Báo cáo y học: " New onset neuromyelitis optica in a young Nigerian woman with possible antiphospholipid syndrome: a case report" pptx

... Olateju - samolateju@yahoo.com; CM Asaleye - casaleye@yahoo.com; Olufemi A Adesina - femisina@yahoo.com; SA Badmus - akintab@yahoo.com * Corresponding author Abstract Introduction: Devic's ... not for citation purposes) Journal of Medical Case Reports Open Access Case report New onset neuromyelitis optica in a young Nigerian woman with possible antiphosphol...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 19:21

... demonstrates that NAC, in doses similar to those used therapeutically to treat APAP poisoning in humans [2], impairs liver regenerative capacity Commentary Prolonged N -acetylcysteine therapy in late ... mechanisms of NAC in late-APAP poisoning and APAP-induced liver failure remain poorly characterised but include free-radical scavenging, hemodynamic, and cytokine effects [1,5,6]. Co...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... methaemoglobinaemia and creatine kinase in the early identification of G6PD deficiency and rhabdomyol- ysis. Case presentation A 54-year-old Kenyan man presented with a 3-day history of reduced appetite, weakness ... was treated as diabetic ketoacidosis with intravenous insulin at a rate of 6 U/hour with 0.9% saline. Later, the plasma osmolality was calculated as 422 mmol/l an...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21

... exhibit a reduced number of presynaptic and postsynaptic specializations in the brain, indicating that Agrin has a role, at least in part, in maintaining synaptic structure in this tissue [23]. In ... molecule Agrin with the formation of the T cell-APC IS. The Agrin protein Agrin was initially isolated from basal lamina extracts of Torpedo californica (electric ray) and s...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 12:20

... critically ill patients with a broad range of life- threatening diagnoses. Many critically ill patients have clinical and radiographic findings that cast doubt on LVFP. PAC has been used to measure ... BNP and its amino- terminal fragment NT-proBNP are markers of LV dysfunction, and elevated levels aid in discriminating cardiac from non- cardiac dyspnea [2]. Peptide levels also correlat...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... competitive advantage. For example, the facultative intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes happily survives in the ambient environment as a saprophyte, but on occasions it has an inherent capacity ... post-transcriptional regulator CsrA plays a central role in the adaptation of bacterial pathogens to different stages of infection in animal hosts. Microbiology 2008, 154:...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 21:20

... stained area in nasal biopsies pre- and peak season. The percentage of the osteopontin stained area in pre- and peak-season nasal biopsies of allergic rhinitis (AR) patients treated with placebo ... using quantitative imaging software (Leica QWin) with the same threshold used for all sections. The data was expressed as a percentage of total tissue area. GraphPad 5 (GraphPad Software...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... the metacarpophalangeal joints, and many of the small carpal bones have irregular margins with indentations (for example, at the attachment of ligaments), making discrimination between normal anatomy and presence ... sensitivity to change- dem- onstrating that the OMERACT RAMRIS system, after proper training and calibration of readers, appears suitable for use in monitoring joint inflamma...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... follow-up, pairs of base- line and 2-year radiographs were available for 186 patients. Primary analysis set The primary analysis set contained all patients in the OASIS and adalimumab-treated cohorts ... 2.6 a P value calculated using analysis of covariance model with therapy as a factor and baseline modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spinal Score (mSASSS) as a covariate. OASIS,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... ofloxacin, ethambutol, and pyrazi- namide (rifampin was discontinued and replaced by ethambutol and ofloxacin after a marked increased of hepatic enzymes in November, 2003) Initial examination ... sulphadiazine-pyrimetamine, folinic acid, and dex- amethasone was started. After 14 days of therapy, the patient's neurological status and CT scan findings remained unchanged. Analysis of t...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:20