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Deconfinement phase transition in QCD with heavy quarks
Using the pseudo-fermion method to simulate QCD with dynamical quarks we investigate the effects of heavy dynamical quarks of 2 flavours on the deconfinement phase transition in the quenched QCD. As the mass o...
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Prediction of the Transdermal Delivery of ß-blockers
A simple kinetic model for predicting transdermal delivery is described. Basic physicochemical parameters of the therapeutic agent are required to allow simulation of the plasma levels of drugs following topic...
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Severe tuberculosis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection
Tuberculosis has now been well documented as a complication of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but no studies concern patients requiring admission to the ICU. We report 12 cases of severe di...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Intraspinale Echinokokkose als Ursache eines Querschnittsyndroms — Ein Beitrag zur Differentialdiagnose von Rückenmarkstumoren
Die zystische Echinokokkose ist eine vorwiegend in den südlichen Mittelmeerländern verbreitete Parasitose. Sie tritt dort mit einer Inzidenz von etwa 1:10000 auf [1]. Erreger sind die Finnen des Echinococcus g...
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Erythropoiesis and erythropoietin levels in renal transplant recipients
Moderately increased blood levels of endogenous erythropoietin (Epo) usually induce complete restoration of renal anemia after successful kidney transplantation. With good graft function erythropoiesis is main...
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Antibiotic levels in bronchial tree and in serum during selective digestive decontamination
Selective digestive decontamination has been found to prevent pulmonary infections in mechanically ventilated patients. The aims of this study were: 1) to determine whether detectable levels of antibiotics cou...
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A uniqueness theorem for weak solutions of the stationary semiconductor equations
In this paper we prove a uniqueness theorem for weak solutions of a mixed boundary-value problem for the stationary semiconductor equations (van Roosbroeck's system) under the assumption that the deviation of ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Clinical Applicability of the Determination of Erythropoietin
The cloning and expression of the human erythropoietin (Epo) gene in mammalian cells has enabled the production of large quantities of recombinant human Epo (rHuEpo). The availability of rHuEpo for antibody pr...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Epidemiologie von Kopfschmerzen bei Schulkindern
Vor 30 Jahren veröffentlichte Bille in Schweden die erste große epidemiologische Studie zu Kopfschmerzen bei Kindern (1962). Danach litten bis zu 45% der Kinder an Kopfschmerzen, 4,5% davon an Migräne. Ende de...
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Continuous positive airway pressure by face mask or mechanical ventilation in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection and severePneumocystis carinii pneumonia
We reviewed the records of 44 patients with AIDS who had 45 episodes of severePenumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). While 9 patients required intubation and mechanical ventilation (MV) on admission, continuous po...
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Pressure-support ventilation
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Book reviews
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Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Suppress Hypoxia-Induced Production of Erythropoietin In Vitro
The glycoprotein growth factor erythropoietin (EPO) is primarily produced by the fetal liver and by the kidney in adults. EPO specifically stimulates the proliferation and maturation of erythroid precursor cel...
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Effects of chemotherapeutic and immunosuppressive drugs on the production of erythropoietin in human hepatoma cultures
The effects of agents used in combination chemotherapy were studied on erythropoietin synthesis in cultures of the human hepatoma cell line, HepG2. Erythropoietin was measured by radioimmunoassay in the cultur...
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Immunocytochemical demonstration of erythropoietin in hypoxic human hepatoma cultures
The possibility of demonstrating erythropoietin at the light microscopic level was examined in homogeneous cultures of the erythropoietin-producing human hepatoma cell lines HepG2 and Hep3B. Immunoperoxidase s...
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Inhibition of Erythropoietin Production by Cytokines and Chemotherapy May Contribute to the Anemia in Malignant Diseases
The kidneys and the liver are the main sites of synthesis of the hormone erythropoietin. Tissue hypoxia is the primary stimulus of its production. In general, plasma levels of erythropoietin increase exponenti...
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Prevalence of paraneoplastic erythropoietin production by renal cell carcinomas
The prevalence of increased serum immunoreactive erythropoietin (Epo) was determined in a prospective study of 49 patients with renal cell carcinoma. Measured by a monoclonal antibody based commercial enzyme-l...
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High-dose intravenous IgG treatment and acute renal failure
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Short-term effects of methylene blue on hemodynamics and gas exchange in humans with septic shock
The aim of this study was to investigate the acute effects of methylene blue (MB), an inhibitor of thel-arginine nitric oxide pathway, in patients with septic shock.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Einsatz von rekombinantem Erythropoietin in der Chirurgie — Sind die Kosten gerechtfertigt?
Klinische Studien zur Anwendung von rHuEPO in der Chirurgie fielen zusammen mit dem wachsenden Bewußtsein der Übertragbarkeit von letalen Virusinfektionen durch Transfusionen. 1994 wurde rHuEPO zur Unterstützu...
