Aim: Superparamagnetic cubic iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) were synthesized and functionalized with meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) as a potential agent for cancer treatment. Methods: Monodisperse IONPs high value of saturation magnetization by thermal decomposition method DMSA via ligand exchange reaction, their cytotoxic effects on HeLa cells investigated. Results: an edge length 2...

PURPOSE To find patients at high risk of obstructive remnant leaflets after valve ablation among boys with posterior urethral valve (PUV), we evaluated any possible relationship between preoperative findings in our patients and residual obstructive leaflets after valve ablation. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 55 patients with PUV that was treated by t...

Received 5/15/2006; revised 7/12/2006; accepted 7/14/2006. For correspondence or reprints contact: Daniel Hueng-Yuan Shen, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital. 325 Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Taipei 114, Taiwan, ROC. Tel: (886)2-87927216, Fax: (886)2-87927217, E-mail: [email protected] A 49-year-old female asked for cancer screening by positron em...

The purpose of the study was to determine the incidence of vesicoureteric reflux (VUR), renal scars and hypertension in asymptomatic siblings of children with VUR. The study comprised 105 siblings of patients with VUR. Their age ranged from 4 months to 6.3 years. All had a direct radionuclide voiding cystography (DRVC) performed, and VUR was detected in 47 of 105 (45%). High grade VUR in the fi...

Hypertension in obese children may require a different diagnostic and treatment approach from that for children with secondary hypertension, yet there is neither consensus nor a clear guideline. The aim of this study was to assess how obese children with hypertension are currently diagnosed and treated by paediatric nephrologists, what obstacles exist and what can be improved. In the period May...

Introduction: This study investigated whether renal and bladder ultrasonography (RBUS) findings performed in children with the first incidence of febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) can predict UTI recurrence, high-grade vesicoureteral reflux (high-grade VUR), or acquired renal scarring (aRS). Methods: In all, 917 children who were admitted to our hospital from January 2001 to October 2010, o...

PURPOSE Somatic growth is an important indicator of health in children. Adequate organ growth is essential in growth and directly related to body growth. We consider renal length as a surrogate of organ growth in growing children. Measurement of weight, height, and many anthropometric indices, such as body surface area (BSA), body mass index (BMI), and Rohrer and Kaup indices, are used to evalu...