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A New Method of Closing the Sternum with Absorbable Suture and Absorbable Fixed Pins (2004)
    Oxford, UK; Malden, USA : Blackwell Science Inc
    Wound repair and regeneration 12 (2004), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1524-475X
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Aim: In case of using metal wire in closing after the median sternotomy, several disadvantages have been reported, including long lasting subject's sense of incongruity, risks of tear of the wire and cutting to be made by the wire, tenderness and becoming an abstacle for the use of CT or MRI. In our facilities, in order to solve these problems, absorbable suture and absorbable rib fixing pins have been used in closing the sternum. Methods: Objects of the median sternotomy we’ve had since October, 2001, are six cases. The suture used was 6 PDS codes of 1 mm in diameter and it went through the sternum and ligated it. Three absorbable pins of poly-L-lactide were used. Results: A progress observation period after the operation is from one month to fourteen months.The prognosis have been good and complications not recognized. Conclusions: The way of closing the sternum with absorbing suture and absorbing rib fixing pins will make it possible to solve problems incurred from the metal wire suturing.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1067-1927.2004.abstractad.x
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    Aortic Dissection in an Infant Caused by Intraaortic Balloon Pumping (1999)
    Springer
    Pediatric cardiology 20 (1999), S. 373-374 
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    ISSN: 1432-1971
    Keywords: Key words: Aortic dissection — Intraaortic balloon pumping — Infant
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract. The case of an 8-month-old boy with aortic dissection caused by intraaortic balloon pumping is reported. The balloon was inserted during an operation for the anomalous origin of the left coronary artery. It is important to realize the potential risk of aortic dissection even in infants and to select an appropriately sized balloon. Modification of the balloon for use in infants is necessary.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002469900489
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    Bilateral thalamic glioma: case report (2000)
    Springer
    Neuroradiology 42 (2000), S. 732-734 
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    ISSN: 1432-1920
    Keywords: Key words Glioma, thalamic, bilateral ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract We report a 63-year-old man who had a rare bilateral thalamic glioma. He complained of difficulty with calculations and had mental deterioration. T1-weighted images revealed bilateral thalamic swelling with homogeneous low signal and no contrast enhancement. The tumour, showing decrease of N-acetylaspartate and the presence of lactate on magnetic resonance spectroscopy, was diagnosed as an astrocytoma by stereotactic biopsy.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002340000380
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    Urinary biochemical markers for bone resorption during the menstrual cycle (1995)
    Springer
    Calcified tissue international 57 (1995), S. 100-104 
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Type I-N-telopeptides ; Menstrual cycle ; Pyridinolines ; Bone resorption ; Hydroxyproline
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract In order to analyze the effects of serum ovarian steroid hormones on bone metabolism during the menstrual cycle, we have measured urinary levels of type I collagen cross-linked N-telopeptide (NTx), hydroxylysylpyridinoline (HP), lysylpyridinoline (LP), and hydroxyproline (OH-Pr) in nine healthy Japanese women, aged 22–43 years, with normal ovarian function. The cycles were synchronized by serum LH peaks, and follicular and luteal periods were normalized by lengths. Serum gonadotropins and ovarian sex steroids showed significantly different cyclic variations during the menstrual periods. Urinary NTx remained unchanged during the early follicular period, showed a rise during the mid- and late follicular period, and a fall during the mid- and late luteal periods. There were significant differences in NTx levels between early follicular period and midfollicular period (P〈0.01), or late follicular period (P〈0.05), and between early luteal period and late luteal period (P〈0.05). The levels of HP and LP showed a rise during the early and midfollicular periods and a fall during the midluteal period. The correlation of NTx with urinary OH-Pr was better than with urinary HP or LP (r=0.731 versus r=0.449 or r=0.634). This variation suggests that cyclic changes in serum ovarian sex steroids might modulate bone resorption markers during the menstrual cycle.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00298428
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    Ultrastructural Modifications of the Extracellular Matrix Upon Calcification of Growth Plate Cartilage as Revealed by Quick-Freeze Deep Etching Technique (1998)
    Springer
    Calcified tissue international 63 (1998), S. 47-56 
