Localized AL amyloidosis: a suicidal neoplasm?

abstract：:Gastrointestinal transit was measured in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, as an animal model of human diabetes type 1, and in obese diabetic mice, as an animal model of human diabetes type 2. The endocrine cells known to correlate to gastrointestinal transit, namely secretin, serotonin, Peptide YY (PYY) and enteroglucag...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： El-Salhy M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Accumulating evidence suggests that enhanced inflammatory responses contribute to the pathogenesis of postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). Blood transfusion can trigger an enhancement of acute inflammatory responses. Therefore, we hypothesized that perioperative blood transfusion is associated with ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Zhu SH,Ji MH,Gao DP,Li WY,Yang JJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The size of inhaled particles influences where they deposit and theoretically should be important for the development of airway inflammation and responsiveness. Our aim was to assess if sensitization to smaller-sized aeroallergens relates to higher prevalence of treated asthma, increased airway responsivenes...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Patelis A,Dosanjh A,Gunnbjörnsdottir M,Borres MP,Högman M,Alving K,Janson C,Malinovschi A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been only one reported case of neuromuscular scoliosis following chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). However, no cases of scoliosis that were treated with surgery secondary to CIDP have been previously described. A 16-year-old boy with CIDP was consultant due to the progression of scoli...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Kudo D,Miyakoshi N,Hongo M,Kasukawa Y,Ishikawa Y,Misawa A,Shimada Y

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether written feedback on drug prescribing in general practice affects prescribing habits is controversial. Most short-term studies showed no effect. However, the issue has not been tested in long-term studies involving the local general practitioner community. AIMS OF THE STUDY:To assess whether prescrib...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Vægter K,Wahlström R,Wedel H,Svärdsudd K

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkaline phosphatase from calf intestinal mucosa dephosphorylated histone H1 and fibrinogen that had been phosphorylated with protein kinase C. The reaction velocity was dependent on the ionic strength of the buffer; decreasing with increasing concentration. The pH optimum was around 7, which is lower than pH-optima d...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Ekman P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid phosphatase in serum was measured in 116 patients with prostatic disease, benign in 59 and malignant in 57 cases. Comparisons were made between radioimmunoassay (RIA) and an enzymatic method. The correlation coefficient between the respective values was 0.96 in patients with untreated prostatic cancer, indicating...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Dedorson S,Fritjofsson A,Norlen BJ,Ronquist G

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose was to assess the direct costs of screening for high blood pressure and blood glucose in dental care and of follow-up in primary health care and, based on these data, arrive at a prediction function. Study population. All subjects coming for routine check-ups at three dental health clinics were invited ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Engström S,Borgquist L,Berne C,Gahnberg L,Svärdsudd K

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether the proportion of primary care physicians implementing full body skin examination (FBSE) to screen for melanoma changed over time. METHODS:Meta-regression analyses of available data. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE, ISI, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. RESULTS:Fifteen studies surveyi...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Valachis A,Mauri D,Karampoiki V,Polyzos NP,Cortinovis I,Koukourakis G,Zacharias G,Xilomenos A,Tsappi M,Casazza G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a growing consensus on low back pain treatment. However, whether this extends to diagnostic labelling is still largely unknown. The aim of this report was to compare the diagnostic assessment of low back pain patients between general practitioners trained in manual therapy and orthopaedic surgeons. ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Bogefeldt J,Grunnesjö M,Svärdsudd K,Blomberg S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Pyogenic spondylitis is a common infectious disease caused by various microorganisms. It is difficult to predict the infecting microorganism at the time of initiation of treatment. Pneumonia is generally clarified into community or hospital-acquired types based on where the infection was acquired, and the i...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Sasaji T,Yamada N,Iwai K

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the fact that the composition of urine varies a lot during the day, this has essentially been neglected as a factor of importance in determinations of urine bicarbonate. The investigations reviewed in combination with an own study shows that qualitative and quantitative factors in urine composition impacts the...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Sohtell M,Karlmark B

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we present a 68-year-old man with rice body formation in the flexor tendon sheath of the fingers without any inflammatory diseases such as tuberculosis or rheumatoid arthritis. The patient visited our institute in March 2004 with a one-month history of swelling and pain of the right distal forearm. Lab...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Nagasawa H,Okada K,Senma S,Chida S,Shimada Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic carbonic anhydrases CAI, CAII, and CAIII from liver, and CAII, and CAIII from muscle of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were purified to homogeneity. CAIII from liver and muscle had the same amino acid composition and were immunochemically similar. Their kinetic properties at 0 degrees C were also similar. Km...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Wistrand PJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was done to evaluate the absorption of a single oral dose of 12 mg oestriol (Triovex, Leo AB, Sweden) and to confirm the hypothesis that the enterohepatic recirculation can prolong the plasma oestriol elevation obtained. Twelve menopausal women, six of whom had been cholecystectomized earlier, were given 12...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Heimer GM,Englund DE

