... Growth hormone therapy in the Prader- Willisyndrome Archives of Disease in Childhood 2003, 88:283-5 Hudgins LH, McKillop JA, Cassidy SB: Hand and foot lengths in Prader- Willisyndrome Am J Med ... l'Allemand D, Schlumpf N, Schmid S, Kromeyer-Hauschild K: Improving body composition and physical activity in Prader- Willisyndrome J Pediatr 2003, 142:73-78 Holm VA, Laurnen EL: Prader- Willisyndrome ... of patients with Prader- Willisyndrome J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2004, 17:1153-1175 Carrell Al, Myers SE, Whitman BY, Allen DB: Benefits of long-term GH therapy in Prader- Willi syndrome: a year...
... A, Greene SA, Stephenson JB: The Prader- Willisyndrome Arch Dis Child 1994, 70:58-63 Bittel DC, Butler MG: Prader- Willi syndrome: clinical genetics, cytogenetics and molecular biology Exp Rev Mol ... E, Papagianoulis L: Prader- Willi syndrome: report of a case with special emphasis on oral problems J Clin Pediatr Dent 1992, 17:37-40 Anavi Y, Mintz SM: Prader- Labhart -Willi syndrome Ann Dent 1990, ... The oro-dental phenotype in Prader- Willi syndrome: a survey of 15 patients Int J Paediatr Dent 2008, 18:40-47 Greenwood RE, Small IC: Case report of the Prader- Willisyndrome J Clin Periodontol...
... patients with Prader- Willi Syndrome: a cross-sectional comparative study ( "Prader- WilliSyndrome vs matched obese patients and healthy subjects) Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation ... Whittington JE, Holland AJ, Webb T, Butler J, Clarke D, Boer H: Population prevalence and estimated birth incidence and mortality rate for people 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 with Prader- Willisyndrome in ... traditional ones [5] Prader- WilliSyndrome (PWS) is a chromosomal disorder characterised by obesity, muscular hypotonia, ligament laxity and mental retardation In this condition, movement and postural...
... the rehabilitation of adult patients with "Prader- Willi" Syndrome: a cross-sectional comparative study ( "Prader- Willi" Syndrome vs matched obese patients and healthy subjects) J Neuroeng Rehabil ... Lanzone A: Free and total leptin serum levels and soluble leptin receptors levels in two models of genetic obesity: the Prader- Williand the Down syndromes Metabolism Clinical and Experimental ... MG: Prader- Willisyndrome Clinical genetics, cytogenetics and molecular biology Expert Rev Mol Med 2005, 7:1-20 Theodoro MF, Talebizadeh Z, Butler MG: Body composition and fatness patterns in Prader- Willi...
... chloride (Cl–), sodium (Na+), K+ and Ca2+ channels, as they regulate the membrane potential and transportation of ions and substrates, controlling excitation and excitation-contraction coupling ... proteins, the Gs, Gi and Gq/11 to stimulate cardiac-specific ACII and ACV or PLC isoforms, utilizing cAMP-dependent PKA, PKC-a and PKC-f to activate a small subset of downstream effectors and ion channels ... the a1-AR and b-AR [10], b1-AR and OPRs [29] as well as the AT1R and ANP systems [32], although a Gi-mediated crosstalk bypassing PLC stimulation has also been proposed between b-AR and OPRs [30]...
... etiologic factors and pharmacotherapy, but also disease- associated ED and some future perspectives in this field ED is a widespread problem affecting many men across all age groups and it is more ... is both autonomic (sympathetic and parasympathetic) and somatic (sensory and motor) From the neurons in the spinal cord and peripheral ganglia, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves merge ... bioavailability, and also stimulate RhoA/Rho-kinase 10 Erectile Dysfunction – Disease- Associated Mechanisms and Novel Insights into Therapy activity44-45 Additionally, both Ang II 46 and AT1 47 were...
... systemic hypertension (22% and 26%), cardio-vascular diseases (8% and 12%), diabetes (5% and 9%) and cancer (5% and 3%) in subjects who answered the quality of life questionnaires and subjects who refused ... the AQLQ domain scores were found between and 2, andand 7, respectively, and when the SF-36 domain scores were found between and 10, and 90 and 100, respectively For internal consistency reliability, ... between 25% and 75% of the forced vital capacity *p = 0.01 and p < 0.05 compared to groups A and B, respectively; †p = 0.01 and p < 0.05 compared to groups A and B, respectively; ‡p < 0.01 and p
... etiologic factors and pharmacotherapy, but also disease- associated ED and some future perspectives in this field ED is a widespread problem affecting many men across all age groups and it is more ... is both autonomic (sympathetic and parasympathetic) and somatic (sensory and motor) From the neurons in the spinal cord and peripheral ganglia, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves merge ... bioavailability, and also stimulate RhoA/Rho-kinase 10 Erectile Dysfunction – Disease- Associated Mechanisms and Novel Insights into Therapy activity44-45 Additionally, both Ang II 46 and AT1 47 were...
... antinuclear (ANA) and anti-double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA) autoantibodies, has also been observed after infliximab treatment in 63.8% and 13% of RA patients and in 49.1% and 21.5% of Crohn's disease patients, ... for two sera (25 and 40 AU/ml) and both myeloperoxidase and proteinase for one serum (45 and 30 AU/ml) For the RA control group, ANCA were observed in two patients at baseline and remained positive ... patients and of 30 (6.7%) control patients The induction was observed between and 12 months Three further infliximab-treated RA patients and one further AS patient became positive at 18 and 24...
