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Magnesium bioavailability from mineral water. A study in adult men
Objective: To assess magnesium enteral absorption from a magnesium-rich mineral water.
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A ‘Made in One Piece’ Skeleton in a 22-Year-Old Man Suffering from Sickle Cell Anaemia
A 22-year-old African male with known sickle cell anaemia was referred by a Congolese medical centre with a request to improve his poor physical condition. He was unable to walk, stand or sit because his larg...
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Tomoscintigraphy of the lumbar spine: Prospects and clinical application
In an in vivo prospective study, we examined the lumbar spine of 18 patients presenting with a first episode of acute low-back pain with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and magnetic resonanc...
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Influence of patient's weight on dual-photon absorptiometry and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measurements of bone mineral density
Lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) (Hologic QDR 1000) and by153Gd dual-photon absorptiometry (DPA) (Novo Lab 22a) in 120 postmenopausal women. Though a ...
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Use of a urea breath test versus invasive methods to determine the prevalence ofHelicobacter pylori in zaire
The prevalence ofHelicobacter pylori infection in Zaire was determined by means of a [14C] urea breath test in 133 asymptomatic subjects, by culture and histological examination of biopsies in 324 consecutive end...
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Indications des scintigraphies au Gallium 67 et aux leucocytes marqués à l'Indium 111 dans la mise au point des infections postopératoires en chirurgie osteo-articulaire
A prospective scintigraphic study using Gallium 67 and granulocytes labelled with Indium 111 was carried out in 60 patients who were thought to have infection following orthopaedic operations. Both investigati...
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Bone loss and bone blood flow in paraplegic rats treated with calcitonin, diphosphonate, and indomethacin
Sham-operated (SO) and paraplegic rats were treated from the day of operation during a period of 4 or 6 weeks with salmon calcitonin 4 IU/kg/day or a diphosphonate (APD) 1mM/kg/day or indomethacin 2.5 mg/kg/da...
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The effect of orchidectomy on bone metabolism in aging rats
We have shown that orchidectomy in postpubertal 55-day-old rats led beyond 2 months to a decrease in bone growth and loss of weight. At 1 month postorchidectomy, we observed a threefold increase in bone blood ...
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Gallium67 scintigraphy in fibrinous pericarditis associated with bacterial endocarditis
An 80-year-old man presented with pyrexia, progressive cardiac failure and inflammation. A diagnosis of pericarditis associated with bacterial endocarditis was suggested from Gallium 67 scintigraphy and confir...
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Demineralization and pathological physiology of the skeleton in paraplegic rats
The mechanism of bone loss after a spinal cord section with paraplegia is still largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate in paraplegic rats the rate and distribution of bone loss, changes ...
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Simple, fast preparation of gallium-68-labelled human serum albumin microspheres
Following a study of the main factors involved in the 68-Ga labelling of human serum albumin microspheres (H.S.A.M.), especially methods of production and preparation of active solution and conditions of radio...
