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A high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) method for preparative separation and purification of five hydroxyanthraquinones and cinnamic acid from the Chinese medicinal herb Rheum officinale Baill. was developed by using pH-gradient elution. The purities of rhein, emodin, aloe-emodin, chrysophanol, physcion and cinnamic acid were all over 98%, as determined by high performance liquid c...

5. Brooks PM. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for autoexclude patients with large-joint prostheses in view of immune diseases. J Rheumatol 1997;24(suppl. 48):19–22. the potential risk of prosthetic infection. 6. Berthelot JM, Bataille R, Maugars Y, Prost A. Rheumatoid Cyclophosphamide, when combined with total body arthritis as a bone marrow disorder. Semin Arthritis Rheum irradiation, ...

In systemic sclerosis, digital ulcers and gangrene are somewhat common clinical characteristics of obliterative vasculopathy. These manifestations increase morbidities, such as pain, infections, and acroosteolysis. However, patient responses to the appropriate treatments are often inadequate. We treated a patient with systemic sclerosis who had a refractory digital ulcer and gangrene with bosen...

5. Brooks PM. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for autoexclude patients with large-joint prostheses in view of immune diseases. J Rheumatol 1997;24(suppl. 48):19–22. the potential risk of prosthetic infection. 6. Berthelot JM, Bataille R, Maugars Y, Prost A. Rheumatoid Cyclophosphamide, when combined with total body arthritis as a bone marrow disorder. Semin Arthritis Rheum irradiation, ...