解剖学和形态学
麻醉学
听力与言语-语言病理学
行为科学
心脏和心血管系统
细胞和组织工程学
临床神经病学
危重症监护医学
牙科,口腔外科和医学
皮肤病学
急诊医学
内分泌学和新陈代谢
肠胃学和肝脏学
老人病学和老年医学
卫生保健科学和服务
血液学
免疫学
传染病
综合和补充性医学
医学伦理学
医学信息学
医学实验室技术
医学,全科和内科
医学,法律
医学,研究和试验
神经系统科学
护理
营养学和饮食学
产科医学和妇科医学
肿瘤学
眼科学
整形外科学
耳鼻喉科学
病理学
儿科学
周围血管疾病
药理学和药剂学
生理学
基本医疗保健
精神病学
公共、环境和职业卫生
放射学,核医学和医学成像
康复学
生殖生物学
呼吸系统
风湿病学
运动科学
外科学
毒理学
热带医学
泌尿学和肾脏学
病毒学
老年医学
健康政策和服务
心理学,临床
abstract:BACKGROUND:The purpose of our research was to determine diagnosis and outcomes for non-contact lens related Acanthamoeba keratitis in south India. MATERIAL/METHODS:A retrospective review of the medical and microbiology records of culture-positive Acanthamoeba cases presenting between 1987 and 2001 to a tertiary eye ca...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease is the most important cause of morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients. These patients frequently have hyperhomocysteinemia, a putative risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Treatment with folate, B6 and B12 partially reduces hyperhomocysteinemia. We conducted a long-term st...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The objective of the present study is to compare the frequency and nature of expected 'whiplash' symptoms in Greece [a country where the chronic whiplash syndrome is rare or unknown] with that in Canada. MATERIAL/METHODS:A symptom checklist was administered to 2 subject groups selected from local companies ...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Researchers are not in complete agreement over the extent to which specific language functions are subserved by certain brain areas. The purpose of this article was to determine neuroanatomical correlates of aphasia following cerebrovascular accident. MATERIAL/METHODS:The participants included 50 stroke pat...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Although the temporalis fascia has been widely used since 1957as a graft in tympanoplasty, it can eventually become thin and atrophic. In addition, due to the lack of elasticity and resistance to pressure changes in the external ear canal, secondary perforations may also develop. Therefore, several authors h...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Ultrasound (US) is currently the best method for detecting thyroid nodules, especially those less than 1 cm in diameter, known as 'incidentaloma'. The ultimate diagnosis of non-palpable masses is done by fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB), especially sonographically controlled (S-FNAB). Because of the incr...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We previously reported that several nitric oxide (NO) donors, guanylate cyclase activators, and cyclic GMP lower intraocular pressure (IOP) in rabbits. MATERIAL/METHODS:This study evaluated a novel method for studying cGMP production in the iris-ciliary body after the administration of different NO donors a...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In the last decade there has been increasing interest in cytoskeletal research in relation to important process of cell biology. However, after decades of debate many issues remain unsettled. The aim of our study was to estimate the distribution of tubulin in etoposide-induced HL-60 cells and address the que...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was isolated in the 1960s from the African childhood tumor, Burkitt's Lymphoma (BL), characterized by the translocation of the c-myc gene into one of the immunoglobulin loci. Due to the extreme discrepancy between the widespread dissemination of EBV infection and the overall rarity o...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The humanized anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody trastuzumab (Herceptin) is useful in the treatment of ErbB2-overexpressing breast cancers, but its efficiency is limited because development of resistance is common. In order to study the possibility of improving the efficacy of therapies directed against HER2/erbB...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Interferon alpha (IFN) is the most effective drug in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. This article presents the results of IFN therapy and 28-month follow-up. MATERIAL/METHODS:193 Caucasian children (130 boys and 63 girls) aged 1.5-17 years were treated with IFN for 20 weeks (3.0 MIU 3 times a week). T...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The development of the social self has been a topic of interest to developmental psychologists for some time. With the recent emphasis placed on the effect of the nuclear family and its increasing paucity, researchers have been even more pressed to develop alternate means to aid in the social effects of family and sub...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Peroxidases are widely distributed and have been isolated from many higher-order plants, animal tissues, yeast and microorganisms. During measurements of peroxidase activities in samples of human plasma, we noticed the presence of a compound in the plasma which was interfering with the peroxidase assay. In t...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Dermatoglyphic traits have been shown to be genetically determined, conservative in their evolution, and different between and within population groups. There have been a few reports dealing with Southern African populations, but there appears to be no published report for indigenous black Zimbabweans. MATE...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Currently it is the hope of both patients and investigators that human progenitor cells and stem cells can be widely used to replace dysfunctional cells within a tissue. It is speculated that such cells may prove to have the potential to treat or cure a myriad of diseases, including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Clinical use of fluoxetine and similar medications is often associated with appetite suppression and weight loss that may warrant drug discontinuation. It is unclear, however, if fluoxetine-induced consummatory suppression may be influenced by factors such as dietary status and if appetite suppressant effect...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Leptin plays an important role in controlling satiety and maintaining energy balance. Acromegaly is characterized by decreased fat, which increases after the disease is cured. Our objective was to investigate serum leptin in acromegaly in terms of disease activity, body fat content, insulin and glucose level...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Colostrinin, a proline-rich polypeptide complex (PRP) isolated from ovine colostrum, with immunoregulatory and procognitive properties, has shown positive effects in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of long-term Colostrinin treatment of AD pa...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Skin rubdown using a dry towel to scrub the whole body is a traditional procedure. Because massage therapy is effective in improving cellular immunity, skin rubdown may also have the similar effects. MATERIAL/METHODS:Sixteen bedridden old patients, who had suffered a cerebral stroke, were studied. Skin rubd...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Bacillus Anthraces is a non-motile, rod like, gram-positive and aerobic bacillus that produces central oval-shaped spores and characterized by rough, irregular and often comma-shaped colonies in blood agar. About 95% of human anthrax is cutaneous and 5% respiratory. GI anthrax, a very rare type, has been rep...