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Recurrent intestinal fistulation after porcine acellular dermal matrix reinforcement in enteric fistula takedown and simultaneous abdominal wall reconstruction
Porcine acellular dermal matrix (PADM) has been promoted as a suitable material for the reinforcement of the abdominal wall in Ventral Hernia Working Group (VHWG) Grade 3/4 wounds by Ventral Hernia Working Gro...
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Radiation enteritis leading to intestinal failure: 1994 patient-years of experience in a national referral centre
Chronic radiation enteritis (RE) has been reported in up to 20% of patients receiving pelvic radiotherapy and can lead to intestinal failure (IF), accounting for 3.9% of new registrants for home parenteral nut...
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Sympathetic nervous system and metabolism
At the outset it is important to define the elements of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) that are involved in the response to critical illness; for example, endocrine responses to adrenaline (A) compared t...
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Analysis and monitoring of steam and water impurities in the parts per billion range
A review of commercially available instruments for chemical analysis shows that all species of major interest in power plant water and steam can be determined with detection limits of 1 to 2 parts per billion....
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Differing effects of ursodeoxycholic or chenodeoxycholic acid on biliary cholesterol saturation and bile acid metabolism in man
A dose-response study comparing ursodeoxycholic and chenodeoxycholic acid was carried out in six men with asymptomatic radiolucent gallstones present in well-visualizing gallbladders. The study tested the effe...
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Bile acid conjugation in the chimpanzee: effective sulfation of lithocholic acid
To characterize the hepatic biotransformation in the chimpanzee of the primary bile acid chenodeoxycholic acid (chenic) and its major bacterial metabolite lithocholic acid (lithocholic) a mixture of tracer amo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Chimpanzees Sulfate Lithocholate Similar to Man
Chenodeoxycholic acid is used to dissolve cholesterol gallstones in man. Although extensive biochemical and morphological evidence suggest that the drug is safe in man, widespread usage of this bile acid has b...
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Far-Infrared Transmission of Commercially Available Crystals and High-Density Polyethylene
Recently, far-infrared spectrometers and interferometers have become available to many researchers and laboratories. With this new interest in the low-energy region of the spectrum, we thought it useful to pub...
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Internal Reflection Spectroscopy in the Far-Infrared Region
This note describes the extension of internal reflection spectroscopy into the far-infrared region below 150 cm−1. To the best of our knowledge this is the first reported use of internal reflection techniques bel...