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Correction: Effects of a typical acute oral calcium load on arterial properties and endothelial function in healthy subjects
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Insulin-degrading enzyme higher in subjects with metabolic syndrome
Metabolic syndrome (MS) is comprised of a cluster of abnormalities in glucose, lipid, and vascular homeostasis, which is most commonly linked to abdominal obesity. MS heralds increased risk for development of ...
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Effects of a typical acute oral calcium load on arterial properties and endothelial function in healthy subjects
Often recommended, calcium supplements have been incriminated as increasing the risk of cardiovascular events, whereas dietary calcium has generally been exonerated. As a first step to address the vascular saf...
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Lundh meal: a single non-invasive challenge test for evaluation of exocrine and endocrine pancreatic function in cystic fibrosis patients
The determination of endocrine and exocrine pancreatic function in cystic fibrosis patients is clinically important. Recently, a new non-invasive test, in which pancreatic stimulation by a Lundh meal is follow...
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Determination of pancreatic function is essential in cystic fibrosis. The most-reliable method is by measuring pancreatic enzymes in the duodenum following intravenous or oral stimulation. However, this is inv...
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IODINE AND HYPOTHYROIDISM IN NEONATES WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE.† 1338
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From June 1987 until December 1991 we screened a countrywide random sample of 90,228 newborns for 21 OHD measuring 17 α - OR progesterone (17 OHP) form blood spotted on filter paper, 2 Arabs and 1 Jew, were de...
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Radiolabeled human (hTSH) and bovine (bTSH) thyroid stimulating hormone was shown to bind to five species of Mycoplasma, the wall-less prokaryotes. The maximum binding capacity of 125 I-bTSH to these five species...
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Abstracts of the Poster Sessions
We performe TSH dry-spot screening as “Central CH-Screening for SH” since 1980. It covers 99,3% of all newborns in this area, the remaining are screened by more than 5 other laboratories. We follow up all case...
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It is well known that the basis of positive self-esteem is a healthy body image. Treatment, with now available growth hormone, may also have psychological implications. We studied children with extreme short s...
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Computing the link center of a simple polygon
The link center of a simple polygonP is the set of pointsx insideP at which the maximal link-distance fromx to any other point inP is minimized. Here the link distance between two pointsx, y insideP is defined to...
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NO LINKAGE BETWEEN HLA AND COMBINED DEFICIENCY OF 21-HYDROXYLASE AND 17–20 DESMOLASE
The conversion of the C21 steroids, 17-OH-Pregenolone and 17-OH-Progesterone (17-OH-P) to the C19 steroids DHEA; androstendione is mediated by the enzyme 17-20 desmolase. It was recently suggested that this en...
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IIβ-HYDROXYLASE DEFICIENCY CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA (IIβ-CAH): UPDATE OF PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS
Hormonal measurements in maternal urine and amniotic fluid (AF) throughout pregnancy and/or delivery correctly predicted the postnatal diagnosis of 11β-CAH in 7 fetuses at risk. In the 4 affected ones, materna...
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THYROTROPIN BINDING PROTEINS IN MYCOPLASMA. SERUM ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST A SPECIFIC MYCOPLASMA MEMBRANE DETERMINANT IN PATIENTS WITH AUTO-IMMUNE THYROID DISEASE
We attempted to determine whether Mycoplasma (MYC), an agent with known immunologic sequelae, possessed TSH binding sites and to ascertain whether these TSH receptor antibodies might cross-react with determina...
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1504 Intra amniotic thyroxine (IA T4) In the prevention of RDS
We have previously reported on the decrease of the microviscosity after IA T4 treatment suggesting enhancement of lung maturity. In the present study we report on the outcome of non-selected 856 pregnancies in 4 ...
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The striking ultrasonographic features in a case of Congenital Nephrosis are described. The kidneys are enlarged and markedly echogenic. There is loss of distinction between the cortex, medulla and renal sinus...
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Serum T4, T3 and TBG concentrations during puberty in males
Measurements of serum thyroxine (T4), thyroxine binding globulin (TBG), and triiodothyronine (T3), using RIA, were conducted in healthy Israeli boys. 149 children from the age 8 years were divided into five gr...
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Cortisol concentrations in prematures and fullterm newborns
Our recently developed method for the RIA of cortisol in heel-rick blood spots collected on filter paper enabled us to determine cortisol concentrations in premature (PM) and fullterm (FT) newborns.
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HbA1 and beta cell function in cystic fibrosis (CF)
The increase in the longevity of patients with CF appears to have been accompanied by a rise in the frequency of glucose intolerance. HbA1 blood conc. is an objective mean to assess carbohydrate homeostasis. H...
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Thyroid function in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients compared with healthy Israeli children
In order to investigate whether the thyroid gland, an organ of endodermal origin, is affected in CF, thyroid metabolism was investigated in CF patients ranging in age from 1 to 20 years.
