abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of nitric oxide (NO) in the modulation of basal and insulin-stimulated glucose uptake remains controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of NO released from its donors, S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) and S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP), on glucose uptake in skeletal muscle ...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： McGrowder D,Ragoobirsingh D,Brown P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In cases of triplet gestation where patients are reluctant to undergo multifetal pregnancy reduction, it would be helpful to identify predictive factors regarding poor or better outcomes. One such possible factor may be maternal height, which is possibly predictive of gestational age and neonatal birth weigh...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Blumenfeld Z,Lowenstein L,Brook O,Gonen R,Ophir E,Samueloff A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attenuation of hyperinsulinemia by diazoxide (DZ), an inhibitor of glucose-mediated insulin secretion, in Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats, an animal model of type 2 diabetes and leptin resistance, decreased weight gain, improved lipid profile and prevented diabetes. Since the opposing effects of insulin and...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Alemzadeh R,Tushaus K

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic bacterial infection caused by M. Tuberculosis. Studies of antibody response in TB have focussed mainly on their usefulness as a diagnostic serological tool, with little attention given to analysis of antibodies at the isotype and subclass level in relation to disease pathogenes...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Gupta S,Shende N,Bhatia AS,Kumar S,Harinath BC

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of numerous abnormalities of craniovertebraljunction development observed in the prenatal period, the region has been studied thoroughly in order to elucidate the mechanism of axial differentiation, dependence of vertebral morphology on the development of ossification centers and the mechanisms regul...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Kedzia A,Czyz M,Nowakowska-Kotas M,Adamek A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The causal relation of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) to ischemic cerebrovascular disease remains unclear, though an inflammatory effect has been suggested in many studies. The aim of our study was to evaluate serum hsCRP levels in ischemic stroke patients and in a control group, and to correlat...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Koçer A,Canbulat C,Gözke E,Ilhan A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antithrombin is a potent inhibitor of the coagulant effect of thrombin. In the latter half of 20th century, many families have been described in which an autosomaly dominant inherited antithrombin deficiency has caused severe venous thromboembolic disease in successive generations. The important complication is severe...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Hara T,Naito K

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The currently-available standardized music tests are not suitable for administration to young children and children with special needs because they are complicated and require verbal instructions and verbal responses. A test that was named the Non-Verbal Measurement of the Musical Responsiveness of Children,...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Matsuyama K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of co-registering preoperative MRI and postoperative CT and to assess the position of the electrode within the cochlea. MATERIAL/METHODS:In a series of 14 patients, high-resolution MRI datasets of the cochlea obtained before implantation and multirow CT ...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Neri E,Berrettini S,Salvatori L,Forli F,Franceschini SS,Bartolozzi C

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal was to ascertain the prevalence of SLE in the population over 18 years of age in the Scandicci-Le Signe area of Florence, Italy, based on the records of general practitioners (GPs). MATERIAL/METHODS:Twenty GPs screened 32,521 patients by administering the Lupus Screening Questionnaire (LQS) and fou...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Benucci M,Del Rosso A,Li Gobbi F,Manfredi M,Cerinic MM,Salvarani C

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our purpose was to compare the efficacy of extra-amniotic saline infusion plus high dose oxytocin with prostaglandin E2 intracervical gel (Dinoprostone) for preinduction cervical ripening. MATERIAL/METHODS:166 nulliparous women with term pregnancies, vertex presentation, intact membranes and a Bishop score ...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Sharami SH,Milani F,Zahiri Z,Mansour-Ghanaei F

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the methods of investigating lung diseases have been invasive until the discovery that exhaled nitric oxide can be used as a surrogate marker of airway inflammation, particularly in asthma. Exhaled nitric oxide (NO) is now established as a marker of airway inflammation. It has been shown to correlate well with...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Liu J,Thomas PS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Potato sprouts (Solanum tuberosum L.) contain steroidal glycoalkaloids containing solanidine, an important precursor for hormone synthesis. Glycoalkaloids are reported to inactivate the Herpes simplex, Herpes zoster and Herpes genitalis viruses in humans, while Aglyones, including solasodine, may protect aga...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Nikolic NC,Stankovic MZ,Markovic DZ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of pressure ulcers (PUs) ranges from 1 to 18% of in-patients and from 3 to 28% in long-term settings. The aim of our study was to verify how comorbidity and frailty influenced the course of PUs in a population of elderly subjects hospitalized in a long-term care setting. MATERIAL/METHODS:The ...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Donini LM,De Felice MR,Tagliaccica A,De Bernardini L,Cannella C