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new stimulatory luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LRH) analogue D-Ser(TBU)(6)-EA(10)-LRH was administered subcutaneously in a dose of 10 microg into 10 women with amenorrhoea. The injection resulted in a 20-fold increase of the LH level in blood and a 5-fold increase of the FSH level with maxima at 4 and 6 h af...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Nillius SJ,Wide L

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Shoulder external rotation braces used for patients with a first-time shoulder dislocation are designed with a variety of arm positions in abduction as well as external rotation. However, few studies have focused on their immobilizing performance, comfort, or user-friendliness. Especially, there have been no...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Hatta T,Sano H,Yamamoto N,Itoi E

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:22 patients with untreated, essential hypertension (diastolic blood-pressure greater than or equal to 140 mmHg) and in most cases also showing neurological symptoms were given a single oral dose of 400 mg labetalol. All patients displayed a gradual decrease of the blood-pressure down to a diastolic pressure about 110 ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Frithz G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review the advantages of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) trigger are discussed beyond those immediately associated with ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) prevention. The GnRHa trigger concept has sparked the development of novel protocols, enriching the assisted reproductive technolog...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Castillo JC,Haahr T,Martínez-Moya M,Humaidan P

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SAPHO syndrome is a group of bone and joint abnormalities associated with skin lesions. A 29-year-old male presented with severe acne on his trunk and anterior chest wall, right knee and foot pain. Radiographs and magnetic resonance images showed hyperostosis in the sternocostoclavicular region, sclerosis of one-third...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Watanuki M,Hatori M,Kokubun S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetic patients exhibit platelet hyperreactivity, which renders them resistant to antithrombotic treatments. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and predictors of aspirin resistance in diabetic patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A total of 93 diabetic and 37 non-diabetic participants were included into the...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Tasdemir E,Toptas T,Demir C,Esen R,Atmaca M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In early ARDS (Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome) and other inflammatory pulmonary disorders the lung might benefit from a high local deposition of an active drug, in order to optimize the local concentration without systemic side effects. In this methodological study we used pigs under controlled ventilation. The s...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Forsgren P,Modig J,Gerdin B,Axelsson B,Dahlbäck M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the corticotropin-releasing-hormone stimulation test the number of samplings and measurements are reduced to two--and the ratio between concentrations at 60 min and 0 min is calculated. The difference between the information given by absolute concentrations and ratio is negligible, but by using ratio, the influenc...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Grodum E,Petersen PH,Hangaard J,Hansen TB,Hagen C

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasospastic reactions to cold have been suggested to be related to altered blood rheology, as has been reported in both primary (PVD) and traumatic (TVD) vasospastic disease. Measurements of whole blood viscosity, plasma viscosity, erythrocyte deformability and finger systolic pressure (FSP) were performed in 18 patie...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Sandhagen B,Wegener T

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one healthy men, 18 - 19 years of age, with "organic" T wave aberrations (group T) were compared to 112 controls of the same age with normal electrocardiograms (Group A + B). Group T had increased heart rate and higher systolic and diastolic blood pressures. Their lower physical work capacity could be "explained...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Atterhög JH,Ekelund LG,Ericsson G,Ahlborg B

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radical surgery for renal cancer with invasion of the inferior vena cava can improve the patient's quality of life and, in some cases, offer longer survival or even cure. With a carefully planned surgical approach it is possible to remove renal tumours with thrombotic extension to the most proximal part of the inferio...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Andréen T,Aberg T,Fritjofsson A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were starved for 7 days or fed a protein-free or a 25% casein diet for 7 or 14 days. Free and total ribosomes were prepared from the liver. A determination of the ratio of mg RNA of ribosomes to mg DNA of the total homogenate was made. In starved rats, RNA of free and membrane-bound ribosomes decreased to the sam...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Christensson PI,Stenram U

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven women with secondary amenorrhoea have been treated with pulsatile subcutaneous luteinising hormone releasing hormone (LHRH). Serial ultrasonic observations of increasing follicular diameters and changes in the size of the uterus have been recorded. The rate of the increase of the diameter of dominant foll...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Adams J,Mason WP,Tucker M,Morris DV,Jacobs HS

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous false positive findings are a problem in computed tomography based lung cancer screening trials. The potential patient-related variables that could predict the existence of such lung nodules were studied. 526 construction workers (age 38-81 yrs.) previously screened with spiral computed tomography were evalua...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Vehmas T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To gain a deeper understanding of first-time parents' experiences of early discharge from hospital after delivery and home-based postnatal care. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The study was comprised of focus group interviews, interviews with couples and with fathers. Twenty-one parents participated. INCLUSION CRITERIA:hea...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Johansson K,Aarts C,Darj E

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00