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Effect of anesthesia on acoustically evoked middle latency response in guinea pigs
(Elsevier, 1990-01)
Increased recent interest in the middle latency response (MLR) has necessitated a clarification of the possible effects of anesthesia on the response. Our study was designed to examine the changes, in the guinea pig MLR, ...
Effects of phase duration on detection of electrical stimulation of the human cochlea
(Elsevier, 1993-05)
Detection thresholds for biphasic symmetric pulses were measured in fourteen human subjects implanted with the Cochlear Corporation Nucleus 22 Implant. The effects of phase duration on thresholds were studied using single ...
The peroxisome and the eye
(Elsevier, 1991)
Several childhood multisystem disorders with prominent ophthalmological manifestations have been ascribed to the malfunction of the peroxisome, a subcellular organelle. The peroxisomal disorders have been divided into three ...
Sex and depression in the National Comorbidity Survey I: Lifetime prevalence, chronicity and recurrence
(Elsevier, 1993)
Basic epidemiologic prevalence data are presented on sex differences in DSM-III-R major depressive episodes (MDE). The data come from the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), the first survey in the U.S. to administer a ...
Successful Angioplasty of a Superficial Femoral Artery StenosisCaused by a Suture-Mediated Closure Device
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 2003-08)
We report the successful angioplasty of an acutearterial narrowing after suture-mediated closure (SMC) of a femoralarterial puncture. A 75-year-old woman underwent a cerebral arteriogramvia a right common femoral artery ...
Diagnosis and management of hereditary paraganglioma syndrome due to the F933>X67 SDHD mutation
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-05)
Background The hereditary paraganglioma syndromes (PGLs) are autosomal dominant conditions with an increased risk for tumors of the sympathetic and parasympathetic neuroendocrine systems. The recognition of patients with ...
Salivary Gland Sparing and Improved Target Irradiation by Conformal and Intensity Modulated Irradiation of Head and Neck Cancer
(Springer-Verlag; Société Internationale de Chirurgie, 2003-07)
The goals of this study were to facilitate sparing of the major salivary glands while adequately treating tumor targets in patients requiring comprehensive bilateral neck irradiation (RT), and to assess the potential for ...
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy following neck dissection
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997-03)
Background Ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) is a rare but devastating complication of surgery. It has traditionally been associated with intraoperative hypotension in patients with underlying arteriosclerosis. Methods ...
Tissue-preserving approach to extracting DNA from paraffin-embedded specimens using tissue microarray technology
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2007-05)
Background. DNA extracted from tumor cells or normal cells contained in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues is widely used in many laboratories. The 2 most common procedures to isolate cells for DNA extraction from ...
Chemoselection as a strategy for organ preservation in patients with T4 laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma with cartilage invasion
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-08)
Objectives/Hypothesis: High rates of overall survival (OS) and laryngeal preservation were achieved in two sequential phase II clinical trials in patients with stage III/IV laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Patients ...