IMPORTANCE: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most effective treatments for severe depression. However, biomarkers that accurately predict a response to ECT remain unidentified.
THE AIM: The aim of the study was to evaluate the usefulness of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) ferritin concentration assessment in adults with purulent, bacterial meningoencephalitis.
Journal of Nippon Medical School = Nippon Ika Daigaku zasshi
Jan 1, 2016
OBJECTIVE: Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is an endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitor and a marker of vascular endothelial damage. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) are reported to reduce the s...
OBJECTIVES: Various physiological and pathological conditions can induce significant variations in plasma concentrations of tumor markers, such as CA 19-9, which is present in the serum and amniotic fluid of pregnant women. Herein, we aimed to determ...
Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia
Dec 1, 2015
INTRODUCTION: β-hemolytic streptococci (Streptococcus pyogenes) groups A, C or G, secretes streptolysin O, toxin which causes in the infected individual an adaptive humoral immune response with production of serum antibodies called anti-streptolysin ...
PURPOSE: Magnesium is an important electrolyte for very many cell functions and its deficiency may lead to a wide spectrum of diseases. We report a clinical case of hypomagnesemia resulting from the chronic use of a proton pump inhibitor (PPI). PPIs ...
Zhonghua shao shang za zhi = Zhonghua shaoshang zazhi = Chinese journal of burns
Dec 1, 2015
OBJECTIVE: To observe the clinical effects of early blood purification in the treatment of phenol burn patients complicated by acute kidney injury (AKI).
The journal of extra-corporeal technology
Dec 1, 2015
Various techniques for administration of blood cardioplegia are used worldwide. In this study, the effect of warm blood cardioplegia administration with or without the use of a roller pump on perioperative myocardial injury was studied in patients un...
Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
Nov 1, 2015
(1->3)-β-D-glucan (BDG) is a constituent of the fungal cell wall and its blood level is known as a marker of fungal infection including pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). Meanwhile, peripheral blood neutrophil CD64 expression (CD64) is upregulated in vari...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relation of circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) levels to age, sex, and bone mineral density (BMD) in adults living in Guangzhou Province.
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