The karyotypes of Luciliacluvia (Walker, 1849) and Luciliasericata (Meigen, 1826) from Argentina were characterized using conventional staining and the C- and G-like banding techniques. Besides, nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) were detected by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and silver staining technique. The chromosome complement of these species comprises five pairs of autosomes a...

Studies of karyotypes have been revealing important information on the taxonomic relationships and evolutionary patterns in various groups of birds. However, the order Caprimulgiformes is one of the least known in terms of its cytotaxonomy. So far, there are no cytogenetic data in the literature on birds belonging to 3 of 5 families of this order -Nyctibiidae, Steatornithidae and Aegothelidae. ...

HYPOTHESIS Complications after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding as treatment for morbid obesity may require a major reintervention. A minimally invasive approach represents an attractive management alternative for such complications. DESIGN Prospective case series. SETTING Major academic medical and surgical center. PATIENTS From January 1996 to July 2003, 47 patients who had under...

C ONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE1 2 develops in approximately 10 to 15% of infants born with a ventricular septal defect, and this proves refractory to medical management in a significant number. Circumferential banding of the main pulmonary artery has been widedly used as a palliative procedure in such cases.3 This report concerns a previously undescribed complication of this useful operative procedu...

A four-generation transmission of 1qh+ chromosome was ascertained by routine chromosome analysis of a mildly dysmorphic and retarded 61/2-year-old female. Concordance between synophrys and the 1qh+ marker was the only consistent phenotypic relationship. The variant chromosome did not appear uncoiled, and Giemsa centromeric staining (C-bands) revealed an increased width of the heterochromatin co...

which there is little agreement on the best therapeutic option (1-5). A 47-years-old male, with alcoholic liver cirrhosis (Child-Pugh class C; MELD 29) and previous oesophageal varices bleeding, was admitted for profuse hematochezia. He was tachycardic, hypotensive and had haemoglobin 2,7 g/dl. Fluid and blood resuscitation, intravenous octreotide, ciprofloxacin and PPI were promptly started. E...

We present an equipment development for PET Banding Header that complements the Steel Banding machine currently being utilized in Pohang steel works, South Korea. The PET Banding Header was developed due to the damages done on the surface of the cold rolling products whilst being transported. Because the PET Banding Header was designed as a friction-binding technology against the existing heat-...