... certain proteins during the acute phase
response is presumably caused by the need to divert avail-
able amino acids into the production of active acute phase
proteins. Albumin is one of these proteins. ... the markedly increased mortality of
patients with cirrhosis exposed to infection is rooted in a
decreased liver function in the form of a decreased synthe-...
... in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis using rheumatology function tests
Agustín Escalante, Roy W Haas and Inmaculada del Rincón
Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of ... multiple
scales are used, in contrast with a single instrument. There
are precedents in rheumatology for developing pooled
indices, usually as part of efforts aimed at measuring the...
... prevalence of vitamin D deficiency of
62% in dark-skinned individuals in a cross-sectional
study of HIV-positive individuals. In their study, patients
on an NNRTI-based therapy had lower vitam in D ... risk
factors for vitamin D deficiency [2]. Cholecalciferol is
metabolized into 25-dihydroxyvitamin D [25-(OH)D] in
the liver and into its active form 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin
D [1,...
... patients
were in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III and
13 patients in NYHA class IV despite optimized heart fail-
ure therapy which typically included digoxin, angiotensin
– converting enzyme inhibitors, ... occurs
in approximately 60% and is associated with a poor prog-
nosis [1-3]. Myocardial damage by infarction or from
dilated cardiomyopathy leads to leakage of the a...
... previously [6,20,21]. In our
sample, these findings were reinforced by our findings
that both congestiv e heart failure and myocardial infarc-
tion were independent predictors of being in t he ... subset of 177
patients, i ndices of Health Related Quality of Life
(HRQoL) and sleep quality were obtained using trained
interviewers as described in another study of our group
[13,1...
... risk factors independently
correlated with level of offending. Contrary to our
hypothesis, family or parenting characteristics did not
correlate independently with level of offending in t he
low ... non-Western orig in. Third, to study the independent
association of risk factors with level of offending within
each of the groups. Beca use only few children from non-
West...
... activity of 11
betahydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 enzyme, can diffuse into
the interstitium [15], thus contributing to the interstitial pool of
free cortisol.
Other factors may influence interstitial ... cortisol may not accurately reflect interstitial
concentrations. We elected to perform a preliminary study into
the feasibility of measuring interstitial cortisol by microdialysis,...
...
of
matings
in
the
ST
breed
and
in
compatible
matings
in
the
NST
breed.
Secondly,
a
majority
of
factors
showed
a
deficit
of
+/-
offspring
from
incompatible
matings
in ...
indication
of
a
maternal-fetal
incompatibility
with
regard
to
Aa
and
Qa,
the
two
factors
known
to
be
involved
in
the
great
majority
of
cases
of
neonatal
isoer...
... contro-
versy has existed regarding the safety of bitter orange
extract and p-synephrine [8-11]. The safety of
p-synephrine is clouded by its structural similarity to
nor-epinephrine in spite of the ... phar-
macological properties of p-synephrine (hydroxyl
group on the para position of the benzene ring) which
is found in C. aurantium, and m-synephrine (phe-
nylephrine;...
... replacement of the phosphate-bridging oxygen by a
CH
2
moiety, is completely inactive, suggesting that this
oxygen participates in hydrogen bonds with the enzyme or
in the coordination to the metal cofactor. ... transiently phosphorylated
in the course of the catalytic cycle, for instance, the active-
site histidines of enzyme I of the PTS [2], phosphoenolpyru-
vate synthase...