abstract：:The identification of basal cells by the basal-cell-specific anti-cytokeratin antibody 34 beta E12 has been shown to be useful in the diagnosis of prostate carcinoma. To determine the usefulness of 34 beta E12 in prostate biopsies we examined formalin-fixed needle biopsy specimens. In a 17-month period 796 prostate ne...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Freibauer C

更新日期：1998-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Urea and cyanate, spontaneously transformed from urea, are increased with decreased renal function becoming potential toxins. Isocyanic acid, the active form of cyanate, carbamoylates proteins, amino acids and other molecules, changing molecular structure and function in vivo. Carbamoylation can occur at multiple site...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Kraus LM,Kraus AP Jr

更新日期：1998-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In end stage congestive heart failure activation of a series of compensatory mechanisms increase renal vascular resistance and impair renal function. Prostaglandin E1 is increasingly used in the treatment of severe heart failure for its vasodilating actions. In various experimental settings prostaglandin E analogues a...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Wutte M,Hülsmann M,Berger R,Rödler S,Frey B,Stanek B,Pacher R

更新日期：1998-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decades a sharp increase in the occurrence of invasive aspergillosis associated with a high mortality has been observed. This fact is mainly due to an increase in the number of immunosuppressed patients. Nosocomial aspergillosis usually is of exogenous origin and often related to building construction ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Willinger B,Aspöck C

更新日期：1998-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of problem-drinking and alcohol dependence in Austria was assessed on the basis of two random samples of the general population drawn in 1995 (n=216) and in 1996 (n=531). Measurements were performed using the CAGE questionnaire (Mayfield et al. 1974). Both cut-off points (> or = 1, > or = 2) of the CAGE...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Rathner G,Dunkel D

更新日期：1998-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Gastrointestinal disorders occur frequently in dialysis patients. Few data are available on the prevalence of symptoms originating from the gastrointestinal tract in this group of patients. Our aim was to obtain data on the prevalence of chronic gastrointestinal symptoms in patients undergoing hemodialysis...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Hammer J,Oesterreicher C,Hammer K,Koch U,Traindl O,Kovarik J

更新日期：1998-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyneuropathy developing in critically ill patients ("critical illness polyneuropathy"--CIP) is diagnosed with increasing frequency in intensive care units. CIP is an axonal polyneuropathy leading to difficulties in weaning from artificial ventilation and symmetrical flaccid tetraparesis. Pathogenetically CIP is cons...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Berek K,Margreiter J,Willeit J

更新日期：1998-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 64-year-old patient with a recurrent endometrial carcinoma which was associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and excessive hyperfibrinolysis. The patient presented with severe bleeding due to hypofibrinogenemia. Fibrin degradation products were excessively elevated and there were al...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Weltermann A,Mitterbauer GJ,Mitterbauer M,Hattey E,Speiser W,Gisslinger H,Knöbl P,Eichinger S

更新日期：1998-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:6 assays for the assessment of thyroid function (TSH, FT4, T4, T-uptake, FT3 and T3) were targets of the International Multicenter Study on the random access analyzer Elecsys 2010. The aim of the study was to characterize the clinical performance of the assay in method comparison and reference range studies. The assay...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Ebert C,Bieglmayer C,Igari J,Chan D,Torralba A,Müller C,Veys A,Bätz O,Dageförde S,Roth HJ,Neumeier D,Assmann G,Banfi GM,Yvert JP

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 53-year-old patient with a 2-year history of Arndt-Gottron scleromyxoedema is reported. Typical lichenoid papules were found clinically, along with infiltration of acid mucopolysaccharides into the skin, which induces extensive elephantine-like thickening and hardening of the skin. The presence of abnorm...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Krajnc I

更新日期：1997-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Encouraging results in transplant medicine create a growing demand for organ transplant donors. Transcranial Doppler (TCD) has been used by several investigators to assess arrest of the cerebral circulation in brain dead patients. We report on TCD as a monitoring tool for early identification of potential or...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Valentin A,Karnik R,Winkler WB,Hochfellner A,Slany J

更新日期：1997-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombolytic therapy in acute ischemic stroke is safe and effective in a defined subgroup of stroke patients. Until now, different fibrinolytic substances including urokinase, streptokinase and recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) have been tested regarding safety, efficacy, dosage and economic parameters ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Willig V,Steiner T,Hacke W

