Detecting DNA repair capacity of peripheral lymphocytes from cancer patients with UVC challenge test and bleomycin challenge test

Detecting DNA repair capacity of peripheral lymphocytes from cancer patients with UVC challenge test and bleomycin challenge test.

The objective of this study was to evaluate DNA repair capacity of cancer patients with the bleomycin (BLM) challenge test and the UVC challenge test. The human peripheral lymphocytes were collected from 33 patients with different kinds of cancers and 33 controls in the same hospital. The lymphocytes of each subject were divided into two groups: (1) In the BLM challenge test, the lymphocytes we...

A Rapid Methacholine Challenge Test in Patients with Asthmatic Symptoms

Comparison of Micro Neutralization Test with Hemadsorption-Inhibition Test, and Immunoflrorescence Technique for Detecting Mumps Antibodies

Methacholine challenge: test-shortening procedures.

STUDY OBJECTIVES Validation of test-shortening procedures for the 2-min tidal breathing methacholine challenge method. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Tertiary-care university clinical pulmonary function laboratory. PATIENTS One thousand subjects aged 10 to 85 years (mean +/- SD, 44.5 +/- 16.0 years), 44.5% male, referred for methacholine challenge. INTERVENTION Two-minute ti...

Challenging the glucose challenge test.

BACKGROUND To reduce the number of patients needing oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), screening options have been considered, balancing patient comfort, cost and risk of missed diagnosis. Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS) recommends glucose challenge test (GCT) as screening for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), while others suggest fasting plasma glucose (FPG). International...