... airway size in a variety of
airway lesions (eg tracheobronchomalacia) associated
with significant respiratory morbidity.
The fact that performance of each bronchoscope was
remarkably similar in ... mentioned are important to the clinical use of FVB's
and subsequent patient management and as the Olympus
company was unable to provide the necessary details on
magnificat...
... peripheral manifestations. For all
manifestations, nonmedical therapy such as physical therapy
and patient education should be part of any management
program for patients; surgery plays a role ... sacroiliitis. These
data clearly indicate that such a screening approach is
feasible and effective and that patients with nonradiographic
axial SpA constitute a substantial part of...
... perhaps because the disease often
ameliorates spontaneously in early adulthood. The natural
history of untreated AA amyloidosis is of renal failure and
early death, but this can be prevented by ... complication of these diseases generally is
AA amyloidosis.
AA amyloidosis
Reactive systemic (AA) amyloidosis is an often fatal
disorder, predominantly affecting the kidneys, which oc...
... one occasion, and 123 were
imaged on at least two occasions. The mean age of healthy
participants was 56.1 years (standard deviation [SD] 7.3). The
mean age of OA participants was 63.6 years (SD ... with an expert MRI radiol-
ogist may facilitate the institution of an appropriate system.
Although the frequency of these lesions is low, they may have
clinical significance and...
... Lundberg.
References
1. Arahata K, Engel AG: Monoclonal antibody analysis of
mononuclear cells in myopathies. I: Quantitation of subsets
according to diagnosis and sites of accumulation and demon-
stration and counts ... Immunohistochemical analyses
of human muscle biopsies have characterised two major
types of cellular infiltrates defined by localisation and cellular
phenot...
... is the main factor that facilitates the formation
of MSU crystals, although other factors (such as local
temperature and trauma) may also play a role. Once formed,
urate crystals are capable of ... life
expectancy and age of the population.
Uric acid metabolism
Uric acid is the end result of the purine metabolic pathway
and the product of the conversion of xa...
... sympathetic
hyperactivity and concomitantly reduced parasympathetic
activity [50]. The basal autonomic state of patients with FM
was characterized by increased sympathetic and decreased
parasympathetic tones in women ... most appropriate [24].
Fibromyalgia and autoimmune disorders
FM is common in patients with autoimmune disease and may
be the source of many of the symptom...
... soybean b-amylase (Cys82, Cys97, Cys208 and Cys343).
On the analogy of the soybean b-amylase, the active
site of the C. sepium b-amylase most probably consists
of a cleft located between the barrel ... soybean
b-amylase) of the C. sepium b-amylase, fits the inverting
hydrolytic mechanism of b-amylases. Binding of maltose or
maltal ligands to the active site of...
... Biosynthetic pathway leading to clavulanic acid. BLS, beta-
lactam synthetase (ORF3); PAH, proclavaminate amidino hydrolase
(ORF4); CAS, clavaminate synthase (ORF5); CAD, clavaldehyde
dehydrogenase ... transfers an
acetyl group from N-acetylornithine to glutamate. Hence,
once the pathway is initiated from glutamate and acetyl-
CoA by acetylglutamate synthase (ARGA), the acetyl
group can...
... on a 540-bp NdeI/BglII
DNA fragment using the primer combination of plcrH10:
5¢-CGAGGTACATATGCAACAAGAGACG-3¢ and
plcrH11: 5¢-ACGTACAGATCTCCTTGTCGTCGTCGT
CTGGGTTATCAACGCACTC-3¢.Thisfragmentwas
then ... experiments was obtained from Sigma-Aldrich. All
other chemicals were analytical grade and obtained from
various manufacturers.
Cloning, expression and purification of LcrH
The lc...