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Effects of alendronate medication on the fate of the necrotic femoral head of rats with or without core decompression
After producing bilateral osteonecrosis of the femoral head, rats were medicated alendronate according to one of 6 schedules. In group 1 injection was administered one week prior to the operation of devascular...
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Vasculature deprivation-induced osteonecrosis of rats’ femoral heads associated with the formation of deep surface depressions
An impeded blood flow through the femoral head is incriminated in the etiopathogenesis of osteonecrosis of the femoral head. The disorder is either primary (idiopathic avascular osteonecrosis) or secondary to ...
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Intraosseous conduit-induced enhancement of ingrowth of blood vessels into the necrotic femoral head of rats
Following severance of the blood supply to the left femoral head of 6-month-old rats by incising the periosteum of the neck and cutting the ligamentum teres, a 21-gauge needle, inserted into the foveola, was p...
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Chondrolysis in rats with vascular deprivation - induced oisteonecrosis of the femoral neck
This report describes an animal model of chondrolysis, i.e., acute necrosis of the articular cartilage. The blood circulation of rats' femoral heads was disrupted by incising the periosteum at the base of the ...
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Morphologic and morphometric study of patellar resurfacing with woven carbon filamentous pads
Analysis of retrieved woven carbon filamentous pads, used for resurfacing of the patellar joint surface, disclosed a 4-zonal organizational pattern. Zone 1, facing the articular cavity, was devoid of carbon f...
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Computer-assisted image analysis can aid the prognostication of advanced-stage neuroblastomas
Purpose: The aim of this work was to detect nuclear parameters related to the prognosis of patients with stage III, IV or DS neuroblastomas. Methods: Histological sections of 25 operation specimens obtained from...
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Motion-Induced Inhibition of Effective Osseous Fixation of a Polyethylene Filamentous Prosthesis: Histological, Histomorphometrical, and Biomechanical Studies of a High-Tensile Polyethylene Filamentous Braid for Replacement of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament in Goats
Much has been written about the treatment of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)-deficient unstable knee. The necessity of reconstructing or replacing the injured or lost ACL is hotly debated. Most surgeons o...
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Polyethylene Fibers as Substitute for Anterior Cruciate Knee Ligament in Goats: A Histological Study
The treatment of an unstable knee resulting from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear is still controversial. Many different procedures for reconstruction have been described in the quest for a solution to th...
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Localized nodular myositis. A paraneoplastic phenomenon
Localized nodular myositis was recognized in an elderly man six months prior to the diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease. Meticulous search of the muscle specimen failed to disclose tumorous involvement. The possibl...
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Histological features of the interface membrane of failed isoelastic cementless prostheses
The interface membranes of both components from two isoelastic cementless hip arthroplasties, which were revised for aseptic loosening, were examined histologically. The membranes consisted of densely structur...
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Colonic diverticulitis-related exuberant granulomatous reaction in a patient with sarcoidosis
A patient with long-standing sarcoidosis underwent partial colectomy for diverticular disease. Whereas sarcoid granulomas were rare in the otherwise normal colonic mucosa, an unusually large number of granulom...
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Arteriovenous haemangioma of the joint capsule of the knee in a child
We report a rare case of arteriovenous haemangioma of the knee joint in a girl. This treatable entity should be included in the differential diagnosis of nonspecific recurrent knee swelling or pain in children.
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The bivalence of Juxtaglomerular cells in the maturing rat kidney
A comparative immunofluorescence and light microscopical study of the three cell types of the Juxtaglomerular apparatus (pure muscle cells, pure granular cells and mixed cells) was performed on the growing and...
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Acinar cell hydropic degeneration induced by intraductal instillation of solutions into the parotid glands of the rats
Saline or BSA were instilled 2, 5, 8 or 11 times at daily intervals into the parotid glands of rats, via Stensen's duct. Hydropic change of the acinar cells developed after 8 and 11 instillations. Histological...
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Excretion of alpha-foetoprotein in the urine of rats during exposure to 3'-methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene
Female rats were maintained on standard laboratory diet, Miller's diet or Miller's diet containing 3'MeDAB. Animals fed standard or Miller's diet did not excrete alpha-foetoprotein (AFP) in their urine. Early ...
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Alpha-fetoprotein and liver cell proliferation in rats fed choline-deficient diet
Liver3H-thymidine labelling index and serum AFP were determined in rats fed a standard laboratory or choline deficient diet. A significant increase in the rate of liver cell proliferation was evidenced in animals...
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Excretion of liver antigens in the urine of patients with hepatic diseases
Liver antigens were detected in the urine of 4 of 42 patients with various liver diseases. The urine of 25 healthy subjects and patients with diseases not affecting the liver was devoid of antigens in detectab...
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Antibodies in the saliva after antigenic challenge of the parotid gland of systemically sensitized rats
Anti-BSA antibodies were detected in the parotid saliva of untreated rats. In non-sensitized animals, the parotid duct of which was repeatedly instilled with saline or BSA, the antibody titers rose significant...
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Excretion ofα-M-fetoprotein in the urine of rats
Nachweis von α-M-Fetoprotein im Harn trächtiger Ratten, die an Masugi-Nephritis litten. Da dieses hochmolekulare Eiweiss im Harn normaler trächtiger Tiere nicht vorkommt, beweist sein Auftreten bei den Nephrit...
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Experimental allergic sialoadenitis
Experimental allergic sialoadenitis was induced in immunized rats by intraductal challenge with the sensitizing antigen. Intraductal instillation of preformed immune complexes in non-immunized animals caused a...
