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Management of Helicobacter pylori infection in Vietnam
(2004-05-07)
% were still H. pylori positive and 58.7% were free from peptic ulcer after one year. ELISA based on Vietnamese antigens showed a specificity of 96.4% and sensitivity of 91.0% compared to 96.4% and 69.4%, respectively, when Swedish antigens were used...
Parasite signalling and host responses in experimental and human African trypanosomiasis
(2002-08-08)
African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is a disease of tropical Africa caused by the unicellular-flagellated protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma brucei (T b.), which is transmitted by its insect vector, the tsetse fly. ...
Depression, coronary artery disease and change of lifestyle
(2001-11-29)
Depression has been identified as a risk factor for the development of coronary artery disease (CAD) and has been associated with functional impairment and disability, poor outcome of lifestyle changes, incomplete and ...
Pathogenetic studies of adjuvant-induced arthritis
(2002-11-15)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disabling chronic inflammatory disease, presumably autoimmune, that progressively destroys peripheral joints. The etiopathogenesis remains largely unknown, and an understanding of disease ...
Characterization and expression of subtypes of nicotinic receptors in brain and adrenal medulla : with focus on development, Alzheimer's disease and transgenic animal models
(2003-08-22)
for the various nAChRs subunits either in smoking controls or in smoking AD patients. In addition significantly lower levels of both soluble and insoluble Abeta 1-40 and AP 1-42 were observed in frontal and temporal cortex of smoking AD subjects compared to non...
Molecular markers reflecting malignant transformation and tumor progression
(2004-05-06)
clinical outcome. We analyzed uniformly treated early stage (T1) carcinomas of the mobile tongue, in which the biological aggressiveness is variable. We found laminin-5 gamma2 chain expression was significantly higher in the tongue lesions that had recurred...
Bile in the oesophagus contributes to the development and complications of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
(2002-05-10)
Objective: To clarify the relationship between duodenogastro- oesophageal reflux (DGOR) and gastro- oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) and its complications.
Methods: As persons who have had their gallbladders removed ...
Functional and bioinformatical studies of the TGFb superfamily : identification and characterization of ALK7
(2001-11-02)
The transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) superfamily of polypeptide
growth factors encompasses more than 30 diverse mammalian members. They
are involved in most cellular processes, ranging from cell proliferation
and ...
Effects of gravity and posture on the human lung
(2004-03-18)
subjects in whom acute lung insufficiency was induced by hypergravity. When exposing healthy subjects to 5 times normal gravity (5 G) in the human centrifuge, the arterial oxygen saturation was 84.6 + 1.2% (mean ± SEM) in the supine and 89.7 ± 1...
Endocrine and metabolic aspects of adult Prader Willi syndrome with special emphasis on the effect of growth hormone treatment
(2003-09-05)
GH values, low total IGF-I and in relation to the obesity low levels of free IGF-I and non-suppressed IGF-binding- protein-1 (IGFBP-1). Approximately two thirds were biochemically hypogonadal. Bone mineral density (BMD) was low. Four patients had...