To evaluate demographic features, preoperative pulmonary function tests and echocardiographic examinations of 113 children with scoliosis and to determine the associations between preoperative investigations and postoperative complications. Medical records, preoperative pulmonary function tests and echocardiographic examinations of 113 children with scoliosis who were operated between January 2...

J. I. Flege,1,2,* Th. Schmidt,2 M. Siebert,2 G. Materlik,3 and J. Falta2 1Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor HASYLAB/DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany 2Institut für Festkörperphysik, Universität Bremen, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany 3Diamond Light Source Limited, Diamond House, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom Received 27 September 2007; revised man...

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■ CONTENTS Protein Folding 99 Folding Mechanisms 99 Amyloids and Fibrils 100 Chaperones 101 Protein Structural Characterization 101 Nonviral, Nonmembrane Proteins 102 Virus-Related Proteins 105 Interactions 105 Epitope Mapping 105 Protein/Large Molecule Interactions 107 Protein/Small Molecule Interactions 109 Biopharmaceuticals 110 Antibodies 110 Other/Nonantibody Biopharm Proteins 110 Membrane...