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Management of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms and dissections : with emphasis on spinal cord protection in aneurysm repair and non-surgical treatment of type-B dissection
(2006-05-17)
Thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms and dissections are two very serious disease processes which entail a high risk of vessel rupture and death. Their specific treatment strategies have several similarities which have formed ...
Study of serotonin, innervation and sensory neuropeptides in allergic contact dermatitis
(2005-08-17)
In a murine model of contact allergy, 24 h after challenge with antigen, increased axonal growth using an antibody to growth-associated protein-43 (GAP-43) was seen in the epidermis and dermis of eczematous skin. Protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5...
Neuromodulation within a spinal locomotor network : role of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtypes
(2004-10-29)
The metabotropic glutamate receptors, mGluRs, are G-protein coupled receptors. They consist of eight cloned subtypes, which are divided into three groups depending on the amino acid sequence similarity, pharmacology and ...
Transoesophageal and transthoracic recordings of mitral annulus motion
(2006-02-03)
value from four sites. Only systolic and early diastolic velocities have acceptable reproducibility values. Respiration does not influence MLACV or RVm during anaesthesia but RVm is about 5% higher during expiration in awake individuals....
Modeling the economics of prevention
(2005-04-29)
Cardiovascular disease, particularly coronary heart disease and stroke, is the most common cause of death world wide, with a prevalence that is expected to increase. The consequences of the modern lifestyle such as obesity ...
Nerve-induced release of nitric oxide in gastrointestinal and erectile tissue
(2004-10-29)
(PDE) 5 elevate cGMP in tissues and are widely used in treatment of male erectile dysfunction. Application of selective PDE 5 inhibitors to the rabbit corpus cavernosum diminished the evoked release of NO by all three PDE 5 inhibitors used...
Pain management in outpatient knee arthroscopy
(2006-04-14)
), levobupivacaine 5 mg/ml (n=40), and lidocaine 10 mg/ml with adrenaline (n=40), administered intra-articularly at the end of surgery performed under light GA. Primary study endpoint was the need for any analgesics during the first 24 postoperative hours...
Physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis
(2006-04-28)
phenomenographic study (I). A sample of 556 patients (median age 56 years, disease duration <6.5 years, 75% women) were recruited from 17 rheumatology units for studies on physical activity in RA (PARA studies): 298 for a descriptive cross-sectional study (II), 102...
Regulation of ongoing DNA synthesis in normal and neoplastic brain tissue
(2005-10-07)
The treatment of human brain tumour is challenging in part due to the blood brain barrier and in part due to the specific biology of brain tumours that confer resistance to chemotherapy. For instance, the 5 years survival rate for patients carrying...
Assessing health problems : self-reported illness, mental distress, and alcohol problems in a rural district in Vietnam
(2006-05-23)
of district hospitals was significantly higher among employed people (paper I). The selected optimal cutoff points of SRQ-20 in hospital and community settings were 5/6 and 6/7, respectively (paper II). The prevalence of mental distress was 5.4% (7% in women...