis in a patient. Non-diabetic nephrotic syndrome; non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and hypertrophy on echocardiogram, ... Introduction: Primary systemic or light chain amyloidosis (AL) is characterized by a clonal population of plasma cells in the bone marrow that produce monoclonal light chain of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:23

... innominate artery and veins, subclavian artery and veins, left common carotid artery, pulmonary artery and veins, azygous vein, intra-thoracic vena cavae, and combined airway and vascular trauma. The ... anatomy and availability of specialized person- nel. Although these injures are associated with significant mortality and morbidity, rapid diagnosis and prompt intervention...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... because of pal- pitations. She had a history of cholecystectomy because of biliary stone, hysterectomy and hypothyroidism treated with thyroxine 50 µg/day. In a laboratory test performed in October ... mg/dl and urine analysis was normal. Clinical examination showed hypertension and atrial fibrillation. Echocardiography demonstrated left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfuncti...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... with types AA, AF amyloid; idiopathic systemic amyloidosis with AL amyloid; sec- ondary systemic amyloidoses (reactive amyloidosis) and chronic infections, neoplastic diseases with AA amyloid and ... nas opharynx, oral cavity, stomatopharynx, bronchotracheal tree and lungs [6]. Oral and paranasal amyloidosis is usually a manifestation of systematic amyloidosis, mainly plasma cell dysc...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... general urology outpatient clinic at a Veterans Administration hospital in Brooklyn, NY. It included questions on lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) with 0-5 point scale and on quality of life ... B -V8 questionnaire has only been vali- dated in a primary care setting. Validation in a high risk population is still pending. Our study showed that among those with OAB, only 52% had...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:35

... differentiation requires further costimulatory signals, particularly interactions between CD28 and induc- ible costimulator (ICOS) on T cells on the one hand and their ligands CD80/86 and ICOS-L on DCs, ... Th2 (and Th1) cells on the one hand and Tregs on the other hand might be responsible for the development of atopic diseases, and immunomodulatory prevention concepts...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... vein and may be responsible for our observations. We are currently in the process of evaluating the effects of CO 2 on vein structure and function to eliminate one possibility. Conclusion The ... 2.3°C; respectively) were recorded in the laboratory. Structural and Functional Assays Cell Viability Assay Structural and functional viability of saphenous vein end othelial and smooth m...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... common pathway requires successful com- pletion of five-year long general surgery residency, followed by additional two to three years of cardi- othoracic surgery fellowship. Board certification ... surgery in United States Pathway Total length of training* Components Duration of each component Board certification Classical 7-8 years General surgery residency 5 years General surgery (optional...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23

... Up to 50% of patients are asymptomatic and the diagnosis is incidental [1]. Clinical symptoms may be related to catecholamine hypersecretion (hypertention/ hyperhydrosis) or to a mass effect ... lumpectomy, axillary lymph node dissection, adju- vant chemotherapy and irradiation sixteen years prior to this admission. Six years later a right para-vertebral des- moid tumor was completely r...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... (N) 0 2000 2200 2400 2600 2800 3000 Betaine PreDay1 PreDay2 Supplementation PostDay1 PostDay2 0 2000 2200 2400 2600 2800 3000 (14 days) (14 days) * # * # Figure 3 Ind ividual (n = 12) and responses for i sometric bench force (N, Newtons) on t he two days before (PreDay) and after (PostDay, 14 days) placebo and betaine ... submitted self-administered 3-day diet records and six week a...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21