... WB, KC, JK, JP, and LN and KN aiding in obtaining biopsy and blood samples NR and LH were involved in enrolling and consenting patients JH drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the ... incidence and prevalence of eosinophilicesophagitis J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008, 121(2):S71 Furuta GT, Straumann A: Review article: the pathogenesis and management of eosinophilic oesophagitis ... tests and patch tests to identify causative foods in eosinophilicesophagitis J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002, 109(2):363-8 Chehade M, Sampson HA: Epidemiology and etiology of eosinophilic esophagitis...
... of ‘TDS-like’ disorders 19 o Anti-androgenic ECs and TDS 19 o Oestrogenic ECs and TDS 20 o Risk assessment of ECs and EC mixtures 22 Causes of TDS disorders in ... prevalence, and evidence for changing incidence, of human TDS disorders; and (2) the range of TDS-like effects of ECs and EC mixtures in animal studies, together with new understanding about when and ... (Wilson et al 2008, 2009) and by binding to and blocking the AR (Wilson et al 2008), and these will also induce some of the TDS disorders Male Reproductive Health Disordersand the Potential Role...
... ecosystems in West Africa consist of the upland, rainfed lowland (inland swamps), irrigated lowland, deepwater/floating, and mangrove swamps (Fig 7) Andriesse and Fresco (1991) describe a classification ... the main factor and varieties (four upland and four lowland) and weeding regime (weeded and nonweeded) as subfactors Treatments were replicated three times Sweep net samples and visual observations ... r lia Lowland 80 Diopsis O oryzivora Maliarpha Chilo 60 B 60 C C 40 40 20 20 C C 0 Upland Upland Hydro Hydro Lowland Toposequence site Upland Upland Hydro Hydro Toposequence site Lowland Fig 20...
... Pediatric Sleep Disorders, edited by Mark A Richardson and Norman R Friedman Sleep Disordersand Neurologic Diseases, Second Edition, edited by Antonio Culebras Sleep Disordersand Neurologic ... Hypersomnia and Recurrent Hypersomnia Douglas B Kirsch and Ronald D Chervin ix 143 x Contents PART V: MOTOR DISORDERS OF SLEEP 10 Motor Disorders of Sleep: Periodic, Aperiodic, and Rhythmic Motor Disorders ... Concept of Sleep Medicine and of Neurosomnology Antonio Culebras PART II: INFANCY AND DEVELOPMENT Disorders of Development and Maturation of Sleep Stephen H Sheldon Sleep Disorders Associated with...
... Fibrosis and Bony Ankylosis Tumors in the Temporomandibular Joint Region Joint Disorders Articular Surfaces Joint Disorders Articular Disk Joint Disorders Bilaminar Zone and Joint Capsule Joint Disorders Ligaments ... diagnosis and management of selected craniomandibular disorders This textbook illustrates a wide range of maxillofacial, musculoskeletal, and articular conditions that may be associated with crandiomandibular ... problem and could most often be resolved by dental procedures As the study of craniomandibular disorders evolved we began to appreciate the complexity and multifactorial nature that makes these disorders...
... Erika E Gaylor, and Thomas F Anders xvii xviii 10 Contents Mood Disorders: Phenomenology and a Developmental Emotion Reactivity Model 209 Joan L Luby and Andy C Belden 11 Attachment Disorders 231 ... anxiety, mood disorders, or other problems of mental health, they are acquiring new forms of self-awareness and social understanding, are striving to understand and manage their emotions, and their ... and understanding to help us identify, tolerate, experience, and modulate these emotions in our children and ourselves I hope that this book will be useful to clinicians, developmentalists, and...
... and died, Irene and her husband carried on with the work Like her mother, Irene became ill with leukemia and died from it in 1956 in the Curie Hospital in Paris Preventing Cancer 45 cracks and ... thousand fatal radiationinduced cancers resulted from this disaster The accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl have resulted in a greater understanding of the cancer risk of radiation and ... frequent the exposure and the higher the level of exposure, the greater the risk Manufacturers and farmers who handle fertilizers and pesticides may be at risk Truck drivers and tollbooth workers...
... Health and Disease, John J.B Anderson and Sanford C Garner Edited by Ira Wolinsky Published Titles Practical Handbook of Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Donald F Kirby and Stanley J Dudrick Handbook ... Sidransky Nutritional Aspects and Clinical Management of Chronic Disordersand Diseases, Felix Bronner v Forthcoming Titles Handbook of Nutraceuticals and Nutritional Supplements and Pharmaceuticals, ... NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS and CLINICAL MANAGEMENT of CHRONIC DISORDERSand DISEASES CRC SERIES IN MODERN NUTRITION Edited by Ira Wolinsky and James F Hickson, Jr Published Titles Manganese in Health and Disease,...
... Disordersand Diseases of the Breast, a unique and classic work which fully succeeds in addressing this imbalance and builds on the substantial and well-deserved success of the first (1989) and ... Accurate and meaningful terminology will be achieved only if those in the field agree on one and accept it and use it The aberrations of normal development and involution (ANDI) concept and terminology ... outstanding intellect, contact with outstanding role models – Hunter in research and Cline in clinical surgery – devotion to personal analysis and recording at experimental and clinical levels, and...
