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Palatal implants in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: a randomised, placebo-controlled single-centre trial
Palatal implants have been used to treat snoring and mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Two previous controlled trials have published conflicting results regarding the effects of palatal implants ...
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Combination therapy with dexamethasone and osteoprotegerin protects against arthritis-induced bone alterations in antigen-induced arthritis of the rat
To investigate the influence of a combined therapy consisting of dexamethasone and osteoprotegerin (OPG) on bone alterations and disease activity in antigen-induced arthritis (AIA) in the rat.
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Knochendichtemessungen bei entzündlich-rheumatischen Erkrankungen
Die Indikation zu Knochendichtemessungen sollte bei Patienten mit entzündlich-rheumatischen Erkrankungen früher als üblich gestellt werden, da Faktoren wie Entzündungsaktivität und medikamentöse Therapie, beso...
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Effects of long-term immobilisation on cortical bone mass after traumatic amputation of the phalanges estimated by digital X-ray radiogrammetry
Osteopenia of the cortical and trabecular bone partition is a common finding after immobilisation. Digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR) seems to quantify cortical demineralisation caused by circular saw amputati...
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Assoziation zwischen dem histopathologischen Synovialitis-Typ II und einem erhöhten Pyridinolin-Gehalt im Synovialgewebe bei rheumatoider Arthritis
Assoziation zwischen immunhistopathologischen und morphologischen Charakteristika der Synovialitis bei rheumatoider Arthritis und dem Gehalt an den Kollagenspaltprodukten Pyridinolin und Desoxypyridinolin im S...
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Soluble receptor activator of NFkappa B-ligand and osteoprotegerin in rheumatoid arthritis - relationship with bone mineral density, disease activity and bone turnover
The aim of our study was to investigate determinants of bone mineral density (BMD) measured by dual X-ray absorptiometry at the lumbar spine (BMD-LS) and at the femoral neck (BMD-FN) in patients with rheumatoi...
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3D Modelling Concepts in Hot Strip Rolling
The hot rolling process can be considered as a key step within the production chain of high quality steel strip and sheet material. To attain a better insight into the phenomena during the rolling process, the...
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Mechanismen des Knochenmasseverlustes bei rheumatoider Arthritis
Am Beispiel einer postmenopausalen Patientin mit einer hoch aktiven rheumatoiden Arthritis (RA) werden differente Einflussfaktoren auf den Knochenstoffwechsel und den Knochenmasseverlust bei RA beschrieben und...
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Medikamentöse Therapie
Nichtsteroidale Antirheumatika (NSAR) haben entzündungshemmende, schmerz stillende und fiebersenkende Eigenschaften. Sie sind mit Ausnahme der meisten zugelassenen COX-2-selektiven Inhibitoren (s. Kap. 5.1.2) sau...
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Multi-site quantitative ultrasound compared to dual energy X-ray absorptiometry in rheumatoid arthritis: effects of body mass index and inflamed soft tissue on reproducibility
The objective of the study is to evaluate multi-site quantitative ultrasound (QUS) in comparison to dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) considering the effects of body mass index (BMI) and disease activity ...
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Der niereninsuffiziente Osteoporosepatient: Was ist bei der osteoprotektiven Medikation zu beachten?
Mit zunehmendem Alter steigen die Inzidenz von Osteoporose und renaler Funktionseinschränkung. Damit ergibt sich die Frage nach der Sicherheit und der Effektivität der für die Langzeittherapie zugelassenen Ost...
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Insuffizienzfrakturen in der Rheumatologie
Stressfrakturen kommen als Insuffizienzfrakturen im rheumatologischen Patientengut mit einer Prävalenz von 0,8% vor. Die Hauptlokalisation von Insuffizienzfrakturen sind Becken und Kreuzbein sowie gelenknahe T...
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Spectral and Temporal Resolution of THz Detectors based on Quantum Hall Devices with various Geometries
Quantum Hall (QH) systems can work as very sensitive THz detectors. In this work we report on the spectral and temporal resolution of the QH THz photodetectors with different geometries. The spectral resolutio...
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Time- and Spectrally Resolved THz Photoconductivity in Quantum Hall Devices
The Terahertz photoconductivity is measured on GaAs/AlGaAs quantum Hall systems. Time resolved investigations show relaxation times form 10 to over 200ns and a dependence on the sample mobility and source-drai...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Measurements of the Electrical Excitation of QH-Devices in the Real Time Domain
In these measurements we have investigated the time scale of the excitation of electrons leading to a transition from the quantum Hall state to the dissipative state in the two-dimensional electron system of G...
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Peripheral Bone Status in Rheumatoid Arthritis Evaluated by Digital X-Ray Radiogrammetry and Compared with Multisite Quantitative Ultrasound
The development of secondary osteoporosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has recently become well recognized, characterized by demineralization at axial and in particular periarticular peripheral bone sites. Our...
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Osteoprotegerin reduces the loss of periarticular bone mass in primary and secondary spongiosa but does not influence inflammation in rat antigen-induced arthritis
Objective: To assess the effect of osteoprotegerin (OPG) on joint swelling, synovial inflammation and cartilage destruction, periarticular and axial bone volume, and bone turnover in rat ...
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Subjektives Outcome der Mehretagenchirurgie bei schlafbezogenen Atemstörungen
Zur Therapie der obstruktiven Schlafapnoe (OSA) wurde von uns bereits die hohe Effektivität des Mannheimer Mehretagenchirurgie-Konzeptes auf Basis der Hyoidsuspension gezeigt. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war ...
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Digital radiogrammetry as a new diagnostic tool for estimation of disease-related osteoporosis in rheumatoid arthritis compared with pQCT
Objectives: To investigate the potential of a new osteogeometric technology based on digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR) as a diagnostic tool for quantification of severity-dependent osteoporosis, and to distingui...
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Soft palate implants: a new option for treating habitual snoring
One hundred six patients with proven habitual snoring were each treated with three implants consisting of a cylindrical-shaped segment of braided polyester filaments (18 mm in length with an outer diameter of ...
