Báo cáo y học: " Airway smooth muscle as a target of asthma therapy: history and new directions" docx

... non-specific nature of airway hyperreactivity and a convergent signalling pathway for spasmogens: hope for a novel therapy for asthma? Figure 3 The non-specific nature of airway hyperreactivity and a convergent ... killiank@mcmaster.ca * Corresponding author Abstract Ultimately, asthma is a disease characterized by constriction of airway smooth muscle (ASM). Th...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20

... hematoma as a complication of anticoagulation therapy with heparin in therapeutic doses: a case report Stavros I Daliakopoulos* 1 , Andreas Bairaktaris 1 , Dimitrios Papadimitriou 2 and Perikles ... experience, daily measurement of INR and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) in patient's receiving Heparin intravenously as an anticoagu- lation agent is of gre...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21

... after CABG in patients with an EF of ≤ 20%: a chief complaint of only pain, unstable angina, and a Canadian and New York Heart Association class lower than IV. Case selection has been shown to be an ... study was that preoperative EF is a statistically significant predictor for higher rates of early and late mortality after CABG. Patients with a low EF had Table 3: Early...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... clinico- pathologic, ultrastructural, and microanalytic study of two cases. Hum Pathol 1988, 19(2):223-235. 4. Sclafani SJA, J V, Twersky J: Lead arthropathy: arthritis caused by retained intraarticular ... Tide mark duplication and unequal thickness of the cartilage was observed in the articular cartilage while the synovium showed both cellu- lar and stromal hyperplasia [20]. If le...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... patients, a Caucasian male aged 67 and a Caucasian female aged 78, the diagnosis was delayed because of the infrequency of their presentation. Both patients eventually underwent a resection of the ... sudden onset abdominal pain with associated nausea and vomit- ing. She had a past medical history of a myocardial infarction, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... granulocytic lineage showed hypocellularity and dysgranulopoiesis with mat- uration asynchronism. The megakaryocytic lineage was preserved and there was a low-grade plasmacytosis of 6.2% of the total cells. ... with an intense anemia and severe neutropenia. Bone marrow aspirate was normocellular with hyperplasia of the erythrocytic lineage, with mega- loblastic and dysplasic e...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 19:21

... Hypothalamic dysfunction may occur, with somnolence, hyperthermia and endocrine abnor- malities. PLE may present as an isolated neurological syn- drome or as a part of PEM. It may occasionally ... showed a 50% reduction in the tumor mass and in the size of the hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Twenty days after the fourth cycle of chemotherapy, the patient was admitte...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... operator characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to estimate an optimal cutoff value for the use of plasma DNA measurements for predicting death as well as the sensitivity and specificity of the ... successfully in previous studies measuring plasma DNA using similar PCR-based techniques [12]. The generation of a plasma DNA standard curve was accomplished using human genomic...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... USA and 3 HIV unit, 1st IKA Hospital, Athens, Greece Email: Matthew E Falagas* - m.falagas@aibs.gr; Efstathia A Zarkadoulia - e.zarkadoulia@aibs.gr; Paraskevi A Pliatsika - e.pliatsika@aibs.gr; ... status (SES) as a determinant of adherence to treatment in HIV infected patients: a systematic review of the literature Matthew E Falagas* 1,2 , Efstathia A Zarkadoulia 1 , Par...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 06:20

... relationship between the pulmonary artery occlusion pressure and the ratio of the early filling wave velocity at the level of the mitral valve (E) and the analogue myocardial velocity assessed at ... clinical use [3]. Colour Doppler myocardial imaging permits accurate measurement of myocardial velocities at a large number of adjacent intramural sites. Doppler myocardial imaging...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20