abstract：:In order to assess short-term exposures to ethylene oxide, formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde in a sterilization process, the authors conducted continuous environmental monitoring of these chemicals in the breathing zone of workers in 2 hospitals. The arithmetic mean of ethylene oxide was 1.2 ppm near unventilated cabine...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Koda S,Kumagai S,Ohara H

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subject of this study is the electromyographic investigation of the velopharyngeal sphincter structures. Seventy-five patients underwent examination, both patients with symptoms of velopharyngeal insufficiency and patients who were thought to have latent pathological sphincter changes based on local findings. A co...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Velepic M,Bonifacić M,Lustica I,Sasso A,Cvjetković N

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unilateral variation in the origin and distribution of the arterial pattern of the human upper extremity on the right side is reported on. Apart from its usual branches, the third part of the right axillary artery gave origin to a common branch, the profunda brachii artery and the superior ulnar collateral artery. T...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Yücel AH

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:POSSUM, a Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity, is a scoring system which assesses perioperative surgical risks (Copeland GP et al.: Br J Surg, 1991, Vol 78, 356-360). The POSSUM scoring system consists of two categories of assessment to assess the risk of surgery. ...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Gotohda N,Iwagaki H,Itano S,Horiki S,Fujiwara T,Saito S,Hizuta A,Isozaki H,Takakura N,Terada N,Tanaka N

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen (T antigen) has been supposed to be a cancer-specific carbohydrate antigen. We have previously shown that one third of the Japanese population normally expressed T antigen in gastric surface epithelia and the other two thirds expressed fucosyl-T antigen. Their sialylation and blocked-synth...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Yoshida A,Sotozono M,Nakatou T,Okada Y,Tsuji T

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady-state serum concentrations of carbamazepine (CBZ) and valproic acid (VPA) were investigated in normal weight (body mass index; BMI 20 to 25), lean (smaller than 20 BMI) and moderately obese subjects (greater than 25 BMI) who received either 400 mg/day of CBZ or 800 mg/day of VPA. The CBZ serum concentration in ...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Suemaru K,Kawasaki H,Yasuhara K,Yao K,Furuno K,Kawakami Y,Araki H,Gomita Y,Oka E

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fibrous components of the metacarpophalangeal (MP) joint including the palmar plate, the collateral ligament and the dorsal plate were studied with particular attention paid to the fibrous structure of the fibrous tendon sheath and the deep transverse metacarpal ligament. The tough fibrillar structure around the M...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Takagoshi H,Hashizume H,Nishida K,Masaoka S,Asahara H,Inoue H

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sections of the visual cortex of newborn (1-4 weeks after birth) and adult cats were stained with cationic iron colloid, aldehyde fuchsin or lectins (lectin Vicia villosa, soybean and Wisteria floribunda agglutinins). Many neurons in the adult cat visual cortex contained perineuronal sulfated proteoglycans detectable ...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Hitomi S,Su WD,Hong LJ,Ohtsuka A,Murakami T

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of osteonectin (ON) in osteoarthritic articular cartilage was investigated by enzyme immunohistochemistry and colloidal gold immunoelectron microscopy. A total of 96 specimens from 9 knees of 8 patients with osteoarthritis (OA) were examined. In OA cartilage, ON-positive cells varied in distribution and...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Nanba Y,Nishida K,Yoshikawa T,Sato T,Inoue H,Kuboki Y

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The findings of three-dimensional computed tomography (3DCT) and two-dimensional computed tomography (2DCT) with helical CT scanning were compared for 21 patients with maxillofacial bone fractures. The results of this study suggest that the 3DCT evaluation can be divided into 3 groups. The first group, in which 3DCT i...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Ohkawa M,Tanabe M,Toyama Y,Kimura N,Uematsu K,Satoh G

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established an Adriamycin (ADM)-resistant small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell line, SBC-3/ADM 100, which shows multifactorial mechanisms of resistance to ADM, such as over-expression of P-glycoprotein, an enhanced detoxifying system and a decrease in topoisomerase II activity. In the present study, we confirmed...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Matsuo K,Kiura K,Ueoka H,Tabata M,Shibayama T,Matsumura T,Takigawa N,Hiraki S,Harada M

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of various non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents (gallamine, pancuronium, vecuronium, d-tubocurarine, metocurine, atracurium and pipecuronium) on [3H]acetylcholine release in the response to field electrical stimulation was investigated in vitro in preparations of the guinea pig right atrium. In th...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Manabe N

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study was conducted to quantitatively evaluate the relationship between the instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and various physical fitness tests in elderly women living at home. The study focused on the total population of those women aged 65 years and over living in Y Town, Hyogo Prefec...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Uchida H,Mino Y,Tsuda T,Babazono A,Kawada Y,Araki H,Ogawa T,Aoyama H

