abstract：:To determine the folic acid absorption characteristics of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, a prospective, controlled, result-blind single-dose oral absorption study was conducted. A total of 25 subjects were fasted and given 5 mg oral folic acid; blood samples were taken at time zero and aft...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Revell P,O'Doherty MJ,Tang A,Savidge GF

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 4401 subjects admitted to the Medical Division of St Camillo Hospital in Comacchio (Ferrara, Italy) over a period of 7 years were prospectively evaluated in order to determine whether the heterozygous beta-thalassaemic (HBT) could be considered as a protective factor against the occurrence of acute myocardi...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Gallerani M,Scapoli C,Cicognani I,Ricci A,Martinelli L,Cappato R,Manfredini R,Dall'Ara G,Faggioli M,Pareschi PL

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has been associated with abnormalities of adrenocortical function, and hypoaldosteronism due to hyporeninaemic hypoaldosteronism (HHA). We here report the case of a woman with AIDS associated with orthostatic hypotension, persistent hyponatraemia and hyperkalaemia, in whom...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Cobbs R,Pepper GM,Torres JG,Gruenspan HL

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 10-year period 39 patients with acromegaly, aged 23-73 years, underwent selective adenomectomy via a trans-sphenoidal or transfrontal (one case) approach. Six to 12 months after the operation, the serum level of growth hormone (GH) was reduced to less than 5 micrograms l-1 in 28 patients (74%) in at least two...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Valdemarsson S,Bramnert M,Cronquist S,Elner A,Eneroth CM,Hedner P,Lindvall-Axelsson M,Nordström CH,Strömblad LG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of sex, age, relative weight, smoking and drinking habits, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and economic and marital status, with benign oesophageal disease (BOD) was investigated by means of a point-prevalence study of BOD in a Danish population. A total of 346 individuals, representing su...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Andersen LI,Jensen G

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that asymptomatic visual field defects can be found in patients with carotid transient ischaemic attacks (TIA) or minor strokes was tested. Twenty-two consecutive male patients with TIA and 18 patients with minor strokes from the carotid artery territory were examined by perimetry, cerebral computerised...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Falke P,Abela BM Jr,Krakau CE,Lilja B,Lindgärde F,Maly P,Stavenow L

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study, the clinicopathological effect of prednisolone was evaluated in six patients with collagenous colitis. Prednisolone was associated with a significant decrease in stool frequency. However, the effect was transitory, since the diarrhoea recurred when prednisolone treatment was discontinued. There...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Sloth H,Bisgaard C,Grove A

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commonly recorded blood analyses as indicators of low- and-high risk patients with lung cancer were studied by comparing symptom- and survey-detected patients. During the period 1976-1985, in 41 of 189 non-small-cell lung cancer patients in Western Norway, lung cancer was detected by chest X-ray survey performed in th...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Hannisdal E,Engan T

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with acute renal failure, in five cases due to acute crescentic glomerulonephritis and in one case due to total bilateral renal cortical necrosis, were studied. All had serum erythropoietin (EPO) concentrations in the normal range, despite a relatively severe anaemia. Half-life and plasma clearance of int...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Thaysen JH,Nielsen OJ,Brandi L,Szpirt W

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the determinants of maximal intima-media thickness of common carotid arteries in a population-based sample of 1224 Eastern Finnish men aged 42, 48, 54 or 60 years. A high-resolution B-mode ultrasonographic examination was performed as part of the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study (KIHD)....

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Salonen R,Salonen JT

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of thorough examination of the case history as a diagnostic tool on hospitalization of patients with suspected myocardial infarction was investigated in three independent prospective studies. Use of a limited number of pain-related elements (= 'criteria'), that had already been obtained in the emergency room...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Jonsbu J,Rollag A,Aase O,Lippestad CT,Arnesen KE,Erikssen J,Koss A

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine the relative importance of efferent muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSA), vasopressin (ADH) and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in the short-term neurohumoral response to moderate changes in low-pressure cardiopulmonary receptor activity. The low-pressure receptors were stimul...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Agewall S,Rhea B,Persson B,Karlberg B,Wallin G,Andersson OK

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old white male subject with typical clinical and laboratory findings of Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia is described. Two paraprotein peaks of IgM lambda class, with different physical and chemical properties and different amino acid compositions, in both heavy and light chains, were found in the patient's ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ruiz-Palomo F,Revilla Y,Gonzales Porque P,Serrano Rios M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred consecutive patients with femoral neck fractures (FNF) and 200 controls matched by age, sex, nursing home residency and number of admissions within the last 2 years, were interviewed about recent drug use. The matching criteria were chosen to achieve case and control groups that were comparable with regard...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Jensen J,Nielsen LH,Lyhne N,Hallas J,Brøsen K,Gram LF

