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Noninvasive Evaluation and Quantification of Regional Myocardial Blood Flow
Radionuclide imaging with T1-201 is widely used for evaluating regional myocardial perfusion. Its value for diagnosing ischemic heart disease and estimating its extent has been well established. However, the d...
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Cell cooperation on bone resorption in chronic otitis media
Since collagen comprises over 90% of bone protein, collagenase appears to be a major factor in the resorption process of the organic matrix of bone. We have studied the mechanism of production of collagenase i...
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Homologous Vascularized Ovary Transplantation: A Case Report
Bilateral oophorectomies, an integral part of en bloc excision of malignant ovarian tumor, acceptable to elderly women, can hardly be tolerated by young women for whom prolonged estrogen substitution therapy i...
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Type II Collagen induced bone resorption in the temporal bone of rats: Histological and immunohistochemical studies
Bone resorption in the temporal bone of rats was induced by peripheral immunizations of heterogeneous type II collagen. Bone resorption was found at both the tympanic bone and the petrous bone of the otic caps...
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Analysis of systolic time intervals in normal school children
Systolic time intervals (STIs) were measured in 152 normal school children by simultaneous recording of electrocardiogram, phonocardiogram and carotidogram. The influence of factors, such as age, heart rate an...
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The changes of plasma lipoproteins in rat with diabetes induced by streptozotocin
Diabetes was induced in Wistar male rats by streptozotocin given peritoneally. The control rats received the rame volume of buffer. Twelve days after injection of streptozotocin, the levels of plasma triglycer...
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A clinical controlled trial of endoscopic sclerotherapy for repeated esophageal variceal bleeding
Thirty-seven patients with postnecrotic cirrhosis of the liver and 13 patients with primary hepatoma were proven to have repeated bleeding from ruptured esophageal varices. Clinically controlled trials were pe...
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High energy laser irradiation and electric surgery for obstructive gastrointestinal cancer
A total of 35 patients with advanced obstructive gastrointestinal cancer received monopolar electrosurgery and Nd: YAG laser therapy from January 1985 to June 1988. These included 13 cass of esophageal cancer ...
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An experimental study and clinical applications of breaking gastric bezoars endoscopically by a laser ignited mini-explosive head
This paper reports the successful experimental studies of a laser detonating a mini-explosive head to break stones in vitro and in vivo. This technique has been used clinically with gastric bezoars since Janua...
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Effect of the number and depth of embryos transferred and unilateral or bilateral transfer in tubal embryo transfer (TET)
Our purpose was to evaluate the possible effects of the number of embryos transferred, the depth of embryos placed within the tube(s), and unilateral or bilateral tubal transfer on pregnancy initiation in tuba...
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Factors affecting myocardial 2-[F-18]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose uptake in positron emission tomography studies of normal humans
The goal of this study was to identify the anatomic and physiologic factors affecting left ventricular myocardial 2-[F-18]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) uptake and myocardial glucose utilization rates (MRGlc) in ...
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Peptides extracted from vero cell cultures overcome the blastocyst block of mouse embryos in a serum-free medium
The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of a Vero cell coculture system on the development of mouse embryos.
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Sclerotherapy for esophageal variceal bleeding in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: An 8-year experience in Taiwan
Between August 1983 and December 1991 at the Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, 65 advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with esophageal variceal bleeding received endoscopic injection scle...
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Experimental studies on immune-complex in situ type glomerulonephritis in rabbits treated with Mai-Luo-Tong and natural Indigo
By injection of C-BSA, immune-complex in situ type glomerulonephritis was duplicated in rabbits and treated with Mai-Luo-Tong and natural Indigo. The results showed that proteinuria in the treated groups M and...
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The significance of anatomical variations of hepatic artery and multiple arterial supplies in embolization of liver tumors
A new therapeutic measure-step by step-embolization of every feeding vessel in dealing with liver cancer has been proposed on the base of the following criteria after reviewing the coeliac and superior mesente...
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MNSs Blood Groups and Major Glycophorins
Glycophorins A and B (GPA and GPB) of the erythrocyte membrane are unique compared with membrane glycoproteins of all other cells in that they carry the antigens of a blood group system, the MNSs blood group s...
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Portal vein embolization with lipiodol for treatment of HCC — An experimental study
A suspension of iodized oil and anticancer agent was injected into the portal veins of 20 rats with hepatic carcinoma. Oil drops were seen in tumor cell lines, small blood vessels inside the cancer nest, the s...
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Treatment of postoperative residual hepatolithiasis after progressive sleeting of associated bile duct strictures through the T-tube tract
Purpose: The authors report their experience with the treatment of intrahepatic bile duct strictures associated with hepatolithiasis.
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Anterior urethral valve
The case of an 11-year-old boy with an anterior urethral valve is reported. A weak urinary stream and urinary dribbling were his main symptoms. Clinical evaluation consisted of renal ultrasonography, an intrav...
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Infectivity and risk factors of hepatitis C virus transmission through sexual contact
HCV infection among heterosexuals with multiple partners and family members of patients with hepatitis C, and HCV RNA in the body fluid of these patients were investigated. The results showed that the HCV infe...
