Perspectives on serum acid phosphatase in prostatic disease. An evaluation of two methods.

abstract：:Oxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin and hematin were found to catalyze xanthine-oxidase-induced peroxidation of phospholipid liposomes, while oxy- and metmyoglobin were inactive in this respect. The peroxidation was inhibited by desferrioxamine and by EDTA. Peroxidation catalyzed by 0.4 microM oxyhemoglobin was decreased by ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Carlin G,Djursäter R,Arfors KE

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:The patterns of fingertip prints (dermatoglyphics) in Swedish series of sexual offenders of law compared with common offenders of law and normal individuals were analysed. The dermatoglyphic patterns in common offenders of law did not differ from those in normal individuals. The group of sexual offenders of law showed...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Gustavson KH,Modrzewska K,Sjöquist KE

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:Antimicrobial susceptibility testing with phenotypic methods requires breakpoints, i.e. a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) categorizing micro-organisms into susceptible, intermediately susceptible, and resistant for the relevant antimicrobial agent. Determinations of breakpoints require tools such as the underst...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Kahlmeter G

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different pharmacokinetic models for target controlled infusion (TCI) of propofol are available in the recently launched open TCI systems. There is also a compelling choice to work with either plasma- or effect-site targets. Knowledge about the clinical consequences of different alternatives is of importance. We aimed...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Enlund M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-heparin plasma hepatic triglyceride lipase (H-TGL) and lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activities were 8-34 and 3.5-21 (range) mu mol/ml/hr respectively in males with normal serum lipid concentrations. In females the corresponding values were 4-25 and 4-16 mu mol/ml/hr. No significant differences were observed between a...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Boberg J,Boberg M,Gross R,Turner JD,Augustin J,Brown WV

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：: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：:The vertebral end-plates and the epiphyses from the lumbar region of the spine in juvenile pigs were studied. Cell density of the hyaline cartilage of the vertebral bodies was measured as well as cartilage thickness. The relative bone content in the region of the nucleus pulposus was calculated. A certain negative int...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Törner M,Holm S

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：: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：:The atrial activity was studied at rest and during exercise in 6 patients with atrial flutter and in 7 patients with atrial fibrillation. In the latter, a special recording technique was used which permitted identification of the f-waves. No increase in the frequency of the atrial waves was found. Thus the increase of...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Aberg H,Furberg B

更新日期：1975-01-01 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：:In Uppsala, extensive epidemiological and clinical studies on insulin resistance and diabetes have been ongoing for the past 30 years. A prospective cohort study of men born 1920-24, living in Uppsala County, was initiated during 1969-74 (the Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men, ULSAM). Risk factors for cardiovasc...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Lithell H,Sundström J,Arnlöv J,Björklund K,Hänni A,Hedman A,Zethelius B,Byberg L,Kilander L,Reneland R

更新日期：2000-01-01 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

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：:The diagnostic distribution and the relation between diagnosis and symptoms, symptom duration, tumour site, tumour size and breast size were studied in 1 244 women with breast symptoms examined at a special breast tumour clinic. 9% of the women had cancer, 62% fibroadenosis and 6% fibroadenoma. In 18% no breast diseas...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Rimsten A

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：: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：:Early discharge, defined as hospital leave 24-48 hours after birth, was introduced at Falun Hospital in 1984. 164 women interested in participating in an evaluative study of the program were randomly allocated in late pregnancy to an Experimental group (EG) offered early discharge, and a Control group (CG) offered the...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Waldenström U,Sundelin C,Lindmark G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence suggesting that genetic variants in the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan2 (CSPG2, also known as versican) gene are involved in the pathogenesis of intracranial aneurysms (IAs). Some authors have demonstrated that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs173686 and rs251124 in the promoter r...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Sun H,Zhang D,Zhao J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors that may influence the water transport through the skin in infants on their first day of life were studied with a method based on determination of the vapour pressure gradient in the air layer close to the skin surface. The evaporation rate from the skin was found to vary with the site of measurement, ambient ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Sedin G,Hammarlund K,Nilsson GE,Oberg PA,Strömberg B

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：:This study was undertaken to evaluate the utility of a modified technique of triplex scanning of the lower extremity arteries in 20 subjects without any clinical signs of arterial disease. The distal aorta and iliac arteries were examined with the subject in supine position and lying slightly on the opposite side. By ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Karacagil S,Granbo A,Jonsson ML,Almgren B,Bergqvist D

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary supplementation of rats with fish oil for 18 days resulted in signs of lipid peroxidation, with increased malondialdehyde production in plasma and myocardium. This increase in malondialdehyde could be completely prevented by supplementing the fish oil with a new natural antioxidant mixture (Pufanox) which is k...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Jokela R,Engström K,Wallin R,Saldeen T

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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