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysbetalipoproteinaemia is a genetic disorder characterized by accumulation of lipoprotein remnant particles in the plasma, accelerated atherosclerosis, and the abnormal apoprotein E2. Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus can aggravate the hyperlipidaemia associated with this disorder, presumably by increasing triglyceride ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Duell PB,Bierman EL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven cases of acetazolamide-associated aplastic anaemia were reported in Sweden during a 17-year period. There were six women and five men with a median age of 71 years (range 63-85 years). The median dose of acetazolamide was 500 mg, and the median duration of treatment was 3 months (range 2-71 months). Ten of the ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Keisu M,Wiholm BE,Ost A,Mortimer O

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum creatine kinase (CK) is an important adjunct in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction or in monitoring for the side-effects of drugs. We report elevation of CK in patients with untreated heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) with no evidence of myocardial infarction. Of a group of 30 patients, 60% ha...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Bhatnagar D,Durrington PN,Neary R,Miller JP

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one patients with hyperprolactinaemia and suspected prolactinomas were studied. Growth hormone (GH) and thyrotropin (TSH) secretory patterns after thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) were affected in the majority of patients. The disturbances were observed regardless of tumour size as indicated by the radiologic...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Brismar K,Hulting AL,Werner S

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the effects of one-year antihypertensive treatment on plasma lipids and lipoproteins, 65 patients whose diastolic blood pressure was in the range 95-120 mmHg were randomly allocated to groups that received either hydrochlorothiazide or metoprolol, or both drugs when the response to one of them was...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Monmany J,Domingo P,Gomez JA,Sanz F,Roca-Cusachs A,Nolla J,Jane F

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with undiagnosed, long-standing coeliac disease had multiple hot spots on skeletal scintigraphy, similar to those observed in malignant disease metastatic to the skeleton. A gluten-free diet corrected the pathological laboratory values, and a repeat skeletal scintigram 15 months after the first one was norma...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Paul R

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a patient with acute occlusion of the right renal artery due to an embolus is described. Using transoesophageal echocardiography, the left atrial appendage could be identified as the source of embolism. Twenty hours after the onset of symptoms, the embolus could be successfully dissolved with an intra-arte...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Mügge A,Gulba DC,Frei U,Wagenbreth I,Grote R,Daniel WG,Lichtlen PR

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old woman with previous parathyroidectomy for adenoma was found to have a serum calcium level of 5.35 mmol l-1 (21.4 mg dl-1). Inadvertent calcium overdose had occurred because of her mistaken belief that if some prescribed calcium was good, then more was better. Her misconception is in contrast with that of...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： McAlister NH,Abrams HB,Schlosser R,Sturtridge W

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1280 80-year-old men were invited to a medical examination to study common risk indicators for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the elderly. From the pool of 811 responders (63.3%), all 122 individuals who fulfilled our inclusion criteria were assigned to one of four groups: (1) no CVD, non-smokers; (2) no C...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Stavenow L,Elmståhl S,Jerntorp P,Nilsson-Ehle P,Pessah-Rasmussen H,Galvard H,Hansen F,Samuelsson SM

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apart from being an acute phase reactant, fibrinogen appears to play an important although not widely recognized role in athero-/thrombogenesis. Arteriosclerotic diseases are associated with elevated levels of plasma fibrinogen. Strategies that lower the cardiovascular risk also lower fibrinogen levels. Virtually all ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ernst E

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty consecutive patients with confirmed PCP received a high dose of cotrimoxazole for 14 d, or until development of intolerance, directly followed by reduced dose maintenance therapy. Seven individuals died during the high dose course. Twenty (47%) of the 43 survivors showed toxicity reactions that necessitated dose...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Eeftinck Schattenkerk JK,Lange JM,van Steenwijk RP,Danner SA

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene mutations at the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor locus were screened in 210 alleles of Japanese patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH). In the present study, two types of novel mutation were identified by genomic Southern blotting using human LDL receptor cDNA probes. An approximately 12 kb dele...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kajinami K,Mabuchi H,Inazu A,Fujita H,Koizumi J,Takeda R,Matsue T,Kibata M

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of mural thrombus over an area of old myocardial infarct was found in an elderly woman with cholangitis. This case is unique since cholangitis was thought to be the cause of septicaemia and ventricular aneurysm was not present. ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Cheung A,Choi A

