Biochemical diagnosis of genetic disorders of the osseous skeleton.

abstract：:Yawning continues to pose as a scientist's conundrum. Evidence is presented of yawning and contagious yawning in a number of different neurological disorders. Explanations are discussed in the context of disparate neurological disorders together with proposals for how theses findings may be linked. Thus, greater under...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Thompson SB

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vulvodynia (vulvar pain syndrome) is a chronic multifactorial disease affecting almost 13 million women in the USA and can lead to morbidity and a reduced quality of life. We hypothesize that an initial microbiological insult in the vagina causes modifications in the biological vaginal milieu and/or an alteration on t...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ventolini G,Gygax SE,Adelson ME,Cool DR

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation and development of atherosclerosis has largely been attributed to irregular shear stress patterns and values, in the current literature. Abnormalities such as low shear stress, reversing and oscillatory shear force patterns, as well as temporal variations of shear stress are the most cited factors. However,...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Anssari-Benam A,Korakianitis T

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal dysbiosis refers to an imbalance in the intestinal flora. The concept of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), a condition of abnormal proliferation of the small intestine microbiota, has been proposed as a form of small intestine dysbiosis. In Parkinson's disease patients, weight loss and metabolic...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hasuike Y,Endo T,Koroyasu M,Matsui M,Mori C,Yamadera M,Fujimura H,Sakoda S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ergothioneine is believed not to be synthesized by man but it accumulates to high concentrations in some mammalian cells as a result of dietary intake. Ergothioneine is known to chelate divalent metal ions with high affinity. Other substances which are potent chelators of divalent metal ions such as diphenylthiocarbaz...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Epand RM

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidural haematoma in newborn infants is rare, and few specific obstetrical data related to its formation are available in the literature. The aim of this study is to discuss the pathophysiology of this condition. EDH is always a post traumatic lesion and it is only possible if the insult has produced a cleavage of th...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hamlat A,Heckly A,Adn M,Poulain P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress-mediated neurodegeneration is responsible for 12% mortality around the globe. Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Parkinson's Disease (PD) are the most prevalent neurodegenerative diseases, associated with modulation of acetylcholine levels and amyloid beta accumulation & dopamine level and alpha-synuclein o...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Krishnaswamy VKD,Alugoju P,Periyasamy L

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hypothetical pathogenesis for a typical case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) follows from opinions of Rowland and results of neuroscientists at Baylor. ALS might typically result from an autoimmune disorder that causes IgG to enhance release of acetylcholine (ACh) from axon terminals. Motor neuron overactivit...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Brown DW

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly two million people suffer traumatic brain injury in the US each year. These injuries alter adversely the metabolism of myelin, a major lipid material in brain, both in people and in experimental injuries of animals. A newly discovered and severe human neuropathy from copper deficiency provides evidence that som...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Klevay LM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulseless electrical activity occurs when organised or semi-organised electrical activity of the heart persists but the product of systemic vascular resistance and the increase in systemic arterial flow generated by the ejection of the left venticular stroke volume is not sufficient to produce a clinically detectable ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hogan TS

更新日期：2012-10-01 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

authors： Eynard AR

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For almost 70 years, essential fatty acid deficiency has been known to be associated with skin disorders, vessel abnormalities, and increased tumorigenesis. However, the underlying molecular and cellular mechanism is largely unknown. Recently, it has been reported that essential fatty acids regulate cell adhesion by m...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Jiang WG,Eynard AR,Mansel RE

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The constant level of various proteins including albumin and cellular components in intravascular pool in vivo is strictly controlled by an unknown homeostatic mechanism, although there are fluctuations seen in pathologic conditions. Because the majority of the IgG in the serum is regarded as self-reactive natural aut...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Lee KY,Lee JS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have reported an increasing incidence of thyroid cancer worldwide. The reasons are likely related to improved imaging modalities, altered histopathologic criteria for diagnosis of thyroid cancer, and nuclear exposure. However, the classical assumption derived from epidemiological studies is that it should be q...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Gursoy A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoreactive prolactin in high concentration was detected in the human semen. Therefore, the effect of prolactin on the various metabolic parameters of the human spermatozoa was studied. It was found that prolactin brought about many of the biochemical changes in the spermatozoa which are known to be associated with...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Shah GV,Sheth AR