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective COX-2 inhibitors increase the risk of myocardial infarction and stroke that is attributed to their ability to inhibit prostacyclin (PGI2), lipoxins, resolvins, and endothelial nitric oxide (eNO) but not platelet COX-1 derived thromboxane A2 (TXA2). In contrast, aspirin blocks both COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes tha...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Das UN

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim was to assess the effect of trimetazidine (TMZ) on mitochondrial alterations induced in a canine model of brief, repeated episodes of ischemia. MATERIAL/METHODS:Twelve crossbred dogs were analyzed, after double-blind randomization, to a 7-day treatment with either TMZ or placebo. Twenty brief, compl...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Morillas Blasco PJ,Hernándiz Martinez A,Azorín Villena I,Portolés Sanz M,Pallarés Carratala V,Martinez VB,Capdevilla Carbonell C,Aguilar Llopis A,Cosín Aguilar J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biochemical abnormalities are thought to be important factors causing bipolar disorder. Several lines of evidence suggest dopamine may play a role in its etiology, e.g. depressive syndrome is frequently encountered in subjects affected by Parkinson's disease, where dopamine depletion is observed. Thus the ge...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Leszczyńska-Rodziewicz A,Hauser J,Dmitrzak-Weglarz M,Skibińka M,Czerski P,Zakrzewska A,Kosmowska M,Rybakowski JK

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous morphine is present in the mammalian brain as determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The criteria essential for satisfying the definition of morphine as a neurotransmitter are examined. The detection of endogenous morphine-like compounds inside brain neurons by immunocytochemistry and the Ca(+)...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Guarna M,Ghelardini C,Galeotti N,Stefano GB,Bianchi E

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Growing resistance to antibiotics among both community-acquired and hospital pathogens is making the treatment of most infections increasingly difficult. Therefore, the aim of our multi-center study was to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of the most frequent aerobic microorganisms isolated from ch...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Dzierzanowska-Fangrat K,Semczuk K,Łopaciuk U,Kurlenda J,Małafiej E,Puacz E,Stalmaska-Dworak E,Dzierzanowska D

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We surmise that opioid peptides, i.e., methionine enkephalin, first arose during evolution as modulators of cellular immune function given their immune actions and the presence of enkelytin, a potent antibacterial peptide, and its precursor proenkephalin in animals 500 million years divergent in evolution. Pain probab...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Stefano GB,Fricchione G,Goumon Y,Esch T

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiborrelia antibodies in Lyme borreliosis (LB) are mostly detected by enzyme immunoassay (EIA), confirmed by immunoblot (the "two-step system"). In indicated cases, direct evidence of Borrelia burgdorferi is obtained with the PCR method, electron microscopy and cultivation. The "one-step system" of testing...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Cermakova Z,Ryskova O,Honegr K,Cermakova E,Hanovcova I

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The eradication of Helicobacter pylori (HP) is dependent on several bacteriologic and geographic variables. Multiple-drug regimens have been tried in order to eradicate HPi; however, the optimal drug has not yet been found. MATERIAL/METHODS:In this single-blind, randomized clinical trial, 245 dyspeptic pati...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Amini M,Khedmat H,Yari F

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggressiveness is an ancestral behavior common to all animal species. Its neurophysiological mechanisms are similar in all vertebrates. Males are generally more aggressive than females. In this review, aggressive behavior in rodents, monkeys, and man and the role of testosterone and brain serotonin levels have been co...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Giammanco M,Tabacchi G,Giammanco S,Di Majo D,La Guardia M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-frequency oscillations (ripples) are proposed to be involved in memory consolidation. Ripple oscillations persist in the absence of chemical synaptic transmission and inhibitors of gapjunctions were shown to block high-frequency oscillations in hippocampal slices. In this study we investigated the effec...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Hosseinzadeh H,Asl MN,Parvardeh S,Tagi Mansouri SM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical clips may migrate into the common bile duct after surgery for cholecystolithiasis leading to usually early or middle-term complications. CASE REPORT:A 31-year-old woman, 6 years after laparoscopic cholecystectomy, developed acute abdomen and choloperitoneum after rupture of a secondary bile duct an...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Mouzas IA,Petrakis I,Vardas E,Kogerakis N,Skordilis P,Prassopoulos P

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main controversies surrounding the management of DCIS evolve around the need for adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) after adequate local excision (LE) of localized lesions and the role of adjuvant endocrine therapy. All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) examining the role of adjuvant RT and tamoxifen after LE were revie...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Mokbel K

