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L Slonim
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Genetic, biochemical, and structural studies of biogenesis of adhesive pili in bacteria.
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Gastrointestinal endoscopy.
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Adhesin presentation in bacteria requires molecular chaperones and ushers.
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Respiratory health and lung function in 8-year-old children of very low birth weight: a cohort study.
In comparison with a cohort of normal birth weight children, those of very low birth weight (less than 1501 g birth weight) had more wheezing illnesses and hospital readmissions for respiratory problems in the first 2 years of life; from 2 years to 8 years of age respiratory health was unrelated to birth weight. Lung function measurements at 8 years of age in very low birth weight children were similar to expected values; few children had severely abnormal lung function. On univariate analyses, forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expired volume in 1 second (FEV1), but not flow rates, were lower in children who had survived bronchopulmonary dysplasia. However, the univariate analyses were misleading, because bronchopulmonary dysplasia occurred more frequently with lower birth weight, and lower birth weight in turn was strongly related to reduced FVC and FEV1. After adjusting for birth weight and other potential confounding variables, FVC and FEV1 were unrelated to bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and to neonatal ventilation. Flow rates were largely uninfluenced by perinatal events, but were reduced in children with asthma or recurrent bronchitis at 8 years of age. Passive smoking was unrelated to lung function at 8 years of age. However, the effects of passive or active smoking, or perinatal events, on respiratory function or health beyond 8 years of age in very low birth weight survivors remain to be determined.
Clinical details and radiological examinations.
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Free intra-peritoneal gas--an unusual aetiology.
The presence of free gas under one or both hemidiaphragms on an erect chest x-ray is most frequently the result of recent abdominal surgery or, in the absence of such surgery, is almost always indicative of a perforated abdominal viscus. A case is reported of a patient in whom pneumoperitoneum was discovered incidentally on a chest x-ray following extensive pelvic manipulation for acute inversion of the uterus.
CT appearance of a prosthetic methyl methacrylate mass mistaken for abscess.
A nonopaque methyl methacrylate mass that had the appearance of an abscess in a postoperative CT scan of the spine is described. Contained gas produced an attentuation range of +20 to -300 HU, with an average of -80 to -250 HU. This finding was confirmed by CT examination of a separate cement mass removed from a similar patient.
High-resolution CT scanning of the lumbar spine. Technique and anatomy.
Low back pain is a very common clinical problem, the cause of which is frequently poorly understood. Improvements in equipment design and scanning techniques have resulted in a better anatomical display of the lumbar spine by computed tomographic (CT) scanning. Advances in this area have provided a considerable insight into the causes of the lumbago-sciatica syndrome.
The folded breast prosthesis: a new clinical and radiological entity.
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Goodpasture's syndrome and its radiological features.
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