更新日期：1997-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the overnight urinary excretion of 6-sulfatoxymelatonin in a group of 347 women (range: 18-69 years). 26 women (range 20-29 years) with normogonadotrophic, hypoestrogenemic amenorrhoea (WHO II) were selected and compared with a group of 26 women menstruating normally (range: 19-30 years) with respect to u...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Gruber DM,Schneeberger C,Laml T,Sator MO,Huber JC

更新日期：1997-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Several pathogenic mycoplasma species are known etiologic agents of diseases in man and animals, which typically involve the respiratory tract, urogenital tract and joints and often show chronicity. Although the basis for this chronicity is not well understood, it is apparent that several species of pathogenic mycopla...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Citti C,Rosengarten R

更新日期：1997-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In the cortical collecting duct of the rat two Ca(2+)-dependent K+ channels have been described so far. In the luminal membrane a maxi K+ channel with a single channel conductance of 139 +/- 3 pS in excised membrane patches (n = 91) at 0 mV clamp voltage and asymmetrical KCl-concentrations in pipette and bath was foun...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Hirsch JR,Schlatter E

更新日期：1997-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its invention in 1986, the atomic force microscope (AFM) has become one of the most widely used near-field microscopes. Surfaces of hard samples are imaged almost routinely with atomic resolution. Soft biological surfaces, however, are still challenging. In this brief review, the AFM technique is introduced to t...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Oberleithner H,Geibel J,Guggino W,Henderson RM,Hunter M,Schneider SW,Schwab A,Wang W

更新日期：1997-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In light of the medically relevant features of the ancient Egyptian mouth-opening ceremony, the question of the effectiveness of medical practices in Egypt thousands of years ago is examined, whereby the religious and cultural framework also plays a significant role. In the Land on the Nile myth and reality clearly ge...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Ocklitz A

更新日期：1997-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The ambient ozone concentration has increased greatly over the past decades, which may lead to environmental health problems, especially during the summer. WHO guidelines recommend an 8 hour mean value of < or = 60 ppb ozone without health risk. The aim of the present study was to investigate if elevated zone concentr...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Wittels P,Neuberger M,Hauck H,Kanduth B

更新日期：1997-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is an immuno-mediated life-threatening side effect of heparin therapy which poses difficulties in diagnosis and major therapeutic problems. Heparin must be instantly discontinued. We describe the case of a 60-year-old male patient with type II heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, complica...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Muhm M,Claeys L,Huk I,Koppensteiner R,Kyrle PA,Minar E,Stümpflen A,Ehringer H,Polterauer P

更新日期：1997-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing scarcity of available, and finite, health care resources, and the increased demands for health care, have made consideration of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of health care services, such as the secondary prevention of heart disease, an imperative. There is considerable evidence that modification...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Oldridge NB

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective epidemiological studies have proven a close link between the improvement of the lipoprotein profile and reduction of coronary heart mortality in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. Both, regular physical activity and pharmacological intervention are capable of improving the lipoprotein profile and may i...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Halle M,Berg A,Keul J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silicone breast implants have been surgical routine for over 30 years. An association between silicone augmentation and immune related diseases has been reported in approximately 100 cases. In a retrospective single center study we investigated 36 non-selected women with silicone breast implants and 36 sex- and age-ma...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Zazgornik J,Piza H,Kaiser W,Bettelheim P,Steiner G,Smolen J,Biesenbach G,Maschek W

更新日期：1996-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections occurring during the early postoperative phase after liver transplantation result in a significant rise in morbidity and mortality. The records of 279 orthoptic transplantations performed in 248 patients were analyzed retrospectively. 55.6% of all patients suffered from one or more episodes of bacterial and...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Götzinger P,Sautner T,Wamser P,Gebhard B,Barlan M,Steininger R,Függer R,Mühlbacher F

更新日期：1996-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Stool samples from 523 children aged between 3 months and 6 years were examined for Cryptosporidium parvum by means of the direct immunofluorescence technique in March 1996. The specimens were sent to the Federal Public Health Laboratory in Innsbruck from general practitioners and pediatricians and from hospitals in T...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Lederer W,Allerberger F,Dierich MP

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Discussion of selection criteria for liver transplantation in alcoholics has been controversial. The concern that there might be a return to alcohol misuse after transplantation which would cause non-compliance with post-transplantation management is not supported by recent reports. Six months of abstinence ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Röggla H,Röggla G,Mühlbacher F

