abstract：:The stereoselective and saturable binding between receptor and ligand molecules plays an important role in many biological processes. Therefore ligand-receptor interactions have been increasingly studied in recent years by means of radionuclide labelled ligand molecules of high radiochemical purity and high specific a...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Angelberger P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Vienna Heart, a pulsatile artificial ventricle, vacuum-formed from Pellethane has been used successfully as total artificial heart (TAH) and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) to bridge over patients in terminal heart failure. A 50 year-old patient with cardiomyopathy had to be resuscitated and was transferred ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Moritz A,Rokitansky A,Schima H,Prodinger A,Schneeweiss B,Graninger W,Laczkovics A,Hiesmayer M,Wolner E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the association of urinary excretion of sodium and potassium with blood pressure, 72 prepubertal healthy children between 8 and 9 years were investigated in a cross sectional study. We determined anthropometric data, diastolic (DBP), and systolic blood pressure (SBP) and urinary excretion of so...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Zwiauer K,Eberlein G,Widhalm K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author outlines the scientific works of Anton (von) Rosas (1791-1855), professor of ophthalmology in Padua and Vienna. Rosas' scientific opinions are compared with those of his teacher (G. J. Beer) and contemporaries. Three topics of medical and surgical ophthalmology have been analyzed in detail: epidemic-contagi...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Midena E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin was radioiodinated with 123I (123I-tyrosine-(A14)-insulin) to a specific activity of 1 micrograms/mCi, corresponding to 0.025 I.U. of insulin/mCi. This preparation was used for in vitro binding experiments with adipose tissue, showing active binding to the two subunits of the known insulin receptor. In a preli...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Virgolini I,Angelberger P,Banyai M,Knöbl P,Pantev T,Neuhold N,Prager R,Sinzinger H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of a 4 week course of balneotherapeutic treatment in Bad Hall on different blood parameters and on the activity of the antioxidative enzymes glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), catalase and superoxide dismutase (SOD) was examined in diabetics. The patients were divided into 2 groups. One group underwent an ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Moser M,Buchberger W,Mayer H,Winkler R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enormous contributions of Professor Karl Landsteiner are summarized focusing on his discovery of the ABO, MN, and P blood group systems as well as his conceptualization of the hapten concept. The HLA system, the major histocompatibility complex in humans, is discussed from the point of view of its genetic organiza...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Bach FH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandins (PG) play an important role in the regulation of the renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate. This study was designed to examine PG synthesis in the presence and absence of the ACE inhibitor captopril, PG binding to specific receptors and the ability of PG to stimulate cAMP accumulation in isola...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Stetina Z

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic effect of bezafibrate (1 x 400 mg/day) on plasma lipids and coronary risk was evaluated in an open, prospective multicenter study in 763 patients with isolated hypercholesterolemia or mixed hyperlipidemia. During the 16 weeks of treatment (712 patients were included in the evaluation) bezafibrate lower...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Sinzinger H,Virgolini I,Kudlacek P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The life of Paul de Sorbait (1624-1691), who was Professor of Medicine, Dean of the Medical School, and Rector Magnificus at Vienna University, is reviewed on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of his death. ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Holubar K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 90 gastroplasty operations based on Eckhout's vertical banded procedure are described. The average weight loss at follow up 2 years postoperatively was 66%. There were no operative or late deaths nor any serious complications. The constricting Gore-Tex band had to be lengthened in 3 cases of outlet stenosi...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Hell E

更新日期：1990-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Our experiences are reported with the "intraprostatic spiral" in 23 high-risk patients with prostatic adenoma. The intraprostatic spiral was used only in selected patients for medical indications. Patients confined to bed as well as those with detrusor instability or secondary dilatation of the upper urinary tract wer...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Tomschi W,Lüftenegger W

更新日期：1990-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation and inhibition of the calcium release channel of rabbit skeletal muscle heavy sarcoplasmic reticulum (HSR) was investigated by various methods. The calcium release channel is activated by binding of calcium in the micromolar range and by binding of adenine nucleotides in the millimolar range. Ruthenium red ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Suko J,Wyskovsky W,Hohenegger M,Plank B,Bertel O,Klein S,Hellmann G

更新日期：1990-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Confidence is the major prerequisite for a doctor to be able to help his seriously ill patient. The patient's expectations of this confidence are: the doctor will not act without the patient's consent and the doctor will not undertake any measure to shorten the patient's life. The patient is strengthened in this confi...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Haslinger A