... relationship between tissue events and pain is necessary for understanding the clinical context of these pathologies, defining the relationship between injury andspecificand relevant nociceptive responses ... factor, IL-6 and IL-1, substance P, nitric oxide, prostaglandins, excitatory amino acids, ATP, and fractalkine [57], that, in turn, further increase the discharge of excitatory amino acids and substance ... control (NC) and fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) patients All subjects received 15 mechanical stimuli (taps (T)) to the adductor pollicis muscles of the hands at interstimulatory intervals of s and s FM...
... costs and other factors, and instruments for measuring PROs are easier to administer and less expensive than physician-observed disease activity and process measures A composite disease- specific ... (AUC), sensitivity and specificity, and then used to compute the optimal cut-off value corresponding to the maximum sum of sensitivity and specificity Wilcoxon's signed rank test and Fisher's exact ... infarction, lower extremity arterial disease, major neurological problems, diabetes, gastrointestinal disease, chronic respiratory disease, kidney disease, and poor vision The second part consisted...
... systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), vasculitis and antiphospholipid syndrome (APLS) Similar to RA and SLE, primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disease (AID) characterized by leukocyte ... PS-positive or total), leukocyte and platelet circulating MPs in pSS and other AIDs (SLE and RA) as a biomarker of cell activation Materials and methods Materials and controls The characteristics ... neoplastic and autoimmune diseases [29] In autoimmune diseases, MPs have been found elevated in RA [3,30], SLE [14,31], Crohn's disease [32], systemic sclerosis [22], vasculitis [33-35] and myositis...
... aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase (AST and ALT) levels of 51 U/L and 83 U/L, a moderate elevation of the g glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) level of 487 U/L and an alkaline phosphatase ... findings and provided the CT scan figure BH was responsible for the coordination and supervision of our patient’s gastroenterological management and manuscript editing All authors read and approved ... outlet obstruction by gallstone: Bouveret syndrome Scand J Gastroenterol 1999, 35:781-783 Beltran M, Csendes A, Cruces K: The relationship of Mirizzi syndromeand cholecystoenteric fistula: validation...
... autoimmune diseases, previous and current ear diseases, ear operations and hearing problems A clinical investigation of the EarNose and Throat area was also performed In vitro transcription and translation ... results and drafted the manuscript LS participated in the design of the study and collected the blood samples HH and OK performed the In vitro transcription and translation and immunoprecipitation and ... inner ear diseases are known to be caused by water and ion regulating problems, which is the case with Addison's disease The aim of this study was to investigate girls and women with Turner syndrome...
... lung function, and exercise capacity As the disease- specific instrument of HRQoL we used the AQ20 questionnaire AQ20 was developed in 1998 for use in asthma [21,25] and COPD [9,20] and translated ... comparisons across diseases and cost-utility or costeffectiveness analyses in health care The main concern is whether these instruments are explicit and sensitive enough in specific diseases, especially ... analysis and drafted the manuscript HK, HS, JP and VLK participated in the data collection, statistical analysis, and interpretation of the results and helped to draft the manuscript MK and AL...
... adequately Therefore, our group decided to develop and validate another diseasespecific QOL questionnaire which covers subjectively assessed disease- specific QOL: the so-called Chronic Otitis Media ... the study, and participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript BG monitored data collection, participated in the design and coordination of the study and helped ... include validated instruments like the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA) and the (modified) Amsterdam Inventory Auditory Disability and Handicap Score [6,8] Measurements of all aspects...
... breakpoint regions in both Prader- Williand Angelman syndrome patients Am J Hum Genet 1995, 57:40-48 Wandstrat AE, Schwartz S: Isolation and molecular analysis of inv dup(15) and construction of a ... study: two at BP5:BP5, one at BP2:BP2, and two tricentric SMC(15)s Locke and coworkers [32] also reported a BP2:BP2 and tricentric and monocentric SMC(15)s Roberts and colleagues [35] reported findings ... determinations interactions Knoll JH, Nicholls RD, Magenis RE, Graham JM Jr, Lalande M, Latt SA: Angelman and Prader- Willi syndromes share a common chromosome 15 deletion but differ in parental origin...
... society we’re raised and led to believe that sickness anddisease is something completely out of control We walk around all day and we’re constantly bombarded with evil germs and viruses, knowing ... knowing their only purpose and deep desire is to ruin our day and make our life as difficult, short, painful, horrible, and depressing as possible This is completely not true, and anyone who believes ... wanted to get rich, would you go into the world and study POOR people? Or would you go and study RICH people, and try to figure out what they’re doing, and how they got rich? I’ll let you answer that...
... adults and 8-30% for children with ALI or ARDS Randolph 2009, 2003, Farias 2004, Dahlem 2003, Erickson 2007, Curley 2005, Willson 2005 Risk factors for death • Mortality for Pediatric ALI and ARDS ... permeability and edema in the injured lung Capillary stress failure from over distention Cyclic opening and closing of atelectatic alveoli Alveolar overdistention plus cyclic opening and closing ... 1997; 23:1176-183 Day OI and Mortality n=156; ALI 80 0.6 70 0.5 60 Number 40 0.3 30 Mortality 0.4 50 0.2 20 0.1 10 0 25 OI Survivors Deceased Mortality Khemani and Newth, unpublished...