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Cavity ring-down absorption and laser-induced fluorescence for quantitative measurements of CH radicals in low-pressure flames
The absolute, quantitative spatially resolved distribution of CH radicals was measured in the reaction zone of a low-pressure methane/air flame (25 Torr) using a combination of laser-induced fluorescence (LIF)...
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A longitudinal study of autoantibodies against central nervous system tissue and gangliosides in connective tissue diseases
Our objective was to investigate longitudinally, antibodies against central nervous tissue (anti-CNS) derived from bovine brain and gangliosides GM1, GD1a, GD1b, and GT1b in 91 patients with connective tissue...
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Die Ätiologie des chronischen Müdigkeitssyndroms und des Fibromyalgiesyndroms ist unbekannt. Zusammen mit dem Colon irritabile stellen diese Syndrome jedoch eine Krankheits- oder Symptomeneinheit dar, wobei je...
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Chronisches Müdigkeitssyndrom/Fibromyalgiesyndrom — Manifestation einer generalisierten neuroregulativen Funktionsstörung?
Chronisches Müdigkeitssyndrom/Fibromyalgiesyndrom (CFS/FMS) sind zwei Symptomenkomplexe mit den Kardinalsymptomen Müdigkeit/Erschöpfung bzw. generalisierter Muskelschmerz. Gleichzeitig sind beide mit einer Vie...
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Häufigkeit und klinische Relevanz von Antikörpern gegen Phospholipide, Serotonin und Ganglioside bei Patienten mit Hörsturz und progredienter Innenohrschwerhörigkeit
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Laser-induced fluorescence of seeded nitric oxide as a flame thermometer
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Significance of antimitochondrial antibody profiles in primary biliary cirrhosis
As is now well established, PBC can manifest itself as a benign or a progressive disease1–3. Several investigators tried to evaluate various clinical and biochemical criteria in order to distinguish these two for...
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Autoantikörpermuster bei Skleritis und Episkleritis
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Increased Incidence of CNS- and Phospholipid Antibodies in Epileptic Syndromes of Childhood
There is increasing evidence that epilepsy is associated with immunological abnormalities (1–8). In some instances immunological factors may be responsible for epileptic seizures and epilepsy (as for instance ...
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Release of cytokines by a fermented lectin-1 (ML-1) free mistletoe extract reflects differences in the reactivity of PBMC in healthy and allergic individuals and tumour patients
Objective: Mistletoe extracts are used in adjuvant cancer treatment, but little is known concerning their mode of action. There is, however, evidence that antigens in these extracts may stimulate cells of the im...
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Non-lectin component in a fermented extract from Viscum album L. grown on pines induces proliferation of lymphocytes from healthy and allergic individuals in vitro
Mistletoe preparations have been shown to express immunomodulatory properties. In order to evaluate the stimulatory potency of different mistletoe extracts, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from healt...
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A comparative study on antibodies to nucleoli and 5-hydroxytryptamine in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and tryptophan-induced eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
Eosinophilia myalgia syndrome (EMS) has been related to intake of “contaminated” L-tryptophan, and an alteration in tryptophan 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) metabolism has been reported in EMS patients...
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Nachweis von Autoantikörpern gegen Serotonin und Ganglioside bei Patienten mit Schizophrenie und Major Depression
Die Autoimmunhypothese der Schizophrenie beruht auf Befunden über zirkulierende Antikörper gegen ZNS-Bestandteile und andere Antigene [1, 2]. Vergleichbare Untersuchungen bei Depressiven sind geringer an der Z...
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The inhibitory effects of a positive inotropic quinolinone derivative, 3,4-dihydro-6-[4-(3,4-dimethoxybenzoyl)-1-piperazinyl]-2(1H)-quinolinone (OPC-8212), on bone-marrow progenitor cells and peripheral lymphocytes
3,4-dihydro-6-[4-(3,4-dimethoxybenzoyl)-1-piperazinyl]-2(1H)-quinolinone (OPC-8212) is a quinolinone derivative with positive inotropic properties.
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Demonstration of specifically sensitized lymphocytes in patients treated with an aqueous mistletoe extract (Viscum album L.)
Lymphocytes of 25 patients treated with an aqueous mistletoe extract (Viscum album L.) for up to 6 months (group 1), up to 2 years (group 2), and more than 2 years (group 3) were examined in 3- and 7-day cultures...
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Untersuchungen zur zellulären Immunität bei familiärer Innenohrschwerhörigkeit
In Fortsetzung unserer Untersuchungen zur humoralen und zellulären Immunität bei Patienten mit Innenohrerkrankungen unbekannter Ätiologie wurde an ausgewählten Patienten mit familiärer Innenohrschwerhörigkeit ...
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Anti-mistletoe lectin antibodies are produced in patients during therapy with an aqueous mistletoe extract derived fromViscum album L. and neutralize lectin-induced cytotoxicity in vitro
The humoral response components of an aqueous mistletoe extract (HM) was evaluated in 23 tumor patients who had been treated from 2 months up to 6 years with increasing dosages of HM. IgG antibodies against mi...
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Akute interstitielle Nephritis nach Piperacillin
A 75-year-old woman developed fever, exanthema and nonoliguric renal failure 16 days after the beginning of Piperacillin treatment. Renal biopsy revealed lympho-plasmacellular acute interstitial nephritis (AIN...
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Anti-laminin antibodies in inner ear diseases: a potential marker for infectious and post-infectious processes
Natural antibodies against laminin (ALA) have been detected recently in some acute and chronic infectious disorders. In our present study sera of a large number of patients with inner ear disorders of unknown ...
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Der zelluläre Immunstatus als Kriterium zur Therapieauswahl bei Patienten mit Innenohrerkrankungen
In früheren Untersuchungen zur humoralen Immunität bei Patienten mit Innenohrerkrankungen unklarer Ätiologie (chronisch progrediente Innenohrschwerhörigkeit, Hörsturz, Morbus Menière), konnten wir bereits anha...
