During the 50 years that have elapsed since Arneth originally studied the behavior of circulating leukocytes, many substances and. physical factors have been shown to exert an effect of either depressing or stimulating the total numbers of circulating white cells. Most of the substances have been protein in nature. Thus bacterial products (1), peptone (2), enzymes (3), tissue extracts (4)-, and...

Összefoglaló. A veseátültetés a legnagyobb reményt nyújtja végstádiumú vesebetegségben szenvedő nők számára, akik teherbe kívánnak esni. veseátültetett beteg terhessége továbbra is kihívást jelent az immunszuppresszív gyógyszerek mellékhatásai, allograftfunkció romlásának kockázata, praeeclampsia és magas vérnyomás káros anyai szövődményeinek rizikója, valamint koraszülés, alacsony születési sú...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We sought to determine whether continuous intrathecal delivery of baclofen can effectively decrease spastic hypertonia due to stroke. METHODS Stroke patients with >6 months of intractable spasticity were screened via a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover design of either intrathecal normal saline or 50 microgram baclofen. Those who dropped an average ...

Background: Currently, there are no standardized approaches to care or evaluation for tone dysfunction in Canada. The study authors hypothesize that is significant practice variation across the country. This environmental scan aimed describe current management of patients with hypertonia Methods: A web-based survey was developed by a multi-disciplinary approach and sent representative rehabilit...

A male infant was found to have bilateral exudative retinopathy at 6 months of age. A month later severe aplastic anaemia was diagnosed, eventually leading to the infant's death. Additional features of this seemingly new syndrome were intrauterine growth retardation, fine sparse hair, fine reticulate skin pigmentation, ataxia because of cerebellar hypoplasia, cerebral calcifications, extensor h...