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomous and uncoordinated proliferation of epithelia leads to various well-known growth patterns such as expansive (cauliflower-like), radiating infiltrative, polycyclic, and roundish-ovoid figures. All attempts to describe such natural growth patterns graphically by Euclidean geometry have failed and remain no mor...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Sedivy R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata is a rare disease. Approximately 50 cases have been reported in the world literature so far. Origination from the Müllerian epithelium, which is distributed throughout the subperitoneal mesenchyme seems possible in histogenesis. By specific hormonal stimulation and individual pr...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Lösch A,Kainz C,Gitsch G,Breitenecker G

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid scientific progress in the fields of prenatal diagnostics, obstetrics and neonatology has enabled severe malformations and hereditary diseases to be detected at a very early fetal stage and has also led to the survival of very immature newborn infants in increasing numbers. Parents, doctors and nurses must all p...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Popow C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of intractable pain, especially in cancer patients, often sets problems to patient and therapist. While epidural and intrathecal spinal administration of opiates is a routine treatment in pain with a sub-diaphragmatic topography it is almost ineffective in cervicocephalic or thoracic cancer. An alternati...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Seiwald M,Alesch F,Kofler A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnitine was discovered at the beginning of this century, but was nearly forgotten until its importance in fatty acid metabolism was established 50 years later. In the past years, several other functions of carnitine in cellular metabolism have been described. The lung contains more than 40 different cell types, most...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Lohninger A,Laschan C,Auer B,Linhart L,Salzer H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (idiopathic BOOP) and idiopathic CD4+ T lymphocytopenia are syndromes of unknown origins which have been characterized in recent years. An important feature of both syndromes is the good prognosis. The clinical and histological features of idiopathic BOOP are un...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Pohl W

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hans von Haberer (1875-1958) gained wide experience in the reconstructive surgery of traumatic aneurysms during the 1st world war at the Surgical Department of the University of Innsbruck. In the period 1914-1918 he operated on altogether 201 vascular aneurysms, mainly using a direct circular vascular suture. In 1914 ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Mönig SP,Walter M,Erasmi H,Pichlmaier H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the Western World. Standard imaging techniques such as angiography, ultrasonography and computed tomography are still not effective in detecting atheromatous plaques in their early stages of development, when the lesions are most metabolically active a...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Kritz H,Underwood SR,Sinzinger H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The established elevated risk of lung cancer in smokers led to the hypothesis that environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) also causes malignancies. The solution of this question is complicated by low exposure levels and dose-response dependence, as well as threshold levels. The differences between the toxins in the main- a...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Jahn O

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin thickness was measured by means of ultrasound and correlated with the results of bone densitometry and hormonal parameters. Skin thickness and bone density were significantly correlated (p < 0.0001). These results indicated that not only bone, but also skin is a hormone-dependent organ, which responds to the meno...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Gruber D,Sator M,Frigo P,Knogler W,Huber JC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal encephalopathy, plausibly related to hypoxia and ischaemia, remains one of the main problems in perinatal medicine. Efforts are necessary to find new non-invasive methods for assessing brain oxygenation. Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) provides information on the concentrations of the oxygenated and deoxyge...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Bernert G,von Siebenthal K,Kohlhauser C,Casaer P

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) was administered in 4 lung transplant recipients to treat chronic anemia beyond the immediate postoperative period. There were 2 males and 2 females with a mean age of 38 years (range 22-49). None of the patients had major infection or rejection problems, and no blood product...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： End A,Stift A,Ringl H,Inhauser T,Grimm M,Geissler K,Stockenhuber F,Klepetko W

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes were tested by the INNO-LIPA technique and the virus load determined by means of quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) calibrated with standards using sera from 123 HCV patients. Of these 39 were on renal hemolysis treatment, 19 suffered from hemophilia, 13 were i.v. drug users...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Hofmann H,Glitzner M,Schindlegger S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PDAY study addresses the role traditional risk factors play in the development and progression of arterial lesions in youth (15 to 34 years of age). This autopsy based study indicates that in the aorta and in the right coronary artery, atherosclerosis is positively associated with cholesterol (LDL+VLDL), glucose i...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Cornhill JF,Herderick EE,Vince DG

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endurance training after myocardial infarction results in increased fitness and favours regression of coronary arteriosclerosis if the intensity of the training programme results in an expenditure of at least 2200 Kcalories per week. During physical exercise the risk of sudden death is increased, however the net effec...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Gohlke H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00