... in the feeding response and total caloric intake without altering feeding- associated behaviors such as drinking, grooming and motor activity [20], whereas GALP has complex actions on feeding ... primary structure and gene structure of galanin and GALP in several species Black shaded characters indicate the amino acid sequences that are common to galanin and GALP Galanin and GALP are encoded ... and body weight via a specific receptor for alarin 5008 Regulation of GALP mRNA expression GALP mRNA gradually increases between postnatal days and 14, and markedly increases between days 14 and...
... body around—going from standing, to back bend, to handstand in the split position, to a stand again—the coach who had placed his hand at my back had stepped away and was standing clear across the ... fun and then I didn’t I lost and then I won And then I lost again I starved and then I ate and I thought I’d never stop But I did PART I 1986 I’m waiting for the judge to raise her arm and nod ... first in line And of course, we got the loudest applause “They’re so tiny And cute!” gasped the crowd of moms and kids as we spun ourselves dizzy, doing rows of cartwheels and back handsprings We’d...
... greatest range of mechanisms of action and potential for plasticity (e.g pre- and post-synaptic, molecular and ionic, neurotransmitter dynamics, receptor function and structure, retrograde messengers, ... been trialed in PD and have yielded some modest if transient functional improvement, and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in PD indicate NBS can be beneficial over and above placebo ... tracts, cerebral cortex and underlying white matter, cerebellum, brainstem etc, and be of variable spatial extent and severity Thus there is no such thing as 'a' stroke, and NBS interventions will...
... resources and their ability to handle the physical and psychological demands of the job as being better than staff in nursing homes There was no difference between nursing staff in nursing homes and ... procedure was slightly modified and consisted of a basic examination (25 items) and a complementary examination (15 items) and covered the regions of the cervical and lumbar spines The basic examination ... with respect to the physical and psychological demands of the work" and dimension "mental resources") The values for the WAI dimensions were calculated according to standardised coding instructions...
... characteristics and data of all included studies are shown in Tables and These Page of 13 present information on study design, place and time of the examination, as well as on the objective of the study and ... the study and followed through birth Exposure was estimated and assessed by using two different methods On the one hand, self-provided information about the workplace was gathered and second, ... Netherlands, 1989-92 Orofacial clefts and maternal occupational risk factors 100 cases (4 hairdressers), 751 controls (9 hairdressers) Occupations before and during pregnancy, tasks, products handled,...
... negative and positive feedback loops involving the ovarian steroids (estradiol and progesterone) and peptides (inhibin B and inhibin A) and the hypothalamic [gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)] and ... on understanding the interrelationships between the four critical components of the reproductive tract: (1) the hypothalamus, (2) the pituitary, (3) the ovaries, and (4) the uterus and outflow ... menarche and for 1–2 years before the final menstrual period In the intervening years, menstrual cycle length is ~28 days, with an intermenstrual interval normally ranging between 25 and 35 days...
... karyotype, but because of the lack of androgen receptor responsiveness, they have severe underandrogenization and female external genitalia The absence of pubic and axillary hair distinguishes them ... endometrium, resulting in menses and, in combination with the inhibins, provides feedback regulation of the hypothalamus and pituitary to control secretion of FSH and LH The prevalence of amenorrhea ... and outflow tract) varies depending on whether amenorrhea is primary or secondary PCOS, polycystic ovarian syndrome Disorders of menstrual function can be thought of in two main categories: disorders...
... basis of a careful history, physical examination, and the demonstration of low levels of gonadotropins and normal prolactin levels Eating disordersand chronic disease must be specifically excluded ... in other disorders, such as mutations in the FSH or LH receptors Aromatase deficiency and 17α-hydroxylase deficiency are associated with elevated gonadotropins with hyperandrogenism and hypertension, ... chromosomal abnormalities including Turner syndrome, autoimmune polyglandular failure syndromes, radioand chemotherapy, and galactosemia In the majority of cases, however, a cause is not determined...
... Urinary tract and musculoskeletal disorders are also common causes of pelvic pain Approach to the Patient: Pelvic Pain A thorough history including the type, location, radiation, and status with ... acute versus chronic and cyclic versus noncyclic will direct further investigation (Table 51-1) However, disorders that cause cyclic pain may occasionally cause noncyclic pain, and the converse is ... count with differential, urinalysis, tests for chlamydial and gonococcal infections, and abdominal ultrasound aid in making the diagnosis and directing further management ...
... endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium Cervical stenosis may result from trauma, infection, or surgery Dysmenorrhea: Treatment Local application of heat; use of vitamins B1, B6, and E and ... the uterus by estrogen and progesterone During menstruation these precursors are converted to prostaglandins, which cause intense uterine contractions, decreased blood flow, and increased peripheral ... results from the presence of endometrial glands and stroma outside of the uterus These deposits of ectopic endometrium respond to hormonal stimulation and cause dysmenorrhea, which generally precedes...
... inclusion criteria and no systemic bias exists The SCAN v 2.0 [11] was used for the diagnosis of depression and its subtypes and the IPDE [12-14] was used for the diagnosis of personality disorders Seventeen ... Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAS), the 1965 and 1971 Newcastle Depression Diagnostic Scale (1965 and 1971-NDDS) and the Diagnostic Melancholia Scale (DMS) [15] and the General Assessment of Functioning ... (DST) protocol demands the administration of mg dexamethasone per os at 23.00 of the first day, and determination of cortisol serum levels simultaneously and the next day at 16.00 and 23.00 Cortisol...