更新日期：1990-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of exchange transfusion using a plastic catheter in the umbilical vein developed by Diamond and modified by Allen was instrumental in decreasing the mortality and morbidity in newborn infants with jaundice. Allen et al. demonstrated that the development of kernicterus in infants with erythroblastosis wit...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Schober PH

更新日期：1990-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Although glucocorticoids have been universally implemented to stimulate fetal lung maturity, their effectiveness and side effects are still widely contested. In search of alternative drugs a double-blind study was conducted between June 1981 and June 1984 comparing betamethasone, a conventional corticoid, and ambroxol...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Heytmanek G,Salzer H,Vityska-Binstorfer E,Genger H,Metka M,Pfersmann R,Wolff F,Weidinger H

更新日期：1990-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension contributes to the inexorable decline of renal function in patients with chronic renal impairment. Studies on the long-term use of converting enzyme inhibitors and calcium antagonists in the treatment of hypertension in patients with chronic renal failure are hereby reviewed. The data demonstrate that con...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Lenz T,August P

更新日期：1990-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of gentamicin given intravenously once daily in a single, individually-adapted dose in form of a short infusion was confirmed in 30 patients with febrile urogenitary infections, taking nephrotoxicity into consideration. Antibiotic therapy was given for 7 days in each case, the individual dose of gentamici...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Huber G,Riedl CR,Zinnbauer B

更新日期：1990-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In a case of disputed paternity mother and child showed a genetic incompatibility in the Kidd system of the erythrocytes: mother Jk(a-b+), child Jk (a+b-). For the first time the RFLP technique solved this problem, using four different Jeffreys' highly polymorphic single locus DNA probes MS 1, MS 31, g 3 and MS 43. We...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Fischer G,Speiser P

更新日期：1990-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The main features of X-linked dominant renal hypophosphatemic rickets are illustrated in this study of two patients who presented with rickets, deformities of the lower limbs, and small stature. Hypophosphatemia secondary to a reduction in renal tubular reabsorption of phosphate and a defect of vitamin D hydroxylation...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Ring E,Zobel G,Riccabona M

更新日期：1990-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In the period from 1957-1989 43 malignant lymphomas of the thyroid gland were treated in the surgical department of Kaiser Elisabeth hospital. 42 were classified as non-Hodgkin lymphomas and one as a Hodgkin lymphoma. The sex distribution was 32 women (mean age 70) to 11 men (mean age 72). The patients were divided in...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Heiss A,Kober F,Heinz R,Hollinsky C,Hermann M,Roschal A

更新日期：1990-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective phase II study 15 patients suffering from anaplastic thyroid carcinoma or thyroid sarcoma were treated by surgery and chemotherapy. Chemotherapy varied according to age of the patient and histological subtype of the tumour. The following regimen was used: 100 mg/m2 BSA CDDP, 20 mg/m2 mitoxantrone and ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Kober F,Heiss A,Keminger K,Depisch D

更新日期：1990-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study comprising 48 children (21 boys, 27 girls, age 12 months to 15 years) the hypothesis was tested whether an alteration in the light chain immunoglobulins kappa (kappa) and lambda (lambda) is an expression of autoimmune mechanisms and could be used as a diagnostic parameter. Immunoglobulins were a...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Lischka A,Herkner K,Pollak A

更新日期：1990-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone mineral content (BMC) of the lumbar spine (L2-L4), femoral neck, Ward's triangle and the trochanteric region was measured in 52 consecutive patients on maintenance haemodialysis. In the whole group the median BMC value as percentage of sex- and age-matched normal means was significantly decreased only in Ward's t...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Lechleitner P,Dienstl A,Watfah C,Riccabona G,Koenig P,Dittrich P

更新日期：1990-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Systolic and diastolic left ventricular function was assessed by M-mode and pulsed Doppler echocardiography in 10 young type I diabetic patients without late complications and maximal diabetes duration of 5 years and in 10 healthy persons. Fractional shortening, a measure of systolic ventricular function, was signific...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Juhasz M,Silberbauer K,Ohrenberger G,Winhofer G

更新日期：1990-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic potential of sodium dichloroacetate (DCA) formerly called vitamin B 15, has already been under investigation for the past few years. The predominant property of DCA underlying its therapeutic action is activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase. The potential therapeutic use of DCA in the treatment of lactic...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Peer G,Graf H

更新日期：1990-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical variability of chronic infections due to Borrelia burgdorferi is greater than previously thought. Three personal cases are presented in an overview, together with cases from the literature. Chronic spastic para- and quadriparesis, transverse myelitis and recurrent hemiparesis have been noted in such cases...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Omasits M,Seiser A,Brainin M

