Objectives: We observed the time-course changes of blood flow in non-hypervascular hepatocellular nodules that showed hypointensity in the hepatobiliary phase on Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (EOB-MRI), and evaluated the relationship between hypervascular change and the status of blood supply in the nodules. Methods: The study included 69 hepatocellular nodules in 33 patients ...

When third-stage larvae of Pseudoterranova decipiens maintained at 5 degrees C are placed in either 40% artificial sea water (ASW, iso-osmotic) or 15% ASW (hypo-osmotic) and weighed once at 0 h and again at 24 h, they neither lose nor gain weight, and the osmotic pressure (OP) of their pseudocoelomic fluid (PCF) remains unchanged. In contrast, when worms are weighed six additional times during ...

Plasma phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) plays an important role in lipoprotein metabolism and reverse cholesterol transport. We have recently reported that plasma PLTP concentration correlates positively with plasma HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) but not with PLTP activity in healthy subjects. We have also shown that PLTP exists as active and inactive forms in healthy human plasma. In the present ...

AIM Definitive hypoparathyrodism (hypo-PTH) represents one of the most dangerous complication after total thyroidectomy. Partial or total lesion or accidental removal of parathyroid glands is an unpredictable adverse event, although real incidence is not well defined, such as management of this deficit. We started a prospective evaluation of patients treated with total thyroidectomy in our cent...

Sperm vitality is a reflection of the proportion of live, membrane-intact spermatozoa determined by either dye exclusion or osmoregulatory capacity under hypo-osmotic conditions. In this chapter we address the two most common methods of sperm vitality assessment: eosin-nigrosin staining and the hypo-osmotic swelling test, both utilized in clinical Andrology laboratories.

Rationale: Randomized controlled trials have been unable to detect a cardiovascular benefit of continuous positive airway pressure in unselected patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We hypo...

BACKGROUND Hypo-fractionated external beam radiotherapy with narrow CTV-PTV margins is increasingly applied for prostate cancer. This demands a precise target definition and knowledge on target location and extension during treatment. It is unclear how increase in fraction size affects changes in prostate volume during treatment. Our aim was to study prostate volume changes during extreme hypo-...

Relevance. Disorders of lipid metabolism are closely related to abdominal (visceral) obesity and MS in adolescence, as well the development early cardiovascular complications adulthood. The purpose study: Study features blood spectrum obese children, depending on presence signs MS. Materials methods: 483 children (SDS BMI ≥ 2.0) (349 boys 234 girls) aged from 5 16 years were. I group — 237 (145...

BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease patients who are resistant to erythropoietin (EPO) treatment may suffer from malnutrition and/or inflammation. METHODS In a cross-sectional study of haemodialysis patients, we investigated the relationship between the natural logarithm of the weekly EPO dose normalized for post-dialysis body weight and outcome measures of nutrition and/or inflammation [BMI, a...