CLINICAL STUDIES ON 144 CASES USING PLASMA EXPANDER (PVP)

Clinical and Patho - anatomical studies on Cases of Theileriosis in calves Histopathologically confusable with Juvenile Leukosis

[Clinical studies on 14 cases of adult-onset Still's disease].

We here report fourteen patients diagnosed as adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) in our hospital. Seven patients were males (mean age at onset was 26.6 years), and seven were females (30.6 years). All of the cases had spiking fever ( > 39 degrees C) and joint symptoms. Hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, and lymphadenopathy were noted in 50% of the patients, respectively. Skin eruption was seen in twel...

Experimental and clinical studies on plasma leptin in obese dogs.

Leptin is a protein synthesized and secreted primarily by adipocytes, and the circulating leptin concentration is elevated in obese humans and rodents. Recently, we have established a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for canine leptin. In the present study, plasma leptin concentrations were measured in experimentally developed obese beagles and in clinically obese dogs. When 5 male be...

Diagnostic evaluation of mediastinal lesions: Analysis of 144 cases

BACKGROUND Mediastinum is a "Pandora's box" with many neoplastic and nonneoplastic lesions. The purpose of this study was to analyze our institutional experience of mediastinal lesions on fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and/or biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was an analysis of 144 patients who had undergone ultrasound-guided FNAC and/or core biopsy for mediastinal lesions. R...

On expander codes

Expander codes count among the numerous applications of expander graphs. The term was first coined by Sipser and Spielman when they showed how expander graphs can be used to devise error-correcting codes with large blocklengths that can correct efficiently a constant fraction of errors. This approach has since proved to be a fertile avenue of research that provides insight both into modern iter...