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reed-Sternberg cells (RS cells) of Hodgkin's disease (HD) are frequently infected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and express EBV-encoded nonpolyadenylated RNA transcripts (EBER)-1. EBV latency has been classified into three distinct forms: Latency I, expressing only one of the latent proteins, EBV nuclear antigen (EBNA...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Teramoto N,Cao L,Kawasaki N,Tonoyama Y,Sarker AB,Yoshino T,Takahashi K,Akagi T

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a clinicopathological analysis of chondrosarcomas in 17 patients treated in our institute. The 5- and 10-year overall survival rates of the patients were 72.3% and 61.9%, respectively. The significant prognostic factors were size and histologic grade of the tumor. Sex, age, location of the primary tumor, ...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Uchida Y,Kawai A,Taguchi K,Yokoi T,Pu J,Inoue H

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microdetermination of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) glycoforms by lectin affinity electrophoresis followed by chemiluminescence reaction using horseradish peroxidase (POD) or alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in antibody-affinity blotting was developed. The intensity of chemiluminescence obtained by ALP was greater than that by PO...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Ogata M,Taga H,Taketa K

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spheroid cultures of human hepatoblastoma cells (HuH-6 line) were established by rotating 3 x 10(6) cells/3 ml culture medium in 25-ml Erlenmeyer flasks on a gyratory shaker. The size of the spheroids rapidly increased until 4 days of culture, and thereafter their size gradually increased until 8 days of culture. A co...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Kosaka T,Tsuboi S,Fukaya K,Pu H,Ohno T,Tsuji T,Miyazaki M,Namba M

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) is a progressive and often fatal pulmonary disorder, and evaluating the prognosis of patients with IIP has never been sufficient. Accordingly, factors including clinical features, laboratory data, cellular components in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and response to corticos...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Matsuo K,Tada S,Shibayama T,Ueno Y,Miyake T,Takehara H,Kataoka M,Harada M,Kimura I

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination was made of the in vitro response of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBNMCs) to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) following treatment with varicella zoster virus (VZV) or herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV 1). Cell proliferation was determined by colorimetric assay using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-dip...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Horiuchi Y,Okuno T,Yamanishi K

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of acute exposure to cigarette smoke and systemic administration of nicotine on intestinal propulsion were investigated in rats. The propulsive activity was measured as migration of charcoal powder in the intestine. This activity was suppressed by acute exposure (10 min) to cigarette smoke and by nicotine ...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Furuno K,Okazaki M,Eto K,Kawasaki H,Gomita Y

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Free" iron, a potentially radical-generating low mass iron, and not found in normal human blood, was increased in the serum of blood-transfused thalassemia major patients seen in the Yangon General Hospital, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). The low mass iron was detected by the bleomycin assay. Fifty-one blood samples were a...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Han KE,Okada S

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ hybridization of slide-mounted brain sections from rats subjected to acute and chronic phencyclidine treatment was carried out using synthetic oligonucleotides complementary to dopamine D2-receptor and non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate-receptor-subunit (GluR-1) mRNAs. There was no significant differenc...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Tomita H,Hikiji M,Fujiwara Y,Akiyama K,Otsuki S

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the effect of the arginine vasopressin (AVP) system in vivo, especially V1 and V2 activity, on blood pressure, we measured the acute changes in blood pressure and heart rate after AVP, OPC-21,268 (a V1 receptor antagonist), and OPC-31,260 (a V2 receptor antagonist) were injected intravenously in anestheti...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Yamauchi T,Ogura T,Oishi T,Harada K,Hashimoto M,Mimura Y,Asano N,Ota Z,Kageyama J

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unilateral 30-min application of anodal direct current to the promotor cortex of rabbits was repeated 10 times, and cyclic AMP accumulation in response to histamine was investigated in slices of different cortical areas. Polarization with 1.0 microA decreased the cyclic AMP accumulation in the cortical area contrala...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Moriwaki A,Hattori Y,Hayashi Y,Lu YF,Islam N,Hori Y

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-invasive method for measuring portal blood flow by magnetic resonance (MR) phase contrast was evaluated in a flow phantom and 20 healthy volunteers. In a flow phantom study, the flow volumes and mean flow velocities measured by MR phase contrast showed close correlations with those measured by electromagnetic fl...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Tsunoda M,Kimoto S,Hamazaki K,Takeda Y,Hiraki Y

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anodal direct current of 3.0 microA or 30.0 microA was unilaterally applied for 30 min or 3 h to the surface of the sensorimotor cortex of rats, and the effects of polarization on the morphology of brain cells were examined by light microscopy. After five repeated anodal polarization trials, dark neurons appeared m...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Islam N,Moriwaki A,Hattori Y,Hori Y

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excised extensor retinacula of the first compartment and tenosynovium from 35 patients (6 men and 29 women) with de Quervain's disease were examined by light and electron microscopy to investigate the pathogenic mechanism. The patients, aged from 22-78 years, averaging 50 years, comprised the study group. Two hundred ...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Takahashi Y,Hashizume H,Inoue H,Ogura T

