Implantable drug delivery systems in computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging--a comparison between titanium and stainless steel.

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：:The occurrence of bacteriuria in spinal cord injured patients with neurogenic bladder dysfunction who used clean intermittent catheterisation to empty their bladders was studied in order to examine cut-off concentration breakpoints for significant bacteriuria in this group of patients using procedures of the European ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Svensson E,Ertzgaard P,Forsum U

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Routine methods are proposed for the analysis of haemorheologic variables with only one instrument, a Low Shear 30 rotational couette viscometer. The variables are plasma viscosity, whole blood apparent viscosity, erythrocyte aggregation tendency and erythrocyte fluidity. These variables, in addition to erythrocyte vo...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Sandhagen B

更新日期：1989-01-01 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 lipid metabolism of isolated mouse pancreatic islets, which had been cultured for one week at 3.3 or 16.7 mM glucose, was examined in short-term experiments performed at the end of the culture period. It was found that: a) high-glucose cultured islets oxidized palmitate at a higher rate: and b) both groups of cult...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Berne C,Andersson A

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：: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：:In this study we describe an unusual complication in a patient suffering from chronic calcifying pancreatitis. The patient had a fistula between the common bile duct, the pancreatic duct, and the portal vein. He received supportive medical treatment and achieved long-term survival. A review of the literature including...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Rasmussen IC,Karlson BM,Löfberg AM

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:To achieve a better understanding of the repertoire of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) in adult retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) we performed polymerase chain reaction (PCR), using degenerate primers directed towards conserved sequences in the tyrosine kinase domain, on cDNA from isolated single RGCs univocall...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Lindqvist N,Lönngren U,Agudo M,Näpänkangas U,Vidal-Sanz M,Hallböök F

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Atherosclerosis is a generalized disease of the arterial vasculature; among thus it manifests in the descending aorta and the coronary arteries. We tested whether known risk factors, the coronary flow velocity reserve and the grade of aortic atherosclerosis detected by transoesophageal echocardiography in th...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Nemes A,Thury A,Forster T,Boda K,Csanády M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary osteosarcoma arising after the treatment of hematologic malignancies other than Hodgkin's lymphoma is rare. We report two cases of secondary osteosarcoma arising after treatment for childhood hematologic malignancies (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and lymphoblastic leukemia). A 10-year-old boy, at the age of 3, was...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Okada A,Hatori M,Hosaka M,Watanuki M,Itoi E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) is considered a promising choice for the treatment of cartilage defects. However, the application of ACI to osteoarthritic patients is, in general, contraindicated. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of three-dimensionally structured ACI (3D-ACI;...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Kuroda T,Matsumoto T,Mifune Y,Fukui T,Kubo S,Matsushita T,Asahara T,Kurosaka M,Kuroda R

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：:A method is described for the determination of sialic acid residues in glycoproteins displaying microheterogeneity in the sugar residue. The new method is based on combining an oxidative-reductive step with binding of the glycoprotein to an immunoadsorbent. After a mild oxidation with sodium metaperiodate the sugar is...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Cervén E,Ronquist G

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Minimally invasive laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) has proven equally effective as open surgery in terms of cancer control and peroperative complication rate with less bleeding and postoperative pain. However, long-term follow-up data after LRP are scarce, especially as related to quality of life (Q...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Wang EY,Eriksson HG

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic alveolitis due to mold dust inhalation in farmers is a severe but rare disease in Scandinavia. In this report 38 cases of the disease are presented. There were 31 men and 7 women, with mean ages of 46 and 38 years respectively. Strict diagnostic criteria were used, resulting in 21 definite, 12 probable and 5 ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Rask-Andersen A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation on 20 patients after total hip replacement surgery has confirmed that the posttraumatic increase of the fibrinolysis inhibition activity (FIA) in serum and plasminogen-depleted serum is due to the primary fibrinolysis inhibitor (PFI, alpha 2-antiplasmin). This protein exists in at least two f...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Bagge L,Carlin G,Hjelmstedt A,Högstorp H,Jacobsson H,Modig J,Saldeen T

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis involving the sternum. The patient was a 12-year-old girl presenting with anterior chest pain and swelling. Radiographs and computed tomography showed an osteolytic lesion in the sternum. Technetium bone scintigraphy revealed increased uptakes in the sternum, the ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Tsuchie H,Okada K,Nagasawa H,Yano M,Nanjyo H,Shimada Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Women previously giving birth with cesarean section have an increased risk of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) and retained placenta. The objective of this study was to determine if anterior placental location increased the risk of PPH and retained placenta in such women. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We performed a pros...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Belachew J,Eurenius K,Mulic-Lutvica A,Axelsson O

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventilation with decelerating inspiratory flow is known to reduce the dead space fraction and to decrease PaCO2. Constant inspiratory flow with an end-inspiratory pause (EIP) is also known to increase the removal of CO2. The aim of the study was to elucidate the effect of the pause/no-flow period while both the patter...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Markström A,Hedlund A,Lichtwarck-Aschoff M,Nordgren A,Sjöstrand U

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the possible economic benefit of a sequential testing strategy with NT-proBNP to reduce the number of echocardiographies. METHODS:Retrospective study in a third-party payer perspective. The costs were calculated from three Swedish counties: Blekinge, Östergötland, and Uppland. Two cut-off levels...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Ferrandis MJ,Ryden I,Lindahl TL,Larsson A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few reports concerning the gait characteristics of sciatic nerve palsy. Four cases, one with complete palsy and three with incomplete palsy, are presented. Complete palsy (case 1) was due to sacrifice of the sciatic nerve in a wide excision for chondrosarcoma in the left ischium. Incomplete palsy (cases 2, 3...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Hagiwara Y,Hatori M,Kokubun S,Miyasaka Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Local heat trauma was induced in rats with alloxan diabetes of 3 days duration. Zinc and copper concentrations in serum, liver, heart and pancreas were estimated. After traumatization there was a decrease of the serum zinc concentration in all animals. The lowest concentration was found in the diabetic animals. Serum ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Hallmans G,Lithner F

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00