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The early posttraumatic period is critical in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) because of the increased risk of secondary ischemic injuries to the injured brain. For these patients, cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) monitoring is recommended. This, however, requires an invasive device to measure in...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Voulgaris SG,Partheni M,Kaliora H,Haftouras N,Pessach IS,Polyzoidis KS

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lansoprazole (LAN) is a proton pump inhibitor drug (PPI) metabolized by the P-450 liver cytochrome (CYP-450) system. LAN is used in association with antimicrobial agents in Helicobacter pylori (HP) eradication therapy. The 13C-Aminopyrine breath test (ABT) is a non-invasive tool exploring liver CYP-450 metab...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Malfatti F,Giannini E,Emanuela T,Polegato S,Podestà E,Fumagalli A,Cotelessa T,Chiarbonello B,Bellotti M,Botta F,Milazzo S,Testa R

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the per-operative process of shoulderjoint replacement, time-action analysis can be used. MATERIAL/METHODS:Forty procedures performed by 7 surgeons with different experience using 5 different prostheses and 3 different surgical approaches were analyzed. RESULTS:The surgical procedures showed a ...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Minekus JP,Valstar ER,Rozing PM,de Voss MJ,Diercks RL,Willems WJ,Dankelman J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fiber supplements added to a caloric diet have additional effects on weight reduction in overweight subjects. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of various commercial fiber supplements (glucomannan, guar gum and alginate) on weight reduction in healthy overweight subjects. MATERIAL/METHODS:One ...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Birketvedt GS,Shimshi M,Erling T,Florholmen J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the possible long-term effect of symptoms of depression on mortality risk among patients with congestive heart failure. MATERIAL/METHODS:Proportional hazard models were used to evaluate the effect of symptoms of depression on mortality among 119 clinically stable patients with symptomatic heart ...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Murberg TA,Furze G

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is suggested that perinatal supplementation of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) especially; eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids prevent schizophrenia in the adult. I propose that schizophrenia could be a low-grade systemic inflammatory disease with its origins in the perinatal period, probabl...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Das UN

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Worldwide surveillance of antimicrobial resistance among urinary tract pathogens is useful to determine important trends and geographical variation for common Gram negative and positive species. We initiated this study to learn the drug resistance pattern and its location (genomic or plasmid-borne) among the...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Khan AU,Musharraf A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Allergic diseases represent a major health threat to humans. Allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT) is one of the significant approaches to the treatment of IgE-mediated allergy and its control. The mechanisms involved in SIT-induced responses are complex and still speculative. Immunological events associated...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Svirshchevskaya EV,Viskova N,Shevchenko M,Alekseeva L,Marchenko A,Benevolensky S,Kurup VP

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although tuberculosis is very common in the Indian sub-continent, tuberculous panophthalmitis has not been reported from this region so far. We report a case of a young girl with tuberculous panophthalmitis. CASE REPORT:A 12-year-old female child presented with painless progressive loss of vision in the rig...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Chawla R,Garg S,Venkatesh P,Kashyap S,Tewari HK

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An emerging body of literature has recently defined a reduced risk of cancer following the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which are generally able to exert an apoptotic property and inhibitory effects on the activity and/or expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). This study was...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Mirshafiey A,Khorramizadeh MR,Saadat F,Rehm BH

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of our study was to investigate both qualitatively and quantitatively the microbial content of probiotic products licensed for medicinal purposes. MATERIAL/METHODS:Microbiological analysis was performed on five different brands of probiotic products that claimed to contain lactobacilli and/or bi...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Szajewska H,Fordymacka A,Bardowski J,Górecki RK,Mrukowicz JZ,Banaszkiewicz A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The enzymatic analysis of mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) complexes of skeletal muscle is an important step in the diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders. Because of its lesser turbidity and increased sensitivity, mitochondrial fractionation has been increasingly considered the diagnostic method of choic...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Casademont J,Perea M,López S,Beato A,Miró O,Cardellach F

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate a new liquid polymer developed for selective arterial tumor embolization. MATERIAL/METHODS:In six rabbits we embolized the renal artery with pure 2-P-HEMA. Three rabbits were killed immediately after embolization, one after 12 h, and two animals underwent follow-up angiography after two weeks. I...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Pothmann D,Ulusans S,Pröls F,Klisch J

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is one of the most efficient methods for the treatment of hematological neoplasms. Its successful application requires previous complete remission (CR) and exclusion of residual disease. MATERIAL/METHODS:This 31P MRS study reports data collected during several years of obse...

journal_title：Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research

authors： Kuliszkiewicz-Janus M,Baczyński S,Jurczyk A

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00