BACKGROUND AND AIMS Antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA) which recognize pyruvate acetyltransferase (PDC-E2) represent a highly diagnostic feature of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). The analysis of immunofluorescence (IF)-AMA-positive sera in PBC patients indicates a conformational epitope located within the lipoyl binding domain of bovine branched-chain acyltransferase (BCKADC-E2) alone or in c...

The Sanandaj Gheshlagh Reservoir (SGR) is a mercury polluted lake that is located in the West of Iran. Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) are the most abundant fishes in the SGR. A total of 48 common and silver carps (24 each) were captured randomly, using 50×6 m gill net (mesh size: 5×5 cm) during July to December 2009. Each month, the levels of accumul...

The aims of the study were to determine total mercury concentrations in "rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum)" at their embryo-larval and juvenile stages and to assess mercury concentration dynamics in individual tissues. Samples of rainbow trout were collected at two-month intervals over a period of 18 months (one stock production cycle) at the Velká Losenice trout farm. Feedstuff sampl...

Antimitochondrial antibody (AMA) is one of the representative features of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). PBC is a female-dominant disease usually presenting intrahepatic bile duct destruction, cholestasis and fibrosis with or without chronic nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis. We presented the case of a 63-year-old man with acute liver failure who had AMA, pronounced alanine aminotransfer...

David V. Feliciano, MD, Ernest E. Moore, MD, and Walter L. Biffl, MD, Indianapolis, Indiana AAST Continuing Medical Education Article Accreditation Statement This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the American College of Surgeons and the Ame...

This article explores the quantification of mental and behavioural impairment in the context of catastrophic impairment as defined by the Ontario Statutory Accident Benefit Schedule (the "SABS"). It reviews the relevant areas of the SABS, along with key arbitrations, appeals and court rulings relevant to the issue of quantifying mental and behavioural impairments, as well as a psychological per...