Abstract:
:Using order parameters from field theory, the paper rationalizes the statistics of myeloid and erythroid leukemias more satisfactorily than the random mutation hypothesis. Adapted to B- and plasma cell lineages, the same arguments conceptualize the statistics of related malignancies congruently to clinical findings.
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Med Hypothesesjournal_title
Medical hypothesesauthors
Matioli GTdoi
10.1054/mehy.2001.1364keywords:
subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2001-10-01 00:00:00pages
465-8issue
4eissn
0306-9877issn
1532-2777pii
S0306-9877(01)91364-7journal_volume
57pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Gas formed in tissues and the circulating blood due to decompression is thought to be a significant factor in the progression of decompression illness (DCI). DCI is a potential problem for a growing population of professional and recreational divers. We hypothesise that these gas bubbles are not the causative agent in...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2008.11.022
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::We would like to put forward the hypothesis that cancer patients may produce autoantibodies that promote uncontrolled cell growth and thereby function as oncogenes. Dying cells release proteins that stimulate the production of autoantibodies, an event also known to occur during the earliest stages of tumor growth. If ...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2006.03.006
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) is a debilitating and relatively common complication of cataract surgery despite modern medical and surgical advances. The pathophysiology of this condition has largely been attributed to peptide mediators, such as transforming growth factor-beta (TGFβ), epidermal growth factor (E...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2012.12.042
更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Drug biotransformations are controlled in the body by tissue-differentiated choice of a selection of the induced and constitutive 57 isoforms of the human cytochromes P450 (CYP). CYP are the mixed function oxidase enzyme family (EC 1.14.14.1: mono-oxygenases that contain iron-dependent protohaematin IX). Many of the m...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2004.10.010
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that the regular practice of mindfulness meditation is associated with increased physiological levels of melatonin. Melatonin may be related to a variety of biologic functions important in maintaining health and preventing disease, including breast and prostate ca...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(95)90299-6
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The classical form of Barlow's disease or infantile scurvy, with bruises, broken bones and sores that will not heal, is rarely seen today, but it seems to be reappearing under a different guise, when infants with borderline vitamin C depletion are assaulted with too many inoculations at one time.Moreover, it is now so...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(02)00114-7
更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ever since antimicrobial therapy was introduced, two phenomenons have been observed: drug resistance and host toxicity. Mutation(s) in microbes leads to the earlier, while off target effects of therapy cause the latter. Neither of these problems have yet to be resolved. All Microbes express specific antigens, against ...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2006.09.061
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Many experimental, clinical and epidemiological data indicate that n-3 and n-6 essential fatty acids are therapeutic nutrients which may delay the development as well as improve the course of cancer. The present hypothesis correlates well with these data and it is proposed that chronic essential fatty acid deficiency,...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(97)90024-4
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Encouraging results have been obtained with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, local control rates decrease in larger volume disease. Several studies have found a correlation between T stage or tumor volume and local progression-free survival. In man...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.001
更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The AIDS dementia complex and peripheral neuropathy in AIDS are considered to be direct or indirect manifestations of HIV infection, yet the pathogenesis in unclear. There are parallels between AIDS and Tangier disease clinically and histopathologically and in lipid metabolism. The neurological disorders in AIDS may b...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(90)90085-s
更新日期:1990-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::For American medical historiography, to borrow from Dickens, these are the best of times and the worst of times. These are the times when rigorous scholarship has been brought to bear on the field (with great improvement in the quality of research) and when medicine is disappearing from its own history. These are the ...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(92)90079-r
更新日期:1992-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Axillary hair is a highly conserved phenotypical feature in humans, and as such deserves at least consideration of its functional significance. Protection from environmental factors is one of the main functions attributed to hair in furred vertebrates, but is believed to be inapplicable to humans. I considered the hyp...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2006.03.021
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::It is suggested that apart from aflatoxins, plant medicinal preparations containing active compounds imperatorin, dictamine, marmesin and heraclenin may be responsible for some human cancers in Nigeria and perhaps other parts of Africa. Therefore, in this paper, a hypothesis is put forward that these compounds or thei...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(83)90096-8
更新日期:1983-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The presented hypothesis suggests that chronic latent malaria infection prepares the niche where the otherwise feeble HIV coinfection can thrive and cause AIDS. It is suggested that the roots of the HIV outbreak and AIDS pandemic lay in the urbanization processes in Africa that resulted in the eradication of the Anoph...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1054/mehy.2001.1299
更新日期:2001-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper describes a presumptive mechanism for the development of changes in respiratory function due to chronic neck pain. The patient with neck pain presents a number of factors that could constitute a predisposition of leading to a respiratory dysfunction: (a) the decreased strength of deep neck flexors and exten...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2007.07.050
