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BACKGROUND The incidence of chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea (CIA) and the time to subsequent menstrual bleeding in premenopausal breast cancer patients treated with current standard chemotherapy regimens was examined. METHODS Four hundred sixty-six women ages 20 to 45 years at the time of diagnosis of a stage I to III breast cancer were recruited between January 1998 and July 2002. Patients c...

Objective: Previous study demonstrated the involvement of basic aminopeptidase (APB) activity in the development of collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). Two zinc dependent metalloenzymes (EC 3.4.11.6 and EC 3.3.2.6) are known to exhibit concomitantly APB and leukotriene-A4-hydrolase (LT-A4-H) activities. Influence of the interrelationship between both activities on arthritic processes, however, is...

Whole-blood samples were used for a counting immunoassay (CIA) with the aim of developing a short- turnaround test. After optimization of the CIA, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), anti-hepatitis C virus antibodies (anti-HCV), and anti-Treponema pallidum antibodies (anti-TP) were detected as efficiently as by an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) with serum samples. The correlations between whole-bloo...

Implanting a self-expandable stent at the ostium of the common iliac artery (CIA) may lead to coverage of the orifice of the contralateral CIA. Here, we describe a novel application of the culotte stent technique using a balloon-expandable stent to bail out an ostial stenotic legion of a jailed CIA due to prior self-expandable stent placement. The bilateral CIAs were revascularized by culotte s...

Chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA), a mucocutaneous side effect of cancer therapy, is often considered by patients to be the most psychologically distressing aspect of treatment. CIA conspicuously announces the illness state, and it decreases quality of life for individuals who are already coping with the physical and psychosocial repercussions of cancer. Currently, CIA is one of the greatest ...

We previously reported that during total knee arthroplasty in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, the use of tourniquet might promote local release of neutrophil elastase (NE) from neutrophils, which may contribute to the development of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) and tissue injury. The aim of this study was to develop PTE by the use of NE in a mouse model of collagen-induced arthritis (CIA...

In July 1995 the CIA declassified, and approved for release, documents revealing its sponsorship in the 1970s of a program at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, CA, to determine whether such phenomena as remote viewing "might have any utility for intelligence collection" [1]. Thus began disclosure to the public of a two-decade-plus involvement of the intelligence community in the invest...

To evaluated the effect and mechanism of leflunomide (LEF) in murine model of collage-induced arthritis (CIA) on modulating the balance of Th17/Treg cells. DBA mice were divided into: control, CIA, CIA + LEF and CIA + Ibuprofen group. After 14 days immunization with bovine type II collagen (CII), except control group, mice were orally administered saline (CIA group), LEF or ibuprofen daily for ...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to investigate the morphology of the common iliac artery and vein (CIA&V) comparing right and left sides in females versus males. Pregnant women favour lying on one side at rest and during sleep. The reason for this may be due to the morphology and orientation between the CIA&V. Virtually all women during their pregnancy suffer from lower limb swelling...