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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Endothelin ; Hypertension ; Coronary artery disease ; Renal insufficiency ; Rheumatoid arthritis ; Lupus erythematodes ; Liver cirrhosis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Plasma concentrations of the recently isolated potent vasoconstrictory peptide endothelin were measured in 382 patients. The investigations were performed by means of a sensitive radioimmunoassay specific for Endothelin-1, 2. The results from 110 healthy volunteers displayed a normal range of 44.67±3.51 pg/ml. Significantly raised levels were found in 33 patients with chronic end-stage renal failure both before and after hemodialysis. In contrast, 35 patients with compensated renal insufficiency did not differ from the normals. Sixty-five patients after kidney transplantation revealed significantly elevated levels, as did 27 patients with acute myocardial infarction, 8 after coronary bypass surgery, and 5 with liver cirrhosis. The mean values of 27 patients with untreated hypertension, 22 with secondary hypertension, of various causes and 16 with coronary artery disease were comparable to the normal population. The values were significantly decreased in 9 pregnant women with hypertension and proteinuria. A marked decline was found in 5 patients with systemic lupus erythematodes, while 20 patients with rheumatoid arthritis demonstrated only a slight decrease. The pathophysiological role of endothelin as a local or circulating hormone in regulating systemic blood pressure or release of other hormones remains to be determined.
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    Journal of molecular medicine 71 (1993), S. 825-829 
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis ; Crescents ; Anti-nuclear cytoplasmic autoantibodies ; Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease ; Pathogenesis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
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    Journal of molecular medicine 63 (1985), S. 711-717 
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Alpha-1-microglobulin ; Beta-2-microglobulin ; Proteinuria ; Renal insufficiency
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Alpha-1-microglobulin (alpha-1-m) is a low molecular weight glycoprotein (mw 25–33 KD) that is filtered through the glomeruli and reabsorbed in the proximal parts of the renal tubules where it is catabolized. Normal ranges were established for alpha-1-m (100 healthy controls) in serum (20–42 mg/l) and urine (3.5–8 mg/l). Alpha-1-m was then measured in 341 urine samples whose protein pattern had been classified as “pathologic” and “normal” according to microelectrophoresis. Increased alpha-1-m concentrations were found in 266 out of 280 pathologic urines (5% false negative) and in 3 out of 61 normal urines (4% false positive). Beta-2-microglobulin (beta-2-m), total protein or protein test strips showed a poorer correlation to the electrophoretic results. Measurement of alpha-1-m is, therefore, the most sensitive of these methods for the detection of proteinuria. In 90 patients with low molecular weight proteinuria and either with or without renal insufficiency alpha-1-m concentrations were determined in both urine and serum. While all patients had elevated urinary alpha-1-m concentrations, increased serum values were only found in renal insufficiency (Ccrea〈100 ml/min). Independently of these results, we were also able to establish that increased alpha-1-m levels are found at decreased glomerular filtration rates (Ccrea 〈70 ml/min). Pathologic alpha-1-m concentrations therefore only allow the conclusion of isolated tubular impairment when the GFR is greater than 70 ml/min. Data from 350 patients with various renal and hypertensive diseases showed that serum alpha-1-m is a more sensitive indicator of renal insufficiency, even in the so-called “creatinine blind” range (60–100 ml/min) of the GFR than either creatinine or beta-2-m.
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    Der Nervenarzt 71 (2000), S. 123-129 
    ISSN: 1433-0407
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Somatoparaphrenie ; Anosognosie für Hemiplegie ; Parietaler Kortex ; Thalamus ; Neglekt ; Fehlidentifikation ; Pathogenese ; Key words Somatoparaphrenia ; Anosognosia for hemiplegia ; Parietal cortex ; Thalamus ; Neglect ; Misidentification ; Pathogenesis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Anosognosia for hemiplegia (AHP), i. e., unawareness of motor deficits and associated disorders, has been frequently reported, predominantly following right hemispheric lesions. To a smaller extent, there are case reports of patients who give accounts of a feeling of strangeness concerning the contralesional limbs and sometimes attribute them to other persons. This “positive-variant” of AHP has been labeled “somatoparaphrenia” (SP). We report a case of SP in a 85-year-old woman with infarction of the right posterior cerebral artery and posterior parts of the right thalamus. She showed AHP and described her left side alternatively as her handicapped nephew and a clumsy cat. Misidentification of her daughter also occurred. With respect to the literature the predominant neuroanatomical features involved are lesions including right parietal cortex and/or posterior parts of the thalamus. Theories concerning the pathogenesis of this phenomenon comprise a denial of the illness, a lack of awareness caused by reduced sensory feedback and neglect, a misidentification or disturbance of the active discovery process considered necessary for realizing one's disorder.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Anosognosie für Hemiplegie (AHP) im Sinne einer mangelnden Bewusstheit einer Hemiparese und assoziierter Störungen ist in Folge überwiegend rechtshemisphärischer Läsionen ein häufigeres Phänomen. Seltener wird kasuistisch über Patienten berichtet, die zusätzlich ein Fremdheitsgefühl kontraläsioneller Körperteile angeben und sie z. B. anderen Personen zuschreiben. Diese “Plusvariante” der AHP wird als Somatoparaphrenie (SP) bezeichnet. Wir schildern den Fall einer 85-jährigen Frau, die nach einem rechtshemisphärischen Infarkt der A. cerebri posterior und posteriorer Anteile des Thalamus eine SP entwickelte. Bei bestehender AHP äußerte sie abwechselnd, ihre linke Körperseite sei ihr körperbehinderter Neffe oder eine ungeschickte Katze. Passager traten auch Fehlidentifikationen der Tochter auf. In der Literatur werden überwiegend Läsionen unter Einschluss des rechten parietalen Kortex und/oder des rechten posterioren Thalamus angegeben. Erklärungstheorien umfassen u. a. psychodynamische Ansätze im Sinne einer Krankheitsverdrängung, ein Wahrnehmungsdefizit durch einen mangelnden sensorischen Feedback und Neglekt, eine Fehlidentifikation, sowie eine Beeinträchtigung eines zur Bewusstwerdung körperlicher Störungen notwendigen aktiven Aufdeckungsprozesses.
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