Background Patients with SLE are recommended to continue the maintenance therapy as less glucocorticoid possible.1) However, tapering often results in recurrence of SLE. Current reports suggested that adding BEL standard could lead reduction and SLE.2) Objectives The aim this study is evaluate efficacy safety co-treatment Methods Fourteen patients receiving were enrolled study. Dose prednisolon...

In this new method for determining serum guanase activity by use of the Hitachi 736-40 automated analyzer, serum is incubated with a mixture of xanthine oxidase, superoxide dismutase, and catalase; a reagent containing KCN, guanine, nitrotetrazolium blue, and Triton X-100 is added; and the increase in absorbance at 570 and 660 nm is measured for 2.4 min. Only 20 microL of sample is required, an...

Received March 15, 2012. Accepted March 19, 2011. Correspondence to: Jin Woo Shin, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea Tel: +82-2-3010-3864, Fax: +82-2-470-1363, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Co...

Zlotorzynska M, Milloy MJS, Richardson L, Nguyen P, Montaner JS, Wood E, Kerr T. Timing of income assistance payment and overdose patterns at a Canadian supervised injection facility. International Journal of Drug Policy, 2014; 25(4): 736-739. • Overdose and drug use data was collected at Insite, Vancouver Coastal’s supervised injection site, between March 2004 and December 2010. • By identifyi...

Time-variant species pools shape competitive dynamics and biodiversity-ecosystem 1 function relationships 2 Author: David W. Armitage a, b 3 Affiliations: 4 a Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley 5 3040 Valley Life Sciences Building 6 Berkeley, CA, USA 94720-3140 7 b Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame 8 100 Galvin Life Science Center 9 No...