An artificial liver support system for plasma exchange and plasma perfusion through BR-601 resin using a membrane separator was applied to 5 patients with postoperative liver failure. Percent absorption of total and direct bilirubin, and of bile acids were 77.1 +/- 6.4, 78.4 +/- 6.1, and 93.4 +/- 3.6%, respectively, when 250 ml of plasma was treated. Percent reductions in total and direct bilir...

This article examines the extent of employer-sponsored pension receipt and the amounts of pension benefits among a cohort of retirement-age women interviewed in the New Beneficiary Survey. These women reported relatively low levels of pension protection. Only 27 percent were receiving a pension in late 1982, either from their own employment or as survivors. This was one-half the rate of current...

Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Correspondence: Dr Jeffrey A Fialkov, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue M1-519A, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5. Telephone 416-480-4257, fax 416-480-4224, e-mail [email protected] CS Goldberg, JA Fialkov. Strain pattern in the upper facial skeleton: Pr...

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SUMO MODIFICATION OF NATIVELY UNFOLDED PROTEINS TAU AND α-SYNUCLEIN Véronique Dorval and Paul E. Fraser From the Department of Medical Biophysics and Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Running title: Sumoylation of tau and α-synuclein Address correspondence to: Paul E. Fraser, Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of ...

Green manure, used for eco-friendly agriculture, supplies organic matter (OM) and nutrients to soil improves fertility. manuring also has the potential affect physical stability carbon storage. The objective of this study was investigate effect green manure on water-stable aggregates stock in paddy. Soil samples were collected from 3 treatments Chungcheongnam-do Agricultural Research Extension ...

Zhe-Yi Eye Centre, Hang Zhou, ORBIS, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, China, LV Prasad Eye Institute, India and Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada Correspondence to Dr Agnes M.F. Wong, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 Universi...

AMG 416 (etelcalcetide) is a novel synthetic peptide agonist of the calcium-sensing receptor composed of a linear chain of seven d-amino acids (referred to as the d-amino acid backbone) with a d-cysteine linked to an l-cysteine via a disulfide bond. AMG 416 contains four basic d-arginine residues and is a +4 charged peptide at physiologic pH with a mol. wt. of 1048.3 Da. The pharmacokinetics (P...

AFFILIATIONS: Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Division of Haematology/Oncology, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany ADDRESS FOR ...