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Key words: Deep-etching replica — Reticular structure — Matrix vesicle — Cartilage matrix — Calcifying cartilage.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract. The ultrastructural changes in cartilage matrix that occur during calcification have been examined in chick epiphyseal growth plate cartilage prepared by quick-frozen, deep-etched, and rotary shadowed replicas. The extracellular cartilage matrix contains a reticular network closely associated with an extensive network of collagen. The components of the reticular network, including thick and thin filaments, are attached directly to the cell membrane, matrix vesicle membrane, and collagen fibrils. This network, which interconnects the matrix vesicles and collagen, fills the extracellular matrix. The dimensions of the reticular network seem to remain almost constant in size from the reserve and proliferative zones to the calcifying zone. The collagen fibrils seem to consist of subfibrillar structures that branch and anastomose. In optimally quick-frozen, deep-etched, prepared collagen, a cross-banding pattern was exposed. Globular structures stud the collagen fibrils, which gradually diminish in number from the reserve zone down to the calcifying zone. The matrix vesicles, when fractured, showed a granular appearance. In most cases, the fracture plane passed through the bilayer of the matrix vesicle membrane. The true surface of the matrix vesicle membrane, therefore, was exposed after deep etching. At the calcifying zone, crystal deposition had occurred in needle-like and/or plate-like form within the membrane-bound matrix vesicles. The reticular network was still intact in the vicinity of the calcified matrix, but in the intercrystalline space, neither the reticular structure nor the globular structure was detectable. Within the calcified matrix, both reticular and granular structures had disappeared from the interfibrillar space of the collagen fibrils.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002239900488
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    Specific Changes of Urinary Excretion of Cross-Linked N-Telopeptides of Type I Collagen in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women: Correlation with Other Markers of Bone Turnover (1997)
    Springer
    Calcified tissue international 60 (1997), S. 317 -322 
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Key words: Type I collagen — N-telopeptides — Bone resorption — Pyridinolines — Menopause.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract. Urinary excretion of cross-linked N-telopeptide of type I collagen (NTx) has been reported to be a specific marker of bone resorption [18]. We assessed a new immunoassay for NTx as an indicator of changes in bone resorption caused by spontaneous menopause and compared cross-sectionally the levels of urinary NTx, hydroxylysylpyridinoline (HP), lysylpyridinoline (LP), hydroxyproline (OH-Pr), other serum biochemical indices, and lumbar spine and proximal femur bone mineral density (BMD). Eighty-one Japanese women aged 22–77 participated in this study; 36 were premenopausal and 45 were postmenopausal. Urinary HP, LP, and NTx stayed at low levels in the premenopausal period and rose 21%, 30%, and 67% in the postmenopausal period, respectively. The rise in LP and NTx was statistically significant (P 〈 0.01), suggesting that NTx is mostly released from bone matrix when bone resorption is accelerated. When premenopausal women were divided into two age groups and postmenopausal women were divided into two groups according to years since menopause (YSM) there were significant differences in LP and NTx between women 〈4 YSM and women aged 〈40 and those women aged 41+ (P 〈 0.01 and P 〈 0.05, respectively). A significant 110% increase in urinary NTx and a 48% increase in urinary LP were observed in postmenopausal women compared with age-matched premenopausal women aged 45–55. All biochemical markers other than serum PTH correlated significantly with each other (r = 0.243–0.858, P 〈 0.05–0.0001). Urinary NTx inversely correlated with lumbar spine BMD. When postmenopausal women were divided into three groups, the correlation between bone resorption and formation markers in women 0-1 YSM was greater than in women 2–10 YSM and in women 11 + YSM, indicating that resorption and formation are coupled at the early postmenopausal period. We conclude that urinary NTx is responsive to changes in bone metabolism caused by estrogen deficiency and may be a more sensitive and specific marker than HP, LP, or OH-Pr in the early postmenopausal years.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002239900235
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    Purification and Characterization of Bone-Specific Alkaline Phosphatase from a Human Osteosarcoma Cell Line (1998)
    Springer
    Calcified tissue international 62 (1998), S. 67-73 
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Key words: Bone-specific alkaline phosphatase — Purification — Saos-2 cell — Serial lectin affinity chromatography.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract. Bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (bone ALP) levels are considered to reflect osteoblastic activity and can therefore be used as a marker of bone formation. However, bone ALP is difficult to distinguish from other ALP isoforms since the kidney, liver, and bone isoenzymes are encoded by the same gene and only differ because of post-translational modification of their carbohydrate side chains. The aim of this study was to purify and separate bone ALP which could be used to raise specific antisera against human bone ALP, from Saos-2, a human osteogenic sarcoma cell line. The procedure involved two steps. The first step, cultivation of 105 Saos-2 cells, yielded approximately 1 U ALP. Subsequent butanol extraction achieved 1.82-fold purification. For the second step, separating bone ALP, we used serial lectin affinity chromatography to distinguish between the carbohydrate side chains of the various ALP isoforms. A sample of the butanol extract was fractionated into three peaks (I, II, and III) by concanavalin A. Peaks II and III were subsequently identified as types IIa and IIIb bone ALP using pea lectin and wheat germ agglutinin columns, respectively. The specific activity of bone ALP was measured using commercial kits. Since bone ALP accounted for at least 84% of the total ALP activity after the final separation, this method appears more convenient and reproducible than others using bone or Pagetic sera. The bone ALP purified in this study could be used to raise monoclonal antibodies against bone-specific ALP.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002239900396
