... over the study by Lieberman
and colleagues – the absence of informed consent,
the study being non-interventional in situations that
typically call for life-saving interventions, the bias
involved ... community has established the standards
of good clinical practice as the cornerstone of medical
research on humans [1]. What are the standards for
studyin...
... and endothelial cells into
the damaged site. It has been showed that fibroblasts
cultured in presence of increasing doses of HA have
an increased production of pro-inflammatory cyto-
kines such ... characteristic is largely responsible for the
consistency of the active component that can act as a
barrier to the spread of any bacteria penetrating the
tissues includin...
... clinical and MRI findings.
Clinical definition of arthritis mutilans
Clinical digitised photographs of the hands and feet were
obtained in 25 of the 28 patients. These were examined by a
rheumatologist ... erosions in PsA (the
zoledronic acid in psoriatic arthritis or ZAPA study) , but results
presented here pertain only to baseline findings in these
patients, before...
... Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya,
Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
2
Division of Hematology, Department of Internal ... changes in murine lung injury induced
by bleomycin. A morphologic study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med
1997, 156:1937-1944.
19. Blank M, Levy Y, Amital H, Shoenfeld Y, Pines M, Ge...
... with evidence of central nervous system
involvement. There are reports indicating a central role for
MMPs in increasing permeability of the blood-brain barrier in
inflammatory settings [52], which ... have identified an increase in proteolytic activity within the
glomerulus coinciding with the development of proteinuria in the
(NXB×NZW)F
1
mouse model of systemic lupus...
... on the disease
activity score, the use of this score represents a handicap for
the evaluation of the efficacy of cyclosporin A on disease activ-
ity. On the other hand, cyclosporin A inhibits the ... efficient
treatment of RA in Spain. Throughout the follow-up of the
EMECAR cohort, the percentage of patients without any
DMARD declined while the frequency of...
... clinical and MRI findings.
Clinical definition of arthritis mutilans
Clinical digitised photographs of the hands and feet were
obtained in 25 of the 28 patients. These were examined by a
rheumatologist ... erosions in PsA (the
zoledronic acid in psoriatic arthritis or ZAPA study) , but results
presented here pertain only to baseline findings in these
patients, before...
... bound/free
on the Y- axis. The maximal binding is a measure of the
total number of r eceptors present in the tissue and
the equilibrium dissociation constant is the measure of
the affinity of the receptors ... measured by incorporation of
3
H-thymidine.
Since then, many other workers have shown a role for
serotonin in neuronal differentiation [11]. GABA, the
m...
... sex of the patient, or the locati on, size or endoscopic
appearances of the polyp.
The most serious problem in PJS is an increased risk
of cance r in the gastrointestinal tract. The occurrence of
cancer ... adenocarcinoma. Hematoxylin and eosin
staining (objective 10 ×).
Figure 3 Pedunculated duodenal polyp measuring 15 mm in
diameter in the second part of the...
... [3,4].
The clinical course is non-specific and depends on the
site of involvement, the size of the cyst, and the pressure
caused b y the enlarged cyst [1]. Usually, it presents as
an inert, painless, ... approximately 2%
[1,7,8]. Primary isolated hydatid cysts located in the
abdo minal wall rem ain extremely rare, however, even in
geographic areas in which echinoco...