更新日期：1990-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:High levels of CA-125, the specific tumour marker for epithelial ovarian cancers are also found in inflammatory diseases of the pelvis. This case report of a 28 year-old woman with pathological CA-125 levels demonstrates the association between this finding and ascites caused by miliary tuberculosis. Tuberculostatic c...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Klein M,Marczewski A,Rosen A,Beck A

更新日期：1989-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared obstetric data from the archives in Graz for 1887 with those of 1987. In 1887, 85% of all deliveries took place in the home or with a midwife--compared with only 0.46% in 1987. Maternal mortality in 1887 was 0.75%; two-thirds of the deaths occurred in the puerperium. Perinatal mortality was 11.0% in 1887 a...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Burghardt E,Mayer HO

更新日期：1989-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The extra-anatomic bypass procedure is a well accepted alternative to direct aortoiliac reconstruction in high-risk patients or in cases of local inoperability. Between 1980 and 1987 74 patients (54 men, 20 women; mean age = 71 years, 43 to 90) underwent a total of 78 extra-anatomic reconstructions: 23 axillounifemora...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： End A,Staudacher M,Donath P,Schreiner W

更新日期：1989-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of oral administration of iodine brine as used in the Austrian health resort Bad Hall on 131I uptake in thyroid, skin and serum, and on the renal radioiodine excretion was studied in 22 rats. Intake of iodine brine resulted in a marked decrease of 131I uptake by the thyroid, both in the long-term experiment...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Winkler R

更新日期：1989-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary endoscopic removal of bile duct stones is an established method of treatment. However, the extraction of stones is impossible in about 10% of cases despite successful endoscopic papillotomy and manual lithotripsy. Over a period of two years extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) was performed in 32 patie...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Weiss W,Türk C,Brownstone E,Hruby W,Klose W,Kölbl C,Marberger M,Tuchmann A

更新日期：1989-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a pathogenic and transmissible virus which requires the helper function of hepatitis B virus for its replication. Epidemiological studies have shown that HDV infection is distributed world-wide, with a higher prevalence in southern areas, especially in Italy. HDV may increase the severit...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Preisegger KH,Denk H

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes the birth and death certificate data of infants who died from the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) before their first birthday. It investigates possible causes of differences in regional mortality and of the significant increase in the number of cases between 1980 and 1987. Moreover, the authors...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Köck C,Kytir J

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study, 60 patients with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and/or asthma due to house dust mites were chosen for hyposensitization treatment with Migen (M) or Pharmalgen (P). Immunotherapy stretched over a whole year and every 3 months clinical results were evaluated by the patient's symptom score, by resul...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Ebner H,Neuchrist C,Havelec L,Kraft D

更新日期：1989-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to HHV-6 were detected by immunofluorescence in 8.04% of 460 healthy blood donors in West Austria. Testing sera from patients with acute or reactivated infections with other herpesviruses, such as cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), herpes simplex virus (HSV) and varicella zoster virus (VZV) we...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Larcher C,Huemer HP,Hönlinger M,Margreiter R,Dierich MP

更新日期：1989-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxidation of lipoproteins has received attention recently in connection with its possible initiation and propagation of atherosclerosis. We studied indices of lipid peroxidation in plasma of 30 patients with either hypercholesterolemia or both hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia, and compared them with th...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Domagała B,Hartwich J,Szczeklik A

更新日期：1989-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectrofluorimetry and the pH-sensitive fluorescent dye 2',7'-bis(carboxyethyl)-5(6)carboxyfluorescein (BCECF) was used to measure the intracellular pH (pHi) of suspended human lymphocytes. A linear relationship exists between pHi and the fluorescent spinal-ratio (I490nm/I435nm, emission 526 nm) between pH 6.5 and pH ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Weinlich M,Wenzl E,Starlinger M,Schiessel R

更新日期：1989-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary fatty acids of the n-6 mainly linoleic acid (LA) series, and of the n-3, such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) series both reduce plasma cholesterol levels and platelet responses to aggregating agents. The potency of n-3 fatty acids, which are present in relatively high concentrati...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Galli C,Mosconi C,Medini L,Tremoli E

更新日期：1989-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in kill kinetics and the regrowth pattern of bacteria under the influence of various antibiotics are frequently not represented by their MIC values. The area under the concentration curve represents antimicrobial activity more accurately than the peak concentration. Readministration of antibiotics should o...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Guggenbichler JP,Allerberger F,Bonatti H,Semenitz E,Dierich MP

更新日期：1989-03-31 00:00:00