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Local-regional relapse is the main recurrence pattern of the carcinoma in gut, and leads to poor prognosis. With the development of the total mesorectal and complete mesocolic excision (TME/CME), the local relapse rate of colorectal cancer has significantly decreased. People attributed it to the improvement of lymphad...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2017.04.013
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Maintaining a body temperature within a narrow range is vital for the survival of all mammals, including humans. With the help of optogenetics, a better understanding of the thermoregulatory organs and pathways is achieved. Optogenetic activation of the GABAergic neurons in the ventral part of the lateral preoptic nuc...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109704
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Alcoholism is a major and world-wide health problem. A characteristic pattern of congenital defects, known as the fetal alcohol syndrome, has been detected in the offspring of mothers who are chronic alcoholics. The mechanism underlying the teratogenic effects of ethanol is not known. An important hypothesis is that e...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(91)90185-2
更新日期:1991-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Rett syndrome (RTT) is an X-linked dominant postnatal severe and disabling neurodevelopmental disorder which is the second most common cause for genetic mental retardation in girls and the first pervasive disorder with a known genetic basis. The syndrome is primarily caused by mutations in the Methyl CpG binding prote...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2010.09.015
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::A consistent accumulation of experimental evidence, most of it published long ago, clearly shows that a constant consequence of the immune response elicited by the Koch bacillus is that the individual becomes susceptible to be injured or killed by the tuberculous antigen, which is totally innocuous to the virgin subje...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(87)90060-0
更新日期:1987-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The mechanisms by which blast pressure waves cause mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury (mTBI) are an open question. Possibilities include acceleration of the head, direct passage of the blast wave via the cranium, and propagation of the blast wave to the brain via a thoracic mechanism. The hypothesis that the blas...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2008.08.015
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The purpose of this paper is to present a model for removing antidromically activated afferent input from cervically elicited neurogenic motor evoked potentials (nMEPs). nMEPs have recently been used clinically, purportedly for monitoring spinal cord motor function, during spine surgery. However, the nMEP response may...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(98)90201-8
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Several attempts to control the dreadfulness of SARS-CoV-2 are still underway. Based on the literature evidences we have speculated a prospective contemporary remedy, which was categorized into Specificity, Remedy, and a Conveyor. In which, pros and cons were discussed and inferred the possible alternatives. (a) Speci...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109976
更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Delayed healing and nonunions of bone fracture are critical problems in orthopedic surgery. Electrical stimulation has been used as a therapeutic method for enhancing bone healing for a long time. Despite unanimous clinical success, the underlying mechanism concerning bone tissue in response to electrical stimulation ...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2007.05.044
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although the classical ideal is that scientific theories are evaluated by a careful teasing-out of their internal logic and external implications, and checking whether these deductions and predictions are in-line-with old and new observations; the fact that so many vague, dumb or incoherent scientific theories are app...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 社论
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2008.05.018
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Evidence is reviewed supporting a hypothesis of an anticarcinogenic effect of magnesium. Animal studies reported increased cancer in rodents maintained on magnesium deficient diets and a preventive effect for rodents fed excess levels of magnesium. Epidemiologic evidence is presented that magnesium levels in water, fo...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(80)90010-9
更新日期:1980-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The angiotensin-converting enzyme 2(ACE-2) receptors with approx. 0.8% congestion in conjunctival surface, leads to increase susceptibility of Covid-19 transmission through ocular surface. It has been observed that prophylactic measures such as goggle or face shield are unable to offer complete protection against ocul...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110288
更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Following observation of fatigue syndromes in people who have been occupationally exposed to pesticides and insecticides which exert their toxicity through the GABAa receptor, we have formulated the hypothesis that fatigue syndromes in general may be secondary to altered sensitivity of the GABAa receptor. We discuss t...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(94)90065-5
更新日期:1994-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Researchers have recently reported a possible inverse relationship between taking steroids or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or both, and the development of Alzheimer's disease. In this article it is hypothesized that the reduction in the human body of the amount of available arachidonic acid, the precursor of...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(98)90007-x
更新日期:1998-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The first conjugate vaccine was approved for use in the US in 1988 to protect infants and young children against the capsular bacteria Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Since its introduction in the US, this vaccine has been approved in most developed countries, including Denmark and Israel where the vaccine was ad...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2011.08.019
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00