BACKGROUND Alopecia areata (AA) is an autoimmune disease mediated by T lymphocytes. Many treatments have been used but their results remain disappointing. There is a need to propose new therapeutic alternatives. METHODS During a period of 3 years, 26 patients with recalcitrant or severe AA (>40% hair loss) were enrolled in an open-label uncontrolled clinical trial. According to the response t...

A comprehensive study is made of the behavior and effects of fluorine in n-polysilicon layers. The polysilicon is deposited in a conventional low pressure chemical vapor deposition furnace on ~100! silicon wafers, implanted with 1310 cm F and 1310 cm As and annealed at 850, 950, 1015, and 1065 °C. Sheet resistance, transmission electron microscopy ~TEM!, and secondary ion mass spectroscopy are ...

The interface region generated by molecular beam epitaxial regrowth has been studied in detail. Regrowth was carried out on epitaxial GaAs after a variety of realistic device processing steps. Combinations of wet chemical etching and ion milling with and without annealing were used with the objective of establishing the best procedure for integrated technologies during regrowth. Capacitance vol...

Purpose The aim of this study was to compare the postoperative clinical and radiological data of patients with vestibular schwannomas who were initially managed by near total resection (NTR) or subtotal resection (STR). The Ki-67 analysis results were compared with tumor regrowth to determine the presence of a correlation between this proliferative index and postoperative tumor regrowth. Study ...

After two major storms, the Swedish Transport Administration was granted permission in 2008 to expand the railroad corridor from 10 to 20 m from the rail banks, and to clear the forest edges in the expanded area. In order to evaluate the possibilities for managers to promote and control the species composition of the woody regrowth so that a forest edge with a graded profile develops over time,...

The aim of the study was to find differences in magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) which might facilitate differential diagnosis between tumour regrowth and a remnant tumour with present postradiation changes or postradiation necrosis in the vicinity of the postoperative bed, based on the assessment of the dynamics between two MRS, i.e. preoperative and postoperative scanning, performed at 6...

Muscle atrophy contributes to morbidity and mortality in aging and chronic disease, emphasizing the need to gain understanding of the mechanisms involved in muscle atrophy and (re)growth. We hypothesized that the magnitude of muscle regrowth during recovery from atrophy determines whether myonuclear accretion and myogenic differentiation are required and that insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I/...