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Major Determinants of the Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: Age and Body Mass Index
(Japan Endocrine Society, 2000)
The present study has been designed to quantify and compare right and left carotid intima-media thicknesses (IMT) in type 2 diabetics and healthy controls. It was also intended to investigate the effects of various risk ...
Plasma Big-Endothelin Levels, Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy, and Cardiac Functions in Patients with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
(Clinical Cardiology Publ Co, 2000)
Background: The alteration of endothelin (ET) levels in diabetic patients with cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) has not been studied extensively and its correlation with cardiac function parameters has not been discussed. ...
Liability and Validity of the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol in Turkey
(Oxford Univ Press, 2000)
Objective. To assess the inter-rater reliability between nurses and the convergent validity of the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP) in the Turkish context. Methods. Two nurses applied the original AEP concurrently ...
Bone Mineral Density in Haemodialysis Patients: A Comparative Study of Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry and Quantitative Ultrasound
(Oxford Univ Press, 2000)
Background. Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) of bone is a relatively new technique that appears to assess 'bone quality' in addition to bone mineral density. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic potential ...
Colour Doppler Imaging Of The Orbital Vasculature In Graves' Disease With Computed Tomographic Correlation
(British Med Journal Publ Group, 2000)
Aims-To evaluate alterations in orbital blood flow parameters and their correlations with extraocular muscle enlargement, proptosis, and intraocular pressure in patients with Graves' disease. Methods-In this multicentre ...
Familial Adult Onset Myoclonic Epilepsy Associated With Migraine
(W B Saunders Co Ltd, 2000)
We report a new type of migraine associated epileptic syndrome in a family. adult onset myoclonic epilepsy with benign course and migraine. Affected members of the family had myoclonic and rare generalised tonic-clonic ...
The Role Of Patient Companions In Long-Term Video-Eeg Monitoring
(W B Saunders Co Ltd, 2000)
In developing countries it is difficult to have full-time dedicated nurses in Epilepsy Monitoring Units (EMU). Our one-bed EMU is within the Neurology Service and is adequately staffed during daytime working hours only. ...
Vacuoliting Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy With Subcortical Cysts, Mapped To Chromosome 22Q(Tel)
(Univ Chicago Press, 2000)
The leukodystrophies form a complex group of orphan genetic disorders that primarily affect myelin, the main constituent of the brain white matter. Among the leukodystrophies of undetermined etiology, a new clinical entity ...
Is Ventricular Repolarization Heterogeneity a Cause of Serious Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Aortic Valve Stenosis?
(Clinical Cardiology Publ Co, 2000)
Background: It is well known that there is a close relation between sudden cardiac death and serious Ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with aortic valve stenosis (AS). QT dispersion (QTd) reflects the ventricular ...