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old man presented with a mediastinal tumour. On histological examination, tuberculosis was evoked, but no definitive conclusion could be drawn. The patient thereafter developed throat ulcerations and rapidly progressing renal insufficiency due to necrotizing glomerulonephritis. After reviewing the histologic...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Boudes P

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypersensitivity to progesterone is rare, but the occurrence of skin rash in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle or during pregnancy should alert one to this possibility. The diagnosis can be readily confirmed by intradermal testing and is eminently treatable by ovulation suppression. ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Teelucksingh S,Edwards CR

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 24-week randomized multicentre single-blind study, including mild to moderate hypertensives free from other diseases, the effect on blood lipids of captopril (n = 51) was studied and compared with that of metoprolol (n = 53). In order to keep the diastolic pressure less than 95 mm Hg, bendroflumethiazide was adde...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Foss OP,Jensen EK

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten adult patients with a severe nephrotic syndrome resistant to conventional immunosuppression were treated with cyclosporin A (CyA) for a mean period of 11 months. CyA was effective in all but two patients, as evaluated by 24-h urine protein excretion and clinical appearance. In general the best effect of CyA was se...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nyrop M,Olgaard K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the influence of fish oil on CyA-induced renal dysfunction, 13 patients with psoriasis (CyA group) received cyclosporin A (CyA) alone, and seven patients (CyA/EPA + DHA group) received a combination of cyclosporin A and fish oil (6g eicosapentaenoic acid, C20:5 omega-3, and docosahexaenoic acid, C22:...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Stoof TJ,Korstanje MJ,Bilo HJ,Starink TM,Hulsmans RF,Donker AJ

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsatile, intravenous insulin infusion designed to mimic the portal insulin concentrations that emerge physiologically after a meal, has been postulated to improve glucose tolerance in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients. We studied the effects of insulin pulsing (10 i.v. pulses of human insulin of 0.035 U k...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Heinemann L,Sonnenberg GE,Hohmann A,Ritzenhoff A,Berger M,Benn J,Sönksen P,Kelley D,Gerich J,Aoki T

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular filling pattern was assessed by pulsed Doppler echocardiography at rest and during handgrip exercise in 33 healthy middle-aged subjects. The peak mitral flow-velocities during the early rapid filling phase (E) and during late (atrial) filling (A) were measured and the ratio of these peak flow-velociti...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Airaksinen KE,Ikäheimo MJ,Huikuri HV,Koistinen MJ,Linnaluoto M,Takkunen JT

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine the incidence of malignant disease (MD) in adult patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS). Eighty-eight consecutive patients (38 females; 50 males; mean age 47 years; range 15-86) seen in a renal clinic in a 13-year period with NS were studied. Eight of the patients had or de...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lund L,Jacobsen BA,Schmidt EB

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) have shown that the prognosis is relatively good when the distal systolic ankle index (ankle systolic pressure/arm systolic pressure) is above 50% and the distal toe systolic pressure is above 40 mmHg. In 132 patients suspected of PAD in the legs we i...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Christensen JH,Freundlich M,Jacobsen BA,Falstie-Jensen N

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of zinc status in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) have shown contradictory results. Zinc is essential for many enzymes involved in the human metabolism and may play a role in the biosynthesis and storage of insulin in the B-cell. We therefore prospectively followed 26 patients (14 males and 12 femal...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Melchior T,Simonsen KW,Johannessen AC,Binder C

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic effect of an elemental diet (Pepti 2000) and blended normal diet (placebo) was investigated in 43 out-patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); 24 with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 19 with Crohn's disease (CD), in a mild to moderate state of disease activity. A pilot study on healthy volun...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Munkholm Larsen P,Rasmussen D,Rønn B,Munck O,Elmgreen J,Binder V

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of resuscitation on patients who died suddenly out of hospital were evaluated after the introduction of early defibrillation performed by ambulance personnel using semi-automatic defibrillators. Resuscitation attempts were initiated in 548 patients during the 1-year study period. Mean ambulance delay was 7...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Jakobsson J,Rehnqvist N,Nyquist O

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to evaluate thyroid and adrenal function in patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. Twenty-four patients without any clinical overt endocrinological dysfunction were studied. None of the patients showed laboratory evidences of hypo- or hyperthyroidism. A short ACTH-stimulation test ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Olofsson BO,Grankvist K,Boman K,Forsberg K,Lafvas I,Lithner F

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00