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were undertaken to determine the relationship between evoked spinal cord potential (ESP) and the partial pressure of oxygen in tissue in the epidural space (E-pO2) during aortic clamping. Eighteen adult mongrel dogs were studied as follows. In group I (n = 6), the descending thoracic aorta was clamped part...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Sugiyama S,Ishizaki M,Uchida H

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis, the cross reactivity between anti-DNA antibody and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) was investigated. Monoclonal anti-DNA antibodies were obtained from hybridomas by the fusion of MRL/lpr/lpr splenocytes with murine myeloma cells. Some of these monoclonal anti-DNA antibodies show...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Kashihara N,Hirakawa S,Mino Y,Makino H,Ota Z

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the long-term outcome of 148 patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) who had been entered into clinical trials of chemotherapy with or without thoracic and prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) between 1981 and 1987. Eighteen patients (12%) survived for 2 or more years. With a minimum follow-up of 4....

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Ohnoshi T,Hiraki S,Fujii M,Ueoka H,Yonei T,Tamura M,Moritaka T,Mima Y,Horiguchi T,Kiura K

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report second malignant neoplasms which developed between 7 and 19 years after treatment in 3 pediatric patients with osteosarcoma. Two patients had been treated with only surgery, and another patient had been treated with a combination of surgery with chemotherapy and radiation therapy for primary lesions. Pediatr...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Ozaki T,Sugihara S,Inoue H

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present experiment was undertaken to study what types of human cancers are responsive to the antiproliferative effects of suramin. The human malignant cells used were as follows: cervical cancer (HeLa), mammary cancer (MCF-7), bladder cancer (EJ), hepatoma (HuH-7, PLC/PRF/5), embryonal carcinoma (PA-1), in vitro t...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Bai L,Naomoto Y,Miyazaki M,Orita K,Namba M

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the surgical problems encountered during treatment of 14 patients with malignant tumors originating in the pelvic region at our department. The tumor involved the iliac bone in 6 patients, the ischial bone in 2, the pubic bone in 2, and the gluteal region in 4. Invasion to the sacrum was observed in 7 pat...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Ozaki T,Inoue H,Sugihara S

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate urinary albumin index (UAI), the relationship between albumin excretion rate (AER) in the urine stored for 24 h and UAI in the urine collected arbitrarily on the morning of the same day was studied in 123 inpatients. The patients were admitted to our hospital from September 1, 1988 to August 31, 1989, cons...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Okada S,Tanokuchi S,Ichiki K,Ishii K,Hamada H,Ota Z

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to elucidate the role of erythrocyte catalase in the accumulation of mercury in erythrocytes, labeled erythrocytes and plasma were prepared by exposing normal and acatalasemic mice to radioactive mercury vapor (203Hg0: 6.8mg/m3) for 30 min. Labeled erythrocytes (or plasma) were mixed with unlabeled plasma (or...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Yamamoto H,Ishii K,Meguro T,Taketa K,Ogata M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycocalyx is suggested to play an important role in the pathogenesis of biomaterial-centered infection. Using an accurate and sensitive method to quantify glycocalyx and bacterial adherence, we have demonstrated that the producer of the most glycocalyx also exhibited the highest adherence index, whereas low producers...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Tsai CL,Liu TK,Hung MH

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of antioxidants, such as superoxide dismutase, vitamin C, vitamin E, 4-(0-benzylphenoxy)-N-methylbutylamine hydrochloride (bifemelane), and selenite on survival of adult rat hepatocytes were examined under normoxic and hyperoxic conditions in serum-free primary culture. The tested antioxidants, except for vita...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Miyazaki M,Bai L,Tsuboi S,Seshimo K,Namba M

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of Gabexate mesilate (GM) (([ethyl-4-(6-guanidino hexanoyloxy) benzoate] methane sulfonate)), a protease inhibitor, on the activities of catalase in liver, erythrocytes and reticulocytes from acatalasemic mice were examined. Preincubation without GM at 37 degrees C for 160 min lowered the catalase activities o...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Suzuki K,Ogata M

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proportional changes of lymphocyte subsets in the peripheral blood were monitored by two-color flow-cytometry in seven leukemia patients who had received allogenic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Lymphocyte counts, and proportions of T and B-cells returned to normal ranges between the 2nd and 12th months after BMT....

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Komatsuda M

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biventricular bypass type total artificial heart (BVB-TAH) utilizing two pusher-plate pumps was developed and implanted in a sheep for 48 days with excellent results. A Hall effect sensor was utilized to operate each pump independently with a full stroke at variable rates (VR). With this system, the animal's hemodyn...

journal_title：Acta medica Okayama

authors： Ishino K,Murakami T,Nakayama H,Yamada M,Morimoto T,Hisamochi K,Tanaka T,Senoo Y,Teramoto S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00