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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in short, GH treated children: a distinct pattern of VEGF-C in Noonan syndrome
Noonan syndrome (NS) is characterized by short stature and elevated risk of lymphedema. The mechanism underlying lymphedema may be mediated by vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs).
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Application of a Ball Milling Technique for the Condensation of Anthranilic Hydrazides with Aromatic Aldehydes Towards 4-Quinazolinone Derivatives*
An environmentally friendly method was applied to prepare anthranilic hydrazones and quinazolin-4(1H)-ones from anthranilic hydrazides and a number of aldehydes in solventless medium. The condensations proceed...
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Changes in weight and BMI following the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents
The aim of this study was to study weight and body mass index (BMI) before, at, and after diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and to identify factors associated with weight gain. Studied retrospectively were 20...
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Novel mutation in OTC gene causes neonatal death in twin brothers
Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency is the most common inborn error of the urea cycle. OTC locus is located in the short arm of X-chromosome. Authors report a case of a woman who gave birth to monozygo...
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A software for optical emission spectroscopy-problem formulation and application to plasma diagnostics
The aim of the presented work was to develop a method, which would make possible to identify spectral lines in complicated optical emission spectra. This is an important task for many optical diagnostic method...
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Comparison of Separation Efficiency of Macrocyclic Glycopeptide-Based Chiral Stationary Phases for the LC Enantioseparation of β-Amino Acids
Direct reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic methods were developed for the separation of enantiomers of eighteen unnatural β-amino acids, including several β-3-homo-amino acids. The direct separ...
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A new mutation in the growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor gene in two Israeli Arab families
Background: Mutations in the GHRH receptor gene (GHRH-R) are emerging as a common cause of familial isolated GH deficiency (IGHD). Design: We searched for GHRH-R mutations in 10 patients with IGH...
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Quadriceps paresis in pediatric groin surgery
A total of 2,624 groin operations were performed in 2,202 infants and children aged 6 months–14 years during the last 4.5 years. Preventive analgesia was used in all operations, and included ilioinguinal and ...
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A conservative treatment for ingrown toenails in children
Ingrowing nails are not uncommon in children, and even so receive little attention in the pediatric surgery literature. The purpose of the present study was to demonstrate our modification of the conservative...
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Proximity effect in Fe/Pb/Fe trilayers
We have studied superconducting and magnetic properties of sputtered Fe/Pb/Fe-trilayers. For a fixed Pb thickness dPb and with changing Fe thickness, dFe, a monotonic decrease of the superconducting transition te...
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Preoperative sonography of the inguinal canal prevents unnecessary contralateral exploration
The need for contralateral inguinal exploration in children during unilateral inguinal hernia repair remains controversial. We questioned whether an elective preoperative sonographic examination of the contral...
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Elective sonographic evaluation of inguinal hernia in children — an effective alternative to routine contralateral exploration
Four hundred sonographic examinations were performed on 200 children admitted for elective inguinal hernia operations. The sonographic evaluation proved to be accurate in 92% of confirmable diagnoses and is a ...
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HYPERANDROGENISM AS A CAUSE OF EARLY POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME (PCOS) IN GIRLS WITH CENTRAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY (CPP)
Increased adrenal androgens are often observed in girls with CPP. The hyperandrogenism is not affected by the therapy with GnRh analog (GnRHA). We performed an i.v. ACTH stimulation test (0.25mg) in 42 girls w...
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The value of protruding extraperitoneal fat in predicting contralateral inguinal hernia
The high incidence of bilateral inguinal hernias in the pediatric population and the fact that most of these children undergo contralateral hernia repair months or years after the first intervention for a clin...
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42 SERUM GROWTH HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN (GH-BP) IN PRE-PUBERTAL CHILDREN IS CORRELATED WITH HEIGHT
Recently serum GH-BP has been shown to have identical N-terminal amino acid sequence as the tissue hGH receptor. Serum hGH levels and the specific binding activity of GH-BP (expressed as % of GH-BP activity of...
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Total body replacement with iliac bone graft and metal plate stabilization in lower cervical spine
15 patients presented with cervical spine dislocation and kyphotic spondylosis due to traumatic fracture and vertebral body tumour underwent surgical decompression and fixation via the anterior approach in one...
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Significance of balloon catheter selective and superselective angiography in the diagnosis of cerebral vascular malformations
The significance of superselective angiography in obtaining information concerning the haemodynamics of arteriovenous angiomas and certain saccular aneurysms is emphasized on the basis of evidence obtained in ...
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Book reviews
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The Role of the Cortex and Subcortical Ganglia in the Evoked Rhythmic Motor Activity
A number of authors (Hassler, Riechert, Mundinger, Umbach, Ganglberger 1960, Jung, Hassler 1960, Tóth 1968) have studied the problem how tremor activity was influenced by stimulation of the thalamus and pallid...
