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Research
Maximal respiratory static pressures in patients with different
stages of COPD severity
Claudio ... severity.
Our study is only a "snapshot" of the maximal respiratory
pressures and their correlation with functional parameters
at different stag...
... Ramsaransing et al. [9], indicate that
Hcy increases may occur in MS in the absence of vitamin
B12 and folate deficiency.
Of particular interest is the fact that MS patients with
increased Hcy had ... issues
jointly; that is, to investigate plasma homocysteine levels
in patients with MS and depression.
Accordingly, the present study was designed in order to
assess Hcy plas...
... YG, Christen WG, Foster SC: Correlation of metal-
loproteinase-2 and -9 with proinflammatory cytokines inter-
leukin-1β, interleukin-12 and the interleukin-1 receptor
antagonist in patients with ... inflammation,
resulting in fibrosis. MMP-9 can trigger inflammation
directly, by tissue destruction, or indirectly, by generation of
an inflammatory signal or recruitment of inflam...
... lymphocytes of patients with com-
mon variable immunodeficiency (CVI) produce reduced levels
of interleukin-4, interleukin-2 and interferon-gamma, but pro-
liferate normally upon activation by ... laboratory examina-
tions, contributed to the editing of the article, and supervised
the research group. JLP was, along with JFV, in charge of most
of the CVID patients gathered...
... purposes)
Interestingly, relatively little of this research has involved the
study of pain, the most commonly reported and most impairing
stressor in RA [10]. The experience of pain is generally asso-
ciated ... study or its findings.
Inclusion criteria for the study (for RA patients) included RA as
the primary source of persistent pain; no current mood or anx-
iety disorder; no hi...
... with leukocytes
with the same differential ratio in which these cells normally co-
exist, this analysis was performed in whole blood devoid of
erythrocytes. Flow cytometry analysis of leukocytes ... of myeloperoxidase and lactoferrin by PMNs in response of chitosanRelease of myeloperoxidase and lactoferrin by PMNs in response of chitosan. Degranulation was determined u...
... in
the overall study population [15]. This suggested t hat
thetolerabilityprofilemaybeindependentofmood
state or severity of symptoms. The mean weight of sub-
jects increased by approximately ... antipsychotics may allow
clinicians to identify and respond more easily to poor
adherence [13]. One long-te rm, prospective study of acutely
manic inpatients with bipolar disorder and a his...
... variants.
The study obtained BMPR2 mutations in 86.4% of
HPAH patients with a positive family history and in
14.4% of patients with apparently sporadic disease. Only
in 3 out of 22 famili es with confir ... French PAH registry [15].
Since occurrence of BMPR2 mutations obviously influ-
ences the clinical phenotype genetic testing may become
of increasing clinical rele...
... Price H,
Reding D, Riley T, Schwartz M, Spizarny D, Yoffie R, Zylak C: THE
LUNG SCREENING STUDY RESEARCH GROUP. Final
results of the Lung Screening Study, a randomized feasibility
study of spiral ... 5).
Discussion
Non-invasive diagnostic strategies aimed at identifying
biomarkers of early lung cancer probably require the use
of a panel rather than single substances [17]. The main
fin...