A. K.

The effects of unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin and danaparoid on the thromboelastogram (TEG): an in-vitro comparison of standard and heparinase-modified TEGs with conventional coagulation assays (2006)

  • Coppell,
  • J.A.,
  • Thalheimer,
  • U.,
  • Zambruni,
  • A.,
  • ...

To investigate the effects of unfractionated heparin (UFH), low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and danaparoid (DPD) added to whole blood in vitro on standard and heparinase-modified...

Length verus width in Liver Biopsies (2006)

  • Cholongitas,
  • E.,
  • Quaglia,
  • A.,
  • Dhillon,
  • A.P.,
  • ...

HIV/AIDS information and services: The situation experienced by adolescents with disabilities in Rwanda and Uganda (2005)

  • Yousafzai,
  • A.K.,
  • Edwards,
  • K.,
  • D'Allesandro,
  • C.,
  • ...

Purpose. The study had 2 aims: (1) To explore whether knowledge about HIV and AIDS was similar among adolescents with disabilities compared with their non-disabled peers; and (2) To determine factors...

A posterior sagittal approach for revision vaginoplasty (2005)

A retrospective study of eight patients who had undergone a posterior sagittal approach vaginoplasty without using bowel was presented by authors from London. This approach provides excellent...

Clinical and genetic epidemiology of Bardet-Biedl syndrome in Newfoundland: a 22-year prospective, population-based, cohort study (2005)

  • Moore,
  • S.J.,
  • Green,
  • J.S.,
  • Fan,
  • Y.,
  • ...

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) and Laurence-Moon syndrome (LMS) have a similar phenotype, which includes retinal dystrophy, obesity, and hypogenitalism. They are differentiated by the presence of...

The management of rhinitis in patients with functional epiphora: A randomized controlled crossover trial (2005)

  • McNeill,
  • E.J.,
  • Kubba,
  • H.,
  • Bearn,
  • M.A.,
  • ...

Background: Nasolacrimal duct obstruction, secondary to inflammation of the nasal mucosa, can result in epiphora. This can be treated successfully with topical corticosteroids, avoiding the need for...

Fetal and infant head circumference sexual dimorphism in primates (2005)

  • Joffe,
  • T.H.,
  • Tarantal,
  • A.F.,
  • Rice,
  • K.,
  • ...

Studies have shown that after controlling for the effects of body size on brain size, the brains of adult humans, rhesus monkeys, and chimpanzees differ in relative size, where males have a greater...

Discriminating power of localized three-dimensional facial morphology (2005)

  • Hammond,
  • P.,
  • Hutton,
  • T.J.,
  • Allanson,
  • J.E.,
  • ...

Many genetic syndromes involve a facial gestalt that suggests a preliminary diagnosis to an experienced clinical geneticist even before a clinical examination and genotyping are undertaken....

Characteristic clinical features as an aid to the diagnosis of suppurative keratitis caused by filamentous fungi (2005)

Aim: To assess whether the presence of characteristic clinical features can be used as a diagnostic aid for suppurative keratitis caused by filamentous fungi. Methods: Patients presenting with...

Circulating anti-retinal antibodies as immune markers in age-related macular degeneration (2005)

  • Patel,
  • N.,
  • Ohbayashi,
  • M.,
  • Nugent,
  • A.K.,
  • ...

Age-related macular maculopathy (ARM) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are the leading causes of blindness in the Western world. Despite the magnitude of this clinical problem, very little...

SURUSS in perspective (2005)

  • Wald,
  • N.J.,
  • Rodeck,
  • C.,
  • Hackshaw,
  • A.K.,
  • ...

Norm One Projections on Banach Spaces (2004)

This note deals with a small but an important observation of hermitian operators on Banach spaces. It is known that if <em>A</em> is a complex Banach space, B(<em>A</em>) is...

Fibroblasts isolated from normal lungs and those with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis differ in interleukin-6/gp130-mediated cell signaling and proliferation (2003)

Interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-11 are elevated in a variety of lung conditions and may impact on repair mechanisms in chronic inflammatory disorders. However, the mechanisms by which these cytokines...

Inverse effects of interleukin-6 on apoptosis of fibroblasts from pulmonary fibrosis and normal lungs (2003)

Fibroblast apoptosis is crucial to the resolution of fibrosis. However, the mechanisms by which these cells undergo apoptosis are not well known. Because interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-11 may alter repair...

Targeting of biotinylated compounds to its target tissue using a low-density lipoprotein receptor-avidin fusion protein (2003)

  • Lehtolainen,
  • P.,
  • Wirth,
  • T.,
  • Taskinen,
  • A.K.,
  • ...

The very high binding affinity of avidin to biotin is one of the highest to occur in nature. We constructed a fusion protein composed of avidin and the endocytotic LDL receptor in order to target...

HAEMATOLOGICAL CHANGES ACCOMPANYING PROLONGED OCULAR CHLORAMPHENICOL ADMINISTRATION IN LABORATORY RABBITS. (2002)

The toxic effect of ocular chloramphenicol on haematological parameters was studied in laboratory rabbits; Oryctolagus cuniculus while the haemotoxic effect of oral chloramphenicol provided the basis...

Myocardial protection by insulin at reperfusion requires early administration and is mediated via Akt and p70s6 kinase cell-survival signaling (2001)

The "metabolic cocktail" comprising glucose-insulin-potassium administrated at reperfusion reduces infarct size in the in vivo rat heart. We propose that insulin is the major component mediating this...

THE EFFECTS OF BILATERAL ORCHIDECTOMY ON SOME SERUM ENZYMES AND PROTEINS IN THE WEST AFRICAN DWARF BUCK (2000)

The effects of bilateral orchidectomy on serum protein and enzyme levels were investigated in 12 healthy West African Dwarf bucks over a 7-week period. Although the activity of alkaline phosphatase...

DIURNAL VARIATION IN BLOOD PARAMETERS IN THE CHICKEN IN THE HOT TROPICAL CLIMATE (2000)

Twelve adult male chicken of the Nigerian local strain were bled every 3 Hours for 24 hours. Haematological and serum biochemical parameters were measured in the samples collected. Variations in the...

Relationship between IgM antibody to human cytomegalovirus, virus load, donor and recipient serostatus, and administration of methylprednisolone as risk factors for cytomegalovirus disease after liver transplantation (2000)

A retrospective study was performed on a selected cohort of 40 liver transplant recipients derived from the previous prospective follow-up of 162 liver transplant patients. The criterion for...

Reply to Dr frazer (2000)

  • Bottelli,
  • R.,
  • Burroughs,
  • A.K.

Development of biopharmaceuticals in plant expression systems: cloning, expression and immunological reactivity of human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B (UL55) in seeds of transgenic tobacco (1999)

Plant seeds offer unique opportunities for the production and delivery of oral subunit vaccines. We have used the immunodominant glycoprotein B complex of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), introduced...

Surface Geochemistry of the clay minerals (1999)

  • Sposito,
  • G.,
  • Skipper,
  • N.T.,
  • Sutton,
  • R.,
  • ...
 
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