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Management of Intrathecal Catheter-Tip Inflammatory Masses: A Consensus Statement
(Blackwell Science Inc, 2002-12)
In a companion article, we synthesized current clinical and preclinical data to formulate hypotheses about the etiology of drug administration catheter-tip inflammatory masses. In this article, we communicate our recommendations ...
Intramedullary Spinal Tumors of Disordered Embryogenesis
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-05)
Abnormal spinal embryogenesis is quite commonplace. While greater than 90 percent of these errors of embryogenesis leads to occult spinal dysraphism with minimal neurologic or orthopedic sequelae, there is a significant ...
Selective culture of mitotically active human Schwann cells from adult sural nerves
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1992-06)
We devised a simple method to isolate mitotically active human Schwann cells from sural nerve biopsy specimens and expand the population in culture. Nerve fascicles were treated with cholera toxin for 7 days in culture ...
Rapid Re-expansion of a Macroprolactinoma After Early Discontinuation of Bromocriptine
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-11)
Prolactin (PRL)-secreting pituitary adenomas are the most common functioning pituitary tumors. Medical treatment with dopamine agonists is the therapy of choice for macroprolactinomas (≥10 mm). Withdrawal of bromocriptine ...
Pergolide As Primary Therapy for Macroprolactinomas
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-12)
The objective of this study is to determine whether pergolide therapy is an effective modality for the de novo treatment of patients with macroprolactinomas. Twenty-two consecutive patients with macroprolactinomas were ...
Anterior cervical osteophytes as a cause of progressive dysphagia
(Springer-Verlag, 1989-03)
An uncommon cause of progressive dysphagia may be large cervical osteophytes impinging upon the cervical esophagus. Dysphagia may be due to the mechanical mass effect of a large anterior osteophyte, trapping the esophagus ...
Medical Management of Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-06)
The primary treatment of acromegaly remains transsphenoidal adenomectomy, yet the tissue overgrowth of acromegaly often progresses following surgery, and responds to radiotherapy only after significant delay. Persistently ...
Eosinophilic granuloma of the cervical spine : A case report and review of the literature
(Elsevier, 1991-01)
This is a report of a case of eosinophilic granuloma involving the second cervical vertebra in a 33-year-old woman. There have been 32 case reports in the literature describing eosinophilic granuloma presenting as cervical ...
Effect of dietary vitamin A or N-acetylcysteine on ethylnitrosourea-induced rat gliomas
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-10)
It is our hypothesis that low grade gliomas are the glial counterparts of other precancerous lesions such as colon polyps and, therefore, suitable targets for chemoprevention. Steps in the molecular progression of gliomas ...
GH Receptor Antagonist: Mechanism of Action and Clinical Utility
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2005-01)
This review focuses on the development of GH receptor antagonist as a novel agent for treatment of acromegaly, its mechanism of action and potential areas of use. A brief overview of acromegaly, its diagnosis and existing ...