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Follicle-stimulating hormone signal transduction: Role of carbohydrate in aromatase induction in immature rat Sertoli cells
(Elsevier, 1991-08)
Receptor activated adenylate cyclase acts as a major transmembrane signalling system. It is widely accepted that upon binding to its receptor, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) activates the cAMP-dependent pathway which ...
Self-management of the health care regimen: a comparison of nurses' and cardiac patients' perceptions
(Elsevier, 1994-06)
This study compared perceptions of 129 elderly cardiac patients regarding their health status and self-management skills with corresponding assessments by outpatient nursing staff members. Nurse-patient perceptions were ...
Acute porphyria presenting with hyperamylasemia
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1991-03)
An elevation of serum amylase and lipase has not been reported previously to occur with porphyria. In this report, we describe a patient who presented with the clinical and laboratory picture of pancreatitis: elevated ...
The relationship of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and radial bone mass
(Elsevier, 1990-08)
We assessed the association between radial bone mass and vitamin D considering age, estrogen sufficiency and thiazide use in 373 women, aged 20-80 years in a geographically defined area. We measured cortical bone mass of ...
Cough transmission pressure to the bladder and urethra among continent and incontinent elderly women
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1991-01)
Although cough transmission pressures to the bladder and urethra are now being measured as part of the evaluation of an incontinent woman, there has not been a comprehensive study specifically focused among continent and ...
Relationship between use of diureticsand continence status in the elderly
(Elsevier, 1991-07)
Although diuretics have been implicated as a cause of urinary incontinence, no evidence has been presented prior to this report to confirm such a relationship. Our epidemiologic survey of 1,956 respondents sixty years of ...
Diet and risk for breast cancer recurrence and survival
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-02)
Dietary factors may influence the risk for breast cancer and also the prognosis following diagnosis and treatment. The aim of this study was to assess whether self-reported prediagnosis diet or other patient factors ...
Urodynamic tests for female geriatricurinary incontinence
(Elsevier, 1990-11)
Most urodynamic tests currently in use in the evaluation of female urinary incontinence have not been applied to a community-based sample to determine their specificity. In this study of a random sample of noninstitutionalized ...
Patient and physician perceptions of their relationship and patient satisfaction: A study of chronic disease management
(Elsevier, 1993-01)
This study investigated patient and physician perceptions of their relationship and examined how their perceptions related to patient satisfaction. Data are based on 134 patient physician interactions. Study participants ...
Effect of empiric antiarrhythmic therapy in resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims with coronary artery disease
(Elsevier, 1990-05-15)
The effect of empiric antiarrhythmic therapy with quindine and procainamide on long-term mortality was examined in 209 patients with coronary artery disease resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The antiarrhythmic ...