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    Differences in Bone Resorption after Menopause in Japanese Women with Normal or Low Bone Mineral Density: Quantitation of Urinary Cross-Linked N-Telopeptides (1998)
    Springer
    Calcified tissue international 62 (1998), S. 395-399 
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Key words: Type I-N-telopeptides — Bone resorption — Bone mineral density — Menopause — Osteoporosis.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract. The objective of this study was to examine the value of NTx, a urinary cross-linked N-telopeptides of type I collagen, as a marker of bone resorption. We assessed changes in pre- and postmenopausal bone resorption by evaluating the correlation of NTx with L2–4 bone mineral density (BMD) in a total of 1100 Japanese women, aged 19–80 years [272 premenopausal (45.2 ± 6.2 years) and 828 postmenopausal (59.5 ± 6.2 years)]. Postmenopausal women were divided into three groups based on the range of BMD (normal, osteopenic, and osteoporotic). Within each group, subjects were further segregated according to years since menopause (YSM). NTx values were then evaluated for each group. Our results showed that BMD was significantly decreased (P 〈 0.05) and NTx was significantly increased (P 〈 0.01) after menopause in age-matched analysis. Consistent with a previous report, NTx was inversely correlated with BMD for the entire cohort of study subjects (r =−0.299), although NTx correlated better with premenopausal than postmenopausal BMD (r =−0.240 versus r =−0.086). This may have been due to the fact that elevated values of NTx were exhibited over the entire range of BMD present in the postmenopausal women, suggesting that NTx might respond faster to the estrogen withdrawal than BMD. In all postmenopausal women, regardless of the range of BMD, the increase in NTx reached a peak within 5 YSM. After 11 YSM, however, NTx remained elevated in the osteoporotic group but it decreased in the osteopenic group, and showed no significant change in the group of postmenopausal women with normal BMD. These findings suggest that bone resorption is dramatically increased within 5 years after menopause but remains increased only in osteoporotic women.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002239900451
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    Early Postmenopausal Bone Loss is Prevented by Estrogen and Partially by 1α-OH-vitamin D3: Therapeutic Effects of Estrogen and/or 1α-OH-vitamin D3 (1999)
    Springer
    Calcified tissue international 65 (1999), S. 16-22 
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Key words: Estrogen — 1α(OH)D3— Early postmenopause — Lumbar spine BMD — Femoral neck BMD.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract. A total of 79 Japanese women who were within 5 years of menopause were randomly assigned 1α-hydroxyvitamin D3 [1α(OH)D3] 1.0 μg/day, conjugated estrogens 0.625 mg/day, a combination of both, or control (no treatment). Lumbar spine and proximal femur bone mineral density (BMD) and biochemical indices were monitored over 2 years. In the 1α(OH)D3-treated group, there was a nonsignificant decrease in lumbar spine BMD compared with controls, and no significant loss in the femoral neck compared with controls. In the estrogen-treated group, there was a nonsignificant increase in spine BMD (+2.17% in the first year and +1.71% in the second year), and no loss in femoral neck BMD. The combination of conjugated estrogens +1α(OH)D3 was more effective in increasing BMD in the spine (+3.68% in the first year and +3.63% in the second year) and femur (+2.56% in the first year and +4.44% in the second year) BMD. There was a significant difference in lumbar spine BMD in both the first and second years between the combination-treated group and the 1α(OH)D3-treated and control groups (P 〈 0.01). Serum osteocalcin (OC) significantly decreased in the combination-treated group (−23.8% in the first year) and the estrogen-treated group (−37.6% and −41.2% at 6 and 18 months, respectively), and serum alkaline phosphatase (Alp) decreased significantly in the first year in the combination-treated (−31.5%), estrogen-treated (−27.3%), and 1α(OH)D3-treated (−7.9%) groups, whereas serum OC increased (+45.4% in the first year) in women without treatment. The results of this study indicate that early postmenopausal bone loss in the femoral neck is prevented by conjugated estrogens, 1α(OH)D3, or both, whereas bone loss in the spine is not prevented by 1α(OH)D3. Estrogen proves effective in preventing early postmenopausal bone loss by markedly inhibiting bone turnover. Moreover, a synergistic bone-sparing effect can be expected when estrogen is administered concomitantly with 1α(OH)D3 rather than when used alone.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002239900651
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    Coherency between Al〈sub〉3〈/sub〉Sc Precipitate and the Matrix in Al Alloys Containing Sc (2002)
    s.l. ; Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland
    Materials science forum Vol. 396-402 (July 2002), p. 1151-1156 
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    ISSN: 1662-9752
    Source: Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/06/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FMSF.396-402.1151.pdf
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