BACKGROUND Neuroimaging measures have potential as surrogate markers of disease through identification of consistent features that occur prior to clinical symptoms. Despite numerous investigations, especially in relation to the transition to clinical impairment, the regional pattern of brain changes in clinically normal older adults has not been established. We predict that the regions that sho...

background: there are many reports regarding to effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (g-csf) and stem cell factor (scf)alone in liver repair .but conflicting data have been reported regarding the role of growth factors such as g-csf and scf in the liver regeneration system. also, there is not such data regarding to effects of co-administration both of g-csf and scf in the liver dama...

conclusions the aspiration of 1 - 3 ml of csf before an injection of levobupivacaine did not seem to affect the spread and duration of the sensory block or postpuncture complications in children following sa. results there were no between-group differences in the time to regression of the block below t10 or in the cephalic spread of the sensory block: 94 (27) minutes and t4.4 (sd 2.2) in the cs...

background acute bacterial meningitis which is a pediatric emergency with high mortality and morbidity must be diagnosed and treat promptly. often diagnosis of bacterial meningitis from viral meningitis is difficult after some days. determination of some inflammatory mediators’ example il-6 and hs-crp were useful in differential diagnosis of bacterial and viral meningitis. objectives this study...

In this study, we aimed to investigate the performance of nontreponemal antibody tests in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens from syphilis patients. From September 2009 to September 2012, CSF specimens were collected at the Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital in Shanghai, China, from 1,132 syphilis patients without HIV infection, including 154 with symptomatic and 56 with asymptomatic neurosyphilis...

The effect of theophylline on colony stimulating factor production by the lung tissue was investigated. Addition of various concentrations of theophylline to the lung conditioned medium enhanced CSF production at 10 µg/ml and at higher concentrations showed an inhibitory effect. Determination of the phosphate content of the medium showed a decrease at 1-3 hours of incubation. Addition of A...

objective this study aimed at investigating seasonal variation, clinical symptoms, and cerebrospinal fluid (csf) changes in patients with aseptic meningitis admitted in mofid hospital between 1995 and 1996. materials & methods a total of 63 children with aseptic meningitis were enrolled in the study. their age, gender, season of the disease, etiology, clinical symptoms, csf changes, and treatme...

background: herpes simplex virus (hsv) is a member of herpesviridae and a leading cause of human viral diseases. meningitis occurs as a complication of hsv-1 or hsv-2 primary infection. objectives: we aimed to evaluate hsv meningitis in children in gorgan province, iran. patients and methods: forty-five cerebrospinal fluid samples were taken from children referred with meningitis symptoms. samp...