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Masseter muscle pain and its relation to pain mediators in fibromyalgia and local myalgia
(2001-11-09)
The aim of this investigation was to study chronic jaw muscle pain in fibromyalgia, local myalgia and healthy individuals in relation to the pain mediators PGE2, LTB4 and NPY and to study the effects of glucocorticoid ...
Hepatitis C virus kinetics during antiviral treatment
(2004-03-05)
/relapsers and 13 non-responders to standard IFN and ribavirin combination therapy was found to have only limited beneficial effect. At end of treatment, only one previous non-responder and 5 previous response/relapsers were HCV RNA negative but only one former...
Targeting HIV-1 entry and reverse transcription by vaccination
(2002-11-13)
Human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1) is a complex retrovirus,
which uses the CD4 receptor and chemokine receptors to infect its target
cells. The chemokine receptor CCR5 is essential for primary HIV-1
infection. The hallmark of retroviruses...
Diabetic osteopathy : a study in the rat
(2012-03-09)
The present study on non-obese Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats with type-2 diabetes and neuropathy was an attempt to describe and define pertinent features of diabetic osteopathy. Altogether, the study included 33 GK rats aged 12 ...
Life without thyroid hormone receptors
(2003-08-08)
Thyroid hormone (TH) has many important functions during development and in the adult individual. It reaches its target cells via the blood system and binds its receptor (TR) located within the cell nucleus where the ...
Technology development for genome and polymorphism analysis
(2003-01-24)
Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is widely expected to provide a multitude of benefits in areas of medical research. There is, however, a growing disparity between the rate of SNP discovery and the development of ...
Hepatitis C in chronic kidney disease and kidney transplantation : with special reference to epidemiology and treatment
(2003-10-31)
Hepatitis C (HCV) is a clinical problem in infected kidney transplant patients but is also a cause of renal disease and vasculitis. Standard therapy for HCV is a combination of interferon and ribavirin. Renal patients have ...
Adaptation to ischemia with special emphasis on nitric oxide
(2001-08-31)
Nitric oxide (NO) may play an essential role for maintenance of cardiac function and perfusion. Endothelial dysfunction of atherosclerotic vessels may aggravate cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury. Adaptation to ischemia ...
Lower limb ischemia in women
(2004-02-27)
Arteriosclerosis is a general disease affecting different parts of the arterial system. In coronary heart disease (CHD) women have different risk factors, symptoms, indication for treatment, interpretation of diagnostic ...
Local recurrence after breast conserving surgery in breast cancer
(2002-08-30)
age, large tumour size and minor or no axillary surgery, while radiotherapy to the breast reduced the risk of axillary recurrence. The breast cancer-specific survival after axillary recurrence was poor, 59.2% and 43.5% at five and ten years...