Surgical treatment and intraoperative spinal cord monitoring in scoliosis associated with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a case report.

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to describe content and procedures in some selected Swedish health care quality registries (QRs) of relevance to regulatory decision-making. METHODS:A workshop was organized with participation of seven Swedish QRs which subsequently answered a questionnaire regarding registry content on d...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Feltelius N,Gedeborg R,Holm L,Zethelius B

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：:Since 1975 Sweden has had a patient insurance system to compensate patients for health-related injuries. The system was initially based on a voluntary patient insurance solution, but in 1997 it was replaced by the Patient Insurance Act. The current Act covers both physical and mental injuries. Although about 9,000-10,...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Johansson H

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor B (PDGF-B) is a growth factor promoting and regulating cell migration, proliferation, and differentiation, involved in both developmental processes and in maintaining tissue homeostasis under strict regulation. What are the implications of prolonged or uncontrolled growth factor signalin...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Lindberg N,Holland EC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The incidence of fentanyl-induced cough (FIC) during induction of general anesthesia varies around 40% and is undesirable. It increases intracranial, intraocular, and intra-abdominal pressures. This prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluated the effect of dexmedetomidine (DEX) ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： He L,Xu JM,Dai RP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

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：:Inverse ratio ventilation (IRV) is commonly used in clinical practice. Several studies have used IRV in order to recruit collapsed alveoli. In a randomised trial in twelve surfactant depleted piglets, the lungs were ventilated with sufficient positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) to prevent end-expiratory collapse, ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Markström AM,Lichtwarck-Aschoff M,Hedlund AJ,Nordgren KA,Sjöstrand UH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although AL amyloidosis usually is a systemic disease, strictly localized AL deposits are not exceptionally rare. Such case reports form a considerable body of published articles. Although both AL amyloidosis types are formed from an N-terminal segment of a monoclonal immunoglobulin light chain, a typical localized AL...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Westermark P

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:The acute phase reaction is an unspecific response to inflammatory stimuli characterized by alterations in the concentration of several plasma proteins. It is of great clinical value to monitor the inflammatory state in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Arvidsson NG,Gudbjörnsson B,Hällgren R,Larsson A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A material comprising all children in Sweden with acute lymphoblastic leukemia diagnosed in the years 1973-80 was analysed statistically. The total number of children was 505. Studies were made of 38 different variables, using frequency tables, cross tables, life table studies (1) and linear regression analysis accord...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Andersson BW,Gustafsson G

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：:Introduction: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is a surgical procedure used in the prevention of ischemic stroke. However, this procedure can cause complications of ischemia-reperfusion injury to the brain. Clusterin (CLU) is a cytoprotective chaperone protein that is released from neurons in response to various neurologi...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Iłżecka J,Iłżecki M,Grabarska A,Dave S,Feldo M,Zubilewicz T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different methodological aspects on the assay of human erythrocyte catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) activity were studied. No temporal variations were found either over a 24 hour period or over one month. Erythrocytes from whole blood collected with any of the anticoagulants heparin, EDTA or citrate could be used a...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Floderus Y,Sääf J,Ross SB,Wetterberg L

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes in the mother may cause disturbances in the chondrocyte development in the embryo. A rat model was used to investigate whether this was reflected in the production of proteoglycans by cells from two embryonic regions. One of these regions is resistant (limb bud) and the other susceptible (mandibular arch) to ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Styrud J,Unger E,Eriksson UJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prototype instruments are developed for determining haemoglobin and glucose content of blood based on optothermal spectroscopy. The optothermal instrument is described. The results of clinical haemoglobin and glucose tests show good agreement with standard methods. For haemoglobin a method reproducibility of better th...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Fondberg L

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thymolipoma in an 8-year-old boy is reported. The tumour had appeared on a routine chest X-ray as a broadened heart shadow and a peculiar right heart contour. Cardiac hypertrophy was suspected primarily. At thoracotomy a thymic tumour was found. ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Sundström C

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:Background: Hepatic de novo lipogenesis (DNL) is ideally measured in very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL)-triacylglycerol (TAG). In the fasting state, the majority of plasma TAG typically represents VLDL-TAG; however, the merits of measuring DNL in total plasma TAG have not been assessed. This study aimed to assess the...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Hodson L,Parry SA,Cornfield T,Charlton C,Low WS,Green CJ,Rosqvist F

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon from the pancreatic α-cells is a major blood glucose-regulating hormone whose most important role is to prevent hypoglycaemia that can be life-threatening due to the brain's strong dependence on glucose as energy source. Lack of blood glucose-lowering insulin after malfunction or autoimmune destruction of the...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Gylfe E

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile salt sulphation in primary biliary cirrhosis was studied by measurements of the liver bile salt sulphotransferase levels in 16 patients. Although the enzyme activity varied among the patients it did not correlate with the severity of cholestasis. Furthermore, the mean bile salt sulphotransferase magnitude in pati...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Lööf L,Nyberg A

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses briefly: analytical quality and its determinants; design of quality assurance procedures on the basis of quality; specifications and quality-cost models; test quality and medical costs; external quality assessment and harmonization of clinical chemical test results; the potential role of computers...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Groth T

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) elicits both tumor-suppressive and tumor-promoting functions during cancer progression. Here, we describe the tumor-promoting functions of TGF-β and how these functions play a role in cancer progression. Normal epithelial cells undergo epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) throug...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Miyazono K,Ehata S,Koinuma D

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determinations were made of the 2-hour 22Na space and the 1 and 2 hour 51Cr EDTA spaces in a number of tissues. In regions where the two 51Cr-EDTA spaces were similar and smaller than or similar to the 22Na space the former spaces were regarded as measures of the extra-cellular volume. Using previously published data ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Bill A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and fifty women with a diagnosis of toxaemia of pregnancy treated in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Uppsala between 1964 and 1968 were investigated. One hundred women were still living in the area in 1975 and thus could be restudied. The participation rate was 100% in th...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Aberg H,Karlsson L,Melander S

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a peroral dose of olsalazine sodium on the migrating motor complexes (MMC) in the upper small bowel was studied by manometry in nine healthy volunteers during fasting. Recordings were obtained from the duodenum and/or the upper jejunum for 4.0 - 7.5 h. During total baseline observation periods of 30 h, f...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Ryde M,Gustavsson S

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for estimation of the erythrocyte sedimentation from repeated measurements during the initial part of the sedimentation phase is described. Based on the measurements between 18 and 24 minutes after the beginning of the reaction, the sedimentation at 60 minutes is estimated. The estimate is highly correlated t...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Kallner A,Engervall P,Björkholm M

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:Twenty-one cases of hepatic abscesses treated during a period of four years (from 1981 to 1985) at the University of Patras, Greece, are presented. This material includes 10 cases with abscesses caused by suppurated echinococcal cysts, corresponding to 21% of the total number of 47 cases of echinococcal cysts of the l...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Karavias D,Panagopoulos C,Vagianos C,Vagenas C,Rathosis S,Androulakis J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-contrast computed tomography (NCT) has become an important diagnostic tool in acute abdominal pain, but the drawback is the increased radiation dose compared to abdominal plain film (APF). PURPOSE:To evaluate whether NCT, including low-dose computed tomography (LDCT, using 50 mAs), provides more diagnos...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Haller O,Karlsson L,Nyman R

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00