BACKGROUND In hemodialysis patients, plasma levels of total homocysteine are influenced by nutritional status in patients with chronic kidney disease. To investigate the association between serum homocysteine (Hcy) level as a marker of nutritional status and WBC counts as a marker of inflammation, a cross-sectional study was conducted on patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), who were un...

We are interested in the structure of the positive radial solutions of the supercritical Neumann problem in a unit ball  ε ( Urr + N−1 r Ur ) − U + U = 0, 0 < r < 1, Ur(1) = 0, U > 0, 0 < r < 1, where N is the spatial dimension and p > pS := (N + 2)/(N − 2), N ≥ 3. We show that there exists a sequence {εn}n=1 (ε1 > ε2 > · · · → 0) such that this problem has infinitely many singular solution...

The conventional, low flux (LF) dialyser allows the removal of small molecular solutes like urea and creatinine. The removal of middle molecules (molecular weight between 500D and 60,000 D, which is nearly the size of albumin) is relatively low. Cystatin C has attractive characteristics as a representative middle molecule. Objective: To determine per dialysis Cys C reduction ratio (RR) in low f...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence of "high risk" human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV 16) in transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 10 biopsy specimens from male patients of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder for the detection of HPV DNA sequences. Specimens were collected from the Urology Clinic of the K.G. Medical College...

Objective-To evaluate the prevalence of "high risk" human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV 16) in transitional cell carcinoma ofthe urinary bladder. Matenials and methods-The study included 10 biopsy specimens from male patients of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder for the detection of HPV DNA sequences. Specimens were collected from the Urology Clinic of the K.G. Medical College Ho...

BACKGROUND Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensorimotor neurological disorder characterized by paraesthesia, dysaesthesia and the irresistible urge to move the legs especially at night. Its prevalence is much higher among dialysis patients at 12 to 62% compared to 3 to 9% in the general population. Here, we investigated the association between RLS and cardiovascular events risk and laboratory...

Hyperprolactinemia is a common endocrinal alteration in chronic renal failure, Several investigators examined the serum concentration of prolactin in patients with chronic renal failure and found it to be elevated. The aim of the study: is to evaluate the relation between adequacy of dialysis and levels of serum Prolactin in long term hemodialysis patients, in order to clarify if adequate dialy...

A range of specific nuclease resistant phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides (S-oligos) complementary to mRNA of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16), were tested for their ability to inhibit cell proliferation and to alter the level of HPV-specific mRNA and proteins in CaSki cells, a human cervical carcinoma cell line containing HPV16 DNA. Only certain of the S-oligos to the viral upstream re...

The viral organization of HPV-33 was determined by Southern blotting in 2 HPV-33-immortalized cervical cell lines (CK11 and CK12) and compared to our previous results obtained on 10 other already characterized HPV-33-immortalized cell lines (CK1 to CK10). As observed in CK1 to CK10, the viral DNA was found integrated in the cellular genome of CK11 and CK12. However, in CK11 and CK12, the integr...