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new prion diseases that have emerged in the last 15 years are bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (variant CJD). Although initially confined to the UK, these diseases have recently emerged in other European countries. The accepted cause of the human disease is that BSE spre...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Brown DR

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This hypothesis agrees with Le Vay's suggestion that the two phenomena of childhood behavior and adult sexuality are induced by separate events rather than being two events in a single chain. However, it differs from Le Vay in that it includes the postnatal period, as being of crucial importance in the development of ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Roper WG

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exact aetiology of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is unknown, although this is the most common cardiac valvular abnormality currently detected. MVP has high incidence in young individuals, particularly during the second and third decades. These individuals are usually of a slender body habitus indicating higher rates...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kumar PD

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors sought to establish whether maternal dietary methanol during pregnancy was a factor in the etiology of autism spectrum disorders. A seven item questionnaire was given to women who had given birth to at least one child after 1984. The subjects were solicited from a large primary care practice and several in...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Walton RG,Monte WC

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This thesis explores the activation of chemicals in metabolic systems from the viewpoint that this activation is under the control of elements of the space-sea in which the chemicals are immersed. Themselves inert, the chemicals are theorised to exploit a force or action issuing from space (fluctuation) and characteri...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Reid BL,Bourke C

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic acid produced by the malignant tumor is what keeps the malignancy going. Suppression or the removal of lactic acid is the prerequisite for any cancer treatment. ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Niakan B

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials designed to answer treatment-related questions typically compare an intervention group that receives a drug or other intervention to a control group that serves as a standard against which results of the intervention are evaluated. An observed divergence from this trend in research papers on breastfeed...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Dimnjakovic J,Poljicanin T,Svajda M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) is a condition of decreased red cell mass secondary to some other chronic inflammatory condition. In ACD total body iron stores are normal, though serum iron is typically low secondary to iron sequestration by macrophages, and often iron supplementation is not an effective treatment for...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Altschuler EL,Kast RE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this editorial, we provide concise suggestions to help individuals decide what scientific papers to read and how to read them. We do so because--like others--we are frequently asked by people with interest in science as to how to effectively surf today's information tsunami. This is particularly important in, but n...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Erren TC,Cullen P,Erren M

更新日期：2009-09-01 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

authors： Huang CP,Chen XM,Chen ZQ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite important advances in understanding its pathophysiology, therapy for septic shock remains largely symptomatic and supportive. Aiming to elevate the systemic arterial blood pressure by using vasoconstrictor manoeuvers are preferred without paying much attention to the ischaemia produced at the peripheral tissue...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Iskit AB,Guc MO

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incretin hormones have trophic effects on beta cell function that can aid prevention and treatment of diabetes. cAMP is the primary mediator of these effects, and has been shown to potentiate glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, promote proper beta cells differentiation by increasing expression of the crucial transcr...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： McCarty MF

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A theoretical consideration of the relationship between plasma concentrations of calcium and parathyroid hormone suggests that the reported negative correlations between these variables in normal subjects and in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism, and the positive correlation in patients with primary hyperpar...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Walton RJ

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-mediated immunity is generally regarded as the essential factor in recovery from measles infection. In other viral infections humoral immunity has been considered a critical factor when antibody titres were correlated with outcome or when serum therapy proved protective. A review of available studies of severe-to...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Aaby P,Bukh J,Hoff G,Lisse IM,Smits AJ

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this communication I propose a technique for manipulating the idiotype anti-idiotype network with the aim of enhancing the immune response to tumors. The theoretical basis for this technique follows from Jerne's network theory of the immune system. By tolerizing the host to immunoglobulin bearing idiotypes directed...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sharpe RJ

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00