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:ED overcrowding is fast becoming a national crisis although no definition exists. The purpose of this study is to develop and pilot a sampling form that accurately reflects the concept of ED Overcrowding. MATERIAL/METHODS:A 26-question site-sampling form was designed based on input from academic physicians ...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The measurement of various cytokines may provide different tools for evaluation of the immune system. The objective of this study was to assess the role of the Th1 cytokines (IL-2, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, TNF-beta in this phenomenon, and detection of Th1 cytokines in women with RSA. MATERIAL/METHODS:The contr...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Colloidal fluids, e.g. hydroxyethyl starch (HAES), used as blood plasma substitutes during acute controlled normovolemic hemodilution may cause erythrocyte aggregation. The aim of the presented study was to assess the degree and rate of erythrocyte aggregation in the media containing different concentrations...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The presence of a complex phenotype of type 2 diabetes results from impaired insulin secretion and action, whereas the mechanism of action of sulfonylurea derivatives, most commonly used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, is based on their ability to directly inhibit the ATP-sensitive potassium channel (KA...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:HealthCyberMap (http://healthcybermap.semanticweb.org/) aims at mapping Internet health information resources in novel ways for enhanced retrieval and navigation. This is achieved by collecting appropriate resource metadata in an unambiguous form that preserves semantics. MATERIAL/METHODS:We modelled a qual...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common interstitial lung disease and is usually associated with a poor prognosis. IPF patients have a significant impairment in health-related quality of life (HRQL), both in terms of physical and psychological functioning. A substantial number of dyspnea scale...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is probably involved in promoting both normal and neoplastic cell growth, neoplastic transformation processes, angiogenesis, and neoplasma progression. On the other hand, one possible mechanism of the oncostatic action of melatonin is its influence on the action and/or re...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Docetaxel has been the only single agent with proven activity and documented survival benefit in the second-line treatment of advanced/refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Combinations of docetaxel with other active agents in this setting, such as gemcitabine, besides their popularity as front-line...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The pro-inflammatory potential of lipoteichoic acid (LTA) from Staphylococcus aureus is controversial. The present study was undertaken to examine the ability of highly purified and characterized S. aureus LTA to stimulate the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in human leukocytes at both mRNA and prot...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The measurement of plasma apolipoproteins (APO) has been proposed for predicting the risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, the association between APOs and stroke is not well defined. MATERIAL/METHODS:We evaluated the association between plasma concentrations of APO A-1 and APO B with a physician diagno...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Intraarticular exudate, observed in the knee joint a few weeks after a traumatic incident, is one of post-traumatic complications. Evacuation of the exudate prevents damage of the articular cartilage by the fluid possessing potent proteolytic properties. In view of the lack of data concerning the role of the...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The placebo effect describes the mind-body process of altering the body's physiological state as well as the brain's neurological state. Catalyzed by the mind's believing in a certain drug, ritual, and/or treatment, it generally refers to the phenomenon of an ill individual recovering to health. Subsequent t...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:This study presents a systematic analysis of atherothrombotic lesions taken by percutaneous atherectomy and post mortem examination from coronary arteries, in order to identify: a) the topographic occurrence of fibrinogen and smooth muscle cells (SMCs), b) their independent expression in stable and unstable ...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Viral hepatitis C in children is milder than in adults. Patients with tumors, because of immune deficits, seem to be at risk of rapid liver disease progression. Little is known about the course of HCV and dual HBV-HCV infections in such patients. MATERIAL/METHODS:The study assessed clinical courses of HCV a...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Benzodiazepine binding sites distinct from the GABA-receptor-chloride-complex in the central nervous system have been recognized in many peripheral tissues, but their physiological role remains unexplained. Our study was undertaken to examine the effects of diazepam, clonazepam, and PK 11195, a peripheral be...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The study assessed the incidence of pathologic gastroesophageal reflux in children with obstructive bronchitis and analyzed the correlation of pHmetric parameters with the incidence of obstructive bronchitis according to age groups. MATERIAL/METHODS:109 children aged from 4 months to 17 years with the histo...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The Total Cavopulmonary Connection (TCPC), used for repair of patients with single ventricle physiology, creates a passive system of blood flow into the pulmonary circulation where enhanced energy efficiency may lead to improved long term patient outcomes. Previous numerical and in vitro studies using steady...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:This article reports the results of research into the activities of lactic acid concentrations in the body fluids of children with progressive encephalopathies (PE) in comparison to patients with non-progressive encephalopathies (NPE) and those with non-progressive encephalopathies with concomitant epilepsy ...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The increased permeability of the glomerular capillary wall in adriamycin nephropathy may be mediated by increased generation of free radicals, possibly also by the non-enzymatic production of isoprostanes induced by oxidative stress. ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II antagonists may reduce proteinuria, perh...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The evaluation of affected lymph node number, the site of metastatic lymph nodes, and spread of neoplastic infiltration beyond the lymph capsule is considered useful in prognosis. The aim of the study was to estimate the frequency of neck nodal metastases occurrence depending on the site of origin, the grade...
journal_title:Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-02-01 00:00:00